Category Obituaries & Tributes

Judy Bloom was born Feb. 29, 1944, in Monterey Calif. to Bill and Evelyn Mercer. After making their home in Oregon, Judy was part of the first graduation class at Thurston High School. After high school, she attended beauty college and began her lifelong career…

Guadalupe “Lupe” Gene Soto left this world to be with his source of strength on Octo. 3, 2021, in Springfield at the age of 67. Born in North Platte, Neb. in 1954 and lived in Oregon since 2004. Privately, his faith in the Lord provided…

Douglas Patrick Mart, 62, of Springfield passed away Sept. 25, 2021. He was born Nov. 8, 1958 in Eugene to Roger and Jeannine Mart,  both deceased. He owned Mart Transportation, a trucking company. He is survived by brothers David of Arizona, Steve of Eugene, half-brother…

Daniel Johnson, 69, of Creswell went to be with the Lord on July 8, 2021. Even though he spent the majority of his life in Oregon, he was well-known in the Paradise community. Dan was born in Sacramento on Dec. 9, 1951 and moved to…

Antoinette Carol Lucia Rivera Wommack of Cottage Grove passed away on Friday, Oct. 8 after a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 64 years old. Born on Oct. 6, 1957 in Harrison, N.Y. to Italian immigrants, Carol graduated from Harrison High before relocating to…

Ruth M. Jokinen passed quietly on the night of Sept. 3, 2021 from the congestive heart failure she had been battling for a while. Ruth was born at her Grandmother Grover’s home in Maine. She grew up on a farm – the youngest of five…

Donald Kokko, age 71, of Creswell, Ore. died October 4, 2021. He was born on February 28, 1950, in Fort Bragg, California.  He is survived by his wife, Melba; three sons, Troy, Danny, and Eric; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. His career was with the…

Mary Maxine Jones Atwood, 92, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away October 3, 2021. Mary was born to Floyd and Kitty (Brumbaugh) Jones on Feb. 25, 1929 in Cottage Grove. After high school Mary married Darrell Atwood on July 4, 1952 in Reno, Nev.  She…

Nancy Ann Gressler, 82, of Springfield, died peacefully on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Nancy was born June 29, 1939 in Frankfort, Ind., to Eugene and Marguerite Stoops. She graduated from Carmel High School in Indiana, then went on to receive a B.A. from Evansville College…