Obituaries

Marjorie Payne

Marjorie Payne

Mar 7, 2012

Marjorie Payne passed away on 03/07/12. Interment: Hillcrest Memorial Park. Medford, OR. www.hillcrestmortuary.com

Donn Mcintosh

Donn Mcintosh

Mar 5, 2012

Donn Mcintosh passed away on 03/05/12. Interment: Hillcrest Memorial Park. Medford, OR. www.hillcrestmortuary.com

Kenneth "Ken" Hays

Kenneth "Ken" Hays

Mar 5, 2012

Kenneth Hays passed away March 5th 2012 at the age of 91. Born in Smith Center, Kansas, February 25,1921 the oldest of 6 children, he attended Smith County schools before entering the US Army where he served in WWII. Upon returning home he went into farming, construction and carpentry. On March 24, 1956 he married Thelma Moore and her 3...

Michael Szpak

Michael Szpak

Mar 4, 2012

Michael Szpak, age 86, of White City, Oregon, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2012, with family by his side. He was born November 2, 1925 in Orange, Conn. An Army veteran of WWII, he moved to Oregon five years after his discharge in 1950. He worked in the lumber industry for 40 years. Michael was an avid hunter and fisherman,...

Doreen June Baldwin

Doreen June Baldwin

Mar 3, 2012

Our beloved mother, 72, of White City, Ore., was called home to our Lord and Savior on March 3, 2012, after a battle with lung cancer. Our mom fought a good fight. She finished the course here on earth. Her pain is gone. She was born Doreen June Hemphill, on March 3, 1940, in Pipestone, Minn. She spent most of...

Lila Weaver

Lila Weaver

Feb 28, 2012

Lila Weaver, age 90, of Medford, Oregon passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at her home. She was born July 22, 1921 in Medford, to Henry M. and Winnie Groucher. Lila lived in the Rogue Valley her entire life. She was a graduate of Central Point High School. On April 8, 1942, she married Ken Weaver in Medford. Lila was...

William Walter "Bill Or W.W." Martin

William Walter "Bill Or W.W." Martin

Feb 23, 2012

Bill Martin passed away peacefully on 2/23/2012 surrounded by his family and friends. He took a direct route to Heaven where he will be with our Lord. He knew there would be many new rivers to fish upon his arrival. Bill was born in Portland, Oregon on November 27, 1939 to William Samuel and Alma Olson Martin. He graduated from...

Linda Sue Shean

Linda Sue Shean

Feb 11, 2012

A beautiful soul left this life and is now in the embracing arms of our savior.Linda Sue Shean(Powell) at her young age of 63 went to the lord at lO:15 am on the 11th day of February 20l2. She was in her own home and had her husband and son at her side. She was a loving and forgiving woman...

John F. Sullivan

John F. Sullivan

Feb 11, 2012

John Franklin Sullivan, age 89, of Medford, OR. passed Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. He was born May 5, 1922 in Highfill, Ark., to John E. & Fanny (Ennis) Sullivan. John and his family came to Oregon from Ark. while he was still a young man. John married Ruth Bridgeman in 1942 in Medford. She preceded him in death in 2007....

Lawrence Thomas Wright

Lawrence Thomas Wright

Feb 11, 2012

Lawrence Thomas Wright, 94 of Medford , Oregon passed away on February 11, 2012. Arrangements by Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary, Medford Oregon. www.hillcrestmortuary.com

Earl Floyd Myrtue

Earl Floyd Myrtue

Feb 8, 2012

Earl Myrtue, 83, of Phoenix, Oregon passed away peacefully on February 8, 2012 at Hearthstone Nursing Facility. He was born on January 3, 1929 in Sioux City, Iowa. He is survived by his devoted wife, Vivian, of 62 years, and a son, Earl D. Myrtue. He is the grandfather of three granddaughters, eight great grandchildren and two great, great grandchildren....

Jack David Johnson

Jack David Johnson

Feb 4, 2012

Jack David Johnson, age 78, of Medford, Oregon passed Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Jack was born March 27, 1933 in Stanton, Iowa to Einer & Cairen Johnson. He came to Oregon at an early age. He was a logger locally for many years. Jack was preceded in death by his wife Patricia Ann Rugh. He is survived by sons Scott...

Susan Lovee Meany

Susan Lovee Meany

Jan 28, 2012

Susan Lovee Meany, age 67, of Phoenix, OR. Passed Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Springfield, OR., from complications of cancer. She was born June 29, 1944 in Benicia, CA. to Oren (Pinky) & May Roderick. In July of 1980 in the community of Clearlake, CA. Susan and Cornelius John "CJ" Meany were married. They came...

James "Lenny" Hubbard

James "Lenny" Hubbard

Jan 25, 2012

James 'Lenny' Hubbard age 80 of Medford, Ore passed away Jan 25, 2012 at RVMC. Lenny was born in Denver, Co. on Mar 18, 1931 to John and Dorothy Hubbard. Lenny served as a Sergeant in the US Army in the Korean war. In 1965 he met the love of his life Gloria Ratto and married her in Hayward, Ca....

Luther "Dave" Hampton

Luther "Dave" Hampton

Jan 24, 2012

LUTHER DAVID HAMPTON, SR. December 28,1919 - January 24,2012 "Dave" Hampton passed away of natural causes on January 24, 2012 at the age of 92. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but after his military service, spent most of his life in California and the last fifty plus years in Southern Oregon. He served six years in the U.S....

Linda Kay Straub

Linda Kay Straub

Jan 8, 2012

Linda Kay Straub, 64, of Phoenix, Ore., passed away on January 8, 2012. She was a lifelong resident of the Rogue Valley. She was born in Marysville, Calif., on January 1, 1948, to Crafton and Pauline Holden. She attended schools in Murphy, Jacksonville, and Medford, Ore. She married Ross LeeRoy Straub on October 2, 1965. Linda was an avid bargain...

Manuel Garcia Calderon

Manuel Garcia Calderon

Jan 4, 2012

Manuel Garcia Calderon, age 77, of Phoenix, Oregon passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012. He was born January 4, 1935 in Villanueva, Zacatecas, Mexico to Manuel Garcia & Guadalupe Calderon. In March, 1961 he married Aurelia Escobar. They recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Manuel worked for Harry & David Orchards. He was a loving and devoted husband and father....

Cecil Johnston

Cecil Johnston

Jan 4, 2012

Cecil Johnston, 77 of Medford, Oregon passed away on January 4, 2012. He was born on April 3, 1934 in Northern Belfast Ireland to William Johnston & Hannah (McBride) Johnston. He served in the British Army as a British Merchant Marine in the Korean war. Cecil married Eva Armstrong in Belfast, Ireland on March 15,1958, they had five daughters. A...

Luree Marie Danielson

Luree Marie Danielson

Dec 29, 2011

Luree M. Danielson Luree M. Danielson was called home to the Lord, Thursday, December 29 at Avamere Three Fountains nursing home. She was born April 29, 1921 in Naper, Nebraska to Fred and Mary Herrmann. During the early 1930's her parents moved the family from Nebraska to Minnesota. She completed her education in Bemidji, Minnesota, where she met and married...

Maxine Hazel Horton

Maxine Hazel Horton

Dec 21, 2011

Maxine Horton, of Central Point, Ore., passed away peacefully at a senior care home with two of her children close by. She was born Hazel Maxine McCoy to W. Memory and Ollie (Caughron) McCoy, in Watts, Okla. She was the fifth of six siblings. Maxine married John W. "Jay" Horton on November 20, 1937, in Watts, Okla. They lived in...