Obituaries

Robert Estrella

Robert Estrella

Nov 18, 2010

Robert C. Estrella, 63, of Grants Pass died Nov. 18, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned. Contributions may be made to Cynthia Estrella, 616 N.E. Dean Drive, Grants Pass, OR 97526. He was born Jan. 14, 1947, in Flagstaff, Ariz., to Cruz and Lola Estrella. He married Cynthia Smith, who survives. They moved to Grants Pass...

Vera  Pauline McGowan

Vera Pauline McGowan

Nov 17, 2010

Vera Pauline McGowan, 92, of Rogue River died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Visitation will be held Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Stephens Family Chapel. A graveside service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Park. A celebration of life will follow at 2 p.m. at Hope Presbyterian Church in Rogue...

Pattie Barnes

Pattie Barnes

Nov 15, 2010

Patricia "Pattie" Barnes, 73, of Grants Pass died Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, at Laurel Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Parkway Christian Center. Private interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Barnes was born July 8, 1937, in Whittier, Calif., to Bauder and Alta Austin. On Sept. 5, 1958, in...

Louise  E. Ford

Louise E. Ford

Nov 12, 2010

Louise E. Ford, 88, of Grants Pass died Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Stephens Family Chapel. Ford was born Nov. 3, 1922, in Las Vegas, N.M., to Raymond Hemstreet and Mary Amelia Gyana. She moved to Los Angeles when she was a young girl. In 1941, she moved to Oregon...

Kenneth  F. Schultz

Kenneth F. Schultz

Nov 6, 2010

Kenneth F. Schultz, 82, of Grants Pass died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at his home. Private family services will be held. He was born March 26, 1928, in Milwaukee to Edward and Marie Schultz. He served in the Navy and the Army. In 1952, he moved from Wisconsin to Grants Pass, where he worked as a logger until the 1970s....

Jo Musgrave

Jo Musgrave

Nov 5, 2010

Jo Musgrave, 84, of Grants Pass died Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at Rogue Valley Retirement. A funeral service will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home in Sonora, Calif. Interment will follow at Columbia City Cemetery in Columbia, Calif. Musgrave was born Feb. 21, 1926, in Pasco, Wash., to Edward and Sena Pitman. She graduated...

Charles  L. Kolkow

Charles L. Kolkow

Nov 4, 2010

Charles L. Kolkow, 82, of Grants Pass died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at his home. Services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church. Contributions may be made to Better Life Television, 1360 N.E. Ninth St., Grants Pass, OR 97526. He was born Sept. 14, 1928, in Grants Pass to Ed and Ethel Kolkow. He...

John Adams  II

John Adams II

Oct 28, 2010

John Thomas Adams II, 76, of Grants Pass died peacefully October 28, 2010, at his home. A memorial Service with military honors will be held Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, 11:00 AM at Stephens Family Chapel, in Grants Pass. Following the service there will be a celebration of John's life with a potluck at Holiday Park Gardens Recreation Room, 1051 E.Park...

Malcolm  Wilkins Petersen

Malcolm Wilkins Petersen

Oct 27, 2010

Malcolm Wilkins Petersen Malcolm Wilkins Petersen died from cardiovascular complications at the Spring Village Assisted Living facility in Grants Pass Oregon, on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. He was 91. Mal or Pete (as his friends called him) was born in San Francisco on January 18, 1919 to Raymond and Marie Petersen, and grew up in the City of San Francisco...

Larry  Wayne Seals

Larry Wayne Seals

Oct 27, 2010

Larry Wayne Seals, 57, of Grants Pass died Oct. 27, 2010, at his home. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall on Lloyd Drive. Contributions may be made to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, 700 N.E. Multnomah St., Suite 870, Portland, OR 97232. He was born Sept. 27, 1953,...

Helen  Jane Thompson

Helen Jane Thompson

Oct 25, 2010

Helen Jane Thomas, 87 of Grants Pass died Monday, October 25, 2010 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. A celebration of her life will be held in the spring Born on December 5, 1922 in Minnesota to Sam and Esther Willson. Married Richard L Clemensen who was killed in WWII on September 12, 1944 in Belgium. She then married...

Donna  Marie Barlow

Donna Marie Barlow

Oct 23, 2010

Donna Marie Barlow, 53, of Grants Pass died October 23, 2010, at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday November 13 at 1 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints 747 NE Savage Street, Grants Pass. Donna was born on September 1, 1957 in Lynwood, California to Edward and...

Ronald  Lee Reid

Ronald Lee Reid

Oct 22, 2010

Ronald Lee Reid, 55, of Grants Pass died Oct. 22, 2010, at his home. A memorial service will be held Saturday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at River Valley Community Church in Room A of the Family Center. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 800; Washington, D.C. 20004;...

Rob Skelton

Rob Skelton

Oct 22, 2010

Robin Lee “Rob” Skelton, 59, died peacefully on Friday, October 22, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. He was born on November 25, 1950, in San Jose, CA, to proud parents Gale (deceased) and Virginia Skelton. Rob lived to make others laugh and brought light, laughter, and love to life. He had a passion for golf, sports, hunting, fishing, gracing...

Douglas  Robert Davis

Douglas Robert Davis

Oct 21, 2010

Douglas Robert Davis, 49, of Grants Pass died Oct. 21, 2010, at his home. Burial services were held at Mountain View Cemetery in Ashland. Contributions may be made to the HIV Alliance, 1966 Garden Ave., Eugene, OR 97403, or online at www.hivalliance.org. He was born June 14, 1961, in Grants Pass to Robert and Sally Davis. In 1979, he graduated...

Michele  L. Armijo

Michele L. Armijo

Oct 20, 2010

Michele L. "Shelly" Armijo, 43, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at her home. A celebration of life will be held Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. at her mother's home, 2497 Midway Ave., Grants Pass. She was born Aug. 17, 1967, in Grants Pass to John and Cheri Armijo. She was raised in Grants Pass and attended Hidden...

Gary  David Abernethy

Gary David Abernethy

Oct 16, 2010

Gary David Abernethy, 75, of Grants Pass died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Edgewater Christian Fellowship 101 Assembly Circle, Grants Pass. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Gospel...

David Kirwood

David Kirwood

Oct 16, 2010

David "Sandy" Kirkwood, 93, of Rogue River died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at Morrow Heights Retirement and Assisted Living in Rogue River. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Rose Hills Mortuary in Whittier, Calif. Burial will follow at Rose Hills Memorial Park. He was born Sept. 26, 1927, in Newcastle, Wyo., to Arch and Jennifer...

Kimiko Widmark

Kimiko Widmark

Oct 13, 2010

Kimiko Widmark, 79, of Grants Pass died Oct. 13, 2010, in Grants Pass. A memorial service will be held at Stephens Family Chapel on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. In leu of flowers, donations may be made to the Grants Pass Community Center, 234 S.W. L St., Grants Pass, OR 97526. Widmark was born Aug. 29, 1931 in Kagoshima, Japan to...

Patricia  Ann Brennan

Patricia Ann Brennan

Oct 9, 2010

Patricia Ann Brennan, 71, of Grants Pass died October 9, 2010, at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Private family services will be held at a later date. She was born on April 16, 1939 in Almanor, California to Louis and Carmen Irving. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant for many years until her illness kept her from working...

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