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Verla (Lutz) Dunbar
Family memorial services will be held at a later date in Nevada City, Calif. for Verla Elizabeth (Lutz) Dunbar, 96, of Ashland, who died Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at Ashland Community Hospital.
Mrs. Dunbar was born Nov. 29, 1906 in Indian Flat, Calif. to Charles and Fannie Eden.
Following graduation from Nevada City High School, she was employed as a bookkeeper for Standard Oil Company in Bakersfield, Calif. In 1925, in Bakersfield, Calif. she married Louis Otto Lutz of Nevada City, Calif.
The couple moved to Grants Pass, Ore. in 1927. In 1938, the family moved to the Siskiyou Mountains south of Ashland.
During World War II, Mrs. Dunbar worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau's Siskiyou Summit observation station. Between 1948 and 1951 she was clerk of the Ashland School Board. The couple moved to Klamath Falls, Ore. where she was bookkeeper, then clerk, for Klamath Union High School. She returned to Ashland in 1956 after the death of her husband and became a bookkeeper for Trowbridge and Flynn, Medford.
In 1960 she married Watson Dunbar, a long-time family friend and moved to Vancouver, then Langley, British Columbia. She returned to Ashland after Mr. Dunbar's death in 1989.
Mrs. Dunbar was Past Matron of Alpha Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, and a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, Ashland.
Survivors include two sisters, Lois Davies and Elma Baker, both of Nevada City, Calif.; two daughters, Virginia Wishard of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Marjorie O'Harra of Ashland; three grandsons, two granddaughters; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
Mrs. Dunbar was preceded in death by three brothers, a sister, and a grandson.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Ophelia W. Prettyman
The funeral for Ophelia W. Prettyman will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 7, 2003 at the Faith Tabernacle, Ashland. Officiating will be Pastor Curt Wine of Faith Tabernacle. Interment will follow at the Phoenix Cemetery, Phoenix. Friends may call at the Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home Friday from 5 to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
Mrs. Prettyman, 87, of Ashland, died Thursday, May 29, 2003 at Ashland Community Hospital. She was born Oct. 3, 1915 in Rogersmille County, Okla. the daughter of Emil and Mamie Peterson. On Aug. 31, 1932 in Loveland, Okla. she married A. Bob Prettyman who preceded her in death in 1978.She moved to Talent, Ore. in 1936 and has resided in the Rogue Valley since.
Mrs. Prettyman enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening, and her pets. She was a founding member of the Faith Tabernacle in Ashland where she taught Sunday School.
Survivors include four daughters, Bobbie Jepsen of Eagle Point, Ore., Clarece Hemmitt of Sacramento, Calif., Yvonne Henry of Sacramento, Calif., and Wanda Prettyman of Talent; 23 grandchildren, 47 great-grandchildren and 14 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by one son, five brothers, and four sisters.
Arrangements are under the direction of Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Ida Mae Duke
Ida Mae Duke, 95, of Ashland, died Tuesday, June 3, 2003 at Linda Vista Care Center, Ashland. Memorial services are being planned for a later date this summer. Arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Grete Kohlmann Sutin
Funeral services have been held for Grete Kohlmann Sutin, 86, of Medford, who died Saturday, May 31, 2003, at the Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford.
Mrs. Sutin was born May 8, 1917, in Mosbach, Germany. In 1933, she fled Nazi persecution in her home country and learned cooking at a work camp in Holland. There she met Alexander "Sacha" Sutin, whom she married in 1936.
The Sutin's subsequently moved to England and then to New York in 1938.
In the early 1960s, when her children were teenagers, Mrs.. Sutin returned to work as a market researcher and then as a sales associate in retail housewares.
Mrs. Sutin enjoyed travel, entertaining, and playing bridge with friends.
Survivors include her son, Philip Sutin of Olivette, Mo.; her daughter Vivian Stubblefield of Ashland; and four grandchildren.
Mrs. Sutin was buried Wednesday, June 4, 2003 at the Hebrew Memorial Park cemetery near Detroit.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Southern Oregon Chapter, 33 N. Central Ave. Suite 330, Medford, Ore. 97501, or donor's choice.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Dorothy P. LaFon
Dorothy P. LaFon, 92, of Ashland, died Monday, June 9, 2003 at Ashland Community Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Fred D. Mitchell
Fred D. Mitchell, 89, of Medford, formerly Ashland, died Wednesday, June 11, 2003 at the Medford Rehab Center, Medford.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Lester W. "Bud" Alwine
Lester W. "Bud" Alwine, 80, died on Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at Mother Joseph Care Center, Olympia, Wash.
Mr. Alwine moved to Olympia 8 years ago from Ashland where he had lived from 1929 to 1996.
During World War II, Mr. Alwine served with the U.S. Army/Air Force with the infantry and field artillery and fought in the "Battle of the Bulge."
He worked as a custodian for the Ashland School District, a driver for Greyhound Buslines and for Ashland Taxi. He also worked for South Pacific Railroad.
He enjoyed fishing and driving. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Ashland.
Survivors include two sisters, Grace Lavita Alwine of Tulsa, Okla., and E. Mildred Eke of Olympia, Wash.
A private family service will be held in Ashland at a later time.
Arrangements are by Mills & Mills Funeral Home, 5725 Littlerock Rd., Tumwater, Wash.
