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Oma Grace Stalker

Oma Grace Stalker

Jun 2, 2009

Oma Grace Stalker, age 91, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 8, 2009 at Hull & Hull Chapel. Mausoleum intombment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Lions...

Bob Christie

Bob Christie

Jun 1, 2009

Bob Christie, age 85, of Grants Pass, died Monday, June 1, 2009 at his home. Family services will be held. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made in Bob’s name to Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, 1332 North Halsted Street Suite 201, Chicago Illinois 60642; phone 312-587-9272; fax 312-587-9273; website-pulmonaryfibrosis.org. Bob was born April 4,...

Steven George Arnold

Steven George Arnold

Jun 1, 2009

Steven George Arnold lost his fight with cancer on Monday, June 1st at his home. He was born on May 8, 1946 in Palo Alto, CA to J. Edwin & Dorothy Arnold. Shortly after, he moved with his family to Eureka, CA and then to Grants Pass, OR in 1959. Steven was active in Boy Scouts and became an Eagle...

Glenn Andrew Provost

Glenn Andrew Provost

May 31, 2009

Glenn Andrew Provost, age 91, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, May 31, 2009 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A memorial graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 10, 2009 at Eagle Point National Cemetery with Reverend Norman Nibblett officiating. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Glenn was born November 27, 1917 in Midway, Utah....

Helen Margaret Rees

Helen Margaret Rees

May 31, 2009

Helen Margaret Rees, age 90, of Applegate, died on May 31, 2009 at Avamere Three Fountains in Medford under the wonderful care of their staff and RVMC Hospice. The memorial service will be held at 11 am, Saturday, June 27th at Provolt Community Church on Highway 238 (Williams Highway) one mile west of Provolt Store. Pastor Russ Gibson will officiate....

Leon Fletcher

Leon Fletcher

May 30, 2009

Leon Fletcher, age 92, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Leon was born in Bristol, Texas, the youngest of three brothers and two sisters. He was a cotton farmer in New Deal, Texas and also worked at...

William P. "Bake" Baker,  Jr.

William P. "Bake" Baker, Jr.

May 25, 2009

William P. “Bake” Baker, Jr., age 62, of O’Brien, OR., passed away on Memorial Day, May 25, 2009. Bill was born on April 8, 1947 in Jackson, MI. He attended St.John’s Catholic High School in Jackson and moved to Phoenix, AZ in August of 1962, where he later graduated from Bourgade Catholic High School. Bill served in the U.S. Army...

David Fromme

David Fromme

May 24, 2009

Former Grants Pass resident, David William Fromme, age 82, of Bend, died Sunday, May 24, 2009 peacefully at his home. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, June 1, 2009 at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, remembrances in David Fromme’s memory may be made to...

The Reverend Gary Kay Saunders

The Reverend Gary Kay Saunders

May 24, 2009

The Reverend Gary Kay Saunders passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 24, 2009 at Three Rivers Community Hospital after an extended illness at home. Rev. Saunders was born to Warren Monroe Saunders and Nettie Pearl (English) Saunders on April 26, 1933 in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Growing up, he attended schools in Twin Falls, Idaho and Portland, Oregon. As a youth...

Sterling Clarence "Sarge" Deveney

Sterling Clarence "Sarge" Deveney

May 20, 2009

Sterling Clarence “Sarge” Deveney, age 82, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at his home. No services are planned. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. He was born March 6, 1927 in Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania to Clarence Henry “Dudley” Deveney & Lilly Marie Deveney. He grew up on Ridge Avenue in York, Pennsylvania. During...

Jack W. Diltz

Jack W. Diltz

May 18, 2009

Jack W. Diltz, age 84, of Rogue River, died Monday, May 18, 2009 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. A memorial graveside service will be at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, May 28, 2009 at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 1311 NW 21st Avenue, Portland,...

Larry Eugene Sheets

Larry Eugene Sheets

May 17, 2009

Larry Eugene Sheets, age 70, of Cave Junction, died Sunday, May 17, 2009 at his home. Military honors will be at 11:00 a.m., Friday, May 22, 2009 with a viewing from 11:00 a.m. to 12 noon both at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors. A memorial gathering and potluck will be from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 22, 2009...

Louise (Isham) Mason

Louise (Isham) Mason

May 16, 2009

Louise (Isham) Mason, age 80, of Grants Pass, died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at her home. A memorial service will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Calvary Crossroads with Pastor Lowell Anderson officiating. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. She was Born on May 23, 1928 in Grants Pass to Harvey & Elsie Isham. Upon...

Betty Ownbey

Betty Ownbey

May 15, 2009

Betty Ownbey, age 79, of Grants Pass, died Friday, May 15, 2009 at her home. Family services were held. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 SE 8th Street, Grants Pass, Oregon 97526. Betty Lou Griggs was born February 2, 1930 in Hill City, South Dakota to James...

Suzanne "Sue" Bender

Suzanne "Sue" Bender

May 14, 2009

Suzanne “Sue” Bender, age 59, of Rogue River, died Thursday, May 14, 2009 at her home. A memorial service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Providence Hospice, 1111 Crater Lake Avenue, Medford, Oregon 97504 or American Cancer Society,...

Aimee Deardorff

Aimee Deardorff

May 14, 2009

Aimee Deardorff, age 20, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, May 14, 2009 as the result of an automobile accident. A memorial service will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 20, 2009 at Parkway Christian Center with Pastor Ken Bern officiating. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Sharon Deardorff Account (to benefit...

Budd George Fosmore

Budd George Fosmore

May 14, 2009

Budd George Fosmore, age 85, of Cave Junction, died Thursday, May 14, 2009 at his home. No services are planned. Illinois Valley Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to American Heart Association, Oregon Affiliate, 1425 NE Irving #100, Portland Oregon 97232. Budd was born on August 20, 1923 in Sheridan, Michigan to Budd &...

M. Ruth Harmon

M. Ruth Harmon

May 13, 2009

M. Ruth Harmon, age 93, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at a local adult foster care home. Ruth was born on February 18, 1916 in Gold Hill to Jesse & Edith (Newton) Starns. She was from a pioneer family that homesteaded on Sardine Creek in Gold Hill in 1921. On April 15, 1934 in Grants Pass she...

Mark D. Axtell

Mark D. Axtell

May 13, 2009

Mark Axtell, age 92, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009 at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. Donations may be made to Parkinsons Resources of Oregon, 3975 Mercantile Drive, Suite 154, Lake Oswego, Oregon 97035. He was born Mark Darrell Axtell on...

Regina "Bernice" Hinsley

Regina "Bernice" Hinsley

May 12, 2009

Regina “Bernice” Hinsley, age 88, of Grants Pass, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009 at Spring Pointe Specialty Care Center. Private inurnment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hull & Hull Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements. She was born on February 25, 1921 in Valentine, Nebraska to Julius & Mary Ruther. She was raised in Nebraska as a farm...

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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.