Ethna Mae Stauffer

Ethna Mae Stauffer, age 71, of Glendale, died Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass.

A celebration of life will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, April 18, 2014 at the Special Peoples Depot in Glendale, Oregon. All those that knew and loved Mae are invited to attend. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Mae was born June 24, 1942 in Lakeview, Oregon to Harold & Boots Wilson. On April 18, 1964 she married George Stauffer and he preceded her in death in December 1985. Mae was a longtime resident of Grants Pass where she graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1960 at the age of 18. She attended Byrds Beauty School in Medford, Oregon and graduated fully licensed in cosmetology in 1963. She was an instructor of cosmetology at Artistic School of Hair Design in Grants Pass until opening Merlin Beauty Salon in 1987. After closing her salon in 1994 she became a dedicated employee for K-Mart where she worked until she was diagnosed with cancer in 1998, when she retired.

Mae was an avid volunteer, working with the North Valley Business Association in Merlin; Girl Scouts of America; and her local Little League group in Grants. Pass.

She loved reading, playing bingo and having her nails done.

Survivors include her brother, Ira Wilson of Cave Junction, Oregon; her sister, Lura Breitbach of Glendale, Oregon; three daughters, Tamara Peterson of Glendale, Oregon, Kelli Stauffer of Bremerton, Washington and Heather Stauffer of Grants Pass, Oregon; her son, George Stauffer of Selma, Oregon; ten grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and several cousins.