Category Obituaries & Tributes

Death Notices

TERRY – Nina Rene Terry, 78, of Cottage Grove, died March 26, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel. CORNELISON – Lorena Elizabeth Cornelison, 89, of Springfield, died April 2, 2020.  CONRAD – Joseph F.Conrad , 86, of Cottage Grove, died April 3, 2020. Arrangements by…

Ardyce Houser

Ardyce Ella Houser, age 87 of Springfield, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus on April 3, 2020, after a long battle with dementia.  Ardyce was born on Oct. 20, 1932 in Sac City, Iowa to Harold E. and Ida G.Davis. She was…

Jeffery Smail

With heavy hearts and faithful spirits, the family of Jeffery Dale Smail announces he now walks in Heaven. Jeff was born to Chester Smail, Sr. and Beverly June Reed in Omaha, Nebraska. The third boy of five children, Jeff grew up playing and working on…

Howard Angus Lindstrom

Howard Angus Lindstrom was born in Potlatch, Idaho. Howard went to be with the Lord on Feb. 2, 2020. He is survived by his wife of nearly 40 years, Clara G. Lindstrom. Howard graduated from Medford Senior High School in Medford where he was President…

Irene M. Pearson

Irene M. Pearson, of Creswell, passed away on March 24, 2020. She was born on Oct. 12, 1930 to Joseph and Minnie (Vieira) Freitas in Banta, Calif. For most of her life she was a resident of Oakley, Calif. and moved to Creswell in April…

Joe Donald Meyers

Joe Donald Meyers, 101, passed away at home on Sunday, 5 April 2020 in Springfield, Ore. He was born 16 Sep 1918 in Portland, Ore. to Frank and Orilla (Richards) Meyers, the third of nine children. Joe joined the CCC and worked in Alaska before…

Harold Morris Burnell Dahle

Harold Morris Burnell Dahle, 89, a longtime resident of Creswell, passed away March 24, 2020.   Harold was born April 3, 1930, in Caledonia, Minn., to Albert and Lesa (Smestad) Dahle. He graduated from Marcola High School in 1949. He served in the Korean War from…

Rita Childs

Rita Aileen (Kenyon Geuy McKim) Childs was born on November 11, 1933, in Lebanon, Oregon, to Ben Allen and Dorothy Mildred (Shaw) Kenyon. She graduated from Lebanon Union High School in 1952, already a published poet, and attended the University of Oregon, where she majored…

Death Notices

SLAYTER – Roger Eugene Slayter, 79, of Springfield, died March 20, 2020.  TERRY – Nina Rene Terry, 78, of Cottage Grove, died March 26, 2020. Arrangements by Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel in Cottage Grove. ALFORD – Rita Irene Alford, 88, of Springfield, died March 28, 2020.…

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