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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Guide Weather Subscribe Contact Us February 17, 2005 Kevan James Thatcher-Stephens July 8, 1987-February 11, 2005 Kevan was born at home in Norfolk Massachusetts on July 8, 1987. When Kevan was a toddler his family moved to South Pasadena California. Kevan spent most of his life in South Pasadena, going to the beach, playing sports, acolyting at his church and attending local schools. In the summer of 2003, before his sophomore year, Kevan and his family moved to Ashland, Oregon. In Ashland Kevan found a world of wonderful friends, caring teachers and joy. On the evening of February 11, 2005, an accident took his life and that of another driver. Kevan died at Providence Hospital with his parents and closest friends holding his hands. This child raced through life filled with genius, joy, love and confusion. Kevan's death leaves a space which will never be filled in the lives of those who remain, including his father James Richard Stephens, his mother Patrice Thatcher, his sisters Annie Thatcher-Stephens and Karma Stephens, his grandmother Rosemary Thatcher, a large extended family and many, many close friends. Kevan's life will be celebrated at 4:30 in the afternoon on Friday, February 18, at St. Marks' Episcopal Church in Yreka California, the church where Kevan was baptized. Fr. Denis M. O'Pray of Church of Our Saviour in San Gabriel California and the Reverend Julie Honig Smith of St. Barnabas Mt. Shasta will serve with Fr. Morgan Silbert of Trinity Ashland attending. Flowers are not necessary. Those wishing to remember Kevan might make a donation to Siskiyou or Jackson County Head Start or Early Head Start Agencies. They save children and families. Olga M. Wade Olga M. Wade died peacefully in her sleep at almost 90 years old on February 14, 2005. Mrs. Wade taught fifth grade for over twenty years at the Hardie School in Beverly, MA. Ashland, Oregon has been her home these past three years, living with her only daughter's family. Olga was born of Polish immigrants, she was proud of the fact she graduated from the University of Illinois during the great depression. She loved to talk of growing up helping in her parent's bakery. Mrs. Wade was so proud of her many students, especially those who came to visit her and told of their successes. Olga lived a good life for over fifty years surrounded by her wonderful neighbors on Country Drive in Beverly. She was married fifty-five years to her late husband, Williams Wade, an engineer and inventor. Bill Wade was proud of his wife, Olga, especially when she received her Master's Degree in Education from Salem State College. Olga Wade was a member of the Beverly Teachers Association, Beverly College Club, the Christian Women's Organization, The Current Events Club, and contributed time to many local events. She is survived by her daughter, Margaret Lucy Barth (Wade-Hayford-Stern) of Ashland, OR; and by her granddaughter, Crystal Stern of Clearlake, California; and by her brother, Chester Gawlowicz of New Bedford, MA. Funeral services will be held at the Campbell Funeral Home in Beverly, MA. Final burial in St. Casmirs Polish National Catholic Church in her family plot in Pelham, New Hampshire. Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland. 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