Obituaries
Jennifer Joan Russell
Nov 23, 2024
Jennifer Joan Russell was born in Portland, March 8th 1960, and raised in Salem. Graduated from Sprague High School, then went to work for Pacific Northwest Bell and retired from U.S West. She enrolled at Oregon school of massage and graduated and opened a successful office as a licensed massage therapist. She passed away quietly on November 23rd 2024, surrounded...
Sharon Ruff
Nov 10, 2024
Sharon R. (McGowan) Ruff was born on January 17, 1935, in Pendleton, Oregon to Martha Muriel Hodgkins McGowan and Vern McGowan. Sharon grew up helping with the family farm and going to school, where her father was the principal. She attended Oregon State University, where she was a member of the Alpha Xi Delta Sorority and graduated in 1952. She...
Sandra Kay Archer
Nov 3, 2024
Sandra (Sandi) Kay Archer, 78, passed away at her home in the Independence Airpark on Sunday November 3, 2024 after a long struggle with dementia with her loving husband Sam and her caregivers by her side. Sandi was preceded in death by her Father, Ira Fox, Loving Mother Alma B. Semin Fox, Brothers LeRoy and Gaylord Fox, and Sister Deloris...
Marion Eva Baker
Nov 3, 2024
Marion Eva Baker passed peacefully in the company of loved ones on November 3rd, 2024, at the age of 95. She was born on July 22nd, 1929, in Colebrook New Hampshire. The first of seven children was born to Keene and Eva Frick. In 1945, seeking a better life, the family packed up their car and drove across the country...
Clifford William Gordon
Oct 23, 2024
Cliff was born on March 5th, 1952 at Ballard hospital in Seattle Washington. He grew up in Bothell and then in Packwood, Washington until moving to Monmouth, Oregon in 1966. He then moved to Tonasket, Washington and graduated from high school. This is where he met and married Janis Eberlein. They then moved to Monmouth Oregon where they had two...
Robert Laurence Deyoe
Oct 15, 2024
Robert Laurence "Bob" Deyoe, was born in Monterey, California on January 22, 1953. Bob passed away from cancer at his Independence, Oregon home with his family, Karen and Larry Deyoe by his side, October 15, 2024. Bob loved television and video games. He also loved his electric train. He especially loved his dogs, Miley, Jasper, Jack and especially Jill, who...
Sherry Lee Sperling
Aug 19, 2024
Sherry Lee Sperling, 74, passed away on August 19, 2024, in Salem, Oregon. She was born on March 13, 1950, in Chewelah, Washington, to William Earl Curtis and Margorie Magaline Curtis. Sherry was a devoted mother of four daughters and a loving farm wife, married to Wendell Sperling. She was an avid quilter, known for her creativity and craftiness. Sherry...
Elizabeth Anne Perry
Aug 16, 2024
Elizabeth Anne Perry, our beautiful, wild Liz, died August 16, 2024 in Corvallis after a grueling battle with kidney disease. She was born January 14, 1988 in Salem to Thomas and Sherry Kay (Williams) Perry, joining sister Nicole to complete our family. She graduated from Central High School in Independence in 2006 as the senior class president. She was a...
Frances Kosko
Aug 11, 2024
Frances Lee Wheelock Kosko left this beautiful world on August 11, 2024; she was 76 years old. Fran is survived by son Christopher Thomas, daughter Jennifer Lee, grandchildren Alec, Julian, Ayla (husband James), Cecilia (husband David/”DJ”) and Austin, plus two well-loved great-grandchildren, Oliver and Carter. She was preceded in death by daughter Elizabeth Ann. Fran was born on December 15,...
Carole Lynn Shavere
Aug 9, 2024
Carole Shavere, 66, died on August 9th at her home in Independence of MDS. She is survived by her brother, Drew, sister-in-law Kari, nephews Kyle and Jackson, numerous close friends, her beloved dog Basil, and cats Bridget, LaFonda, and Elliot. Carole was born in August of 1958 to Ray and Dolores Shavere of Coquille, Oregon. She spent her childhood as...
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