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Lonnie Darro Maxey
Jan 30, 2016
Lonnie Darro Maxey, age 76, of Rogue River, died Saturday, January 30, 2016 at his home surrounded by family and friends. Lonnie was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma to Vera Faye Mink. They moved to Southern California at a young age. At the age of 9, Mr. Glen Gailey came into his life, married his mom and raised him as...
Wanda Becraft
Jan 28, 2016
Wanda Becraft, age 93, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, January 28, 2016 at Laurel Hill Nursing Center. More information to follow as provided.
Ruth Mccrea Oliphant
Jan 26, 2016
Ruth McCrea Oliphant, born May 30, 1934, in Shanghai, China, passed from life into eternal life January 26, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded into eternal life by father and mother Truman and Annabelle McCrea, grandson Daniel Oliphant, sister Virginia Ramsey, and daughter-in-law Mary Oliphant. She is survived by husband, George; daughters Jocelyn Milligan and Jeri...
Virgil Clark Peacock
Jan 26, 2016
Virgil Clark Peacock, age 63, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at his home. Virgil was born on November 17, 1952 at Van Nuys Maternity Hospital in Van Nuys, California to Robert & Agnes Peacock and was one of six children. He grew up in Simi Valley, California and moved to Grants Pass, Oregon in 1972. For a...
Virginia H. Spangler
Jan 25, 2016
Virginia H. Spangler, age 84, of Selma, died Monday, January 25, 2016 at her home. She was married to Bernard J. Spangler and was married over 42 years. Virginia was a ob gyn RN nurse for 30 years in San Diego, Ca. She moved up from California to Oregon in 1991. She was born in Hummelstown Pa. Survivors include 6...
Yoon Ja "Linda" Rigel
Jan 20, 2016
Yoon Ja “Linda” Rigel passed away Jan. 20, 2016, at her home in Brookings. She was born Aug. 4, 1942, in Seoul, Korea. She met Howard Rigel, her husband of 52 years, while he was stationed there in the U.S. Army. Linda emigrated to Cave Junction in 1963. The family moved to Brookings in 1973, where they began commercial fishing....
Dorothy Lucille (Colby) Brown
Jan 19, 2016
Dorothy Lucille Brown, 91, of Grants Pass, died January 10, 2016. Family graveside services will be held. Hull and Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Dorothy was born in 1924, at Missoula, Montana, and moved to the Rogue Valley at the age of eight weeks. She attended Rogue River and Grants Pass schools, and on March 12, 1942,...
Lillian Mary King
Jan 19, 2016
Our dear Lillian Mary King, 72, passed away January 19, 2016, in Rogue River, Oregon. She was born June 11, 1943, in Sacramento, California, to Marvin Kienke Jukes (1921-1995) and Delma Lund Jukes (1923-2015). She graduated from San Juan High School in Citrus Heights, California, and married Frank William “Bill” King (1923-2015) August 26, 1966, in Park City, Utah. After...
Mary A. Pope
Jan 18, 2016
Mary A. Pope, age 82, of Grants Pass, died Monday, January 18, 2016 at Three Rivers Medical Center. Mary was born on March 18, 1933 in Long Beach, California. She lived in Selma and the Grants Pass area almost all of her life. For years, Mary worked as a security fire watch person for fire companies. She loved her flower...
Glen D. Streight
Jan 18, 2016
Glen D. Streight, age 89, of Grants Pass, died January 18, 2016 at his home. A visitation will be from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., January 30, 2016 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., January 30, 2016 at Parkway Christian Center. Private interment will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Covina,...
Gerald R. Kliewer
Jan 16, 2016
Gerald R. Kliewer, age 69, of Grants Pass, died January 16, 2016 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. More information to follow as provided.
Melissa Kay Miller-Culpepper
Jan 16, 2016
Melissa Kay Miller-Culpepper, age 36, of Wilderville, died Saturday, January 16, 2016 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
Richard C. Moulders
Jan 15, 2016
Richard C. Moulders, age 80, of Grants Pass, died Friday, January 15, 2016 at his home. A viewing will be at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Hugo Community Church. A funeral service will follow at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, January 21, 2016 at Hugo Community Church with Pastor Dan Garland officiating.
Michelle L. Meyer
Jan 14, 2016
Michelle L. Meyer, age 50, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, January 14, 2016 at her home. Private services will be held.
Ted Davis
Jan 13, 2016
Ted Davis, age 80, of Kerby, died January 13, 2016 at his home. He was born James Rhodes Gorham Jr on July 11, 1935 in Biddeford, Maine. At age 17 while living in Pasadena, California he was adopted and became Theodore Wesley Davis Jr. During the Korean War He served in the United States Navy until his honorable discharge and...
Gerrie Lee Wicks
Jan 11, 2016
Gerrie Lee Wicks passed away at home among family on the morning of Monday, January 11, 2016. She was born Gerrie Lee McGlone, youngest of two daughters to James and Geraldine McGlone on October 6, 1957 in Grants Pass. She retired last year from teaching third grade at Lincoln Elementary School after a career that spanned 30 years in District...
Odetta Levine
Jan 7, 2016
Odetta Levine, age 92, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Odetta was born in Durant, Oklahoma in 1923 to Ola Mae and Jefferson Levi Smith. She was raised and went to school in Moran, Texas one of 7 children. She moved to California and was working in a caf when she met...
Jimmie Lavousier "Jim" Varner
Jan 6, 2016
Jimmie Lavousier “Jim” Varner, age 86, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Three Rivers Medical Center. Jim was born July 18, 1929 at home in Grants Pass to Hilda & Fred Varner. On October 20, 1947 he married Irinda V. “Wendi” Wilson. His first occupation was growing gladiola bulbs. In 1954 he started working for Southern Oregon...
Norma Elaine Hogue
Jan 4, 2016
Norma Elaine Hogue, age 87, of Grants Pass, died Monday, January 4, 2016 at Three Rivers Medical Center. More information to follow as family provides.
Lora Ellen Fitzgerald
Jan 4, 2016
Lora Ellen Fitzgerald was born April 8, 1929 in Northfield, Ohio to James Cecil Ball & Zelma Lenore (Spindler) Ball. She was an avid painter; flowers were her specialty. She loved reading, crossword puzzles, Sudoku, crochet and cross-stitch. Her hands were rarely idle. Lora was preceded in death by her parents, James & Lenore Ball; brother, James Cecil Ball, Jr;...
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