Obituaries

Alta Dolores Francke

Alta Dolores Francke

Aug 1, 2026

Alta Dolores Francke passed away on August 1 in Providence, Utah. Born on July 11, 1931, she was the daughter of Lawrence Wilson and Alta Huntsman Wilson. She worked in law-enforcement for 30 years, first for the Salt Lake City Police and later for the Port of Seattle Police. She was a graduate of the FBI Academy, served in the...

Lois Jeanne Carlson

Lois Jeanne Carlson

Jul 29, 2026

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Otis Benjamin Dean

Otis Benjamin Dean

Jul 15, 2026

Otis Benjamin Dean, Senior, 96 of Independence passed away July 15, 2026. He was born December 25, 1929 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is by his wife Mary Jane 75 and his son Benjamin Dean junior 15 and a grandson Ronnie Lee Dean junior five months.

Otis grew up in a migrant family following the fruit crops from Arkansas to Oregon....

Gregory Robert Soukup Sr

Gregory Robert Soukup Sr

Jul 14, 2026

Gregory Robert Soukup Sr born February 10, 1951 to Eleanor Regina Sestokes and Robert Kenneth Soukup in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the eldest of 4 siblings; Paul, Brian & Jean. He stepped up at a very young age to help raise his younger siblings.

Greg worked many jobs in his life; orderly at a hospital, brick layer, bus driver and...

Samuel Eldridge Archer

Samuel Eldridge Archer

Jun 1, 2026

Samuel Eldridge Archer, 87, passed away at his home in Independence, OR on June 1, 2026. He is preceded in death by his beloved wife Sandra Kay Archer, his loving sisters Judith Heaney and Carol Fox, his parents Eldridge Allison Archer and Avis Moore Archer, and his son-in-law Jerry Pittman. He leaves behind two daughters, Amy Archer and Cindy Pittman,...