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0 of 3 Premium Clicks used this month SUBSCRIBE Print + Online Subscriber Activation | Register x Forgot Password | Need an Account? e-edition | subscribe | newsletter | deals Classifieds Jobs Autos Real Estate FEATURED » NEWS NOW Roseburg shooting victim describes gunman's rampage ... Habitat for Humanity volunteers raise walls and hope for Medford family ... Gold Hill residents say city dawdled as streets flooded ... Roseburg shooting victim describes gunman's rampage ... Habitat for Humanity volunteers raise walls and hope for Medford family ... Gold Hill residents say city dawdled as streets flooded ... Polly Bingham Arnold Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 27, 2015 at 3:11 PM Updated May 27, 2015 at 3:13 PM Posted May. 27, 2015 at 3:11 PM Updated May 27, 2015 at 3:13 PM » Social News Polly Bingham Arnold Polly Bingham Arnold has died. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, sibling, mother-in-law, friend, Humanist, rational thinker, nurse, Peace Corps Volunteer, world traveler, Soroptimist, rosarian, and Democrat. She attended school through the eighth grade in a two-room schoolhouse in rural Tennessee. Her jobs on the family farm included bringing in the cows for milking and, along with her sister, chopping 40 acres of cotton twice a season. She joined the Peace Corps in 1964 immediately after graduation from college and spent five years in Nepal serving others. In 1969 she hiked to the Everest base camp area and then toured Europe for four months, pregnant, with her two young daughters and husband in tow. Her second degree was in Nursing. After getting her Masters in Nursing she taught at Memphis State University and then Southern Oregon State College. She became the Director of Nursing and Patient Services at Ashland Community Hospital, a job she held for 26 years. She traveled extensively. Her last foreign trip, taken after her initial treatment for cancer, was to hike long days, including reaching a height of 10,000 feet, in the Himalayas of Bhutan, visiting yak-herder villages amid the mountainsides of rhododendron. She then spent 14 days in Nepal. Phil, her husband of 51 years; her three daughters Shanti, Jackie, and Belle; and her grandchildren Lillie, Mathilde, and Roman will miss her acutely, but her memory and the lessons she taught them will remain. Hers was an examined life, well lived and always guided by her clear internal moral compass. You are invited to share a toast to Polly with other friends and family from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Dana Campbell Vineyards, 1320 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Please go to http://www.never-gone.com/Memorials/Polly.Bingham .Arnold and record your memories of Polly and read what others have said about her. Her family requests you make a donation in her honor to a vetted Nepal earthquake relief fund such as The Gorkha Foundation http://gorkhafoundation.org or Save the Children http://tinyurl.com/nwxa5w8 . MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 27, 2015 at 3:11 PM Updated May 27, 2015 at 3:13 PM You may leave your condolences or share memories by signing the Guest Book here » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... Business Name address Location, ST | website.com Find Southern Oregon Attractions Bars Restaurants Beauty Salons Entertainment Doctors Medical Specialists Contractors Education Lawn Services Lawyers Shopping Travel Tanning Used Cars Wedding Services ▼ Add your business here + Events Calendar Connect with MailTribune.com Facebook Twitter RSS Back to top Reader Services Reader Services Home Subscriptions Subscriber controls Contact us Submissions Photos Events Letters to the editor Corrections Announcements Obituaries Story ideas Since you asked Alerts Email Alerts RSS Feeds Text Alerts Advertise Media Kit Home Products and services Ad rates Advertising contacts Propel Marketing Mail Tribune Daily Tidings The Nickel Shop Our Valley Blogs Mobile Site Stay Informed Email newsletter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. Your privacy is important, read our privacy policy. © Copyright 2015 Local Media Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Local Media Group Publications Original content available for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons license, except where noted. MailTribune.com | P.O. Box 1108, Medford, OR 97501