Obituaries

Morley H. Pingle

Morley H. Pingle

Apr 14, 2009

Morley H. Pingle, 99, of Butte Falls, OR. passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in the serene surroundings he loved at his ranch gazing over his fields of cattle & beautiful valley of tall trees. Morley was born March 24, 1910 in Bothwell, Ontario, Canada. One of six children born to Harry & Florence(Reynolds) Pingle....

Barbara Ann Long

Barbara Ann Long

Apr 14, 2009

Barbara Ann Long, 47, of Medford passed Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, OR. She was born Oct. 1, 1961 in Fort Ord(Monterey), CA. to Robert & Denise(Covey)Walker. In 2001 in S.Lake Tahoe, NV., she married Darrell A. Long who survives. Barbara worked as a bookkeeper for Erickson Air Crane in Central Point, OR. She...

Grace Elizabeth Lamb

Grace Elizabeth Lamb

Apr 13, 2009

Grace Elizabeth Lamb, 92,of Medford passed Monday, April 13, 2009 at her home. Arrangements will be announced.

Frank Eugene Josephson

Frank Eugene Josephson

Apr 9, 2009

Frank Eugene Josephson, 92, of Medford passed Thursday, April 9, 2009. Frank was born June 11, 1916 in Yankee Hill, CA. to Oliver C. & Katherine (Clark) Josephson. In Hollywood, CA. in 1944 he married Lucille S. Smith who survives. Frank & Lucille came to Southern Oregon in 1950 from Long Beach, CA. He worked his way up to foreman...

Sharon Ann Olsen

Sharon Ann Olsen

Mar 22, 2009

Sharon Ann Olsen, 59, of Medford, OR. passed Sunday, March 22, 2009 at her home. Memorial services will be held Friday, March 27, 2009 at 11:00AM at the Memory Gardens Chapel. A reception will follow. Sharon was born July 29, 1949 in Duluth, MN. to Arthur & Dorothy Stevens. On Dec. 29, 1972 she married Michael John Olsen who survives....

Robert L. Carpenter

Robert L. Carpenter

Mar 16, 2009

Robert "Bob" Leslie Carpenter passed away at his home March 16, 2009, surrounded by his loving family. He was 87. Bob was born July 21, 1921 in Port Angeles, WA to parents Claude Cyrus Carpenter and Elsie May Albright. His parents worked in logging camps in British Columbia, where Bob spent much of his youth. In his early adulthood, he...

Robert Charles Sanderson

Robert Charles Sanderson

Mar 14, 2009

Robert Charles Sanderson, Sr., 88, left this earth for his heavenly home on Saturday, March 14, 2009. He passed away at home, with his family at his side. Robert was born May 30, 1920 in Beagle, Oregon, the fifth child of Charles Camp Sanderson and Agnes May Ashworth Sanderson. On October 4, 1944, in Medford, Oregon, he married Nellie May...

Herbert Ray Vallee

Herbert Ray Vallee

Mar 13, 2009

Herbert Ray Vallee, 88, of Medford, died Friday, March 13, 2009 at Safe & Secure Foster Home.

Regina Pearl Wearne

Regina Pearl Wearne

Mar 7, 2009

Regine Pearl Wearne, born Jan. 12, 1929,, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to Carl and Ruby (Johnson) Mark, the eldest of eight children, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009, at Rogue Valley Medical Center. Following the dust bowel in the Midwest in summer of 1936, her family the consisting of only three children, headed West. Their realtives in Iowa were afraid...

Warren S. Renner

Warren S. Renner

Feb 26, 2009

Graveside services for Warren S. Renner, 86, of Medford will be 2:00PM Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009 at Memory Gardens Memorial Park in Medford. Warren passed Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009 at Rogue Valley Medical Center. Warren was born May 18, 1922 in Klamath Falls, OR. to Earl & Eunice(Paige) Ritchie. In 1941 he married Yolanda I. Messineo who survives. He had...

Eugenuisz S. Gesior

Eugenuisz S. Gesior

Feb 24, 2009

Eugeniusz S. Gesior, 96, of Medford passed on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 at his home. He will return to his native Warsaw, Poland for interment with his family. Eugeniusz was born Oct. 22, 1912 in Poland. He is survived by a daughter Chris Mott of Eagle Point, OR.

William "Bill" Link

William "Bill" Link

Feb 15, 2009

William"Bill" D. Link, long time business man and resident of Jackson County, passed away of natural causes at his home on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at the age of 84. He is known as the "Hard Rock" of Panther Crushing Company, Inc. and as the "Great Host" of fine dining and entertainment at the Shenandoah Inn and the Mon Desir'...

Betty Jean Medeiros

Betty Jean Medeiros

Feb 12, 2009

Betty Jean Medeiros, 78, of Medford passed on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford, OR. Memorial Services at Memory Gardens Chapel are sceduled for 2:00PM Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Betty was born Oct. 22, 1930 in Oklahoma City, OK. to Clarence and Audie(Mason) Foster. In 1963 she married Thomas E. Medeiros in Reno, NV. They...

Dorothy Isabel Heavilin

Dorothy Isabel Heavilin

Feb 9, 2009

DOROTHY ISABEL HEAVILIN Dorothy Isabel Heavilin was born June 7, 1929, in Ashtabula, OH. She was preceded in death by her parents, Martha Winters-Frazier and Ray Eddy Frazier, her husband, Wesley Raymond Heavilin, a sister, Leona May Frazier, and four brothers, John Alvin, William Edward, James Earl, and Joseph Walter. She is survived by two brothers, Raymond Eugene Frazier of...

Alphia Leon Lemley

Alphia Leon Lemley

Feb 6, 2009

Alphia passed away peacefully with his wife, son and grandson Kyle at his side in Drain, OR. Alphia was born Sept. 2, 1924 in Wellington, TX. to Jeff Haywood and Grace Simmons Lemley. At age 9, due to the depression, his family movedto the Rogue Valley, where he graduated from Medford High in 1941. He grew up helping on the...

Glenn V. Moffet

Glenn V. Moffet

Feb 5, 2009

Glenn V. Moffet, 95, of Jacksonville, OR. passed Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009 in Medford. He was born May 16, 1913 to William and Gertrude(Brusven) Moffet. On July 13, 1940 he married Lula Metzger in Medford. They lived in Medford for two years then moved to the Bay area of CA. until returning to Jacksonville, OR. in 2006. He graduated with...

Ted T. Kenton

Ted T. Kenton

Feb 1, 2009

Theodore "Ted" Thomas Kenton, 78, of Medford passed on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009 surrounded by his family. Graveside services with military honors were held Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 at Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Medford, OR. Ted is survived by his wife Leora, four daughters April, Aaron, Shawnee and Shannon; two sons Royal and Rick; 13 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren....

Russel Edwin Davis

Russel Edwin Davis

Jan 25, 2009

RUSSEL EDWIN DAVIS On Sunday, January 25, 2009, our loving father, Russel Edwin Davis, passed away at his home in Medford, OR. Russel was born on December 22, 1913, in Detroit Lakes, MN., to Smith Alfred and Della Davis. At the age of 13, he and his famiy moved to Oregon, finally settling in Medford, where he met and married...

Janet Hill

Janet Hill

Jan 13, 2009

Janet Hill, 75, of Gold Hill, Oregon passed Tuesday, January 13, 2009. She was born on March 27, 1933. Arrangements will be announced.

Ileen Caroline Whisnan

Ileen Caroline Whisnan

Jan 10, 2009

Ileen Caroline Whisnan formerly of Medford, OR. passed Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009 in Roseburg, OR. Private family interment will be in Memory Gardens Memorial Park, Medford.