Austin James Semple

Austin James Semple, 21, of Rogue River, OR, passed away Wednesday, May 20,2015, at the end of Queens Branch where he loved to 4 wheel with friends.

A memorial service will be at 4:00pm June 3rd, at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors in Grants Pass, OR.

Austin was born October 2nd, 1993 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Jim and Alana Semple, he was the youngest of two children. Austin and his sister were raised in Rogue River, where he graduated from High School in 2012 with a 3.8 grade average. As a teenager he started his own business of Bad Habit Fords, customizing, fabricating & repairing vehicles for customers. During the summer he went to North Dakota with his sister & brother in law’s family to do Bee Keeping and extract honey. When he came back home he worked as a Refractory Technician for Wellons, a mechanic at Lythia Dodge and then as a welder for JW Hurd Fabrications.

Austiin will be lovingly remembered by his big warm smile, big blue eyes, generous heart, sense of humor, love of food and his loyalty to friends and family. His hobbies included: 4 wheeling, working on trucks, hunting, dirt bike riding, fishing, boating, camping and pushing mom’s buttons.

Survivors include parents, Jim and Alana Semple and his older sister, Jaime Keene of Rogue River, Oregon.