Published 11:06 am Tuesday, September 30, 2025Jerry Lee WilkenOctober 1, 1947 – September 21, 2025Jerry Wilken, 77, passed away peacefully with family by his side on September 21, 2025, after a battle with cancer. As a boy, he lived on the family farm until the 4th grade when the family moved to Corvallis in 1958. They settled in Albany, Oregon, raised their daughter Jessica, and later moved to Redmond in 2019 to be close to her. For 40 years, Jerry and Melanie owned Wilken Photographs, a portrait studio in Albany and Lebanon. Jerry is survived by his wife, Melanie; daughter Jessica and her husband David; sister Susan Wilken; niece Emily Schlattman; and grandchildren Jackson, Amanda, and Titus.