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Lois L. Ross
The graveside service for Lois Lucille Ross will be held at 11:00 am Friday in Memory Gardens Memorial Park. The memorial service will be held at 1:00 pm in Ashland Christian Fellowship with Pastor Mark Anderson officiating.
Mrs. Ross, 82, of Ashland, died Friday, July 2, 2004. She was born to William and Hilda Welch on Oct. 6, 1921 in Central Point, OR. On April 10, 1941 in Ilwaco, WA she married Charles Irvin Ross, who preceded her in death in 1977.
She graduated from Ashland High School on May 24, 1939. While her husband served in the Navy during WWII, Lois moved to Boston to serve with the Red Cross Greater Boxton War staff, whose motto was to "Keep your Red Cross at his side".
She was a bookkeeper for Ashland Accounting and Tax Service and later for Smith and Stevens Jewelers. She was also on a bowling league in Ashland and worshipped at Ashland Christian Fellowship.
She enjoyed her grandchildren.
Survivors include: two sons, Dale W. Ross, Ashland; Jerry Ross, Grants Pass; a daughter, Vicki Plankenhorn, Talent; a brother, Wm. "Bill" Welch, Medford; eight grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the: American Cancer Society, 31 W. 6th St. Medford, OR 97501.
Arrangements by: Memory Gardens Mortuary.
William Rosen
William Rosen, an educator and community advocate, died of cancer on Tuesday, June 29, at his home in Ashland. He was 77.
The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Bill earned his BA, MA and PhD degrees from Harvard University, specializing in Shakespeare and Elizabethan literature. He joined the English faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1960, serving as Department Head from 1987-92.
Bill's commitment to education was life-long and profound. He was Old Dominion Professor of Humanities at Hampton Institute, VA, from 1969-70, and a life fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge University. Convinced that writing well was essential to reading and reasoning well, he helped found and fund the Connecticut Writing Project, which trained students and teachers statewide.
Retiring from the university did not mean leaving teaching. Together with his wife, Dr. Barbara Rosen, he led popular classes for Connecticut Learning in Retirement and, after moving to Ashland in 2003, for Southern Oregon Learning in Retirement, completing a course on Hamlet and King Lear just weeks before his death.
Bill was the author of Shakespeare and the Craft of Tragedy (Harvard University Press), co-editor with Barbara of the Signet edition of Julius Caesar, and a contributor to professional journals, panels and conferences on Shakespeare.
Active in the university and community at large, Bill was president of the local American Association of University Professors when it won the right to represent UConn faculty in 1975, and he led negotiations for the first faculty contract the following year.
From 1994-2003, he served as a volunteer ombudsman at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation and from 1995-99 as a member of the Mansfield Commission on Aging.
He was an active and creative member of the Mansfield Town Council from 1999-2003, taking particular pride in facilitating the development of a town community center.
Bill lived his life with a sense of obligation and delight, expressed in his favorite Old Country phrase: “To give back what you take from the world is good; to give back a little more is better.”
He is survived by Barbara, his wife of 43 years, their daughters, Judith Rosen and Susan Moen, and their grandchildren, Nicholas and Willa Moen, all of Ashland.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Jackson County SART (Sexual Assault Response Team), 43 Morninglight Drive, Ashland OR 97520 and the Interfaith Care Community of Ashland, 144 N. 2nd St., Ashland.
Jean Smith Battenburg
Jean Smith Battenburg died on July 3rd in Ashland, Oregon where she had resided since 1999. She was preceded in death by her husband Bernard Battenburg and is survived by her son John Battenburg of Vacaville, CA and her daughter Susan Powell of Ashland.
She was the devoted grandmother of Leslie-Anne Bain, Scott Battenburg, Sarah Powell, and Jay Powell and great grandmother of Christina Bain, and Miranda Jean Powell.
Jean was born in Chicago on May 28th, 1913. She received her Bachelor's Degree from the University of Illinois and returned to Chicago where she taught for many years. Her career was highlighted by successful grant writing for creative programs for disadvantaged youth.
After retirement in 1978 she moved to her favorite city, San Francisco, where she lived for more than 20 years in the Twin Peaks neighborhood overlooking the bay. This was home base for travels around the world which included Europe, China, and circumnavigating South America on a freighter.
She also volunteered for cultural organizations including ACT. Jean was an accomplished needle worker and has left her family many treasured pieces of needlepoint art.
Private memorial services will be held at a later time.
John Rodgers
John Rodgers, beloved husband of Ruth B. Rodgers passed peacefully after 82 years on June 21, 2004 of age related causes.
He was born to Charles and Margaret Rodgers on Oct. 11, 1921 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Mr. Rodgers graduated from Durfee High School in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1940.
On Dec. 11, 1943 he married his high school sweetheart, Ruth Braga who survives. He proudly served in WWII as a Naval Aerologist from 1942 to 1945. They moved to Eugene in 1952 where he and Ruth raised five children. In 1974 he moved to Ashland, in 1986 he retired, and they moved to Rogue River.
Mr. Rodgers was employed in the insurance industry, food industry and retail industry during his life. He retired as a store manager of Bi-Mart Corp., in Ashland.
He enjoyed serving with the Boy Scouts of America as a Scout Master, camping, boating, traveling, reading, politics and most especially all family activities.
John was an avid Duck fan for over 50 years.
He will be remembered by his family and plethora of friends as a gentle, loving supportive patriarch with an extraordinary sense of quip and humor.
In addition to his wife of 60 years, Ruth B. Rodges survivors include; three sons, John Jr. and wife Denise of Jacksonville, OR, Jeffrey and his wife Lisa of Ashland, David and his wife Kaniz of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; two daughters, Shiela Clemans and husband Steve of Port Orchard, WA, Sharon Harbert and her husband Joe of Eugene; 20 grandchildren and many adoring great-grandchildren.
John was a lifelong Catholic and a member of Our Lady of the River Catholic Church in Rogue River, OR.
A private service will be held in Eugene, OR by his immediate family members.
In place of any memorial contributions send prayers of peace and thoughts of love to your family, friends and the community that you live in.
Charlotte L. Hull
Charlotte Luella Hull, 94, mother, teacher, and friend, died on July 5th in Eugene, OR, where she had spent the last few years.
Charlotte was born on January 6, 1910, in Mackay, ID, to Wilhelmina (Willa) and Warren Hoag. While she was still very young the family moved to Maytown, WA, where her father was a telegraph operator and station agent for the Milwaukee Railroad. Charlotte began college in Ellensburg, WA.
She married George B. Hull on April 28th, 1934. The couple lived in Portland while George completed dental school. They moved to Ashland in 1938. They were divorced in 1949, and Charlotte remained in Ashland with their three children. Charlotte returned to college and completed her teaching credential in 1950 from what was then Southern Oregon College.
She loved working with young children and taught elementary grades for 25 years, at Walker School in Ashland from 1951 through 1964 and subsequently at Gold Street School in Yreka, CA. She formally retired in 1975. Charlotte was an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland for over 55 years.
She was a member of the Tudor Guild and a hostess at the Elizabethan theater for 40 years. She belonged to Chapter AC of PEO for six decades. A lover of music, Charlotte enjoyed singing in the church choir, playing piano and violin and attending local concerts.
She enjoyed puttering in her flower garden, helping with projects such as Meals on Wheels, and reading. She traveled to Germany, Italy, Egypt, and England and was noted for her active mind and her many interests.
In addition to her three children, Dr. Steve Hull of Eugene, Gordon Hull of Ashland, and Margaret Hull McCartney of Ashland, Charlotte is survived by four granddaughters, one great grandson, a niece and a nephew. She was preceded in death by her only sister and one grandson.
A memorial service at Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland is being arranged for later this summer. In lieu of flowers, friends may contribute in Charlotte's name to the music fund at Trinity, 44 North 2nd Street, Ashland.
