OBITUARY: Jack E. McLean Jr. loved cooking up a storm in the kitchen – leaving his children to clean up. The “great salesman” died May 2, 2024.

OBITUARY: Ronald E. Steiner, an activist for peace and justice, dies at age 85. He fought the death penalty in two states.

OBITUARY: Helen Janet Caswell, tireless advocate of social justice, is remembered for her writing, friendships – and pie. he was so fierce in her commitment to an equitable justice system that she worked passionately toward that end up to the last weeks of her life.” She died Aug. 9, 2023.

OBITUARY: Jerry G. Sachtjen, a lifelong pharmacist who mentored those following in the profession, died March 16, 2024. He was an avid golfer who could “walk onto a golf course a single, soon was in a foursome and by the 18th hole he was a best friend golf bud and had another tee time set for the following day.”

OBITUARY: Alfonso Hernandez Palacios, a student of humanity with interests ranging from chess to the ukele, died March 5, 2024. He was 68.

OBITUARY: Mimi A. McNicholas “gave the best hugs and believed in second chances.” She died Oct. 14, 2023.

OBITUARY – Barbara June Ipsen, Air Force nurse during the Vietnam War, died Feb. 26, 2024. She once operated a parrot farm in McMinnville.

OBITUARY: Mikel D. Darras was “Mr Fix-It” who built a thriving local business. He died Feb. 11 at age 64.

OBITUARY: Kenneth A. Hartung, stockbroker, traveler and volunteer, dies at age 89.