Obituaries

Dean K. Brooks

Dean K. Brooks

May 30, 2013

A celebration of Dean's life will be held on Saturday, Jun 22, 2013, 3 pm at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Salem, Or. (Please make every opportunity to carpool, with able bodied people parking the farthest from the church. Thank you.) We will honor him with music and fellowship. He will be interred with his wife at Willamette National Cemetery...

Barbara Jean Wilson

Barbara Jean Wilson

May 19, 2013

SALEM - Barbara Jean Wilson, 68, died May 19, 2013. She was born on March 23, 1945 to Eugene and Sally Jacober in Vallejo, CA. Barbara retired from her administrative assistant position from Willamette University after 50 years, where she was awarded employee of the month several of times and even employee of the year. She was best known for...

John K. Watkins

John K. Watkins

May 16, 2013

DALLAS - Arrangements by Restlawn Funeral Home.

Alma Wagner Keener

Alma Wagner Keener

May 16, 2013

SALEM - Funeral Service 1p.m. Tues. May 21, 2013 at Restlawn Funeral Home Chapel. Interment Restlawn Memory Gardens.

Knute R. Wallgren

Knute R. Wallgren

May 15, 2013

Knute Reinhold Wallgren, 94, went home to be with the Lord on May 15, 2013. Knute was born in Alvik, Norrbotten, Sweden, a farming community 10 km outside of Lulea, south of the Arctic Circle. In 1929, the family emigrated to Edgerton, Alberta, Canada. As a citizen of Canada, he served with the Canadian Armed Forces during World War II,...

Marian C. Showers

Marian C. Showers

May 14, 2013

Marian C. Showers April 22, 1925 - May 14, 2013 Celebration of life will be held Sat., June 1, 2013 at 2 pm at Beaverton Christian Church. Private inter Restlawn Memory Gardens. Arrangements by Restlawn Funeral Home.

Bernice Mary Rex

Bernice Mary Rex

May 12, 2013

Bernice Mary Rex November 4, 1918 - May 12, 2013 SALEM - Bernice Mary Rex, Kappler family matriarch died May 12, 2013. Born November 4, 1918 on a farm near Armour South Dakota, she was preceded in death by parents Bertha and William S Kappler; brother, William; and three sisters: Louise, Gladys, and Mary. Bertha's death in 1926 left Bernice...

Fred Sexton

Fred Sexton

May 10, 2013

Fred Sexton September 11, 1954 - May 10, 2013 SALEM - At the request of the deceased no services will be held. Private interment Restlawn Memory Gardens. Arrangements by Restlawn Funeral Home.

Craig Douglas Lindgren

Craig Douglas Lindgren

May 8, 2013

SALEM - Craig D. Lindgren was born March 9th, 1955 in Aberdeen, SD to the late Roy Lindgren and Joyce Martinne Lindgren. He moved to Salem, OR when he was 2 years old. He attended McNary High School and graduated in 1973. While at McNary, he played drums in the stage and concert band. He had a high IQ and...

Phyllis Glocke (Reinen)

Phyllis Glocke (Reinen)

Apr 30, 2013

Phyllis Glocke (Reinen) April 30, 1939 - April 30, 2013 Phyllis Glocke passed away April 30, 2013, on her 74th birthday, at home surrounded by her family and many wonderful friends, after a hard fought battle against Cicero (her name for her cancer). Born in Clearlake, Minnesota to farmers Karl and Esther Glocke, the family moved to Hillsboro, Oregon where...

Gladys Ruth Buren

Gladys Ruth Buren

Apr 29, 2013

Gladys Ruth Buren - December 22, 1927 - April 29, 2013 Gladys Ruth Buren, 85, passed peacefully on Monday, April 29, 2013 after a brief battle with lung cancer. She was born in Stickney, South Dakota and was 6th of 7 children. She enjoyed gardening, pinochle, Uno, Rummy Cube the Oregon Coast (especially the Tolovana Inn in Cannon Beach), and...

Darwin Gale Andreson

Darwin Gale Andreson

Apr 18, 2013

Service will be held on Tue. April 23rd at 10:00 am at Restlawn Funeral Home of Salem, Oregon. Entombment will follow in Restlawn Mausoleum.

Darwin G. Anderson

Darwin G. Anderson

Apr 18, 2013

Darwin G. Anderson September 25, 1935 - April 18, 2013 Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name. Our father and brother passed away on April 18, 2013 at the age of 77. Darwin Gale Anderson passed away and went to meet those who passed before him. Darwin was born to Joseph and Agnes Charlotte Anderson on September...

Marvin Kreiger

Marvin Kreiger

Apr 6, 2013

Marvin D Kreiger, age 79, passed gently from his earthly life on Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Heritage House of Woodburn, Oregon. Marvin, called "Bud" by his West Coast family and friends, and "D" by his loved ones in the Midwest, succumbed to Parkinson's Disease. Bud, known and loved for his kind heart was, appropriately enough, born in the Heartland...

Billie C. Dudley

Billie C. Dudley

Mar 17, 2013

Billie C. Dudley was born July 31,1930 in Lynchburg, Virgina to Lloyd & Jean Dudley. Death occurred Sunday, March 17, 2013 in Vancouver, Washington. He graduated in 1950 from Corona High School Corona, California. Bill joined the United States Air Force from 1950 to 1954. Serving in Porto Rico. While in the military, he earned the National Defense Service Medal...

Shirley Alma Eisele

Shirley Alma Eisele

Mar 15, 2013

A Funeral Mass for Shirley A. Eisele will be held at 11:00 a.m. at St. Philip Catholic Church in Dallas, Oregon. Visitation start at 10:00 a.m. with a Rosary to follow at 10:30 a.m.. Shirley was born on October 18, 1928 to Elbert and Clara Davis in Fairfield, Oregon. Elbert died when Shirley was a young child. Clara Davis married...

Thelma Mae Freeman

Thelma Mae Freeman

Mar 6, 2013

Thelma Mae Freeman November 6, 1925 - March 6, 2013 Thelma Freeman, 87, of Salem, Oregon died March 6th. Thelma was born in Sheldon, Missouri to Ida May and Oral Barker November 6, 1925. She lived in Missouri as a young girl, cared for by her grandmother following the death of her father. She moved to Willamina with her grandparents...

Laverda Mae "Verdie" Harder (Rempel)

Laverda Mae "Verdie" Harder (Rempel)

Mar 5, 2013

LaVerda Mae Harder March 22, 1927 - March 5, 2013 Salem - LaVerda Mae Harder entered into the presence of the Lord on March 5, 2013. Verdie was born March 22, 1927 in Jansen, Nebraska to Pete and Sarah Rempel. She moved with her parents to Oregon in 1942. Verdie enjoyed playing saxophone in the band and marching in parades....

Vivian Ruth Moye

Vivian Ruth Moye

Mar 4, 2013

Vivian Ruth Moye January 26, 1933 - March 4, 2013 Salem - Vivian passed peacefully at Salem Hospital on March 4, 2013. She was born in Portland to Mabel and Jesse Smith and moved to Alsea, then Maupin before settling in Sisters, Oregon in 1950. She had one sister Wanda Stills and her husband Fred, and two brothers, Gilbert Daniels...

Jerry Wandel Griffin

Jerry Wandel Griffin

Mar 2, 2013

Jerry W. Griffin was born in Sudan, Texas, on February 10, 1933. He was blessed to enjoy his 80th birthday party with most of his family surrounding him with love. He passed on from this life on March 2, 2013. Jerry was the son of a Primitive Baptist preacher who traveled extensively from the West Coast to the East Coast,...