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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Geraldine "Jerry" Heater
Oct 8, 2018
Geraldine “Jerry” Heater Jan 24, 1933 – Oct 8, 2018 Jerry was born in Mesa, Arizona on January 24, 1933 to Charlie and Bertha Newell. Her parents moved the family to Grants Pass in 1943. She married Sherman Heater on May 24, 1951. Over the next eight years, four sons, Gary, Dan, Kurt and Russ were added to this young...
Marian May Smith
Oct 4, 2018
Marian May Smith, age 82, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, October 4, 2018 at her daughter’s home. Born November 30, 1935 to Philip and Sadie Blood in Spirit Lake Idaho. Marian grew up the middle child of a 'bakers dozen'. She often spoke of the hard work that came from being in a large family and having to sleep multiple...
Ronald Raymond "Ray" Kalista
Oct 3, 2018
Ronald Raymond “Ray” Kalista, age 87, of Central Point, died Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford. Ray was born to Edwin and Edna (Knab) Kalista on March 16, 1931 in Toledo, Washington where he grew up one of 15 children. He attended school in Toledo and when he was in junior high he went...
Dr. Mitchell "Mitch" Moos
Oct 3, 2018
Dr. Mitchell “Mitch” Moos, age 79, of Grants Pass, died October 3, 2018 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Mitchell was born in Poland in the then Polish city of Lwow on January 1, 1939, the only son of Jozef and Marianna Moos. The family miraculously survived the horrors and deprivations of World War II, and emigrated to the United...
George C. Bell
Oct 3, 2018
George C. Bell was born on April 7, 1936 in Hawthorn, Nevada. He was the eldest son of George Franklin Bell and Adella Loretta Bush. The Bell family moved to Cave Junction, Oregon in 1946 when he was ten years old. George graduated from Illinois Valley High School in 1954 and attended Shasta Community College/College of the Redwoods where he...
Richard Christopher Stuart
Sep 30, 2018
Richard Christopher Stuart Hometown at Death: Grants Pass, Or Since: 2016 Moved From: Tavares, FL On Sunday Sept 30, 2018, Richard Christopher Stuart, originally from Medfield, MA, passed away at the age of 76, after a long battle with heart disease. He will be sorrowfully missed by his three children: Bonnie Bailey, Richard Christopher Stuart, Jr, and Stephanie Watson, grandchildren:...
Peter A. Schot
Sep 29, 2018
Peter A. Schot Born 25th November 1940 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands Died 29th September 2018 in Grants Pass (aged 77 years) Son of Pieter Schot and Krijna Fortuin and brother to Cornelia, Joke and late sister Janneke. Beloved father of Patricia and Roseanne, and loving partner of Donna. ‘Time is an ocean but it ends at the shore, You may...
Dollie Levonia Mcauley
Sep 27, 2018
Dollie Levonia McAuley, age 83, of Grants Pass, died September 27, 2018 at Regency Care Rogue Valley. Arrangements are pending.
Katheryn Grace Buckendahl
Sep 23, 2018
Katheryn Grace Buckendahl, age 74, of Cave Junction died, September 23, 2018, at her home. Katheryn was born May 6, 1944 in De Queen, Arkansas, and graduated from De Queen High School. A year after graduating Katheryn married Arthur in 1963, making De Queen their home for many years with their five children. Katheryn worked as a CNA and an...
Cedrick W. Mixon
Sep 20, 2018
Cedrick W. Mixon May 1,1961 - Sept 20, 2018 Memorial Celebration of Life will be held at the Alabama River Block Park Selma, Alabama Saturday, 29 September 2018 at 11:00 o'clock.
Sandra L. Rigsby
Sep 20, 2018
Sandra L. Rigsby, age 73, of Grants Pass, died September 20, 2018 at her home. Arrangements are pending.
Gordon Hunter Hamlin
Sep 18, 2018
Gordon Hunter Hamlin, age 97, of Gold Hill died, September 18, 2018, at his home. Arrangements are pending.
Frances Rose Gray
Sep 13, 2018
Frances Rose Gray, age 92, of Grants Pass, died September 13, 2018 at her home. Frances was born October 4, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois. On July 29, 1944 she married Robert W. Gray who preceded her in death on May 4, 1976. She later married George T. Gray on January 10, 1982. In 1983 she moved from the San Fernando...
Cheri Lynn Shelley
Sep 13, 2018
Cheri Lynn Shelley, age 75, of Myrtle Creek, died September 13, 2018 at her home. Arrangements are pending.
Orville Harry Clay
Sep 13, 2018
Beloved husband, father and friend, our Orville Harry Clay, age 85, died on September 13, 2018. He was born February 2, 1934 in Independence, Kansas. He served in the Korean War and earned teaching degrees at Long Beach State College. He lived in Long Beach and Laguna Beach, California, Hawaii and Oregon. The family moved to Williams, Oregon in 1974....
Josephine Marie Smith
Sep 9, 2018
Josephine Marie Smith, age 102, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, September 9, 2018 at her home. Visitation will be Thursday, September 13, 2018 from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. Interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery Friday, September 14, 2018 at 9:00 am. A memorial mass will be held at St Anne Catholic Church,...
Irvin E. Bridge
Sep 8, 2018
Irvin Ellsworth Bridge, age 78, of Grants Pass, left his wife and children to go be with his friends and family who have left before him. Irvin was the fourth child and first son born to Ivan Earl & Hazel (Mohr) Bridge on March 6, 1940 while traveling by train and passing through Roseburg, Oregon. He lived in Hugo where...
Darrell Woolsey
Sep 6, 2018
Darrell Woolsey, age 97, of Grants Pass, died September 6, 2018 at his home. Arrangements are pending.
Bob Erbe
Sep 4, 2018
Henry Robert 'Bob' Erbe, age 92, of Grants Pass, died September 4, 2018 at Royale Gardens. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, September 10. 2018 at Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Ida C. Francis
Sep 3, 2018
Ida C. Francis, 87, of Murphy, Oregon for 30 years, passed away peacefully with her family at her side. She was born January 2, 1931, in Clinton, Maryland, to Ernest Irving and Dorothy Eleanor Mudd. Ida graduated from Gwynn Park High School in Brandywine, Maryland, in 1948. Ida worked in Washington, D.C. and then at Patuxent River, Maryland, where she...
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