Leonard Allen Melton
May 19, 2017
Leonard Allen Melton
June 19th, 1943 - May 19, 2017
Leonard passed away on Friday, May 19 at Samaritan Evergreen Hospice House in Albany, Oregon.
He was born in Tallulah, Louisiana to Robert and Pearl Melton, the second youngest of their 11 children. The son of a sharecropper, he...
Jean Lorita Grindel Tate
May 17, 2017
L.J. Grindel "Grandma Jean" of Albany Oregon, passed on 17 May 2017 after a full life of 85 years; while surrounded by four generations of her adoring family. She was preceded by her husband Vincent Henry Grindel. Grandma Jean was blessed in life to love and be loved by six children, thirteen grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, and her numerous...
Hallie Wayne Slayter Sr.
May 15, 2017
Hallie Slayter Sr. March 15, 1941 - May 15, 2017 Hallie Slayter Sr. passed away on Monday, May 15, 2017 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis. Hallie was born in French Camp, California, to Homer and Mary Slayter. He grew up in Stockton, California, and married his wife of 57 years, Ada (Patton) Slayter on December 7,...
Orpha Ferol Lepper
May 14, 2017
Orpha Lepper passed away on Sunday, May 14 at Timberwood Court in Albany. Orpha was born on a farm near Madison, Nebraska to Frank and Ruth (Flanagan) Lefavor, the eleventh of 12 children. She grew up on different farms around Battle Creek, Nebraska. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior in 1939 at the age of 11 years old....
Charlene M Hill
May 12, 2017
Charlene Hill passed peacefully at age 91.
Charlene was born to Edna and Melvin Alvey in Seattle, Washington on March 4, 1926.
She was a long time North Albany resident and dairy farmer's wife to Ival Hill. They were married for 69 years before his death in 2012.
Charlene is survived by her...
Julia Mae Adams-Barrett
May 12, 2017
Julia M. Adams Barrett May 4, 1945 - May 12, 2017 Julia Nolen was born in Midland, Texas to Tina and Everett Nolen. At the age of one, she moved to Oregon where she resided for her remaining years. In 1985, she met the love of her life Bob Barrett "Bullet." They were married on November 7, 1987. They...
Lynn Arnett Hoefer
May 12, 2017
Lynn, age 90, passed peacefully on May 12, 2017 in the Corvallis Hospital, with his family at his side. Lynn was born in Dever Conner, just outside Millersburg, to William and Edna Hoefer. He married Claudia June Hannon at the age of 30. Lynn was a prominent farmer in the area, managing over three farms with hundreds of acres...
Eugene Laverne Iverson
May 10, 2017
Eugene L (Red) Iverson passed away May 10th surrounded by his family. Gene was born 11/19/34 in Sturgis, South Dakota to Mildred(Backman) and Laverne Iverson. The Iverson family moved to the state of Washington when Gene was a very young boy near Rochester where they learned to farm animals and crops eventually growing some of the best tasting and...
