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Ruth Susanna Hill

Ruth Susanna Hill

Sep 9, 2011

Ruth Susanna Hill, age 93, of Grants Pass, died Friday, September 9, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A memorial service will be at 3:00 p.m., Friday, September 30, 2011 at Calvary Lutheran Church. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Ruth Susanna was born August 16, 1918 in Ironwood, Michigan to Isaac & Lempi Sand the...

Arthur Frank Jubera

Arthur Frank Jubera

Sep 8, 2011

Arthur Frank Jubera, age 90, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, September 8, 2011 at his home. Art was born October 9, 1920 in Redlands, California. He grew up in Port Hueneme, California where he met and married, Helen Merrill. In July 1942 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and was stationed in the South Pacific. He also served...

Audrey Jean Parks

Audrey Jean Parks

Sep 8, 2011

Audrey Jean Parks, age 81, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, September 8, 2011 at her home. Audrey was born February 1, 1930 in Hollywood, California to Floyd & Harriet Hobart. In 1941 she moved to Grants Pass and was a 1948 graduate of Grants Pass High School. She worked in Ketchikan, Alaska as a bookkeeper in logging camps for 17...

Marilyn Dolores Watkins

Marilyn Dolores Watkins

Sep 8, 2011

Marilyn Dolores Watkins, age 78, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center. Marilyn was born on June 13, 1933 in Lindsay, Oklahoma to Guy and Edna Williams. She was schooled in Lindsay, California and Fillmore, California. In 1949 she married Franklin Dean Herrick and they had two baby girls, they later divorced....

Virginia S. Shedden

Virginia S. Shedden

Sep 7, 2011

Virginia “Ginger” Shaw Shedden, 91, of Rogue River, OR died Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Morrow Heights Assisted Living Facility. Ginger was born Virginia Shaw on Feb. 20, 1920 in White Plains, NY, the daughter of Guthrie Shaw of Brooklyn, NY and Virginia Thorne of Chicago, IL. Her family moved to Rye, NY in 1926 where she attended the Rye Country...

Ethel E. "Shaye" Roach

Ethel E. "Shaye" Roach

Sep 6, 2011

Ethel E. “Shaye” Roach, age 73, of Cave Junction, died Sunday, September 4, 2011 at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 12, 2011 at Hull & Hull Chapel with Bishop Ron Johnson officiating. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge...

Danny Paul Mclaughlin

Danny Paul Mclaughlin

Sep 6, 2011

Danny Paul McLaughlin, age 68, of Grants Pass, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at Rogue Valley Medical Center after a sudden illness. Dan was born August 6, 1943 in Dallas, Texas to S.C. & Marguerite McLaughlin. The family moved to Santa Ana, California in 1944 where he graduated from Santa Ana High School. On April 16,...

Doris Lee Goodrich King

Doris Lee Goodrich King

Sep 5, 2011

Doris L. King, previously of Grants Pass, OR, passed away at the age of 82 on Sept. 5, 2011 at Roxy Ann Memory Community in Medford, OR. Born to Louis & Clio Goodrich on Jan. 12, 1929 and raised in Fresno County, she was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, cousin and friend to many who will miss her. She...

Norrene Lucille Ilchuk

Norrene Lucille Ilchuk

Sep 5, 2011

Norrene Lucille Ilchuk, age 96, of Grants Pass, died Monday, September 5, 2011 at The Suites. No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Better Life Television. Mrs. Ilchuk was born November 8, 1914 in Hanford, California to James & Amy Palmer. She received a bachelor’s degree in secretarial...

Douglas Alfred Morris

Douglas Alfred Morris

Sep 3, 2011

Douglas Alfred Morris, age 80, of O’Brien, died Saturday, September 3, 2011 at his home. Mr. Morris was born October 30, 1930 in Miles City, Montana to Victor & Floy Morris. He worked for 40 years as a union printer. For many years he was a “tramp” printer, traveling all over the United States working on different newspapers from coast...

Lorene Duchsherer

Lorene Duchsherer

Sep 3, 2011

Long time Cave Junction resident, Lorene Duchsherer, age 89, died Saturday, September 3, 2011 at her home. Lorene was born February 2, 1922 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to William & Maggie McCowan. She graduated from Chowchilla High School in Chowchilla, California. She moved from Redwood City, California to Cave Junction over 20 years ago. She was a member of the Cave...

Raymond Buckley

Raymond Buckley

Sep 2, 2011

Raymond Buckley, age 79, of Cave Junction, died Friday, September 2, 2011 at his home. Buck was born February 19, 1932 in Sharon, Pennsylvania to Jack & Mary Buckley the youngest of seven children. He attended Catholic School until graduation then joined the United States Navy. While serving at Crane Naval Weapons Depot near Bedford, Indiana he married Esther I....

Leon E. "Max" Maxwell

Leon E. "Max" Maxwell

Sep 1, 2011

Leon E. “Max” Maxwell, age 91, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, September 1, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway, Suite 250, Dallas Texas 75244. Max was born January 21, 1920 in...

Kelly Baldwin Christensen

Kelly Baldwin Christensen

Aug 31, 2011

Kelly Baldwin Christensen, age 55, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at his home. Kelly was born February 22, 1956 in Afton, Wyoming to LeRoy & Ruby Christensen. He grew up in Afton and in 1974 graduated from Star Valley High School. He then served a church mission to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. On June 25, 1976 in Salt...

Joe Perrin Walker

Joe Perrin Walker

Aug 29, 2011

Joe Perrin Walker, age 90, of Grants Pass, died Monday, August 29, 2011 at his home. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, September 8, 2011 at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Joe was born August 28, 1921 in Stroud, Oklahoma to Arden & Estella Walker. He served in the...

Jack Allan Holt

Jack Allan Holt

Aug 29, 2011

Jack Allan Holt, age 85, died Monday, August 29, 2011 at his home. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 24, 2011 at The United Centers for Spiritual Living, 466 SW I Street, Grants Pass. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to the American Heart Association or the American...

Marilyn J. Hummell

Marilyn J. Hummell

Aug 28, 2011

Marilyn J. Hummell, age 77, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, August 28, 2011 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. Marilyn was born May 26, 1934 in Billings, Montana to Herman & Pearl Pfeil. In 1952 she entered the United States Air Force where she met her husband at Norton AFB after he returned from the Korean War. In 1954...

Shirley June Miller

Shirley June Miller

Aug 27, 2011

Shirley June Miller, age 84, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Kinsington Court Memory Care. Shirley was born in Los Angeles, California, to Charles W. and Martha Wheeler, on June 15, 1927. She was the youngest of seven siblings, three of which were adult age when she was born. Being the youngest of such a large family,...

Lenard A Williams

Lenard A Williams

Aug 26, 2011

Lenard A. Williams, age 50, of Cave Junction, died Friday, August 26, 2011 at his home. Private services will be held. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Lenard was born December 16, 1960 in Richmond, California. He worked for several years as a plumber for his father’s plumbing company followed by a period of time when he...

James Duvhan Ellis

James Duvhan Ellis

Aug 26, 2011

James Duvhan Ellis, age 73, of Glendale, died Friday, August 26, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. James was born October 18, 1937 in Oneida, Tennessee to Clarence & Rheba Ellis. He served in the United States Marine Corps. James worked as a truck driver for Delta Sand & Gravel in Eugene, Oregon and Cottage Grove Sand & Gravel in...

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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.