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Greater Southern Oregon; including Josephine, Jackson, and Douglas Counties
Maxine M. Bates
Oct 13, 2023
On Friday, October 13, Maxine Mary Bates went to be with the Lord. Born in Chicago in 1926, she lived there until age 15 when her family moved to Southern California to support the War Effort. She met Albert Fay (1916-1978) while working at Harvill Die Casting and in 1946 they eloped to Tijuana Mexico. A year later they bought...
Joan Edwards
Oct 12, 2023
Mary “Joan” Edwards was born in Riverside, California to Jack and Marion Butcher. She passed away at the age of 88 on October 12, 2023 in Grants Pass, Oregon.
Joan’s early years were growing up around her family, grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles and her brother, John Butcher, and her dear sister, Jean Cowan, in sunny California.
Joan was married...
Elizabeth Ann Bryan
Oct 12, 2023
Elizabeth Ann Bryan, age 82 of Grants Pass, died October 12, 2023 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Matthew Eugene Collins
Oct 10, 2023
Matthew Eugene Collins, age 37, former Grants Pass resident, died October 10, 2023 at his home in Lacey, Washington.
Matt was born in Chicago, Illinois to Sarah Seavers Collins and Dr. Elbert Collins. When he was six months old, the family moved to Grants Pass, Oregon. Matt graduated from Grants Pass High school, attended the University of Oregon and graduated...
Connie Blakely
Oct 9, 2023
Connie Blakely, age 83, of Cave Junction, died October 9, 2023 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Connie graduated from Mineral County High School in Hawthorne (NV) in 1957 where George had also graduated and they began their relationship two years earlier.
Connie Blakely along with her husband George have lived in Cave Junction since winter of 2001. They retired...
Sage Meidinger O'Conner
Oct 8, 2023
Sage Meidinger O’Conner, age 73, former Cave Junction resident, died October 8, 2023 at Sacred Heart Medical Center.
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Karen Ann Clanton
Oct 6, 2023
Karen Ann Clanton, age 74, of Selma, died October 6, 2023 at her home.
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Theodore R. Nichols
Oct 2, 2023
Theodore Richard “Ted” Nichols, ag 95, of Rogue River, died October 2, 2023 at his home.
Ted was born May 7, 1928 at Powers, Oregon to Quimby Ozzie Nichols & Wilma Mae (Lee) Nichols. He attended one-room schools in Union Town and Ruch. In his early working years, he was a cat skinner and was most happy being on...
Robert C. "Bob" Workley
Sep 30, 2023
Robert C. "Bob" Workley, age 92, of Grants Pass, died September 30, 2023 at his home.
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Sebastian "Savey" Vargas
Sep 28, 2023
Sebastian “Savey” Vargas, age 82, of Rogue River, died September 28, 2023 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
Sebastian was born October 22, 1940 in Tampa, Florida to Anthony & Violet Vargas. On September 13, 1997 in Reedsport, Oregon he married Gay Shirtcliff. He lived in Sams Valley and Gold Hill before moving to Rogue River in 2010. ...
William Charles Tetzleff
Sep 28, 2023
William "Bill" Charles Tetzleff, age 52, of Grants Pass, died September 28, 2023 at his home.
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Catherin Jean McCoy
Sep 27, 2023
Catherine Jean McCoy, age 69, of Grants Pass, died September 27, 2023 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.
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Nancy Wilson Lyford
Sep 26, 2023
Nancy was born on December 26, 1950 in Plainfield, New Jersey to Joseph and Elizabeth Wilson. She died on September 26, 2023 at home in O’Brien, Oregon after a long illness. Nancy grew up in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. In March 1970 she gave birth to twin boys, Gregory and Derek Hook. In 1976 Nancy moved with her boys to...
Kathern Luker
Sep 26, 2023
Kathern Luker, age 89, of Sonora, California, died September 26, 2023 at her home.
A committal service will be at 11:00 a.m. October 3, 2023 at Eagle Point National Cemetery.
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Janeann Miller
Sep 25, 2023
Janeann Miller, age 59, of Grants Pass, died September 25, 2023 at her home.
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Charles Robert Dickson
Sep 23, 2023
CHARLES ROBERT DICKSON
Charles “Charlie” "Ike" March 16, 1928 – Sept 23, 2023.
Charles was the sixth child of seven siblings to Joseph and Hazel Dickson in Bercail, Wheatland County, Montana. Charles joined the U.S. Marine Corp as soon as he graduated high school in May 1946. He met and married his wife Joe Jeannette Rollin on...
James Wallace Moore
Sep 23, 2023
James "Giant Jim" Moore, age 84, of Grants Pass, died September 23, 2023 at a Licensed Nursing Facility.
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Elaine Davis
Sep 20, 2023
Elaine Davis, age 93, of Grants Pass, died September 20, 2023 at her home.
A funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m., October 7, 2023 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors.
Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
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Susan Lee Lewis
Sep 19, 2023
Susan Lee Lewis, age 70, of Cave Junction, died September 19, 2023 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. Arrangements with Illinois Valley Funeral Directors.
Paul Raymond Eichwald
Sep 17, 2023
Paul Raymond Eichwald
A bright star that burned 42 times round the sun. He experienced more than most people do in 100 years. Too smart, too sensitive, and creative for this world. His spirit was being called to another realm where he will be looking over us, awaiting our arrival and guiding us along the way. He is free, he has...
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