Obituaries
From our weekly issue dated October 28, 2009
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Kenneth G. Sandoval
Kenneth G. Sandoval, 41, of Cave Junction died Friday, Oct. 16, 2009 at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass. He was born Sept. 1, 1968 in Novato, Calif.
He lived his life in Cave Junction, graduating from Illinois Valley High School in 1987. After graduation, he worked with the forestry department, then trained as a medic in the National Guard. After leaving the Guard, he went to Santa Rosa Junior College. He loved painting and helping others. He was an excellent cook, especially with barbecues.
He enjoyed collecting sand dollars and shells at beaches. He was truly loved and appreciated, and will be missed by his family and friends. Services will be held at a later date.
He is survived by his father, Kenneth Sandoval, and his stepmother, Rose Sandoval, both of Windsor, Calif.; his mother, Kathy Stinchcomb, and his stepfather, Albert Stinchcomb, both of Cave Junction; brothers Kanan Sandoval and Krischen Sandoval, both of Santa Rosa; sister Kristy Williams of Reno, Nev.; uncle and aunt Phil Johnson and Terry Johnson, both of Grants Pass; cousins, nieces, and nephews; special friends Nora and Bailey Barlow, and Millie Griggs. He was preceded in death by a brother, Kevin Rodney Day, in 1999.
To send an online condolence to the family go to www.chapel-valley.com. Special thanks from the family of Kenny Sandoval to the following: Paul Davidson, Allison Arnold and Paul, Pat and John, Grant and Pat, Kamron Ismaili from I.V. Fire District, all the American Medical Response ambulance crew, and Three Rivers Community Hospital emergency staff.
(Family sponsored memorial)
Mildrene C. Herbold
Mildrene Herbold
Mildrene Herbold, born Oct. 20, 1925, died Oct. 9, 2009 in San Francisco from causes related to advanced dementia brought on by several strokes.
She was born in Oklahoma, abandoned at an early age and adopted by George & Iva Cornford, who were residents of Cave Junction from 1970 to 1992.
Mildrene at age 12 rode a Greyhound bus without family accompaniment to join family in Los Angeles, who had moved there several years previously. After living in near-starvation conditions in Oklahoma she said that California was paradise with lots of food where she had her first meal of meat and green vegetables. She looked forward to Wednesdays because that was the day that the local theater had two new movies.
She excelled in high school from which she graduated with honors during World War II. She became a draughtsman in an airplane plant where she met her future husband, Lt. Walter delaMere, a U.S. Army Air Corps pilot. She married and had two daughters.
In 1948 the Air Corps issued orders to send the entire family to the Aleutian Islands off Alaska where Lt. delaMere had been stationed in WWII. This prompted Mildrene to go on the program, “Queen for a Day,” where she won, claiming that, “I have no blankets for my baby girls.” Her prizes included rose satin-quilted comforters, a washer and dryer and a trip to New York City for two people. She said she felt like a country bumpkin because she couldn’t figure out the subways.
Several months later the relocation orders were canceled.
It is in the nature of her subsequent disease that she cut up a large photo of herself in an ermine cape and tiara standing next to Queen MC Jack Bailey.
She was divorced in 1953, held a number of jobs to support her children and became a Licensed Vocational Nurse. In 1985 she moved to Cave Junction to care for her parents and was lonely at first, but, at the urging of her daughter joined a quilting group and formed many friendships. She was the happiest she had been in her life for a long time living there with, as she said, “No man to take care of.” She loved her dog, reading, sewing and gardening.
She traveled to Europe to see the great gardens of the world, and her ashes will be strewn in a special garden she visited in the San Francisco Bay Area where her surviving daughter, Cheryl delaMere, lives, along with grandchildren Shawna and Michael J. Heffernan. Her daughter, Delane (Cindy) delaMere, preceded her in death.
No services are pending. Correspondence may be sent to her daughter at 1927 42nd Ave., San Francisco CA 94116.
(Family sponsored memorial)
‘Walt’ Mickey
Samuel “Walt” Mickey, 74, of Cave Junction, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 at his home.
A funeral service was held Saturday, Oct. 24, at Illinois Valley Funeral Directors Chapel with Pastor Monty Pope officiating. Interment followed at Laurel Cemetery in Cave Junction.
Remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society, 31 W. Sixth St., Medford OR 97501.
The family guest book can be signed at since1928hull.com.
He was born Nov. 1, 1934 in Quemado, N.M. to Samuel Watson Mickey & Hazel Deette (Shough) Mickey. In 1948 he moved to Illinois Valley, where he attended school. He left the area in 1954, returning in 1994. He worked as a surveyor more than 30 years.
He was a member of the Operating Engineers Local #3 and #701 and an Eagles Lodge member for several years. For five years he served on the Laurel Cemetery Board.
He loved his cowboy hat and boots and enjoyed playing with his dog, Josh.
Survivors include two sons, Samuel Lee Mickey and wife, Terri, of Yakima, Wash., and Christopher Lorin Mickey and wife, Amy, of St. George, Utah; eight sisters, Deette St. John, of Hermiston, Ore., Jewell Hubbard, of Central Point, Ore., Fern Brown, of Yuba City, Calif., Tillie Shaw of Medford, Ore., Nellie Martinez, of Hermiston, Ore., Mary Ann Mickey, of Pearson, Ark., Jean Lundford, of Russellville, Ark., and Laurel Day, of Phoenix, Ariz.; two brothers, Dan Mickey, of Eagle Point, Ore., and Charley Mickey, of Cave Junction; and six grandchildren.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby Rita Mickey, on July 16, 2006; and a daughter, Lorianne Mickey.
(Family sponsored memorial)
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