June 21, 1947 - December 31, 2016Rebecca Malmgren, beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and sister returned peacefully to her Father in Heaven, Saturday, December 31, 2016. At the time of her death Rebecca was in the arms of her sweetheart and surrounded by her loved ones.Rebecca was born on the June 21, 1947 to William Franklin Barker and Lula Marie Giles in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1968 she married the love of her life, Clark Malmgren. They made many fond [...]
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Eva "Rebecca" Barker Malmgren
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Nancy Larsen Tompkins
June 14, 1934 - December 29, 2016Nancy Larsen Tompkins, 82, of Grants Pass, Oregon succumbed to a brief battle with cancer Thursday, December 29, 2016 with her family surrounding her in Medford, Ore. She was born Nancy Jane June 14, 1934 to John Vernon and Ruby Marshall in Portland, Ore. Her parents moved to Medford when she was an infant and she lived in the Rogue Valley her entire life.She was a graduate of Medford High School and she married Walter H. Larsen [...]
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Ramona Garvin DeVaul
June 15, 1928 - December 23, 2016Ramona Garvin DeVaul passed away December 23, 2016 surrounded by her children and one of her closest friends. As in life, she passed in beauty and grace. Ramona and her loved ones shared much laughter during her last days on this earth, as was the case in their lives together as a family.As in Mary Oliver’s poem, "When Death Comes," Ramona was "a bride married to amazement." She was life’s lover. Each day she [...]
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Barbara Lee Kaiser Hill
September 21, 1932 - December 24, 2016Barbara Lee Kaiser Hill, 84, passed away December 24, 2016 in Medford, Oregon due to complications from Alzheimer’s. She was born September 21, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan to Arthur Charles Kaiser and Bernice Valdine VilleMonte Kaiser.Before graduating from Pershing High School in June, 1950 Barbara worked at the corner drug store as a "soda jerk." In 1956 she moved with her best friend to San Diego where she got a job [...]
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Ann M. Cuddy
June 6, 1935 - December 26, 2016Ann often said that she lived her life to the fullest – and it was true. She packed a lot of living and adventures into her 81 years.Born in Pittsburgh, Penn. to Eugene Lawrence Messler and Alice Tiers Messler, Ann spent her early years on remote beaches in Florida. Her sister Carol, who passed away earlier this year, was her primary companion along with her horse, Flicka; a horse Ann once brought into the house. During [...]
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Death Notices
~ Patricia Theresa Marie Matheny, 89, of Ashland, Oregon passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Linda Vista Care Center. Arrangements are in care of Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland, Ore.www.litwillersimonsen.com ~ Jimmie Wallace Johnson of White City, Oregon passed away December 22, 2016. Arrangements in care of Memory Gardens Mortuary, 541-773-7338. [...]
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Mary Margaret Alvarez
October 15, 1945 - December 2, 2016Mary Margaret Alvarez, 71, passed away December 2, 2016 at her home in Central Point, Ore. Mary was born in Berkeley, Calif. to John Gilbert and Marjorie Elizabeth LaFleur.The family moved to Klamath Falls in the late '40s and to the Rogue Valley in the late '50s. After graduating from Phoenix High School in 1963 Mary went to beauty school to become a beautician. After a few years she went to work for the Bell Telephone [...]
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Verna Braziel McDonnell
August 6, 1922 - January 1, 2017Verna Braziel McDonnell passed away Jan. 1, 2017. Born Aug. 6, 1922 in Mt. Olive, Ill. to Sylvester and Nellie Osborne. Her family moved to California in 1932.She married Eugene K. Braziel in 1944 and moved to Oregon in 1946.Verna had three children, Eugene, Diane and Lonna, seven grandchildren, and thirteen great grandchildren.She was preceded in death by parents and husband Kelly. She married Robert [...]
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Eleanor McCabe Cooney
September 7, 1930 - January 3, 2017Eleanor McCabe Cooney passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2017 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer in her home at the Rogue Valley Manor in Medford, Oregon. The eldest daughter of John and Marion McCabe, she was born September 7, 1930 in Dickinson, North Dakota.Eleanor moved to Medford in 1940. She was a student at the Visitation Convent Grammar School in St. Paul, Minnesota, graduated from Medford High School, and attended [...]
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Donna Lee Little
May 4, 1947 - December 31, 2016"Before I was born, God chose me and called me by his marvelous grace"- Galatians 1:15Donna Lee Little, 69, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at her home in the loving care of her family. From her birth in Medford, May 4, 1947, to her death Saturday, she nourished people around her with love, kindness, gentleness, and joy. She was born to Genevieve (Bim) and Austin King and was the second eldest [...]
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Jane Shean Smith
June 4, 1916 - January 2, 2017Jane Shean Smith, 100, passed away Monday, January 2, 2017 following a short illness at her home at Horton Plaza where she had resided for several years. Jane was born June 4, 1916 to George and Gladys (Handley) Shean in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Beverly Hills High School, attended UCLA, and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1939. Early in the WWII years Jane worked as the secretary for the primary [...]
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Frances Pariani Maltoni
December 3, 1931 - December 20, 2016Frances Pariani Maltoni passed away December 20, 2016 at her home in Medford, Oregon with her high school sweetheart husband, Angelo Maltoni at her bedside.Frances and Angelo were married February 3, 1951 and enjoyed over 65 happy years of marriage. They resided in San Mateo and Mountain View, California and finally moved to Medford 15 years ago last June. They have been lifelong practicing Catholics, and attended Sacred [...]
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Reed B. Barlow
November 14, 1932 - December 31, 2016Reed B. Barlow, 84, of Medford, Oregon went home to be with the Lord December 31, 2016 at Providence Medford Medical Center.Reed was born November 14, 1932 in Cedar City, Utah to Shelton and Jennie (Bess) Barlow. He grew up in Cedar City and graduated from Cedar High in 1951. After graduating Reed enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served most of his time in Korea until his honorable discharge in 1953. He married Joyce Lower in [...]
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Death Notices
~ Carl Gary Levi, 75, of Central Point, Oregon passed away Friday, December 30, 2016 at Three Angels Adult Foster Care. Arrangements are in care of Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland, Ore.www.litwillersimonsen.com ~ Shirley Marie Shepard, 78, of Medford, Oregon passed away December 28, 2016. Arrangements by Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives, 541-770-6505. ~ Charles Allen [...]
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Patricia Estelle Davis
April 25, 1950 - January 2, 2017Patricia Estelle Davis passed away January 2, 2017 at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, Oregon. She was born April 25, 1950 to Beatrice Warne in Oakland, California.Patricia married Wes Davis Sr. August 30, 1968. She worked for Hard Rock Tops and Video Library.Patricia is survived by her husband, Wes Davis Sr.; two sons, Wes Jr. (Sharon) and Todd (Pat); five grandchildren, Tyler, Dalton, Trever, Dawson, [...]
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Thomas Edwin "Eddie" Lundgren
May 11, 1927 - December 30, 2016Thomas Edwin "Eddie" Lundgren, 89, of Rogue River, Oregon passed away December 30, 2016 in Grants Pass, Ore. He was born May 11, 1927, in Riverside, California, to Fridolf Edwin Lundgren and Opha Amanda (Mardock) Lundgren. He was raised in Riverside and lived in Los Angeles County, where he graduated high school, until he was 17.Eddie met Margaret "Marg" Applebury, at church when they were both very young. They were married [...]
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Death Notices
Mary K. Rowden, 77, of Central Point, Ore. passed away Monday, January 2, 2017, in Medford. Arrangements by Conger-Morris Central Point Chapel,541-664-3361.www.congermorris.com Bonnie King, 82, of Central Point, Ore. passed away Monday, January 2, 2017 at her home. Arrangements by Conger-Morris Central Point Chapel, 541-664-3361.www.congermorris. [...]
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George Calvin Owens
October 24, 1928 - January 4, 2017George was the youngest of three boys born to Thomas and Edith Owens of Tempe, Arizona. His father was a farmer during the Great Depression and George witnessed the toll those years took on him. His two brothers chose to become farmers, but George pursued academics. For two years, he attended Phoenix Junior College while working on the family farm. He then graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in chemistry. Later, he [...]
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Richard Carl Entorf
February 11, 1929 - November 1, 2016Richard "Dick" Entorf passed away November 1, 2016. Born in Gettysburg, South Dakota, the eldest of three children of Violet Elizabeth (Carr) and Carl Luke Entorf, "Dick" spent his early life on his parent’s ranch near Spearfish, South Dakota. In 1940, the family moved to Long Beach, California where Dick attended Jordan High School, and met Dorothy Ann (Dot) Alexander. After two years at Long Beach City College, he transferred to [...]
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Philippa Anne Macfarlane
November 1, 1936 - December 25, 2017Philippa Anne Macfarlane (née Macann) passed away December 25, 2016 at her home "Moeraki House" in southern Oregon, United States. Philippa was born November 1, 1936 in Oxford, New Zealand. She emigrated to California in 1965 where she resided until she retired in 2000 from Stanford University, with her first husband, Roger Macfarlane and two beloved daughters.She moved to Southern Oregon with her second husband, Clair [...]
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