Obituaries
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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Gene T. Brunson
Apr 1, 2019
Gene Thomas Brunson 1942 – 2019 Grants Pass resident of thirty-eight years, Gene Brunson, 77, passed away on Monday, April 1st, 2019 at home in his work shop. He was born in March of 1942 in Pasadena, California. He joined the Army at seventeen and went to Germany. While he was in Europe, he drove his friends Austin Healey Sprite...
Elana Marie Yochelson
Mar 30, 2019
Elana Marie Yochelson, infant daughter of Dylan Schafer-Yochelson & Nina Yochelson of Grants Pass, died March 30, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister Kylie Thompson; and many grandpas and grandmas.
Linda Stotts
Mar 30, 2019
Linda Stotts, age 72, of Grants Pass, died March 30, 2019 at an adult foster home. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
Thomas James Brown
Mar 30, 2019
Thomas James Brown, age 88, of Grants Pass, died March 30, 2019 at his home. Tom was born July 27, 1930 in Fremont, Nebraska to Thomas John Brown & Alice Helen Melvin. At age four, he moved with his family to Pasadena, California where he grew up, graduated high school and attended college. On May 17, 1962 in Las Vegas,...
Robert G. Gropper Cmsgt, Ret.
Mar 29, 2019
Robert G. Gropper CMSgt, Ret., age 85, of Grants Pass, died March 29, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Military Funeral Honors by Beale Air Force Base Honor Guard will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 28, 2019 at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
Timothy B. Burchfield
Mar 28, 2019
Timothy B. Burchfield, age 63, of Central Point, died March 28, 2019 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
Mildred Harshaw
Mar 26, 2019
Mildred Harshaw, 99, died peacefully in her sleep early the morning of March 26, 2019. At the time of her death she had been living at Redwood Terrace Assisted Living in Grants Pass, Oregon for a short time. During the previous 20 years she had lived at Rogue Valley Retirement Home in Grants Pass, Oregon. Mildred’s birthplace was rural Labette...
Thomas D. Pope
Mar 26, 2019
Thomas D. Pope, age 62, of Selma, died March 26, 2019 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Tom was born April 4, 1956 at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii to Carl & Agnes Pope. He was raised in Selma and attended Illinois Valley schools graduating from Illinois Valley High School, class of 1975. After graduation, Tom worked in the...
Keith Ernest Gimlin
Mar 26, 2019
Keith Ernest Gimlin, age 60, of Grants Pass, died March 26, 2019 at his home.
June Watson
Mar 21, 2019
June Watson, age 99, of Grants Pass, died March 21, 2019 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. June was born June 2, 1919 in Corning, California to Anton Neilsen & Ruth Pinckney. While growing up, she moved around a lot staying with her father, other family members and family friends. In 1937 she graduated from Grants Pass. She married...
Telesia Teresa Ponali
Mar 21, 2019
Telesia Ah Ching Ponali, age 61, of Grants Pass, died March 21, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Telesia was born September 23, 1957 in Utulei, American Samoa. She attended elementary school in Pago Pago, American Samoa, 9th grade at Samoan High School in American Samoa and after moving to Oxnard, California she attended Hueneme High School in Oxnard,...
Ryan Phillip Borth
Mar 21, 2019
Ryan Phillip Borth, age 34, passed away March 21, 2019 in Grants Pass, Oregon. Ryan was born November 24, 1984 in Takilma, Oregon. He had an incredibly infectious smile as a child while growing up in the Illinois Valley, spending summer days swimming at the local pool and rivers. He enjoyed skateboarding at the neighborhood park, and even built ramps...
Thomas Eugene Dickey
Mar 20, 2019
Thomas Eugene Dickey, age 65, of Grants Pass, died March 20, 2019 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Neva Willene Graves
Mar 20, 2019
Neva Willene Graves, age 92, of Selma, died March 20, 2019 at her home. Neva was born March 12, 1927 in Needles, California to Jesse James & Genave Taylor. In 1972 she moved from Paradise, California to Southern Oregon and in 1976 moved to Selma. She was an artist and especially enjoyed oil painting for which she won many ribbons...
Robert Harold Parkyn
Mar 18, 2019
Robert Harold Parkyn of Grants Pass, OR passed away at the age of 92 on March 18, 2019. He was born October 25, 1926 in Sacramento, CA to Harold and Effie Parkyn. From November 12, 1943 until his honorable discharge on July 25, 1946, Robert proudly served in the United States Navy and was a WWII veteran earning a Victory...
Debra Powers
Mar 17, 2019
Debra Powers, age 62, of Grants Pass, died peacefully March 17, 2019 at her home surrounded by all of her children. Debra was born July 24, 1956 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Robert Delmar Powers & Rosemary Helen Morehouse Powers. Later in life she earned an Associate of Arts degree, the first in her family, from RCC. She prioritized being...
William "Tim" Donovan
Mar 17, 2019
William “Tim” Donovan of Grants Pass Oregon passed away on the morning of St Patrick’s Day March 17, 2019. Tim was born July 30, 1944 in Los Angeles, California to parents Thomas and Bess Donovan. On September 30th 1972, Tim married Ann Schock, and they were happily married for over 46 years. Their son Toby Donovan was born in 1977....
Jimmy L. Page
Mar 17, 2019
Jimmy L. Page, age 76, of Wilderville, died March 17, 2019 at his home. Arrangements are pending.
Luther Anderson Nation
Mar 12, 2019
Luther Anderson Nation, 89 of Grants Pass, died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at home. He was born on January 8, 1930 in Springfield, Illinois. On September 3, 1949 in Springfield, Illinois he married his wife Ethel, who preceded him in death in 2005. He moved to Grants Pass in 1988 after his retirement from Rohr Industries...
Theodore "Ted" Deter
Mar 12, 2019
Theodore Redmond “Ted” Deter, age 88, of Grants Pass, died March 12, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Ted was born September 12, 1930 in Yreka, California to Theodore & Geraldine Deter. During the Korean War he served in the United States Navy on the Battleship New Jersey. He worked as a gypo logger in the timber industry. In...
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