OBITUARY: Esther Merritt Sanderson, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 15 April 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Thursday, 4 Jan 1945, p. 5 SANDERSON RITES SET FOR FRIDAY Mrs. Esther Merritt Sanderson passed away at her home, 16 Ross court, early Wednesday morning after several months' illness. She was born in Central Point, August 8, 1893, a daughter of Professor and Mrs. J. W. Merritt, early pioneers of southern Oregon. She attended grade school in Central Point, then St. Helen's Hall, Portland, and completed her education at Anna Head school, Berkeley, Cal. While living in Berkeley she was united in marriage to B. L. Sanderson, who survives. They moved to Tacoma, Wash., remaining there until 1922, when they returned to southern Oregon. She had been a member of the Presbyterian church most of her life and was a member of the Eastern Star, Nevita chapter, Central Point. Surviving, besides her husband, is a son, John, with the U. S. army overseas, and a brother, George H. Merritt, Jacksonville. Services will be in the Conger-Morris chapel at 2:30 p.m. Friday with the Rev. Harry Hansen officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in Jacksonville cemetery.