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Marilyn Ann Howard
Marilyn Ann Howard, age 72, of Medford, OR died January 27, 2006. Arrangements by Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary, Medford, Oregon.
Pat O'zey
Pat O'zey, 74, of Central Point, passed away Friday, January 27, 2006 at a local assisted living center. Arrangements by Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives.
Robert R. Zimmerman
Robert R. Zimmerman, 89, of Medford, died Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Three Fountains Nursing Center. Arrangements are being handled by Conger-Morris Funeral Directors of Medford.
Thomas L. Cushman
Thomas L. Cushman, age 72, of Central point, Oregon died January 26, 2006 at Rogue Valley Medical Center. Arrangements handled by Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives.
Wayne Turpin
Wayne Turpin, 85, of Medford passed away Thursday, January 26, 2006 at Rogue Valley Medical Center. Arrangements by Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives.
Wynona C. Rembert
Wynona C. Rembert, 94, of Grants Pass, died Monday, January 23, 2006 at Highland House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center.
Private interment will be at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in Grants Pass.
Marilyn Ann Howard
Marilyn Ann Howard, 72, a resident of Medford, OR., passed away on January 27, 2006 at her home. She married
the love of her life, Carl Howard, on January 13, 1952. Marilyn, a homemaker, enjoyed playing her guitar and singing gospel music. She taught bible studies and sang in churches, convalescent homes, the Rescue Mission, and prisons. Marilyn was devoted to prayer chain ministries and serving others. She loved to ride horses and delighted many with her hand painted rocks.
She is survived by her husband, Carl H. Howard; children, Dan Howard (Cathy) of Vacaville, CA, Diane Kepplin (Tim) of Napa, CA, Nancy Mattice (David) of Rohnert Park, CA, and Rick Howard of Atascadero, CA. Sister, Jean Chin (Bob) of Montana, brother, Steve Field (Linda) of Nevada; eleven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 31, 2006 at the Ashland Christian Fellowship, 50 West Hersey St., Ashland, OR.
Arrangements by Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary, Medford, OR.
Adah LaRue McCormick
Adah LaRue McCormick (nee Manby), 96, of Medford, died December 28, 2005. No services will be held.
Memorial contributions may be sent to your favorite charity.
LaRue was born November 11, 1909 in LaGrange, KY to Claude LaRue Manby and Adah Mable McCormick.
LaRue was very active in the ILD, CIO, ACLU and many others. If there were a struggle for freedom, equality, better working conditions, and civil reform or against fascism, LaRue would be on the forefront of the battle. LaRue's forefathers were the first settlers in Indianapolis, abolitionists, part of Abraham Lincoln's Republican Party, and nobility in England, Ireland, and Scotland.
LaRue was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lester James McCormick; her sisters, Florence Hay of CA and Allyce Maddox of WA; and her daughter, Jaqcueline Napoli of OR.
Her surviving family includes her son, William McCormick of CA; her grandchildren, Sandy (Ellen) Riley of OR, Joseph Napoli, Susan Peachy, John Napoli, James McCormick and Paul McCormick, all of CA; her great-grandchildren, Michael Hollenbeck, Elizabeth Bourn of OR, Joseph A. Napoli, Hanna Gibson, Andrea Napoli, Matthew Napoli, and Brandy Napoli, all of CA; her great-great-grandchildren, Anthony Bourn, Justin Bourn, Tyler Bourn, Zachary Bourn, and Kaelinn Hollenbeck of OR; and her alligator, Oscar, in the Los Angeles Zoo.
LaRue was a one of a kind woman and will be sorely missed, and is truly loved.
Arrangements: by Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary, Medford.
Charles F. "Chuck" Thompson
Chuck Thompson, 78, of Medford, died January 3, 2006 at his home.
Memorial services will be Friday, January 6, 2006, 3:00 p.m. at Perl Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to a favorite charity.
Chuck was born July 21, 1927 in Topeka, KS. He served in the US Army Air Corps. Chuck married
Lois Day on July 29, 1949 in Topeka, KS. He worked in general construction all of his life.
He was member of LBMM (Little Butte Mountain Men) and enjoyed fishing and hunting.
Survivors include: his wife, Lois; children, Becky Thompson, Charles Thompson and David Thompson, all of Medford; two sisters, Geneva Tyra of Ohio and Jeanie Jellison of Topeka, KS; six grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and nephew, Jim Thompson of Iowa.
Arrangements: Perl Funeral Home.
Emilie B. Oliver
Emilie B. Oliver, age 82, was born April 9, 1923 in Warren Rhode Island. She was born to Edwin and Josephine (Vitullo) Ferriali.
Mrs. Oliver was a homemaker and antique dealer for approximately 43 years in Jacksonville, Oregon. She was an artist and sold many of her paintings over the years. Emilie was also known for her beautiful baskets of begonias that colored her porch that surrounded her home in Jacksonville. Customers, family and friends always admired how she could get her flowers so large and with such beautiful blooms.
Emilie met Herman P. Oliver while he was stationed with the USS Navy Submarine Division. They then married
on December 5, 1942 in Warren, Rhode Island. When the Pearl Harbor invasion took place, her husband of only 10 months was sent out to sea for 2 years. Upon his return they started their journey, in their 1937 Chevy Sedan, to Oregon (around October, 1945). It was a journey of 8 months shy of 63 years of marriage. They settled in Trail. Then had a short stay in Eagle Point. In 1950 they moved up to the Applegate. The winter was very harsh in 1952. The snow and rain were so severe they lost cattle, their hay barn and shelter. After rebuilding they decided to move into their home in Jacksonville that was acquired in 1962. Then they established a book store on Main Street. Emilie became so interested in antiques and collecting. She became quite an entrepreneur, but her love and specialty was flow blue. She ran the three Gables Antique's for approximately 43 years. Emilie had a great family, friends, and customers. They would return yearly to see what great things she had discovered to put in her shop.
Mrs. Oliver passed away quietly on December 31, 2005 with her family at her side. She had three sons, Wayne Oliver of Jacksonville, Robert Oliver of Trail, and Billy Oliver. Preceding her in death were her parents Edwin Ferriali and Josephine (Vitullo) Ferriali; her husband, Herman P. Oliver, one sister, one brother, and son Billy Oliver. Survivors include 5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
A private graveside services will be held at Jacksonville cemetery at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 5.
Irma E. Klinghammer
The funeral for Irma E. Klinghammer will be at 2:00 pm Saturday, January 7, 2006 at the First United Presbyterian Church, Ashland. Officiating will be Rev. Eleanor Robinson.
Ms. Klinghammer, 86, of Medford, formerly of Ashland, died December 28, 2005 at the Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford. She was born February 7, 1919 at LaGrande, Oregon, the daughter of Myrtle and Hugo Klinghammer. She was raised in the LaGrande area and earned a Bachelors Degree in Education.
Ms. Klinghammer taught in the Bend, OR area before moving to Ashland in 1958 where she taught at Lincoln Elementary. She retired in 1984. She was devoted to education and enjoyed traveling, cooking and working with children.
She was a child advocate volunteer and a member of the Ashland Thursday Spinners, the Rogue Valley Hand Weavers Guild, Saturday Hand Weavers Guild, and the Ashland Soroptomist Club.
Surviving are: a niece, Linda Miller; her husband Steve and their children, Christine and Andrew; a nephew, Gary Klinghammer; and a cousin, Don Klinghammer and his wife Sally.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Arrangements under the direction of Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland.
Margaret Schweitzer
A memorial service for Margaret Schweitzer, 80, who died Dec. 16 at her home in Talent., will be held Saturday, January 7, at 2 p.m. at the Havurah Shir Haddash, Mountain Avenue, Ashland, with Rabbi David Zaslowe officiating, In lieu of flowers, Margaret's family asks that donations be made in her name to Oregon Stage Works, Ashland.
Margaret, whose professional name was Margaret Brian, established herself wherever she lived over the past thirty years as a playwright and social activist.
"She was an angel, " said Larry Anderson of Ashland. "You could not meet her and not love her." During the 1990's Margaret ran Uncle Food's Diner, a program to feed the hungry, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland, where Anderson was a board member. Enlisting help from the church, Peace House, Southern Oregon University, the Ashland Police Department, the Ashland Community Food Store and others, she was active in the program for eight years.
"If anybody had a problem, she'd talk to them, " Anderson says. "But she took no guff. She treated the kids with respect, and they respected her." This reflected the work she did in the 1980's for the Clare Foundation of Santa Monica, California.
Margaret, who went by her pen name, Margaret Brian, saw readings and productions of her plays in Hollywood, Santa Monica, San Francisco and Marin County in California and at Actors' Theatre, Oregon Stage Works and Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
"She was a talented writer, " says OSW Artistic Director Peter Alzado. "She dealt a lot with women's freedom. She was wonderful to work with, very smart. She had standards that brought people to a better level of work than they might otherwise have done." Margaret organized volunteers for Actors' Theatre in Talent. In October 2002, she hosted a meeting in her home that lead to the establishment of Oregon Stage Works.
She was born Margaret Anne Hecht, a daughter of Herbert and Alice Mayer Hecht, on Dec. 20, 1924, in New York City. She grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y., graduated from White Plains High School in 1941 and attended Hood College in Frederick, Md. In 1943, in Beverly Hills, Calif., she married
Matthew W. Rapf, then an ensign in the U.S. Navy. During World War II she followed her husband to many posts, including Boston, Mass. After the war, Rapf became a motion picture and television producer. In 1952 she led the Adlai Stevenson presidential campaign in Beverly Hills, Calif. After a 1956 divorce, Brian lived briefly in Topeka, Kan., working as a staff writer for Household magazine.
In 1961, in Los Angeles, she married
screenwriter S.S. Schweitzer, who survives. The couple lived in Los Angeles, Malibu and Inverness., moving to West Marin in 1975, where she supervised the collection, sorting and sale of books for the Annual Inverness Library Sale. She began attending plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in the 1970s and in 1991 moved to Ashland, and later to Talent. Oregon.
Among her plays was "The Amazing Mrs. Slee, " a play about birth control advocate Margaret Sanger seen at SOU in 2000, to commemorate Women's History Month. "A Delicate Life, " about homelessness, "The Little Woman, " a comedy, "The Value of Money, " about a woman trying to raise a family on the landing Los Angeles, , "Boxes, " about a woman examining her values, "The Phoenix Bird, " a comic monologue.
"She had a wonderful quirkiness that was intriguing to be around, " Alzado says. "She'll be missed." Margaret joined Alcoholics Anonymous in 1972 and at the time of her death had thirty-three years of continuous sobriety. In that time she helped set up AA meetings in Malibu, West Marin and Southern Oregon.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a sister, Louise Rose, of Mays Landing, N.J.; a brother, Martin Hecht, of New York City; three sons, James M. Rapf, of Malibu, Calif., Steven A. Rapf, of Portland, and John H. Rapf, of Hyampom, Calif.; two step-sons, George F. Schweitzer, of Larchmont, N.Y., and Peter Schweitzer, of New York City; and nine grandchildren.
Marilyn Ann Smith
Sept. 1, 1920 - Dec. 30, 2005
Marilyn Ann Smith, 85, of Medford, died peacefully at her home on December 30, 2005. She was born September 1, 1920 in Hawthorne, New Jersey where she attended school. During World War II, she entered the U.S. Navy. After her training at Iowa State College, she transferred to Washington, D.C. and worked in the office of Naval Intelligence for three and a half years.
She married
Stanford R. Smith on April 27, 1946 in El Segundo, California. In 1962, they were transferred to Saudi Arabia, where Marilyn worked as a secretary and did charity work by teaching the Arab women to sew and type. She moved back with her family to the Bay Area in 1965, where she worked at General Electric until she retired in 1975. After her retirement, Marilyn and Stan traveled extensively all over the world before moving to the Rogue Valley in 2002 to be closer to family.
She was an avid golfer, a member of the Over 50 group at Saint Christopher's Church in San Jose, California and a member of the Shepherd of the Valley Church in Central Point, Oregon.
She is survived by her husband, Stanford, a dedicated mother to two daughters, Marisa Harris and her husband, Doug Harris of Medford, Oregon; and Sheri Campbell and her husband, Rick Campbell, of Sparks, Nevada. Grandmother to three granddaughters, Megan Harris of Medford, Oregon, Lindsay Jackson and her husband Jim Jackson of Rogue River, Oregon; and Audrey Campbell of Sparks, Nevada. She became a great-grandmother to Toby Jackson in September of 2005. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Carolyn McCabe, her brother, James McCabe of Los Angeles, California, and two sisters, Kathleen Galinis of Torrance, California, and Virginia Fields of Phoenix, Arizona.
At Marilyn's request there will not be a memorial service. A special Mass will be said in her honor at the Shepherd of the Valley Church on Friday, January 6, 2006 at 12 noon. She asked that any donation or contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.
Paul Groza, Jr.
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Paul Groza, Jr. will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 7th, 2006 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church located at 426 W 6th Street, Medford, Oregon. Father Harvey Ray and the Rev. Mary Piper will be officiating.
Paul died peacefully at home from esophageal cancer on December 30, 2005, with his family by his side. He was 58 years of age when he was called to the Lord. A native of Sacramento, California, he was born on April 22, 1947, the son of Paul and Helen Groza who have both preceded him in death. He attended Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento City College, and Sacramento State College. He served in the U.S. Army during the Viet Nam Era and also did a tour of duty in Germany. Upon completing his military obligation, he returned to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration, Accounting and Economics and Sociology. After college he was recruited into the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and served proudly as a Postal Inspector for 28 years in the Detroit, Portland and Seattle Divisions, retiring in February 2002. In the year 2000, he was recognized as one of the outstanding alumni at Sacramento City College. Also that same year, he was recognized as one of the top law enforcement officers in the country by both the United States Congress and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for his outstanding work in child pornography investigations. He was a member of the National Association of Retired Postal Inspectors, Moose Lodge 2480 of Shady Cove, The Kappa Chi Epsilon Fraternity and St. Martin's Episcopal Church.
Paul and Janene were married
on June 10, 1972 and they raised two wonderful sons, Matthew (Cascade Locks, OR) and Timothy (Gresham, OR). He has a daughter-in-law, Jennifer and granddaughter, Taylor both of Cascade Locks. He enjoyed camping with his family, hunting, fishing and golf. He is also survived by his sister, Tina Damiano of Texas; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Joe and Kerry Sierra; and mother-in-law, Marlys Sailer, all of Shady Cove; his aunt and uncle, Jeanette and Fred Brown of the Sacramento area; and many loving cousins, nieces, and nephews.
A celebration of life gathering will be held after internment at the Upper Rogue Moose Lodge in Shady Cove, OR.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. Martins Church, Attn. Mr. Joe Sierra, 99 Cleveland, Shady Cove, OR 97539.
Ralph Edward Zielinski
Ralph Edward Zielinski passed away on December 25, 2005. All friends and family of Ralph are welcome. Memorial held at DASIL, 28 N. Ivy, Medford, Oregon. on January 5, 2005 541-608-6746
Robert Gail "Brad" Bradford
Robert Gail "Brad" Bradford, 89, of Medford died Sunday, December 25, 2005 at King's Care Center. Services will be held at a later date. Interment will be at Siskiyou Memorial Park.
He was born May 11, 1916 at Wenatchee, WA. In 1936, he married
Murial Falk who preceded him in death in March of 2001. They moved to the Rogue Valley in 1938 from LaVeta, CO. and served in the Merchant Marines durring WWII. He worked as a house painter.
Four brothers and two sisters preceded him in death and one brother, Phil Bradford of Coarse Gold, CA survives. Also surviving are two daughters; Robert (Lee) Taylor of Brookings, OR and Elaine (Stan) Pardee of Ashland, OR; also many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are with Perl Funeral Home.
Rowena (Jo) Joan Arnold
July 31, 1931 - January 2, 2006
Rowena (Jo) Arnold lost her battle with COPD on January 2, 2006, and passed away at Rogue Valley Medical Center. A funeral service will be held at Hillcrest Memorial Park Chapel, Friday, January 6, 2006 at 11 a.m. Pastor Bob Gass will officiate.
Jo was born in Blanchard, Oklahoma on July 31, 1931 and moved to Oregon as a small child. She married
Jack E. Arnold on July 30, 1950. He preceded her in death in 1998. Survivors include two children, Eddy Arnold and wife, Cathy; Sandy Lommel and husband, David.
She has six grandchildren, Carly Torres and husband, Laramie; Kelly Gray and wife, Ashley; Tami Ott; Greg Arnold and wife, Patsy; Melissa Johnston and husband, Dan; and Nick Berryhill and wife, Kelley.
She also is survived by ten great grandchildren and nine step-great grandchildren.
Jo is the daughter of Homer and Clemie Bowser of Bell Gardens, California and is the youngest of eight children, all of whom preceded her in death.
In the early 1970's, Jo was involved in music with her husband and children, and loved playing the bass guitar around Medford in their country western band named "Mavericks." Contributions can be made to Oregon Lung Association.
Funeral arrangements by Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary, Medford, OR.
Roy William Dahl
Roy William Dahl, 95, of Medford, died January 3, 2006 at his home.
A celebration of his life will be Friday, January 6, 2006, 1:30pm at Horton Plaza.
Roy was born January 13, 1910 in Eureka, Ca. He loved the outdoors and spending time with his "coffee buddies." He was a member of the Teamsters Local #70 in Oakland, CA for 44 years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge as a Royal Arch Masonic High Priest. All who knew Roy were blessed by his smile, sense of humor and all the rhymes for any occasion. He will be dearly missed by all who loved him.
Roy was preceded in death by his loving wife of 48 years, Marie H.; three brothers, Chester A. Dahl, Walter A. Dahl, Donald D. Dahl; and sister Edith M. Caya. Survivors include his brother-in-law Robert Nelson (Elsie) of WI, Minnie Amundson of MN, Beulah Olson of MN, and Lorraine Roppe of ND; and many nieces and nephews.
Inurnment will be at Chapel of the Chimes in Oakland, Ca.
Arrangements are with Perl Funeral Home.
