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About Applegater. (Jacksonville, OR) 2008-current | View Entire Issue (July 1, 2018)
2 Summer 2018 Applegater OBITUARIES Alice Gelston Migliore October 7, 1938 - April 3, 2018 Alice Migliore was b o r n i n To r r a n c e , Pe n n s y l v a n i a , t h e youngest of five siblings. As a child, Alice was bright and an instigator at her multi-grade one- room schoolhouse. She graduated from Derry Area High School, where she was a drum majorette. Alice started college at Indiana State Teacher’s College in Pennsylvania but had to leave after publishing, as editor of the school newspaper, a critical article concerning teacher training. She pursued further education at Temple University and subsequently received a degree from University of Pittsburgh in creative writing. She then served in the Peace Corps in Ethiopia. She married her husband, Joseph, in 1966 in St. Louis and moved to Boston to start her family. They had two children. While in Boston, she got an MA in geography from Boston University. During her life, Alice and her family lived in Houston, Texas; Hershey, Pennsylvania; Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Laguna Beach, California; and Rochester, New Hampshire. She and her husband moved to Ruch, Oregon, in 2010 following the birth of her two grandchildren. The Migliores lived across the road from her daughter. Alice loved to travel and encouraged that love in all her friends and family. During her life, she made trips to six of the seven continents and climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro. She loved cooking, reading, weaving, writing (particularly long letters to friends and family), and taking care of others. She looked forward to trips to the local casinos with her sister, Rita. “Grandma Alice” loved spending time with children and served as a surrogate grandmother to countless local kids. Until she passed, she was working with children as a nanny and crafts-room instructor at local libraries and children’s museums teaching children to be independent and troublemakers. She loved hosting her grandchildren’s parties and sleepovers and was involved in all aspects of their lives. Both grandchildren considered her their best friend and closest confidante. Recently Alice completed and published a novel, The Legacy of Kathleen Angel. She was a joy to everyone she met. Her generosity was unmatched. She never judged but welcomed people with open arms into her ever-growing circle of friends and family. She made everyone she loved feel extremely special. Alice died unexpectedly on April 3, 2018, while recovering from a surgery. She is survived by her husband, Joseph Migliore; two children, Alissa Weaver and Joseph Migliore; grandchildren Ruby and Grayson Weaver; and her siblings, Karl Gelston and Rita Mines, as well as countless nieces, nephews, and extended family with whom she remained in frequent contact. Friends and family are invited to a celebration of life to be held on June 16. For more information, please contact Alice’s granddaughter, Ruby Weaver, at 541-890-0681. Alice’s ashes are buried in Logtown Cemetery in Ruch. Those wishing to make a donation in her memory can donate to the Friends of the Ruch Library in Jacksonville, Oregon. Ed. note: I worked with Alice Migliore when she submitted her poems for possible inclusion in our book, From the Heart of the Applegate. She was a joy to work with. Three of her poems, A Stylish Folk, Gourmet Coffee, and Remembering Bobby were selected and published and worth the read, if you haven’t already enjoyed them. Welcome to the Applegater, Lisa Baldwin! The Applegater Board of Directors is pleased to announce a new member of our board, Lisa Baldwin, who is serving as secretary, among other duties she readily took on. Lisa is a fifth-generation native Oregonian and has lived in the Lower Applegate community of Jerome Prairie since 1966. She was educated in Josephine County schools (Jerome Prairie Elementary, Lincoln Savage Junior High, Hidden Valley High) and earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Southern Oregon University. Lisa taught English in Grants Pass for 30 years, serving 14 years at North Middle School and 16 years at Grants Pass High School, retiring in 2015. Currently, she works as a poet and freelance writer and is an active member of several writing groups—Applegate Poets, Pagan Warrior Poets, Rogue Valley unit of Oregon Poetry Association—and serves as president of the Oregon Poetry Association. Our thanks to outgoing board members, Don and Debbie Tollefson, who made substantial contributions over their five years of volunteer service, and Shelley Manning, who served two years. Rosalind Helene Macy May 22, 1930 - April 16, 2018 Rosalind (Roz) Macy lived in the Applegate for many years where she enjoyed raising goats, making cheese, baking bread, and gardening organically. She and her husband, Hal, were early and long-time supporters of the Applegater. Roz is survived by Hal; daughters Lynn, Margie, and Mary; stepchildren Marty, Richard, Ray, a n d Su e , a n d m a n y grandchildren and great- grandchildren. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, June 10, at 2 pm at Cantrall Buckley Park, Pavilion A, in Ruch. Parking is $4 per vehicle. Please bring a food dish to share. And if you have any stories to share, the family would love to hear them. Roz and Hal Macy were involved with the Applegater from the very beginning, back when the post office directed us to fold thousands of papers in thirds and staple each one. Hal brought some of Roz’s homemade cheese to one of the first folding sessions. While working the stapler and developing carpal tunnel, I sampled some of this cheese and thought, “My god, is this good!” I asked Hal what kind of cheese it was. “Goat cheese,” he said. I told him “no way,” that I disliked goat cheese intensely! But, after eating Roz’s cheese, I always hoped that Roz or Hal would bring her immensely delicious cheese—the only goat cheese that I have ever loved—to more Applegater mailings. And they did. J.D. Rogers 541-846-7736 ~ In Memoriam ~ Porscha Schiller October 2, 1950 - March 9, 2018 Franklyn Wise July 21, 1931 - January 21, 2018 Thalia Truesdell wins Oregon library award odds, Thalia was T h a l i a one of those who Truesdell, branch helped to facilitate manager of the conversation. Ruch Branch Thalia was also of the Jackson instrumental County Library in gaining District, was community honored on April support to build 18, 2018, at the the Ruch Library. Oregon Library Known for her Association openness to (OLA) Annual new ideas and Conference with opportunities, the coveted Pearl she has been one Award. The Pearl is of the strongest annually given to Thalia Truesdell with her Pearl Award. community an Oregon Library Photo: Liz Hampton. partners for the employee who has worked tirelessly from the inside and Stories of Southern Oregon project, demonstrated excellence, like a pearl honed convening conversations and bringing people together to tell stories and into a gem over time. Thalia, through great energy and strengthen the town. Thalia said, “I am so honored to receive kindness, brings consensus and cooperation to the Applegate Valley community the Pearl award. It used to be called the Ole served by the Ruch Library. During award because it reflected the recipients’ times of dissent and disagreement, when efforts to ‘take the bull by the horns’ and loggers and environmentalists were at get the job done. That’s me!”
