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The Chronicle seeks to serve Springfield, Creswell, Cottage Grove and Pleasant Hill communities with hyper-local news and information.

Death Notices

SLAYTER – Roger Eugene Slayter, 79, of Springfield, died March 20, 2020.  TERRY – Nina Rene Terry, 78, of Cottage Grove, died March 26, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. ALFORD – Rita Irene Alford, 88, of…

Richard Stephen Howard

Richard Stephen Howard passed away March 27, 2020.  He was born to Stephen L. Howard and Alice Mildred Rissue in Cottage Grove on Sept. 11, 1934.  He attended school in Cottage Grove through the 11th grade, when he decided going…

Donald R. Stacey

Donald Robert Stacey passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on April 2, 2020 at his home in Albany at the age of 78 following a four-year struggle with lung cancer. Don was born April 15, 1941 in Cottage…

Glendon Geil

Glendon Geil passed away peacefully surrounded by his family at his home on the beautiful McKenzie River on March 22, 2020. Glen was born May 14, 1933, in Albany to Paul and Beryl (Nordyke) Geil. He was raised in the…

Richard V. Vargas

Our father, Richard V. Vargas, age 89, went to be with the Lord on March 23, 2020. He was born on a sugarcane plantation on the Big Island of Hawaii on Jan. 15, 1931, the sixth of eight children born…

Lora Lee Jensen

Lora Lee Jensen, also known as “Lori”, of Cottage Grove, OR passed away peacefully in late afternoon on March 21, 2020 with her family nearby, and with the warmth of spring sunshine and fresh garden air at her opened patio…

Missing out on senior year

Lori Leavitt, right, with daughter Jenessa Mallory at their Creswell home. Both are dealing with the loss of school activities during the pandemic. Photo by David Leavitt I should be watching my daughter play her last year of softball. We should…

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