Anna E. Turner

Cave Junction resident Anna Elizabeth Turner, 91, also known as Ann and Nana, died on July 14, 2008, at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass, with her daughter, Charlotte Baker, by her side.

A private family service will be held to celebrate her life. Pastor Verne Hyland of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cave Junction will conduct the service.

Mrs. Turner was born to Manuel & Anna Leidig on Aug. 29, 1916, in Lake
Charles, La. She was the first girl after three boys, and was born on her father’s birthday.

Anna was a retired accountant from Riverside, Calif. She moved to Cave Junction July 25, l982, to be with her daughter and son-in-law at
their home. She was a member of the Cave Junction Seventh-day Adventist church.

Mrs. Turner loved God, her family, children, birds and gardening.

She is survived by her daughter, Charlotte Baker, of Cave Junction; a son, Melvin Turner, of Cave Junction; a sister, Verena Newton, of Lake
Charles; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son, Jack Turner; three brothers; and a sister.

Illinois Valley Funeral Directors is in charge of arrangements.

George W. Holmbeck

Former Cave Junction resident and Grants Pass Fire Dept. employee George William Holmbeck, 71, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at his home.

Visitation was held Sunday, July 27 at Hull & Hull Funeral Directors Chapel. A funeral service was conducted Monday, July 28, at the chapel. Interment followed at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens in Grants Pass.

Remembrances may be made to Sparc Enterprises/Stepping Stones, 1990 N.W. Washington Blvd., Grants Pass OR 97526. Condolences may be made to the family at www.since1928hull.com.

Mr. Holmbeck was born on April 14, 1937, in Los Angeles to Erling & Marjorie (Cannell) Holmbeck. In 1950 he moved with his family to Wimer, and in 1955 graduated from Rogue River High School. On May 26, 1957, in Cave Junction he married Evelyn Mathews, and in June 1958 they moved to Grants Pass.

He served in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He worked in various jobs in Rogue Valley including being a guide at Oregon Caves National Monument from April 1956 to September 1957, for service stations, Rogue Gold Creamery, Texaco Bulk Plant, and the Josephine County Public Works Dept. Road Section from 1965 to 1970. From 1970 to 1976 he worked at Rogue River Hardware, and at the same time started work for the Grants Pass Fire Dept. In 1976 he became a fire prevention officer for the department, where he stayed until his retirement in 1995.

At age 17, he volunteered with the Rogue River Fire Dept. for two years. At age 21, he volunteered with the Grants Pass department until he became employed there beginning in 1970. He served on the board of directors for SPARC Enterprises for many years, and in the 1960s was a member and president of the Roaring Rogue Yellow Jackets CB Club.

He attended Parkway Christian Center for many years and was involved in Royal Rangers. His hobbies included woodworking, fishing the Rogue River, and traveling. He especially loved his dog, Emily.

Besides his wife, Evelyn Holmbeck, of Grants Pass; he is survived by four daughters, Nancy Burgess, of Anchorage, Alaska, Ronda Janisch, of Central Point, and Kathi Holmbeck and Kristi Roe, both of Grants Pass; three sons, William Holmbeck, of Medford, Bruce Holmbeck, of Bradenton, Fla., and Robert Holmbeck, of Central Point; two sisters, Dottie Johnson, of Grants Pass, and Christine Rush, of Eugene; two brothers, John Penn, of Eugene, and James Arling, of Portland; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Earl Holmbeck.