Charles Alfred Maillard
Sep 12, 2009
Charles "Chuck" Alfred Maillard Jr.Nov. 22, 1932 - Sept. 12, 2009Charles "Chuck" Alfred Maillard Jr., 76,passed away Saturday. He was born in Corvallis to Charles Alfred Sr. and Hazel M. (Phillips) Maillard. He was raised on Wood Creek Road near Philomath and graduated from Philomath High School in 1951.Chuck joined the United States Navy and served from 1952-1953. He was...
Carol A. Wilson
Sep 8, 2009
Carol Ann Abel WilsonJuly 7, 1941 - Sept. 8, 2009Carol Ann Abel Wilson as know as "Punky" and "Twiggy" passed away on Tuesday.She was born in Sacramento, Calif., to Norman and Wanda (Knight) Abel. She grew up in California and Oregon. she married Darrel Wilson and was widowed about a year later. She remained in Albany over the years and...
Wayne Bricker
Sep 8, 2009
Wayne Rodney BrickerApril 11, 1923 - Sept. 8, 2009Wayne Rodney Bricker "Brick", 86 of Albany passed away Tuesday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.He was born in Sarcoxie, Mo., the son of William M. and Fern M. (Hoover) Bricker. Brick retired from Hawaii and moved to Albany in May of 2006.Brick enjoyed making stained glass, painting, wood working and gardening.He is...
Seth C. Schaefer
Sep 2, 2009
Seth Clarence SchaeferFebruary 15, 1923 - September 2, 2009Seth C. Schaefer, 86, of Albany passed away Wednesday at the Mennonite Home.He was born in Tripp, S.D., the son of Theodore and Pauline (Heinrich) Schaefer. Seth graduated from high school as valedictorian, after graduation he left home to attend the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Three years into his...
Robert Warren Blessing
Aug 31, 2009
Robert W. "Bob" BlessingDecember 9, 1930 - August 31, 2009Robert Warren "Bob" Blessing, 78, unexpectedly went on to be with his Lord and Savior August 31, 2009. His was a life well lived.He was born December 9, 1930 in Portland, Oregon, the son of Victor and Hazel Blessing. The family moved to Scappoose, Oregon in l946, where Bob attended Scappoose...
Ashley Dawn Johnston
Aug 29, 2009
Ashley JohnstonOct. 29, 1985 - Aug. 29, 2009Ashley Johnston, 23, of Jefferson died Saturday at her home after a two-year battle with cancer.She was born in Albany to Marc and Starla (Scofield) Johnston. She attended the Jefferson School District and graduated from High School in 2004. She received a degree from Linn-Benton Community College as a certified medical assistant in...
Fred A. Keller
Aug 27, 2009
Fred August KellerOctober 29, 1917 - August 27, 2009Fred Keller, 91, passed away Thursday in Albany.He was born in North Dakota. In 1944 he married Tillie Keller. Fred served in the Army during World War II. He farmed in North Dakota until moving to Oregon in 1958. He retired from Wah Chang in 1980. Fred enjoyed traveling south each winter...
Helen F. Carnahan
Aug 25, 2009
Helen F. (Warning) CarnahanApril 28, 1922 - August 25, 2009Helen Carnahan, 87, passed away from cancer on Tuesday into the loving arms of Jesus at the Mennonite Home in Albany.She was born in Max, near Benkelman, Neb., the daughter of Jacob Warning and Beulah (Edwards) Hunter. She spent her younger years in Nebraska and Colorado before moving with her family...
Wilma Hecht
Aug 17, 2009
Wilma Edith HechtOctober 28, 1924 - August 16, 2009Wilma Edith Hecht, 84, of Albany, passed away Sunday afternoon surrounded by family at Timberview care facility in Albany.She was born Wilma Edith Harms to William and Edith Harms at her family home on Oakville Road in Albany on October 28, 1924. She was one of three surviving children.Known only as "Amy"...
Perry Roth
Aug 13, 2009
Perry RothAugust 25, 1913 - August 13, 2009Perry Roth, 95, of Albany passed away Thursday, at Samaritan Albany General Hospital after a brief illness..Born in Milford, Neb., he was the son of Daniel G. and Susan (Oswald) Roth. His family moved to Montana when he was six months old. At about 6 years of age, the family grew tired of...
Leota Marie Percell
Aug 11, 2009
Leota "Leo" Marie PercellFeb. 4, 1938 - Aug. 11, 2009Leota Marie Percell "Leo", age 71, died at her home in Shedd, Oreg., on Aug. 11, 2009.She was the youngest daughter of Roland and Opal Fox Hanners of Cumberland County, Illinois. They preceded her in death, as did her sisters Erma Wade of Toledo, Illinois and Betty Huff of Siegel, Illinois.She...
Preston H. Hess
Aug 2, 2009
Preston H. HessSept. 30, 1932 - Aug. 2, 2009Preston H. Hess, 76, of Albany passed away Sunday at his home.He was born in Panther, W. Va., to John and Virgie Hess. He resided in Hayside, Va., until he was 17 years old. He joined th United States Army and spent 20 years in service. He retired as a 1st Sergeant. ...
Norma Loise Folmsbee
Aug 2, 2009
NORMA LOUISE FOLMSBEEJan. 27, 1935 - Aug. 2, 2009)Norma Folmsbee passed away August 2, 2009 after a lengthy illness, at her home of 42 years in Albany.Norma was born on January 27, 1935. She met Harrold Folmsbee in Toledo at the young age of 17 and they were married on September 18, 1953 in Toledo, Oregon. After living a number...
Ralph Bernard Davis
Jul 28, 2009
Ralph Bernard DavisFeb. 28, 1924 - July 28, 2009Ralph B. Davis, 85, of Albany passed away Tuesday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.He was born in Warrenton the son of Russell C. and Ruby J. (Straus) Davis. Ralph was raised in Warrenton and enlisted in the United States Army March 16, 1943. He served in the European Theater with Company "C"...
Betty Louise Larsell
Jul 27, 2009
Betty Louise LarsellAug. 14, 1927 - July 27, 2009Betty Louise Larsell, 81, of Tangent passed away Monday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.She was born in Portland the daughter of Walter and Ruth (Pearce) Simmons. Betty was raised in Portland and graduated from Jefferson High School in 1944. She married Richard "Dick" A. Larsell in Portland on July 1, 1949, and...
Elsie Katherine Knabe
Jul 26, 2009
Elsie Katherine KnabeJuly 31, 1923 - July 26, 2009Elsie Katherine Knabe, 85, passed away Sunday in Salem.Born in Coy, Okla., she was the daughter of the lateAlbert C. Schultz and Karoline Ratzlaff Schultz. Shortly after her birth,the family moved to Protection, Kans., where she attended Bluff CreekSchool and Protection High School. She married Robert Knabe on Aug. 9,1945. They moved...
Betty Lou Berry
Jul 23, 2009
Betty Lou BerryNov. 12, 1917 - July 23, 2009Betty Lou Berry, 91, of Albany passed away July 23 at Marine Court Care in Bremerton, Wash.She was born in Anaconda, Mont., the daughter of Luke and Lena (Woodall) Harrison. She married Jack V. Berry on March 6, 1938, in Independence. Betty worked as a shirt presserSurvivors include her sons, Doug Berry...
Ottilia "Tillie" Keller
Jul 16, 2009
Ottilia "Tillie" KellerDec. 25, 1918 - July 16, 2009Tillie Keller, 100, passed away Thursday in Corvallis.She was born in North Dakota. In 1944 she married Fred Keller and spent the last 50 years in the Albany area.She enjoyed cooking, gardening and traveling. Fred & Tillie traveled south each winter in their motor home. She was a loving wife and mother...
Vicky Diane Rhea
Jul 13, 2009
Vicky Diane RheaNovember 22, 1957 - July 11, 2009Vicky Diane Rhea, 51, of Albany, passed away Saturday in Corvallis. She was born in Renton,Wash. to Jack and Phyllis (Blaser) Veselik. She received an Associates Degree in General Studies from Linn-Benton Community College. On Dec. 28, 1984 she married Kerry Rhea in Reno, Nev.She worked as a Manager for the Umqua...