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Year In Review 2020: A class of its own

Springfield Public Schools graduated 644 students and hosted a staggered ceremonial approach. Gateway High School graduated 39; Springfield High School graduated 292; Academy for Arts and Academics graduated 47; and Thurston High School graduated 266 students. Over the course of…

Betty Morrissey

Mrs. Betty Jane Morrissey (Schultschik) passed away peacefully from natural causes at age 90 on December 19, 2020, with her son John at her side. Betty was born in March 1930 in Bettendorf, Iowa, graduating from Davenport HS in 1947.…

Donna Rae Perini

Donna Rae Perini, formerly of Cottage Grove, passed away on Nov. 27, 2020 at Oaktree Care Hospice in Eugene as a result of congestive heart failure. She was 86. She was born on Sept. 2, 1934 in Inavale, Neb. to…

Timothy Wagner

Timothy “Tim” Wagner, 59, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Dec. 16, 2020. Tim is survived by an amazing wife, Carrie Wagner of Dexter, Ore.; mother JoAnne Crampton and stepmother Mildred Wagner, both of Springfield,…

Martha Settelmeyer

Martha Clara (Mestdagh) Settelmeyer, 98, died peacefully surrounded by family on Dec. 22, 2020. Martha was born in rural Benson County, North Dakota on April 15, 1922 to Henry and Emma (Poelvoorde) Mestdagh, homesteaders from Belgium.  She was taken to…

Kenneth Leon Sears

Kenneth Leon Sears, 83, of Creswell, Ore. passed away on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 in Cottage Grove, Ore. of complications from dementia.  Ken was born Oct. 14, 1937 in Broken Bow, Neb. to parents Edwin Leroy Sears from York, Nebraska…

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