Category Obituaries & Tributes

May 17, 1935  – Dec. 17, 2022 Gloria Bessie “Bea” Mathis, 87, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away Dec. 17, 2022.  Bea was born May 17, 1935 in Newberg, Ore. to parents Fred and Juanita (Counts) Cranmer, and raised in Culp Creek, Ore.  After graduating…

Sept. 9, 1936 – Dec. 28, 2022 Donald Eugene Toevs, 86, of Cottage Grove, Ore., formerly of Dallas, Ore., passed away Dec. 28, 2022. Donald was born Sept. 9, 1936 in Dallas to parents Robert and Elizabeth (Linscheid) Toevs. After graduating from Dallas High School,…

June 17, 1962 – Dec. 20, 2022 Alen R. Bahret of Springfield passed away Dec. 20, 2022. He was 60. Alen was born in Santa Ana, Calif. on June 17, 1962, to Donald R. and Arline M. (Martinson) Bahret. Alen lived in Santa Ana, Calif.,…

Died Nov. 26, 2022 It is with great regret that we announce the death of our father, Michael Edward Carroll, at the age of 83. Living life as a happy snowbird, his main landing spots were Battle Ground, Wash; Yuma, Ariz; and El Golfo, Mexico.…

Aug. 1, 1966 – Dec. 19, 2022 Brian Scot Harris passed peacefully in his sleep on Dec. 19 at his home in Cottage Grove, Ore. Brian was born on Aug. 1, 1966 in Eugene, Ore. to Thomas Aldous and Patricia Harris.  Brian loved the outdoors…

Nov. 10, 1945 – Dec. 18, 2022 Geneva “Mam” Carol Weber, 77, of Creswell, Ore. passed away Dec. 18, 2022. She was born Nov. 10, 1945, in Eccles, W.Va. to James and Lorine Branham. She attended high school in Mesa, Ariz. Geneva retired in 2020,…

June 4, 1946 — Dec. 27, 2022 Linda Patricia Adler left us too soon. We weren’t ready to say goodbye and neither was she — and yet, here we are, writing her obituary. It’s not enough to simply write someone’s life story in 500 words…

July 27, 1947 — Dec. 18, 2022 Rebecca “Kay” Andrews, 75, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away suddenly on Dec. 18, 2022.  Kay was born July 27, 1947 in Eugene, Ore. to parents Elwyn and Beryl (Nickeson) Bamford.  After graduating high school, she married Jamie…