Category Obituaries & Tributes

Death Notices: Fleming, Lees, Thurmond

Michal Allen Fleming, 45, of Cottage Grove, Ore. died Nov. 15, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel. Ronald L. Lees, 67, of Cottage Grove, died Nov. 14, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel.  James Carroll Thurmond Jr., 80, of Eugene, died Nov. 4, 2024. Arrangements: Major Family…

Paul Ernest Burgett: Oct. 4, 1929 – Oct. 12, 2024

Paul Burgett passed away on October 12, 2024, at the age of 95 from natural causes. He was born on October 4, 1929, to Ernest and Esther Burgett in Forks, Washington. The Burgett family moved quite a bit around Washington State. Paul and his family…

Cecil L. Lockard, Jr.: Oct. 27, 1955 – Oct. 13, 2024

Cecil L. Lockard, Jr. passed away on October 13, 2024, in Eugene, Oregon. Also known to family and close friends as “Bud,” he was born in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on October 27, 1955, to parents Cecil and Shirley Lockard. Cecil graduated from Creswell High School…

Catherine Sturgess McLaughlin: 1952 – 2024

Catherine (Cathy) Isabelle Sturgess, 71, of Creswell, Oregon passed away on October 14, 2024.  Cathy was born October 26, 1952 to Raymond and Echo (Lockard) Sturgess also of Creswell, Oregon. Cathy attended Creswell High School and worked as a stay-at-home mom while her kids were…

Clarity Jessicalaura Johnson: Feb. 11, 2010 – Sept. 30, 2024

Clarity Jessicalaura Johnson, also known by her family as “Baby Luv,” “Clair Bear,” and “Calamity,” was born on February 11, 2010, in Springfield, Oregon. She passed on September 30, 2024.  She was adored by her mother, Brittini (Denham) Giffen, and her supportive stepfather, John Giffen…

Larry Hilland Weaver: March 18, 1942 – Sept. 24, 2024 

Larry Hilland Weaver was born March 18, 1942, in Beaumont, Texas, and died at home on September 24, 2024, in Creswell, Oregon, where he had lived for decades on a small family farm. He held degrees in math, physics, geology, chemistry and a PhD in…

Death Notices: Lemus, Syverson, Tippin

Landi Alexader Lemus, 72, of Cottage Grove, died Sept. 27, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel and Crematorium. Dianne Lynette Syverson, 85, of Salem, died Sept. 25, 2024. Arrangements: Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel and Crematorium. Mary Tippin, 78, of Eugene, died Sept.  28, 2024. Arrangements: Sunset Hills Funeral Home, Crematorium…

Death Notices: Rhoades, Lee, Kahn

Leonard Michael Rhodes, 73, of Veneta Oregon, died Sept. 12, 2024.  Freddy Lee, 64, of Eugene Oregon, died Sept. 15, 2024. James Franklin Kahn, 68, of Eugene Oregon, died Sept. 17, 2024  Arrangements: Sunset Hills Funeral Home, Crematorium & Cemetery.

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