Category Obituaries & Tributes

Death Notices

ROBERTSON – Jack Burton Robertson, 93, of Creswell, Oregon, died June 25, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. McINTOSH – Irma Isabelle McIntosh, 90, of Cottage Grove, Oregon died June 29, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. BESWICK –…

Helen Kalamas

Helen (Francais) Kalamas of Eugene, Oregon passed away on Friday, June 26, 2020 at the age of 32 following a battle with cervical cancer.  Helen was born on Nov. 14, 1987 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to parents, Dan and Angie (Gardener) Kalamas.  She attended Springfield…

Dotty Lynch

Dotty Lynch, 84, passed away on June 29, 2020 in the amazing care of Cascade Hospice at the Pete Moore Hospice House in Eugene.  Dotty was born in Port Huron, Michigan on Oct. 16, 1935 to Mort Reynolds and Helen (Carse) Reynolds. She was one…

Jeffery Richmond

Jeffery Richmond, 60, passed away on June 18 in Springfield, Oregon.  Jeff was born on Dec. 24, 1959 to Lyle and Dale Richmond and was raised in the Eugene/Springfield area. Jeff graduated from Thurston High School and briefly attended Boise State University on a Golf…

Dorothy Lundquist

Dorothy Ruth (Hamlin) Lundquist passed away peacefully June 28, 2020 at the age of 90, in Eugene, Oregon.  She was born Nov. 22, 1929 in St. Helens, Oregon to Josephine Christina Braun and Frank John Mitchell. Her brother Fred Hamlin died in 1991. Her mother,…

Pauline Clark

Pauline Clark passed away peacefully on June 23 at the age of 67. She was born Vera Pauline Clark on June 6, 1953, to Paul and Eunice Clark in Eugene, but always went by her middle name, Pauline. She lived in the Eugene-Springfield area for…

Paul Birch

Paul Birch, affectionately known as “Bump,” passed away suddenly but peacefully on June 28, 2020 at home, with his wife, Patty, by his side.  Bump leaves behind his son, Justin, his “Little Buddy” and his cherished stepdaughters, Heather and Gillian. He leaves behind a big…

Death Notices

BEEBE – James Edward Beebe, 65, of Springfield, Oregon, died June 16, 2020. Arrangements by Alpha Cremation & Burial Services in Eugene. JOHANSEN – Beryl Madeline Johansen, 94, of Springfield, Oregon, died June 19, 2020. Arrangements by Major Family Funeral Home in Springfield. GARDNER –…

Clella ‘Jeri’ Tompkins

Clella Laverne Tompkins, 96, was better known by friends and family as Jeri. She was born April 29, 1924, in Lebanon, Missouri, to Isaac and Nannie Blackman.  She was preceded in death by her husband Hurshel, along with five brothers and one sister. She is…