Lydia E. Palmer, 57, of Sweet Home died Aug. 13, 2009 at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis.
She was born Sept. 17, 1951 in Salem to John and Frances (Land) Sliman.
As a child she lived in the Alsea coastal area. As a young adult she moved with her family to Kent. During that time she met her husband, Stanley Palmer, and they were married July 15, 1972 in Saint John, Wash. They…