Obituaries

Frank C. Williams

Frank C. Williams

Mar 25, 2009

Frank Curry Williams Frank Curry Williams was born Aug. 28, 1939, to Orville and Lillian Curry Williams at Siloam Springs, Ark. He died March 25, 2009. As an infant he moved with his family to western Oregon. Following his father's work as a log truck driver, they made their home in Sweet Home, Roseburg, Glide and finally settling in Rogue...

Fay Edward Mcpherson

Fay Edward Mcpherson

Mar 19, 2009

Funeral services for Fay Edward McPherson will be Thursday, March 26, 2009 at 11:00AM at the Hillcrest Memorial Park Chapel, Medford, OR. Interment will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Fay Edward McPherson, 83, formerly of the Applegate area of southern Oregon passed Thursday, March 19, 2009 at his home in Taft, CA. Ed served in the Pacific theater with the...

Dorris Valnoma Edmondson

Dorris Valnoma Edmondson

Mar 17, 2009

Doris Valnoma Edmondson, 95, of Grants Pass, OR. passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2009. She was born May 18, 1913, in Barney,GA. to Vassie & Cleo Nichols. She married James William Edmondson in Quitman, GA. on June 16, 1935, who preceded her in 1989. They had two daughters Jeannette Rigdon & Sarah Edmondson. Doris worked at the Hotel del Coronado,...

Robert Charles Sanderson

Robert Charles Sanderson

Mar 14, 2009

Robert Charles Sanderson, Sr. Robert Charles Sanderson, Sr., 88, left this earth for his heavenly home on Saturday, March 14, 2009. He passed away at home, with his family at his side. Robert was born May 30, 1920 in Beagle, Oregon, the fifth child of Charles Camp Sanderson and Agnes May Ashworth Sanderson. On October 4, 1944, in Medford, Oregon,...

Bettie Newland

Bettie Newland

Feb 28, 2009

Bettie Jane Newland Bettie Jane Newland, 75, of Phoenix, Ore., passed away Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009, in Medford. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Mar. 4, 2009, at 2:00 p.m., at Hillcrest Memorial Park Chapel. Bettie was born July 28, 1933, in Lorenzo, Texas, to Bernice and Merial Ward. She moved to the Valley 10 years ago from California....

Vivian Cashatt

Vivian Cashatt

Feb 25, 2009

Vivian Cashatt, 101, of Grants Pass, OR. passed Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009 at her home.

Oscar Carlson

Oscar Carlson

Feb 16, 2009

Oscar B. Carlson Oscar B.Carlson, 89, of Central Point, Ore., passed away Monday, Feb. 16, 2009, at his home. Cremation arrangements were completed by Hillcrest Mortuary. His urn will be placed at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Medford, OR. Oscar was born Nov. 7, 1919, in San Francisco, Calif., to Carl and Agnes Carlson. On May 25, 1945 he married Faye...

Claude A. Wright

Claude A. Wright

Feb 8, 2009

Claude A. Wright, 83, of Phoenix, OR. passed on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 at his home. Arrangements will be announced.

Tommy Lewis

Tommy Lewis

Jan 25, 2009

Tommy Lewis Tommy Lewis, born as Thomas Samuel Lewis, passed away Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009. He was born Nov. 15, 1918, in Scranton, Pa., to Thomas John and Lillian (Morris) Lewis. He married Ruth Elizabeth Humphries on March 4, 1944, in Medford, Ore. They were making plans to celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary. Tommy proudly served in the US Army...

Shirley Ann Martin

Shirley Ann Martin

Jan 16, 2009

Shirley Ann Martin, 71, of Eagle Point, Ore., passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009, in Medford. Shirley was born Dec. 17, 1937, in Shoals, Ind., to James and Ola Harbin, who preceded her in death. She was married to James Martin who also preceded her in death. She lived in the Rogue Valley most of her life. In her free...

Carlene Alice Hunt

Carlene Alice Hunt

Jan 8, 2009

Carlene Hunt Carlene Hunt, 77, of Jacksonville, Ore., died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, at RVMC. A memorial service will be held at Calvary Church in Jacksonville, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Carlene was born Feb. 11, 1931. She was the eldest of five born to Carl and Neva Cook, who preceded her in death. By age 15 she...

Paulette May House

Paulette May House

Jan 8, 2009

Paulette M. House Paulette M. House, born May 28, 1925, Jetmore, Kans., to Ira G. and Raissa Gazeaud Freshwater. Paulette went to school in Dodge City, Kans. She graduated from Dodge City High School in 1943. The family moved to Oregon in 1944. She worked for Bear Creek Orchards until her marriage to Donald House, Jan. 26, 1947. After the...

Larry Vee Simmonds

Larry Vee Simmonds

Dec 17, 2008

Larry Vee Simmonds July 7, 1946-Dec. 17, 2008 Westwood resident Larry Vee Simmonds passed from this life peacefully, with his loving wife at his side, at his residence Wednesday evening, Dec. 17, 2008, following a short and valiant battle with cancer. Born sixty-two years ago in San Diego, Calif., To Vester "Bud" and Mary (Vessey) Simmonds, on July 7, 1964....

Melvin Aaron Harsh

Melvin Aaron Harsh

Sep 9, 2008

Melvin Aaron Harsh, 71, of El Paso, TX. passed Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 in El Paso. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008 at the First Presbyterian Church in Central Point. Visitation will be from 10:00 AM till 1:00 PM on Wednesday. Graveside services with military homors will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Medford....

Clarence Edwin Meadows

Clarence Edwin Meadows

Aug 21, 2008

Clarence Edwin Meadows The memorial service for Clarence E. Meadows will be held at noon, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008, at Hillcrest Memorial Park Chapel in Medford, Ore. Mr. Meadows retired from Boise Cascade and enjoyed his 13 1/2 years of service as Volunteer Captain for Jackson County Fire District No. 3. He truly enjoyed helping people, even donating 25 gallons...

James Orson Williams

James Orson Williams

Aug 13, 2008

James Orson Williams James Orson Williams, 74, of Shady Cove, Ore., passed away August 13, 2008 in Medford, Ore. James was born in Lost Creek, West Virginia, on September 2, 1933 to Charles and Susie Williams. James graduated from Salem College in West Virginia at only 20 years old with a bachelor's degree, later obtaining his master's degree, and went...

Agnes Wolf

Agnes Wolf

Aug 4, 2008

Agnes Ernestine Webb Passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, August 4, 2008, at the age of 94. Agnes was born on Feb. 20, 1914, to John and Mamie Bennett in Keytesville, Mo., where she grew up and completed her education. She moved to Klamath Falls, Ore., in the early 1940's and then to Medford, Ore., where she met...

Ellis Barber Whitman

Ellis Barber Whitman

Aug 1, 2008

Ellis Barber Whitman Ellis Barber Whitman, 80, of Medford, Ore., passed away Aug. 1, 2008, in Medford, Ore. He was born on Dec. 15, 1927 in Warren Ark., to Johnny and Gertrude Whitman. He is survived by his wife, Emma Dean Whitman, who he married in 1946 in Fountain Hill, Ark., his son Don Whitman, of Medford, Ore.; and his...

Christine Louise Breckel

Christine Louise Breckel

Jul 23, 2008

Christine Louise Breckel Christine Louise Breckel, 56, of Medford, Ore., passed away peacefully in her home with her family by her side on July 23, 2008. She was born on June 3, 1952, in Klamath Falls, Ore., to Thomas and Anna Thomas. She spent most of her life in the Rogue Valley. She was married in Oakridge, Ore., on Sept....

Debbie Ann Tosh

Debbie Ann Tosh

Jul 22, 2008

Debra Ann Tosh Debra (Debbie) Ann Tosh, 53, was born in Milwaukee, Wi., on June 18th, 1955, to Fritz and Marlyne Williams. She entered into eternal life on Tuesday, July 22nd, at her home in Phoenix, Ore. She was a 1973 graduate of Crater High School and continued her education at Southern Oregon State College. In 1975 she married Ric...