CRESWELL – With no one yet to organize the July Fourth Celebration, the City of Creswell is exploring its options while encouraging residents to help keep the tradition alive. Council members at Monday’s work session considered what their role should be during events – especially since the Creswell Chamber of[Read More…]
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Frank Breazeale: Aug. 31, 1936 – March 16, 2021
Frank H. Breazeale passed away on March 16, 2021 in Dexter, Ore. He was born Aug. 31, 1936 in Joplin, Missouri to parents Robert and Ruth (Larson) Breazeale. Frank served in the United States Navy. Frank had a beautiful blended family of five daughters and one son, who blessed him[Read More…]
Robert ‘Bob’ Armor: Jan. 25, 1930 – March 17, 2021
Robert “Bob” Armor, 91, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away March 17, 2021 with his wife Donna by his side. Bob was born Jan. 25, 1930 in Santa Monica, Calif. to parents Edgar and Lucille (Grieve) Armor. He was living in Venice, Calif. until he married Donna and her two[Read More…]
Kenneth Pierre Clark III: Dec. 30, 1984 – Jan. 24, 2021
Kenneth Pierre Clark III, 36, was born in Springfield, Ore. at Willamette Hospital. He passed away while with his girlfriend Kalika McGee. He had recently moved to Eugene for a new beginning. Kenneth went to Pleasant Hill High School, and also attended Redmond High School. His joy came from spending[Read More…]
Martin Brian Reinbold: April 28, 1958 – March 20, 2021
Martin Brian Reinbold, 62, passed away March 20, 2021. Martin was born April 28, 1958 to Patrick and Alva Nadine in Eugene, Ore. Martin began his career in archeology in the early ‘80s while attending Oregon State University where he received a bachelor’s degree in 1984. He continued his education and[Read More…]
David Wayne Garman: May 21, 1930 – March 19, 2021
David Wayne Garman, 90, of Coos Bay, Ore. died March 19, 2021. David was born May 21, 1930 to parents Richard and Geneva (Hopper) Garman in Cottage Grove, Ore. David graduated from Cottage Grove High School in 1948. He and his partner owned a gas station, then David went to[Read More…]
Thomas Lambert Boone: Sept. 23, 1929 – March 5, 2021
Thomas Lambert Boone Sr, 91, of Springfield, Ore. peacefully passed away March 5, 2021. He was born Sept. 23, 1929 to William Lambert and Sadie Elsie Boone in Hot Springs, Ark. He served as an automobile mechanic in the United States Navy from November 1947 to March 1950 and received[Read More…]
Troy Christopher Thoreson: June 12, 1972 – March 4, 2021
Troy Christopher Thoreson, 48, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by the love of his parents and family on March 4, 2021. Troy was born on June 12, 1972, in Cottage Grove, Ore. to Jane Ann (Watson) Thoreson and Stephen Joel Thoreson. On March 9, 2000, Troy was paralyzed and[Read More…]
Ruth Ann Ballenger: 1942 – Nov. 27, 2020
Ruth Ann Ballenger, “Ruthie B,” passed away on Nov. 27, 2020 from complications of pneumonia at McKenzie Willamette Medical Center. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Jim, her two children Maryann and Tony, and her brother Dan Martin of Tenakee Springs, Alaska. Ruth was born in Herman,[Read More…]
BMD launches fun ‘feud,’ waits for new risk status
OK, Cottage Grovers, let the feuding begin. Are you lining up with Lemati, or siding with Slabtown? As the Bohemian Mining Days festival plans to move ahead with the annual mid-July event, the central theme will be a fun, modern-day virtual re-enactment of the long-running feud between warring factions of[Read More…]