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Glenn Thompson
Dec 27, 2016
Glenn Thompson, age 58, of Merlin, did December 27, 2016 in Grants Pass. On December 7th, 1958, he was born to Beverly & John Thompson in Holyoak, Massachusetts. Glenn grew up in the California Bay area. He met his wife Julie Shaman in 1986 and they were married in 1992. Together they had three sons. Glenn attained his Associates degree...
Franklin Marion Owens Jr
Dec 26, 2016
Franklin Marion Owens, Jr. Born 25-Aug-1931 in Yuma, Arizona. Died 26-Dec-2016 in Central Point, Oregon. Frank was the fifth of nine siblings, children of Franklin Marion Owens of Illinois and Leona Beulah Province of Arkansas. Their children, in order of birth, were: Hazel, Howard, Myrtle, Jewel (Jim), Frank Jr, Lois, Floyd, Kenneth, and David. Frank was raised in a modest...
Leon Leroy Markel
Dec 23, 2016
Leon Leroy Markel, 72, of Glendale, OR, died Friday, December 23, 2016, at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He was born on March 15th, 1944 in Mitchell, Nebraska to Wayne (Frosty) and Thelma (Kelley) Markel. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. He retired from the lumber industry, as a saw filer. On February 27th, 1965 in...
Mayme Alma Chumley
Dec 22, 2016
Mayme Alma Chumley, age 89, a 43 year resident of Grants Pass, Oregon, passed away at her home on January 6, 2017, with family around her. Mayme was born on October 28, 1927, to parents Elizabeth and Arthur Cuff in Bonavista, Newfoundland, Canada. She and her family also lived in Georgia and Kansas before settling down in the Rogue Valley....
Merle Owen Shackelford
Dec 22, 2016
Merle Owen Shackelford, age 89, of Myrtle Creek, died December 22, 2016 at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg. Merle was born September 11, 1927 in Augusta, Kansas to Joseph Theodore Shackelford & Elvera Grace (Cool) Shackelford. During World War II he served as a United States Army Sergeant as a mess cook while stationed in Austria and Germany. He owned...
Paul C. Devine
Dec 10, 2016
Paul C. Devine, age 54, of Grants Pass, died December 10, 2016 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Paul was born May 3, 1962 in Downey, California and was lovingly adopted at four days old by Harold & Janet Rollins. In 2003 he changed his name to his birth mom’s name. Paul graduated from high school in Brawley, California. He...
Rachel Ellen Marsh
Dec 6, 2016
Rachel Ellen Marsh, age 97, of Grants Pass, died December 6, 2016 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Rachel was born November 15, 1919 in Oskaloosa, Iowa to Jesse & Lula Ann (Lundy) McCombs. On December 31, 1940 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin she married Verlan Archie Marsh. In September of 1952 the family moved to Southern California where together with her...
Catherine Mary Brundage
Dec 6, 2016
Catherine Mary Brundage, age 71, of Wilderville, died December 6, 2016 at her home. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
Michael Dennis Sheridan
Dec 5, 2016
Michael Dennis “Mike” Sheridan, age 54, of Medford, Oregon died December 5, 2016 in Medford. Mike was born January 27, 1962 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Philip Sheridan & Marlena Joyce Southard. In 1980 he graduated from Glendale High School in Glendale, Arizona. During his senior year of high school, he was an Arizona State-Wide Mixed Doubles Tennis Champion. He...
Genevieve Y. Keller
Dec 4, 2016
Genevieve Y. Keller, age 81, of Grants Pass, died December 4, 2016 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. A celebration of life will be at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Liberty Pentecostal Church, 1474 Fruitdale Drive, Grants Pass.
Janice Gale Harbour
Dec 2, 2016
Janice Gale Osepian Harbour, age 73, of Glendale, died Friday, December 2, 2016 at her home. No public services are planned.
Sonia Lageson
Nov 28, 2016
Sonia Lageson, age 89, of Grants Pass, died Monday, November 28, 2016 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Dorothy Ann Lothrop
Nov 22, 2016
Dorothy Ann Lothrop was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to Los Angeles as a small child. She was raised by her mother Flora and step-father, Raymond Holder, Sr. Her beautiful voice, even as a child, enabled her to sing with a local chapter of the Salvation Army Band. She married Everett Lothrop and raised four children. She enjoyed...
Andy Grey
Nov 17, 2016
Nathan Andrew “Andy” Grey, passed away on November 17, 2016 at his home in Boise, Idaho. Andy was born December 4, 1925 in Belle Plaine, Iowa. At an early age his parents passed away. He did odd jobs, stayed in school and when World War II started, enlisted in the United States Navy. He was a member of several gun...
Don J. Penasso
Nov 15, 2016
Don J. Penasso, age 63, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending at Illinois Valley Funeral Directors.
Celentha "Cindy" Jones
Nov 15, 2016
Celentha “Cindy” Jones, age 82, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at Kinsington at Redwood Park. Cindy was born May 1, 1934 in Fairmont, West Virginia to William & Anna Wilfong. She married Denzil Alkire and they had three children, Nancy, Delinda and William. They later divorced. She then married Floyd Samuel Jones. Cindy attended cosmetology school and...
Stacie I. Stepps
Nov 12, 2016
Stacie I. Stepps, age 42, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, November 12, 2016 at her home. Services will be held in Visalia, California. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
James Phillip Scarantino Sr.
Nov 7, 2016
James Phillip Scarantino Sr, age 75, of Rogue River, died Monday, November 7, 2016 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. James was born October 5, 1941 in Jamestown, New York to Sandy & Josephine (Lombardo) Scarantino. After his father died when James was 9 years old, he was raised by his mother and stepfather, Joe Lemek. For six years,...
Charles Clarence Cowger
Nov 5, 2016
Charles Clarence Cowger, age 61, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, November 5, 2016 at his home. Charlie was born March 28, 1955 in Oakland, California to Joan Elizabeth (Mehigan) Cowger and Clarence Donald Cowger. In 1969 he moved from Hayward, California to Grants Pass and in 1973 graduated from Grants Pass High School. In 2002 he graduated with a Bachelor’s...
Ida C. Rogers
Nov 5, 2016
Ida C. Rogers, age 84, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Regency Care of Rogue Valley,. A celebration of life will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, November 14, 2016 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
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