Obituaries
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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Edna Mae Abreu
Jul 6, 2016
Edna Mae Abreu, age 88, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at her home. Arrangements are pending at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. More information to follow.
Thelma Marie Baker-Arnold
Jul 5, 2016
Thelma Marie Arnold, age 102, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at Kinsington Place. Thelma was born June 7, 1914 in Dacoma, Oklahoma to Warren & Mattie Smith. At two years old her and her family moved to Kansas. Together with her family she moved to Garden Grove, California when she was in grade school. During the depression,...
Ruth Virginia Schilberg
Jul 4, 2016
Ruth Virginia Schilberg, age 87, of Grants Pass, died Monday, July 4, 2016 at Three Rivers Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 21, 2016 at Calvary Crossroads Church with Pastor Bob Bonner officiating.
Dixie Lee Penix
Jul 4, 2016
Dixie Lee Penix, age 60, of Grants Pass, died Monday, July 4, 2016 at Three Rivers Medical Center. Dixie was born October 15, 1955 in Pismo Beach, California to Earl & Juanita Penix and attended school in Gonzales, California. In 1982 she moved from Gonzales to Grants Pass. Dixie made a deep impression in each community she has lived in....
Frances E. Paget Irons
Jul 3, 2016
Frances E. Paget Irons, age 87, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, July 3, 2016 at Applegate House. Frances was born February 21, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas to Norvel & Marie Paget. She demonstrated a gift for storytelling and art at a young age and was active in high school theatre set design. While raising her family she enjoyed painting...
Margaret Van Mcgee Lard
Jun 29, 2016
Margaret Van McGee Lard was born July 12th, 1912. She was born at home in Handley, Texas to parents, Philetus Philantagus and Ethyl McGee. She experienced the joy and sorrows of childhood after her father left home early in her life. At age three she started singing at church. Her first solo was “Jesus loves me”. She never stopped singing...
Wilfred John Watson
Jun 27, 2016
Wilfred John Watson, age 91, of Yakima, Washington, died June 27, 2016 in Yakima. Wilfred was born April 2, 1925 in Thoeny, Montana to John & Elizabeth (Staples) Watson. He grew up helping his folks operate the family farm, but got out of there as soon as he could. From 1944 to 1947 he served in the United States Marine...
Leroy Ivan Welch
Jun 27, 2016
On June 27th 2016 God told a great man it was his time to come home A great and joyous life he has shown Leaving behind great grandkids and grandkids and two boys and a daughter, a Brother and sister-in-law and a wonderful wife. For 61 years they shared their life. He served our country in 2 wars On the...
Berniece Stanley Smith
Jun 26, 2016
Berniece Stanley Smith, 83, of Rogue River, passed away June 26, 2016 in Medford, OR. There will be a family grave site service at Woodville Cemetery on July 1st, 2016. Berniece was born in Ashland to Stanley and Esther Mayben on May 14. 1933. She attended Ashland High School and married Victor Smith on July 1st, 1950. She subsequently completed...
Patrick Michael Daley
Jun 25, 2016
Patrick Michael Daley, age 57, of Cave Junction, died June 25, 2016 as the result of a motorcycle accident in Cave Junction. More information to follow.
Adeline A. Merriman
Jun 24, 2016
Adeline A. Merriman, 95 years of age, was born January 2, 1921 in Creston, Iowa. She passed over to her Heavenly Father on June 24, 2016 at her home in Cave Junction, Oregon. She will be remembered by her friends for her service and compassion, always ready to extend a helping hand. She is survived by her daughter, Joan L....
Patsy Jean O'Brien
Jun 23, 2016
Patsy Jean O’Brien was born November 4, 1934, in Grants Pass, Oregon. Her parents were Delbert O’Brien and Dorothy Owen O’Brien. She attended Illinois Valley High School and graduated in 1952. In 1952 she was married to Calvin Stephenson. After their divorce she married Doyle Frady. Over the years Patsy worked for a telephone company, the U.S. Forest Service, Pacific...
Nancy Rae Livingood
Jun 23, 2016
Nancy Rae Livingood, age 56, of Grants Pass, Oregon died June 23, 2016 at her home. Nancy was born September 19, 1959 in West Covina, California to Alexis Richard Strong & Norma Belloso Strong. In 1977 she graduated from South Umpqua High School in Myrtle Creek. In high school Nancy enjoyed singing in the choir and showing her 4-H goats...
Phyllis Margaret Backus
Jun 23, 2016
Former Grants Pass resident, Phyllis Margaret Backus, age 71, of Myrtle Creek, died Thursday, June 23, 2016 at her home of cancer. Phyllis was born December 2, 1944 in Grants Pass to Tom & Alberta Seagoe, she was the youngest of six children. She was married to Howard Backus. She worked at various jobs around Grants Pass. She enjoyed gardening,...
Cheryl Parsons
Jun 20, 2016
Cheryl Parsons, age 59, of Cave Junction, died Monday, June 20, 2016 at her home. Cheryl was born February 5, 1957 in Weaverville, California to Robert & Theoda Parsons. The family moved to Cave Junction in April 1957. Cheryl attended school in the Illinois Valley graduating in 1975. She is survived by two sons, Cody Parsons of Cave Junction and...
Rosemary Stevens Sanders Wytcherley
Jun 17, 2016
Rosemary Stevens Sanders Wytcherley, age 78, of Grants Pass, died Friday, June 17, 2016, at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Rosemary was predeceased by her parents, her siblings, her first husband Ivan, and two of her children, Donna and Steve. Rosemary was born on August 13, 1937, in Elizabethtown, NY. Her parents, Frank Adams Stevens and Analita Augusta Brown Stevens,...
Waunetta Winter
Jun 15, 2016
Waunetta Winter, age 90, of Cave Junction, died Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Waunetta was born December 26, 1925 in Fort Collins, Colorado to Guy & Alice Cunningham. She was raised on the family ranch at Shoshone, Wyoming. For one year she worked for the railroad as a coal car cleaner and in the engine....
Ronald H. Stephan
Jun 15, 2016
Ronald H. Stephan, age 87, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at his home. A celebration of life will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 4239 Midway Avenue, Grants Pass, Oregon.
Gerald Lee Stout
Jun 8, 2016
Gerald Lee Stout, 76 of Grants Pass went to be with his Lord on June 8, 2016. He passed peacefully with his daughter Maureen and grand-daughter Melanie Rose by his side. As Gerald's time grew near he used every ounce of energy he had to enjoy his passion for life. Laughing with his girlfriend, shooting his 44 Magnum at the...
Daniel R. "Dan" Mclean
Jun 6, 2016
Daniel R. McLean, 57, passed away in Grants Pass, Ore. on June 6, 2016, at Autumn House Memory Care Facility. Dan was born in Oakland, Calif. on July 20, 1958, to Thomas and Imeldine McLean. He was the sixth of seven children. Dan’s family moved to Grants Pass when he was five. Dan graduated from Grants Pass High School in...
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