Category Obituaries & Tributes

Mark Leroy Flory of Marcola passed away June 23, 2022. He was 62. Mark was born Jan. 6, 1960, in Riddle, Ore. to Melvin Flory, and Caroline Schaefer.  Mark was a jack of all trades. He enjoyed woodworking, welding and being a machinist. He was…

Joseph Huston Alsup was born and raised in Lebanon, Tenn., the fourth child of Harry and Mary Lou Lannom Alsup. He was the baby of the family and a famous child-star in Varallo’s Chili TV commercials.  He was predeceased by his brother Loyne, sister Jane…

Ralph Smeed, 96, a longtime Springfield businessman died on May 19, 2022 peacefully at home surrounded by four of his children.  Ralph was born April 18, 1926, in the Eugene, Ore. home he grew up in. His parents, Ethel and Herbert Smeed had three children…

Patricia “Pat” Putman, 88, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away June 29, 2022. Pat was born October 21, 1933 in Wardner, Idaho to parents Franklin and Doris (McCarver) Ballard. She married Clyde Putman on September 22, 1949 in Baker, Ore. Pat was a stay-at-home mother,…

On July 2, 2022, Harrison “Harry” Joshua Klaiss moved on from this Earth at 21 years old. He was born in New Jersey, joining his sister Rachael, on Oct. 17, 2000 to AnnaMarie Klaiss (Corchiani) and Harry Spencer Klaiss Jr., of Springfield. Harrison was a…

Michelle was found passed from this earth into her heavenly fathers’ arms on June 16, 2022 in her home in Coburg, Ore. She died from diabetic complications. Michelle was born April 1982 in Springfield, Ore. to parents Fred Glock and Karen Kelso. She lived most…

Glenda Joyce Olson, 73, of Drain, Ore. passed away June 1, 2022. Glenda was born in Patterson, Calif. on Nov. 17, 1948 to parents James and Kathleen (Creel) Anglin. She married Dennis Olson in 1981, in Drain. Glenda worked at the Big Burger in Drain,…

Dennis Craig Twite, 74, passed away June 29 from a glioblastoma brain tumor. He was born February 13, 1948, to Gerald and Neva (Nelson) Twite in Veblen, S.D. Dennis graduated from Willamette High School in 1966. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam…

In loving memory of Otto P. Polensky, who died June 15, 2022 with his wife by his side, of age-related illness. He was 95. He was born on a farm in Dickinson, N.D., on Sept. 3, 1926, to Mary Barta Polensky and Joseph James Polensky.…