Son of John M. and Freda K. (Best) Garrelts, Harold Ernest Garrelts passed away on March 2, 2022 at McKenzie Willamette Hospital at the age of 85. He was husband to Shirley A. (Clayton) Garrelts. They were married on June 20, 1959 and were married…

Carol Joyce Violette was born on Nov. 6, 1932, in Usk, Wash., the first child of Roy and Maxine Violette. She had two sisters, Nancy and Vera, and two brothers, Dennis and Rick.  Her parents eventually settled in the Cottage Grove area. Carol was a…

Brad Ford Stutzman, 75, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away at home from heart failure March 31, 2022.  Brad was born in Sutherlin, Ore. to parents Eldon and Florence (Livengood) Stutzman on June 16, 1946. He married Deanna McGee on Jan. 29, 1983 in Reno, Nev. …

Gloria “Jean” Hurst, 69, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away from cancer January 11, 2022. Jean was born May 16, 1952 in Burns, Ore. to parents Leonard and Betty (Spigner) DeHaven. After graduating from high school Jean took some college courses and continued on to…

  JoAnn “Susan” Bain was born November 23, 1944 in Almont, N.D. to Joseph and Anna Kronberger. She died on March 20, 2022 with her husband at her side. Susan was the middle of five children: Gordon, Gary, Sandra, and Gene. They moved to Saginaw,…

Margarita (Rita) Madeline (Quaglia) Cantonwine was born June 24, 1927 in Booth Kelly Logging Camp #13 in Wendling, Ore. She came to Cottage Grove in 1928.  Rita belonged to the 4-H club in school, Catholic church youth group, Catholic Daughters, and was an usher for…

  Janet Elaine McLaughlin, 75, of Creswell, Ore. passed March 9, 2022. Janet was born June 23, 1946, in Detroit, Mich. to parents Howard and Mariam (Hayes) McLaughlin. She married Faye L Gagehabib on June 5, 2013 in Eugene, Ore.  They were married for eight…

  Bobby Lee Young, 81, of Cottage Grove, Ore., passed away Feb. 3, 2022. Bobby (Bob) was a longtime resident of Cottage Grove, a friend to many, a devoted father, grandfather and loving husband. He had a long and full life. Born on Sept. 15,…

Ilene Rae Humphreys, later Pyles, was born in Baker City, Ore., on Feb. 2, 1956. She died after a long and gradual decline from the dementia that also took her mother and her grandmother before her; and after, at the very end, a characteristic refusal to…