Obituaries & Tributes

Death Notices: Fleming, Lees, Thurmond

Michal Allen Fleming, 45, of Cottage Grove, Ore. died Nov. 15, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel. Ronald L. Lees, 67, of Cottage Grove, died Nov. 14, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel.  James Carroll Thurmond Jr., 80, of Eugene, died Nov. 4, 2024. Arrangements: Major Family Funeral Home.

Cecil L. Lockard, Jr.: Oct. 27, 1955 – Oct. 13, 2024

Cecil L. Lockard, Jr. passed away on October 13, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon. Also known to family and close friends as “Bud,” he was born in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on October 27, 1955, to parents Cecil and Shirley Lockard. Cecil graduated from Creswell High School in 1973 and worked as[Read More…]

Catherine Sturgess McLaughlin: 1952 – 2024

Catherine (Cathy) Isabelle Sturgess, 71, of Creswell, Oregon passed away on October 14, 2024.  Cathy was born October 26, 1952 to Raymond and Echo (Lockard) Sturgess also of Creswell, Oregon. Cathy attended Creswell High School and worked as a stay-at-home mom while her kids were small.  She had a big[Read More…]

Larry Hilland Weaver: March 18, 1942 – Sept. 24, 2024 

Larry Hilland Weaver was born March 18, 1942, in Beaumont, Texas, and died at home on September 24, 2024, in Creswell, Oregon, where he had lived for decades on a small family farm. He held degrees in math, physics, geology, chemistry and a PhD in protein crystallography. He served in[Read More…]

Death Notices: Lemus, Syverson, Tippin

Landi Alexader Lemus, 72, of Cottage Grove, died Sept. 27, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel and Crematorium. Dianne Lynette Syverson, 85, of Salem, died Sept. 25, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel and Crematorium. Mary Tippin, 78, of Eugene, died Sept.  28, 2024. Arrangements: Sunset Hills Funeral Home, Crematorium & Cemetery.

Death Notices: Rhoades, Lee, Kahn

Leonard Michael Rhodes, 73, of Veneta Oregon, died Sept. 12, 2024.  Freddy Lee, 64, of Eugene Oregon, died Sept. 15, 2024. James Franklin Kahn, 68, of Eugene Oregon, died Sept. 17, 2024  Arrangements: Sunset Hills Funeral Home, Crematorium & Cemetery.

Death Notices: Rhodes, Lee, Kahn

Leonard Michael Rhodes, 73, of Veneta Ore., died Sept. 12, 2024.  Freddy Lee, 64, of Eugene Ore., died Sept. 15, 2024. James Franklin Kahn, 68, of Eugene Ore., died Sept. 17, 2024.  Arrangements: Sunset Hills Funeral Home, Crematorium & Cemetery.

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