Category Obituaries & Tributes

Death Notices: week of April 20

HUBERT: Michael James Hubert, 75, of Cottage Grove, Ore. died Feb. 10, 2023.  URENDA: Leonor Barocio Urenda, 87, of Cottage Grove, Ore. died April 03, 2023.  STOLP: Stanley “Stan” Ray Stolp, 41, of Cottage Grove, Oregon died  April 7, 2023.  Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel and…

Denise Joann Reineke

Feb. 13, 1947 — April 9, 2023 Denise Joann Reineke, 76, died on Easter Sunday of lung cancer.   Denise was born Feb. 13, 1947 and was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Bonnelle Berens, of Coburg, Ore. Denise has two sisters and…

Death notices: week of April 13

TORRES: Jimmy Torres, 83, of Cottage Grove, formerly of Texas, passed away April 3, 2023. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills. MOORE: Tobias “TJ” C. Moore, 87, of Drain passed away April 4, 2023. Arrangements:  Smith-Lund-Mills.

Gary Lee Dulley

Jan. 6, 1939 — April 4, 2023 Gary Lee Dulley, 84, passed away April 4, 2023. Gary was born in Cottage Grove, Ore. Jan. 6, 1939 to parents Grant and Margaret (Castle) Dulley.  At the very young age of 16, Gary started working in the…

William ‘Bill’ Denny Griffith

D: March 25, 2023 William “Bill” Denny Griffith, age 80, was called home by our Lord on Saturday, March 25, 2023 with his family at his bedside.  Bill was born in Rainelle, W.Va. to Charles and Frances Griffith.  After graduating high school, Bill joined the…

Janice Lee Mills

Dec. 2, 1933 – March 12, 2023 Janice Lee Mills of Dexter, Ore., passed away from natural causes on March 12, 2023. She was 89. Janice, known by most as Jan, was born Dec. 2, 1933, in Oregon City to parents Virgil and Violet Gill…

Brian Paul Griffith

D: March 20, 2023 Brian Paul Griffith, 68, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away on March 20, 2023, after a long illness. Brian was born in Poughkeepsie, New York to Catherine and Gene Griffith. He was two when the family moved to Lexington, Ky.  after…

Fernando ‘Nano’ Allen Giffen-Vallejo

April 11, 2003 – March 14, 2023 Fernando “Nano” Allen Giffen-Vallejo, 19, of Creswell, Ore. passed away tragically on March 14, 2023 in Eugene. Nano was born on April 11, 2003 to Victor Vallejo and Quila Giffen in Bend, Ore. He graduated from Al Kennedy…