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Loren E. Messenger
The memorial service for Loren E. Messenger will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First United Methodist Church in Ashland. The Rev. Michael Powell will officiate.
Mr. Messenger, 95, of Medford, formerly of Ashland, died Sept. 6, 1999, in Linda Vista Care Center in Ashland. His full obituary ran Sept. 19, 1999.
Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen Crematory & Funeral Home, Ashland.
Eleanor S. DeJarnett
The graveside service for Eleanor S. DeJarnett will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Siskiyou Memorial Park in Medford. The Rev. Mike Saylor of Eastwood Baptist Church in Medford will officiate.
Mrs. DeJarnett, 90, of Medford, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) in Medford.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 698, Medford, OR 97501.
She was born Jan. 16, 1909, in Bonami, La., a daughter of Charles and Ida Martin.
In 1934, she married Jerry Lewis, who preceded her in death. She moved to Klamath Falls in 1935, and lived there until 1953, when she moved to Medford.
In 1968, she married Harry DeJarnett, who died in 1990.
Mrs. DeJarnett worked at the First National Bank in Klamath Falls, and later in the office at Medco in Medford.
She attended Eastwood Baptist Church in Medford.
Mrs. DeJarnett enjoyed playing pinochle.
Survivors include a daughter, Gerry Nelson, Medford; two sisters, Hilma Prescott, Santa Rosa, Calif., and Aline Funkey, Los Angeles; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Charles Lewis.
Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
Huldah Rose Fisher
Huldah Rose Fisher, longtime schoolteacher from a pioneer family, died Sunday (Sept. 19, 1999) at her Medford home. She was 78.
Fisher's paternal grandparents, Samuel and Huldah Colver, built a sanctuary for women and children to protect them from Indian raids, and her maternal grandfather, John Newton Hockersmith, donated the land for the city of Phoenix.
While the family's history in the Rogue Valley is widely known, Huldah Fisher's legacy is her 39 years of teaching.
"I taught in the best of times, before television," she said in an interview shortly before her death.
"Parents wanted the schools. The school was the center of activities for the community.
The primary schoolteacher remembered classes of 36 students, "a well-behaved 36 students," she stressed.
Fisher taught for 34 years in Medford schools -- 24 at Howard Elementary and 10 at Lone Pine Elementary. She later taught autistic children.
"Teachers weren't supposed to ask for a raise," she said, and "we couldn't wear slacks in public."
As a single woman during World War II, Mrs. Fisher remembered being criticized for not joining a women's branch of the military. In response to the criticism she said: "I remain in the WITS (women in teaching service). All the men were in the military."
She was born April 7, 1921, in Phoenix, a daughter of Lewis Arthur and Lora Hockersmith Rose. The family moved to Medford 10 years later.
Her great-grandparents, Jackson and Martha Hockersmith came to the Oregon Territory in 1853 as members of a lost wagon train that attempted to find a shortcut west across the Eastern Oregon desert. Nearing starvation, scouts found the party, returned with provisions and guided the group to Eugene, which then consisted of three houses.
In 1865, John Hockersmith homesteaded what is now Hillcrest Orchard and later moved to Evans Creek.
Mrs. Fisher was a 1938 graduate of Medford High School.
On June 1, 1945, in the First Presbyterian Church in Medford, she married J.L. "Jake" Fisher, who died April 30, 1986.
After her retirement, she was a tutor and a Pink Lady at Rogue Valley Medical Center, staffing desks in surgical services, critical care, information and the coffee shop. "I miss it," she said of her many years at the hospital.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church; Delta Kappa Gamma Society, a teachers honorary group; Jackson County Retired Teachers Association, which she served as president; and Daughters of the American Revolution.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church education programs, 85 S. Holly St., Medford, OR 97501, or the Rogue Valley Medical Center Foundation, Hospice, 2825 E. Barnett Road, Medford, OR 97504.
Survivors include two sons, John, Flagstaff, Ariz., and Scott, Bellevue, Wash.; one sister, Doris Caldwell, Medford; and one brother, Lewis "Bud" Rose, Grants Pass; and two grandchildren. A sister, Rebecca Jean Long, preceded her in death.
Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Services.
Bernard Gordon Rice
The memorial service for Bernard Gordon Rice will be at 12:15 p.m. today in Shepherd of the Valley Catholic Church. The Rev. Jim Clifford will officiate. Inurnment will be in the Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Mr. Rice, 81, of Central Point, died Thursday (Sept. 16, 1999) at his home.
He was born Sept. 3, 1918, in Glendive, Mont. He lived in Glendive from 1918 to 1940, and in Sioux Falls, S.D. from 1967 to 1970, when he moved to Portland. He moved to the Rogue Valley in 1980.
On Aug. 15, 1969, in Salida, Colo., he married Margaret E. Gillespie, who survives.
Mr. Rice was a representative at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. He then transferred to the Eagle Point National Cemetery, where he was superintendent from 1980 to 1984.
He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a first lieutenant.
Mr. Rice was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled American Veterans.
He was a member of Shepherd of the Valley Catholic Church.
Mr. Rice enjoyed crossword puzzles.
Survivors include a son, Dennis Strong, Sioux Falls, S.D.; a daughter, Barbara Zick, Redmond, Wash.; a brother, Frances Rice, Glendive, Mont.; two sisters, Patricia Hathaway, Glendive, Mont., and Jean Evans, Aberdeen, Wash.; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Central Valley Cremation & Funeral Care, Central Point.
Robert Michael Fellows
The memorial service for Robert Michael Fellows will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Medford Congregational United Church of Christ. The Rev. Paul Robinson will officiate.
Mr. Fellows, 50, of Medford, died Sunday (Sept. 19, 1999) at his home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Southern Oregon, P.O. Box 8018, Medford, OR 97504-8018.
He was born Aug. 23, 1949, in Salinas, Calif.
On Aug. 10, 1974, in Mercer Island, Wash., he married Evelyn Mann, who survives. He moved to the Rogue Valley 18 years ago from Clinton, Iowa.
Mr. Fellows was the manager for Jackson County Crisis-Respite Home.
He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, and was a cub master for the Boy Scouts of America, Crater Lake Council, Pack 3.
Mr. Fellows enjoyed the outdoors, especially fishing and camping, golf and model railroading.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two sons, Jeff, Medford, and Jim, Pensacola, Fla.; his parents, Robert and Verena Fellows, Gonzales, Calif.; and two brothers, Tom and Steve, both Gonzales, Calif.
Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives.
Emily Grace Sullivan
The graveside service for Emily Grace Sullivan will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Memory Gardens Memorial Park. A celebration of life memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Ruch Community Church.
Emily, 16, of Ruch, died Friday (Sept. 17, 1999) in a car accident in Medford.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Emily Grace Sullivan Scholarship Fund, c/o South Medford High School, 815 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford, OR 97501.
She was born June 5, 1983, in Valencia, Calif., and moved to the Rogue Valley in 1990. She attended Applegate Elementary, Ruch Elementary, McLoughlin Middle School and was a junior at South Medford High School.
Emily was a member of the South Medford junior varsity volleyball, basketball and track teams. She was picked for the Links Leader Program, was elected to the National Helpers Program, and was a straight-A student.
She was a member of the Ruch Community Church and Youth Group, and was very active in community service projects.
Emily enjoyed sports activities, swimming, boating, music and socializing.
Survivors include her mother and stepfather, Tami and James Fudge; her father, Henry Sullivan; a brother, Joel Sullivan; a sister, Kelly Sullivan; stepbrothers Kyle and Justin Fudge; a stepsister, Christine Fudge; her grandparents, Mary and Elden Janke, Ruch, and Helen Foraker, Yuba City, Calif.; and step-grandparents, Steve and Annie Seaborne, Bend.
Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives.
Ina Whitteker-Minnick
Ina May Whitteker-Minnick, 63, of Myrtle Creek, died Saturday (Sept. 18, 1999) in her home. Inurnment will be in Antioch Cemetery, Sams Valley.
She was born Feb. 19, 1936, in Racine, Mo., a daughter of Roy and Geraldine Gould Whitteker. She moved to Myrtle Creek with her family when she was in the sixth grade.
She met her husband, Henry Minnick, in Myrtle Creek. They raised their family in Kansas, and returned to Oregon in 1981, and settled in Medford. They moved to Myrtle Creek in 1998.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, include four daughters, Debra Bowman, Nellie Surface, Penny Fuller and Brenda Horton; a son, Henry E. Minnick Jr.; two sisters, Beulah Bryant and Opal Moan; four brothers, Dean Whitteker, Jess Chaney, Jack Chaney and Don Chaney; 17 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Teresa Ann Minnick; a sister, Velma Whitteker; and a granddaughter.
Arrangements: Mountain View Funeral Home, Myrtle Creek.
