Category Obituaries & Tributes

Carmen Maebelle White

Carmen Maebelle White, 96, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away June 4, 2020. She was born May 20, 1924, in the Cooley Century home in Cottage Grove to parents Virgil D. and Maebelle O. (Seybold) White.  Carmen weighed 2½ pounds at birth. Her grandma White…

Ronald ‘Ron’ Glaspie

Ronald “Ron” Eugene Glaspie, 85, of Cottage Grove died June 9, 2020. Ron was born April 3, 1935 in Waterloo, Iowa, to parents Robert and Leola (Dietz) Glaspie. He graduated from high school and attended some college. Ron served as a United States Marine during…

Death Notices

MILLER – Glenna Ellen Miller, 67, of Springfield, Oregon, died May 25, 2020. Arrangements by Major Family Funeral Home in Springfield. GAMMELL – Diane Kay Gammell, 79, of Dexter, Oregon, died May 28, 2020. Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Services in Springfield. MALONEY –…

Edwin Lee

Edwin Albert Lee, born July 15, 1929 in Stockton, California to Howard and Nora Lee, passed away on June 1, 2020.   At the age of 18, Ed moved to Lowell, Oregon. There, he met his wife, Paula, and they wed on July 29, 1949. …

Raymond Henry Foppe

Raymond Henry Foppe of Springfield, Oregon passed away at age 72 on May 19, 2020 from a stroke. He was born in Belleville, Illinois on Sept. 30, 1947 to parents Raymond Foppe and Grace Margaret Ruff. In 1964, Raymond enlisted in the United States Navy,…

Madeline Black White

Madeline Black White, Creswell High School graduate of 1951, passed away at home with her family on April 7, 2020.   Madeline was born on Sept. 10, 1933. She was the oldest daughter of James and Alfarata Black.   She was preceded in death by…

Shirley Ruth Woolery (Rizzi)

Shirley Ruth Woolery (Rizzi), age 87, formerly of Springfield, Oregon, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020, in Portland, Oregon.  Born in Mountain City, Nevada, on Jan. 16, 1933, as a child, she lived and helped her family with their ranches in Rowland and Mountain City.…

Phyllis Lucille (Joiner) Bowers

Phyllis Lucille (Joiner) Bowers, 94, of Creswell, passed from this life into the presence of her Lord on May 31 from natural causes. Phyllis was born on Sept. 6, 1925, in Santa Ana, Calif., to Preston Sr. and Okler (Bagwell) Joiner. After her 1944 graduation from…

Iona Marie McHoes

Iona Marie McHoes passed away May 28, 2020, in Cottage Grove, Oregon. She was born Sept. 9, 1925, in Sarben, Nebraska, to Edward E. and Myda M. (Parker) Miller. In the early 1930’s during the Depression, the family moved to Oregon and settled in Marcola.…