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Margaret Cecelia Rollett
Margaret Cecelia Rollett, 85, of Phoenix, died Monday (Feb. 17, 2003) at Farmington Square. A private service will be held.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association Foundation, Southern Oregon Chapter, 2860 State St., Medford, OR 97504, or Rogue Valley Medical Center Auxiliary Foundation, 2825 E. Barnett Road, Medford, OR 97504.
She was born Nov. 23, 1917, in Chicago, to Francis and Nellie Prasch. On May 24, 1941, in Los Angeles, she married
Robert Rollett, who survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley 22 years ago from San Mateo, Calif.
Mrs. Rollett was a homemaker. She also did volunteer work with the Rogue Valley Medical Center Auxiliary for 10 years.
She enjoyed bunco, sewing and spending time with her grandchildren and family.
Survivors, in addition to her husband, include a son, Robert, Napa, Calif.; three daughters, Barbara Klarenbach, Vancouver, Wash., Ginny Rollett, Seattle, and Joan Young, San Mateo, Calif.; two sisters, Frances Riley, Chicago, and Genevieve Mahoney, Franklin Park, Ill.; seven grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother, John Prasch.
Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.
Cheryl Marie Osmus
Cheryl Marie Osmus, 55, of Medford, died Sunday (Feb. 16, 2003) at her home. A private ceremony will be held.
Memorial contributions may be made to Asante Hospice, 2960 Doctor’s Park Drive, Medford, OR 97504.
She was born Dec. 13, 1947, in Milledgeville, Ga., to Horace and Louise Wright. She moved to the Rogue Valley in 1989 from Durango, Colo.
Ms. Osmus was a clerk at Wal-Mart.
She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, gardening, collecting and listening to music, and helping others in need.
Survivors include two sons, Donald W. Gerald, Medford, and L. Tanner Gerald, Ashland; her father, Horace Wright, Milledgeville, Ga.; a sister, Marsha Mayberry, Ruidoso, N.M.; a brother, Buddy Wright, Milledgeville, Ga.; and two granddaughters. She was preceded in death by her mother, Louise Wright; and a grandson, Walker Gerald.
Arrangements: Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary, Medford.
Beatrice ‘Bea’ Newby
A Celebration of Singing memorial service for Beatrice "Bea" Newby will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Woodland Center, Gold Hill Preschool, 2345 Sardine Creek Road, Gold Hill. A potluck will follow.
Mrs. Newby, 88, of Ashland, died Jan. 9, 2003, at her home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Peace House, 543 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland, OR 97520, or Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, N.Y., 10960.
She was born in May 1914, in Los Angeles. She attended Chapman College, where she met her future husband, and received a bachelor’s degree from Cal State University, Los Angeles. In December 1937, in La Habra, Calif., she married
William "Bill" Bascomb Newby, who died in 1988. The Newbys were active in the Peace Club and were part of a Quaker group in Los Angeles. In 1948, the family spent a year learning organic farming at Walnut Acres, Pa. Returning to California, Mr. Newby, a landscaper by trade, raised much of their food organically.
Mrs. Newby was a social worker for Los Angeles County from 1963 until her retirement in 1973.
The Newbys helped found a UN Chapter in Hemet, Calif., were active in many organizations promoting peace and social change and were longtime members of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
After retiring and moving to Selma in 1973, they continued their peace and environmental work in Southern Oregon by working to prevent strip mining of Eight Dollar Mountain in Illinois Valley. They were also active in the Organic Gardening Club and at Myrtlewood School in Selma.
After her husband’s death, Mrs. Newby moved to Gold Hill and later to Ashland, where she created a Women’s Group and was active in Peace House, Headwaters, Quaker Meeting and Women of Vision. She was a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Sierra Club, Women of Vision and Action, American Friends Service Committee, United Farm Workers, Southern Poverty Law Center, Nature Conservancy, Habitat for Humanity, Friends of the Earth and Tilth.
She was a avid weaver and belonged to the Weaver’s Guild. She enjoyed reading and was a member of the Women’s Group and the Salon Group.
Survivors include three daughters, Jerilee C. Newby and Kit Neagle, both Ashland, and Carilene Newby, El Prado, N.M.; four sisters, Rose, Dora, Irene and Violet; and two grandchildren.
Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Crematory, Ashland.
James F. ‘Jim’ Carey
James F. "Jim" Carey, 78, of Grants Pass, died Thursday (Feb. 13, 2003) at his home. A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
He was born Oct. 30, 1924, in Minneapolis. On Dec. 26, 1947, in Minneapolis, he married
Barbara Whiting, who survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley in 1980 from Minneapolis.
Mr. Carey served as a motor machinist in the Amphibious Craft Unit in the South Pacific during World War II.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Calvary Lutheran Church.
Mr. Carey enjoyed his family, golfing with friends, camping and fishing and rock hounding.
Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two daughters, Meredith Myrick, Grants Pass, and Marci Inman, Leon, Mexico; three sisters, Mary Joe Cook, Minneapolis, Helen Podany, El Paso, Texas, and Patricia Johnson, Yakima, Wash. He was preceded in death by a son, Mark.
Arrangements: Grants Pass Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.
Margaret Agnes Witten
Margaret Agnes Witten, 83, of Medford, formerly of Palm Desert, Calif., died Thursday (Feb. 13, 2003) in Medford. The funeral will be in Riverside, Calif.
Memorial contributions may be made to Providence Community Health Foundation, Hospice, 1111 Crater Lake Ave., Medford, OR 97504.
She was born March 12, 1919, in Fargo, N.D., to Herman and Therese Arendes.
During World War II, she served as a registered nurse in the U.S. Army in North Africa and Italy and continued her career as a nurse for most of her life.
She was an active member of her church, the Historical Society, American Legion and the American Cancer Association. She enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include a son, Mike, Medford; a daughter, Therese Witten, Pittsburgh; a sister, Mary Arendes, Langdon, N.D.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
Mayme Plocker Frank
Mayme Plocker Frank, 90, of Medford, died Jan. 28, 2003, at Rogue Valley Medical Center. The memorial service was held Feb. 9 at Rogue Valley Manor. Interment will be beside her husband, sister and parents in Woodland cemetery, Washburn, Wis.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Association to Unite the Democracies (AUD), Hall of States, Suite 601C, 444 N. Capitol St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001, or to the Southern Oregon Humane Society, 2910 Table Rock Road, Medford, OR 97501.
She was born Nov. 18, 1912, in Mason, Wis., to Gena Rued and Governor St. John Plocker. The family moved to Chicago when she was 4 and remained there until she graduated from eighth grade, when they moved to Maywood, Ill.
When she was 19, she graduated from a two-year training program at Northern Illinois State Teachers College in DeKalb, Ill., and began her teaching career in Crystal Lake, Ill., where she was a fifth grade teacher to 56 students.
When she was 21, she met Herbert Frank at the University of Wisconsin, where they were taking summer school classes. They married
on June 27, 1935, but had to keep their marriage secret and live apart for two years so she could keep her teaching position in Illinois. The Franks spent their first year living together as man and wife in Julesburg, Colo., where Mr. Frank taught high school from 1937-1938. They then lived in Wilmot, Wis., from 1938 to 1943, where Mrs. Frank taught in a rural school in English Prairie, Ill.
Mrs. Frank received a bachelor’s degree in education in 1941 after taking years of summer school classes. After her husband enlisted in the Army in 1942, she moved to Northern California and taught seventh and eighth grades during the war. She joined her husband in the Philippines in 1946, where she taught in the literacy program for a year. After they returned to Northern California in 1947, she taught in Oakland schools until her retirement due to a hearing disability in 1970.
The Franks lived in Berkeley, Calif., from 1948 to 1970 and hosted meetings of the Federal Union, later known as the Association to Unite the Democracies. After they retired from teaching, they moved to Lakeport, Calif. They moved to Rogue Valley Manor in 1982 and celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1985. Mr. Frank died in 1986.
At the Manor, Mrs. Frank volunteered to teach English as a second language to adults. She also helped causes, charities, the needy and set up an educational fund in 1990 to provide scholarships for students interested in studying the principles of politics and peace. She donated funds to help Americans to Unite the Democracies purchase a Washington, D.C., headquarters, which was named the Mayme Frank House.
Mrs. Frank enjoyed traveling, and visited Western and Eastern Europe, the Far East and most of the United States.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Loretta.
Arrangements: Perl Funeral Home, Medford.
William Gale Schrader
The memorial service for William Gale Schrader will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at Anderson’s Chapel in Anderson, Calif.
Mr. Schrader, 92, formerly of Medford, died Tuesday (Feb. 11, 2003) in Redding, Calif.
He was born April 11, 1910, in Medford, to Otto and Josephine Jackson Schrader. He grew up in the Medford and Northern California areas. As a young man, he played basketball on home teams and up to the time of his death, could still recall the team playing against the Harlem Globetrotters.
Mr. Schrader first began working driving a truck from Weed to Gazelle. In 1920, his father settled permanently in Medford and he began working in the pear orchards, and then worked as a lineman for California Oregon Power Co. (COPCO).
In 1928 he came to Prospect where he worked as an assistant operator at the power plant on the Rogue River. After taking an ICS course in electrical engineering in the lighting division, he transferred to Grand Coulee Powerhouse and worked as an operator at the newly constructed dam. While in Grand Coulee he belonged to the Civil Air Patrol. During World War II, he received a letter from the U.S. government declaring his job essential and exempting him from the service.
In 1944 he transferred to Shasta Dam, nearing its completion. He started the first generator at the powerhouse and became shift supervisor of operators. Operations from Shasta Dam included Keswick, Trinity and Judge Frances Carr dams. He designed the first form to take readings of the equipment in the Power House, and at 92 he still remembered the formulas used.
Mr. Schrader and his wife, Jean, were partners in the Country Girl and Riverview Market, which Mrs. Schrader managed. In his spare time, he made picture frames for Photo Supply in Redding.
He was a lifelong member of the Elks, Moose and Sun Oaks.
After retirement the Schraders enjoyed traveling, and took many trips in their motor home to Mexico. They made several trips to Hawaii and he traveled in Europe, visiting his relatives in East Germany. He enjoyed playing tennis, golf, and flying his airplanes.
Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Jean; three daughters, Dolores Hall, Prospect, Muriel Blake, Shingletown, Calif., and Carolyn Buzdieker, Saratoga, Calif.; a son Kenneth "Bud" Buzdieker, Cupertino, Calif.; a sister, Ivy Thomas of Central Point; six grandchildren, 12 great- grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Arrangements: Anderson’s Chapel, Anderson, Calif.
Riley Sage Austin
Riley Sage Austin, 18-day-old daughter of Isaac and Amber (Madden) Austin of Rogue River, died Sunday (Feb. 9, 2003) at Rogue Valley Medical Center. A private service will be held.
Riley was born Jan. 21, 2003, in Medford.
Survivors, in addition to her parents, include her twin sister, Bria Austin, Rogue River, a sister, Serene Austin, Rogue River; and her grandparents, Joleen Appleton, Medford, Chuck Layton, Palm Springs, Calif., and Bill and Karen Madden, Rogue River.
Arrangements: Grants Pass Funeral Alternatives.
Maxine Eleanor Robles
Maxine Eleanor Robles, 85, of Medford, died Wednesday (Feb. 12, 2003) at Medford Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. No service is planned.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Rogue Valley Medical Center Foundation, Hospice Program, 2600 Siskiyou Blvd., Suite 100, Medford, OR 97504.
She was born Oct. 27, 1917, in Roseburg, to Russell and Pauline Carpenter. She married
Lorenzo Robles, who preceded her in death.
Mrs. Robles was a seamstress. She moved to the Rogue Valley in 1971 from San Jose, Calif.
Survivors include four sons, Larry B. Bennett, Medford, Ronald Bennett, Oakland, Calif., John Bennett, Santa Clara, Calif., and Lorenzo Robles, Portland; a daughter, Paula Rios, Medford; and two grandchildren.
Arrangements: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Medford.
Frank Prentiss Kern Jr.
The memorial service for Frank Prentiss Kern Jr. will be at 1 p.m. today at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Medford.
Mr. Kern, 77, of Phoenix, died Saturday (Feb. 8, 2003) in Medford.
He was born Oct. 24, 1925, in Peoria Ill., to Frank Prentiss Kern and Helen Laurina Scally. The family moved to Seattle by 1930, and later to Los Angeles.
He entered the U.S. Navy in 1943 and was assigned to the submarine fleet as a projectionist.
Following World War II, Mr. Kern lived in Los Angeles, and while attending night school he worked his way into the savings and loan business, eventually becoming a vice-president with Mercury Savings and Loan.
He was president of both the Long Beach Chapter and Regional Council of Parents without Partners of Southern California where he was instrumental in raising $30, 000 for Muscular Dystrophy. His other civic activities included Sea Scouts and Toastmasters.
Mr. Kern moved to Southern Oregon in 1997, and attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church of Medford.
He enjoyed photography, computers, coin collecting and sunbathing.
Survivors include a son, Frank Prentiss III, White City; three daughters, L. Kathy Kern, Ashland, Christine Dotson, Yreka, Calif., and Sandra Laureen Boyce, Medford; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Bradford Gary, and a sister, Mary Viola.
Arrangements: Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mortuary.
Verna Mae Linderman
The memorial service for Verna Mae Linderman will be at 4 p.m. today at Conger-Morris Chapel in Medford.
Mrs. Linderman, 64, of Medford, died Sunday (Feb. 9, 2003) at her home.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
She was born Feb. 14, 1938, in Sacramento, Calif., to Frank and Mildred (Scott) Curry. She lived in Eureka, Calif., for most of her life, moving to the Rogue Valley two months ago.
Ms. Linderman was a member of the Manila Baptist Church in Manila, Calif., the Pacific Redwood Breakers Club in Eureka, Calif., where she was known as "Lady Mongoose, " the Lebanon Square Circlers in Lebanon, and the Yreka Circle and Square Dance Club.
She enjoyed sewing, crossword puzzles and square dancing.
Survivors include six sons, Alan and Lawrence, both Medford, Donald, Edward and Frederick Jr., all Yreka, Calif., and Carl, Orick, Calif.; a sister, Shirley Relyea, Deming, N.M.; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a brother.
Arrangements: Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford.
