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!”