Category Obituaries & Tributes

Sue Rose Smith passed away September 8, 2020. She was born in Rosboro, Arkansas to Elzey Ray and Kate Rose on June 25, 1931. The family moved to Springfield, Oregon when she was 10 years old. She graduated from Springfield High School and later married…

Ayako (Arimoto) Rieke, 76 of Cottage Grove, OR passed away on September 13, 2020. She was born on January 15, 1944 in Osaka, Japan. Ayako graduated from high school and received a florist degree. She married Raymond A. Rieke on January 30, 1977 in Cottage…

Ronald Dee Gregory, 68, passed away unexpectedly on September 14, 2020 of congestive heart failure, after his recent move to Pensacola Florida. Ronald leaves behind his four children: John, Aimee, Tyler, and Ashley.  Being a father was one of his greatest accomplishments. He was always…

James S. Locke DVM passed away August 24, 2020 in Albany, Oregon at the age of 91 from a tired heart. His long life began in Seattle Washington on September 24, 1928. The only son of Albert and Lula Locke, he had one sister, Elaine.  …

An interment graveside celebration for Nancy will be held at 11 a.m. on Sept. 25 at West Lawn Memorial Park, 225 S. Danebo, Eugene. Nancy was born in Bellingham Washington and spent her growing up years in Washington.  She met her husband Arthur Clingenpeel at…

Victor Ray Patton, 77, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away at home on Sept. 5, 2020. He was born on Jan. 20, 1943, in Houston, Texas, to parents Victor F. and Essie I. (Davis) Patton. Victor attended Dorena grade school, graduated from Cottage Grove High School…

It is with great sorrow, and much love that we mourn the passing of Marjorie Johnson of Springfield, Oregon, on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at the age of 70.  She will be deeply missed by her husband of 51 years, Calvin Sr., her children, Calvin…

Sara Jo Johnson, 76, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away on Sept. 9, 2020, due to non-smokers lung cancer that metastasized from a rare pleomorphic sarcoma. She was born in Shelton, Washington, on April 15, 1944, to James Floyd Smith and Leona Elma Fox Smith.…

Maxine Mercidese Warren passed away on August 26, 2020, at the age of 98 in Eugene, Oregon. She was born in Wallace, Nebraska, on Dec. 27, 1921, to Peter and Nola (Moore) Ewen. She graduated from Lexington High School in 1939 and went on to…