Search Archived Marriage Records
Hazel Faye McDermott
The memorial service for Hazel Faye McDermott will be at 10 a.m. Friday in the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Medford. The Revs. Alan Jackson and Ted Broadway will officiate.
Mrs. McDermott, 72, of Medford, died Saturday (Sept. 5, 1998) at her home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2000 Oakwood Drive, Medford, OR 97504 or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 698, Medford, OR 97501.
She was born Hazel Faye Roberts on April 1, 1926, in Coffeeville, Miss.
She graduated from the Memphis, Tenn., School of Commerce.
Mrs. McDermott was a secretary in Memphis before joining her brother Howard and his family in Southern California.
She was secretary to the vice president and general manager of Arnold Engineering in Fullerton, Calif., from 1961 to 1973. She then worked for Katella Realty until 1983, when she became a secretary at Hughes Aircraft. She retired in 1987.
On Aug. 29, 1987, she married Thomas C. McDermott Jr., who survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley in 1991.
Mrs. McDermott was an active member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and a member of Rogue Valley Medical Center auxiliary.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a stepson, Thomas C. III, Plano, Texas; a stepdaughter, Karen Anne Ward, Garland, Texas; three sisters, Emma Shields, Lambert, Miss., Ruth Barton, Indianola, Miss., and Zara Mae Pipkin, Water Valley, Miss.; and two step-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Allen Heishman in 1969; and two brothers, Howard and Henry Roberts.
Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives, Medford.
Roscoe M. Everton
Roscoe M. Everton, 65, of Medford, died Sunday (Sept. 6, 1998) at Rogue Valley Medical Center. No service is planned.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rogue Valley Medical Center Foundation, Dubs Cancer Center, 2825 E. Barnett Road, Medford, OR 97504.
He was born March 29, 1933, in Sikeston, Mo.
Mr. Everton moved to the Rogue Valley in 1993 from Bakersfield, Calif.
Survivors include a daughter, Margie Prislac, Central Point; his companion, Bonny Tepovac, Medford; and three grandchildren.
Arrangements: Perl Funeral Services-Siskiyou, Medford.
Robert L. Canty
Robert "Bob" L. Canty, 76, of Medford, died Friday (Sept. 4, 1998) at Rogue Valley Medical Center. A private funeral will be held in the Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gospel Mission, 409 N. Front St., Medford, OR 97504.
He was born July 16, 1922, in Parish, N.Y., and moved with his family as an infant to Altadena, Calif.
Mr. Canty moved to Jacksonville in 1947.
On April 16, 1947, he married Geneva R. Williamson, who survives.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Ballard and USS Independence in the South Pacific.
For many years, Mr. Canty was Jacksonville's sole barber. He also was a volunteer fireman for several years.
Mr. Canty's sketches and paintings of his experiences in World War II were displayed at the Medford Center.
In his early years he was an avid hunter and trapper and later became an advocate of the humane treatment of animals.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include three sons, Mike, Larry and Don, all Medford; six grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Arrangements: Abbey Funeral, Medford.
Evelyn Bjork-Patterson
Evelyn Marie Bjork-Patterson, 86, formerly of Ashland, died Thursday (Sept. 3, 1998) in Springfield, where she was living. A memorial service was held Sept. 6 at Siskiyou Memorial Park, Medford.
She was born Evelyn Linzie on May 3, 1912, in Duluth, Minn.
On Aug. 25, 1935, in Duluth, she married Clarence W. Bjork, who died in 1984.
Mrs. Bjork-Patterson was a school teacher, having received a teaching degree in Minnesota.
She lived in Ashland from 1955 to 1978, when she moved to Sun City, Ariz. Recently she moved to Springfield from Sun City.
Mrs. Bjork-Patterson was a member of the Lakeview Methodist Church in Sun City, First United Methodist Church of Ashland and Eugene, and VASA Order of America, a Swedish-American fraternal organization. She enjoyed traveling, volunteer work, cooking and writing letters.
Survivors include two sons, James Bjork, Springfield, and John C. Bjork, San Mateo, Calif.; a daughter, Carol L. Holzer, Princeton, N.J.; a stepson, Col. Dan Patterson, Fort Lewis, Wash.; and seven grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her second husband, Lawton Patterson in 1995; a brother, Sigurd Linzie; a sister, Linnea Linzie; and a granddaughter.
Arrangements: England's Eugene Memorial Chapel.
Joan Celia Blaine
The funeral for Joan Celia Blaine will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Memory Gardens Chapel, Medford. Graveside services will follow in Memory Gardens Memorial Park. The Rev. John Braund of First Presbyterian Church, Phoenix, will officiate.
Mrs. Blaine, 72, of Prospect, died Sunday (Sept. 6, 1998) at her home.
She was born Joan Edler on April 19, 1926, in Bonanza. She lived in the Rogue Valley most of her life, moving here from the Klamath Falls and Lakeview areas.
On Sept. 15, 1994, she married Clinton Ward Blaine, who survives.
Mrs. Blaine was a homemaker and a member of First Presbyterian Church of Medford.
In addition to her husband, survivors include two daughters, Jean A. Stalnaker, Medford, and Jacky J. Evans, Central Point; a son, Jerry A. Wright, Lake Oswego; two stepdaughters, Nadene Pope, Prospect, and Nancy Gordanier, Klamath Falls; a sister, Elisabeth Hull, Overton, Nev.; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Memory Gardens Mortuary, Medford.
Albert J. Braun
Albert J. Braun, 67, formerly of Medford, died Friday (Sept. 4, 1998) at the Lou-Del Health Care Center in Forest Grove. No service is planned.
He was born Nov. 7, 1930, in Medford, the son of Albert J. and Susanne Braun.
Mr. Braun graduated from Medford Senior High School in 1948 and attended the University of California at Berkeley and New York University, where he earned a master's degree in computer science and math in 1981.
He was a Merchant Marine.
Mr. Braun worked for Shell Oil Co. until retiring in Beaverton in 1982.
He enjoyed opera, classical music, reading and travel.
Survivors include his mother, Susanne Baker, Irvine, Calif.; three sisters, Marianne Hale, Medford, Carolyn Ferguson, Irvine, and Patricia Ivie, San Jose; and a brother, Ted Braun, Bartlette, Tenn.
Arrangements: Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral Home, Forest Grove.
Julia Tummers
Julia J. Tummers, a gifted cook who founded Mon Desir and made the Central Point restaurant a national landmark, died Friday (Sept. 4, 1998) at 93.
Julia Pesi learned cooking while growing up in an Italian family in Fields Landing on the north California coast. She would help her mother cook and bake for the single men in the logging camps.
She worked in retailing in San Francisco after the death of her first husband, but she continued cooking.
Friends in Medford talked her into starting a restaurant here and found a promising location in the Conro Fiero mansion on Hamrick Road. It was built in 1910 by the millionaire for his bride, the former Grace Andrews.
It was a family business. Tummers was the cook, her husband, Alec Tummers, greeted diners and son Roland was the bartender. A couple of waitresses and a dishwasher completed the staff.
Her prime rib, veal scaloppini and chicken cacciatore were the most popular menu items. Mon Desir made Life magazine's list of the nation's 49 outstanding dining inns in "out of way" places.
She sold the restaurant in 1965 and was a consultant to the owners of the Jacksonville Inn.
Tummers was among the first official visitors to Alba, Medford's Italian sister city. "I speak the language," she told a reporter in a 1991 profile.
She was active with the Sister Cittee Committee and returned to Alba twice more. In 1984 she was initiated into the Ordine dei Tartufo e dei Vini d'Alba, an epicurian order.
Arrangements will be announced by Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives, Medford.
Theodore `Ted' Goodman
The funeral for Theodore "Ted" James Goodman will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Neighborhood Church of the C.M.A., Medford. Interment will follow in Memory Gardens Memorial Park.
Mr. Goodman, 90, of Medford, died Wednesday (Sept. 2, 1998) at his home.
He was born Oct. 5, 1907, in Blocker, Oklahoma Territory.
On Dec. 25, 1933, he married Bernice M. Stephens, who survives.
Mr. Goodman lived in Oklahoma, California, Washington and Arizona before settling in Oregon.
He worked for Western Union Telegraph Co. for 33 years, retiring in 1969.
He enjoyed fishing, camping, writing and traveling.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two sons, Jesse L., Poteau, Okla., and Charles J., Lebanon; two daughters, Sallie A. Palafox, Canby, and Teddy E. Lewis, Claremore, Okla.; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Arrangements: Perl Funeral Services-Siskiyou, Medford.
