Martha Clara (Mestdagh) Settelmeyer, 98, died peacefully surrounded by family on Dec. 22, 2020. Martha was born in rural Benson County, North Dakota on April 15, 1922 to Henry and Emma (Poelvoorde) Mestdagh, homesteaders from Belgium.  She was taken to the country township school by…

Kenneth Leon Sears, 83, of Creswell, Ore. passed away on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020 in Cottage Grove, Ore. of complications from dementia.  Ken was born Oct. 14, 1937 in Broken Bow, Neb. to parents Edwin Leroy Sears from York, Nebraska and Teedie Mae Emerson from…

Jacob “Jake” Jeffrey Anderson, born Feb. 13, 2000 in Springfield, Ore., passed away on Dec. 19, 2020 in Cottage Grove, Ore. He was 20 years old. He was born to Jeffrey Jerome Anderson and Effie Diann (Kendall) Anderson and joined his sister, Amanda Lee. Jake…

Terry Lynn Harris, 68, was born to Arnold and Laila (Alexander) Harris on Oct. 17, 1952 in Cottage Grove, Ore. He attended North Douglas High School in Drain, where he graduated salutatorian in 1970. Terry went on to study at Southern Oregon College (SOC) in…

Charles “Chuck” Taylor, 83, passed peacefully in his sleep on March 31, 2020 at Sweetbriar Villa in Springfield, Ore.  He was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Joyce D. Taylor who passed in early January. Chuck was born and raised in Lane…

Ruth Devon Tanton, 83, of Springfield, Ore., passed away on Dec. 8, 2020. Devon was born on May 18, 1930 in Elko, Nevada to parents Reginald R. and Ruth (Kelley) Keirnes.  She married David Tanton on June 9, 1955. Throughout her life, Devon worked as…

My dad, Jerry Lee Lister, died November 27, 2020. Born in Fruitland, Idaho, to Walter and LaVeller Lister, who have preceded him in death, they settled in Lowell, Ore., when my Dad was 4. He joined the Navy in ’56 and returned home in ’59…