Category Obituaries & Tributes

  JoAnn “Susan” Bain was born November 23, 1944 in Almont, N.D. to Joseph and Anna Kronberger. She died on March 20, 2022 with her husband at her side. Susan was the middle of five children: Gordon, Gary, Sandra, and Gene. They moved to Saginaw,…

Margarita (Rita) Madeline (Quaglia) Cantonwine was born June 24, 1927 in Booth Kelly Logging Camp #13 in Wendling, Ore. She came to Cottage Grove in 1928.  Rita belonged to the 4-H club in school, Catholic church youth group, Catholic Daughters, and was an usher for…

  Janet Elaine McLaughlin, 75, of Creswell, Ore. passed March 9, 2022. Janet was born June 23, 1946, in Detroit, Mich. to parents Howard and Mariam (Hayes) McLaughlin. She married Faye L Gagehabib on June 5, 2013 in Eugene, Ore.  They were married for eight…

  Bobby Lee Young, 81, of Cottage Grove, Ore., passed away Feb. 3, 2022. Bobby (Bob) was a longtime resident of Cottage Grove, a friend to many, a devoted father, grandfather and loving husband. He had a long and full life. Born on Sept. 15,…

Ilene Rae Humphreys, later Pyles, was born in Baker City, Ore., on Feb. 2, 1956. She died after a long and gradual decline from the dementia that also took her mother and her grandmother before her; and after, at the very end, a characteristic refusal to…

HALL – James Hall, 65, of Eugene, died March 12. ZUCK – Robert Zuck, 75, of Eugene died March 14.   DICKSON – Russell Dickson, 68 years old of Eugene. Died March 14, 2022. Arrangements by Sunset Hills Funeral Home Crematorium and Cemetery.  BLANCO –…

Girdon “Clay or Sonny” Clayton Kirkland, 75, of Springfield, Ore., passed away on Feb. 1, 2022. He was born to parents Matthew “Clayton” and Thelma Kirkland, on June 5, 1946 in Eugene. Clay graduated from Thurston Senior High School in 1964.  He served in the…

  Pamela Kay (Beers) Hughes was born in Cottage Grove, Ore. to Howard Robert Beers and Nora Loueen (Ballard) Beers. She lived in the Cottage Grove area her entire life, graduating from Cottage Grove High School in 1973.  Being Howard’s daughter, Pam grew up learning…

Sharon Marie Walton of Springfield, Ore. passed away peacefully on March 2, 2022 at the age of 71, holding her husband’s hand.  Sharon was born on Oct. 31, 1950 in Coquille, Ore. Sharon graduated from Coquille High School in 1968. At 18, she met her…