Kenneth Lowell Trout

Kenneth L. Trout, age 79, of Grants Pass, died Friday, May 11, 2007 at Rogue Valley Medical Center.

Private interment was held at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.

Remembrances may be made to the American Heart Association, Oregon Affiliate, 1425 NE Irving #100, Portland, OR 97232, or the charity of your choice.

Kenneth was born December 11, 1927 in Geronimo, Oklahoma to Clell and Willa Trout. He served in the United States Navy. On April 7, 1950 in Mexia, Texas he married Lennette Hawkins. He was a cattle rancher and horseman for many years in Texas. He then received schooling for his airline mechanics license and became an airline mechanic for United Airlines in San Francisco for 25 years. In 1992 he moved from San Jose, California to Grants Pass.

He attended River Valley Community Church. He was a member of the United Airlines Retired Employees Club and the Josephine County Sportsman Association.

His hobbies included tinkering; fixing anything; vegetable gardening, especially tomatoes and sweet onions; ballroom dancing; fishing; and watching John Wayne western movies. He loved his cat, Tippi.

In addition to his wife, Lennette Trout of Grants Pass; he is survived by two daughters, Sherry Kennedy and her husband Jerry Ray of Mexia, Texas and Brandy Fuller and her husband Keith of Grants Pass.