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Elsie B. Zirbel

Elsie B. Zirbel

Jan 29, 2013

Elsie B. Zirbel, age 89, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will be at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. Private interment will be in the Selby, South Dakota Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 SE 8th Street,...

Robert "Bob" Hissong

Robert "Bob" Hissong

Jan 28, 2013

Robert “Bob” Hissong, age 76, of Glendale, died Monday, January 28, 2013 at his home. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Glendale Elementary School with Pastor Lloyd “Buck” Tohill officiating. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Wildlife Images, PO Box 36, Merlin, Oregon 97532....

Janice Maureen Eastin

Janice Maureen Eastin

Jan 28, 2013

Janice Maureen Eastin, age 57, of Merlin, died Monday, January 28, 2013 at her home. A memorial service will be at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, February 9, 2013 at the Grants Pass Elks Lodge, 207 SW K Street. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association at www.4HCM.org. Janice was born...

Oscar J. Damota

Oscar J. Damota

Jan 28, 2013

Oscar J. DaMota, age 57, of Grants Pass, died Monday, January 28, 2013 at his home. A funeral service will be at 12 Noon, Friday, February 8, 2013 at Hull & Hull Chapel with Reverend Randel Livingood officiating. Interment will follow at Granite Hill Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Oscar was born September 29,...

Kittie R. Anderson

Kittie R. Anderson

Jan 28, 2013

Kittie R. Anderson, age 93, of Grants Pass, died Monday, January 28, 2013 at her home. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, February 2, 2013 at Redwood Christian Church with Pastor Keith Sorenson officiating. Private interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to...

Betty J. Collin

Betty J. Collin

Jan 26, 2013

Betty J. Collin, age 95, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, January 26, 2013 at Three Rivers Medical Center. Private services will be held at a later date. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Those wishing to honor Betty’s memory may make contributions to Merlin Community Baptist Church-Building Fund, PO Box 707, Merlin, Oregon 97532 or Zonta...

Richard Edwin Willaman

Richard Edwin Willaman

Jan 21, 2013

Richard Edwin Willaman, age 79, of Grants Pass, passed into eternal life, Monday, January 21, 2013 at Three Rivers Medical Center. A celebration of life will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the Floral Building at the Josephine County Fairgrounds. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Contributions may be made to North Valley...

Lesli Joan Taylor

Lesli Joan Taylor

Jan 21, 2013

Lesli Joan Taylor, age 47, of Cave Junction, died Monday, January 21, 2013 at her home. Family services will be held. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Lesli was born February 17, 1965 in Redwood City, California to Harry & Joan Amsler. She grew up and attended schools in California and in 1981 graduated from Fremont High...

Myron "Don" Oscar Tarabochia

Myron "Don" Oscar Tarabochia

Jan 21, 2013

Myron Oscar “Don” Tarabochia, of Cave Junction, passed away Monday, January 21, 2013 at his home after a vigorous battle with Carcinoid Cancer. He was 66 years old. Don was born July 6, 1946 in San Francisco, California and later moved to the Santa Clara Valley where he worked for the San Jose Mercury News for 36 years until his...

Albert Lawrence Hansen

Albert Lawrence Hansen

Jan 19, 2013

Albert Hansen, 81, of Hugo, OR, passed away Saturday, January 19, 2013, at his home due to cancer. He was born June 19, 1931, to Harry and Dorothy Hansen in Mankato, MN, the 6th of 7 children. In 1940, the whole family moved to Riverside, CA. He graduated and served in the U.S. Army Air Force in the 1940s. Al...

Nellie "Nell" J. Jackson

Nellie "Nell" J. Jackson

Jan 18, 2013

Nellie “Nell” J. Jackson, age 90, of Rogue River, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Private services will be held at a later date. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made in Nell’s name to a charity of your choice. Nell was born February 25, 1922...

Betty Jean Tolbert

Betty Jean Tolbert

Jan 18, 2013

My beautiful mother, Betty Jean Tolbert, was born June 7, 1939 in Clanton, Alabama. She was the oldest of four daughters. Her father was a welder and her mother was a practical nurse, and their jobs moved them westward over the years. Betty lived her younger years on farms in Alabama, and her beloved Aunt Roxy also helped raise her....

Byron Owen "Bo" Staples Jr.

Byron Owen "Bo" Staples Jr.

Jan 17, 2013

Byron Owen “Bo” Staples Jr., age 91, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, January 17, 2013 at his home. No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Bo was born April 4, 1921 in Lemoyne, Nebraska to Byron O. Staples Sr. and Ella Lucy Staples. At 13 years of age he moved to a neighboring...

Marie "Rita" Eaton

Marie "Rita" Eaton

Jan 16, 2013

Marie 'Rita' Eaton passed away on Wednesday, January 16th, at her home in Cave Junction, Oregon. Rita was born May 10, 1925 in New Hampshire and moved with her family to Revere, Massachusetts as a young child. Growing up through the great depression she and her older brother Donald had paper routes, picked berries for sale, and even collected coal...

Gary Aldrich

Gary Aldrich

Jan 16, 2013

Gary Aldrich, age 78, of Grants Pass, Oregon passed away, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at his home. Gary was born August 7, 1934 in Tacoma, Washington. He and his family moved to Oakland, California at age 14. He graduated from Oakland High School. He moved to Grants Pass in 1999 after retiring. On February 14, 1964 he married Janet “Jan”...

Olga V. Kalman

Olga V. Kalman

Jan 14, 2013

Olga V. Kalman, age 97, of Grants Pass, died Monday, January 14, 2013 at an adult foster home. Private interment was held at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Olga was born September 17, 1915 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She never completed school and started working at a tobacco company rolling...

Walter Luther Fowler

Walter Luther Fowler

Jan 14, 2013

Walter Luther Fowler the 3rd was born in Oxnard California on November 22, 1949 to Walter Luther Fowler Jr and Wynona Peters Fowler. He had an older sister Linda, and a younger sister Lisa and a little brother Allan. Later in life they would drop out of his radar so to speak, but this story is about Walter. He grew...

David L. Wells

David L. Wells

Jan 12, 2013

David L. Wells, 70, of Grants Pass died suddenly at home on January 12, 2013. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January 19 at 3:00 p.m. at Hull and Hull Funeral Directors in Grants Pass. A gathering of family and friends with light refreshments will immediately follow at the funeral home. David was born October 23, 1942, in Salem...

Lupe Robinson

Lupe Robinson

Jan 12, 2013

Lupe Robinson, 93, of Rogue River died Jan. 12, 2013, at Rose Cottage Adult Foster Care. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 pm on Feb. 13, at Hope Presbyterian Church, 15 Broadway st., Rogue River, OR. Second to the oldest of eight siblings, Guadalupe Garcia was born on May 30, 1919, in Long Beach, Calif. to Mercedes Goxiola &...

Bill B Heinlein

Bill B Heinlein

Jan 12, 2013

Bill B. Heinlein, age 85, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Three Rivers Medical Center. A viewing will be from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 17, 2013 at Eagle Point National Cemetery with Ryan Clark conducting. Remembrances...

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This is a collection of obituaries for Grants Pass, OR, Cave Junction, OR & Josephine County. With services throughout Oregon that are updated regularly. Find local obituaries and join us in celebrating memories and honoring their lives and legacies.