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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Guide Weather Subscribe Contact Us January 22, 2005 Rosemary (Billie) Hintzen Gieseke Lloyd Rosemary was born February 18, 1919 in Madison, Wisconsin. Until her death she resided at Mountain View Retirement Home in Ashland, Oregon. She died of natural causes on January 13, 2005, while recovering from a broken hip at Rogue Valley Medical Center in Medford. A memorial service was conducted at Litwiller Simonsen by the Reverend Ann Bartlett on Sunday January 16, 2005 Her parents were Margaret V. Trask and William F. Hintzen, moved to Sheridan, Oregon, where her sister Marian was born. Billie attended school in Portland, graduating from Grant H.S. in 1935. She continued her education at Saint Helens Hall Junior College, now known as the Oregon Episcopal School, and majored in English Literature/ Journalism. She graduated college at Washington State College, Pullman, in 1941. In 1950, she returned to night school in Portland to receive a Masters Degree in Education. She married William Gieseke in 1942. They moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Bill worked for Swift and Co. until his death in 1949. She returned to Portland with two children to support and taught third grade at Beaumont Elementary through 1953. Her parents and sister Marian's family formed a close knit family support group during those years. In 1954 she married Prescott Rees Lloyd, a widower with one son, Kemper P. Lloyd, and the family moved to Los Altos, CA. Prescott's work as a food technologist took them to southern California in 1958-59. Back in Los Altos in 1959, Billie survived breast cancer surgery at Stanford Hospital. They retired in Ashland, Oregon in 1971, and she traveled with Pres, who worked for the Retired Executive Service Corps in Costa Rica and Brazil. He died in 1995. Billie began her volunteer work in the 1950's at Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park, CA and for her Children's Hospital at Stanford El Camino Hospital in Mt. View, CA. She was in the women's auxiliary at Rogue Valley Medical Center and worked for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in various capacities. She had strong ties with friends in the Trinity Church Quilters Group and her book group. She is survived by her sister, Marian Rathbun of Wilsonville, OR. Her son Ted Lloyd, lives in Seattle, WA. Her daughter, Sally Lloyd Dwelley and her husband Chuck live in Fortuna, CA. Her son Kemper Lloyd, lives in Walnut Creek, CA. Her surviving grandchildren are: Kendra Dwelley Guimaraes and her husband Andre' of Lake Tahoe, CA; Matthew M. Dwelley and his wife Paola of Colombia, S.A.; Lindsey Dwelley of Los Angeles, CA and Bree Baxter of Matsumoto, Japan. The memory of her strength, dedication and spirit continue to sustain her friends and family. Donations in her memory can be made to Trinity Church in Ashland, Rogue Valley Medical Center of Medford, or the charity of your choice. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Slippers Women's & Men's Slippers Ceramic Piggy Banks heloc libor rate Calenders 2005 Calender 2005 Accelerate Weightloss Products Memory Foam Mattress afsa studentloans home equity loans teleconferencing W2 Forms fasa student loans Matchmaking & Dating Scripts African Safari Conference Calls - $50/Month Security Systems student loan consolidation wholesale diamonds Currancy Exchange web conferencing Online Casinos Community Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams