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Pat Russo

Pat Russo

Dec 25, 2007

Pat Russo, age 89, of Grants Pass died Christmas Day, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, December 28, 2007 at Hull and Hull Chapel. Interment will follow at Hillcrest. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. He was born on July 28, 1918 in Providence, RI to Emilio...

Jean Leinaala (Phillips) Ward

Jean Leinaala (Phillips) Ward

Dec 24, 2007

Jean Leinaala (Phillips) Ward, 88, of Grants Pass, died on Monday, Dec. 24, 2007, at home Jean was born on October 16, 1919 in Paia, Hawaii on the island of Maui, the daughter of Garnie Effie Rosecrans and William McLeish Phillips. Her father worked as a District Overseer on the Maui Agricultural Co. sugar plantation and the family resided in...

Jerry Lee Williams

Jerry Lee Williams

Dec 22, 2007

Jerry Lee Williams, 68, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A Celebration of Life will be 12:30 p.m., Saturday, January 5, 2008 at Betty’s home. For more information, call Betty at 541-476-3632. Southern Oregon Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society, 31...

Mavis J. Cluster

Mavis J. Cluster

Dec 22, 2007

Mavis J. Cluster 24 April 1929 – 22 December 2007 “The Star we Followed.” She was always there. When we were little, she was the one who picked us up when we fell. When we were sick, she took care of us until we got better. She cooked our meals, washed and folded our clothes. She was always there for...

Elwood N. Chesser

Elwood N. Chesser

Dec 21, 2007

Elwood N. “Woody” Chesser, 93, of Grants Pass, died Friday, December 21, 2007 at Spring Pointe. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. He was born March 21, 1914 in Columbus, Ohio. On June 1, 1937 in Greenup, Kentucky he married Evelyn Rose Sines, who preceded him in...

Beulah M. Lenca

Beulah M. Lenca

Dec 17, 2007

Beulah M. Lenca, age 86, of Rogue River, died Monday, December 17, 2007 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services will be held. Southern Oregon Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Beulah was born October 8, 1921 in Winona, Minnesota to Herbert & Maude Becker. On July 28, 1948 in Forest Park, Illinois she married Stanley Lenca. During World...

Carroll G. Hively

Carroll G. Hively

Dec 17, 2007

Carroll G. Hively, 77, of Merlin, died Monday, December 17, 2007 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 Noon on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Funeral services will begin at 12:00 Noon with Pastor Rick Gilmore officiating. Interment will follow at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are...

Ronald Phillip Ferrero

Ronald Phillip Ferrero

Dec 17, 2007

Ronald Phillip Ferrero, age 65, of Grants Pass, died Monday, December 17, 2007 at his home. A funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m., Friday, December 21, 2007 at Hillcrest Memorial Park Chapel with Father Gregory Moys officiating. Southern Oregon Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society, 31 W 6th Street,...

Kevin Lee Marler

Kevin Lee Marler

Dec 16, 2007

Kevin Lee Marler, age 44, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, December 16, 2007 at his home. No services are planned at this time. Hull and Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Kevin was born December 19, 1962 in Sacramento, California to Virgil & Mary Marler. In August of 2005 he moved from Sacramento to Grants Pass. His hobbies...

Arthur Lee Joki

Arthur Lee Joki

Dec 16, 2007

Arthur Lee Joki was born in Astoria Oregon, May 2nd, 1930. He passed away peacefully in his home, the same home that he had lived in since 1956, in Grants Pass Oregon at the age of 77. His story would fit that of many people who live and die, except for one remarkable difference – Arthur Joki was one of...

Mary Pearl Garlitz

Mary Pearl Garlitz

Dec 13, 2007

Mary Pearl Garlitz, 93, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Southern Oregon Cremation Services are in charge of arrangements. Mary was born in Colborn, Colorado on May 20, 1912 to Milt and Ruth Brisbin. She had three sisters and three brothers. They...

Bernadine Christiani Bailey

Bernadine Christiani Bailey

Dec 12, 2007

Bernadine Christiani Bailey, age 92, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Redwood Terrace. A celebration of life will be announced in the summer of 2008. No services are planned at this time. Private mausoleum entombment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Gospel...

Jack Cluster

Jack Cluster

Dec 11, 2007

A Time Now Passed. In Memory of Jack Cluster January 28 1919 - December 11, 2007 At the beginning of the 20th Century, on the West Fork of Cow Creek, about 10 miles outside of Glendale, Oregon there once stood a small train depot and hotel. A small Post Office could be found inside the station; so the story goes....

Ruben Sears Silva

Ruben Sears Silva

Dec 10, 2007

Ruben Sears Silva, age 97, of Grants Pass, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at Fair View Transitional Health Center. A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Hull & Hull Chapel with Pastor Ken Bern officiating. Interment will follow at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Ruben...

Darla Maria Cole

Darla Maria Cole

Dec 10, 2007

Darla Maria Cole, age 50, of Grants Pass, died Monday, December 10, 2007 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Darla was born to Margot (Peggy) & Cliff McIntire in 1957 in Burbank, California. She was raised in Sylmar and attended St. Ferdinand Elementary School. She began dancing at a very young age and by the time she was 14 years old,...

Alma B. Hulsey

Alma B. Hulsey

Dec 9, 2007

Alma B. Hulsey, age 96, of Tracy, California died Sunday, December 9, 2007 in Hughson, California. Mrs. Hulsey was born November 14, 1911 in Dierks, Arkansas and lived near Wright City, Oklahoma. In 1950 she and her husband John moved to Cave Junction, Oregon where they raised their family. In 1997 she moved to Tracy, California to be with family....

Robert Lee Harris

Robert Lee Harris

Dec 9, 2007

Robert Lee “Bob” Harris, age 79, of Cave Junction, died Sunday, December 9, 2007 at his home. A visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 2007 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cave Junction. A funeral service will begin at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 13, 2007 at The Church of Jesus Christ...

Ida Marie Blue

Ida Marie Blue

Dec 7, 2007

Ida Marie (Atchley) Blue passed away on December 7, 2007 in Redding, California while visiting her daughter. Ida was born on March 5, 1923 in Gillham, Arkansas to Graden “Doc” Atchley and Mabel Lena Mary Lowry. Friends may pay their respects from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at Illinois Valley Funeral Directors at 26569 Redwood Hwy, Cave...

Willis M. "Tony" Copeland

Willis M. "Tony" Copeland

Dec 7, 2007

Willis M. “Tony” Copeland, age 80, of Grants Pass, died Friday, December 7, 2007 at his home. A visitation will be from 9:30 am to 10:15 am, Friday, December 14, 2007 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Savage Street in the Relief Society Room. A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Friday, December 14, 2007...

Elinor K. Nichols

Elinor K. Nichols

Dec 5, 2007

Elinor K. Nichols, age 90, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A graveside service will be at 12 noon, Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Hillcrest Memorial Park with Pastor Wes Winn officiating. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 SE...

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