Obituaries

Carol Lynn Lester

Carol Lynn Lester

Nov 12, 2022

Carol Lynn Lester, 75, of Grants Pass, OR, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at the Autumn House of Grants Pass.

James Fred Ivey

James Fred Ivey

Nov 12, 2022

James Fred Ivey, 79, of Grants Pass, OR, passed away on Saturday, November 12, 2022 at his home.

Gary Wayne Dion

Gary Wayne Dion

Nov 11, 2022

Gary Wayne Dion was born on September 22, 1957 in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to Russell and Norma Dion. He grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and on December 25, 1992, Gary married Dauphine Smith in Montebello.     Gary and Dauphine moved from Torrance, California to Grants Pass, Oregon, and have been there ever since. They had four children together:...

Jurlene "Geri" LaRue Enslow

Jurlene "Geri" LaRue Enslow

Nov 10, 2022

Jurlene “Geri” LaRue Enslow was born on September 30, 1938 in Coffeyville, Kansas, to Paul Shapland and Katherine Calvert. She married Tommy La Verne Enslow on October 5, 1958 in Lakewood, California. Tom and Geri eventually moved to Grants Pass, and had four children together.    Geri worked for the US Department of the Interior, and also for the Forest...

Harry Albert Lang

Harry Albert Lang

Nov 6, 2022

Harry A. Lang, Sr.

Harry Albert Lang, Sr., of Medford, OR, went home peacefully to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on November 6, 2022.  He was 92.  Harry was born in Eureka, CA on August 29, 1930 to Harry and Edith Mable Lang.  After the death of his father, Harry worked as teenager to help meet the...

Emma Shirlene McKinney

Emma Shirlene McKinney

Nov 3, 2022

Emma Shirlene McKinney, 85, of Medford, OR, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at Arbor Place.

Tiffany Kaye Ryan

Tiffany Kaye Ryan

Nov 3, 2022

 

Tiffany Kaye Ryan, 41, of Grants Pass, OR, passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2022 at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center.

Mary Jane Hobbs

Mary Jane Hobbs

Nov 2, 2022

Mary Jane Lebow Hobbs age 91, went to meet with the Lord on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.

 

Jane was born March 28, 1931 in Bolivar, Missouri to William and Evah Hastings. Her parents moved to Santa Paula, California when she was a small child. She attended Santa Paula schools. Later attending Bakersfield College.

 

She married Cecil Lebow and...

George Raymond Armstrong

George Raymond Armstrong

Nov 1, 2022

George Raymond Armstrong, 61, of Grants Pass, OR, passed away on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at his home. The celebration of life will be held December 2, 2022 at 12 PM at Stephens Family Chapel.  Arrangements entrusted to Stephens Family Chapel. 

Peter Matthew Fraley

Peter Matthew Fraley

Oct 21, 2022

Peter Matthew Fraley, 76, of Rogue River, Oregon, passed away on Friday, October 21, 2022 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Arrangements entrusted to Stephens Family Chapel.

Joan Frances Noah

Joan Frances Noah

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...

Lois "Ruth" Touey

Lois "Ruth" Touey

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...

Marilyn Ann Johnson

Marilyn Ann Johnson

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....

Paul Alan Huffman

Paul Alan Huffman

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...

Dennis Joe Blasdell

Dennis Joe Blasdell

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.

Janet Ann Morningstar

Janet Ann Morningstar

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...