Category Obituaries & Tributes

Claudia Dale Taylor, aged 84, passed away unexpectedly but peacefully on June 28, 2022, after a brief but serious illness. She was born Sept. 15, 1937, to Elizabeth Susan Hammond Taylor and Ernest Arthur “Bud” Taylor. Claudia is survived by her children, Katherine Jean Jones…

On July 3, 2022, our beloved husband, father, and grandfather was called home to Heaven after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Springfield, Ore. to George and Kathryn Cole and was the middle brother to Ed Cole and Larry Cole. He…

Steven L. “Steve” Mercer passed away June 27, 2022 at his home in Dexter, Ore. He was born May 19, 1956 to Stanley and Shirley Mercer in Marlborough, Mass. On Oct. 20, 1979 he married Nancy Holley in Simi Valley, Calif. They moved to Ore.…

Wallace R. Anderson, Sr. was born Nov. 2, 1938, at Sacred Heart in Eugene and passed away at Riverbend on July 3, 2022, at 83. He grew up in Springfi eld and graduated from Springfi eld High School in 1956. He had a few different…

Ted Farris unexpectedly passed away early Monday, June 20, 2022, at 12:40 a.m.; Ted grew up and went to school in the San Diego area. After his education, he spent most of his time in Hawaii during his Air Force enlistment. Ted was honorably discharged…

Nancy Cushman (Harrington) Draper of Eugene and Springfield passed away peacefully in her sleep on May 30, 2022 at the age of 94.She was born in Santa Monica, California to Rufus and Marilla Ryder Harrington. She married Eugene Draper on September 5, 1947. She graduated…

JoAnn Cook passed away of natural causes on June 30, 2022. She was born Joan Plaisted in Roseburg, Ore. on May 7, 1933 to John and Agnes Marie Plaisted. She was the youngest of eight children and had three sisters, Pauline, Coral and Donna and…

Delores Ann Quinn, 76, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away June 5, 2022 at her home. She was born June 21, 1945 in Mena, Ark. to Orvil and Delcie (Colley) Loyd. Delores married Shirley Ray Quinn on June 14, 1963, and they celebrated 32 of…

Larry Gene Morphew of Springfield passed away May 4, 2022, he was 73. Larry was born Dec. 5, 1948, in Nashville, Alaska to Preston and Charlene (Johnson) Morphew. He lived in Kirby, Alaska until September of 1951 when the family moved to Springfield, Ore.  Larry…