Category Obituaries & Tributes

Norma Elaine Wright

Norma Elaine Wright, 81, passed away at home on Aug. 9, 2020 while surrounded by her family. Elaine was born on Jan. 3, 1939, in Durham, Oklahoma, to Norman and Fredia Widener.  She married Glen Wright of Crawford, Oklahoma, in 1956. Shortly thereafter, they moved to…

Barbara Jean Bostick Platz Mulligan

Barbara Jean Bostick Platz Mulligan, 83, succumbed to old age and COPD on Aug. 13, 2020. Barbara was born Sept. 25, 1936 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Bill and Elsie Bostick. She had three younger brothers, one of whom died in infancy. In 1953 she married…

Christina Jerene Jones

Christina Jerene Jones, 71, of Creswell, Oregon passed away Aug. 15, 2020.  She was born May 20, 1949 to parents John and Jerene (Bell) Forsyth in Myrtle Point, Oregon. Christina graduated from Myrtle Point High School in 1967. She married Robert Jones in 1974 in Reno,…

Mark Linn Lanzarotta

Mark, 57, passed away March 19, 2020, at his home on Hamm Road where he has lived for 20-plus years. Mark was born in Denver, Colorado, to Phillip and Velvet Lanzarotta.  He is the 3rd child of 5 — his siblings are Suzette, Phillip, Robyn…

Robert ‘Bob’ Quick

Robert “Bob” Quick, 79, of Creswell, Oregon, passed away from natural causes on August 10, 2020. He was born on June 12, 1941, in San Bernardino, California, to parents Racel and Aline (Collins) Quick.  Bob married Ila Johns on June 3, 1960, in Creswell. Bob served…

Death Notices

EARL – Lldean A. Earl, 81, of Cottage Grove died July 3, 2020. Arrangements by Andreason’s Cremation & Burial Services. HINKLE – Charles Raymond Hinkle, 79, of Springfield died July 23, 2020. Arrangements by Major Family Funeral Home. McKINNON – Joyce B. McKinnon, 80, of…

Clyde Eldredge Goin

Clyde was born in a two-room home on the Kilpatrick Ranch in Imperial, Nebraska, to Everett Elijah Goin and Carrie Amy Octavia Sparks Goin. He was the 10th of 11 children, coming to Albany, Oregon, at the age of seven and graduating from Jefferson High…

Kelley Birchman-Tobias

Kelley Birchman-Tobias passed away on July 2, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona, of renal failure. She was 51. Kelley grew up in Beaverton, Oregon, then moved to Pleasant Hill, Oregon, in 1984 where she graduated in 1987. She met Roger Myllenbeck in Portland. They moved to…

Edward Metz

Edward (Ed) Metz, 75, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, passed away on August 1, 2020. He was born on October 29, 1944, to Edward and Edwina (Sweeney) Metz in Newark, New Jersey. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Janice Metz, his son Daniel…

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