Obituaries

William Yale Foreman

William Yale Foreman

May 8, 2020

William Y. ForemanSeptember 25, 1949 - May 8, 2020 William Y. Foreman, resident of Monmouth, Oregon passed away on May 8, 2020 at the age of 70.  William’s funeral mass will be Friday, May 22, 2020, at 1:30 pm at St. Joseph’s Church 721 Chemeketa St. NE Salem, OR 97301.  Bill will be buried at Hilltop Cemetery in Independence 8822...

Theodore "Ted" Thomas Tannich

Theodore "Ted" Thomas Tannich

May 7, 2020

Ted T. Tannich Ted T. Tannich, a life long Albany resident, passed on May 7, 2020. He was born in a Model T in the old Albany Hospital parking lot on Dec. 2, 1924, to John and Mary Tannich. Ted attended Madison School with his siblings Henrietta, Rudolph, Lilian and Margarette, graduating from Albany High School in 1942. His family...

Naomi Smith

Naomi Smith

May 6, 2020

Naomi passed away at her Monmouth residence on May 6, 2020.  She was born on November 27, 1955 in Woodland, California. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Naomi Smith, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

Steven C. Ruckdeschel

Steven C. Ruckdeschel

May 3, 2020

Steven C. Ruckdeschel passed away on May 3, 2020 at the age of 66 in Independence, Oregon.  Steven was born on September 19, 1953 in Buffalo, New York. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Steven C. Ruckdeschel, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

Thomas Gregory Martin

Thomas Gregory Martin

May 1, 2020

Thomas Gregory Martin passed away on May 1, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. Thomas was born on June 7, 1955 in East Liverpool, Ohio. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Thomas Gregory Martin, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

Jon F. Nelson

Jon F. Nelson

Apr 24, 2020

Jon F. Nelson passed away in Dallas, Oregon on April 24, 2020 at the age of 80.  He was born August 16, 1939 in Salem, Oregon to Melford and Helen Nelson. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Jon F. Nelson, please click here to visit our Sympathy...

Jacqueline Mary Lee Grimes

Jacqueline Mary Lee Grimes

Apr 23, 2020

Jacqueline Mary Lee Grimes, resident of Monmouth, passed away on April 23, 2020 at the age of 83.  She was born August 31, 1936 to Jack and Irene Spraker in New York City, New York. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Jacqueline Mary Lee Grimes, please click...

Robert George Taylor

Robert George Taylor

Apr 22, 2020

Robert George Taylor Robert George “Uncle Bob” Taylor of Coquille, OR let go of Earth and entered Heaven after 90 spins around the sun on April 22, 2020. He just had so much stuff to do and he couldn’t do it here. Bob was born in Coquille across the street from the house he lived nearly the entirety of his...

James Robert Hunter

James Robert Hunter

Apr 17, 2020

James Robert Hunter passed away on April 17, 2020 at the age of 72.  He was born in Dayton, Ohio on September 26, 1947. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of James Robert Hunter, please click here to visit our Sympathy Store.

Maria Imelda Mendez

Maria Imelda Mendez

Apr 12, 2020

Maria Imelda MendezJune 23, 1956 ~ April 12, 2020 Maria Imelda “Bebé” Mendez was born to proud parents, Amador and Amparo Mendez, on June 23, 1956 in La Villa, Texas, and passed away on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. At age four, her family relocated to the Willamette Valley and settled in Independence, Oregon where she would...

Mark Timothy Pflaum

Mark Timothy Pflaum

Apr 11, 2020

Mark Timothy Pflaum Mark Timothy “Tim” Pflaum sprinted over home plate on April 11, 2020. He played his game of life, enduring all the curveballs it threw at him and fastballs he threw at it, for a full 62-year inning stretch.  Tim was ready to run after living in a wheelchair for almost half his life due to Multiple Sclerosis....

Ronald Elsworth Stewart

Ronald Elsworth Stewart

Apr 9, 2020

Ronald Elsworth StewartMarch 4, 1933 ~ April 9, 2020 A celebration of Ronald's life will be planned at a later date. Born to Ted and Marian Dillman on March 4, 1933, in the small logging town of Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, during the Great Depression. The family relocated to Seattle, Washington, in 1936. Ron attended Broadview Elementary School, Hamilton and Monroe...

Mary Alice Mcdaniel

Mary Alice Mcdaniel

Apr 5, 2020

Mary Alice McDaniel Mary Alice McDaniel, resident of Buena Vista, passed away in Salem Oregon on April 5, 2020 at the age of 90.  Mary was born January 21, 1930 in Payette, Idaho. Mary met and married the love of her life, Kenneth Willie McDaniel on April 9, 1947 in Independence Oregon.  Together they raised four children:  Mary Sparks of...

Steven Herman Abers

Steven Herman Abers

Apr 5, 2020

Steven Herman Abers, a resident of Independence, passed away on April 5, 2020 at the age of 76.  He was born October 12, 1943 in Portland, Oregon to Herman and Mary Abers. Steven will be interred at Hilltop Cemetery in Independence.  Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of...

Paul Robert Munson Do

Paul Robert Munson Do

Mar 31, 2020

Paul Robert Munson, DO April 3, 1939 ~ March 31, 2020 Paul Robert Munson, DO died in Salem, Oregon, on March 31, 2020 at the age of 80.  He was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, on April 3, 1939. Paul lived most of his life in Oregon.  He was born to Caroline (née Sjödin) and Sverre Munson (née Hundeide) in...

Eugene Wesley Valek

Eugene Wesley Valek

Mar 19, 2020

Eugene Wesley Valek passed away on March 19, 2020 at his residence in Monmouth, Oregon at the age of 92.  Gene was born June 12, 1927 in Cuba, Kansas to Wesley and Anna Valek. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family. To send a flower arrangement or to plant trees in memory of Eugene Wesley Valek, please click here to...

Marcia Elaine Wade

Marcia Elaine Wade

Mar 18, 2020

Marcia Elaine WadeJuly 28, 1949 – March 18, 2020 Marcia passed away suddenly at home on Wednesday March 18th. She was born July 28, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas to Charles and Mildred Elliott; the third of four siblings Connie, Terry, and Jimmy. She is preceded in death by both parents and her beloved brother Jimmy. She has left bereft...

Raul Leos

Raul Leos

Mar 13, 2020

Raul Leos passed away at his residence on March 13, 2020 at the age of 51.  Raul was born on March 13, 1969 to Juan and Anita Leos. Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family.

Viktor Yevgenyevich Tarasenkov

Viktor Yevgenyevich Tarasenkov

Mar 9, 2020

Viktor Tarasenkov was born October 30, 1953 in Moscow, Russia to Yevgeniy and Nadezhda Tarasenkov.  He passed away on March 9, 2020 in Salem, at the age of 66. Interment will be at Hilltop Cemetery.  Farnstrom Mortuary is caring for the family.

Lyman Smith Jr.

Lyman Smith Jr.

Mar 4, 2020

Lyman Smith passed away at the age of 93 in Corvallis on March 4.  He was born in Tenino, Washington in 1927 to Chester and Mabel Smith.  He had an older sister Virginia.  His parents owned a restaurant in Tenino for 21 years until they decided to move to Corvallis in 1942.  Dad graduated from Corvallis High School in January...