People in the News

Obituaries: Lucy Eda Meyer – September 14, 2000

The funeral for Lucy Eda Meyer will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Conger-Morris Chapel in Medford. Interment will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Eagle Point National Cemetery.

 

Who is that rotund man? Seems it’s not Teddy – December 14, 1999

A famous photograph of Teddy Roosevelt sitting on a rock near Crater Lake has been reprinted countless times. Trouble is, it’s not him, argues the Theodore Roosevelt Association in New York.

 

Obituaries: ‘Jack’ Donald Coleman – November 10, 1999

The funeral for Jackson “Jack” Donald Coleman will be at noon Friday in Calvary Baptist Church in Ashland. Pastors Gordon Robinson and Stephen Jones will officiate. Private interment will be in Eagle Point National Cemetery.

 

Arthur Earl Gardner – July 15, 1999

The memorial service for Arthur Earl Gardner will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Hillcrest Mortuary. The Rev. Dorlan Woods of Phoenix Church of Christ will officiate.

 

Who remembers Judge Sparrow? – July 1, 1999

Nearly seven decades later, few residents can recall the handsome, charismatic engineer and county judge who forged the rim road around Crater Lake and spearheaded construction of the Jackson County Courthouse.

 

Crater boss has snow-heavy past – May 12, 1999

Chuck Lundy isn’t getting cabin fever, but he admits he is mighty glad to see the snowbank retreating from his second-story office window.

 

Obituaries: Glen F. Happel – September 27, 1998

The funeral for Glen F. Happel will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Redeemer Lutheran Church, 4663 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem. Interment will be on Thursday in Scenic Hills Memorial Park, Ashland.

 

Obituaries: Florence Hunsaker – January 05, 1998

Florence Hunsaker, 85, formerly of the Rogue Valley, died Sunday (Jan. 4, 1998) in Klamath Falls, where she was living. The memorial service was held in Klamath Falls with interment in Myrtle Creek.

 

Ida Momyer Odell was pioneer and woman of business world – March 15, 1987

Ida Momyer Odell, born Dec. 24, 1881, was affectionately called “Tiny Tiger,” She was a delicate and sensitive woman who was tested many times as she lived out the drama of being a pioneer woman who eventually entered the world of business.

 

Obituary: J. Stanley Brode – February 22, 1977

Stanley Brode, 81, son of Howard S. Brode, professor of biology at Whitman College for nearly 40 years, died Feb. 12 following a short illness, in Santa Barbara, Calif.

 

Interest in Photographer Missing – May 16, 1976

The snows that bury Crater Lake National Park in deep silence each winter have disclosed many secrets through the years when dissipated by the summer sun.

 

Longtime Ex-Resident Ida Odell Dies – February 11, 1972

Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Ida Momyer Odell, 90, early this morning at Willamette Lutheran Home in Salem.

 

Mission Superintendent, Raymond Stickler Dies – July 9, 1971

After he completed his education, Stickler was employed at the First National Bank of Portland at the Enterprise branch until 1939 when he began his career with the National Park Service at Crater Lake National Park.