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Shirley J. Southern
The Funeral Mass for Shirley J. Southern will be at 11 a.m., Friday, at Our Lady of the Mountain Catholic Church, Ashland. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland.
Shirley J. Southern, 77, of Phoenix, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003 at her home.
Funeral arrangements in care of Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Anita Wahinehookae
Anita Wahinehookae, 88, of Central Point, died Nov. 23, 2003 at her home. A memorial service will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003 at the Ashland Seventh-day Adventist Church.
She was born Dec. 29, 1915 at Honolulu, Hawaii. She attended University of Hawaii. She moved to the Rogue Valley in 1981. She was a teachers' aid and enjoyed gardening and sewing. Wahinehookae was a member of the Ashland Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Survivors include her daughter Valarie Hawkes; sons Vernon, Lavern and Wayne Lee; six grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John; daughter Patricia; two brothers and two sisters.
Arrangements are with Perl Funeral Home.
Mary K. Hull
Mary Kathryn Hull died on Nov. 22, 2003 in Ashland, Oregon at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Edwin Stanton Hull, who died in 1992.
Mary was born in Uniontown, Kansas on Sept. 13, 1914 to Milt and Mona McKinnis. She attended Uniontown High School where she excelled in debate and basketball, and led her basketball team to four State Championships in the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was an avid basketball fan and was a regular attendee at Ashland High School and Southern Oregon University basketball games. She was recognized by the University as an Outstanding Woman Athlete and was an honorary coach during the 2002 basketball season.
Mary traveled from Uniontown to Colorado and then to Long Beach, California in 1941, where she worked in the Navy shipyards during World War II. She operated a large catering business in Long Beach until 1975 and moved to Paradise, Calif. and then on to Ashland in 1988. She and her husband Edwin loved children and founded the Edwin Hull Campership Fund at the First United Methodist Church, Ashland to assure a camping experience for every child in the church.
Mary was also a caring auxiliary volunteer at the Feather River Hospital in Paradise and the Ashland Community Hospital. She was recognized as the most outstanding volunteer at Feather River Hospital as well as other top-hour awards. She was active in many other community volunteer activities.
Mary is survived by her daughter, Linda Butler of Ashland and three sons; Roger Hull of Medford, Ron Hull of Juneau, Alaska and Charles Hull of Ashland; eight grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Ashland Community Hospital Auxiliary or the Edwin Hull Campership Fund at the First United Methodist Church. Her memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003 at 3 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church of Ashland on the corner of Laurel and No. Main Street.
Arrangements by Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
John F. Peters
John F. Peters, 50, of Ashland, passed away at Linda Vista Care Center on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003. Arrangements are by Abbey Funeral, Medford.
Shirley J. "Meme" Southern
The Funeral Mass for Shirley J. Southern was held at 11 a.m., Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 at Our Lady of the Mountain Catholic Church, Ashland, with Rev. Joseph Betschart celebrant. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery, Ashland.
Shirley J. Southern, fondly known as Meme, was known as a woman of great courage and inspiration. She died Tuesday, November 25, 2003 at her home in Phoenix.
She was born Nov. 30, 1925 in Little Falls, Minn. On March 18, 1944 in Little Falls she married Donald Mrozek, who preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 1995. She later married Jack Southern, who preceded her in death in 1998.
For many years she lived in San Diego, where she waitressed at the officers club at North Island Naval Air Station. She moved to Ashland where she lived from 1986 to 1990, later moving to Talent and Phoenix.
She was a member of Our Lady of the Mountain Catholic Church. She enjoyed cribbage, music, trips to Reno and family gatherings. She also was involved in Senior Center activities.
Survivors include her companion, Bert Serrano, of Phoenix; son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Catherine Mrozek of Ashland; son, Bruce Mrozek of San Diego, Calif.; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra and Jim Ricketson of Henderson, Nev.; brothers, Jack and Dick Lonnee of St. Paul, Minn. and Milton Lonnee II of Garden Grove, Calif.; twelve grandchildren; twelve great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Providence Hospice, c/o Providence Medford Medical Center Foundation, 1111 Crater Lake Avenue, Medford, OR 97504.
Arrangements byLitwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Crematory, Ashland.
Margaret Vestal Taylor
The visitation and funeral service for Margaret Vestal Taylor will be Monday, Dec. 1, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church, Ashland, with Rev. Michael Powell officiating. Visitation will be from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. with the funeral service beginning at 3:00 p.m. A reception will follow in the church Fireside Room. Private interment will be in Scenic Hills Memorial Park, Ashland.
Margaret V. Taylor, 90, of Ashland, died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003 at Ashland Community Hospital with four generations of family at her side.
Margaret was born May 22, 1913 in Sand Point, Idaho, the only daughter of Gaylord and Della (Yaryan) Vestal. The family moved to Ashland in 1919 and she graduated from Ashland High School in 1931. On Sept. 12, 1936 in Ashland she married Loris E. Taylor, who preceded her in death Sept. 18, 1993.
Margaret enjoyed hunting and fishing trips with her beloved husband, and was an avid gardener. Her flower garden included dahlias and roses and was enjoyed by neighbors and friends.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Ashland since childhood.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Peggie and James Irvin of Sultan, Wash.; brother, Robert Vestal, Ashland; grandchildren and spouses, Cindy and Phillip Jordan of Monroe, Wash. and Wendy Irvin and Daniel Bowman of Monroe, Wash.; great-grandchildren, Della McCraine of Oxford,Ala.; Justin Jordan of Snohomish, Wash.; Brooke Jordan of Monroe, Wash. and Jordan Lynn Irvin-Bowman of Monroe, Wash.; three great great-grandchildren; numerous nephews, cousins, and friends. An infant brother, Virgil, brother Donald and brother, Gaylord Vestal, preceded her in death, Gaylord most recently in June of this year.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church, 175 N. Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520.
Arrangements by Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Crematory, Ashland.
Edward B. Versluis
Edward B. Versluis, 61, passed away on November 14, 2003 at his home in Ashland. He died peacefully after a valiant two-year battle with cancer.
He was a professor of English at Southern Oregon University and was known to friends, colleagues, and students as Ed. He said it kept people from tripping over the pronunciation of his last name.
Ed was born in Waterloo, Iowa in 1942. He earned his B.A. at the University of Northern Iowa in 1963, his M.A. at the University of Chicago in 1965 and his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago in 1972.
He taught at St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif. from 1968 to 1975 and was a training coordinator with Cal/OSHA in San Francisco for two years before coming to SOU in 1978. Early English literature, 18th century
British literature, and world literature were his specialties, but he also enjoyed teaching a variety of other classes, such as, form and value in the arts and international business English. During his tenure at SOU, he
served as chair of the English department and as acting director of graduate studies. Ed was a strong supporter of the Association of Professors: Southern Oregon University and served as chief negotiator. He was given the first outstanding service award last year by the union. Although he retired from SOU in 2002, he was enthusiastically teaching one class, British literature: Anglo-Saxon to renaissance, this term.
Ed was proud of his contributions overseas: teaching in Germany, Poland, Viet Nam, and Thailand; and volunteering with Global Volunteers in Viet Nam, Cross Cultural Solutions in Ghana, and Habitat for Humanity in Mexico.
His interest in archaeology and Viking sagas took him and his wife, Diana, to the island of Gotland, Sweden for a three-week Viking archaeological dig this summer. Ed lived life to its fullest up until he embarked on his next adventure.
He is survived by his wife, Diana Omura Versluis; daughters, Andrea Versluis of Boston, Mass., and Tanya Versluis and her husband Eric Laughlin of Shelton, Wash.; step-daughter Ginny Long of San Francisco, Calif. and step-son Tosh Omura-Long of Portland; aunt Alice Peters of Waterloo, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his step-son, James Travis Long of Ashland, and his parents, Charles Versluis and Myrtle Brownell Versluis, of Waterloo, Iowa.
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, Dec. 13 at the Windmill Inn at 3 p.m., followed by a social gathering. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the American Cancer Society would be appreciated.
