Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
SPRINGFIELD – PeaceHealth officials, facing a surge in Covid patients and packed ICUs during the circulation of the highly contagious variants, instituted restrictions for visitor access that took effect on Aug. 3. “We recognize the importance of having loved ones…
Editor’s note: This obituary was compiled by Dana Merryday of The Chronicle. Gordon Earl Beaman, 71, passed away peacefully at River Bend Hospital on July 20 following a brief illness. His brother, Peter Beaman, and sister, Wendy Weller, were with…
BRASETH – Noel Marie Braseth, 65, of Creswell died July 19. PRICE – Kenneth Lee Price, 68, of Cottage Grove died July 21. GABORIAULT – Leonard G. Gaboriault, 69, of Springfield died July 21. BEAVER – Delene Beaver, 76, of…
Billy Jack Clark: Oct. 7, 1929 – 2021 Billy Jack Clark, known as ‘Jack’ was born Oct. 7, 1929 in Cleveland, Okla., to Floyd Thomas Clark and Anna Wilma Barron-Clark. The Clarks moved to Oklahoma City when Jack was a…
Robert & Darlene Ash Robert Ernest Ash: Jan. 2, 1936 – Nov. 7, 2020 Darlene Laverne Ash: Oct. 24, 1940 – Nov. 7, 2020 Robert Ernest Ash (84) of Cottage Grove, Ore., was born on Jan. 2, 1936 to Zine…
PHOTO PROVIDED CRESWELL – Dedicated memorial benches for Denny Olsen and Connie Dersham on Wednesday, July 21, at the Creswell Heritage Foundation’s Old Schoolhouse site at 295 S. 2nd St. Olsen’s bench is on the left and Dersham’s is on…
Victor Berkey passed away on July 17, 2020, in Tucson, Arizona. He was born on January 1, 1946, in Eugene to Vic and Deloras Berkey. He attended Goshen Elementary, Hamlin Junior High, and Springfield High where he played in the…
Robert (Bob) Dickens passed away on July 7, 2021 in Eugene, Ore., at the age of 92. Robert was born July 23, 1928 to Arthur and Rene Dickens in Cottage Grove. He was predeceased by his loving wife and partner…
Gary Allen Mortensen was born to Helen and Stan Mortensen on May 31, 1940 in Eugene, Ore. He passed away in his home in Crow, Ore., on June 23, 2021. Gary now joins his daughter Kelly, but is survived by…
Robert “Bob” Lee Grimes passed away July 23, 2021. He was 100 years old. He would have been 101 on July 28. Bob was born in Noble, Ill., to Ora Grimes and Laura Palmer. He had 5 siblings. Margaret, George,…