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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
June Watson
Mar 21, 2019
June Watson, age 99, of Grants Pass, died March 21, 2019 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. June was born June 2, 1919 in Corning, California to Anton Neilsen & Ruth Pinckney. While growing up, she moved around a lot staying with her father, other family members and family friends. In 1937 she graduated from Grants Pass. She married...
Telesia Teresa Ponali
Mar 21, 2019
Telesia Ah Ching Ponali, age 61, of Grants Pass, died March 21, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Telesia was born September 23, 1957 in Utulei, American Samoa. She attended elementary school in Pago Pago, American Samoa, 9th grade at Samoan High School in American Samoa and after moving to Oxnard, California she attended Hueneme High School in Oxnard,...
Ryan Phillip Borth
Mar 21, 2019
Ryan Phillip Borth, age 34, passed away March 21, 2019 in Grants Pass, Oregon. Ryan was born November 24, 1984 in Takilma, Oregon. He had an incredibly infectious smile as a child while growing up in the Illinois Valley, spending summer days swimming at the local pool and rivers. He enjoyed skateboarding at the neighborhood park, and even built ramps...
Thomas Eugene Dickey
Mar 20, 2019
Thomas Eugene Dickey, age 65, of Grants Pass, died March 20, 2019 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Neva Willene Graves
Mar 20, 2019
Neva Willene Graves, age 92, of Selma, died March 20, 2019 at her home. Neva was born March 12, 1927 in Needles, California to Jesse James & Genave Taylor. In 1972 she moved from Paradise, California to Southern Oregon and in 1976 moved to Selma. She was an artist and especially enjoyed oil painting for which she won many ribbons...
Robert Harold Parkyn
Mar 18, 2019
Robert Harold Parkyn of Grants Pass, OR passed away at the age of 92 on March 18, 2019. He was born October 25, 1926 in Sacramento, CA to Harold and Effie Parkyn. From November 12, 1943 until his honorable discharge on July 25, 1946, Robert proudly served in the United States Navy and was a WWII veteran earning a Victory...
Debra Powers
Mar 17, 2019
Debra Powers, age 62, of Grants Pass, died peacefully March 17, 2019 at her home surrounded by all of her children. Debra was born July 24, 1956 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Robert Delmar Powers & Rosemary Helen Morehouse Powers. Later in life she earned an Associate of Arts degree, the first in her family, from RCC. She prioritized being...
William "Tim" Donovan
Mar 17, 2019
William “Tim” Donovan of Grants Pass Oregon passed away on the morning of St Patrick’s Day March 17, 2019. Tim was born July 30, 1944 in Los Angeles, California to parents Thomas and Bess Donovan. On September 30th 1972, Tim married Ann Schock, and they were happily married for over 46 years. Their son Toby Donovan was born in 1977....
Jimmy L. Page
Mar 17, 2019
Jimmy L. Page, age 76, of Wilderville, died March 17, 2019 at his home. Arrangements are pending.
Luther Anderson Nation
Mar 12, 2019
Luther Anderson Nation, 89 of Grants Pass, died peacefully in his sleep Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at home. He was born on January 8, 1930 in Springfield, Illinois. On September 3, 1949 in Springfield, Illinois he married his wife Ethel, who preceded him in death in 2005. He moved to Grants Pass in 1988 after his retirement from Rohr Industries...
Theodore "Ted" Deter
Mar 12, 2019
Theodore Redmond “Ted” Deter, age 88, of Grants Pass, died March 12, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Ted was born September 12, 1930 in Yreka, California to Theodore & Geraldine Deter. During the Korean War he served in the United States Navy on the Battleship New Jersey. He worked as a gypo logger in the timber industry. In...
Renee Grace Macfarlane
Mar 12, 2019
Renee Grace Macfarlane, age 99, of Grants Pass, died March 12, 2019 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
David Joseph Elliott
Mar 12, 2019
David Joseph Elliott, age 66, of Grants Pass, died March 12, 2019 at his home. Arrangements are pending.
Mary Alice Weaver
Mar 11, 2019
Mary Alice Weaver of Grants Pass,Oregon died peacefully at her daughters home on Monday, March 11, 2019. Born in Trimble, TN January 1933. Mary moved from CA to Grants Pass in 1989 to when she fell in love with the Rogue Valley after a visit with her daughter Tina. Mary was known for her humor, laughter and quick wit. She...
Nancy Jane Wallace
Mar 9, 2019
Nancy Jane Wallace, age 52, of Grants Pass, died March 9, 2019 at her home. Nancy was born July 28, 1966 in Grants Pass, Oregon to Leonard & Patricia Williams. She grew up in Grants Pass and attended local schools including Lincoln Savage Middle School. In 1981 she met Joey Wallace on the mountain in Wolf Creek and they were...
Eugene Stephen Prockl
Mar 9, 2019
Eugene Stephen Prockl passed away peacefully at his home on March 9, 2019. Eugene was born in Los Angeles, California, to Anna and Charles Prockl on August 29, 1929. He had one brother, Charles. Later his family moved to Alhambra, California, where he attended Mark Keppel High School. He joined the Merchant Marines in 1946. He was 17 and he...
Orene Smith Kincaid
Mar 9, 2019
Orene Geraldine Kincaid was born to parents Edgar & Florence Smith on January 27, 1930 in Grants Pass, Oregon. Surrounded by her children, she passed away on March 9, 2019 in Grants Pass. She has joined her parents, husband Richard, brother Ronald, stepson Mark, and grandson Michael in Heaven. Survivors include daughters JoEllen (Ted) and Georgia (Mike); a son David...
Ronald G. Breshears
Mar 9, 2019
Ronald G. Breshears, age 86, of Rogue River, died March 9, 2019 at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg. Arrangements are pending.
Kelly Marie Zurbrugg
Mar 8, 2019
Kelly Marie Zurbrugg, age 59, of Grants Pass, died March 8, 2019 at her home. Kelly was born July 8, 1959 in Columbus, Ohio. She graduated from La Mirada High School in 1977 in La Mirada, California where she spent most her life. She worked as a caregiver in nursing facilities. In 2013 she moved from Anaheim, California to Grants...
Lela G. Porter
Mar 6, 2019
Lela G. Porter, age 100, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday March 6th, passing away peacefully in her sleep at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Diane and John Holman in Henderson, Nevada. Lela was born near Maxwell, Nebraska, the first-born daughter of Albert Carl and Julia E. Callaham. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
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