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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties

Sherman Ross Heater
Oct 10, 2011
Sherman Ross Heater, age 81, of Grants Pass, died Monday, October 10, 2011 in Grants Pass from complications from Parkinson’s disease. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011 at River Valley Community Church. Private interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking for donations to the Asante Foundation...
Winona Marie "Y" Leach
Oct 9, 2011
Winona Marie “Y” Leach, age 86, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, October 9, 2011 at her home. A viewing will be from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Friday, October 14, 2011 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 14, 2011 at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. A gathering of family and friends with...
Wilma Nash
Oct 9, 2011
Wilma Nash, age 91, passed away Sunday, October 9, 1920 in her home in Grants Pass, Oregon. A viewing will be from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 14, 2011 and from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011...
Rev. James M. Scott
Oct 7, 2011
Rev. James M. Scott formerly of Rogue River and Murphy, Oregon passed away quietly at his home October 7th in Hansville, Washington. He was 89 years old. He was born Oct. 31st, 1921 in Glenwood, Iowa. After graduating from Glenwood High he went to work as a logger in Cottage Grove, Oregon until he entered the Army Air Corps during...
L. Joyce Stafford
Oct 5, 2011
L. Joyce Stafford, age 73, of Cave Junction, died Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A viewing will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 10, 2011 at Illinois Valley Funeral Directors. A funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 10, 2011 at Illinois Valley Funeral Directors. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery....
Rixey C. "Rex" Chadwell
Oct 5, 2011
Rixey Carlton “Rex” Chadwell, age 91, of Wilderville, died Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at his home. A funeral service will be at 12 noon, Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. Interment with full military honors will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Remembrances may be made to Veterans of...
Thomas Ryan Evensizer
Oct 4, 2011
Former Wimer resident, Thomas Ryan Evensizer, age 57, of Salem, died Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at Salem Hospital. A viewing will be from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 10, 2011 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 10, 2011 at Woodville Cemetery. Tom was born January 8, 1954 in...
Richard Marlin "Rick" Collins
Oct 2, 2011
Richard Marlin “Rick” Collins, age 53, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, October 2, 2011 at his home. A graveside service will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens with Bishop Gary Lathen officiating. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Rick was born October 29, 1957 in Kokomo, Indiana to Marlin &...

Harrison May "Harry" Tippetts
Oct 1, 2011
Harrison May “Harry” Tippetts, age 89, of Grants Pass, left his earthly home Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Grants Pass, Oregon. A viewing will be at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, October 6, 2011 in the Relief Society Room at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center on Williams Highway. A funeral...
James A. "Jimi" Kay
Sep 30, 2011
James A. “Jimi” Kay, age 70, of Cave Junction, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Jimi was born October 31, 1940 in Oakland, California to Albert James & Frankie Kay. He attended Fremont High School and then completed his electrical apprenticeship. For...
Clifford Earl Boronda
Sep 29, 2011
Clifford Earl Boronda, age 70, of Cave Junction, died Thursday, September 29, 2011 at his home. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Illinois Valley Chapel with gathering to follow. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 SE 8th Street, Grants Pass, Oregon...
Julie Warde
Sep 28, 2011
Julie Warde, age 55, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Julie was born February 3, 1956 in White Plains, New York to Theodore & Carolyn Warde where she was raised. She graduated...
Judith Grannis
Sep 27, 2011
'I'm only human and other imperfectly perfect things' was the title of the first of her three books of poetry, and a motto for her life. She had a hard childhood and stood firmly in the gap of generations past as a transitionary, determined to raise her children with immense love. And that she did. She taught 'regardless of your...
Winifred Mathis
Sep 27, 2011
Winifred Mathis, age 94, of Grants Pass, passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at Spring Pointe. Private family services will be held. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Born May 21, 1917 in Reeder, North Dakota, Winifred Edna Spellman came into this world and became part of a loving family that would eventually include six...
Loretta E. Hague
Sep 27, 2011
Loretta E. Hague, age 69, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, September 27, 2011 as a result of an automobile accident. A memorial service will be at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, October 9, 2011 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Loretta was born in San Diego, California in 1942 to Earl and Thelma...
Virginia A. "Ginny" Swanson
Sep 26, 2011
Virginia A. “Ginny” Swanson, age 88, of Grants Pass, died Monday, September 26, 2011 at her home. A memorial service will be at 1:00 pm Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at River Valley Community Church. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of your choice. You may also send condolences...

Mary Edith Mcdade
Sep 26, 2011
Mary Edith McDade, 90, of Grants Pass died Monday, September 26, 2011 at Black Oak Adult Foster Care Home in Grants Pass. She was born Mary Edith Austin in Paris, Arkansas in 1921 to Robert and Ethel Austin. In January 1940 she married John T. McDade who died in 2007. She was a homemaker most of her married life but...
Harry H. Allen
Sep 24, 2011
Harry H. Allen, age 83, of Rogue River, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011 at his home. A funeral service will be 3:00 p.m., Thursday, September 29, 2011 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. Interment will be at 1:30 p.m., Monday, October 3, 2011 at Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, California. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of...
Liesel Sommer
Sep 22, 2011
Liesel Sommer, age 82, of Grants Pass, died Thursday Sept. 22nd 2011 at home with family present due to complications from a stroke. Liesel was born Oct. 17th, 1928 in Bremen, Germany. She married Rolf Sommer in Oldenburg, Germany on May 2, 1952 and later that year immigrated directly to Grants Pass. The majority of her life she lived in...
Judith Susan Burke Heintz
Sep 22, 2011
Judith (Judie) Heintz, age 66, of Grants Pass, Oregon died following a courageous battle with Ovarian Cancer. A celebration of life will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Solana Beach, CA. Judie was born to Julius William Burke and Valena Harper Burke in New Orleans, Louisiana. She lived in Mankato &...
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