Obituaries

Sep 30, 2022

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Sep 16, 2022

Sep 16, 2022

Joan Francis Noah, 79, passed away on Friday, September 16, 2022 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center. 

Joan was born in Lakeview, OR to Curtis and Ruth Brady and grew up in Bly, OR where she graduated from High School. She later lived in several other places in Oregon, including Grants Pass. She then lived in Reno, NV for over...

Sep 16, 2022

Lois “Ruth” Touey (81) of Grants Pass passed away on September 16, 2022, at Asante Three Rivers Hospital in Grants Pass.     Ruth was born on January 23, 1941 in Ventura, California to Burl and Gladys Billings. She married Walter Wayne Touey on October 14, 1963, and they had four sons. Ruth worked as a bookkeeper for a feed and...

Sep 5, 2022

Marilyn Ann Johnson 80 of Grants Pass, Oregon died from Dementia at an adult foster care home on Monday September 5, 2022.

Marilyn was born on April 17, 1942 in Malden, Massachusetts. Her parents were Larry and Mary (Page) Robbins. Marilyn and her mother moved to Selma, California in 1949 where her mother was a nurse at the Selma Hospital....

Sep 3, 2022

Paul Alan Huffman, 75, of Grants Pass died Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, at home.

Paul was born on April 28, 1947, and graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1965. He married Francis Hyde; they then had a daughter, Dawn Michelle, in 1967. They later divorced. In 1976, he married Rutha Ann Mason (Poindexter) and became a dad to James...

Aug 18, 2022

Dennis Blasdell, deceased August 18, 2022, was survived by his spouse Candice; two sons, Dorian and Brian; and a sister, Ernestine. 

A memorial will be held September 17, 2022, at 1:30 PM at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, located at 2412 Williams Hwy, Grants Pass OR 97527.

Aug 11, 2022

Janet Morningstar, a longtime resident of Grants Pass, recently passed away on August 11th while residing at Oak Lane Retirement at the youthful age of 94. She was well known and loved by close friends and family as a kind, loving, and incredibly selfless person. Born in 1928, Janet grew up in the throes of the Great Depression in Wisconsin before...

Aug 9, 2022

Gerald Lee Martz

April 17, 1955 - August 9, 2022

Gerald Lee Martz, age 67, died August 9, 2022, in Grants Pass Oregon. He was born April 17, 1955, in Gary Indiana to Robert Harold Martz and Ruth Laverne (Julian)Martz. Gerald grew up in Indianapolis Indiana. He graduated from Arsenal Tech High School. Gerald moved to Anaheim, California where he...

Aug 8, 2022

Grants Pass resident Carol Conger (83) passed away peacefully at The Lodge at Countryside Village on August 8, 2022.Carol was on born on September 23, 1938, to Charles and Muriel Kelly. She was the only girl with three brothers.  She graduated from Grants Pass High School in 1956.  She was married to Arthur L. Conger on November 13, 1956, and...

Aug 7, 2022

Bonita Jean Pivar, 81, or Grants Pass, OR passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2022 in her home.

Bonita was born on July 23, 1941 in Chicago, IL to Harry and Leona Duben. She later married Richard Pivar and together raised four children.

Bonita was a nurse for over 35 years and enjoyed sewing, horses, gardening, shopping, gambling, and was...

Aug 5, 2022

Lucille Alice Marie Downie, 81 of Grants Pass passed away Friday, August 5, 2022 at the Point at Cascades of Grants Pass.

 

Graveside service will be held Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 1:00 PM with Pastor Ken Bern officiating.

Jul 31, 2022

Leslie Lyon Bradley, 61, of Grants Pass, Oregon, passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2022 in her home. A celebration of her life will be held at Riverside Park in Grants Pass on Friday, August 5, 2022 at 10 AM.

Jul 14, 2022

Olen Henry Nations 

A Grants Pass resident since 1956, Olen Henry Nations, 97, passed away July 14, 2022, in Grants Pass, Oregon. 

Olen was born January 30, 1925, in Thrift, Texas, to Henry and Emley Nations. As a child, he moved with his family following the harvest trail. He called himself a "harvest engineer". Most of his childhood memories were...

Jun 24, 2022

Mary Ann Goekler was born September 16, 1942 in Van Nuys, California to parents Mary and Alvin Warren. The family moved to the Grants Pass area in 1944, settling in Wilderville. Mary Ann had two sisters, Susan Hummel (Jim) and Joann Legler (Randy). She also had 7 children, Karyn Hirshon (Rich), Shellie Stefanich (Victor), Todd Young (Michelle), Eric Young (Susan),...

Jun 22, 2022

Former Grants Pass resident, Roy Dale Cornett, 79 years passed away on June 22,2022, in Grants Pass, Oregon.

Roy was born April 23, 1943, in Middletown, Ohio to Elarence Cornett and Ehtal Cornett.

Roy served in the army for several years and later worked as a carpenter while raising his four kids. In his free time, Roy enjoyed Hunting, fishing,...

Jun 20, 2022

Harley Thomas Tyrie, 33 of Grants Pass passed away Monday, June 20, 2022 at his residence in Grans Pass, Oregon.

 

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Jun 17, 2022

Avery Turner Leavitt II, 79 of Grants Pass passed away June 17, 2022 at his residence in Grants Pass.

A Celebration of Life will be held July 12, 2022 at Stephens Family Chapel from 2:00 - 4:00 PM.

Jun 11, 2022

Carol Denise Rice, 70 of Grants Pass passed away Saturday, June 11, 2022 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass.