Obituaries

Richard S. Nielsen

Richard S. Nielsen

Mar 11, 2010

Richard Sherman "Geewad" Nielsen Richard S. Nielsen, 59, of Medford, died Thursday, March 11, 2010 at his home. Rick fought a courageous three and a half year battle against stage four colon cancer. He was born February 4, 1951 in Oakland, California to Clifford and Audrey (Ferris) Nielsen. As a youth, Rick attended schools in California including the cities of...

Lula Elaine Moffet

Lula Elaine Moffet

Mar 9, 2010

Lula Elaine Moffet, 96, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at Jacksonville Home Care, ending a beautiful life. Lula was born October 15, 1913 in Lillian, Nebraska to Robert and Jessie (Raymond) Metzger. The family moved to Joseph, Oregon and from there to Jacksonville in 1926, where Lula graduated from high school. She attended Souther Oregon College of...

Dorotha Pearce Knox

Dorotha Pearce Knox

Mar 5, 2010

Dorotha Pearce was born in June on Friday the 13th, 1913 to Floyd and Gladius (Fryer) Pearce in Eagle Point, Ore. Dorotha weighed 3 pounds at birth and the doctor didn't think she would make it! Dorotha passed away March 5th at her home, Morning Light Foster Home in Talent, Ore. Dorotha's grandfather, James J. Fryer was one of the...

Norman David Ziemer

Norman David Ziemer

Mar 5, 2010

Norman David Ziemer, 66, passed away on March 5, 2010, surrounded by his family in the home he built with his wife and family near Lake of the Woods. The home, fondly referred to as The Mountain House was a welcoming place for his family to gather and build memories. He was born January 3, 1944, in Kenosha, Wis., to...

Bonnie Jane Lindbo

Bonnie Jane Lindbo

Feb 21, 2010

Private Internment at Goblers Knob Cemetery in Branson Missouri

Addie D. Simmonds

Addie D. Simmonds

Feb 19, 2010

Addie Dorothea Simmonds, 91, of Phoenix, OR. passed Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at her home. She was born June 4, 1918 in Phoenix, OR. to Richard & Ida(Zillgitt) Bolz. On Oct. 30, 1938 in Medford, OR. she married Merle Walter Simmonds who preceded her in 1998. Addie enjoyed gardening, canning and freezing fruits and vegetables and quilting. She was a...

Ida May Bowman Henning

Ida May Bowman Henning

Feb 14, 2010

Ida May Bowman Henning, passed away February 14, 2010. Ida was born in Weiser, Idaho, September, 5, 1917, to Archie and Lottie Brown Bowman. The family moved to Jacksonville, Ore., in 1939. She married August Henning in 1940. They moved to Spokane, Wash. in 1976. She is preceeded in death by her parents; brothers, Lorne and Frank; daughter, Elizabeth; and...

Mary Ann Glosch

Mary Ann Glosch

Feb 13, 2010

Mary Ann Glosch With shining eyes, our family matriarch left her earthly home, surrounded by a loving family. Mary was born to Daniel and Melvina Frye on February 22, 1913, in Linton, Ind. She completed high school and began working at a cafe where she met her husband-to-be, Charles Moldovan. They were married July, 12, 1933, in Lorain, Ohio. The...

Lenore Carol Gebhard

Lenore Carol Gebhard

Feb 6, 2010

Lenore Carol Gebhard, of Sams Valley, Ore., passed into the arms of the Lord on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, in Medford. She was born March 14, 1934, in Milwaukie, Wis., to Leonard and Dorothy King. Lenore attended Eugene High School, and later Oregon State University, where she graduated in 1957 with a degree in education. She met and married her...

Martin Eugene Burke

Martin Eugene Burke

Feb 2, 2010

Martin Burke, 85, of Medford, Ore., died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, at Farmington Square. A memorial service will be held Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, at Memory Gardens, 1395 Arnold Lane, Medford, Ore., at 10:00 a.m. Martin was born on Sept. 25, 1924, in Post Falls, Idaho, to Bill and Mary Burke, who later homesteaded in Trail, Ore. He graduated from...

Billy Max Dean

Billy Max Dean

Jan 29, 2010

Billy Max "Tim" Dean, age 80, of Monticello, Ark., (formerly of Medford, Ore.) died Friday January 29, at Baptist Medical Center in Little Rock, Ark. He was born September 1, 1929, at Ingalls, Ark., to the late Garland Brooks Dean and Annie Lucille Johnson Dean. Tim was a retired employee of the City of Medford, Ore. and a Baptist. He...

Waldene B. Terry

Waldene B. Terry

Jan 25, 2010

Waldene Hines Terry, 93 passed away on January 25, 2010 in Medford, Ore. She was born in Calloway, Neb. on October 1, 1916 to Lloyd and Mabel Gordon Hines. She was reared on the Gordon Family Homestead in Nebraska until the 1927 Dust Bowl. At that time, the family made a six week trek west via a Touring Model T,...

Lawrence D. King

Lawrence D. King

Jan 18, 2010

Lawrence Delvin King AKA Mickey Mouse Beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and uncle. Larry passed on to heaven on January 18, 2010. He was born on January 27, 1920 in Fort Bragg, CA. He graduated from Richmond High School in 1940 and joined the US Navy in 1942. On November 24, 1944 he married Alice B. Angerhofer. They were married for...

Violet M. Thomas

Violet M. Thomas

Jan 8, 2010

Violet Mildred Thomas, 88, of Phoenix, OR. passed Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 at her home. Violet was a lifetime Medford resident born here on Jan. 31, 1921 to Harry Lloyd & Devina Rachel Nancy(Chastain) Mills. She graduated Medford High School in 1939 and later that year married George Albert Thomas who preceded in 2005. They enjoyed RVing, traveling to Georges...

Rosann K. Johnson

Rosann K. Johnson

Jan 3, 2010

Rosann Kay Johnson, 54, of Medford, Oregon passed Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010. A celebration of Rosann's life will be 2:00PM Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 at Bethel Church at Vista Pointe, 4245 Vista Pointe Drive, Medford, Oregon. Rosann was born Dec. 11, 1955 in Lebanon, PA. to Raymond & Joyce(Hostetter) Boyer. On Nov. 12, 1988 in Medford she and Robert Craig...

Tom L. Ruoff

Tom L. Ruoff

Dec 26, 2009

Thomas Leonard Ruoff, 53, of Roseburg, Oregon passed Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009. Services will be announced.

Stephen F. Donnelly

Stephen F. Donnelly

Dec 26, 2009

Stephen Frank Donnelly, 65, of Medford, Oregon passed Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009 at Roge Valley Medical Center in Medford. A celebration of life ceremony will be announced at the Ramada Inn where he worked.

Claude V. Anderson

Claude V. Anderson

Dec 25, 2009

Claude Victor Anderson Jr., 67, of Applegate, Oregon passed Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 at his home. Claude was born April 1, 1942 in San Diego, CA. He is survived by his father Claude V. Anderson Sr., of Applegate, OR. and his mother Wanita Elg of The Dalles, OR. Service arrangements will be announced.

Ralph S. Goldsmith

Ralph S. Goldsmith

Dec 24, 2009

Ralph Stanley Goldsmith, 100, of Jacksonville, Oregon passed Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009 at his home. He was born Nov. 20, 1909 in La Fontaine, Indiana to Charles T. & Jeanette(Nicewood) Goldsmith. In 1951 he married Bertee M. Thompson who preceded in death. Ralph did many things in his 100 years including being a Long Shoreman, truck driver and a union...

Carol A. Norman

Carol A. Norman

Dec 22, 2009

Carol Ann Norman Carol Ann Norman, 66, of Phoenix, Ore., died at home on Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at 12:12 p.m. from complications related to a rare form of metastatic Sarcoma. She was surrounded by her family. She was born to the late Carrol and Mildred Grimstvedt on September 11, 1943, in Chippewa Falls, Wis. Shortly after, the family moved...