C. Annette Gettys

C. Annette Gettys, age 71, of Grant Pass, died Friday, March 30, 2007 at Three Rivers Community Hospital.

A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, April 1, 2007 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors with The Reverend Duane B. Gettys officiating.

Remembrances may be made to Family Friends, 322 NW F Street, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 or American Red Cross, Southern Oregon Chapter, 60 Hawthorne Street, Medford, Oregon 97504.

Annette was born August 28, 1935 in Abilene, Texas to Cecil & Lois (Spurlin) Thomas. In 1953 she graduated from high school in Clarendon, Texas. On May 1, 1954 in Carmel, California she married Bruce Gettys. In 1968 she moved to Grants Pass and in 1971 started working for Peter Pan Cleaners. In 1973 together with her husband, she purchased Peter Pan Cleaners and later Lincoln Cleaners. They owned and operated both cleaners and she currently continued to work there.

She was a member and past board member of the Zonta Club for many years and a member and past president of Southern Oregon Jazz Club.

She enjoyed listening to Dixie Land jazz, attending jazz festivals, and had a soft heart for stray animals.

Survivors include a daughter, Deborah Gettys of Healdsburg, California; two sons, Duane Gettys of Colville, Washington and Daniel Gettys of Grants Pass; five granddaughters; and four grandsons.

She was preceded in death by her husband.