W. Earl
Calhoun
The memorial service for W. Earl Calhoun will be
at 11 a.m. Friday at Trail Community Church.
Pastor Ron Welch will officiate. Mr. Calhoun, 86, of
Shady Cove, died Thursday (Feb. 20, 2003)- at his
home.
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Upper Rogue
Community Center, 22465 Highway 62, Shady Cove,
OR 97539.
He was born
March 27, 1916, in LaFayette, Ind., to James
"Arthur" Calhoun and Helen
"Merle" Gaither. He graduated from
Otterbein High School. On June 17, 1939, in Los
Angeles, he married Johanne "Joan"
Christensen, who survives.
Mr. Calhoun was
a retired construction electrician and a member
of I.B.E.W. for 60 years. He moved to the Rogue
Valley in 1979 from Fullerton, Calif.
He served in
the U.S. Navy from 1934 to 1938, aboard the USS
Tuscaloosa.
Mr. Calhoun was
a community activist and was very active in- -
the community. He was a member of the Democratic
Central Committee, Upper Rogue Community Center,
Shady Cove- Booster Club, Southern California
Paleontological Society, and was an associate of
the Museum of Natural History
in Los Angeles.
He enjoyed
fossil and mushroom hunting, fishing, hunting and
camping.
Survivors, in
addition to his wife, include two sons, Bob,
Shady Cove, and William E. Jr., Treasure Island,
Florida; a daughter; Nancy Calhoun, Berkeley,
Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and 27
great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by
two sons, Richard "Dick," and John
Neils; and a sister, Helen Bradford.
Arrangements:
Perl Funeral Home, Medford.
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