Mary “Laverne” Huffman, 85, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away May 15, 2022. She was a lifelong resident of Cottage Grove. Laverne was born in Hatton, Ark. on Feb. 14, 1937, to parents Pharo and Jewel (Roberts) Thweatt.   She graduated from Cottage Grove High…

On April 19, 2022 our beloved mother Anna Pauline Mullins, peacefully passed away at her home in Fall Creek, Oregon at the age of 88. Pauline, the youngest of four children, was born on Dec. 8, 1933 in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in…

Alfred Owre III (Fred), age 67, of Cottage Grove passed away on May 15, 2022.  Alfred is survived by his loving wife of 43 years, Brooks Owre, sons Eli (Jackie) Owre and Alexander (Amelia) Owre, his sister, Jane (Andy) Evancho, father-in-law Richard Hill, and his…

Denise Ann Williams, 67, of Eugene, died Friday May 6, 2022, at Creswell Rehabilitation Center as the result of a series of massive strokes onsetting in April, secondary to Infectious Endocarditis. At her bedside was her sister Dr. Karen Alldredge. Denise was born June 24,…

Rod was born on April 30, 1945 , in Frederic, Wis. to Elliott and Florence Eriksen. Rod married Sharon Allen on March 19, 1965. He worked for 42 years as a crane operator in mill construction and maintenance for Bohemia Inc., Willamette Industries, retiring from…

As part of Cottage Grove’s May Art Walk, Opal Center for Arts and Education will present a retrospective of late watercolor artist Shirley B. Froyd’s work, on Friday, May 27 from 6-8 p.m. It will be followed by an informal celebration of life, beginning at…

Ralph Edward Duhn, 79, of Springfield, Ore., died on April 24, 2022. He was born in Monterey Park, Calif., on July 30,1942 to John Henry and Virginia Ann Miller Duhn. He moved to Oregon in 1970 and traveled extensively throughout the United States.  A machinist…

​ WASZKIEWCZ – Marc Charles Waszkiewicz, 73, of Cottage Grove passed away May 12, 2022. NORRIS – Michael James, 75, of Cottage Grove, Ore., passed away on May 11, 2022. 

Lois P. Riggs, 95, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away April 27, 2022 in Medford, Ore., of natural causes. Lois was born in Quinter, Kan., May 4, 1926 to parents Ernest and Myrtle (Goss) Albin.  Lois worked at the Cottage Grove Safeway as a checker…