Obituaries

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...

John Adams II
Oct 28, 2010
John Thomas Adams II, 76, of Grants Pass died peacefully October 28, 2010, at his home. A memorial Service with military honors will be held Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010, 11:00 AM at Stephens Family Chapel, in Grants Pass. Following the service there will be a celebration of John's life with a potluck at Holiday Park Gardens Recreation Room, 1051 E.Park...
Malcolm Wilkins Petersen
Oct 27, 2010
Malcolm Wilkins Petersen Malcolm Wilkins Petersen died from cardiovascular complications at the Spring Village Assisted Living facility in Grants Pass Oregon, on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. He was 91. Mal or Pete (as his friends called him) was born in San Francisco on January 18, 1919 to Raymond and Marie Petersen, and grew up in the City of San Francisco...

Larry Wayne Seals
Oct 27, 2010
Larry Wayne Seals, 57, of Grants Pass died Oct. 27, 2010, at his home. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Jehovah's Witnesses Kingdom Hall on Lloyd Drive. Contributions may be made to the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, 700 N.E. Multnomah St., Suite 870, Portland, OR 97232. He was born Sept. 27, 1953,...

Helen Jane Thompson
Oct 25, 2010
Helen Jane Thomas, 87 of Grants Pass died Monday, October 25, 2010 at Royale Gardens Health & Rehabilitation Center. A celebration of her life will be held in the spring Born on December 5, 1922 in Minnesota to Sam and Esther Willson. Married Richard L Clemensen who was killed in WWII on September 12, 1944 in Belgium. She then married...

Donna Marie Barlow
Oct 23, 2010
Donna Marie Barlow, 53, of Grants Pass died October 23, 2010, at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday November 13 at 1 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints 747 NE Savage Street, Grants Pass. Donna was born on September 1, 1957 in Lynwood, California to Edward and...

Ronald Lee Reid
Oct 22, 2010
Ronald Lee Reid, 55, of Grants Pass died Oct. 22, 2010, at his home. A memorial service will be held Saturday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at River Valley Community Church in Room A of the Family Center. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Suite 800; Washington, D.C. 20004;...

Rob Skelton
Oct 22, 2010
Robin Lee âRobâ Skelton, 59, died peacefully on Friday, October 22, 2010, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. He was born on November 25, 1950, in San Jose, CA, to proud parents Gale (deceased) and Virginia Skelton. Rob lived to make others laugh and brought light, laughter, and love to life. He had a passion for golf, sports, hunting, fishing, gracing...

Douglas Robert Davis
Oct 21, 2010
Douglas Robert Davis, 49, of Grants Pass died Oct. 21, 2010, at his home. Burial services were held at Mountain View Cemetery in Ashland. Contributions may be made to the HIV Alliance, 1966 Garden Ave., Eugene, OR 97403, or online at www.hivalliance.org. He was born June 14, 1961, in Grants Pass to Robert and Sally Davis. In 1979, he graduated...

Michele L. Armijo
Oct 20, 2010
Michele L. "Shelly" Armijo, 43, of Grants Pass died Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010, at her home. A celebration of life will be held Nov. 6 at 2 p.m. at her mother's home, 2497 Midway Ave., Grants Pass. She was born Aug. 17, 1967, in Grants Pass to John and Cheri Armijo. She was raised in Grants Pass and attended Hidden...

Gary David Abernethy
Oct 16, 2010
Gary David Abernethy, 75, of Grants Pass died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at Highland House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday at 3 p.m. at Edgewater Christian Fellowship 101 Assembly Circle, Grants Pass. Private interment will be at Eagle Point National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Gospel...

David Kirwood
Oct 16, 2010
David "Sandy" Kirkwood, 93, of Rogue River died Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, at Morrow Heights Retirement and Assisted Living in Rogue River. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Rose Hills Mortuary in Whittier, Calif. Burial will follow at Rose Hills Memorial Park. He was born Sept. 26, 1927, in Newcastle, Wyo., to Arch and Jennifer...