Obituaries

Gilda Alberta Schatte
Feb 4, 2014
Gilda Schatte, 92, of Grants Pass died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 at Harmony Gardens Adult Family Care. For online condolences and tributes please visit stephensfc.com. Arrangements by Stephens Family Chapel, Grants Pass, Oregon. No services are planned. Gilda was born on June 29, 1921 in Long Beach, California to Frederick and Ruth Rose. An avid reader, she was knowledgeable on...
Jerry Dean Ragsdale
Feb 4, 2014
Jerry Dean Ragsdale, 78 of Rogue River, Oregon passed away on Tuesday, February 4, 2014, at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass. Celebration of life will be held Saturday, February 15th 11:00 AM at Grace Baptist Church in Rogue River. Jerry was born on November 3, 1935 in Aurora, Missouri to Clyde & Helen Ragsdale. He served in...
Adelaide Bee Porter
Feb 2, 2014
Adelaide Bee Porter, age 90, passed away February 2, 2014, at home in Grants Pass, OR. after a brief illness. The second of 10 children, Adelaide was born on February 17, 1923, in Dilly, Oregon to Louie and Edna (Wilbur) McCrady. (Edna married William "Bud" Hoskins in 1934) She grew up in the Kerby / Cave Junction area graduating from...

George Vierra
Feb 2, 2014
George C. Vierra, 77 of Rogue River passed away Sunday, February 2, 2014 at Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Oregon No services are planned. For online condolences and tributes please visit stephensfc.com. Arrangements by Stephens Family Chapel, Grants Pass, Oregon. George was born on January 12, 1937 in Providence, Rhode Island to Manual & Rose Vierra. He served in...
Todd Baxter
Jan 29, 2014
Todd J. Baxter, 53 of Grants Pass passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Oregon A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, February 1, 2014, 2:00pm at Stephens Family Chapel in Grants Pass Oregon. Todd was born on November 25, 1960 in Toledo, Ohio to Jere and Rosalee Baxter. On June 1,...
Lloyd Arthur Sleeper Jr.
Jan 28, 2014
Lloyd died peacefully at home in Grants Pass, Oregon, on Tuesday, January 28, 2014, surrounded by the love of his family, after years of heart disease and a short period of hospice care. Born in Sonora, California on 10/24/1926. Preceded in death by his parents Lloyd and Ina, his brother Bill and sons Lloyd and Dave. Survived by brother Robert...

Marian Elizabeth Shaw
Jan 25, 2014
Marian Elizabeth Shaw, 74 of Rogue River passed away on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass, Oregon. No services are planned. For online condolences and tributes please visit stephensfc.com. Arrangements by Stephens Family Chapel, Grants Pass, Oregon. Marian was born on January 10, 1940 in Santa Barbara, California to Harvey and Marian Shaw....

William Edward Campbell
Jan 18, 2014
Grants Pass resident since 1980, William E. Campbell 84, died Saturday January 18th, 2014 of complications from Parkinson's disease. For online condolences and tributes please visit stephensfc.com. Arrangements by Stephens Family Chapel, Grants Pass, Oregon. He was born August 10th, 1929 in Minneapolis, MN to Lillian & Edward Campbell. He served in the army at White Sands Proving Ground, honorably...

Joan Marie "Freckles" Law
Jan 17, 2014
Service InformationSaturday, January 25th, 2014 2:00pm, Jerome Prairie Grange

Robert Edgar Vencill
Jan 12, 2014
In Loving Memory of Bob Vencill Bob was born in North Platte, Nebraska, August 26, 1921. His Parents were cattle ranchers and moved west to escape the harsh Nebraska winters, eventually settling in Williams, Oregon. Bob passed away January 12, 2014 of complications and events culminating from a heart attack following the Oregon Ducks loss to Arizona on November 23...
Charles Bryson Houston
Jan 9, 2014
Charles Bryson Houston, 89, of Grants Pass died Thursday, January 9, 2014, at Spring Pointe Memory Care Community. Cause of death was congestive heart failure. For online condolences and tributes please visit stephensfc.com. Arrangements by Stephens Family Chapel, Grants Pass, Oregon. He was born Charles Bryson Houston on July 16, 1924 in Fullerton, California to Ruby and Raymond Houston. He...

Leatris Mae McCoshum
Jan 9, 2014
Leatris Mae McCoshum, 63, of Grants Pass, Oregon went to be with the Lord on January 9, 2014 due to Lou Gehrig's disease. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to ALS Association of Oregon & SW Washington, 2305 Ashland Street, Suite C, Box 458, Ashland, OR 97520. For online condolences and tributes please visit stephensfc.com. Arrangements by Stephens...

Aubrey Deroy Baker
Jan 6, 2014
Service InformationSaturday, February 1st, 2014 1:00pm, Faith Baptist Church
Interment Details
Eagle Point National Cemetery
Michael William Gallagher
Dec 25, 2013
Michael Gallagher, 58, of Grants Pass died Dec. 25, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, January 11th, at Stephens Family Chapel, 1629 Williams Hwy, Grants Pass. Michael was born in 1955 in Bennington, Vt., the second of eight children, to William J. Gallagher, also of Bennington, and Cecile Gallagher of Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada. The...
Cash D. Peeples
Dec 24, 2013
Service InformationFriday, January 10th, 2014 4:00pm, Stephens Family Chapel

Tokio Watanabe
Dec 21, 2013
Tokio Watanabe, 93 of Grants Pass died on December 21, 2013. Private memorial services will be held at a later date. For online condolences and tributes please visit stephensfc.com. Arrangements by Stephens Family Chapel, Grants Pass, Oregon. "Toki" was born on February 10, 1920 in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii, but was raised in Manoa Valley on the island of Oahu. He...
Stephen Clement Wieckowski
Dec 20, 2013
Stephen C. Wieckowski, 69 of Grants Pass passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at his home in Grants Pass, Oregon. Steve was known to many as "Pops" A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, February 22, 2013, 1:00 PM at Stephens Family Chapel in Grants Pass, Oregon. Stephen was born on December 2, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Clement...