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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Joyce Ann Sparks
Jun 22, 2018
Joyce Ann Sparks, age 79, of Selma, died June 22, 2018 at Regency Care Rogue Valley. Arrangements are pending with Illinois Valley Funeral Directors.
Edward "Ted" Booth
Jun 22, 2018
Edward Lodge Booth, age 81, of Glendale, OR passed away at his home on June 22, 2018. Born in Grants Pass in 1936, Edward and his family moved to Ohio, and then returned to Oregon, settling in Glendale when he was nine years of age. Edward graduated from Glendale High School in 1955 and went to work in the timber...
Hailee Ann-Frances Fox
Jun 16, 2018
Hailee Fox was tragically taken from us in the early hours of Saturday, June 16, 2018. She lived in Grants Pass, Oregon and was just 21 years old. Hailee is survived by her two sons, ages two years old and two months old; father, Jeff Fox; mother, Sheryl Kelley; step-mother, Amy Fox; grandmothers, Fran Taylor and Terrie Brown; great-grandmother, Lola...
Robert Martin Benson
Jun 16, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Robert Martin Benson of Grants Pass, Oregon announces his passing at his home on June 16, 2018 at the age of 72. Born in New York on September 30, 1945 to Coast Guard veteran Harry A. Benson Sr. and Gloria M. Benson, “Bob” began his career in 1965 and went on...
Claudia Townsend
Jun 13, 2018
Claudia Townsend, age 75, of Rogue River, died June 13, 2018 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. A memorial service is pending.
Bob Alsenz
Jun 12, 2018
Robert “Bob” Alsenz, age 89, of Applegate, passed away peacefully June 12, 2018 at his home surrounded by family and friends. Bob was born September 1, 1928 to Milfred & Marie (Houghton) Alsenz in Long Beach, California. He moved from Orange County to Applegate, Oregon 38 years ago. His hobbies included racing, fishing, golfing, traveling & drinking beer. He loved...
Thomas Leroy Goldsmith
Jun 5, 2018
Thomas LeRoy Goldsmith, age 75, of Sunny Valley, died June 5, 2018 at his home. Arrangements are pending.
Maxine Ruth Updike
Jun 4, 2018
Maxine Ruth Updike, age 86, of Grants Pass, died June 4, 2018 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Susan Carol Jacobson
Jun 4, 2018
Susan Carol Jacobson, age 76, of Grants Pass, died June 4, 2018 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Arrangements are pending.
Thomas Ray Mclean
Jun 3, 2018
Thomas Ray McLean of Grants Pass, died Sunday, June 3rd, one day after his 89th birthday at Asante Three River Medical Center after a long and gradual decline in health. Tom was born June 2, 1929 in Lubbock TX to Ross and Lucille McLean. He had four sisters, Doris, Sara, Pat, Elegrace and one brother, Don. Tom married his bride...
Howard "Red" Robertson
Jun 3, 2018
Harold Leslie Robertson of O'Brien, Oregon, died on June 2. He was almost 98 years old. The third of five children, he was born on the Experimental Farm outside Prosser, Washington in 1920 to Leslie and Inez Robertson. Harold served in the United States Marine Corps during WWII in the Pacific Theater as radioman and sharpshooter. At the end of...
Jewell Brewer
Jun 1, 2018
Ruby 'Jewel' Brewer, age 107, of Grants Pass, died June 1, 2018 at Redwood Terrace. A viewing will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Thursday, June 7, 2018 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, June 8, 2018 at Hull & Hull Chapel with Pastor Dave Gordon officiating. Interment will follow...
Juanita Maxine Hoffman
Jun 1, 2018
Juanita Maxine Hoffman, age 90, of Grants Pass, died June 1, 2018 at Regency Care Rogue Valley. Juanita was born July 16, 1927 in Bogue, Kansas to Ivan & Ova Custine. In 1937 her family moved to Fort Collins, Colorado where she grew up, attended school and worked at F.W. Woolworth from 1942 to 1944 and at J.C. Penney Company...
Katie Ellen Holt
May 27, 2018
Katie Ellen Holt passed away on the 27th of May 2018 at the age of 86 in her home in Grants Pass, Oregon. She was with her family at the time. She was born on 23 of January 1932. Katie was the youngest of 3 children born to Gus and Ruth Jones in Sweetwater, Texas. Her early years were spent...
David Britt Swanagan
May 27, 2018
David Britt Swanagan, infant son of David Lee Swanagan Jr and Brittany Ta’Shay Mosley, of Cave Junction, died May 27, 2018 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Caren Marie Elliott
May 22, 2018
Caren Marie Eliott, 69, of Grants Pass died on May 22, 2018 at Highland House with her family present at her last breath. Shortly after retiring, she beat cervical cancer with chemo and radiation, and then 3 years later she was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, an aggressive cancer that she could not beat. She was born on July 17, 1948...
Dorothy June Embrey
May 22, 2018
Dorothy June Embrey, age 76, of Rogue River, died May 22, 2018 at her home. Dorothy was born March 6, 1942 in San Francisco, California to Carmen & Lodene Shamblin. In 1960 she graduated from high school in Merced, California. In 1972 she moved from Japan to Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, Texas and then to Rogue River. For...
Stephen Bruce West
May 22, 2018
Stephen Bruce West, age 67, of Grants Pass, died May 22, 2018 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center after a battle with cancer. Stephen was born October 14, 1950 in Klamath Falls, Oregon but grew up in Grants Pass. After serving his country honorably as a sailor during the Vietnam War, he returned home to Oregon and spent the next...
Richard Joseph Winner
May 20, 2018
Richard “Dick” J. Winner, age 92, of Grants Pass, passed away at Providence Medford Medical Center on May 20, 2018. Survivors include daughters Gale McKinley, Linda Wood, sons Gregory, Jeffory and Kenneth. Other survivors include sisters Sue and Sharon and brother Roger. Dick also leaves five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of...
Donnie Gene Ritter Iii
May 17, 2018
Another Angel is amongst us, Donnie (Donald) Gene Ritter III, as of Thursday, May 17, 2018. He indulged us with his presence on March 24, 1996, in Fullerton, California, checking out the world curiously and joyfully, which became a branded trademark of Angel Donnie. He learned a lot about life through horses, since they taught him a lot about himself....
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