Obituaries

Lauren S. Wood
Jul 9, 2009
Lauren S. Wood, 85, of Grants Pass, died Thursday, July 9, 2009, at his home in Grants Pass following a brief battle with cancer. No services are planned. Wood was born Oct. 27, 1923, in Waterbury, Conn., to Paul and Ruby Wood. He was raised and educated in Waterbury. During World War II, he worked in the defense field. After...
Janet Marie Lane
Jun 29, 2009
Janet Marie Lane, 71, of Grants Pass died June 29, 2009 at her daughterâs home in Grants Pass, Oregon. Celebration of Janâs life will be held on Saturday, July 11th at 11:00AM at Stephens Family Chapel. Jan was born on October 13, 1937 in Bronx, New York to John and Evelyn Ennis. She worked for many years for the United...

Cecelia Rose Perez
Jun 13, 2009
Cecelia Rose Perez, 85 of Grants Pass passed away, Saturday, June 13, 2009 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Grants Pass, Oregon. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, 2:00 PM at Calvary Crossroads Church in Grants Pass. Cecelia was born on December 23, 1923 in Rapid City, South Dakota to Thomas and Rosa Twiss. During...

Ina Bessie Jones
Jun 13, 2009
Ina Bessie Jones, 96, of Sunny Valley died Saturday, June 13, 2009, at her daughter's home in Sunny Valley. Visitation will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at Funeraria del Angel Buena Vista in Brownsville, Texas. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brownsville. Interment will follow at Buena Vista Burial Park...

Kay Darlene Dickey
Jun 4, 2009
Kay Darlene (Campbell) Dickey 64 Kay died June 4, 2009 in Grants Pass. She was born September 11, 1944 in Grants Pass to Dr Harold and Opal Campbell. She attended Grants Pass Seventh Day Adventist Schools, graduating from Milo Adventist Academy 1962. Kay completed her Masters of Business Administration from Southern Oregon University. Kay had worked as Director of Development...

Jean Bucan
Jun 1, 2009
M. Jean Bucan, 77, of Grants Pass died Monday, June 1, 2009, at her home. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Redwood Christian Church. Contributions may be made to Redwood Christian Church, 4995 Redwood Ave., Grants Pass, OR 97527; or to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 S.E. Eighth St., Grants Pass, OR 97526. She was born...

Fred Richard Erickson
May 29, 2009
Fred Richard Erickson, 66, of Grants Pass died Friday, May 29, 2009, at his home. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. He was born Feb. 11, 1943, in Merced, Calif., to Fred and Marie Erickson. He served in the Navy in Vietnam. On June 27, 1970, in Lake Tahoe, Calif., he married Simona Lee...

Dee Dee Caropreso
May 28, 2009
Dawn Ione "Dee Dee" Caropreso, 55, of Grants Pass died Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Three Rivers Community Hospital of a stroke. Services will be held at a later date. Caropreso was born July 9, 1953, in Burbank, Calif., to Herman Schleth and Patricia Daley. In 1957, her mother married Jerome Daley, who raised her as his own. They lived...

Brenda Hopgood-Whitmore
May 27, 2009
Brenda Hopgood-Whitmore, 59, of Applegate died Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at her home. A celebration of her life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Knaughty Pine restaurant in Murphy. She was born Dec. 20, 1949, in Toronto to Ernest and Thelma Hopgood. In 2002, she moved to Applegate from Redding, Calif. On June 15, 2002, in Applegate,...

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 âCurlyâ 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 âSyâ 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,...