Obituaries

Robert "Bob" Landon

Robert "Bob" Landon

Jul 8, 2012

SALEM - Bob was born in Smithland, Iowa. The family moved to Scotts Mills, Oregon in 1939. There were 5 brothers & 5 sisters. Bob married Charlotte in 1948 and they had 3 sons, Thomas, Alan & Bruce. Bob and Charlotte have 14 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren. Bob and Charlotte lived in Coos Bay where Bob worked in the...

Catherine Eves

Catherine Eves

Jun 18, 2012

Catherine Eves Sept. 13, 1921 - June 18, 2012 Salem - Our mom is now at peace. She had dementia for the past 6+ years of her 90 years here on earth. She lived at the Woods at Willowcreek Memory Care. We want to thank the caregivers and personnel who were very loving, caring and attentive to mom. Mom was...

M. Elizabeth Mccue Olds

M. Elizabeth Mccue Olds

Jun 16, 2012

SUBLIMITY - Our mother was the most giving person who always put others needs and wants before her own. She is now at peace. Surviving are her daughters; Janet (Jerry) Keppinger, Betty (Alan) Hatfield, Dona (Johnny) Bridges, Patty Welch; step-daughter, Karen (Dick)Demers; brother, Clint Frank; ten grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a...

James Wesley Hilborn

James Wesley Hilborn

Jun 7, 2012

James was born on May 11, 1929 in Salem, Oregon to Nile W. and Pauline A. (Ritchie) Hilborn. He passed on June 7, 2012 in Salem due to complications from Parkinson's disease. Jim grew up in the East Salem area and attended Bethel Elementary School. He graduated from Salem High School in 1947 and attended Willamette University. He worked at...

Theodore Hugh Thomas

Theodore Hugh Thomas

May 26, 2012

KEIZER - Ted Thomas of Keizer, Oregon passed away on May 26th after a one-year battle with a rare and aggressive cancer. He was 65. Ted leaves behind his loving wife of 42 years, Kathy, his son, Matthew, Matt's wife, Bethany. He is preceded in death by his oldest son, Jason, who died in 2001. He was a devoted grandfather...

Pamela Sue Jones

Pamela Sue Jones

May 17, 2012

Pamela Sue Jones, age 56, from Lodi California passed away on May 17, 2012 in Lodi, California. Pamela born to Walter and Doris Steingall November 3, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey Pamela lived in several places including Southern California, Montana, and Seattle before settling in Oregon. In the 1990's she started her career in the Funeral industry working as a...

Verna Vesta Marx

Verna Vesta Marx

May 6, 2012

Roseburg- On Sunday May 6, 2012 Verna Marx passed away in the loving care of her daughter, Carol Rivers in Roseburg, Oregon. Verna Vesta Smith was born on March 9, 1913 in Zena, Oregon. Her parents, John and Ethyl Smith died when she was a young child and she was raised by her 5 older sisters, whom she's always looked...

Margaret Genevieve Kuper

Margaret Genevieve Kuper

May 5, 2012

SEQUIM, WASH. - Margaret G. Kuper, 94, passed away on May 5, 2012 in Sequim, Washington. She was born on July, 29, 1917 in Norma, North Dakota to Louis & Elizabeth Reischke. She moved with her family to Salem, Oregon from North Dakota in 1937. She married Arnold Kuper in November 1940. Margaret lived in Salem until 2008 when she...

Iva Louise Simons

Iva Louise Simons

May 5, 2012

Salem- Iva Louise Liner Simons was called home to the Lord after a short battle with th complications of old age. She was 92. Born in Dustin, Oklahoma, Louise came to Oregon nearly 70 years ago. Among her many life accomplishments she was most proud of being a homemaker, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. An independent woman, she lived alone...

Edna Mae Dutoit

Edna Mae Dutoit

May 5, 2012

Edna was born on April 28, 1909 in Kansas and passed away on May 5, 2012 at 103 years of age. She was one of seven children. She married Raymond Dutoit on September 29, 1928 and they moved to Salem, Oregon in the late 30's. Raymond and Edna were married 57 years and raised five children. Edna was preceded in...

Brian Timothy Burr

Brian Timothy Burr

May 2, 2012

Brian Timothy "Tim" Burr was born March 10, 1971 in Lowell, Massachusetts. He spent his first 2 years in Massachusetts, after which the family moved to Kent, WA. In spite of being termed "legally blind" his accomplishments were many. He attended Star Lake Elementary, Totem Junior High and Thomas Jefferson High Schools, graduating in 1989. During high school, while working...

Robert "Bob" Shepard

Robert "Bob" Shepard

Apr 27, 2012

Salem- A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at St. Edward Catholic Church in Keizer. Arrangements by Restlawn Funeral Home.

Esther Barbara Anderson

Esther Barbara Anderson

Apr 24, 2012

A Memorial service for Esther will be held on Saturday, May 5th at 3:00 p.m. at Restlawn Funeral Home of Salem, Oregon. Private inurnment will be in Restlawn Memory Gardens.

Esther Barbara Anderson

Esther Barbara Anderson

Apr 24, 2012

Esther Anderson Jan. 3, 1922 - April 24, 2012 Esther Anderson Esther Barbara Anderson, 90, of Dallas died April 24 in Dallas. She was born in Elliot, N.D., to Carl and Mabel Yackley. When she was 14 her father died, so Esther began working for families in the Lisbon area to help support her mother and siblings. She graduated from...

Anna Smith Davis

Anna Smith Davis

Apr 6, 2012

Anna Smith Davis , born June 1, 1922, died in Salem, Oregon on April 6, 2012. Educated at Ward Belmont Academy, Nashvile, she married Dr. William S. Davis in 1943. They moved to Rochester, New York, for his pediatric residency and she worked at the Manhattan Project. In early 1946 they moved to Denver, where Dr. Davis began his pediatric...

William R. "Bill" Grimmett

William R. "Bill" Grimmett

Mar 29, 2012

Salem- Bill was born in Burns, OR (One of three sets of triplets born in Harney County that year and the only ones to survive.) Bill and his family moved to Salem in the late 40's and he spent most of his life here. Bill was in sales in Salem until 1980 when he was disabled due to medical problems....

Marlene Sullivan Martinez

Marlene Sullivan Martinez

Mar 26, 2012

Salem- Marlene was born in Highland, Wisconsin and spent most of her childhood in Madison, Wisconsin. She graduated from Central High School in Madison, and then obtained a nursing degree. In the mid 70's she became licensed as a realtor. She continued to work in nursing part time and sold real-estate as a second profession. She retired from Salem Hospital...

Parr Harold Sainsbury

Parr Harold Sainsbury

Mar 25, 2012

SALEM -Parr Harold Sainsbury, Surrounded by family, he slipped quietly away on the afternoon of March 25, 2012 into the welcoming arms of those who gave him the foundation of integrity that he carried with him all of his days. Parr epitomized the devoted spirit of his pioneering parents and grandparents who established a loving family of honest, hard working...

Ruth Ann Westover-Aydelott

Ruth Ann Westover-Aydelott

Mar 9, 2012

SALEM -Ruth Ann Westover-Aydelott was born on October 22, 1937 in Farmington, Missouri. After graduating from Eagle Point High School, Ruth went on to study teaching at Southern Oregon University graduating in 1959. She taught grade school in Grants Pass and Medford. She met her husband Al Aydelott in church in Grants Pass, and married him in 1964. They established...

Margaret Sovenski

Margaret Sovenski

Feb 12, 2012

SALEM - Margaret was born in Conrad, Montana. The daughter of Claude and Aura Woods. She graduated from Canyonville High School and in 1941 married Andrew "Bud" Sovenski. She lived in Salem for many years where her daughters Mary Lynn and Carol were born. In 2004 she moved in with her grandson, Jeff and his wife, Jannet, and received loving...

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