Weston Elroy Smith
Nov 30, 2009
Weston E. SmithMarch 13, 1916 - November 30, 2009Weston E. Smith, 93, of Albany passed away Monday at Regency of Albany.He was born in Morland, Kans., and moved to Albany in 1942 with his new wife, Harriet Dunning. Weston retired in 1972 and took up traveling and dancing and won many awards for his patterns and choreographed dance routines all...
Marian V. Siddall
Nov 30, 2009
Marian Virginia SiddalJuly 17, 1938 - Nov. 30, 2009Marian Virginia Siddall, 71, passed away Monday at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.She was born Marian Giedd in Turtle Lake, N.D. Her proud parents were Otto and Esther Giedd. She had an older brother, Ernie, and two younger sisters, Theone and Karen. After growing up for a time in Turtle...
Ione Helen Correia
Nov 28, 2009
Ione Helen CorreiaDec. 18,1933 - Nov. 28, 2009 Ione Helen Correia, 75 of Albany passed away Saturday in Salem. She was born in Beacon, N.Y., to Ralph and Helen (Kennedy) Graham. Ione grew up in Wappingers, N.Y. She joined the U.S. Air Force after graduating from high school. While in the Air Force, Ione met John Louis Correia and was...
Carl Justus Sandquist
Nov 24, 2009
Carl Justus SandquistDec. 9, 1925 - Nov. 24, 2009Carl Justus Sandquist, 83 of Albany passed away Tuesday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital with family present.He was born in Bertrand, Nebraska to Justus and Eva Sandquist. Carl married Jean Prasch on Feb. 21, 1949 in Lexington, Neb., they had 60 years together.They moved to Albany from Lexington in 1957. His brothers,...
James Wesley Choate
Nov 21, 2009
James Wesley "Wes" ChoateAug. 30, 1943 - Nov. 21, 2009Wes Choate, 66, passed away Saturday morning at his home in Albany.Born in Torrance, Calif., Wes moved to Oregon as a young man due to his love of the outdoors. He met his wife, Patti in Albany and the two married in December 1978. He started his own Water Well Drilling...
Lois Virginia Goss Akin
Nov 20, 2009
Lois Virginia Goss AkinFeb. 17, 1918 - Nov. 20, 2009Lois Virginia Goss Akin, 91, passed away Friday.Lois was born in San Diego, Calif. She had a sister, Kate, and brother John. They moved to Temple City, Calif., while she was in her teens. Lois married Paul Akin on July 2, 1938. They began their family the next year. Her husband...
Nancy A. Willcox
Nov 18, 2009
Nancy A. WillcoxMarch 5, 1944 - November 18, 2009Nancy A. Willcox, 65, of Lebanon passed away Wednesday at her home. Nancy was born in Albany the daughter of Arthur and Helen Scott their only daughter.Nancy was preceded in death by her parents; brother Robert Thompson; and an infant grand-daughter. Nancy graduated from Albany Union High in 1962, was a Merritt...
Beulah "Bea" Hamblin
Nov 13, 2009
Beulah M. "Bea" HamblinNov. 20, 1923 - Nov. 13, 2009Bea Hamblin,85, of Albany passed away Friday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.Bea was born in Woodland, Iowa to Roy Ellis and Virgie Dorotha Farver. The family moved to Oregon in 1936 and lived in several locations before settling in the Albany area. She attended school in Lebanon. She married Leonard E....
Donald Clyde Hopkins
Nov 12, 2009
Donald Clyde HopkinsJan. 13, 1920 - Nov. 12, 2009Donald C. Hopkins, 89, of Albany passed away Thursday at his home.He was born in Jefferson, S.D., the son of George M. and Lydia (Dessaint) Hopkins. When Donald was 8, the family loaded up into two model Ts and came out to Oregon a trip that took almost a year. The settled...
Thomas Eugene Watkins
Nov 11, 2009
Thomas Eugene WatkinsAug. 25, 1920 - Nov. 11, 2009Long-time Corvallis resident, Thomas Eugene "T.E." Watkins, 89, passed away at home in his sleep on Veterans Day.Thomas was a Native Oregonian and Veteran who was born and raised in Tillamook, and saw action in Alaska during World War II. Thomas was one of 10 children born to Edward Thomas Watkins and...
Charlene Loraine Poe
Nov 11, 2009
Charlene Loraine (Sawin) PoeAugust 22, 1917 - November 11, 2009Charlene Loraine (Sawin) Poe was born in Carrol County Missouri to Rose Heiney and Charles Sawin. Rose had three girls by her first husband when she was widowed. Their names were Therma, Leah, and Nellie. Rose married Charles and they had three more girls, Edith, Ruth and Charlene.The family moved from...
Betty Viola Marlow
Nov 9, 2009
Betty V. MarlowApril 12, 1932 - November 9, 2009Betty V. Marlow, 77, of Albany passed away Monday at her home with her family at her side.She was born in Glasgow, Mont., the daughter of Jason Alfred and Ruby May (Arrants) Tillotson. Betty's family came to Oregon when she was 4 years old and she was raised in Myrtle Creek and...
Josiah Thomas Wilder
Nov 8, 2009
Josiah Thomas WilderNov. 7, 2009-Nov. 8, 2009Josiah Thomas Wilder was born November 7, 2009 at 9:50 am to Jonathan and Amanda Wilder. He died November 8, 2009 at 11:30 am. He was not expected to survive birth due to developmental factors in his Lymphatic system; doctors were able to put in a breathing tube which allowed Josiah to experience the...
Angela Marie Halsey Miner
Nov 6, 2009
Angela Marie Halsey Miner February 15, 1975 -- Nov. 6, 2009 Angela Marie Halsey Miner 34, passed away Friday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.She was born in Corvallis to Danny and Linda (Combs) Halsey.Angela was a graduate of South Albany High School and was married in 2006. She loved Teddy bears and was always surrounded by them!She enjoyed singing karaoke...
Patricia Louise Farmer
Nov 1, 2009
Patricia Louise FarmerMay 25, 1921 - November 1, 2009Patricia Louise Farmer, 88, of Albany passed away Sunday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.She was born in Pioneer, the daughter of Henry and Luella Wolf. She married Roy Edwin Farmer and they eventually came to the Albany area. She was a homemaker and worked as a CNA for 20 years. Patricia enjoyed...
Charlene Diane O'Connell
Oct 30, 2009
Charlene Diane O'ConnellDecember 11, 1953 - October 30, 2009Charlene Diane O'Connell, 55, of Albany died as a result of a automobile accident on Friday. She was born in Valley City, N.D., to Ted Sr. and Lorna Wolski. After moving to several locations between Oregon and Mississippi, they settled in Albany and she graduated from West Albany High School in 1972. ...
Donald Goman Jefferys
Oct 27, 2009
Donald Goman JefferysDec. 16, 1918 - Oct. 27, 2009Donald Goman Jefferys, 90, of Albany, passed away Tuesday at Timberview Care Center in Albany.He was born in Aberdeen, Wash., the son of Thomas and Winifred (Goman) Jefferys. He grew up in Aberdeen, Seward, Alaska, Centralia, Wash, and then in 1929 his family moved to Albany. On Jan. 11, 1942, he married...
Robert Bruce Fisher
Oct 27, 2009
Robert "Bob" FisherMar. 3, 1941 - Oct. 27, 2009Bob Fisher, 68, passed away Tuesday morning at his home in Albany.He was born in Mankato, Minn., to Leland and Mary (Keller) Fisher. He graduated from Mankato High School in 1959. Bob then joined the Navy where he served in Cuba during the Bay of Pigs. After returning to Mankato he entered...
Leora Burldean Watts
Oct 26, 2009
Leora Burldean WattsAugust 22, 1924 - October 26, 2009Leora Burldean Watts, 85 of Albany passed away Monday at her home.She was born in Fairbury, Neb., the daughter of Burl and Grace Rall. Leora was raised and graduated from high school in Fairbury and married Jack Grant Watts on Sept. 18, 1944, in Fairbury, then moved to Eugene in 1952. Leora...
Albert Lee Grell
Oct 26, 2009
Albert Lee Grellmarch 22, 1927 - Oct. 26, 2009Albert Lee Grell, 82, passed away Monday at Good Samaitan Regional Medical Center.Albert was born in tangent to Charlie and Alice Grell. Al was the younger of two boys.On October 1, 1949, he married Dolores Karlson; she passed away on December 25, 1998. On Feb. 7, 2001, he married Violet Walz.Albert served...