Category Obituaries & Tributes

Janie M. Anderson Polen, of Springfield, Ore., 76, was called home to be with our Lord on Feb. 26, 2021.  Janie was born to Sam and Louise Anderson on July 7, 1944 in Carroll, Iowa. The middle child of five, Janie lived the first part…

Jeffery Douglas Baker was born in Springfield, Ore. on Feb. 18, 1965, and died in Eugene on March 2, 2021. He was 56. Jeff was adopted at birth by his loving parents James H. Baker and Barbara Jean Cox Baker. Jeff’s mother and sister, Angela…

Doris “Laverne” Gresham went to be with the Lord on Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 at the age of 84 in Springfield, Ore. Laverne was born on July 3, 1936, in Enochs, Texas. She was the third of four children born to Roy and Ovie (Bates)…

Gerald (Jerry) Wilson Kirkpatrick passed away Feb. 28, 2021 at McKenzie Willamette Hospital at the age of 91, surrounded by his loving wife, three daughters and granddaughter. Born Aug. 17, 1929 to Mathew Elisha & Francis Pauline (Wilson) Kirkpatrick in Creswell, the sixth of seven…

Dean A. Taylor passed away on Jan. 10, 2021 at the age of 95. He was born in Latham, Ore., on April 7, 1925 to John and Jessie Taylor. He was the youngest of four children.  When Dean was about 3, the family moved to…

Flora Mae Taylor, born June 3, 1924, passed peacefully into eternal rest on Feb. 22, 2021. Flora was born in Junction City, Oregon to C.H. and Edna Mae McCullum. At 16 she married the love of her life Moses (Jack) Kingston Taylor in August of…

Norma Lou Dalton, 92, of Woodburn, Oregon passed away on February 27, 2021. Norma was born September 14, 1928 to parents Newton and Tuela (Green) Wiest in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She completed high school and married Roy Lavern Dalton July 31, 1953 in Stevenson, Wash. Norma and…

Dixie M. Hiestand, age 82 of Springfield, passed away on Jan. 31, 2021. Born in Sedro-Woolley, Wash., to Ruth and Lester Earl Stephens. She married Jack L. Hiestand on Aug. 25, 1956. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1956, where she was a cheerleader…