Category Obituaries & Tributes

She was born in Eugene to Gordon Smalling and Laureen Neilson on July 25, 1979. She gave birth to her son Kyler Paul Smalling on Feb. 13, 2008 in Springfield, Ore. Stephanie marriedJosh Laube on June 16, 2016. She was a devoted loving wife, mother,…

Linda Ann Wittorff (Clouette), 80, of Springfield, Ore., died on Nov. 30, 2020 at home with her family after a long illness. Linda was born June 12, 1940 in Dallas, Texas to Jean William and Thelma Eula (Neil) Clouette. She graduated from Rockwall High School…

Dorothye ‘Suzanne’ Kloehn died at home with the care of hospice and surrounded by family and friends on Feb. 24, 2021.  Suzanne was born in Cottage Grove, Ore. to Robert and Dorthye Conner of Lorane, Ore. She was the third of five children. She attended…

Debra JoAnn Christofferson of Dexter passed away after a six-year battle with cancer on Dec. 14, 2020. She was born March 10, 1953 to Robert and Mabel McAllister in Springfield, Ore. Debra is the mother of three children; Troy, Sarah and Mikael; grandmother of seven…

Bradley Scott Cole died Feb. 4, 2021 at Pete Moore Hospice House in Eugene. He was born Nov. 2, 1959 in Springfield, Ore. to Scott and Kay (Dannen) Cole. Brad attended several schools in this area and earned his GED later in life.  As a…

A memorial will be held March 9, 2021 for Robert Louis “Bob” Widmer, Jr., 64, a longtime Creswell resident, who passed away Nov. 28, 2020 from complications of COVID-19. Bob was born in Eugene on Dec. 11, 1955 to Robert and Kathryn Widmer. He graduated…

Jeffrey Dale Mailer, 73, passed away Friday, February 19 in Cottage Grove, Ore. Jeff was born May 4, 1947 to Sally Toner Mailer and James Mailer of Everett, Wash. Jeffrey (Jeff) graduated from Kalani High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he majored in surfing. At…

Michael G. Bivans, 77, of Drain, Ore., passed away on Feb. 5, 2021. Michael was born on Sept. 21, 1943 in San Pedro, Calif. to parents Francis and Lois (Pahl) Bivans. He was very talented with a natural ability that was self-taught in woodworking, painting, drawing…

Edward R. Feil was born in Cleveland, Ohio on May 16, 1924 and died peacefully at home with family by his side in Springfield, Ore. on Feb, 5, 2021. He was 96. The youngest child of writer Nellie Rosalie Feil (neé Elgutter) and cardiac surgeon…