Obituaries
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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Ross Grant Alexander
May 18, 2017
Ross Grant Alexander, age 89, of Grants Pass, died May 18, 2017 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Private interment was held at Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Lucille Oatney Snow
May 18, 2017
Lucille (Magerle) Oatney Snow, age 96, of Rogue River, passed away died May 18, 2017 at her home. Lucille was born June 16, 1920 in Rogue River to pioneer family Carl & Blanche (Seaman) Magerle. She lived in Rogue River all her life. On December 19, 1942, in Jackson County she married Virgil Edmond Perry Oatney who died August 1999....
James "Jim" Vaughn
May 17, 2017
James “Jim” Vaughn, age 76, of Grants Pass, died May 17, 2017 at his home.
David L. Vandegriff
May 17, 2017
David L. Vandegriff, age 47, of O’Brien died May 17, 2017 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. He was born June 30, 1969 in Newport Beach, California to David Vandegriff & Karen Ryan. He was raised in the Illinois Valley and lived in O’Brien most of his life. He worked as a foreman in concrete construction in Cave Junction. David...
Cheryl Lynn Chance
May 16, 2017
Cheryl Lynn Chance, age 56, of Grants Pass, died May 16, 2017 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center.
Stephen Patrick Valley
May 11, 2017
Stephen Patrick Valley, age 53, of Rogue River, went home to be with the Lord on May 11, 2017. Moving from Santa Barbara, California, two years ago with his mother, Snowfox Walkingshaw, he brought with him his love for music, drawing and a passion for making jewelry. Stephen is the creative genius behind FIREHORSE Designs, handcrafting many beautiful Native American...
Gerald Butler
May 9, 2017
Gerald Butler of Rogue River died May 9th, 2017 at Highland House Nursing Facility in Grants Pass. Gerald was born in Inglewood, California on March 3rd, 1938. He moved to Rogue River in 1976. For several years, he owned and operated Rogue Valley Lock and Key Service on D street in Grants Pass before having to give it up due...
Ruth A. Grabast
May 7, 2017
Ruth was born in Williamstown, Oswego, New York to Emma (Jenkins) and Milo Trumble. She spent her childhood helping her father and three brothers working the family farm. After high school graduation, Ruth worked in Syracuse, New York where she met and married, Stephen Parry (later divorced). They made their homes in Fairbanks, Alaska and Baldwinsville, New York. In 1960,...
Robert Lee Crumrine
May 7, 2017
Robert Lee Crumrine, age 96, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, May 7, 2017 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass. He was born Robert Lee Crumrine on August 24, 1920 in San Diego, California to Herbert Lee Crumrine and Gertrude Elda (Grimsley) Crumrine. He went to school in El Monte and graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School....
Mildred Narie Blevins
May 5, 2017
Mildred Narie Blevins, age 92, of Glendale, died May 5, 2017 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Mildred was born April 12, 1925 in Jamestown, Tennessee to Ernest & Evelyn Hicks. On December 23, 1949 in Albany, Kentucky she married Dewey K. Blevins. In 1950, she moved from Jamestown to Glendale. She worked hard all her life at many...
Phyllis Ann Lane
May 5, 2017
Phyllis Ann Lane, age 69, of Rogue River, died May 5, 2017 at her home. Phyllis was born March 24, 1948 in Newport News, Virginia to Edgar & Wilma Jones. On November 4, 1978, she married David F. Lane. She moved to Rogue River in 1993. For many years, she worked as a title examiner for First American Title. Phyllis...
Donald C. Leighton
May 5, 2017
Donald C. Leighton age 81 died at his home in Grants Pass, May 5, 2017. The Leighton family moved to Grants Pass in 1972 in what was then a rural setting on Allen Creek Rd where they reared their family of 4 children. Don owned a body shop in Sunnyvale, CA and continued to work at that trade in Medford,...
Russell "Russ" Hatch
May 4, 2017
Russell “Russ” Hatch, age 64, of Rogue River, died May 4, 2017 at his home. A celebration of life will be from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., Saturday, June 10, 2017 at the VFW in Rogue River.
Danielle Alynn Donovan
May 3, 2017
Danielle Alynn Donovan, age 39, of Rogue River, died, May 3, 2017 at home. Danielle was born May 6, 1977 in Medford and lived most of her life in Rogue River. She was a homemaker and also spent many years as a nanny and caregiver. On June 30, 2007 in Rogue River she married Shawn Donovan. Danielle was a loving,...
Joyce Lee Sween
May 2, 2017
Joyce Lee Russell was born in Columbus, Ohio on July 21, 1939 to Lewis and Irene Russell. She and her mother moved to Grand Meadow, Minnesota in 1956 where she met Darwin Sween. They were high-school sweethearts and married on August 29, 1957 in Grand Meadow, Minnesota. In 1962, Joyce and Dar moved to California where they raised four children;...
Denise Gail Quillin
Apr 28, 2017
Denise Gail Quillin Grants Pass, Oregon - April 28, 2017- Denise attended Orange High School in Orange, Ca and graduated in 1962. Right after graduation, she met the love of her life (me). She swept me off my marine boots and we got married in 1963. We shared our life together for 54 years and raised 2 wonderful sons. Her...
Loretta June Macisaac
Apr 26, 2017
Loretta June Dixon MacIsaac June 8, 1924 – April 26, 2017 She peacefully left us, free at last from several years struggle with dementia to reunite with her son, Bradley Colonna; her husband, Don MacIsaac; her mother, Ethel Dixon; and her sister, Mary Denton, all of whom predeceased her far too early. Born Loretta June Dixon in Wellington, Kansas, the...
Rene Lois Ford
Apr 25, 2017
Rene Lois Higdon Ford, age 75, of Grants Pass, died April 25, 2017 at Oregon Health & Science University Hospital in Portland. Rene was born April 8, 1942 in Portland to Francis Abram Higdon & Rosina Fay Law Higdon. On April 9, 1964 in Portland she married James R. Ford. In 1981, she moved from Hunters Creek, Michigan to Grants...
Jacy Kevin Mcmanus
Apr 24, 2017
Jacy Kevin McManus, age 35, of Wolf Creek, died April 24, 2017 in Wolf Creek. Jacy was born in Cave Junction on September 4, 1981. In 1985, he moved to Wolf Creek and attended Wolf Creek Elementary School then Fleming Middle School and worked towards his GED. He worked as a firefighter for two seasons, and also as a roofer....
Galen Scott Dobson
Apr 21, 2017
Galen Scott Dobson, age 65, of Wilderville, died April 21, 2017 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Family services will be held.
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