Obituaries

Betty Lou Vobora
Oct 19, 2011
Betty Lou Vobora, 76, passed away October 19, 2011 at her home in Grants Pass, Oregon. A celebration of Betty's life will be held Thursday, November 3, 11:00 AM at Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home, 2308 Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove, Oregon. A reception will follow at the Gaston Fire Hall in Gaston, Oregon. Contributions: Lovejoy Hospice, 939 SE 8th...
Carolyn Imogene Jacobs
Oct 19, 2011
Carolyn Imogene Jacobs 76, of Grants Pass passed away, Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Service InformationSaturday, November 12th, 2011 2:00pm, The Point at River Valley Community Church
Interment Details
Eagle Point National Cemetery

Anita M. Brackenbrough
Oct 18, 2011
Anita M. Brackenbrough, 77, of Grants Pass died Oct. 18, 2011, at her home. A celebration of life will be held Nov. 5 at 2 p.m. at Stephens Family Chapel. Brackenbrough was born March 9, 1934, in Lacomb. On Oct. 22, 1950, in Rockaway Beach, she married Darrell Brackenbrough, who survives. From 1959 to 1972, she lived in Grants Pass....

Joseph Johnson Dahlgren
Oct 12, 2011
Service InformationNo Services are Planned
Interment Details
Mission Park Cemetery

Phyllis Allene Hill
Oct 9, 2011
Phyllis Allene Hill, 80 of Gold Hill passed away Sunday, October 9, 2011 at her home. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, 11:00 AM at Valley Rogue Christian Center 520 E. Main Street, Rogue River with Pastor Bill Donaldson officiating. Private Interment will be held at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Contributions: Valley Rogue Christian Center, 520 E....
Grove Edward Johnson
Oct 7, 2011
Grove Edward Johnson, 91 of Grants Pass passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital of natural Causes. He was born June 6, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan. A memorial dinner for the family and friends of Grove will be held in Spring of 2012 in Grants Pass. Survivors include his wife of 20 years, Teresa Johnson, son...

Antone George Andrews
Oct 5, 2011
Antone George "Toney" Andrews, 57, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services will be held. His ashes will be spread at Diamond Lake, where his brother's ashes were previously spread. It was a favorite spot of Toney's and his family. He was born Dec. 21, 1953, in San Fernando, Calif., to George...

Robert V. Staley Sr.
Oct 5, 2011
Robert V. Staley Sr. Passed away on October 5, 2011 at home in Grants Pass. A service will be held on October 15, 2011 at 1:00 PM at the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints with Bishop Monte Sharp officiating. He was born March 20, 1930 in Kimberly, Idaho to Merritt and Anne Mae Staley. He enjoyed fishing, swimming...

Vera Gamez
Oct 3, 2011
Vera Katherine Gamez, 66 of Gold Hill passed away Monday, October 3, 2011 at her home. Funeral Services were held Monday, 11:00 AM at Stephens Family Chapel with Pastor Bill Donaldson of Rogue River Foursquare Church officiating. Interment will follow at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens. She was born on February 20, 1945 in Grants Pass to Joseph and Sybil Paquette. In...

Curtis Chandler Mote
Sep 28, 2011
Curt Mote, a former Grants Pass resident,died in his parents home with his family present, on Wednesday September 28, 2011, after an aggressive melanoma spread to his heart. Curt was born at Tri City Hospital in Oceanside, California to his parents delight, a bundle of joy for the entire family. He grew up in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, and moved to Grants...
Steven Donald Emptage
Sep 24, 2011
Steven D. Emptage, 59 of Grants Pass passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2011 at his home. Graveside Services will be held Saturday, October 1st 2:30 PM at Missouri Flat Cemetery. He was born Steven Donald Emptage on April 11, 1952 in La Jolla, California to Fredrick and Dorothy Emptage. He graduated from San Dieguito High School in 1969. In...
Bessie Ursula "Sue" Crook
Sep 22, 2011
Sue Crook, 88 of Grants Pass passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at Laurel Hill Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Grants Pass. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, October 1st, 10:00 AM at Stephens Family Chapel with Pastor Steve Burman of Faith Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in Grants Pass. She was born Bessie...

Jerry Raymond Starr
Sep 20, 2011
Jerry Raymond Starr, 65 of Grants Pass passed away on September 20, 2011 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Celebration of his life will be held at the family home on Saturday, October 8th at 5:00 PM. A sea scattering will be held on Sunday, October 9th at Lone Ranch Beach in Brookings, Oregon. He was born on September 20, 1946...

Anthony Gatt
Sep 17, 2011
Anthony Paul Gatt, 85 of Grants Pass passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2011 at his home. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, September 27th 11:00 AM at St. Anne Catholic Church in Grants Pass with Interment at Hillcrest Memorial Park. He was born on February 23, 1926 in Malta to Michael and Mary Gatt. He married Josephine...
David Earl Morse
Sep 12, 2011
David Earl Morse, 53 of Rogue River passed away on September 12, 2011 at his home. Celebration of his life will be held Sunday, September 18th 3:00 PM at The Family Home, 960 Mesman Drive, Grants Pass, Oregon 97527 A second celebration of his life will be held Saturday, September 24th 4:30 PM at Parkway Christian Center in Grants Pass....
Robert George "Bob" Hoellrich MD
Sep 7, 2011
Dr. Robert George Hoellrich Robert "Bob" Hoellrich, 67, of Grants Pass, Oregon died Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 at his home of cancer. A memorial service open to the public will be held Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 at 1:00 pm at the River Valley Community Church in Grants Pass, OR. A memorial service will also be held at the St Stephens...