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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Raymond Louis Geer
Aug 8, 2019
Raymond Louis Geer, age 51, of Grants Pass, died August 8, 2019 at his home. Raymond was born September 22, 1967 in Westerly, Rhode Island; the same day, same hospital, same doctor as his father 21 years later. Raymond started having seizures at age two and the doctors said he wouldn’t live past 12 years old. He had a difficult...
Elzie Benton Parker Jr
Aug 6, 2019
Elzie Benton Parker Jr., age 94, passed away Aug. 6, 2019, at Highland House in Grants Pass. Elzie was born Dec. 13, 1924, in Wetumpka, Oklahoma. He and his wife moved to Grants Pass in 1957. Elzie was a WWII veteran who served on the USS Nassau, an aircraft carrier. After the war he graduated from John Brown University a...
Frank J. Wayda
Aug 5, 2019
Frank J. Wayda, age 91, of White City, died August 5, 2019 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. No public services are planned.
Sam A. Michel
Aug 5, 2019
Sammy Andrew Michel, age 78, of Cave Junction, Oregon, died August 5, 2019 in Medford. Sammy Andrew Michel was born in Bristow, Oklahoma on February 21st 1941, to Peter Andrew Michel and Eleanor Maxine Harriott. He graduated as a senior. He worked hard to earn everything he has ever had! His first job was at Redondo Beach Bowling Alley where...
Vincent A. Homand
Aug 4, 2019
Vincent A. Homand, age 92, passed away Sunday, August 4, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass. Vince was born in Van Nuys, California on August 9, 1926, the only child of Fred & Nina Homand. He studied Pharmacy at the University of Southern California before changing course to pursue a career in the aerospace industry. In...
Vicki Lee Holsworth
Aug 4, 2019
Vicki L. Holsworth passed away in her sleep on August 4, 2019 in Grants Pass, Oregon. Vicki was the first of three children born to Keith Floyd and Rose Marie Holsworth in Watertown, South Dakota October 1949. The family moved to Eureka, California surrounded by paternal grandparents, maternal grandmother, paternal aunts, uncles, and cousins. Her parents and grand parents preceded...
Susan Lynn Noah
Aug 3, 2019
Susan Lynn Noah, 55, died Saturday, Aug. 3, of pneumonia at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass. Her family was with her. Susie was born Oct. 1, 1963, to Fred and Fern Noah in Grants Pass and was raised on Savage Creek with much love and care. Born with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities, she needed total...
Charlotte M. Brinkman
Aug 3, 2019
Charlotte M. Brinkman, age 84, of Grants Pass, died August 3, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Charlotte was born September 4, 1934 in Dublin, Ireland. She is survived by her siblings May (Joe), Tess (Eamon), Thomas (Sylvia), and Liam (Linda); and a niece Marie (Brian). No public services are planned.
Larry J Freeman
Aug 2, 2019
Larry J. Freeman, age 73, of Grants Pass, died August 2, 2019 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A graveside service will be at 9:00 a.m., August 16, 2019 at Eagle Point National Cemetery in Eagle Point. A celebration of life luncheon will be from 12 Noon to 4:00 p.m., August 16, 2019 at 369 Oxyoke Road in Grants...
Tom Avery
Jul 31, 2019
Thomas Eugene Avery age 84 died Wednesday July 31st 2019. Tom was born on June 27, 1935 in Concordia Kansas, as the oldest of three children to Howard Sheldon and Mae Rebecca Avery. His family moved to Wichita in his youth and in 1956 on the 5th of May he married Donna Ferol Brosius. Shortly after they were married Tom...
Joseph John Zurek Jr
Jul 27, 2019
Joseph John Zurek Jr, age 59, of Cave Junction, died July 27, 2019 in Selma. Arrangements are pending.
Roy Wood
Jul 27, 2019
Roy Trueman Wood, age 80, of Rogue River, died July 27, 2019 at his home. Roy was born November 3, 1938 in Arcola, Illinois. He was a professional gambler and card dealer. In 2007 he moved from Reno and Las Vegas to Rogue River. Roy loved to walk in the mountains and explore old miner’s camps. Every year he would...
Sharlene J. Gundersen
Jul 24, 2019
Sharlene J. Gundersen, age 76, of Grants Pass, died July 24, 2019 at her home.
Gordon Duane Baker
Jul 21, 2019
Gordon Duane Baker, age 92, of Cave Junction, died July 21, 2019 at his home.
Glenn Wallace Salo
Jul 18, 2019
Glenn Wallace Salo, age 90, of Grants Pass, Oregon died July 18, 2019 at a local adult foster home after a short illness. Glenn was born in Great Falls, Montana on December 19, 1928 to Henry Salo & Clarice Van den Heuvel. The family lived in the small town of Windham where Henry operated the local grain elevator and began...
Margie M. Tooley
Jul 18, 2019
Margie M. Tooley, age 93, of Grants Pass, died July 18, 2019 at her home. A loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. Margie was born February 13, 1926 in Sandpoint, Idaho to William & Alfreda Rhoten. In 1944 in Reno, Nevada she married Elmer ‘Punch’ Tooley. She moved to Grants Pass 77 years ago from Yreka, California. She worked at...
Alyda May Kisling
Jul 17, 2019
Alyda M. Kisling, age 88, of Grants Pass, died July 17, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Survivors include daughter Rosemary Burns of Sacramento, California; granddaughter Jennifer Ramos of Galt, California; grandsons Justin Calice of Sacramento, California and Matthew Davis of Medford, Oregon; great-grandsons Dillan, J.J. and Axel; great-granddaughter Kailah; and lots of friends. She was preceded in death...
Alida Mae Vandarwarka
Jul 16, 2019
Alida Mae Vandarwarka, a Grants Pass resident since 1955, died Tuesday, July 16th at her home on the Rogue River. Born Alida Mae Sautter in Longmont, CO on March 20, 1920, Alida Mae was the youngest of four children and moved to Salem, OR when she was three years old. When she was 6, she started to live with her...
Julia A. Howard
Jul 15, 2019
Julia Anne Howard, age 82, of Grants Pass, died peacefully surrounded by family July 15, 2019 at her home. Julia was born October 5, 1936 in Van Nuys, California where she was raised. On August 22, 1954 she married Duane L. Howard and in 1981 they moved from Simi Valley, California to Grants Pass. She especially enjoyed gardening, floral arranging,...
Winston William Wilber
Jul 14, 2019
Winston W. “Bill” Wilber January 13, 1921 – July 14, 2019 Betty M. Wilber May 28, 1926 – June 16, 2012 Betty was 14 when she and Win first met. She wanted to get married right then, but her mother insisted that she finish high school first. They married in 1944 and Betty died 5 days before their 68th wedding...
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