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Marjorie Jo Clark Marjorie Jo Clark, 62, of Medford, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at the Rogue Valley Medical Center, Medford. Arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller - Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland. Charles S. Tilton Charles S. Tilton, 94, of Chapel Hill, N.C. died Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at the Carol Woods Retirement Community Health Center in Chapel Hill where he had resided since 1979. His wife, Lois Joy Hanson Tilton, also of the Carol Woods Retirement Community preceded him in death in 1984. Both were members of the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill. Mr. Tilton was born March 8, 1909 in Ashland, Ore., the son of Charles F. Tilton. He was educated in the Oregon public schools and graduated from Oregon State University with a degree in electrical engineering in 1930. At OSU he was a member of Phi Kappa Phi (scholastic honorary), Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau and Etta Kappa Nu (engineering honoraries), and Beta Theta Pi (social fraternity). He later attended the graduate schools of OSU, M.I.T., Harvard, and Tufts Universities. During the 1930s he was employed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories, N.Y., the Western Electric Company, N.J., and as vice principal of Klamath Falls High School, Ore. In 1946 Mr. Tilton joined the staff of the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories in Bedford, Mass. where he engaged in the development of vehicles and instrumentation of geophysics of the atmosphere and space research. He was the director of the Balloon Development Laboratory and senior engineer for the Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory. Mr. Tilton entered the Navy in 1942 and was Officer-in Charge of electronics training at the Philadelphia Navy Shipyard before his discharge in 1946 as Lieutenant Commander. He continued in the Naval Reserve Research Program in Boston, Mass. where he achieved the rank of Captain in 1959. He retired as a staff member in 1969. He was a member of Sigma Xi and the Scientific Research Society and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Following his retirement from the Air Force Laboratory in 1970, Mr. and Mrs. Tilton moved from their Arlington, Mass. home to Sanford, N.C. until moving to Carol Woods in 1979. Survivors include one daughter, Grace Tilton Cuttino; and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, 2003, at The Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill. Burial will be at the Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Walker's Funeral Home prior to the services. Memorials may be made to the South orange Rescue Squad, Chapel Hill or the American Cancer Society. LINKS: DAILY TIDINGS: Main | News | Sports | Obituaries | Opinion | Columnists | AP News | Subscribe | Archives | Weather | Classifieds | Contact Us | Privacy REVELS: Main | Calendar | Dining | Movies | T.V. OTHER: Road Cams Copyright 2003 Ashland Daily Tidings 541.482.3456. 1661 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, OR 97520. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. - Advertisers -