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--> --> Steven Swinnerton Spring A celebration of the life of Steven Swinnerton Spring will be held at 5 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2002 at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Rogue Valley, 87 4th St. in Ashland. Spring, 22, of Ashland, died Thursday, Jan. 31, 2002 at home following an 18-month fight with cancer. Memorial contributions may be made in his name to the Steven Spring Fund of the Ashland Schools Foundation, to be used for Music Education in the Ashland Public Schools, to the Southern Oregon University Music Department Jazz Studies Program. The son of Peter and Cindy Spring, he was born on Dec. 25, 1979 in Dixon, Ill. He moved to Ashland from Catalina Island, Calif., and attended Ashland High School and Southern Oregon University. Spring was an accomplished bassist who especially loved to play jazz and funk. He wrote original music and was a member of numerous local bands and trios, and performed regularly as recently as January. Spring performed in the popular original Ska/Swing band "Fifth Business" with his sister Amanda Spring. He received the Marty Ruddy bass scholarship to study music at Mt. Hood Community College in Portland. Surviving are his mother, Cindy Spring of Ashland; father Peter Spring, of Medford; grandparents Betty Swinnerton of Ashland, Carolyn and W. Foster Walker of Bethel Park, Pa.; sister Amanda Spring of Portland; and fiancé Teddi Saloma of Ashland. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Crematory in Ashland. Email your... Technical questions & comments to: WebMaster Daily Tidings editorial comments & questions to: Editor Visit our other Oregon Newspapers... | Albany Democrat-Herald | Ashland Daily Tidings | Corvallis Gazette-Times | | Lebanon Express | Newport News-Times | Springfield News | Cottage Grove Sentinel | Ashland Daily Tidings 1661 Siskiyou Blvd. Ashland, OR 97520 Telephone 541-482-3456 © Copyright 2001 Lee Northwest Publishing