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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Loretta May Culpepper
Jan 2, 2016
Loretta May Culpepper was born on October 30, 1922 in Mount Morris, New York to Sadie May Orcutt and Edward Swift. Her homecoming was Saturday, January 2, 2016 at the age of 93. By the age of seven she was an orphan and lived with various relatives and friends of the family until she graduated high school. Within a few...
Marie-Helene Soulagnet
Jan 2, 2016
Marie-Helene Soulagnet passed away on January 2, 2016 at home with her family. She resided with her daughter in Medford, Oregon. She was born May 10, 1926, Marie-Helene Nau in Frankenberg, Germany. She met her husband Roger Soulagnet of Ozone Park who has previously passed in July, 2000 and was in the Army stationed in Marburg. Marlena came to the...
Michael Wayne Murphy
Dec 30, 2015
Michael Wayne Murphy, age 63, of Grants Pass, died December 30, 2015 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Michael was born October 3, 1952 in Oceanside, California to Arnold & Frances Murphy. In 1970 he graduated from Rio Mesa High School. In 1973, in Grants Pass, he married Willa Stoltz. After living in California for several years, the couple...
Lillian Dina Milligan Waldon
Dec 27, 2015
Sunrise November 9, 1931 Sunset December 27, 2015 Lillian was born November 9, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois. On November 13, 1948 in Chicago she married Billy Waldon and on November 13, 1998, Billy & Lillian celebrated 50 years of marriage. In 1974 they moved from Azusa, California to Grants Pass. She raised four children, three boys and one girl. She...
Bonnie Lynne Johnson
Dec 27, 2015
Bonnie Lynne Johnson, age 61, of Cave Junction, died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Rogue Regional Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Bonnie was born August 23, 1954 in Hood River, Oregon. On October 7, 2006 in Turlock, California, she married Edward Johnson. In 2012, they moved from Modesto, California to Cave Junction. Bonnie’s hobbies included golfing and...
Wanda Grace Baxter
Dec 27, 2015
Wanda Grace Baxter, age 95, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, December 27, 2015 at Brookdale Grants Pass Pointe. Arrangements are pending at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. More information to follow as provided.
Nancy C. Clever
Dec 25, 2015
Nancy C. Clever, age 78, of Grants Pass, died Friday, December 25, 2015 at her home. More information to follow as provided.
Ruth A. Karikka
Dec 24, 2015
Ruth Ann Karikka, 86, of Grants Pass, OR passed away on Thursday, December, 24, 2015. She was born December 12, 1929 to the late Clarence and Frances Tome in Ithaca, New York. She was the beloved wife of the late Arthur Richard “Dick” Karikka. Ruth Ann and Dick loved to travel, pursuing each new adventure with pleasure. After raising their...
Belle A. Dobie
Dec 24, 2015
Belle A. Dobie, age 86, of Cave Junction, died Thursday, December 24, 2015. Private burial will be at Deer Creek Cemetery in Selma, Oregon. A memorial service will be Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 11:00 am at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Cave Junction Ward. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
Margaret Jane Abblitt
Dec 23, 2015
Margaret J. Abblitt passed away quietly at the age of 95 with family at her bedside in the early morning hours of December 23, 2015 at 06:58 at Applegate House (Memory Care). She was a longtime resident of Grants Pass Oregon that spanned over 46 years. In 1968 she moved from Virginia to Oregon with her husband: Colonel William E....
Melvin E. Robertson
Dec 22, 2015
Melvin E. Robertson, age 95, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at his home. Melvin was born September 2, 1920 in Jerome, Idaho to William & Ella Robertson. He was a sergeant in the United States Army and served his country during World War II. Melvin graduated in 1959 from the FBI National Academy and worked in law...
Shirley Jean Stanger
Dec 21, 2015
Shirley Stanger, devoted wife and loving mother, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 21st, 2015 in Grants Pass, Oregon. Services will be held Tuesday, December 29th at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building on 747 NE Savage Street in Grants Pass, starting with a viewing at 10:00 a.m. The funeral will be at 11:00 a.m.,...
Pauline Maria Snyder
Dec 20, 2015
Pauline Maria Snyder, age 94, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, December 20, 2015 at her home. Pauline was born June 19, 1921 in Friedberg, Germany. She left Germany to follow her daughter to America and became a U.S. citizen. She lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma until 2002 when her husband passed away and she moved to Grants Pass to be closer...
Robert James Gallagher
Dec 19, 2015
Robert James Gallagher, age 95, died on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 at his home in Grants Pass, OR. Robert was born on Sept. 9, 1920 to Robert and Maria Gallagher in Garrison, North Dakota. In 1935 his parents moved the family to Salem, OR where he attended school and graduated from Salem High School in 1937. In 1942 he was...
Hermann A. Schroeder
Dec 15, 2015
Hermann A. Schroeder, age 89, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Brookdale Village in Grants Pass. Hermann was born May 16, 1926 in Hamburg, Germany to Adolf Hermann Schroeder and Anna Erna Westphalen Schroeder. He was in the Air Force during World War 2 and after the war lived with his family in Uetersen, a suburb of...
Charles W. Dollarhide
Dec 13, 2015
Charles W. Dollarhide, age 80, of Rogue River, died Sunday, December 13, 2015 at an adult care home in Medford. More information to follow as provided.
Patricia Mae Gimlin
Dec 13, 2015
Patricia Mae Gimlin passed away peacefully on December 13, 2015 at Autumn House Alzheimer’s Care Facility in Grants Pass, OR. “Pat”, as she was known to family and friends, was born in Salinas, CA to Samuel and Helen Terry. Her father was a true horseman - a real cowboy. As a result horses were a big part of her early...
Earl R. Hoffman
Dec 11, 2015
Earl R. Hoffman passed away on December 11, 2015 at the age of 97 at Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass, following a brief illness. He was born at Frog Pond in Wilsonville, Oregon on December 3, 1918, the third of five children to Reverend Jason & Mrs. Emma Hoffman. He graduated from high school in 1935 in West...
Josephine Arlene Hakala
Dec 10, 2015
Josephine Arlene Hakala, age 92, was born June 25, 1923 in Grants Pass to William Thomas Clark & Arline Luella Clark. Her parents moved from Eastern Oregon to Grants Pass after the Great Depression to start a new life. Jo attended First Baptist Church and was ten years old when she was baptized. The family then moved to Selma and...
Phyllis Ann Hill
Dec 7, 2015
Phyllis Ann Hill, age 86, of Grants Pass, died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. More information to follow as provided.
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