Obituaries

Eileen Shropshire
Jul 12, 2010
Eileen Shropshire, 73, of Merlin passed away on Monday, July 12, 2010 at her home. Visitation will be held Monday, July 19, 2010 from 9:00am-10:15am at River Valley Community Church Funeral Services will begin 10:30am at River Valley Community Church with Pastor Ken Emilio officiating. Interment will follow at 1:00pm at Eagle point National Cemetery. Donations may be made to...

Helen V. Piper
Jul 11, 2010
Helen V. Piper, 90, of Grants Pass died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Oak Lane Retirement Community as the result of a brain tumor. No services are planned at this time. Piper was born Feb. 22, 1920, in Wilmington, Calif., where she was raised. She lived in several cities in California before moving to Talent in 1989. She moved to...

Richard Russell Love
Jul 11, 2010
Richard âDickâ Love, 85, of Grants Pass died Sunday, July 11, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned He was born Richard Russell Love on January 12, 1925 to Robert and Hazel Love in Hollywood, California. At the age of 17 he enlisted in the United States Marines serving during WWII in the Pacific. As a young...

Carol J. Whitehead
Jul 11, 2010
Carol J. Whitehead, 70, of Grants Pass passed away Sunday, July 11, 2010, at her home. Private family services will be held at a later date. She was born February 15, 1940 in San Bernardino, CA to Harold and Selma Young. On February 14, 1993 in Grants Pass she married Donald Whitehead who survives. Carol enjoyed being a decorative artist....
Bill Heinzle
Jul 9, 2010
William âBillâ Heinzle, 62, of Grants Pass passed away Friday, July 9, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A celebration of his life will be held Sunday, July 18th 2:00 PM at Valley Rogue Christian Center in Rogue River, Oregon Interment with Military Honors will be held Friday, July 23rd, 11:00 am at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Contributions: Valley Rogue...

Margaret Pearson
Jul 3, 2010
Margaret Pearson, 75, of Grants Pass passed away July 3, 2010, at her daughterâs home. No services are planned at this time Margaret was born on February 23, 1935 in New Orleans, Louisiana. on November 11, 1962 in San Francisco, California she married Daniel Pearson who survives. They moved to Grants Pass from Rancho Cordova, California in 1998. She worked...

James Eugene Phipps
Jun 28, 2010
James Eugene Phipps, 89, of Grants Pass passed away June 28, 2010, in Grants Pass. A celebration of his life will be held on Monday, July 5th, 11:00 AM at First Christian Church with Pastor Wes Winn officiating. Private Interment: Eagle Point National Cemetery, Eagle Point, Oregon James Eugene Phipps was born July 22, 1920 in Kansas to Edward and...
Nelva Pauline Blackburn
Jun 28, 2010
Nelva "Polly" Pauline Blackburn, 77 passed away on June 28, 2010 at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass. No services are planned She was born in Utah on June 26, 1933 to Nellie and Blair Duncan. Shortly thereafter they moved to Lynwood, CA. She grew up in Compton, CA until after graduation and then moved to Downey, CA where...

Peggy Ruth McLean
Jun 26, 2010
Peggy Ruth McLean, 60, of Grants Pass died Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Fair View Transitional Health and Rehabilitation Center. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, July 3, 2010, 10:00 AM at River Valley Community Church with Pastor Ken Bern officiating. She was born Peggy Ruth Vessey on January 3, 1950 in Medford, Oregon to Harold and...

Donald L. Gavello
Jun 24, 2010
Donald Louis Gavello, 75, of Grants Pass died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford. No services are planned. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 1200 N.W. Naito Parkway, Suite 220, Portland, OR 97209. He was born June 7, 1935, in Richmond, Calif., to Elton and Beatrice Gavello. He served in the National...

Annie Alma Elliott
Jun 24, 2010
Annie Alma Elliott, 86, of Grants Pass died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at her home. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, July 2nd 11:00 AM at Stephens Family Chapel with Pastor Wes Winn of First Christian Church officiating. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to Asante Hospice. She was born Annie Alma Boykin on...

Sharon Ann Nickels
Jun 24, 2010
Sharon Ann Nickels, 65, of Grants Pass died Thursday, June 24, 2010, at her home. No services are planned. Nickels was born March 5, 1945, in Oakland, Calif., to Clarence and Elenor Souza. For many years she worked in the plastic industry as a training instructor. On Sept. 10, 1989, in Reno, she married Billy Nickels, who survives. They moved...
Lewis Anthony Taglier
Jun 15, 2010
Lewis Anthony Tagliere, 64, of Grants Pass, Oregon passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved-ones at Royale Gardens on Tuesday, June 15, 2010. A celebration of Lewâs life will be held at Stephens Family Chapel on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at 4:00 PM. Rev. Christine M. Carpenter will conduct the Memorial Celebration. Instead of flowers, the family requests donations be sent...
Michael L. Cathey
Jun 15, 2010
Michael L. Cathey, 55, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, June 15, 2010, at his home. No services are planned at this time He was born Michael Laurets Cathey on March 22, 1955 in Crescent City, California to Raymond and Carol Cathey. Michael served in the United States Air Force from 1974 until his honorable discharge in 1974. In 2002 he...

Charles L. McLauchlan
Jun 14, 2010
Charles Leslie McLauchlan Sr., 61, of Grants Pass died June 14, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass after a long battle with cancer. A graveside service will be held July 24 at 10:30 a.m. at Sparlin Cemetery in Williams. A celebration of life will follow. He was born Feb. 25, 1949, in San Diego to Charles and...

Ortha Louise Reich
Jun 13, 2010
Ortha Louise Reich, 79, of Grants Pass died June 13, 2010, at Laurel Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Private Interment has been held at Eagle Point Nation Cemetery. A celebration of her life will be held Monday, 2:00 PM at Stephens Family Chapel with Pastor Ken Bern Officiating. She was born Ortha Louise Trautman on March 25, 1931 to Herbert...
Terry Anderson
Jun 11, 2010
Terry Anderson, 81, of O'Brien went to be with her Lord and Savior on the morning of June 11, 2010. Terry was born May 26, 1929, in Norristown, Pennsylvania, to Caswell and Frances (McFadden) DuAime. During her early life, she worked as a medical transcriptionist. She moved to Oregon in 1995 from Orange, California. Terry is survived by her husband,...

Ingeborg E. Recke
Jun 8, 2010
Ingeborg E. Recke, 78, of Grants Pass died Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned at this time She was born on May 7, 1932 in Hamburg, Germany. She married Hans J. Recke on April 5, 1957 in Hamburg. In 1963 the immigrated to San Francisco where they lived until 1977 when they moved...

Mark Shane Espy
May 31, 2010
Mark Shane Espy, 52, of Grants Pass died Monday, May 31, 2010, in Grants Pass. A celebration of his life will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. at Tussing Park. Mark was born on January 3, 1958 in Grants Pass to Fritz and Gaye Espy. He spent most of his life in Josephine County. As a young man he enjoyed...

Geraldine N. Lee
May 30, 2010
Geraldine N. Lee, 62, of Grants Pass died Sunday, May 30, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Celebration of her life will be held Tuesday, June 15th 6:00 PM at River Valley Community Church in Grants Pass. She was born Geraldine Nowell to Herbert and Hatte Nowell in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina on July 3, 1947. She married Larry Wayne...