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Nicholas Ryan Hanson
Nicholas Ryan Hanson, 24, of Ashland, OR, died Jan. 22, 2006. Service will be at Trinity Episcopal Church, Bend, on Saturday Jan. 28 at 2:00 p.m.
Robert V. Hardy, Sr.
Robert Vernon Hardy, Sr., 88, of Brookings, died January 24, 2006 at Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City, Calif. of natural causes.
Robert was born April 25, 1917 in Ashland, Oregon, to Joseph Henry and Frances Geneva (Stivers) Hardy. After graduating from Ashland High School he attended Southern Oregon University, in Ashland, and later went on to earn his Bachelor's of Science Degree from University of Oregon in 1939.
Robert played for the U of O basketball team, the Tall Firs, when they won the national championship in 1939. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame at both SOU and U of O, and later played as a minor league pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
Robert married Alicia Applegate in June of 1939 and the couple had two sons, Robert, Jr. and William.
During World War II, Robert enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving in the South Pacific Theater of Operations until his honorable discharge as a Lieutenant JG.
Upon returning from World War II, Robert purchased the Ashland Grocerteria from his father and successfully operated the grocery store until 1954, when he ventured into the lumber business in Happy Camp, CA, with his brother-in-law, Bernard Applegate. The Klammath River Lumber Comany was formed, later to become the Siskiyou Mills.
Robert and Alicia retired to Brookings, Oregon, where they built a lovely home overlooking the ocean. He and Alicia enjoyed catching and canning their own salmon.
Robert was a pilot and loved flying. Throughout his life he enjoyed many activities shared with his family. Camping, fishing, golf, and trips in their motor home, were some of his favorites.
Mr. Hardy is survived by his wife of 66 years, Alicia Hardy of Brookings; sons Robert Hardy, Jr., of Esparto, CA, and William Hardy and his wife Kathleen of El Dorado Hills, CA. He is also survived by his two grandchildren, Lindsay and Joel Hardy.
His sister Frances preceded him in death.
A memorial service was held at Redwood Memorial Chapel in Brookings at 2 p.m. on January 27, 2006.
William Earl Thomas
A memorial service was held for William (Bill) Earl Thomas of Ashland at 2:00 on Tuesday, Jan. 31 at Trinity Church, 44 No. 2nd Street, Ashland. Bill died on January 27th at a local foster care home.
Bill was born in Phoenix, AZ, on May 1, 1921, the oldest of 3 children.
At the beginning of WWII, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and trained as a navigator/bombadier. The day after his graduation from flight school, he married Lois Manley. He was stationed in Bury St. Edmonds, England, with the 94th Bomb Group. At the end of the war he was discharged and graduated from UC Berkeley. He was recalled during the Korean War and remained in the Air Force for a total of 24 years, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel. He moved to Ashland in 1992 and was active as an OSF volunteer, in the Early Bird Lions Club and as a Meals on Wheels deliverer.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Lois, and by his children Diana Quirk of Ashland, Francie Thomas of Tacoma, WA, Rich Thomas of Port Townsend, WA, and Patty Tindall of Jonesboro, AR. He has four grandchildren, David Quirk, Elena Oberg, Lyndsey Tindall and Matthew Tindall and one great grandson, Rilo Oberg, born on Bill's 84 birthday, last year. He is also survived by his sisters Fern Ross and Zona Doran.
The family requests that memorials be made to Trinity Respite Center, 905 Skylark Place, Ashland, OR, 97520.
Frances Maud "Fran" Dallimore
Frances Maud "Fran" Dallimore, age 93, of Ashland, OR, died on January 26, 2006. Arrangements by Hillcrest Memorial Park & Mortuary, Medford, Oregon.
Helen F. Althaus, Pioneer Woman Lawyer, dies at 95
Helen F. Althaus, a descendant of Oregon pioneers and a pioneer woman lawyer in Oregon, died Feb. 2, in Ashland. She was 95 years old. Ms. Althaus was the great granddaughter of Elijah Williams, an Ohio lawyer who brought his family to Oregon by covered wagon on the Oregon Trail in 1851. She grew up on Sweet Briar Farm in Troutdale, where she lived until she retired to Ashland in 1985. Ms. Althaus graduated from the University of Oregon in 1932. After working as a chemist, she attended Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College and was admitted to the Oregon Bar in 1945 at age 35. Ms. Althaus was the first woman to clerk for a Federal judge in Oregon. From 1947 to 1949, she worked as law clerk to U.S. District Judge James Alger Fee. She served as Deputy City Attorney for the City of Portland from 1949-53 before joining a private practice. Woman attorneys were rare in private practice, and the firm, now known as Miller Nash, used only her initials, H.F. rather than Helen on its letterhead. In 1970, Ms. Althaus formed an all woman law firm. In 1973, she worked on special assignments for the Bonneville Power Administration and later became Staff attorney in the office of the Regional Solicitor, U.S. Department of Interior. Her research for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was published as the book "Public Trust Rights," in 1980.
Ms. Althaus was strongly committed to the advance of women in the legal profession, to human rights and to the theater, especially the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She was the first woman member of the Oregon State Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee. In 1994, Oregon Women Lawyers named Helen the recipient of its Justice Betty Roberts Award, for her outstanding contribution to promoting women in the legal profession. She was a lifelong member of the ACLU, the United Nations Association in both Portland and Southern Oregon, and was active in the Oregon Bar Association World Peace Through Law Committee.
Ms. Althaus was a member of the Troutdale City Council from 1973 to 1982.
Helen and her mother, Lenore Althaus, began attending plays at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland in the early 1950s. On her retirement, Helen moved to Ashland where she became a valued member of the theater community, whether sitting in her favorite front row seat, occasionally performing in small local theaters or through her generous support of the Festival and its actors as a member of the Festival's Southampton Society. With her keen memory, Helen could recall in detail many past performances she had seen. Her many friends regarded her as the living memory of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival spanning the entire second half of the Twentieth Century. She inspired three generations of family and friends to love the theater in general and the Shakespeare Festival in particular.
Helen is survived by her many friends in the legal profession and in the theater whose lives she enriched with her intelligence, wit and passion for the law and the theater. At her request, there will be no service.
Genevieve Eleanor Wood
Genevieve Eleanor Wood, 85, of Ashland died Friday, February 10, 2006 at Ashland Community Hospital. Arrangements by Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland.
Leo Martin
A celebration of life will be held Feb. 8 for C. Leo Martin of Eugene, who died Feb. 3 of age-related causes. He was 94.
Martin was born Nov. 22, 1911, in Beagle, Oregon, to James and Pearl Bass Martin. He married Frances Bennett in Roguedale (now Shady Cove) on Jan. 28, 1939. She died Feb. 26, 1999.
He lived in Ashland, Port Orford, and Table Rock, before moving to Eugene in 1999.
Martin graduated from high school in 1928, and worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps at Crater Lake. He was a certified orchardist who worked for Table Rock Orchard. He was also employed by the Oregon Department of Transportation and worked as a mill-wright at McGraw Brothers in Ashland.
Martin enjoyed cribbage, the mandolin, bookkeeping, reading, gardening, fishing and raising show dogs.
He was a member of the Rogue Valley Kennell Club, CIOIWA, Grace Community Fellowship of Eugene and First Baptist Church of Ashland.
Survivors include three daughters, Ann McIntyre of La Grande, Leona Graham of North Bend and Sarah Ezell of Eugene; a brother, Cecil of Phoenix, OR; and seven grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
A service was held Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Major Family Funeral Home in Springfield. A private burial will take place at Springfield Memorial Gardens. Major Family Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dorothy Rose Johnson
The graveside service for Dorothy Rose Johnson was held this morning, Wednesday, February 15, 2006 at 11:00 a.m., at Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland, OR. Pastor Bill Burkett of Calvary Baptist Church officiated.
Dorothy Rose Johnson, 87, of Medford, died Sunday, February 12, 2006 at her residence.
Ms. Johnson was born March 12, 1918 in Jerseyville, IL to Harry and Minnie Johnson.
In her life she was a PBX operator, graduate of Sally's Beauty School, attended business college and worked as a retail saleswoman. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Ashland, OR.
Survivors include her son, Wayland Mourning of Grants Pass, OR; granddaughter, Desiree and great-grandson, Jordan Melugin of Chowchilla, CA; nephew, Everett Johnson of Jerseyville, IL. She was preceded in death by her son, Carlton Diaz.
Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland, OR.
