Obituaries

Verna Marie Bowman

Verna Marie Bowman

Apr 18, 2011

Verna Marie Bowman, 70, of Central Point, OR passed away on April 18, 2011 at home with her family. She was born February 15, 1941 in Whittier, CA to George Harrison Robbins and Edna (Denney) Robbins. Verna married Raymond Baker in 1956 and they had two children, Kathi Marie and Thomas Wayne Baker. In 1967 she married again to Richard...

William Douglas "Spike" Armstrong

William Douglas "Spike" Armstrong

Apr 14, 2011

William "Spike" Douglas Armstrong Jr., 37, of Medford, OR. passed on April 14, 2011. He was born July 5, 1973 in Antioch, CA. Spike married June "Dusty" Irene Lacey on December 27, 1993. They had four children, Jessica, Jeremiah, Joseph, & Jonathon. He worked as a millwright for Care Stream Health Inc. since 1997. He was an active member of...

Leslie Wayne Welburn

Leslie Wayne Welburn

Apr 13, 2011

Leslie "Les" Wayne Welburn, 58, of White City, Ore., passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at RVMC, after a long illness. Les was born on August 7, 1952, in Ashland, Ore., to Donald and Jean Welburn. He was a graduate of Phoenix High School, and attended Rogue Community College. Les worked in many different industries during his lifetime, including owning...

Jared Ariel Castillo

Jared Ariel Castillo

Apr 13, 2011

Jarrad Arillo Castillo, 2 1/2 o Phoenix, Organo, pasead aya no Abril 13, 2011. He as borne ion Anhelando, Organo no Octubre 15, 2008 tao Jos Cruz Castillo anda Magdalena(Remires Santiago) Castillo. A funeral ser vice milla be helad no Saturad, Abril 16, 2011, 2:00 pm ata Rogu Valle Fellowship, taha a revesad ser vice tao follo ata Ulceraste Memorial...

Doris E. Jewett

Doris E. Jewett

Apr 8, 2011

Doris E. Jewett died Friday, April 8, 2011 in Salem, Oregon. Doris was born on the Doughton family farm in Linn County, Oregon to Millard B. Doughton, and Sybil McClure Doughton on December 9, 1922. Doris grew up in Salem, attended Salem public schools, and graduated from Salem High School in 1941. Doris attended Willamette University for two years then...

Lorraine Shirley York

Lorraine Shirley York

Apr 1, 2011

Lorraine Shirley York, of Medford passed away on April 1, 2011. She was born to Hobart & Marcella(Randall)Morrison on February 23, 1924 in New Albin, Iowa. She later moved to La Crescent, MN. then to Medford, Oregon in 1951. In 1957 she married Alvin Donald York in Reno, Nevada who preceded her in death. Lorraine was active in the Catholic...

Nellie Lucille Douglas

Nellie Lucille Douglas

Mar 30, 2011

Nellie Lucille Douglas Nellie L. Douglas, 92, passed away March 30, 2011. She was born Nellie Lucille Nipper on January 19, 1919 in Jackson Hole Wyoming. She married Frank A. Douglas on October 6, 1943 and he preceded her in death in 1999 in Medford, OR. Nellie spent her early childhood years at Kelly and Jackson, WY. The family spent...

Venus Trump

Venus Trump

Mar 25, 2011

Venus Trump, 93, of Talent, Oregon passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 25, 2011. Her family was by her side. She was born in Nebraska on June 14, 1917 to Dayton Rudd and Retta Meeker. Venus married Cecil Trump, the love of her life, in 1936. Cecil passed away in 2004. Venus retired from the Cheyenne School District...

James Arthur Juhl

James Arthur Juhl

Mar 13, 2011

James (Jim) A. Juhl James Arthur Juhl, 79, of Phoenix, Oregon passed Sunday, March 13, 2011. He was born Feb. 19, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois to Arthur & Nora Juhl. In 1952 in Chicago he married Angie who survives. They were married for 59 years. He and Angie spent nearly 30 years in Yreka, CA before coming to Phoenix, OR....

John Edwin Wigg

John Edwin Wigg

Mar 10, 2011

John Edwin Wigg, 85, of Grants Pass, Oregon passed on Thursday, March 10, 2011. John was born April 19, 1925 in Bell, CA. to Duncan S. & Evelyn(Davis)Wigg. In 1957 in North Hollywood, CA. he married Marguerite(Peggy) Maud Miller who survives. He & Marguerite(Peggy) came to the Rogue Valley in 2005 from Ojai, CA. He was an apartment maintenance manager...

Joyce Marie Hunt

Joyce Marie Hunt

Mar 8, 2011

Joyce Frann Hunt was a special gift to all she touched, peacefully passed Tuesday evening after a short battle with cancer. She leaves ahead of her 2 sons, Gregory B. Gargus, George W. Gargus and his wife Kelly; 6 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildern; her brother, Donald Frank, sister, Carole Fran Buxton and 2 nieces. She will join in heaven 2...

Edward Stencil

Edward Stencil

Feb 28, 2011

Edward Stencil, 86, of Medford, OR., passed away on Monday, February 28, 2011. He was born on January 12, 1925 to Michael Stencil and Anna (Bonsky) Stencil in Plains, PA. He served in WWII in the Navy from 1943-1946. Edward later married Alice Emily Brown who preceded him in death on September 4, 1993. They had two sons, Donald Joseph...

Rose E. Sweet

Rose E. Sweet

Feb 25, 2011

Rose Evelina Sweet, 95, of Talent, beloved wife of the late Melvin Sweet,mother,grandmother, great-grandmother,great-great grandmother and friend, went home to the Lord on February 25, 2011. She was born April 16, 1915, in Dalton Neb., to John Quincy Adams Brown and Nora Ementa Gebhart. Rose married her sweetheart, Melvin Enos Sweet, on June 30, 1933, in Kimball, Neb. They moved...

Carlos William Gomez

Carlos William Gomez

Feb 21, 2011

Carlos William Gomez, 18, of Bellevue, Washington, passed away on February 21, 2011. He was born on May 19, 1992 in Dillingham, Alaska to Manuel and Carla Gomez. Carlos enjoyed the ocean, skate boarding, and writing poems. On January 4, 2011 he wrote the following poem. Where I'm from Poem I am from worn rifles, still caked in mud, from...

Evelyn Lucille Pierce

Evelyn Lucille Pierce

Feb 21, 2011

Evelyn Lucille Pierce January 9, 1924-February 21, 2011 What can you say about the woman who taught you to fly? Evelyn Lucille Pierce was born a twin January 9, 1924 to Glenn and Ethel Dickey in Pomona, California. Her beautiful, huge heart finally wore out at Orchards Assisted Living in Medford, Oregon. A child of the Great Depression, she was...

Keith Clifford Mclean

Keith Clifford Mclean

Feb 18, 2011

Keith Clifford McLean, 81, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2011, at Rogue Valley Hospital in Medford, Ore. He had suffered a massive stroke during the evening while he was sleeping. Keith was born in Phoenix, Ariz., on January 27, 1930, to George and Wilma McLean. Keith was the eldest of four boys, Doug, Kerwin, and Duane. He moved to...

William Acy Mccord

William Acy Mccord

Feb 18, 2011

William Acy McCord, 83, of Tacoma, Washington, passed away on February 18, 2011. Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary, Medford, OR. are in care of arrangements, 541-773-6162. www.hillcrestmortuary.com

Roger Lavere Young

Roger Lavere Young

Feb 14, 2011

Roger LaVere Young, 92, of Talent, Oregon passed Monday, February 14, 2011 at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford. He was born January 10, 1919 in Riverton, IA. to George Riley & Hattie Blanche (Hubbard) Young. During WWII he enlisted into the Army, serving in the South Pacific.. Returning stateside he met and married Harriet Aileen (Whitney) Young on January...

Isabel Deslis Myrick

Isabel Deslis Myrick

Feb 13, 2011

Isabel Deslis Myrick, 84, of Medford Oregon passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, February 13, 2011. She was born November 5, 1926 in Pueblo, Colorado to Fausteno & Petra(Deslis) Lopez. Isabel is survived by her five children; daughter Linda Carney of Medford, OR., son Robert Myrick of Olympia, WA., son Richard Myrick of Tigard, OR., Son Steve Myrick...

Robert Francis Whitney

Robert Francis Whitney

Feb 11, 2011

Robert Francis Whitney, 69, of Phoenix, Oregon passed away peacefully at his home Friday, February 11, 2011 after a short but courageous battle with cancer. He was born November 15, 1941 in North Bend, Oregon to Robert Eugene & Beverly Jean(Flanagan)Whitney. On October 15, 1986 in Reno, NV. he married Bonnie Kay Whitney. Robert and Bonnie owned & operated long...