Obituaries
Johnny Wagner
Dec 24, 2010
Johnny B. Wagner, 72 of Grants Pass died Friday, December 24, 2010 at his home. Services with military honors will be held Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 2:00 PM at Eagle Point National Cemetery, Father Mike Walker of Shepherd of the Valley Catholic Church in Central Point officiating. He was born on December 21, 1938 in Bremerhaven, Germany. He served in...

Gib Hunt
Dec 23, 2010
Gilbert âGibâ Hunt, 85 of Grants Pass passed away, December 23, 2010 at his home. No services are planned Contributions: Rogue Valley Humane Society, PO Box 951, Grants Pass, Oregon 97528 Gilbert was born on January 3, 1926 in Taft, California to Warnt and Nellie Hunt. He served in the United States Navy during WWII from April 7, 1944 until...

Emma Valerie Lemm
Dec 18, 2010
Emma Valerie Evitt-Lemm, 97 of Selma died, December 18, 2010 at her daughters home. No services are planned Emma was born on November 4, 1913 in Elk Valley, Oregon to John and Hattie Evitt. Emma spent most of her life in the Illinois Valley. Over the years she worked various sales jobs including making and selling Christmas wreathes. Emma really...

Raymond Andrew Aardall
Dec 16, 2010
Raymond Andrew Aardal, 83, of Grants Pass passed away peacefully in his sleep with his wife Elsie by his side on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, at Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center. At his request, there will be no service. As a veteran, he will be interred at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Mr. Aardal was born in Starkweather, N.D., on...

Jane Clark
Dec 10, 2010
Jane Clark, 77, of Grants Pass, died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, at the Royale Gardens Health and Rehabilitation Center after battling cancer. A celebration of her life will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Stephens Family Chapel, 1629 Williams Highway. A private interment will be held at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Stephens Family Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Condolences...

Leonard Terrance Hogan
Dec 5, 2010
On December 5, 2010 Leonard Terrance Hogan, 78, of Grants Pass, Oregon was welcomed to glory and into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His loving wife, two daughters and two of his granddaughters were with him when he passed. He had only just a week before been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; and although we thought...

Robert Manni
Dec 2, 2010
Robert Alden Manni, 94, of Grants Pass died Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, at his home. A celebration of his life with military honors will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Faith Baptist Church. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. He was born Nov. 19, 1916, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Charles and Cora Manni. He graduated...

Sally Smith
Nov 26, 2010
Sally Lynne Smith, 63, of Ashland Oregon died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 at Rogue Valley Medical Center of a sudden heart attack. A celebration of life will be held Dec. 18 at 1 p.m. in Ashland, and on Dec. 31 at 5 p.m. in Murphy. Sally was born March 18, 1947, in St. Maryâs, Pennsylvania, to Dr. Jack E. and...

Warren Vandello
Nov 25, 2010
Warren Thomas Vandello, 87, of Grants Pass died Nov. 25, 2010, at his home. Services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church. Burial will follow at 3 p.m. at Eagle Point National Cemetery. He was born Oct. 1, 1923, in Ottuma, Iowa. He served in the Army, including during World War II. He was a...

John L. Markin
Nov 24, 2010
John Lewis Markin, 56, of Grants Pass passed away November 24, 2010 at his residence in Grants Pass. No services are planned He was born on October 11, 1954 in Los Angeles, California to James and Betty Markin. He moved from California to Grants Pass in 1979. John enjoyed auto racing, gardening, camping and waterskiing. Survivors include his mother Betty...
Anna Spurling Sunday
Nov 23, 2010
Anna Louise Spurling Roark Sunday was born 1949 in Grants Pass â" died at her home on Tuesday, November 23, 2010. She grew up in Grants Pass, graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1967 and attended Graceland University. She was the granddaughter of a local early settler and nationally recognized Jersey dairyman, Franz Schutzwohl. She spent most of her...

Florence Baker
Nov 22, 2010
Florence Leanilda Baker, 95, of Grants Pass died Nov. 22, 2010, at Ashley Manor. No services are planned. Baker was born Feb. 8, 1925, in Los Angeles to John and Mary Marketti. She married Willard Baker, who died before her. She was a member of Provolt Community Church and she volunteered with the Josephine County Sheriff's Office. Survivors include two...
Ronald H. Harrison
Nov 19, 2010
Ronald Harold Harrison, 77, of Rogue River passed away November 19, 2010 in Grants Pass. Memorial Service will be held Sunday, December 5th, 3:00 PM at Hope Presbyterian Church in Rogue River. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Food Bank c/o of Rogue River Community Center, P.O. Box 295, Rogue River OR 97537. Born on April...

Robert Estrella
Nov 18, 2010
Robert C. Estrella, 63, of Grants Pass died Nov. 18, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned. Contributions may be made to Cynthia Estrella, 616 N.E. Dean Drive, Grants Pass, OR 97526. He was born Jan. 14, 1947, in Flagstaff, Ariz., to Cruz and Lola Estrella. He married Cynthia Smith, who survives. They moved to Grants Pass...
Vera Pauline McGowan
Nov 17, 2010
Vera Pauline McGowan, 92, of Rogue River died Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Visitation will be held Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. at Stephens Family Chapel. A graveside service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Hillcrest Memorial Park. A celebration of life will follow at 2 p.m. at Hope Presbyterian Church in Rogue...

Pattie Barnes
Nov 15, 2010
Patricia "Pattie" Barnes, 73, of Grants Pass died Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, at Laurel Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Parkway Christian Center. Private interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Barnes was born July 8, 1937, in Whittier, Calif., to Bauder and Alta Austin. On Sept. 5, 1958, in...

Louise E. Ford
Nov 12, 2010
Louise E. Ford, 88, of Grants Pass died Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Stephens Family Chapel. Ford was born Nov. 3, 1922, in Las Vegas, N.M., to Raymond Hemstreet and Mary Amelia Gyana. She moved to Los Angeles when she was a young girl. In 1941, she moved to Oregon...

Kenneth F. Schultz
Nov 6, 2010
Kenneth F. Schultz, 82, of Grants Pass died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, at his home. Private family services will be held. He was born March 26, 1928, in Milwaukee to Edward and Marie Schultz. He served in the Navy and the Army. In 1952, he moved from Wisconsin to Grants Pass, where he worked as a logger until the 1970s....

Jo Musgrave
Nov 5, 2010
Jo Musgrave, 84, of Grants Pass died Friday, Nov. 5, 2010, at Rogue Valley Retirement. A funeral service will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Terzich and Wilson Funeral Home in Sonora, Calif. Interment will follow at Columbia City Cemetery in Columbia, Calif. Musgrave was born Feb. 21, 1926, in Pasco, Wash., to Edward and Sena Pitman. She graduated...

Charles L. Kolkow
Nov 4, 2010
Charles L. Kolkow, 82, of Grants Pass died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010, at his home. Services will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at Grants Pass Seventh-day Adventist Church. Contributions may be made to Better Life Television, 1360 N.E. Ninth St., Grants Pass, OR 97526. He was born Sept. 14, 1928, in Grants Pass to Ed and Ethel Kolkow. He...