Alyssa Marie Carano Grant was born May 30, 1993, in Reno, Nevada, to Gregg and Lisa Carano. Alyssa passed away October 7, 2023. She is survived by her husband, .
Kathryn Grimm Lundeen - 1962 - 2021
The beautiful and incomparable Kathryn Grimm Lundeen unexpectedly left this world on February 28, 2021, at OHSU from complications due to sudden cardiac arrest. She was 58. Born October 8, 1962, in Portland, Oregon, to Joseph and Bette Grimm, she spent the first nine years of her life in Willamina before moving to McMinnville in 1971. She eventually graduated from McMinnville High School in 1980 and attended Oregon State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She went on to earn her master’s degree in education at Western Oregon University in 1986.
She began her teaching career in Klamath Falls, where she met her future husband, Eric Lundeen, before moving back to McMinnville to teach special education and eventually second grade at Sue Buel Elementary, where she would remain for the next 30+ years before retiring in 2019.
January 29, 2021
County reports five deaths this week; six new cases this week at Linfield
Marcus Larson/News-Register##Sue Buel Elementary third grade teacher Laura Hyman gets her first COVID-19 vaccine shot from TVF&R paramedic Brian Pine with assistance from Ryan Niemeyer, during McMinnville School District s vaccine clinic.
Yamhill County reported five new deaths from COVID-19 this week, bringing the county to a total of 53 residents lost to the disease.
As of Thursday, the county had reported 3,367 cases.
Also this week, the Oregon Health Authority announced it would no longer report details of individual deaths, saying the effort was taking too great a toll on staff.