Clement Joseph Unrein, Jr., died on Sept. 3, 2023, peacefully after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born on July 11, 1941, in Salem, Oregon, to Clement Sr. and Beatrice Nendel Unrein, he was the oldest of four children. He graduated from Serra Catholic High School in 1960. He married Charlene Fisher from Mount Angel, Oregon on Oct. 20, 1962. They […]
Maudie-Jane (Reischke) Huff was born in North Dakota on Feb. 11, 1925 to Louis and Elizabeth Reischke, the youngest of six children. The family lived on a farm. In 1937 the family moved to Salem, Oregon where they had relatives. Maudie-Jane went to high school in Salem and graduated in 1941. She went to seminary in Portland, Oregon part time […]
Hank Hohn passed away Aug. 22, 2023, at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland, after sustaining a head injury from a fall, two weeks prior to his death. He worked very hard to recover but could not overcome his injury nor its associated complications. Hank was born Feb. 12, 1939, in San Diego, California to Margaret Hohn and Henry Hohn Sr. […]
Helen J. Raid of Mount Angel, Oregon passed away peacefully on July 31, 2023 after a long illness. Helen Janet McGaffee was born in Silverton on Jan. 20, 1937 and spent her growing up years in Woodburn where in high school she met her lifelong soulmate, Gary Raid. She is preceded in death by her parents, Perry and Alice Foote […]
Theresa Ann (Brophy) Howes, 82, passed away on Aug. 6, 2023. A graveside service was held on Aug. 25 at Valley View Cemetery in Silverton, Oregon, under the direction of Unger Funeral Chapel. Theresa was born in Hines, Oregon on March 30, 1941, to James and Ursula Brophy. She grew up in Hines and attended school in Burns. Theresa was […]
William Bronson Palmer III, born on Sept. 17, 1941, passed away peacefully at home on Aug. 7, 2023. Raised mostly in California, he followed his sister Patty to Silverton, Oregon in his late teens. He married Lorna Eldred in 1961 and they raised two boys, Kevin and Kyle. In 1977, William married Shirley Thomas and added her children Ron, Rick, […]
Ernest (Ernie) John Dill passed away on July 26, 2023. He was born on Nov. 13, 1942 at 1300 hours at St. Petersburg, Florida. 13 was his lucky number. Born to Ernest W. and Mary Dill, his father served 20 years in the Air Force and Ernie grew up all over the states. After he graduated from high school, he followed in his father’s footsteps and […]
Eric Lawrence Lyons was born on Aug. 20, 1979 in Santa Clara, California. He passed away on July 22, 2023 in Eugene, Oregon at age 43. Eric grew up in the Silverton Hills where he and his sister ran, played, and pretended all over their parents’ 11 acres. He attended Silverton High School and graduated in 1997. He eventually moved […]
Larry Ivan “The Bull” Totland was born Aug. 28, 1942 in Redmond, Oregon to Orville and Janet (Comstock) Totland. The family returned to Silverton and purchased a quarter-section farm in the foothills above the Abiqua. Larry attended Silver Crest grade school and graduated from Silverton High School. Larry served four years in the Air Force before moving to Alaska where […]
Beloved wife and mother, Kimberly Munoz of Silverton, Oregon passed away unexpectedly on July 20, 2023. Kimberly (Kimmers) is survived by her husband of almost 40 years, Joseph (“Moose”) Munoz; her four children, Donald Pitchforth (Laury) of Oregon, Joshua Lewis (Shauna) of Florida, Kristine Williams of Washington, and Dillon Munoz of Oregon; her sisters Mary Bussard (Shannon) and Cindi Taylor, […]
Stephen Francis Buhr lived in the Mount Angel/Silverton area his entire life. He was 77 years old when he passed away on July 28, 2023 surrounded by his family at home. Steve was a farmer and an incredibly hard worker his whole life. He served in the U.S. Army and was in the Vietnam War. He is survived by his […]
Verlan Lee Sorter died July 11, 2023 at the age of 94 in Florence, Oregon. Born Sept. 30, 1928 in Humble, Texas to Effrige Lee Sorter and Rachel Chastain Adair, Lee proudly served in the U.S. Army. He married Geraldine Gloria Ferraro on April 11, 1953, sharing their lives for 45 years until she passed away on Feb. 20, 1998. […]
Like the timber he cut for over 50 years, Tom Fennimore has been felled. His children and loved-ones were by his side throughout his last days and months. He was greatly loved and respected by many and his loss leaves a hole that only time can heal. Thomas Alan Fennimore, 82, of Silverton, Oregon, passed away on June 11, 2023, […]
On Friday, July 14, 2023, surrounded by her family, Pat Buchheit of Mount Angel, Oregon, peacefully passed away. She was 89 years old. Pat was born to Luverne Anderson and Teresa Tritschler on March 14, 1934, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she spent her growing-up years through the age of nine. During World War II in 1943, her family had to […]
Aba Gayle, 89, a resident of Silverton, Oregon for 20 years, passed away on June 29th, 2023. Aba was born Gayle Marguerite Wedseltoft to Povl and Helen Wedseltoft in San Mateo, California on November 30, 1933. Her family moved to Wisconsin in 1947, and Aba graduated from Shorewood High School in 1951. She studied for two years at the University of Wisconsin […]
Susan Hannan Peterson passed peacefully on July 14, 2023. Sue was born to Frances and Clarence (Brownie) Brownell on Jan. 20, 1943 and grew up on the family farm in Silverton, Oregon. She attended Victor Point School, graduated from Silverton High School in 1961, and cherished life-long friendships with many of her classmates. In 1962 she married Michael Hannan and moved […]
James Heintz was born Dec. 19, 1929 to Margaret and Howard Heintz in Pendleton, Oregon. He was the fourth child of five. His mother, father and all his siblings preceded him in death: Howard, Donald, Margaret, and Eva Lou. Jim passed away July 13, 2023, in Mount Angel Oregon surrounded by his family. At eight years-old, he started work delivering […]
Dale Lee Miller was born on Sept. 24, 1929 in Silverton, Oregon to Francis Marion and Annis Miller, and passed away on June 17, 2023 in Salem, Oregon. He graduated from Victor Point School and Silverton High School, Class of 1949. Dale married Carol Hatteberg on Oct. 7, 1950 in Silverton. Dale was a grass seed farmer, school bus driver and […]
Rozetta Totland died peacefully in the company of family at age 96 in Gig Harbor, Washington. She was born in Monitor, Oregon and was a life-long resident of Silverton, Oregon. Rozetta will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband, LaVerne Totland, at Valley View Cemetery in Silverton. She was a loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and a […]
Barbara Venables, 87, of Florence, Oregon, passed away peacefully on Memorial Day. She was a daughter, niece, wife, friend, and mother of seven. Barbara was a grandmother of 15, great grandmother of 18, and a great-great grandmother of one. Family was of utmost importance to her. She was gentle, loving, empathetic, strong, and firm in raising her family. She was […]
Paul William Grizzard died peacefully in his Silverton home. He was born in Pasadena, California to Barbara and Bill Grizzard. He spent happy childhood years there with older sisters Barbara and Nancy. His high school years were spent in Salt Lake City, Utah where he met Mary Jane, who would become his wife. After his family moved to Lake Oswego, […]
Wilma “Willy” Louise (Buchheit) Walen was born in Mount Angel June 6, 1926 to Edward and Mary Buchheit. Willy was the sixth of 13 children, attended Mt. Angel Academy, and resided on her family farm in the Mount Angel/Silverton area until her marriage to Alfred Walen on Nov. 29, 1947 at St. Paul Catholic Church in Silverton where she was […]
Martha Amelia Gonzalez of Mount Angel passed away in her family home June 18, 2023. She was born July 3, 1970 in Silverton, Oregon, the daughter of Pedro and Benita (Leon) Gonzalez. She was raised in Mount Angel and graduated from Kennedy High School. Martha loved life and was an example of courage to many as she successfully conquered her […]
May Dorothy Wasson was born in North Dakota. She moved to Silverton, Oregon with her family when she was in third grade. She met Robert (Bob) Buchheit on her last day of eighth grade. They married when she was a senior in high school, three days before she turned 18. They had been married for 70 years. They raised six […]
Gene Loyd Fetters was the son of Enos and Clara Fetters, born on Dec. 30, 1932 in Black Hills, South Dakota. He is survived by his wife, Violet Fay Fetters; siblings, Wayne Fetters and Wanda Frank; children, Catherine Schar, Sheri (Dean) Chitwood, and Steven Gene (April) Fetters; ten grandchildren, ten great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild; arrangements made by […]
