Derrol Edwin Coombs, 84, of Prairie City, Oregon, passed away on March 7, 2023, at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon. A memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM on Friday, March 31st, 2023 at the Prairie Baptist Church.  A reception will follow at the Prairie City Senior Center.      

Michael Andrew Salanti, 67, of Mount Vernon, Oregon, passed away on March 7, 2023, in John Day.  No services have been planned at this time.  Memorial contributions may be made to The People Mover through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, Oregon 97845.

Georgia Louise (Quilling) Osborn passed away peacefully on March 6, 2023, at age 77, due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease. A memorial service will be held in the spring in her hometown in Wisconsin, details will be updated when confirmed. Georgia was born on April 6, 1945, on a dairy farm in Eau Galle Township, Wisconsin, to Raymond and Myn Quilling. She grew up in Spring Valley, Wisconsin, and attended grade school and high school there. After finishing high school, Georgia...

  Claude Leroy Baker, 89, passed away March 3rd, 2023.  A memorial graveside service will be held Saturday, April 8th, at 11:00 AM at the Canyon City Cemetery with Air Force Military Honors accompanied by the American Legion Post 106.  Claude was born on December 8th, 1933 to Francis and Violet (Provines) Baker in Rapid City, South Dakota. The family settled in Portland Oregon in 1945. He entered the Army in 1953 serving with the 11th Airborne and then the 82nd Airborne...

Zora Arbetta Thissell, 99 years old passed away on February 27, 2023. She was born July 17, 1923, in Oregon City, Oregon, to Guy Franklin Lantz and Grace Elizabeth (Williamson) Lantz. A memorial luncheon will be held at 12:00 Noon on Saturday, July 22, 2023, at Deer/Buck Creek. When Zora was six years old, the family moved to Terrebonne, Oregon, where she started school. Her father owned and operated a slaughterhouse where he supplied meat to the military during the depression. He also had...

Roger Jarl Updegrave, age 66, of John Day, Oregon, passed away on February 26, 2023, at his residence with his loving family by his side. A memorial service was held on Sunday, March 5th, 2023, at 1:00 PM at the John Day Seventh-day Adventist Church in John Day. Memorial contributions in his honor can be made to the American Cancer Society through Driskill Memorial Chapel at 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, Oregon 97845.

Sharon Louise Kimbering, age 76, of Prairie City passed away February 23, 2023. A graveside memorial service will be held March 10, 2023, at the Prairie City Cemetery starting at 11:30 AM with a reception at the Prairie City Senior Center immediately following the service.   Sharon was born on May 12, 1946, in The Dalles, Oregon to Kenneth and Edna (Parrish) Rettie. She graduated from Grant Union High School in John Day and attended one year of college at Eastern Oregon...

Nora Catherine Grubbs, age 98, passed away on February 15, 2023 at Valley View Assisted Living.  No services are planned at this time.

Annabell Pace, age 93, of Seneca passed away February 10, 2023 with her loving family by her side. There are no services planned at this time.

Tootie Cernazanu, age 67, of John Day passed away February 4, 2023, at her residence. A visitation will be open to the public on Friday, February 17th from 2:00 until 6:00 PM at Driskill Memorial Chapel.  A funeral Service will be held on Saturday, February 18th, at 11:00 AM at the Church of the Nazarene in John Day.  A reception will follow at the John Day Senior Center.  Vault interment will take place at the Canyon City Cemetery at 2:00 PM, following the reception. The...