The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

Anita Margarete Launder, 97, of Sweet Home, died peacefully at home May 14, 2022. She was born April 2, 1925 to Kurt and Martha (Schotte) Streppel in Naumburg, Germany. In 1949, she came from Germany...

Celebrate the Life and Adventures of Steve Christensen, who passed away on Jan. 15, 2022 at the age of 91, at an old-fashioned family and friends gathering in a park-like setting on the Santiam River...

A graveside service for World War II Navy veteran Jesse Harvey Sharp, 95, of Sweet Home, who died Dec. 24, 2021, is planned for May 31. Mr. Sharp was born May 31, 1926 in Little Rock, Wash., to...

Margaret W. "Peggy" Bristow, 96, of Sweet Home, died April 29, 2022. She was born Oct. 22, 1925, in Oxford, Pa., to Charles Elzey and Rosine Sarah (Buker) Warrington. She spent her childhood and...

Annona Catherine Tiensvold, 84, a Sweet Home resident for more than 20 years, passed away peacefully at home on April 20, 2022. After years of dialysis treatment, she made the courageous decision to...

Wanda Cynthia Miner, 101, of Sweet Home passed away May 4, 2022. She was born March 24, 1921 at home in Sweet Home to Franklin Pierce and Hilda Alice (Geil) Coulter. She lived in Sweet Home. She...

James "Jim" William Conklin, 77, passed away at home in Henderson, Nev., on May 1, 2022. He was born Feb. 28, 1945, in Lebanon, to Eugene Conklin and Ruth Johnston Conklin. He married Carol Marie...

Jean Wence of Hilo, Hawaii, passed away on April 23, 2022, at her daughter's home in Phoenix, Ariz. Born Aug. 10, 1945 in Kansas City, Mo., and raised in Sweet Home, she graduated from high school in...

Jerry Alfred Kittson, 84, of Sweet Home, died March 23, 2022. He was born April 15, 1937 in Salem to Fred and Edna (Lewis) Kittson. Mr. Kittson served in the United States Air Force from 1955 to...

Elenore Genevieve Phillips, 93, of Sweet Home, passed away April 21, 2022. She was born Nov. 20, 1928, in Fossil to John A. and Dilla Viola (Beymer) Glaefke. She has lived in Sweet Home, Estacada, Fos...

Ramona Marie Mathews, 92, of Sweet Home passed away April 21, 2022. She was born June 6, 1929 in Anchorage, Alaska, to Milton and Marion (Ingersol) Cole. She graduated from San Fernando High School...

Leland Howard Karns, 81, of Albany, passed away April 25, 2022. He was born Oct. 11, 1940 in Loveland, Colo., to Harold R. and Evea M. (Ferguson) Karns. Leland served in the United States Army as a...

Kathryn Ann Roll, loving mother, grandmother "Nana," sister, wife, and friend, passed away from lung failure on March 31, 2022. Kathy was 76 years old. Kathy was born on April 21, 1945, in Washington...

Shirley J. Lamb, 85, was granted her angel wings on Monday April 25, 2022. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends in Bend. Shirley was a long-time resident of Sweet Home. She was b...

Michelle Leigh Hilton, 50, of Sweet Home passed away April 21, 2022. She was born June 14, 1971, in Paradise, Calif., the daughter of Larry and Betty (Hunter) Hilton and a daughter of God. Michelle...

William Rodney Rosier Jr., 76, of Sweet Home passed away peacefully at home April 22, 2022, while being comforted by his beloved wife, Cindy Rosier, grandson Alex Rosier, and step-grandson Orin...

Rose-Marie Allyn, 76, died April 15, 2022 in Corvallis after a brief illness. She was born on Aug. 5, 1945, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eugene to Pearl-Marie (Templeton) Jovanovich and Thomas N. Jovan...

John Samuel Bauman, 73, of Sweet Home, died April 15, 2022. He was born Aug. 19, 1948 in Millway, Pa., to Elmer and Margie (Hegie) Bauman. He moved with his family to Oregon in 1972, eventually...

Betty Jane LeClerc, 87, of Sweet Home, died April 17, 2022. She was born Oct. 26, 1934, to Thomas Towerson and Jen Sena Maria (Nelson) Gunson of Plankinton, S.D., the youngest of eight children. She...

Patricia Ann (Patty) Medlock, 71, a longtime resident of Sweet Home, died April 16, 2022. She was born July 17, 1950, in Oklahoma, to Betty Jo and Daniel Sossamon. She moved with her parents to Sweet...

Elenore Genevieve Phillips, 93, of Sweet Home, passed away April 21, 2022. She was born Nov. 20, 1928, in Fossil to John A. and Dilla Viola (Beymer) Glaefke. She has lived in Sweet Home, Estacada, Fos...