Ruth Adelyn Hooten
Mar 5, 2009
Ruth Adelyn HootenSept. 18, 1924 - March 5, 2009Ruth Adelyn Hooten, 84, passed away pecefully Thursday at her home. By her faith in Jesus, she has been delivered into the arms of God.Ruth was born to Lloyd and Laura (Evans) Day in Pasadena, Calif. She grew up in the Eagle Rock, Calif. area.In 1948 Ruth married Earl F. Hooten. They...
Willian Lee O'Brien
Mar 2, 2009
William L. "Bill" O'BrienDec. 22, 1915 - Mar. 2, 2009William L. "Bill" O'Brien, 93, of Albany passed away Monday at the Mennonite Home.He was born and raised in Butte, Mont., the son of William and Rose O'Brien. After graduating from the Montana School of Mines in 1940, Bill was employed as an assayer by Anaconda Mining Company in Butte. This...
Dick Bason
Feb 27, 2009
Richard "Dick" Henry BasonJune 21, 1926 - February 27, 2009Dick H. Bason, 82, of Albany passed away Friday at Marquis Care at Autumn Hills in Portland.He was born in Des Moines, Iowa the son of Richard and Violet (Benshoff) Bason. He was raised in Des Moines, and attended schools there. After high school Dick enlisted in the U.S. Navy and...
Amos F. Martinak
Feb 25, 2009
AMOS FRANKLIN MARTINAK March 7, 1920 - February 25, 2009 Amos F. Martinak, 88, passed away surrounded by his family after a brief illness.Amos was born in Elcampo, Texas. He was the second of six children of John and Sophia Martinak. The family moved to the North Albany area when Amos was very young and he attended elementary and secondary...
George M. Mann
Feb 24, 2009
George Melvin MannJuly 27, 1915 - February 24, 2009George Melvin Mann, 93 of Albany, passed away. George was born in S. Dakota to George and Cecilia (McMullen) Mann. George served in the Civilian Conservation Corp for a period of time, and then tried his hand at farming. George moved to Portland in 1936. He married Theresa Kolibaba in l941. They...
Edna Mary Hegberg
Feb 22, 2009
Edna Mary HegbergApril 19, 1916 - February 22, 2009Edna Mary Hegberg, 92 of Albany passed away peacefully Sunday of natural causes.She was born in Goldendale, Wash. On March 12, 1937 she married Albert Lewellyn of Junction City in Vancouver, Wash. Albert passed away in 1959. They had 3 children.Edna was a homemaker and involved in 4-H cooking and sewing. She...
Alice Jeanette Sparks
Feb 21, 2009
Alice Jeanette SparksMarch 12, 1921 - February 21, 2009Alice J. Sparks, 87, of Albany passed away Saturday, February 21, at a local care facility.She was born March 12, 1921, in Bagley, Minn., the daughter of Oliver and Tillie (Haug) Gullingsrud. While a young child, her family moved to Park River, N.D., where Alice received her education. She taught piano and...
Norma Jean Colyar
Feb 20, 2009
Norma Jean ColyarJan. 25, 1943 - Feb. 20, 2009After a year-long battle with colon cancer, Norma Jean Colyar died quietly at her home in Albany at the age of 66. Born in Rapid City, SD., to Inmogene and Elmer Hansen, she moved with her mother and grandparents to Okanogan, Wash., in 1945. Imogene married William C. Cook in 1947 and...
Glen Franklin Emberson
Feb 19, 2009
Glen Franklin EmbersonJune 11, 1915 - February 19, 2009Glen Franklin Emberson, 93, of Albany went to join his beloved wife of 65 years, Vera (Hunter) Emberson on Thursday at his home.Glen was born in Oklahoma, the son of Henry Emberson and Mattie (Coulter) Emberson. Glen and Vera met at the Glad Tiding Bible Institute in San Francisco, where the two...
Lois Ann Kriseler
Feb 12, 2009
Lois Ann KriselerApril 20, 1934 - February 12, 2009Lois Ann Kriseler, 74 of Albany, passed away Thursday, February 12 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis.She was born in Birch Run, Michigan the daughter of Clinton and Gladys (Dunn) Kriseler. Her parents divorced and her mother married George Guy who was a military man and the family moved to...
Jospeh V. Colleti
Feb 12, 2009
Joseph V. ColettiJuly 1, 1928 - Feb. 17, 2009Joseph Valentino Coletti, 80 of Philomath died Tuesday at the Corvallis Manor.He was born in Los Angeles, Calif., to Chris and Mildred (Raima) Coglietti.Joe spent two years in the Navy, and then in 1949 he married Betty Jean Douglas. They had four children together.Joe was a devoted family man and avid motorsports...
Robert Leroy "Dutch" Kimmel
Feb 9, 2009
Robert LeRoy "Dutch" KimmelJan. 15, 1927 - Feb. 9, 2009Robert LeRoy "Dutch" Kimmel, 82, of Albany passed away Monday.He was born in Hershey, Penn., to Max W. Kimmel and Miriam C. Hollin Kimmel. He was a retired International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers highline men. He married Florence E. Kirk in 1990 on St. Patrick's Day. A 32 Degree Mason and...
Keith A. Skarphol
Jan 28, 2009
Keith Anthony SkarpholMay 29, 1952 - January 28, 2009Keith A. Skarphol, 56, of Albany went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Wednesday.He was born an identical twin, in Portland, the son of Arthur and Sylvia (Brorby) Skarphol. He was raised in Portland and graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1970. Keith served in the U.S. Army...
Dale "Red" Lesley Howell
Jan 26, 2009
Dale L. HowellOctober 13, 1927 - January 26, 2009 Dale "Red" Howell went to be with the Lord Monday with his family at his bedside.Dale was born in Jumbo, Okla. He moved to Oregon with his family in June, 1947. He married Emma Turcott fifty-eight years ago. Dale was an avid hunter and fisherman, who shared his passion with family...
Eldon Tallman
Jan 21, 2009
1923-2009Benjiman Eldon Tallman, 85, of Lebanon, died Wednesday atGood Samaritan Regional Medical Center while undergoing surgery for an aneurysm suffered earlier that day. His loving wife, Betty, was at his side.Eldon was born Dec. 12, 1923 in Imperial, Neb., to James Orrin Tallman and Leona Ethzelda Mather. August 1932, amid the Great Depression, the family moved west, living in Fairfield...
Linda L. Johnson
Jan 20, 2009
Linda Lack JohnsonOct. 28, 1949 - Jan. 20, 2009Linda Lack Johnson, 59, the beloved daughter of Rev. Joseph P. Lack and Vera (Graham) Lack went home to be with her Saviour at the Mennonite Home Tuesday with her family by her side.Linda was born in Springfield, Mo., and spent her childhood in Indiana and Arizona. She graduated in 1972 from...
Betty Lou Govro
Jan 15, 2009
Betty Lou GovroMay 16, 1930 - January 15, 2009Betty Lou Govro, 78, of Albany passed away Thursday at Samaritan Albany General Hospital.Betty was born in Leon, Iowa, to Fred and Alma (Owens) Brannen. In 1945 her family moved to Oregon and worked on a hop farm. Later they moved to the Dever-Conner area and hoed mint.On Sept. 17, 1949, she...
Michael Sean Arnold
Jan 12, 2009
Michael Sean ArnoldSept. 13, 1957 - January 12, 2009Michael Sean Arnold, 51, passed away Jan. 12, at the Portland VA Hospital of congestive heart failure, with his loving family at his side. Mike was born and grew up in Albany. He attended Oak Grove, North Albany Middle School, and graduated from West Albany in 1975. He then entered the Navy...
Kenneth Merlyn Johnston
Jan 10, 2009
Kenneth Merlyn JohnstonSept. 3, 1939 - Jan. 10, 2009Ken's spirit left this earth peacefully at his home on Saturday with his immediate family present. Hospice made this possible with their kindness, help and expertise. Ken was born in Albany to Erman and Erma (Mesman) Johnston who are still residing in the Mennonite Village. Ken lived in Albany his whole life,...