Category Obituaries

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OBITUARY: A lover of singing and dancing, Shirley Louise Rawlinson worked for Salem businesses, law firms and state government in accounting roles. She died Aug. 27, 2024.

OBITUARY: Marlyn Lempka, a traveler, sports fan and one-time Harley rider, dies in Salem. He was 84.

The son of William and Alice Patrizio Steiner, he was born April 14, 1939, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, where he worked in his father’s market, played a variety of sports, and made several lifelong friends. He attended Allegheny College, playing quarterback on the football team and…

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.