Tulsa, OK, Obit Raymond Howard Cann =============================================================== USGenWeb NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free Information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. Other persons or organizations may NOT reproduce these electronic pages in any format for profit or for presentation. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. . The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Posted in the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 18Oct2005 at www.mailtribune.com Surnames: CANN, Freeman, Yerrick, Beard, Miller, Dockins http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/EZB.2ACE/1254 The funeral service for Raymond Howard Cann was held Monday in the Eagle Point National Cemetery with Chaplain Wayne Bell of the VA Domiciliary officiating. Mr. Cann, 79, of Grants Pass, died Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2005. He was born July 10, 1926 in Tulsa, OK. He married Phyllis Freeman in 1949, and they later divorced after 17 years. He moved to the Rogue Valley in 1975 from Newhall, CA. Mr. Cann had served in the U.S. Navy during WW II on the USS Clearfield in the South Pacific. After the service, he did heavy construction and worked on the pipelines for Applegate, Elk Creek and Lost Creek Dams. He enjoyed painting, vintage cars, muscle cars and was a singer. Survivors include, a daughter, Karen Yerrick of Grants Pass; a son, Steven Cann of Los Banos, CA; his mother, Virginia L. Beard of Visalia, CA; two brothers, George and Don Cann; two sisters, Virginia Miller and Mary Docken; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Arrangements: Memory Gardens, Medford.