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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Jarred Keith Bennett
Mar 9, 2022
Jarred Bennett, age 50, of Grants Pass, passed away March 9, 2022 at his home. The youngest of two, Jarred was born October 18, 1971 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Ron & Karen Bennett. He lived in Grants Pass all his life and attended Grants Pass High School. He graduated in 1990 and excelled in sports making varsity wrestling his...
Earl Embrey
Mar 9, 2022
Earl Marshall Embrey Jr., passed away from Covid on March 9, 2022 just 2 days shy of his 86th birthday. Earl was born in Upperville, Virginia on March 11, 1936 to Earl Marshall Embrey and Fannie Buckley Embrey. He was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy, his parents, two brothers Charles and Brooke and a sister Alice. He is...
Rebecca Yolanda Jacquez
Mar 8, 2022
Rebecca Yolanda Jacquez, age 79, of Grants Pass, died March 8, 2022. Beautiful and talented. Rebecca was born July 28, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. Beautiful and talented.
Miguel Diaz Chavez
Mar 7, 2022
Miguel Diaz Chavez, age 63, of Grants Pass, died March 7, 2022 at an adult foster home. Miguel was born May 10, 1958 in Sinaloa, Mexico. He moved from Tijuana, Mexico to San Diego, California and then to Grants Pass. On February 29, 1980 in San Diego, he married Rosalinda Rodriguez. His hobbies included traveling, dirt bikes, and motorcycle rides....
Kenneth W. Ward
Mar 6, 2022
Kenneth W. Ward, age 63, of Selma, died March 6, 2022. Kenneth was born August 5, 1958 in Long Beach, California to William & Ruth Ward. He served in the United States Marine Corps. He has been living as man and wife together with Deborah Dominquez since 1982 and they were married at their home in Selma on April 1,...
Charles E Shipley
Mar 6, 2022
Self-written Obituary Charles E. Shipley August 25, 1931-March 6, 2022 As you read this I’ll be getting my wings fitted. It finally happened, I lost a short battle with old age, but the lord guided me to what was a great life, all things considered. Shirley and I had a wonderful 58 years of marriage which I blame on Shirley....
David A. Wonderling
Mar 6, 2022
David A. Wonderling, age 57, of Selma, died March 6, 2022. David was born September 15, 1964 in Redding, California to Beauford & Joyce Wonderling. In 2006 he moved from Antioch, California to Selma. He made his career as a chef and maintenance man at the Oregon Caves Chateau. He also worked at Great Cats World Park and the Kerby...
Stella Sue Pope
Mar 4, 2022
Stella Sue Pope, age 86, of Grants Pass, died March 4, 2022 at her home. A celebration of life is pending.
Margarita Cortes
Mar 2, 2022
Margarita Cortes, age 88, of Brookings, died March 2, 2022 at licensed residential care facility.
Jody Beth Hammer
Feb 28, 2022
Jody Beth Hammer, 66, gained her angel wings on the morning of February 28, 2022 at home with two of her closest friends by her side. Jody was born on December 24, 1955 in Chicago, Illinois to Bette and Ray Hammer. Shortly thereafter, their family relocated to California, where her brother, Stephen, was born. In her youth, Jody enjoyed being...
Jack Daniel Laird Jr.
Feb 27, 2022
Jack Daniel Laird Jr, age 65, of Grants Pass, died February 27, 2022 at home.
Marie-Louise Eveline Amling
Feb 25, 2022
Marie-Louise Eveline Amling, 85, of Roswell, Georgia, passed away on February 25, 2022. On October 27, 1936, Marie-Louise was born in Iddergem, Belgium, to Charles and Coralie DeBodt Anckaer. She lost her father as a young child and spent part of her childhood living with her grandmother as her Mother worked in France to support the family during World War...
Fred Herbert Hichens
Feb 25, 2022
Fred Herbert Hichens, age 102, of Grants Pass, died February 25, 2022 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Rick Smolen
Feb 25, 2022
Frederick James “Rick” Smolen, age 77, of Grants Pass, died February 25, 2022 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Private inurnment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Grants Pass.
Kay Gwendolyn Kida
Feb 24, 2022
Kay Gwendolyn Kida, age 86, of Grants Pass, died February 24, 2022 at Asante Ashland Community Hospital. Family services will be held.
Gary Anthony Frye
Feb 24, 2022
Gary Anthony Frye, age 62, of Grants Pass, died February 24, 2022 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Shirley Rose Bertagnolli
Feb 23, 2022
Shirley Rose Bertagnolli, age 75, of Grants Pass, died February 23, 2022 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Shirley was born November 13, 1946 in Birmingham, Alabama to Charles & Hazel Branham. She was a member of the Cherokee-Wolf Creek Indian tribe in Virginia. She grew up in Birmingham, lived for a time in Chicago before moving to Southern California....
Doris Anna Olsen
Feb 23, 2022
Doris Anna Olsen was born in Lamont, Alberta, Canada to farmers Emil and Ludemilia Hennig on January 20, 1924. She passed peacefully at the age of 98 on February 23, 2022 in Grants Pass, Oregon, at Carl’s House, where she was lovingly cared for in her last 18 months. She loved her childhood and parents despite having no running water,...
Riott Carl-Patrick Mitchell
Feb 23, 2022
Riott Carl-Patrick Mitchell June 14, 2021 – February 23, 2022 Riott Mitchell was eight months old when he unexpectedly passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass. On June 14, 2021 he was born Riott Carl-Patrick Mitchell at Three Rivers Family Birth Center to Jordain Mitchell and Justin Laurie, with Matt Black as...
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