Obituaries
Joseph Patton
May 26, 2009
Joseph William Patton, 68, of Grants Pass died Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at his home after a long battle with thyroid cancer. The oldest of three children, he was born Nov. 11, 1940, in Tulsa, Okla., to Mary Virginia and Joseph Dwight Patton. He earned a bachelor's degree in business from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, in 1966. He received...
Mozelle Pittman
May 25, 2009
Mozelle Pittman, 87, of Grants Pass passed away Monday, May 25, 2009, at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Grants Pass. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, May 29th, 1:00 PM at Stephens Family Chapel with Pastor Marvin Clark or the Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church officiating. Mozelle was born Vera Mozelle Grey on August 4,...
Loneta F. Hiscox
May 13, 2009
Loneta Francis Hiscox was born Loneta Francis Rodgers in Clovis, New Mexico on December 18, 1922. Much of her childhood was spent in the Dustbowl and the Depression of the 1930s. To start a new life, her family moved to Humbolt Country, California where they started attending the Nazarene Church. In Sunday School and Bible Study she met her future...
Harold Robert Dowling
May 9, 2009
Harold Robert Dowling, 82, of Williams passed away May 9, 2009 in Grants Pass. Private family services are planned for a later date Harold was born on August 24, 1926 in Klamath Falls, Oregon to David and Claris Dowling. He served in the United States Navy during WWII. On October 15, 1949 in Santa Cruise, California he married Imogene Hervey...
Hubert Lee Gardner
May 4, 2009
Hubert “Curly†Lee Gardner, 59, of Grants Pass died May 4, 2009, at his home with his grandson by his side. Curly was born on June 23, 1949 in Santa Paula, California to Hubert and Bernice Gardner. He served in the United States Army until his honorable discharge on February 1, 1971. Curly worked most of his life as a...
Judy Jo Cramer
Apr 29, 2009
Judy Jo Cramer, 62, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, April 29, 2009, at her home. A graveside memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Contributions may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 S.E. Eighth St., Grants Pass, OR 97526. Cramer was born Aug. 23, 1946, in Grants Pass to Vard and Aileen Miller. She...
Shirley Marie Corrie
Apr 27, 2009
Shirley Marie Corrie, 68, of Grants Pass died Monday, April 27, 2009, at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford. A remembrance service will be held Saturday. For more information, call 474-0747. The third of four children, she was born April 26, 1941, in Kingsburg, Calif., to Oliver C. and Luella (Vincent) Berger. When she was young, she enjoyed working in...
Tom Carson
Apr 26, 2009
Tom Carson, 70, of Grants Pass died April 26, 2009 at his home in Grants Pass, Oregon with his companion Mary at his side Private committal service will be held at a later date at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. Born April 5, 1939 in Superior, Wyoming to Susanna & Huber Carson. After the death of his father when he was 6...
Rosenda Halterman
Apr 25, 2009
Rosenda "Rose" Halterman, 44, of Grants Pass died Saturday, April 25, 2009, at her home. An all-night vigil will be held from 4 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday at St. Anne Catholic Church. A funeral Mass will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Anne, with Monsignor Gregory Moys presiding. Interment will be at Serenity Garden Cemetery in...
Orin Swearingen Jr.
Apr 23, 2009
Orin "Shorty" Swearingen Jr., 62, of Williams died April 23, 2009, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Private family services will be held. He was born Jan. 16, 1947, in Weed, Calif., to Orin and Doris Swearingen. He attended elementary and high school in Weed. In 1968, he moved to Grants Pass from Weed, and he worked as a long haul...
Seymour Slutsky
Apr 23, 2009
Seymour “Sy†Slutsky, 84, of Grants Pass died Thursday, April 23, 2009 at Autumn House in Grants Pass. Memorial Celebration of Life: Sunday May 3, 2009, 2:00 p.m. at Autumn House, 2268 Williams HWY, Grants Pass. Contributions: Alzheimer's Association National Office 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601 Sy was born on January 24, 1925 in New York,...
Betty Johnson
Apr 21, 2009
Bessie "Betty" Johnson, 89, of Grants Pass died April 21, 2009, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned. Johnson was born May 7, 1919, in Omaha, Neb., to Frank and Jenny Hagerman. In May 1949, in Orange County, Calif., she married Edwin Johnson, who died in 1991. They moved to Grants Pass from Southern California in 1982. She...
Thomas Pierce
Apr 20, 2009
Thomas Pierce, 40, of Grants Pass died Monday, April 20, 2009, in Grants Pass. A potluck will be held at noon Sunday at Tom Pearce Park. Pierce was born July 24, 1968, in Grants Pass, where he attended Redwood Elementary, South Middle School and Grants Pass High School. He worked in many different jobs. In his late 30s, he began...
Kyleigha Faye Anders
Apr 14, 2009
Kyleigha Faye Anders, 3 months old, of Grants Pass died April 14, 2009, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Stephens Family Chapel. Kyleigha was born Jan. 1, 2009, in Grants Pass to Christopher and Alicia Anders. She enjoyed playing with her brother and her Tummy Time. In addition to her parents, survivors...
John McNamara
Apr 11, 2009
John McNamara, 70, of Grants Pass died Saturday, April 11, 2009, at his home. A memorial Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Anne Catholic Church, with the Rev. Ron Nelson presiding. He was born Sept. 12, 1938, in Chicago to John and Emily McNamara. In his early adulthood, he owned and operated a cabinet business in...
Raymond Bernard Lake J.
Apr 11, 2009
Raymond B. Lake Jr., 81, of Grants Pass passed away Saturday, April 11, 2009, at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass. Funeral Services: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 1:00 PM at Stephens Family Chapel with Carl Wilson officiating. Interment with Military honors will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Grants Pass In lieu of flowers the family requests contributions: Gospel...
Julia Elizabeth Freeman
Apr 7, 2009
Julia Elizabeth Freeman “Julia Stuart†passed gracefully April 7, 2009. Julia was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1921 where she went to school with notable producer William “Billy†Self. Taking the stage name “Julia Stuart†when she moved to Hollywood, CA in 1935, she attended Hollywood High School and Hollywood Professional school with fellow classmates Mitzi Gainer, Billy and Bobby...
Judd O'Neil
Apr 3, 2009
Judd O'Neil, 61, passed away at Three Rivers Hospital on Friday April 3rd. He was a true mountain man who loved the woods and the river. He enjoyed drinking beer, smoking, fishing, and just hanging around with his friends and family in the Shan Creek area. He was a construction worker for 15 years, then became a nurse about 25...
Raymond Thomas Knaub
Mar 31, 2009
Raymond Thomas Knaub, 79, of Rogue River died March 31, 2009, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Rogue River Seventh-day Adventist Church. The youngest of seven children, he was born Dec. 3, 1929, in Badlands, N.D., to Gladys Josephine Munson-Knaub and Warren Henry Knaub. He served in the Army. On...
Edmund George DeKeater
Mar 29, 2009
Edmund George "Ed" DeKeater, 86, of Grants Pass died March 29, 2009, at Three Rivers Community Hospital of heart failure. Private services will be held. Contributions may be made to Reinhart Volunteer Park, P.O. Box 443, Grants Pass, OR 97528. DeKeater was born June 10, 1922, in Portland, where he was raised. After graduating from Grant High School in Portland,...
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