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Phyllis M. Kursa
The memorial service for Phyllis Marie Kursa will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 at Zion Lutheran Church, Medford.
Mrs. Kursa, 75, of Medford, died Monday (Dec. 22, 2003) at Providence Medford Medical Center.
She was born March 13, 1928 in Goodland, KS to Holly S. and Hattie W. (Brim) Poling. In 1956 in Boise, ID, she married Thaddeus Kursa, who died in 1986. She moved to the Medford area from Willits, CA in 1987.
Mrs. Kursa was a homemaker, loved children, animals, taught Sunday school and was the matriarch caregiver for her family.
Survivors include: her daughter, Kathryn Fritsch of Pisgah, IA; four sisters, Lorraine Florey, Myrtle Hoover, both of Medford, Glenda Bailey of Portland, and Marilyn Farooqui of Beaverton; and her brother, Paul Poling of Medford.
Arrangements by Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
Thomas H. Bailey
Services are planned in the Spring for Thomas Hamlet Bailey, 73, of Medford, who died Tuesday (Dec. 23, 2003) at Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford. Inurnment will be in the Eagle Point National Cemetery.
Mr. Bailey was born Aug. 31, 1930 in Cincinnati, OH to Gordon and Olive (Beard) Bailey. In 1958 in Oakland, CA, he married Sandra Brazelton, who survives.
He graduated in the early 1960's from the University of California, Berkley with a degree in Criminology. He retired as a lieutenant from the Oakland Police Department, entered active duty with the Army Reserve, retiring as a Lieutenant Colonel and then worked for the California Dept. of Corrections in Vacaville, CA.
He enjoyed gardening, landscaping, pool, ping-pong, and his grandchildren. Mr. Bailey came to the Rogue Valley from Vacaville in 1999.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, Sandra, include: two daughters and sons-in-law, Laura Louise and Randy Kershner, Diana Lynn and Sean Garrett, all of Medford; two brothers, Woodrow Bailey Cincinnati, OH and H. Gordon and Georgia Bailey of Reynoldsburg, OH; and three grandchildren, Kayla Marie, Kelsey Lynn and Kane Thomas Garrett.
Arrangements by Hillcrest Mortuary, Medford.
Cecil Dean Johnson
Cecil Dean Johnson, 65, of White City, died Tuesday, December 23, 2003 at Rogue Valley Medical Center. Services will be at at 10:30, Saturday at Trail Christian Fellowship. Arrangements: Chapel of the Valley - L.B. Hall Funeral Home.
Doris Regina Wood
Doris Regina Wood, 85, of Medford, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2003 at her residence. Arrangements will be announced by Memory Gardens Mortuary in Medford.
Earl Clayton Chellis
Earl Clayton Chellis, 88, of Medford, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at his home. Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives & Crematory.
Frank Reed
Frank Reed, 65, of Central Point, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at Rogue Valley Medical Center. Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives & Crematory.
George Martin Ulrey
George Ulrey, 58, of Williams, died December 24, 2003 at his home. Arrangements: by Hillcrest Mortuary.
Gunhild M. Shurtz
Gunhild M. Shurtz, 79, of Medford, died on Thursday (Dec. 25, 2003) at Farmington Square. Arrangements will be handled by Perl Funeral Home.
Jack B. Salsman
Mr. Jack B. Salsman, 78, of White City, died on December 26, 2003 at Providence Hospital. No services are going to be held, but there will be a gathering of his family and friends at home on Sunday, Dec. 28th.
Johnie D. Hales
Johnie D. Hales, 82, of Shady Cove, died Wednesday, December 24, 2003 at the Rogue Valley Medical Center. Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Karel R. Bennett
Karel R. Bennett, 62, of Shady Cove, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at her home. Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.
Margaret Greenlee
Margaret Greenlee, 69, of Jacksonville, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at Providence Medford Medical Center. Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.
Robert A. Fitzsimmons
Robert Allen Fitzsimmons, 78 (July 20, 1925), of Medford, died Thursday (Dec. 25, 2003) at his home. Arrangements by Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
Robert E. Anderson
Robert E. Anderson, 79, of White City, died Friday, December 26, 2003 at Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center. Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.
'Snookie' Watson
Ileene "Skookie" Elliott Watson, 93 (Nov 28, 1910), of Trail, died Thursday (Dec 25, 2003), at Three Fountains Nursing Center, Medford. Arrangements by Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
Wanna Walker
Wanna Walker, 85, of Ashland, died Thursday, December 25, 2003 at an Ashland Foster Home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland.
Doris "Dody" R. Wood
Doris "Dody" Regina Wood, 85, died Monday, December 22, 2003 at her residence in Medford. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 3rd at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 745 N. 10th St., Central Point. Pastor Herbert Percy will officiate.
Memorial contributions may be made to Deaf Missions, in care of Gloria Dei Lutheran Church.
Doris was born October 5, 1918 in Colome, South Dakota, daughter of Walter Addison and Lilla Regina Olsen Wood.
Doris became deaf in early infancy from spinal meningitis. She acquired a 12-year education at the South Dakota School for the Deaf, where she became proficient in speech and lip reading. Her deafness inspired her sister, Wilma L. Jahn to become a teacher of the deaf, teaching many deaf children here in the Rogue Valley.
Prior to World War II, Doris worked as a typist in Luverne, MN. During the war, she was employed by the U.S. Government Ordnance District, Small Arms Division, of the Army Service Department in Detroit, MI. She then moved to San Francisco, CA, and served in various positions at I Magnin and the Emporium. She relocated to Oakland, CA and was employed by the Social Security Administration for 25 years, until her retirement. There she operated IBM computers with skill and efficiency, earning the honor of the Most Valuable Handicapped Employee of the Year. At that time, computers were fairly new, and she was pleased to be part of their enormous influence in the business world.
Always a firm believer in her Christian faith, she was an inspiration to others. She was a life-long member of the Lutheran Church. She was baptized as an infant at Zion Lutheran Church in Colome, SD, and was confirmed in 1937. While living in the Bay area, she was a member of the Lutheran Church for Deaf in Oakland.
Doris had an adventuresome spirit. She traveled extensively around the United States with her parents and on her own. She particularly loved to drive her car around the Bay area. She also traveled to Hawaii and several European countries with other deaf people and an interpreter. She loved hiking, camping, and the ocean and mountains. But most of all, at any given opportunity, and especially during holidays, she loved being with her extended family. She was a most beloved member of the family and will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her sister, Wilma Jahn of Medford; brother, Reverend Harold Wood of O'Neill, Nebraska; nieces, Julie Santillie of Medford, Sue Ritter of Pullman, WA, Betsy Brown of Corvallis, and Pam Illies of Chanhassen, MN; nephews, Philip Jahn of Grangeville, ID, and James Wood of Maplewood, MN; and numerous grandnieces, grandnephews, great-grandnieces and great-grandnephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and a nephew, Eric (Arik) O. Skoog.
Arrangements: Memory Gardens Mortuary, Medford.
