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Valmire Maternus Albert
The memorial service for Valmire Maternus Albert will be at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday at Shepherd of the Valley Catholic Church. The Rev. Jim Clifford will officiate.
Mr. Albert, 85, of Central Point, died Tuesday (Sept. 26, 2000) at Rogue Valley Medical Center.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Knights of Columbus, 772 Black Oak Drive, Medford, OR 97504, or the Oregon Hunters Association, 800 Bennett Ave., Medford, OR 97504.
He was born June 18, 1915, in Butte Falls, a son of George and Mary Dupray Albert. He married Rachael Lucille Cave, who preceded him in death. He lived in Butte Falls, Medford and Central Point.
Mr. Albert owned and operated Al’s Trading Post, as well as a furniture repair shop.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1935-1938.
Mr. Albert was a member of the Knights of Columbus, 3rd and 4th degree. He was also a charter member of the Oregon Hunters Association since 1984, and was a member of Mended Hearts.
Survivors include two sons, Valton G., Central Point, and Allan Ray, Omaha, Neb.; two daughters, Bunny Bain, Medford, and Krista Louise Albert-Tower, Portland; two brothers, Cyril, Jacksonville, Fla., and Adrian, Sacramento, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Central Valley Cremation and Funeral Care, Central Point.
Florence S. Schroeder
The memorial service for Florence Shedd Schroeder will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Jackson House, 300 Suncrest Road, Talent. The Rev. Charles Christopher of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church will officiate. A second memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at Christ Church Episcopal in Las Vegas. The Rev. Massey will officiate. Inurnment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Las Vegas.
Mrs. Schroeder, 90, of Talent, died Monday (Sept. 25, 2000) at her home.
She was born Feb. 22, 1910, in Lead, S. D. On May 8, 1942, in Las Vegas, she married Carl F. Schroeder, who died in 1978.
Mrs. Schroeder was a high school teacher at Las Vegas High School for more than 30 years, retiring in 1970. She moved to the Rogue Valley 3 ˝ years ago from Las Vegas.
She was a member of Christ Church Episcopal in Las Vegas, the American Association of Retired Persons, the Child Care Licensing Board in Las Vegas, and the American Association of University Women, as well as past president of AAUW for the state of Nevada, .
Mrs. Schroeder enjoyed cooking, sewing and spending time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include four sons, Ted W. Schroeder, Medford, Edward G. Davis, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Charles W. Schroeder, Wake Village, Texas, and Fred J. Schroeder, Las Vegas; two daughters, F. Louise Ritter, Halfway, Mo., and Ruth Hayden, Las Vegas; 16 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives.
Vivian Wardrip Lawton
The graveside service for Vivian Wardrip Lawton will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Memory Gardens Memorial Park. Pastor Pete Slusher of Community Bible Church in Central Point will officiate.
Mrs. Lawton, 91, of Klamath Falls, formerly of Ashland and Central Point, died Monday (Sept. 25, 2000) in Klamath Falls.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Community Bible Church Missionary Fund, 500 N. 10th, Central Point, OR 97502.
She was born Sept. 26, 1908, in Ashland, a daughter of Herbert Haven and Eva Alzora Crews Wardrip. She attended high school in Holtville, Calif., and graduated from Sanger High School in Sanger, Calif. She also attended Linfield College for one year. In California, she lived in San Bernardino, Holtville, and Sanger. In Oregon, she lived in Grants Pass from 1908 to 1911 and 1925 to 1942, and in Central Point from 1942 to 1994, when she moved to Klamath Falls.
On May 30, 1934, in Grants Pass, she married Richard Raymond Lawton, who died in 1972.
Mrs. Lawton was a clerk at Biddle’s in Grants Pass from 1927-1934. After her marriage, she was a homemaker. She also worked for Berrydale Nursery and for Clarence Holdridge during spring greenhouse and summer planting seasons.
Mrs. Lawton was the Sunday School Junior Department superintendent. She taught Sunday school and wrote, directed, produced and costumed programs. She also conducted treasure hunts in Lithia Park for the girls’ junior high school class. As the Central Point director of child evangelism, she taught child evangelism classes in her home. In her later years, she taught the lady’s Bible class in her home.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Grants Pass, the Federated Church (known as the Brick Church), and became a charter member of Community Bible Church in Central Point. From 1994 to 2000 she was a member of the United Evangelical Free Church in Klamath Falls.
Mrs. Lawton taught herself to play the 48-bass accordion. She enjoyed sewing, canning vegetables and fruit, oil and watercolor painting, and camping.
Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy E. Martin; and a sister, Honore Stallard. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Buford and Holt Wardrip; and a sister, Wanda Kelley.
Arrangements: O’Hair & Riggs Funeral Chapel, Klamath Falls.
Gerald William Hansen
The graveside service for Gerald William Hansen will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Brownsboro Cemetery in Brownsboro. The Rev. Bob Craig will officiate.
Mr. Hansen, 84, of Eagle Point, died Friday (Sept. 22, 2000) in a car accident on Highway 140 in Eagle Point.
He was born Feb. 24, 1916, in Hilt, Calif., a son of William and Susie Hansen. The family moved to the Rogue Valley 82 years ago from Hilt, Calif. He graduated from Eagle Point High School and attended what is now Southern Oregon University. On Sept. 11, 1940, in Reno, Nev., he married Margaret Walch, who survives.
Mr. Hansen worked for the U.S. Forest Service for several years, then as a timber faller until 1962. He also worked for Eagle Point School District No. 9, retiring after 16 years. Four generations of the family living on the ranch helped him continue to work on the family ranch in Eagle Point. The ranch has been in the family for 82 years.
He was a member of the Lake Creek Grange and was a board member of the Brownsboro Cemetery Association. He also belonged to the Oregon School Employees Association (OSEA) and the National Rifle Association.
Mr. Hansen was an avid hunter and fisherman.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a daughter, Jerilyn Watson, Eagle Point; one grandson; three step-grandsons; two great-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Eleanor Hansen, in 1922; and a brother, Paul, in 1922.
Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.
B. J. Thorpe
The graveside service for B. J. Thorpe will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Veterans for Veterans will officiate.
Mr. Thorpe, 65, of Trail, died Friday (Sept. 22, 2000) in Trail.
He was born Oct. 27, 1934, in Valliant, Okla., a son of H.G. and Lizzy Thorpe.
On March 14, 1959, in Sweet Home, he married Johnny Harris, who survives.
Mr. Thorpe was a timber faller for various logging companies in Eastern Oregon.
He served in the U. S. Army from 1957 to 1963.
Mr. Thorpe moved to the Rogue Valley in 1995. He was a member of the Lions Club in Dale.
He enjoyed hunting, fishing and gun smithing.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, John, Trail; a daughter, Cindy Thorpe, Rapid City, S.D.; three brothers, Wayne, Roy and Troy; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Davis; and a grandson.
Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
Donna Harriet Turgesen
The funeral for Donna Harriet Turgesen will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Lincoln Willamette Funeral Directors in Portland. Interment will be at noon Sunday at Lincoln Memorial Park.
Mrs. Turgesen, 81, of Milwaukie, formerly of Ashland and Medford died Saturday (Sept. 23, 2000) in Portland, of cancer.
She was born Donna Lynum on Jan. 20, 1919, in Bremerton, Wash. She married John R. Turgesen, who died in 1983. She lived in Ashland in 1986, and in Medford from 1993-1997.
Mrs. Turgesen was a member of a nondenominational Christian church and the Sons of Norway.
Survivors include three sons, Joel, Medford, Paul, Amity, and Bryan, Mesa, Ariz.; two daughters, Jean Calvo, Ashland, and Margie Gibler, Portland; a sister, Lola Oliver, in California; 21 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Lincoln Willamette Funeral Directors, Portland.
Kenneth O. Boyd
The memorial service for Kenneth O. Boyd will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Northridge Center, 3737 S. Pacific Highway, Medford.
Mr. Boyd, 92, of Medford, died Friday (Sept. 22, 2000) in Medford.
He was born June 17, 1908, in Riverside, Calif. On July 9, 1937, in Long Beach, Calif., he married Guinevere Chaney, who died in 1999.
Mr. Boyd was an electrical engineer for North American Rockwell Industries, retiring in 1962. After his retirement, he entered into the ministry of the Foursquare Church on a full-time basis.
He enjoyed fixing electrical things.
Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Lippincott, Phoenix; a son, Dennis, Powell Butte; a sister, Rose Wagner, Seal Beach, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
