Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Hyper Local News I Springfield, Cottage Grove, Creswell, & Pleasant Hill
Dorothy Garrett, 85, of Springfield, Ore. passed away at her home on Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. She was born on Jan. 27, 1935, in Marion, Ohio to Milton and Cora Viola Large. Dorothy was the last surviving sibling to eight brothers and sisters. Dorothy was…
Liona Bell Swofford, 89, of Wendling, Ore., passed away on Dec. 8, 2020 in Springfield, Ore. Liona was born in Los Altos, Cal., to Floyd and Esther McVey, on June 16, 1931. Her family moved to Pleasant Hill, Ore., in 1945 where her father owned…
Bobbie was born in Dallas, Texas to Robert and Dona Morris, the oldest of three children. She moved to Salem, Oregon when she was 12 years old. She graduated from North Salem High School in 1949. Bobbie married John W. Garner and had three children:…
Kerry Alan Porter passed away peacefully to his heavenly home on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 following advanced stage Parkinson’s disease. He was born on Jan. 24, 1947 in Sweet Home, Ore. After graduating from Lowell High School, Kerry joined the United States Navy and served…
Kimberlee Dawn Dukes, 39, of Creswell, Oregon, passed away Nov. 27, 2020. Kimberlee was born Jan. 21, 1981 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., to parents Wesley Monroe Bilderback and Linda Gay (Ueda) Gould. She attended college briefly. She worked at JCPenney in the photo studio department,…
Anyone who ever met Maryane over the course of her 96 years knew instantly that they were in the company of someone who loved life and everybody she met. She was born in rural Nebraska to Louis and Hazel Nielsen on Feb.16, 1924. The family…
John Edward Buermann, 77, passed away peacefully on Nov. 9, 2020. John was born to Robert Carl Buermann and Kathleen Mary Buermann in Bremerton, Wash. John was raised on a dairy farm in Drain, Ore. where he developed his strong work ethic. At a young…
Lucille (Lucy) Elizabeth Hollis, 76, passed away on Nov. 27, 2020 in Springfield. Born on March 31, 1944 to Edward and Luella Royle, she spent much of her childhood on the family farm along Royle Road in Ridgefield, Wash. Lucy married Lawrence (Larry) Hollis and…
Walter “Gene” Snook, 91, passed away on Nov. 24, 2020. He was small in stature and big in heart. Born on March 10, 1929, in Cedardale, Okla. to Blanche and Howard Snook, his family moved to Sweet Home, Ore. when he was a child. He…