Obituaries

Marguerite Chirnside

Marguerite Chirnside

Jun 26, 2012

She was born on January 18, 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland. Marguerite was married to John Graham Chirnside who preceded her in death along with her brother, Jack Wroten. Marguerite worked for many years in her husbands saddle shop. Later in life she moved to Oregon to live with her son & family whom she has lived with for the past...

John  Walter Coyle

John Walter Coyle

Jun 23, 2012

When Pa's dad was dying he told his eleven year old son, my dad, to be a good man. The other day my son-in-law informed Pa that he did it. Pa with an excited and stuttering query asked, "W-what!?" "You're one of the best men I even knew." Pa closed his eyes and cried. This morning he closed his eyes...

Fern  Olive Ebert

Fern Olive Ebert

May 30, 2012

Fern Olive Ebert, 83, of Wolf Creek died Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at her home. Private family services will be held. Contributions may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 S.E. Eighth St., Grants Pass, OR 97526; or to Grants Pass Friends of the Library, P.O. Box 1713, Grants Pass, OR 97528. Ebert was born May 25, 1929, in Baudette, Minn.,...

Leonard Marc "Lenny" Holland

Leonard Marc "Lenny" Holland

May 28, 2012

Leonard "Lenny" Marc Holland, 35, died suddenly on May 28, 2012 in Ashland, Oregon. He was born July 26, 1976 in Fountain Valley, California. He was educated at Bethany Christian Academy until age seven when he moved with his family to the Dayton, Iowa area. He graduated from Southeast Webster School District and attended Iowa State University for three years....

Harriet  Ann Fry

Harriet Ann Fry

May 27, 2012

Harriet Ann Fry, 71, of Grants Pass died May 27, 2012, at Three Rivers Community Hospital. No services are planned. Fry was born March 15, 1941, in Fayetteville, Ark., to Allen and Bess Gledhill. In 1960, she graduated from Catalina High School in Tucson, Ariz. On Aug. 12, 1962, in Tucson, she married Robert Fry, who died in 1985. In...

Bithe  Martha Gairson

Bithe Martha Gairson

May 27, 2012

Bithe Martha Gairson, 87, of Grants Pass passed away May 27, 2012 at her home. Bithe was born on July 19, 1924 in Talent, Oregon to Jack and Ada Autry. She attended Grants Pass High School. Bithe lived most of her life in Grants Pass. She worked for ECS in Grants Pass for 10 or more years retiring in the...

Hulda  May Myers

Hulda May Myers

May 25, 2012

Hulda May Myers, 81, of Grants Pass passed away May 25, 2012 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Celebration of her life will be held Saturday, June 2nd 10:00AM at Grants Pass Missionary Baptist Church with Pastor Milton Hayes officiating. She was born on August 17, 1930 in Wisconsin to Otto and Hazel Drehmel. She moved to Grants Pass from Trona,...

Norman Ellis

Norman Ellis

May 22, 2012

Norman Horsley Ellis, 69, of Grants Pass passed away May 22, 2012 at his home. Norman was born October 25, 1942 in Reno, Nevada to Robert and Edith Ellis. He graduated from Gervais High School in Gervais Oregon. Norman served in the United States Air Force retiring after 21 years. He worked for Lockheed, Signetis Pharmacy Computer Services and Three...

Aaron Hampton

Aaron Hampton

May 21, 2012

Service InformationHillcrest Memorial Park

Interment Details

Hillcrest Memorial Park

Evelyn  Louise Plut

Evelyn Louise Plut

May 19, 2012

Evelyn "Evie" Plut, 75, of Grants Pass died Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Applegate House in Grants Pass. Condolences may be sent to the family at 1113 Wylie Lane, Grants Pass, OR 97527. She was born Nov. 23, 1936, in Sisseton, S.D. On May 16, 1959, she married John Plut, who survives. In addition to her husband, survivors include a...

Jessie Sander

Jessie Sander

May 19, 2012

Jessie H. Sander, 86 of Grants Pass passed away, May 19, 2012 at her home. No services are planned She was born on December 17, 1925 in Ventura, California to Charles & Wilma Cummins. She graduated from Antelope Valley High School and attended UCLA. Jessie worked many years as a Chemical and Environmental Engineer for US Borax Chemical Company in...

John  Fraley Rushworth

John Fraley Rushworth

May 13, 2012

John Fraley Rushworth, 75 of Grants Pass passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012 at his home. He was born on April 17, 1937 in Wilkes-Barre, PA to William and Laverne Rushworth. John served in the US Navy from 1957 until his honorable discharge in 1962. He worked for Pac-Bell from 1963 until 1993 when he retired. In Reno, he married...

Janet  Renee Simons

Janet Renee Simons

May 11, 2012

Janet Renee Simons 50 of Grants Pass passed away Friday, May 11, 2012 at home from cancer. Celebration of her life with Military Honors will be held Friday, May 18th 1:00 PM at Stephens Family Chapel with Pastor Ken Bern officiating. She was born on August 22, 1961 in Grants Pass, Oregon. She attended area schools before joining the Air...

Douglas  James Smith

Douglas James Smith

May 11, 2012

Douglas James Smith, 25 of Grants Pass passed away Friday, May 11, 2012. Arrangements are Pending Service InformationThursday, May 24th, 2012 10:30am, Stephens Family Chapel

Interment Details

Eagle Point National Cemetery

Gary Hicks

Gary Hicks

May 10, 2012

Gary Walter Hicks, 71, of Grants Pass died May 10, 2012. A celebration of his life will be held June 9 at 3 p.m. at Calvary Chapel, 269 Harbeck Road, with pastors Ken Burns, Mike Meer and Larry Halstead officiating. Stephens Family Chapel is in charge of arrangements. In lieu of flowers, tax-deductible contributions may be made to Images of...

Lois  Eva McShane

Lois Eva McShane

May 5, 2012

Lois Eva McShane 85 of Grants Pass passed away Saturday, May 5, 2012 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center. Graveside Services will be held Friday, 3:30 PM at Hillcrest Memorial Park. A celebration of life will follow at 6601 Tunnel Loop Road in Hugo. Survivors include her son Jim McShane, two daughters Gail Mills and Janet Maher, nine grandchildren...

Joseph  Jay Elliott

Joseph Jay Elliott

May 1, 2012

Joseph Jay Elliott 68 of Grants Pass passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Services with military honors will be held at a later date at Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, CA He was born on December 16, 1943 in Bismarck, North Dakota to Joseph and Cleo Suchy. Joseph served in the United States Marine Corp from...

Muriel  Marie Lund

Muriel Marie Lund

Apr 26, 2012

Muriel Marie Lund 90 of Grants Pass passed away Wednesday, April 26, 2012 at Harmony Gardens Adult Family Care in Grants Pass. Born on January 22, 1922 in Glendale, California to Charles and Maria Sipman. Muriel graduated from Glendale High School, Glendale, CA in 1940. She worked from 1968 - 1990 for La Canada Variety Store. She moved to Grants...

Gerald Brown

Gerald Brown

Apr 25, 2012

Gerald Brown 88 of Grants Pass passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at Three Rivers Community Hospital. Born on November 19, 1923 in Pocahontas, Arkansas to John and Willia Brown. Gerald served in the United States Navy during WWII from March 13, 1944 until his honorable discharge on November 23, 1945. He worked as a Sales Manager for J.P. Stevens,...

Donna  Elizabeth Stejskal

Donna Elizabeth Stejskal

Apr 19, 2012

Service InformationPrivate Family Services