Lois White passed away at the age of 90 on March 30, 2026, surrounded by her children and grandchildren in her home in Burns.  She was born July 21, 1935 as Lois Esther Bergeson in the small Midwestern town of Fertile, Minn., to parents Melvin and Olga, the second oldest of

Jerry Smith was born Sept. 6, 1937 to Louis B. and Hazel Smith in Rexburg, Idaho and passed away on March 29, 2026 in Corvallis. Jerry was the second of three children of Louis and Hazel with brothers Branson born in 1936 and Dell born in 1939. In 1938 the

Gladys Ott, born May 10, 1927, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family’s love on March 21, 2026. She was born to Thomas and Florence Payne in Abilene, Texas, and spent her childhood in New Mexico before settling in Oregon. She graduated from Lebanon High School. While living in Marcola, Ore.,

In her own words: “My parents, Fred and Lora Bates, moved from California to Oregon to a 60-acre fruit farm where I was born in a Salem hospital, June 21, 1932. They named me Idyll Rejene Bates.  Everyone called me Idy. I was the 8th child of 10. I loved

Donna Jean Jordan passed away peacefully at her home in Pilot Rock, Ore., on Jan. 3, 2026. She was born on Feb. 21, 1930, to Charles Clinton Barnes and Fannie Belle Barnes, arriving into the world alongside her twin brother, Don “Jiggs” Barnes. Donna and Jiggs joined four older sisters

Joe O’Connor was born Jan. 11, 1934 in New York to Jim and Betty O’Connor, their only child. He grew up in upstate New York. He was a PFC in the Army, honorably discharged to continue his education. He graduated from University of Colorado, in Boulder with a PhD in

Virginia Bleuler Atwood Phillis passed away at the age of 74 on March 21, 2026. She was born Aug. 8, 1951 in Burns. She attended school in Crane and after graduating from Crane she attended Lane Community College in Lebanon. She married Daryl Atwood and had two children, Tammy and Daryl

Joyce A. Trombley, age 95, passed away peacefully on Feb. 26, 2026, in Sumter County, Fla. She was born Dec. 29, 1930, in Elmira, N. Y., to Otto and Dorothy (Mangan) Richards. Graduating from St. Joseph’s School of Nursing in Elmira in 1952, she began a lifelong career as a dedicated

James Anthony Zennie, Jr. (Jim) passed on Sept. 18, 2025, at 94 years old. Jim was born on March 31, 1931, in Superior, Wis., to parents James Zennie (Zawistowski) and Blanche McCavic. Jim was the 3rd of four children, joining Theodore (Ted), Dolores (Dodie), and Jackie. Jim grew up on

Our beloved dad passed from complications related to liver cancer. He gave it a good fight and did not want to go. He will be so greatly missed by all who loved him. Jim was born Jan. 7, 1960 to Ray and Dodie Withee in Burns, where he joined his two