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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels October 9, 2004 John Houston 1914-2004 John A. Houston, 89, passed away peacefully on September 28th at the Rogue Valley Community Hospital. His life will be remembered at a memorial on Sunday afternoon, November 21st at the Unitarian Fellowship in Ashland. The only son of Ethel Robinson Houston and John Alexander Houston, he was born and grew up in Spokane, WA. He graduated from Stanford University in 1936, worked in marine insurance and at the California State Relief Administration in San Jose and San Francisco. On the day after Pearl Harbor, December 5, 1941, he enlisted in the Navy, serving in the South Pacific as a communications officer on Halsey's staff. With the war over in 1945 he took advantage of the G.I. Bill of Rights to earn an A.M. at Stanford University and his Ph.D in political Science at the University of Michigan. His dissertation "Latin America in the United Nations" was published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Affairs. He taught political science and international affairs at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi from 1949 to 1954. In 1954 he joined the faculty of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and chaired the political science department for many years, retiring in 1980. One of his most vivid memories of life at Knox involved serving for a week as host for Dean Atchison, former U.S. Secretary of State. In 1939 he married the former Marjorie Anne Robinson, deceased. They had three children; Alexandra Benham of St. Louis, MO, Ann Houston Martin of Arlington, MA, and John Alexander Houston, deceased. In 1969 he married the former Polly Turner of Palo Alto, CA, and became stepfather to Jane Teas Hebert of Columbia, SC, Howard Teas of Anchorage, AK, Steve Turner, deceased, Susan Dorman of Chico, CA, and George Turner of Davis, CA. He leaves one granddaughter, Catherine McKenna of Fayston, VT, two great-grandchildren and six step-grandchildren. In addition to his love of teaching and interacting with students, John was an avid reader and intensely interested in politics. While in the hospital he asked for an Absentee Ballot because he wanted to be sure that he voted. He loved golf, music, San Francisco, and the Pacific Northwest. Throughout his life he remained a loyal Stanford supporter. John and Polly retired to Hilton Head, SC in 1980, then moved to Ashland in 1987. Until recently, he enjoyed attending symphony and chamber performances, plays, playing the piano with the Extended Circle, participating in SOLIR where he also taught an occasional course, the Foreign Affairs seminars, and the Unitarian Church. Memorial contributions can be made to the Dean Atchison Scholarship Fund, Political Science Department, Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois. Susan Roderick-Reynolds October 6th was a day of great loss for the family and friends of Susan Roderick-Reynolds. The Roderick family are lifetime residents of Ashland and Susan will come Rest in the Columbarium at Trinity Episcopal Church in Ashland. Susan was born in Ashland July 13, 1955. She graduated from Ashland High School and continued her education at the Museum Art School in Portland, OR. Susan has spent the last 20 years with her husband Jamie in Sausalito, CA, where she developed and built an extremely successful Graphic Arts business. She worked with many notable people including those in the film and television industry where she was recognized by many and presented an Emmy Award for her work. Beyond her successful career, Susan was loved and cherished by her family, a number of great friends, and she was a wonderful wife and sole mate to her husband. Susan lost a long, hard fought battle to cancer, her loss will touch the lives of all who knew her, and her courage and determination will be an inspiration to us all. Susan was truly loved and her memory will remain with us always. Susan is survived by: Her husband James Roderick-Reynolds of Sausalito, CA, Mother; Shirley Long of Ashland, OR, Sisters; Sharon Denzer and two sons of Phoenix, OR, Shelia Gleim and daughter of Phoenix, OR, Sylvia Bieniek and daughter of Dahka, Bangladesh, Aunt; Isobel Grover and four children of Ashland, OR. Many very important extended family members. A Memorial Service for Susan will be at Trinity Episcopal Church with Reverend Ann Bartlett Residing. Monday October 11, 2004 at 10:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, anyone wanting to Donate in her memory may do so to: University of California at San Francisco Foundation, In Memory of Susan Roderick-Reynolds, Breast Cancer Center, 44 Montgomery Street, Suite 2200, San Francisco, CA 94104 DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams