Obit of Ralph Eugene Rayfield (r143) - Canadian County, Oklahoma

Submitted by:  Harold Grisso   7 jan 2003
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Surnames: RAYFIELD, Hightower, Spiritwalker, Roundtree, Corso, Sieg, 
Rasmussen, Herrschkraft, Millay Classification: Obituary

Originally posted at:
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From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 01-5-2003 at www.mailtribune.com

Ralph Eugene Rayfield

Ralph Eugene Rayfield, 80, of Rogue River, died Tuesday (Dec. 31, 
2002) at Three Rivers Community Hospital in Grants Pass. A private 
service will be held in the spring.

Memorial contributions may be made to Lovejoy Hospice, 939 S.E. 
Eighth St., Grants Pass, OR 97526.

He was born March 17, 1922, in El Reno, Okla. In 1941, he graduated 
from San Jose High School in California. In 1945, in California, he 
married Janie Jannelle Hightower, who died in 1997. He built a home 
in Rogue River in 1981, and moved there from Visalia, Calif., in 
1995.

Mr. Rayfield was a billing clerk with Southern Oregon Railroad for 
more than 23 years. After retirement, he operated Rayfield Machinery 
in Cupertino, Calif., for a few years. He also worked for several 
other businesses related to purchasing electrical supplies and 
manufacturing in California and Oregon.

During World War II, he was a pharmacist’s mate first class in the 
U.S. Navy. He also served as a hospital corpsman at the Naval 
Hospital in Oakland, Calif., during the Korean War.

Mr. Rayfield was a member of the Rogue River Church of Christ, the Grange and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

He enjoyed reading and John Wayne western movies.

Survivors include two daughters, Lila Spiritwalker, Rogue River, and 
Mary Jane Rayfield, Anaconda, Mont.; a brother, Charles, in Texas; 
six sisters, Pauline Roundtree, in California, Jody Corso, in South 
Carolina, Katie Sieg, Corvallis, Neva Louise Rasmussen, in Arizona, 
and Jeannie Herrschkraft and Linda Millay, both in California; five 
grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Arrangements: Chapel of the Valley Funeral Home, Grants Pass.
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