Earl Vickers, 98, of Albany died on Aug. 16.

Vickers was born in Burns to Jesse E. and Mary (DeMaris) Vickers, and was the eldest of six children. He was raised on a cattle ranch east of Burns.

He married Alberta Myrtle Parker and had two daughters — Verna and Anita. They were married for 67 years and spent several of them in Crane, where Vickers had a trucking business. The family moved to Burns, where Vickers worked at Ranch Supply Hardware Store and later for the U.S, Postal Service. They moved to La Grande, where he was a mechanic for International Harvester. In 1954, they moved to Eugene, where Vickers worked until he retired.

When his wife died in 1995, Vickers moved to “Quail Run” Retirement Center in Albany and was living there until the time of his death.

Vickers is survived by a daughter, Anita E. Smith and husband, Howard of Yakima, Wash.; sister, Erma Zumwalt of Bend; nephew, Eston Vickers and wife, Beverly; son-in-law, Lee Irwin of Rayal City, Wash.; grandchildren, Mark Irwin and wife, Anneke, Paul Irwin and wife, Glenda, Ruth Ballard and husband, Jim, Lynn Sides and husband, Gregory, Sarah Mato and husband, Stephen, Michael Smith and wife, Nancy and Chris Smith. He is also survived by great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren,  many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by his wife, brothers, Lyle and Darrell Vickers,  sisters, Velma McCauley and VeLora Sheppard, daughter, Verna B. Irwin and grandson, Stephen Irwin.

A funeral service was held at Lane Memorial Funeral Home on Aug. 22.