Leora Louise Melton – July 6,1940 – Feb 18, 2020 Leora Louise Melton, 79, passed away peacefully in Prosser, Wash. on Feb 18, 2020. Leora was born July 6,1940, in Bingham, Utah and lived in Creswell, Ore., most of her life. Leora loved serving her…

Jerald L. Moore – July 15, 1970 – Feb. 27, 2020 Jerald L. Moore, 49, of Challis, Idaho, passed away on Feb. 27, 2020 in Springfield, Ore. from a rare form of pancreatic cancer. Jerald was born to JL and Betty (Lovingood) Moore on July…

Keith Joseph Fuller – Oct. 2, 1975 – Feb. 28, 2020 Keith Joseph Fuller, 44, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away Feb. 28, 2020 from a rare form of anaplastic thyroid cancer. He was born to Tony E. and LaVonne (Dobson) Fuller Oct. 2, 1975…

Francis Gilbert Hopkinson – Dec. 10, 1936 – Feb. 19, 2020 Francis Gilbert Hopkinson, 83, of Cottage Grove passed away on Feb. 19, 2020. He was born in Newburyport, Mass., to Charles and Evaline Hopkinson on Dec. 10, 1936. LCDR Hopkinson was a career ASW…

Betty Jeanne Deere -Aug. 22, 1925 – Feb. 24, 202 Betty Jeanne Deere, 94, died on Feb. 24, 2020. She was born in Cottage Grove on Aug. 22, 1925, to parents Harry and Agnes (Flaherty) Stoneburg, and graduated from Cottage Grove High School. She married…

Robert Alan Southwick – Feb. 21, 2020 Robert Alan Southwick, 48, of Cottage Grove, formerly of Myrtle Creek, passed away Feb. 21, 2020. Robert was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon to parents Gary L. and Darrellyn (Steele) Southwick. He graduated from South Umpqua High School…

John Malcom Simmons – Nov. 15, 1937 – Feb. 20, 2020 John Malcom Simmons, 82, of Cottage Grove, passed away on Feb. 20, 2020. John was born on Nov. 15, 1937, in Eugene to parents John Milton Simmons and Ruth Marie (Mansell) Simmons. He graduated…

Linda Joel Nicolay – Oct. 17, 1958 – Feb. 18, 2020 Linda Joel Nicolay, 61, of Cottage Grove, passed on Feb. 18, 2020, from cancer. She was born on Oct. 17, 1958, in Jamestown, N.D., to parents Norbert and Darlene (Nitschke) Schlenker. Linda married Gary…