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Shirley Jean Shipley
Oct 17, 2008
Shirley was born December 17, 1932 in Springfield, Missouri to Woodrow & Virginia Ball and soon moved to the West coast. In early life she moved to Southern Oregon. On June 9, 1950 she graduated from Grants Pass High School and on June 10, 1950 married Charles E. Shipley and they began a family of three sons. She first worked...
Margaret Irene Molvar
Oct 17, 2008
Margaret Irene Molvar, age 94, of Grants Pass, died Friday, October 17, 2008 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at Hull & Hull Chapel with Pastor Kelly Graham officiating. Private interment will be at Forest Lawn in Seattle, Washington. Remembrances may be made to the YMCA, 1000 Redwood Avenue,...
Lois Catherine Lambert
Oct 14, 2008
Lois Catherine Lambert, age 85, of Rogue River, died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 27, 2008 at Apostolic Faith Church (2nd and F Streets) with Pastor Rob Wakefield officiating. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Lois was born June 25,...
Don Slette
Oct 11, 2008
“Grandpa” Don Slette, age 80, of Central Point, died Saturday, October 11, 2008 at a local adult foster care home. No services are planned. Final interment will be at a family plot in Yreka, California. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Don was born May 26, 1928 in Challenge, California to Roland & Dorothy Slette. He...
Erwin Koszescha
Oct 10, 2008
Erwin Koszescha (Erwin the Painter), age 74, of Grants Pass, died Friday, October 10, 2008 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, October 18, 2008 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A memorial service will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, October 20, 2008 at the Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church with...
John Stevens
Oct 7, 2008
John Henry “Steve” Stevens, age 71, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at his home. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Newman United Methodist Church with Reverend Melissa Harkness Haugen officiating. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Steve was born on April 28, 1937 in Tulare, California...
Avis Laurel Van Hoy
Oct 6, 2008
Avis Laurel Van Hoy, age 88, of Eagle Point, died Monday, October 6, 2008 at Providence Medford Medical Center. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 11, 2008 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Remembrances may be made to Woodville Museum, PO Box 1288, Rogue River, Oregon 97537. She was born July 19, 1920 in Casper, Wyoming to...
Ruth E. Fisher
Oct 3, 2008
Ruth E. Fisher, age 89, of Applegate, died Monday, September 29, 2008 in Grants Pass. A visitation will be from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2008 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Stake Center Relief Society Room. A funeral service will begin at 1:00 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2008 at The Church of Jesus...
Auby Blackwell
Oct 2, 2008
Auby Blackwell, age 67, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, October 2, 2008 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A celebration of life will be held Sunday, October 5, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. at the Hull & Hull Chapel. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005...
Kinzie W. Sexton
Oct 1, 2008
Kinzie W. Sexton, age 35, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at his home. Those wishing may make memorial contributions to the Sexton Family, c/o Hull & Hull Funeral Directors, PO Box 67, Grants Pass OR 97528. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Please join the family...
Leo Edmund Kern
Sep 30, 2008
Leo Edmund Kern (August 13, 1920 - September 30, 2008) Leo Kern, age 88, passed away in Grant''s Pass, Oregon, on Tuesday. Leo was born in Faribault, Minnesota. The son of a farming family, he attended Walcott Township''s District 12 School in Rice County. He was one of 13 children, and married Ursina Ellen Anhorn (from a neigboring farm) on...

Tom Cosaert
Sep 29, 2008
Tom Cosaert, age 64, of Grants Pass, died Monday, September 29, 2008 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A gathering of family and friends will be at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, October 2, 2008 at The R-Haus Restaurant. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Tom was born September 25, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. He was a self-taught mechanic....
Harold E. Blankenship
Sep 25, 2008
Harold Eugene Blankenship, age 78, of Rogue River, passed on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Rogue Valley Medical Center. A visitation will be from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m., Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 29, 2008 at New Life United Pentecostal Church, 1983 Willow Lane,...
Clifford Marion Magee
Sep 25, 2008
Clifford Marion Magee, age 91, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, September 25, 2008 at his home. A visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2008 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A graveside service will be 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at Eagle Point National Cemetery with Pastor Wes Winn officiating. Hull & Hull...
Elaine Gannet
Sep 23, 2008
Elaine Gannett, age 84, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at her home. A memorial service will be held 10:30 a.m., Saturday October 11th at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 747 NE Savage St. in Grants Pass. She was born Helen Elaine Wilson May 21, 1924 in Sacramento, California, the only child of Walter &...
Charles Dale Skevington
Sep 19, 2008
Charles Dale “Dick” Skevington, age 84, of Rogue River, died Friday, September 19, 2008 at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Thursday, September 25, 2008 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A Funeral Service will be at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 26, 2008 at Palmerton Park in Rogue River with...
Keith A. Hoffman
Sep 17, 2008
Keith A. Hoffman, 59, of Merlin, died Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at his home of cancer. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 29, 2008 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. at Eagle Point National Cemetery with Randel Livingood officiating. He was born on March 19, 1949 in...
Joseph Wyatt Fehlhaber
Sep 13, 2008
Joseph Wyatt Fehlhaber, age 21, of Cave Junction, died Saturday, September 13, 2008 at his home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, September 20, 2008 at Jubilee Park in Cave Junction. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Epilepsy Association of Oregon, 718 W. Burnside, Portland Oregon...
John Stanley Hocker
Sep 11, 2008
John Stanley Hocker, age 82, of Grants Pass passed away on September 11th at Three Rivers Community Hospital, Grants Pass. He was born on November 17, 1925 in Bethlehem, PA to John S. Hocker and Ruth Geyer Hocker and was raised in Johnstown, PA. After serving in the Naval Air Corps at the end of World War II, he graduated...
Blanche Kightlinger
Sep 11, 2008
Blanche Kightlinger, age 80, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at home. A visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Sunday, September 14, 2008 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A funeral mass will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, September 15, 2008 at St. Anne Catholic Church with Monsignor Gregory Moys officiating. Interment will follow at...
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