Obituaries

Richard A. Bamford
Mar 27, 2010
Richard Allen "Dick" Bamford, 73, of Grants Pass died Saturday March 27, 2010, at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford. No services are planned at this time. A celebration of his life will be announced at a later date. He was born July 12, 1936, in Boston to Elizabeth and Leo Bamford. In his elementary school years, his family moved...

Kenneth James Clarke
Mar 27, 2010
Kenneth James Clarke, 59, of O'Brien died Saturday, March 27, 2010, at his home. No services are planned at this time. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Josephine County Search and Rescue, P.O. Box 814, Grants Pass, OR 97528. He was born June 1, 1950, in Oakland, Calif., to James and Edith Clarke. In 1970, he moved...

Roy Trujillo
Mar 27, 2010
Leroy âRoyâ L. Trujillo, 60, of Cave Junction, OR, died at Three Rivers Hospital surrounded by his family on Saturday March 27th 2010. A private memorial will be held and announced at a later date. Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico on July 30th 1949, he was the son of the late Henry Trujillo and Mary Millard. He was employed...

Dennis Jay Armstrong
Mar 21, 2010
Dennis Jay Armstrong, 53, of Grants Pass died March 21, 2010, at his home. No services are planned at this time. He was born May 30, 1956, in Bronx, N.Y., to John and Jeanette Armstrong. In 1974, he graduated from Lakewood High School in Lakewood, Calif. In the mid-1990s, he moved to Grants Pass from Rialto, Calif. For 12 years,...
Richard L. Madsen
Mar 19, 2010
Richard Lowell Madsen, 85, of Grants Pass died Friday, March 19, 2010, at Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center. No services are planned. He was born July 16, 1924, in Hayfield, Minn., to Daniel and Alma Lee Madsen. He was raised in Rochester, Minn., where he graduated from Rochester High School. On Dec. 2, 1942, he enlisted in the Navy...

Edward Ray Schull
Mar 18, 2010
EDWARD RAY SCHULL, 64, of Grants Pass, Oregon passed away Thursday, March 18, 2010 at home with family by his side. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 10th, 2 pm at: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses 101 Lloyd Drive Grants Pass, Oregon Born April 23, 1945 in Pasadena, California to Rex and Faye Schull, he was one...

Evelyn Elizabeth Hendrickson
Mar 10, 2010
Evelyn Elizabeth Hendrickson, 90, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at Wings of Love Adult Foster Care in Grants Pass. A funeral service will be held Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Stephens Family Chapel, with Ken Bern, pastor, officiating. Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Hendrickson was born June 29, 1919, in Coleridge, Neb., to Albert...

Harold Eugene Reardon
Mar 4, 2010
Harold Eugene Reardon Jr., 68, of Merlin died Thursday, March 4, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Private family services have been held. Contributions may be made to Wildlife Images Rehabilitation and Education Center, P.O. Box 36, Merlin, OR 97532. He was born Dec. 11, 1941, United States Naval Hospital in Charleston, S.C., to Harold Eugene Reardon and Ethel Rait...

Joyce Lorene Sommerfeldt
Mar 3, 2010
Joyce Lorene Sommerfeldt, 76, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, March 3, 2010, at Laurel Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. No services are planned. Sommerfeldt was born Feb. 26, 1934, in Wynnewood, Okla., to Ira and Elva London. She graduated from Sacramento Senior High School and she was the first female deputy sheriff for Sacramento County in California. She worked for...

Mike Alexander
Feb 23, 2010
William Michael Alexander, 62, of Grants Pass, died on Tuesday morning, February, 23, 2010, in Redmond, Ore. "Mike" was born on January, 31, 1948, in Santa Monica, Calif. His parents, John and Cora Alexander, raised him in Culver City, Calif., and he graduated from Venice High School. He attended Santa Monica College, California State University at Los Angeles, and received...

Lindy Ann Taylor
Feb 21, 2010
Lindy Ann Taylor, 48, of Grants Pass died Feb. 21, 2010, at her home. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Church of God Seventh Day, with Ralph Orton, pastor, officiating. Taylor was born Oct. 18, 1961, in Los Angeles to Bill and Helen Hicks. In the late 1980s, she moved to Grants Pass...

Jack Ivy
Feb 14, 2010
Henry Jackson "Jack" Ivy, 90, of Grants Pass died Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010, at Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center. No services are planned. He was born Oct. 19, 1919, in Vanderpool, Texas, to Lem and Bessie Ivy. In his late teens, he tried out ranching in Texas and Arkansas. In the early 1940s, he moved to California and worked...

Debra M. Foster
Feb 12, 2010
Debra M. Foster, 54, of Grants Pass died Feb. 12, 2010, at Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center. Services have been held. She was born Debra Marie Geiske on April 8, 1955, in Oceanside, Calif., to Henry and Evelyn Geiske. Her family moved to Grants Pass in 1960. She graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1973 and attended Rogue...
Harold Henry Lacombe
Feb 8, 2010
Harold Henry Lacombe, 74, of Grants Pass died Feb. 8, 2010, at his home. Services will be held in Waterville, Maine, at a later date. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Lung Association National Headquarters, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20004. He was born April 6, 1935, in Waterville to Pierre and...

Daniel Lee Schneider
Feb 4, 2010
Daniel Lee Schneider, 50, of Grants Pass died Feb. 4, 2010, at his mother's home in Grants Pass. A memorial celebration of his life will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Jubilation Fellowship, with Larry Halstead, pastor, officiating. He was born June 23, 1959, in Grants Pass to Phillip Charles Schneider and Martha Love (Smith) Schneider. He spent most...

Kenneth C. Gandy
Feb 3, 2010
Kenneth C. Gandy, 83, of Grants Pass died Feb. 3, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned. He was born July 17, 1926, in Patterson, Calif., to George and Hazel Gandy. He served in the Navy during World War II as a radioman third class from May 8, 1944, until his honorable discharge on March 10, 1946....

George C. Donnell
Feb 3, 2010
George Chester Donnell Jr., 78, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, at Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center. Services with military honors will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Eagle Point National Cemetery. He was born Dec. 21, 1931, in Alameda, Calif., to George and Lilly Donnell. From 1971 to 1993, he served in the Air Force...

Michael William Fleming
Feb 2, 2010
Michael William Fleming, 61, of Williams passed away February 2, 2010, at Rogue Valley Medical Center. No services are planned at this time. He was born on May 19, 1948 in Napa, California to Lewis and Gloria Fleming. Michael served in the US Army where he was wounded twice in the Vietnam War while serving with a tank battalion called...

Irvin M. Arbuckle
Jan 29, 2010
Irvin M. Arbuckle, 75, of Grants Pass died Jan. 29, 2010, at his home. No services are planned at this time. He was born Irvin Max Arbuckle on Aug. 8, 1934, in Mack, Colo., to Howard and Inez Arbuckle. In 1953, he graduated from Cle Elum High School. On Dec. 17, 1955, in Yuma, Ariz., he married Nance Ann Davis,...
James Ray
Jan 22, 2010
James Richard "Jimbo" Ray, 81, of Grants Pass died Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, at his home. Visitation will be held Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Stephens Family Chapel. Services will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at Stephens Family Chapel. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. at Eagle Point National Cemetery. One of 11 children, he was born...