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Aaron Thomas McMeen
Aaron was born at Rogue Valley Medical Center on Sept. 25, 1974. He received his baptism on Aug. 3, 1975. Aaron joined the Lord on July 29, 2005.
A memorial service will be held at the Medford Chapel of Conger-Morris Funeral Directors at 10 a.m., Tues., Aug. 2.
Aaron started school when he was only 3 months old, attending the University of Oregon's Down's Syndrome Early Intervention Program. He continued his schooling through Jackson County ESD and Central Point School District where he graduated from Crater High School in 1994 with a modified diploma.
In Aaron's younger years he was an Easter Seals Poster Child, participated in Special Olympics, and worked for Job Council.
He enjoyed going to the coast, parades and fishing. Aaron loved to watch T.V., videos, outdoor Christmas lights and hot air balloons. He enjoyed listening to all kinds of music.
Aaron is survived by his parents, James and Sharon McMeen; his grandparents, James and Marion McMeen, and Tom and Sue Hanke; brother, Brian McMeen; sister and brother-in-law, Carie and Charles Hollingsworth; and nephew, Blake Hollingsworth. Aaron was very fortunate to have the love of a large extended family of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. We will all miss him, but will carry him in our hearts forever.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Crater Foundation, 300 Ash Street, Central Point, OR 97502.
Alice Elizabeth Hyde Sours
7/27/23 - 7/18/05
Alice died peacefully at her Jacksonville home on Monday, July 18, following a 7-year battle with congestive heart failure. Her passing was bittersweet and memorable, as devoted friends and family members gathered during her final days to celebrate Alice's life with her.
Born in Milwaukee, WI Alice grew up on a farm and attended schools in nearby Wauwautosa. She loved to ride horses, juggle, and play piano. She was also athletic, playing basketball in school and swimming well into her 70s. Her profound interest in human nature led her to study psychology in college. She received a BA and MA from the University of Wisconsin. She continued predoctoral studies in clinical psychology after World War II, including an internship at the Wichita (KS) Guidance Center in 1946-47.
On Feb. 22, 1947, Alice made a fateful train trip during which she met James Sours, a graduate student in public administration. They were married
July 11 of that year. They had three children-Jim, Jan, and David, and until 1965 remained in Wichita, where her husband served as a university teacher and administrator. Following his career, the family moved to Iowa City, Istanbul, and finally Ashland when he became president of Southern Oregon College. When he retired from the presidency in 1979, the couple settled outside Phoenix, where they remained until his death last December. At that time, Alice relocated to Jacksonville to live with her daughter.
During their decades of raising a family, Alice was very involved in the community. In Wichita, she held leadership positions in the Red Cross, YWCA, League of Women Voters, and the Unitarian Church. One of her most fulfilling experiences was with the PTA from 1954-65. During this period, she and her husband worked steadfastly for fair housing and to maintain school quality in Wichita's racially changing neighborhoods. One of her proudest accomplishments was spearheading a preschool that later became part of the national Head Start program.
When the family moved to Istanbul in 1968, Alice participated in an organization which encouraged village women to continue their knitting skills by providing materials, money and markets. During her years in Ashland, she taught driver education for the Community Action Program. She also served on numerous community boards, including the Oregon Shakespearean Festival Association and Peter Britt Music and Arts Festival. She served as president of this latter group and it was during her tenure that the new Britt Pavilion was dedicated. In 1978, Gov. Bob Straub appointed Alice to serve on the Oregon Arts Commission.
Alice was always interested in people from other cultures. Her family hosted many international students. She and her husband were active in the college's exchange programs with the University of Guanajuato in Mexico and Dankook University in Korea. They visited both countries several times, and when they lived in Korea in 1979-80, Alice taught English as a second language.
The following year, Alice accepted a position with the Oregon Public Utility Commission's Ashland Port of Entry, eventually becoming a supervisor. She retired in 1991. She stayed active as a volunteer for Dankook University's Asian Center, the Pacific Northwest Museum of Natural History, the Gleaners Network in Central Point, and the Friends of Talent Library.
In addition to her children, Alice leaves behind three grandchildren; and a brother, Radley Hyde, of Medford.
In accordance with her wishes, Alice's friends and family are planning a celebration of her life on Aug. 13. For details, contact Jan Sours Martin at 899-9101 or David Sours at 774-5521.
Gifts to honor Alice may be made to Asante Hospice Program, Heifer Project International, or the James K. Sours Leadership Center at Southern Oregon University.
Anne Lise Campbell
Anne Lise Campbell, beloved mother, wife and friend, passed away Thursday night, (July 28, 2005) surrounded by her loving family. Anne Lise moved to the Rogue Valley in 1990 and had grown to appreciate the valley and its people.
She was born on July 16, 1941 in Oslo, Norway. Lise's life was guided by the Norwegian phrase, "Det kommer adri no godt i en tom hand" (nothing will come into an empty hand). This is why her extensive education was directed toward giving to others.
Prior to entering nursing school, she attended a traditional one year "Home School" where she learned all the arts of cooking, housekeeping, tailoring, child psychology, social entertaining, etc. When she completed her "Home School" she was invited by an English family to London as an Au-Pair to perfect her English. Lise spoke five languages (The Northern European group).
After nursing school, she and a friend traveled above the Arctic Circle to perfect and enhance their medical experience due to the scarcity of doctors above that latitude.
In 1964 Lise traveled to the U.S. to perfect her medical English for joining the Norwegian Peace Corps. During her stay she validated her Norwegian RN by exam in Minnesota and California. She worked at Stanford University during the tenure of Dr. Shumway, who performed the first heart transplant. She was trained as one of the first Cardiac Intensive Care Nurses, and eventually ran one of the largest wards in the San Francisco East Bay. As her engineering husband followed his career to Walt Disney and Canada, she held positions of comparable responsibility.
When her husband semi-retired to the valley, she trained to become an acute dialysis and plasmapheresis nurse. She loved her work and her co-workers.
Lise loved to travel, and was very close to her extended family in Norway, Switzerland, and Canada. She also enjoyed the more exotic venues such as China, Tibet, Nepal, India, Japan and the Mayan and Incan sites.
She is survived by her husband, Duncan of Central Point; her daughter, Kirsten Wood of Toronto, Canada; her son, Brian Moore of Central Point; her sister, Ellen of Geneva, Switzerland; her brother, Jan of Oslo, Norway; and numerous nieces and nephews in Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland and Oslo, Norway.
A memorial service and celebration of Lise's life will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 3 at Perl Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, Lise would ask for a memorial contribution to the Rogue Valley Dialysis Patient Trust Fund, contact Jack Richards, 776-4805, 2868 Creekside Circle, Medford, OR 97504.
Elsa Spitznagel Barnard
Elsa Spitznagel Barnard, who took over her father's household at 13 following the death of her mother and later raised her own family through a series of cross-county moves, died Monday night following a stroke. She was 92.
Mrs. Barnard had suffered a stroke in 2002, from which she partially recovered. A resident of Ashland since 1999, she succumbed a week following a second stroke while being cared for at Farmington Square Attended Living in Medford, according to her family.
She was born Elsa Marian Spitznagel on Aug. 7, 1913, in Buffalo, N.Y., to Francis R. Spitznagel, an accountant, and Charlotte Bernhardt Spitznagel, a housewife. She was the second of four children: two sisters, Margaret and Jeanette, grew up, like Mrs. Barnard, to be housewives, and a younger brother, F. Robert, Jr., was a decorated B-17 bomber pilot during World War II, and later formed a company selling materials to the auto industry in Detroit.
As a child in an era of horse-drawn carts, black stockings and high-button shoes, she recalled suffering the taunts of other children during World War I because of her German ancestry, the hardships of the Depression, and the joys of playing baseball in a vacant lot. Her maiden name, which means "sharp nail, " proved difficult for taxi dispatchers. She often recounted calling for a cab following a dance and giving the name "Smith" after the dispatcher could not correctly repeat "Spitznagel, " even after multiple spellings.
After her mother's death from a stroke in 1926, Mrs. Barnard took over running the household. She went on to graduate from Bennett High School in Buffalo and studied banking for one year at the University of Buffalo, now the State University of New York at Buffalo. Afterwards she worked for Marine Trust Co. in estate planning.
On an outing at Murray Hill Ski Club outside Buffalo, where the rope tow was powered by the drive wheel of an old car, she met her husband, John Barnard, then a mill hand at Republic Steel. His mouth full of cake, he asked if she would like a slice She replied tartly: "Yes, I should think so, I brought it." After she chased him down the hill in a Sadie Hawkins Day ski race, they were subsequently married
on March 21, 1942.
Her husband was drafted into the Army Air Corps the same year, and she worked in office jobs while following him on duty as a B-25 bomber mechanic and air crew to Columbia, S.C; Lincoln, NE, and Champagne, IL. She lived with her father while her husband served in Brazil.
After the war, she worked in the administration office of the University of Buffalo while her husband studied mechanical engineering, proudly posting the grades that earned him a Magna Cum Laude bachelor's degree. She bore her first son, John, Jr., while her husband was taking exams. When he was hired by General Electric in 1949, they moved to Schenectady. N.Y., where the couple helped start two churches, one initially holding services in the living room of their home. Her two other children Jeffrey and Charlotte, were born there.
In 1956 she moved with her family to Saratoga, CA., when her husband joined the atomic energy division of GE. While there, the couple helped start another church, which initially met in a movie theater. His job took them to Bethesda, MD., in 1963 and back to Monte Sereno, CA, in 1966. She took great pride in the success of her children and their careers as a lawyer, news reporter and magazine editor.
Caring for her family was the joy and focus of her life, but she was also fond of the domestic arts and gardening, cultivating 40 roses at her home in Monte Sereno. Her favorite was a variety named Peace. She also enjoyed cooking and entertaining, and volunteered at Village House in Los Gatos, CA, which raised money for the Ming Quong Home. Mrs. Barnard stepped out of her role as a traditional housewife to march against the Vietnam War and at age 60 enjoyed driving an MGB roadster with the top down.
Her children grown, she moved again with her husband in 1999 to Ashland, where they built a retirement home and enjoyed golf, dining and theater and attended Trinity Episcopal Church.
She is survived by her husband, John Barnard, of Ashland; her two sons, John, Jr. of Danville, Calif., and Jeffrey of Grants Pass; her daughter, Charlotte Barnard Sawyer of New York City; her brother, Robert Spitznagel of San Diego, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in Ashland, followed by burial in Eagle Point National cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to the Trinity Respite Center in Ashland.
Richard "Mac" Maguire
Richard passed away on July 21, 2005 with his family by his side.
Richard was born July 30, 1940 in Huntington, New York. Richard had lived in the Rogue Valley since 1964. He served in the air force where he was trained in refrigeration. He worked for Associated Fruit Co. in Phoenix for 39 years and the last 25 years he was superintendent of the packing house and cold storage.
Richard had many hobbies including: photography, woodworking, fishing, and hunting. He loved any challenge and would tackle any project.
He had a wonderful spirit and a strong will that was beyond belief. He will be greatly missed by his family here on earth but we feel he is with his family that went before him.
Richard is survived by his wife, Gladys Maguire; his daughter, Kelly Maguire; two grandchildren, Kramer Clouse and Jakee Clouse, all of Medford; two step-daughters, Deana Adams of Gold Hill and Diana Adams of Rogue River; his mother, Florence Maguire of Florida; a sister, Sandy Barmen of New York; and two brothers, Roger Maguire of S. Carolina and Thomas Maguire of Florida. He was preceded in death by his father Hugh Maguire.
A private memorial service will be at Little River Bridge, a favorite camping spot of the family.
Roger William Galligan
On July 28, 2005, Roger William Galligan went to meet our beloved savior after a long battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m., on Tuesday, August 2, 2005 at Talent Friends Church, 50 Talent Ave., Talent, Oregon. Pastor Art Carranza will officiate.
Roger was born in Bellingham, Washington on August 23, 1938. On September 3, 1960 in Garden Grove, California he married
Zella Mae Warner who survives.
After 13 years working for Southern California Edison as a mechanic, they moved to Talent, Oregon in 1972 where he went into business as G & W Construction with his brother-in-law, Earl Warner.
In addition to his wife, Zella of 45 years, survivors include son, Gary Galligan and wife Christina of Talent, Oregon; daughter, Jill Sorenson and husband Brett of Arvada, Wyoming; 5 grandchildren, Scott Hubert and David Hubert of Talent, Anna Sorenson, Roken Sorenson and Rye Sorenson of Arvada, Wyoming.
His love for life sent his interest in many directions, he was enthusiastic, creative and inventive. Always willing to share his time with others by lending a helping hand or wise word.
He will be missed by many as a beloved husband, father and friend.
Alden Kennerly
Alden Clark Kennerly, 94, of Medford, died July 28, 2005 at Three Fountains. A graveside service will be held Tuesday at the Eagle Point National cemetery at 10 a.m. Conger-Morris Central Point is in charge of arrangements.
Lawrence Schleigh
Lawrence Schleigh, age 77, of Medford, died Friday, July 29, 2005 at his residence. Arrangements: Abbey Funeral.
Vernon Edward Wirth
Vernon Edward Wirth, 66, of Sweet Home, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005 in Albany General Hospital. A viewing will be 4-7 p.m., Monday at Workman & Steckly Funeral Chapel, Sweet Home, Oregon. Graveside service will be at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday at Gilliland cemetery with Military Honors.
Carol Stuart
Carol Stuart of Medford, died Thursday, September 29, 2005 in Medford. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Clarence and Esther Cramer.
She married
Donald G. Stuart on August 5, 1940 in Redondo Beach, California. Her husband died in 1977.
Carol graduated from UCLA in 1941 an worked as an industrial engineer for Columbia Steel while her husband served in the Navy during WWII.
The family moved to Medford, Oregon in 1956 and she and her husband established the company now known as Rogue Pacific Lumber in 1965. In 1973 she became one of the founders of the non-profit organization called Animal Birth Control and served as its director for 10 years prior to it's closure in 2001.
In addition to her family, her interests included supporting various animal rescue organizations, her adopted pets and participating in women's issues. She also enjoyed playing accordion, swimming, skiing, tennis, and more recently, jet skiing.
She is survived by her children David Stuart (Debbie), Carol Schott (David) of Medford, and Jan McDuffee (Dwight) of Portland; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. At her request, no service will be held, but a gathering in celebration of her life will be announced at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to Access, Dunn House, C.A.T.S., S.O. Human Society or any similar agencies.
Linda Parsons
Linda Parsons died September 30, 2005 at her home in Stevenson's Ranch, California.
Mrs. Parsons was formerly the National Sales Manager for Delta Entertainment in Los Angeles. In December, 2001, in Santa Marguerita, Italy, she married
Scott Parsons of Ashland, Oregon.
Survivors include her husband; her parents, LaVene Ford of Phoenix, and Brandon Chatterton of Palm Desert, California; her daughters, Kristen and Susan; and two granddaughters.
Lyndall Rose Brown
A memorial service for Lyndall Rose Brown will be at 1 p.m. Saturday (October 8, 2005), at Perl Funeral Home, 2100 Siskiyou Blvd., Medford.
Mrs. Brown, 86, died at home on October 1, 2005 with her loving family by her side.
She was born on July 19, 1919 in Clarksburg, Missouri to Floyd H. and Nellie B. Lee. On July 19, 1940, she married
Robert Aulden Brown in Kansas City, Missouri, who preceded in death in 1984. She spent her childhood in Missouri. She graduated from high school in Green City, Missouri, where she was president of her class and a guard on the girls basketball team.
Mrs. Brown and her husband lived in Southern California before moving to Shady Cove, then Medford in 1952. While living in the Los Angeles area, she worked at Lockheed assembling airplanes.
Lyndall loved being with her family. She also enjoyed being with her friends from the Pinochle, 500, and Bunco clubs, as well as the friends she made while working at Bear Creek Corporation's bakery.
She was the beloved matriarch of our family and we will miss her greatly.
Survivors include her sons, Larry A. Brown and his wife Jacque, of Eugene, Dwight E. Brown and his wife, Charlene, of Klamath Falls, Carl F. Brown and his wife, Tami, of Medford, her daughter, Patricia L. Munden, of Medford; several nieces, including Lorena Nelsen; a brother, Mack Lee of Milan, Missouri; four grandsons; five granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren. In addtion to her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Herschel Lee.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rogue Valley Hospice or Special Olympics.
Arrangements: Perl Funeral Home, Medford
Nadine Alice Rice
Nadine Alice Rice of Portland, (long time Medford resident), passed away October 2, 2005. She died of natural causes.
Nadine was born October 6, 1914 in Lawton, Kansas and moved to Phoenix, Oregon in 1927 and Medford in 1948, where she lived with her husband, Bernard Rice, (who preceded her in death in 1983). She moved to Portland in 1997.
She was a homemaker and volunteer in the Medford community for many years. She helped out at nursing homes, Loaves and Fishes, as well as the First Christian Church, to name just a few. She was the big money raiser for the Alzheimer's walk more than once, and won a raft trip down the Rogue River when she was in her eighties. (She enjoyed it.) Nadine loved to garden, play Bunko, Pinochle and raise African violets. She had a wry sense of humor and a captivating smile.
Nadine married
Bernard Rice, January 15, 1935, in Medford. They had three children who survive, Cheryl (Rice) Jones (Mark) Winters, of Brentwood, California. Jack Rice of White City, William (Bill) Rice (Melissa) of Portland. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Kevin (Jaci), Jennifer, Christopher, and Andrew Jones; Sophia and Alexandra Rice; three siblings, Margo Mann of Lebanon; Georgia Bentley of Sacramento, California and William Daugherty of Tucson, Arizona; her sister-in-law, Carrie Rickman.
Memorial services will be held on what would have been her 91st birthday; October 6, 2005, at the First Christian Church, 1900 Crater Lake Avenue in Medford.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Hurricane Relief efforts through the American Red Cross, or the charity of your choice.
Thomas C. McDermott, Jr.
Thomas C. McDermott, Jr. was born in Pittsburgh, PA on June 1, 1927, and passed away September 29, 2005 in Medford, OR.
He graduated from the Pennsylvania State University and did his post graduate work at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Mr. McDermott served in the Army Air Corps and the U.S. Air Force.
He was corporate Vice President for Quality Control at Rockwell International. He served as president and chairman of the board of the American Society for Quality Control. In 1982, he received the Edwards Medal for his contributions to modern quality control technology and techniques developed during the 1960s and 1970s for the US military and the NASA Apollo space program. He served as head of quality control for the Apollo 11 and 12 projects at Rockwell, and received the NASA Distinguished Service Award for his extremely successful efforts on the program. He retired and moved to Medford in 1991 and fell in love with "our beautiful valley" and the wonderful people of the church that he joined.
He is survived by his wife, Nila; son Thomas of Piano, Texas; daughter, Karen Ward of Garland, Texas; and grandchildren Jim and Jenna Ward.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 8, at 11 a.m. at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2000 Oakwood Dr., Medford.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Westminster Presbyterian Church.
