Jared Bridges, 34, of Springfield, Ore., passed away on Jan. 7, 2022 after suffering brain trauma due to a severe asthma attack. He was able to give the gift of life through organ donation. Jared was predeceased by his father Brent, who he missed very…

Harold Warren Powell, 99, passed away on Jan. 5, 2022 at his home in Fall Creek, Ore. He was born to Melvin Cornelius and Fay Gertrude Duncan Powell of Springfield, Colo., in Hooker, Okla. on May 8, 1922. Harold served with distinction in World War…

Brian Jerry Kuhnhenn, 65, died unexpectedly on Dec. 17, 2021. Brian was born on Aug. 2, 1956 to Lillian Violet (Dochterman) and Gerald Frederick Kuhnhenn, the middle child of three boys. He lived his whole life in the Pleasant Hill-Eugene-Springfield area. After graduating high school,…

Gail Delores Lowry, 93, of Creswell, Ore., passed away peacefully at her home on Jan. 14, 2022. Gail was born in Lake City, S.D., on Sept. 26, 1928 to parents Daniel Buss and Bertha S. Rust.  In August 1947 she married Donald James Lowry. After they married…

Longtime resident of the McKenzie valley, Jeannette Rae Thomson, passed into eternity on Jan. 10, 2022 from her battle with lung cancer. Jeannette was born to Ira York and Patricia Thomson Jr. on Sept. 25, 1963. She has one brother, Ira York Thomson III, and…

Charlotte Maxine (Lynch) Gray passed peacefully early Jan. 2, 2022 from a lifelong battle of diabetes and recent liver cancer diagnosis.  Born July 8, 1944, the eldest child of Dan and Doris (Jeffers) Lynch, grandparents William and Gertrude (Barnum) Lynch, and Ira and Bertha (Luce)…

Valentine “Marie” Raymond, 86, of Creswell, Ore. formerly of Dorena, Ore. passed away Jan. 12, 2022. Marie was born in Cottage Grove on Feb. 14, 1935 to parents Robert Lee and Mary Zora (West) Owen. She graduated from Cottage Grove as valedictorian 1952.  After graduation, she…

Tom Mac Cully of Kearney, Neb., and formerly of Creswell and Eugene, passed away on Nov. 5, 2020 from respiratory failure due to COVID-19. He was 78 years old.   Tom was born on Aug. 28, 1942 in Shattuck, Okla., to Lloyd and Theda Boone Cully.…

Rodney Lewis Loennig, loving father, brother, uncle and friend, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, in Baker City, Ore. He was 66 years old.  Rodney was born April 16, 1955, in Baker, Ore. to parents Frank Loennig and Marjorie Marie Loennig. After graduating from North Powder…