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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Gerhard W. Tank Md
Apr 17, 2020
Gerhard W. Tank MD, age 94, of Grants Pass, died April 17, 2020 at his home.
Henry Junior Greiner
Apr 15, 2020
Henry Junior Greiner, age 88, of Grants Pass, died April 15, 2020 at his home. A memorial service will be held at later date after COVID restrictions are lifted.
Daniel W. Acklen
Apr 13, 2020
Daniel W. Acklen, age 69, of Grants Pass, died April 13, 2020 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Family services will be held.
Mary S. Labonte
Apr 11, 2020
Former Grants Pass resident, Mary S. LaBonte, age 84, of Portland, died April 11, 2020 at her home. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Yolanda Rosary Conway
Apr 10, 2020
Yolanda Rosary Conway, age 90, of Grants Pass, died April 10, 2020 at her daughter’s home. Yolanda was born July 17, 1929 in Hartford, Connecticut to Vincentio & Maria (Colaccio) DiNardo. She was raised in Hartford and in 1952 married Edward William Conway. Together they moved from Hartford first to Pomona, California then to Compton, California where they purchased a...
Barbara L. Gonzalez
Apr 8, 2020
Barbara L. Gonzalez, age 72, of Grants Pass, died April 8, 2020 at her home.
Sally Davis
Apr 8, 2020
Elizabeth Ann "Sally" Davis, age 76, of Grants Pass, died April 8, 2020 at her home.
Ben Prins
Apr 8, 2020
Ben Prins, M.D. Ben Prins passed away at home, holding the hand of his beloved wife of 57 years, on April 8th, 2020. Ben touched many lives in the Rogue Valley through his thirty years of medical practice at the Grants Pass Clinic, Three Rivers Hospital, and the White City Veteran’s Domiciliary. A celebration of Ben’s life is planned when...
John E. Merrill
Apr 6, 2020
John E. Merrill, age 85, of Cave Junction, died April 6, 2020 at Royale Gardens.
Carmen Warren
Apr 2, 2020
Carmen Warren, age 69, of Wolf Creek, died April 2, 2020 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Due to COVID19 services will be held at a later date.
Iva May Pelphrey
Apr 1, 2020
Iva M Dahle Pelphrey, 91, long time resident of Grants Pass, died Wednesday April 1, 2020. Iva was born October 14, 1928, in Los Angeles, California to Andrew M. Dahle and Verrell Smith Dahle. On May 10, 1947, she married Stanley J. Pelphrey in Las Vegas In 1951 they moved from Los Angeles to Pico Rivera where they build a...
Naomi Hogue
Apr 1, 2020
Naomi Louise Hogue (1933 – 2020) Early on the morning of April 1, 2020, our beloved mother Naomi Hogue left us to be with God. She had taken a fall the end of January, was hospitalized, and then started physical therapy. After six weeks she was readmitted to the hospital. Her lungs had weakened further and ultimately failed. She was...
Thomas Lloyd Wilson
Mar 30, 2020
Thomas Lloyd Wilson, age 80, of Cave Junction, died March 30, 2020 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Thomas Steven O'Neill
Mar 29, 2020
Thomas Steven O'Neill, born on December 27, 1955 in Ventura, CA, died peacefully in his sleep very early on Sunday, March 29, 2020 at Royale Gardens in Grants Pass, OR. Tom served in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Friedberg, Germany. He worked for FEMA rebuilding after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. In 1995 Tom took a job at...
Joseph Drew Mccleary Ii
Mar 27, 2020
Joseph Drew McCleary II, age 61, of Selma, died March 27, 2020 at his home.
Dallas L. Bruce
Mar 24, 2020
Dallas L. Bruce, age 86, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at his home. Dallas Leon Bruce was born February 22, 1934 in Huntington, West Virginia to Leonard Clarence Bruce and Viola May (Chandler). Dallas was raised in Huntington until the children moved with their mother to Southern California. In 1955, he started a long career with Southern...
Robert Otto Forster
Mar 24, 2020
Robert Otto Forster Born on July 9th 1928 in Meriden, Conn. to Frederic and Eleanor Forster. In 1931 Bob and his widowed mother moved to Brooklyn, NY. Bob with his mother and step father John Durante moved to Cranston R.I. in 1939. At age 17 he went into the Merchant Marines working for the Army Transport service. On November 11th...
Bill & Betty Payne
Mar 22, 2020
Betty Ann Payne, age 92, of Grants Pass, died March 22, 2020 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Betty Ann Scheuring was born in October of 1927 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the second of four children born to Clarence and Helen Scheuring and grew up in Parma, Ohio. Although she did not realize it at the time, she met...
Richard (Dick) Colville Harris
Mar 21, 2020
Richard (Dick) Colville Harris On March 21, 2020, Richard passed away peacefully, at the age of 92. Richard was born in St. Paul, MN, on August 20, 1927 to Charles William and Louise Colville Harris. He was the third son in a family of five boys. His childhood days were spent in Hinsdale, IL, a suburb of Chicago. In 1945...
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