Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were among the original breakthrough comedy stars who still enjoy devoted fans today. Before the motion picture, and later, television, there was vaudeville. Out of vaudeville and the music theatre and bars of Europe, came comedy teams and single comedians. In 1903, the first successful[Read More…]
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Creswell Grange celebrates a full year of special seasons
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO “Santa” Patrick Dearth, left, and “Witch” Vickie Weathers helped welcome guests to the grange’s all-season holiday event. Santa Claus paid the Creswell Grange an extra visit this year after the pandemic’s mass cancellations left the locals lacking holiday cheer — and brought all the other holidays along[Read More…]
Speed appears to be a factor in single-car accident
A Springfield man died Saturday, April 10, in a single-car accident a little after 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 10. David Anthony Chavez, the driver, was 52. Springfield Police and Eugene Springfield Fire responded to the 3600 block of Franklin Blvd. on Saturday after a report of a single-car crash[Read More…]
Library leaders write new chapters on serving readers
EMMA ROUTLEY/CHRONICLE PHOTO Cottage Grove Library volunteers Natasha Chitow (left) and Becky Arnoux. COTTAGE GROVE – The Cottage Grove Public Library has taken its books to the public – via the great outdoors. Every Tuesday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., the library sets up shop in Bohemia Park and is[Read More…]
Norm Vierling: Dec. 31, 1956 – Dec. 12, 2020
Norm Vierling went to be with our Lord and Savior on Dec. 12, 2020 from complications of the heart. Norm was born Dec. 31, 1956 in Springfield, Ore. His parents were Ed and June Vierling. He graduated from South Eugene High School and went to Lane Community College and got[Read More…]
Jean Elizabeth Johnson: Nov. 13, 1924 – March 30, 2021
Jean Elizabeth Johnson, 96, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great grandmother, passed away March 30, 2021 of natural causes at the home of her son Mark and his wife Pam in Springfield, Ore. Jean was born Nov. 13, 1924, to Charles “Ralph” Arms and Mattie (Anderson) Arms[Read More…]
Robert Edwin Kvech: June 24, 1941 – March 7, 2021
Robert was born June 24, 1941 in Beach, N.D. to parents Edwin Kvech and Eveline Loop. In 1950 his family moved to Springfield, Ore. where he graduated from Springfield High School. He served in the Army during the Vietnam War. After the service, he moved to Portland, Ore. and worked[Read More…]
Byron Rentfrow: Oct. 17, 1978 – April 2, 2021
Byron S. Rentfrow, 42, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away April 2, 2021. He was born on Oct. 17, 1978 in Sacramento, Calif. to parents Rod and Patsy (Rudd) Rentfrow. Byron received his GED from Carlsbad, Calif. and worked in the automotive industry as a sales representative and auctioneer. He[Read More…]
Rebecca Breier: Jan. 27, 1948 – April 1, 2021
Rebecca Ann Breier, 73, of Drain, Ore. died April 1, 2021 of natural causes. Becky was born Jan. 27, 1948 in Leona, Ore. to Elmer and Ina (Hargan) Breier. Becky enjoyed cooking, baking and collecting various things. She is preceded in death by her life partner Roger Drescher. She was[Read More…]
Howard Woods: May 18, 1928 – Feb. 21, 2021
Howard Mark Woods, 92, of Eugene, Ore. passed away on Feb. 21, 2021. Howard was born in Wheatland, Wyo. on May 18, 1928. He was raised in Cody, Wyo., until the age of 15 when his family moved to Springfield, Ore. Howard graduated from Springfield High School Class of 1946.[Read More…]