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Obituaries: Ronald E. Chaddock The memorial service for Ronald Eugene Chaddock will be at noon Monday at Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home in Ashland. Rev. Robert Larson will officiate. Mr. Chaddock, 67, of Talent, died Tuesday, April 29, 2003, at his home. Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity. He was born March 15, 1936, in Watsonville, Calif., to Leo and Emma Chaddock. He attended California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, Calif.; Concordia University, Portland; and Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind. On Aug. 31, 1958, he married Rowna M. Curran, who died in 1983. On Oct. 10, 1984, he married Pamela, who survives. Mr. Chaddock served in the Lutheran ministry from 1961 through 1964 in Seattle, and Camarillo and Yucca Valley, Calif. After resigning from the ministry, he moved to the Rogue Valley in 1965 to work as a freelance graphic designer, writer and editor. Since then, he had written and published three books on the works of Shakespeare and created book covers, illustrations and educational materials for a number of American publishers. His paintings and drawings have been exhibited at the Rogue Gallery, Medford; Eclectix Gallery, Jacksonville; Seattle Museum of Art; University of California Gallery of Art, Berkeley, Calif.; and the Southern California Gallery of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. His work is also represented in a number of private collections including Georgia-Pacific Corp., Crown Zellerbach, Kimberly-Clark, Burgess Meredith, Michael Learned, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Princeton University and Oxford University. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include two sons, Eric and Kevin; a daughter, Rachel Gibson; two stepdaughters; his mother, Emma; a brother, Richard; five grandchildren; and a step-grandson. Arrangements: Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Crematory, Ashland. *** Claire F. Ronsse Claire F. Ronsse, 85, of Ashland, died Thursday, May 1, 2003 at the Providence Medford Medical Center. Arrangements are under the direction of the Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Ashland. LINKS: DAILY TIDINGS: Main | News | Sports | Business | 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 -