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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Maureen "Nonnie" Bowen
May 31, 2012
Maureen “Nonnie” Bowen, age 82, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, May 31, 2012 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center with her family by her side. A celebration of life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 3554 Cloverlawn Drive, Grants Pass. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. She was born Maureen...
Mary Bustamante
May 30, 2012
Mary Bustamante, 81, died peacefully, at the home of her daughter, Noel Hastings, of Grants Pass, OR. On May 30, 2012. Born: Maria Antoinette Scidone August 21, 1930 to Joseph and Immaculata Scidone, Italian Immigrants. Mary went to elementary school, high school and college in New York, then went to Catholic University in MD. where she met her future husband,...
Loretta Taylor Cimo
May 30, 2012
Loretta Taylor Cimo, age 92, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, May 30, 2012 at a private home. Private interment will be at East Lawn Sierra Hills Memorial Park in Sacramento, California. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 SE 8th Street, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526. Loretta was born November...
Patrick Michael "Mike" Whiteley
May 28, 2012
Patrick Michael “Mike” Whiteley was born February 20, 1941, in Crescent City, California, to Edith and Pat Whiteley. He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his family and Mary, his wife of 26 years, in the early morning hours of May 28, 2012. He attended Cave Junction, OR schools for 12 years, graduating as Valedictorian of the Class of 1959,...
Mary Alice Suttle
May 25, 2012
Former Rogue River resident, Mary Alice Suttle, age 90, of Glendale, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at her daughter’ s home in Glendale. No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Southern Oregon Head Start, PO Box 3697, Central Point, Oregon 97502 – In Memory Of Mary A. Suttle,...
Mary Jane Murphy
May 25, 2012
Mary Jane Murphy, age 67, of Rogue River, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at her home. Mary Jane Murphy lived in Rogue River, Oregon, for the past 13 years. She was born in Salinas, California on December 12, 1944 and grew up in Watsonville, California. After graduating from Humboldt State and teaching for a few years she married Paul Murphy...
Kevin Bradley Jones
May 24, 2012
Kevin Bradley Jones, age 50, of Cave Junction, died Thursday, May 24, 2012 at his home. A celebration of life will be from 12 noon to 3:00 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Fountain of Life Assembly of God Church with Pastor Mark McLean officiating. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Kevin was born July 22, 1961...
Waltraud "Daisy" Fry
May 24, 2012
Waltraud “Daisy” Fry of Grants Pass died Thursday May 24th 2012 at her home after a 2 year battle with melanoma cancer. Daisy was born in Mannheim (Schoneu) Germany August 2, 1938 to Karl Jung and wife Louise Jung (Gauss). Daisy grew up as a child of World War II and knew the perils of war. In May of 1956,...
Edwin Paul Lamoreau
May 23, 2012
Edwin Paul Lamoreau, age 90, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday morning, May 23, 2012 at his home. Ed was born in Presque Isle, Maine, to Hobson and Avis Lamoreau on May 5, 1922. He had one sister, Jeanette Lamoreau Ela. He graduated from of Aroostook State Normal School, a facility for training teachers, in Presque Isle before moving to California....
Eleanor Ann Coey
May 23, 2012
Eleanor Ann Coey, 80, Cave Junction, Oregon passed Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at home with her family. A celebration of her life will be held at 1:30PM, Sunday, June 3, 2012 at the Illinois Valley Baptist Church, located at the Josephine County Building in Cave Junction, Oregon with Pastor Steve Root leading. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of...
Lora Denise Holmes
May 23, 2012
Lora Denise Holmes, age 49, of Cave Junction, died Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at her home. No services are planned. Remembrances may be made In Memory Of Lora Denise Holmes at an SOFCU branch. Lora was born February 27, 1963 in San Diego, California. In 1981 in Big Bear, California she married Keith Holmes and they recently celebrated 30 beautiful...
Kathleen "Kathy" Johnson
May 20, 2012
Kathleen “Kathy” Johnson, age 86, of Rogue River, died Sunday, May 20, 2012 at Morrow Heights. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 2, 2012 at New Beginnings Christian Center in Rogue River. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Kathy was born August 12, 1925 in Lomita, California to Edward & Kathryn Berg....
Ellen Roberts
May 19, 2012
Ellen Roberts, age 86, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, May 19, 2012 at her home. Visitation will be from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, Thursday, May 24, 2012 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A memorial service will be at 7:00 pm, Friday, May 25, 2012 at the Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church with Pastor Marvin Clark officiating. Interment will...
Nancy Gail Saunders
May 19, 2012
July 19, 1936, Gail came into the world, the oldest of four daughters and three sons, born to John and Helen (Bush) McDonald in Bremerton, Washington. She grew up and attended local schools. After graduating Bremerton High School in 1954, she attended Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon for two years where she met a handsome guy named...
Delvia Green
May 18, 2012
Delvia Green, age 93, of Rogue River, died Friday, May 18, 2012 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 21, 2012 at Grace Baptist Church with Pastor Lenny Brewer officiating. Private interment will be at Granite Hill Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Delvia was...
Bonnie D. "Rusty" Lyons
May 17, 2012
Bonnie D. “Rusty” Lyons, age 83, of Cave Junction, died Thursday, May 17, 2012 at her home. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 2, 2012 at Illinois Valley Funeral Directors with Pastor Dan Robinson officiating. Rusty was born November 5, 1928 in Long Beach, California to Clyde & Mary McClendon. In 1991 she moved with her...
Nancy C. Vernoy
May 16, 2012
Nancy C. Vernoy, age 75, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at her daughter’s home in Rogue River. Private interment was held at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Nancy was born July 6, 1936 in Osborn, Missouri to Clevis & Reve Burnett. On February 24, 1957 in Las Vegas, Nevada...
Helen Lois Roark
May 15, 2012
Helen Lois Roark, 95, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, May 15 at Fairview Transitional Health Center. A family graveside service at Hillcrest Memorial Park will be held at a later date. Helen was born to Harvey and Elenor Gunkel on November 14, 1916 at Springfield Colorado. She married Ivan L. Roark on May 26, 1937 at Seneca, Missouri and with...
H. Verne Nazworth
May 12, 2012
H. Verne Nazworth, age 80, of Cave Junction, died Saturday, May 12, 2012 at his home. No services are planned. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Verne was born September 15, 1931 in Roby, Texas to William Jeff Nazworth & Mary Ivanette (Walker) Nazworth. During the Korean War he served in the United States Air Force. Survivors...
Mark Erle Schmitz
May 12, 2012
MARK ERLE SCHMITZ, 66, of Grants Pass, passed away on May 12, 2012 at Kinsington Place from complications of diabetes. Mark was born June 10, 1945 in Charleston, Illinois to John and Avis Schmitz. The family moved from Southern California to Grants Pass in 1962. He graduated Grants Pass High School in 1963. He worked in local mills after high...
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