Richard Clark Clune
Jun 7, 2017
Richard (Rich) Clark Clune, 76, passed away from colon cancer on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at his home in Albany, OR. He was born in Oakland, CA on January 13, 1941 to Frank and Joy Clune (Clark) but raised by his maternal grandparents Thane and Eleonore Clark after the death of his mother and sister in childbirth. Rich was...
Oleta Lucille Thomas
Jun 6, 2017
Oleta Lucille Hollis Thomas
September 12, 1926 – June 6, 2017
Oleta was born in Sweetwater, Texas to Homer and Oma Hollis on September 12, 1926. Most of her childhood and early school years were spent in Sweetwater. As a pre-teen, she moved with her family to Roanoke, Texas where she met Alfred...
Bessie Helen Henricks
Jun 5, 2017
Bessie Helen Henricks April 15, 1915 - June 5, 2017 Bessie was born April 15, 1915 in Blair, Wisconsin to Laura and John Tennyson she had 4 sisters and 5 brothers. Bessie moved to Mount Vernon, WA when she was in the 8th grade. She attended The Dalles, Oregon Hospital of nursing and graduated in 1937. At that time...
Joanne Phillips Anderson
Jun 2, 2017
Joanne Phillips Anderson Sept. 17, 1921 - June 2, 2017 Joanne Weir Phillips Anderson passed away at the Evergreen Hospice House in Albany. Surrounded by her family, she peacefully passed into the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. Joanne was born in East St. Louis, Illinois. She was educated in the public schools of Sparta, Illinois, where she was...
Darrell Paul (Coach) Hoskins
May 23, 2017
Darrell Paul Hoskins May 31, 1946 - May 23, 2017 Darrell Paul "Coach" Hoskins, age 70, long time resident of Albany, Oregon passed peacefully from Earth to Heaven, May 23, 2017. Darrell "Paul" to family and childhood friends, was born the 2nd of 4 children to Darrell E. and Elisabeth L. (Bettie Pea) Hoskins in Lewiston, ID., May 31,...
Marilyn Frances Gammell
May 21, 2017
Marilyn Frances Gammell, 54 of Albany, passed away on Sunday, May 21st, 2017. Marilyn was born in Bakersfield, CA in 1962 to Wanda Noble and Perry Coleman Vaughn. She was one of 5 children. She moved to Oregon in 1983. Marilyn married Daniel Gammell in Salem, OR in 2005. They resided in Albany with son Jacob Daniel Moore. She...
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...