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Dorothy Busch Mrs. Busch, 93, of Medford, formerly of Ashland, died Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at the Anna Maria Creekside Retirement Center, Medford. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 98, Ashland, Ore. 97520 or Chapter BN P.E.O. % Carolyn Burrill, Treasurer, 540 Diego Court, Central Point, Ore. 97502. Funeral arrangements under the direction of the Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Crematory, Ashland. Donald Dale McClain A reception will be held for friends and family of Donald Dale McClain from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 2003, followed by a memorial service and celebration of life at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Daniel and Suzanne Bissey, 750 N. Laurel, Ashland. Donald Dale McClain, 96, of Ashland, died Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, in Ashland. Arrangements were handled by Abbey Funeral. George Pete Blue Sr. George Pete Blue Sr., 82, of Cave Junction, died Thursday, March 6, 2003, at Highland House Nursing Center in Grants Pass. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, at the Grants Pass Stake, 1969 Williams Hwy. Officiating will be Bishop Jay Bennett. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. at Eagle Point National Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 3 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Illinois Funeral Home Chapel. Family will be present from 6 to 8 p.m. George was born Sept. 12, 1920 in Los Angeles, Calif. He served in the US Army from 1943 to 1945. He worked for many years in the logging industry and the Josephine County Roads Dept. He came to the Illinois Valley in 1947, coming from Talent. He was a member of the Cave Junction, L.D.S. Church. He is a past master of the Deer Creek Grange, past president of the P.T.A, past Master of the Masonic Belt Lodge No. 18 in 1963. He was on the Cave Junction Planning Commission for the city, and was the Mayor of Cave Junction from 1985 to 1986. He is survived by his wife, Ida Blue of Cave Junction; four sons, George Blue Jr. of Grants Pass, Graden Blue of White City, Jerry Blue of Toketee Falls, Ore. and Pete Blue of Medford; five daughters, Diane Tresham of Wasilla, Alaska, Mary Maloney of Shasta Lake City, Calif., Elizabeth Martin of Pima, Ariz., Rita Phair of Central Point and Thelma Campbell of Pangburn, Ark.; 40 grandchildren; and 27 great grandchildren with four on the way. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Clausen's Illinois Valley Chapel and Funeral Home. 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 -