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John Roy Ashley
The memorial service for John Roy Ashley will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church of White City. Dr. Leary Hood will officiate. Interment will be in Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Mr. Ashley, 29, of Medford, died Friday (March 12, 1999) as the result of a car accident.
He was born Dec. 31, 1969, in San Mateo, Calif. He moved to Oregon with his family as a child.
On March 16, 1990, at Lake Tahoe, Nev., he married Nichole Stupe, who survives.
Mr. Ashley was a junior at Southern Oregon University, majoring in criminology. He worked at Providence Medford Medical Center as a certified surgical technician, and also part-time at Rogue Valley Medical Center.
He served 10 years in the U.S. Navy as a hospital corpsman and was a veteran of Desert Storm. At the time of his death he was a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Gold Team at the university.
He was also a professional rafting guide and instructor. He enjoyed hiking and downhill skiing.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, Taylor, and two daughters, Kira and Jacey, all Medford; his parents, Robert E. and Barbara, San Jose, Calif.; and his grandparents, Shirley Ashley, Richmond, Calif., and Horace Quincy Peters, Painted Post, NY.
He was preceded in death by a grandfather, Robert E. Ashley, and a grandmother, Elizabeth M. Roy-Peters.
Friends may pay their respects from 3-8 p.m. at Conger-Morris Chapel, Medford.
Harry `Whitey' Rowland
The memorial service for Harry Clay "Whitey" Rowland will be at 9:30 a.m. today in Calvary Fellowship of the Salvation Army Church in Grants Pass. Pastor Lieutenant Michael Turnlund will officiate.
Mr. Rowland, 75, of Grants Pass, died Monday (March 8, 1999) at Three Rivers Hospital-Washington Campus.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Calvary Fellowship of the Salvation Army, 115 N.E. Evelyn, Grants Pass, OR 97526.
He was born Nov. 28, 1923, in Princeton, W.Va. He attended Mercer County schools and the University of Maryland.
On Nov. 20, 1954, in Guam, he married Irene Kuna, who survives.
Mr. Rowland served in the U.S. Army.
Following his discharge from Walter Reed Army Hospital, he entered the U.S. Civil Service. He served in Hawaii, Guam, Korea and the Western Pacific islands of what was then the United States Trusteeship of the United Nations. He retired after 48 years with the Navy's Office of Construction in San Diego. In 1984, he returned to Grants Pass.
Mr. Rowland was a member of the Disabled Veterans, Grants Pass Chapter, the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, and the Rogue Gem and Geology Club.
He was an amateur lapidarist, and displayed his work in conjunction with the Medford Roxy Ann Rock Club and other clubs across the United States. He was awarded the Everett Rambow Memorial Award in 1992 from the Western Dakota Gem and Mineral Society.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two daughters, Jill Barbara Rowland and Carla Ann Rowland, both Grants Pass; a son, Michael Joseph, Manassas, Va.; a sister, Virginia Scott, Princeton, W. Va.; and four grandchildren.
Arrangements: Southern Oregon Cremation Society, Grants Pass.
James L. Gillingham
The memorial service for James Landis "Lindy" Gillingham will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the Medford Moose Lodge, 226 N. Ross Lane, Medford. Interment was in Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Mr. Gillingham, 81, of Medford, died March 2, 1999, at his home.
He was born Sept. 4, 1917 in East Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to Oregon from California in 1972.
Mr. Gillingham was a driver in the transportation industry.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Survivors include a son, James Landis II, San Francisco, Calif.; a daughter, Nancy "Dusty" Sanders, Seattle, Wash.; 18 grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Abbey Funeral, Medford.
Lewis `Frank' Wilkinson
Lewis "Frank" Wilkinson, 81, of Medford, died Wednesday (March 10, 1999) at Rogue Valley Medical Center. A private service is planned.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Jackson County Humane Society, 2910 Table Rock Road, Medford, OR 97501.
He was born Aug. 27, 1917, in Dodge City, Kansas.
On May 14, 1997, in Gold Hill, he married Anna Lora Conner, who survives. He lived in the Rogue Valley for nearly 40 years.
Mr. Wilkinson was a member of Alcoholics Anonymous.
He enjoyed animals, duck hunting with his golden retriever, Nikki, and skeet shooting.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include a son, Jim, Klamath Falls; a daughter, Julie Garner, Seattle, Wash.; and three grandchildren.
Arrangements: Abbey Funeral, Medford.
Melton E. Barnett
Melton E. Barnett, 85, of Portland, formerly of Medford, died Feb. 22, 1999, in Portland. No service is planned.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 698, Medford, OR 97501.
He was born March 10, 1913, in Creswell.
In 1948, he married Maxine McCandliss, who died in 1985.
Mr. Barnett worked for Cheney Studs in Central Point, and later was a crane operator for Linningers Construction Co. in Medford, retiring in 1984. He moved to Portland in 1987.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Lucille, Portland; three stepsons, Jack McCandliss, Des Moines, Wash., Bruce McCandliss, Portland, and Bob McCandliss, Redmond; and brothers Gordon, Port Angeles, Wash., and Clifford, Walnut Creek, Calif.
Arrangements: Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland.
Lyman S. Faulkner
The funeral for Lyman S. Faulkner will be at 2 p.m. Saturday (March 13, 1999) at Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland.
Mr. Faulkner, 81, of Ashland, died Tuesday (March 9, 1999) at Providence Medford Medical Center. He had been battling leukemia.
He was an avid opponent of illegal drugs and an advocate for conservative causes.
"He was very passionate about the cause of drug use, and very positive that prevention was important," said Janet Corson, for many years the director of Southern Oregon Drug Awareness, on whose board Mr. Faulkner served.
He was born Nov. 26, 1917, in Kansas City, Kan., a son of Lyman U. and Viola Faulkner.
He moved to Ashland in 1982.
On Feb. 20, 1943, in Fort Benning, Ga., he married Dorothy Jane Gooch, who died in 1989. In 1992, in Carson City, Nev., he married Louise Daniels McFadden, who survives.
Mr. Faulkner graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1941 and served with the 11th Airborne Division of the U.S. Army in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands in World War II.
He took part in two combat parachute jumps and was awarded three Bronze Star medals and the Combat Infantry Badge. In a career spanning 23 years he served in Korea, in Berlin, Germany, and with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., rising to the rank of colonel.
After retiring from the Army, Faulkner was a Realtor in Newport Beach, Calif., where he was once honored as that town's Realtor of the year.
The Faulkners moved to Ashland after his retirement from the real estate business in 1982 to be near their daughters.
Faulkner enjoyed hunting, fishing and cross-country skiing.
He was a member of SODA's Board of Directors, founding that group's committee for a drug-free Ashland.
He was an advocate of conservative causes, often showing up at community meetings or writing letters to the editors of the Ashland Daily Tidings and the Mail Tribune.
He would sometimes turn up at events featuring speakers with whom he disagreed, where he would argue with them from the floor. Targets of his criticism in the 1980s ranged from former Yippie Abbie Hoffman to double Nobel prize-winning scientist Linus Pauling.
But he was known to call reporters to compliment them on a story he considered accurate.
"He worked hard on opposition to legalizing marijuana for years before it was a popular issue," Corson said.
"When he asked you to do something, he kept after you until you did it. When he got behind a cause he stayed behind it. He didn't care about being criticized. He didn't walk the middle of the road. I admired him so much."
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include three daughters, Jill McCaffrey, of Alexandria, Va., Judy Faulkner, of Ashland, and Elizabeth Wasserman, also of Ashland; a son, Lyman "Skip" Faulkner Jr., of Atherton, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandsons.
Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Crematory, Ashland.
Dorothy May Kelley
The memorial service for Dorothy May Kelley will be at 4 p.m. Saturday at Eagle Point Community Bible Church. Interment will be in Olivewood Cemetery in Riverside, Calif.
Mrs. Kelley, 92, of Eagle Point, died Monday (March 8, 1999) at her home.
Memorial contributions may be made to P.E.O. Sisterhood Scholarship Chapter BE, c/o Helen Roper, 3310 Edgewater Drive, Medford, OR 97504, or to Providence Community Health Foundation, Hospice & Day Care Center, 1111 Crater Lake Ave., Medford, OR 97504.
She was born Dorothy Stockburger on Jan. 7, 1907, in Montello, Nev.
On June 15, 1927, in Los Angeles, she married Joseph Kelley, who died in 1973.
Mrs. Kelley was a secretary and bookkeeper for Box Springs Mutual Water Co. in Moreno Valley, Calif., for 50 years, retiring in 1991. She was also secretary and treasurer to many organizations in Moreno Valley and served as a board member of Box Springs Mutual Water Co. and the Edgemont Service District.
Mrs. Kelley was 1998 Moreno Valley Citizen of the Year. She served as president of the Farm Bureau's Edgemont home demonstration department, which helped bring zoning and sewers to the area. She was a member of P.E.O. Eastern Star in Moreno Valley, the Moreno Valley Historical Society, the Edgemont Women's Club and the Friends of the Moreno Valley Senior Center.
Mrs. Kelley was a member of the Sunnymead Wesleyan Church, where she was treasurer for nine years on the temporary assistance program and was a long-term member of the board of administration.
She enjoyed gardening and traveling.
Survivors include a daughter, Mae M. Boren, Eagle Point; a son, William J., Camarillo, Calif., and Sydney, Australia; six grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grandson, David Kelley, in 1969.
Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives.
