All Obituaries

Louie Jay Rector, 85 of Prineville, Oregon passed away peacefully in his home on September 9, 2023. Jay was born December 9, 1937, in Fossil, Oregon to parents Paul and Lillian Rector. He was the second of five children. Jay graduated from Wheeler County High School in 1956. He went on to work in the mill in Kinzua, Oregon. He then continued as a well driller in Prineville until he was drafted in the United States Military. In his military service he was deployed to Korea. Shortly after his...

Evelyn was born the youngest of seven children to Fred Schlichting and Opal Lorraine (nee Allen) Schlichting.  Her older siblings were Rosemary Hertz, Ernest “Ernie” Schlichting, Raymond Schlichting, Patricia “Pat” Robertson, Louis Schlichting, and Willard Schlichting. She was married and divorced three times.  Her husbands were: Gary Jack Cross, Leon Johnson, and Truman Plummer. Evelyn had three daughters: Julie Cross, Donna Hamlin, and Sheila...

Elizabeth (Betty) Pladson 82, of Prineville, Oregon, passed away on July 31st, 2023.  She was born Elizabeth Lorine Mergenthal on August 3rd, 1940 to Walter and Alice (Steinlicht) Mergenthal in Hillsboro, ND. Betty graduated from Grand Forks Central High School in 1958 in Grand Forks, ND.  She graduated from Aeronautical College in Kansas City, Missouri in 1960. She married Donald Pladson on April 9th, 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri. They had one child, daughter Wendy...

Amber L. Bond (Pobanz) passed away July 22, 2023 at her home in Prineville, Or. She was born in Bend, Or on January 30, 1982 to Terry and Vickie Pobanz (Jensen). Amber grew up in Prineville with a short time spent in Washington. She graduated from Crook County High School. She worked in customer service most of her life until recently when she became a home care worker. She loved her job and helping others. She started her family in 2000 when she had her first daughter, Joni. She later had...

Verna “Dee” Delores Mizer passed away peacefully in her sleep on July 20, 2023, at the age of 87. She was born February 8, 1936, to Evelyn Kelty Riehl and Samuel Riehl in Milton Freewater, Oregon. She spent seven years at Milton Freewater, then moved to Prineville at that early age with her mother and sister, Barbara, where she attended school and graduated from Crook County High School in 1954. During high school, she met and fell in love with Duane Mizer, and they were married...

Robert Clyde Jordan passed away on Saturday, July 15th at St. Charles hospital in Prineville, Oregon following years long complications with COPD and more recently an aggressive cancer. Robert “Bob” was born to Harry Clyde Jordan and Leora Pearl Ewing in Lewiston, Idaho.  He was a proud 5th generation Oregonian with his father’s side settling Oregon in 1854 and his mother’s side settling Oregon in 1880.  Bob’s early memories were of living on his...

 Brenda A. (Cardin) Coats died July 6, 2023 from a tragic auto accident near Corvallis. She was born in Prineville on June 10th 1958 and grew up there in a loving family consisting of her father Gerald Cardin, Mother Wanda, Sisters Dee Ann (Cardin) Lampert and Peggy (Cardin) Stewart. Brenda enjoyed a wonderful upbringing in Prineville with all the attributes of small town living in the 60’s and 70’s. She rode her bike to the swimming pool twice a day sometimes with a...

Naomi Maxine Brill Cummings Born December 15, 1937, In Pine Ridge South Dakota to William Brill and Dora Bettelyoun.  She went home to the Lord on June 19th, 2023, at 85 years old in Prineville, Oregon. Naomi grew up around Long Valley, South Dakota.  She attended the Pleasant Hill country school for primary school.  She and  siblings would ride their horses to school, turn them loose, and then later return home for the day.  In her free time, Naomi would spend her...

Robert Taylor passed away on May 30, 2023 at the age of 68 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born in Calexico, California, on April 6, 1955 to the late Kenneth Harlan and Holly Jean Taylor.  In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother’s Jay Taylor and Peter Migan. Robert grew up in Mitchell, Oregon where he graduated from high school in 1974.  He served in the United States Air Force with honors. For several years and he worked as a specialty welder on...

Our dear friend and neighbor passed away peacefully at home on May 27, 2023. Linn was preceded in death by the love of her life, Reed Patterson. Linn missed Reed very much. Linn enjoyed horses and was a Pendleton Rodeo Queen for three years.  She had a real sense of adventure, she enjoyed riding her horse through the snowy mountains, white water rafting and zip lining. Linn loved her western designed home and taking care of her home and yard.  Linn was an artist and loved using...