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WARD – Ellen Mae Belle Ward, 85, of Drain, Oregon passed away March 28, 2022. Arrangements in the care of Smith-Lund-Mills Funeral Chapel and Crematorium. SMITH – John “Tom” Thomas Smith, 81, of Creswell, Oregon passed away April 4, 2022.…

Todd Edward Gray of Eugene, Ore. passed away on March 10, 2022 from a car accident. Todd was born on Feb. 19, 1965 to Ed and Carmalita (Sandy) Gray in Coos Bay, Ore.  After Todd graduated from Sheldon High School in…

Rick L. Higgins, veteran and longtime Creswell community member, passed away on April 8, the Creswell Veteran Affairs of Foreign Wars Post announced.  Higgins served as a United States Army infantryman and radio operator during the Vietnam War, earning three…

Patricia (Pat) Ann Schlosser passed away on March 31, 2022 in Creswell at the age of 80. She was born on Feb. 10, 1942 in Eugene to Chris and Lillian Brenden. The oldest of three children, Pat graduated from South Eugene…

Rose Mary Wells, 81, passed away on April 6, 2022 with Robert, her husband of 64 years, at her side.  Rose was born on May 28, 1940 in Oregon City where she attended high school and married Robert in 1958.…

Deborah “Debbie” Lynn Ford, 69, of Cottage Grove, Ore. passed away at home April 6, 2022.  Debbie was born in Salinas, Calif. on Aug. 6, 1952 to parents John and Clydene (Shackelford) Chiesa. She graduated from North High in 1971, and…

Ellen Mae Belle Ward, 85, of Drain, Ore. passed away March 28, 2022, in Springfield, Ore.  Ellen was born July 5, 1936, in Mitchell, Neb. to parents Merlyn and Nellie (Zweifel) Morrison. She married Robert Franklin Ward Jr. on March…

  Born in Longmont, Colo. to Herbert and Olive Smith, John ‘Tom’ Thomas Smith grew up on a farm producing feed Corn in Berthoud, Colo.  He joined the United States Air Force as a jet turbine mechanic shortly before meeting…