OBITUARY: James Elliott Grieve, Prospect, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 3 April 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Monday, 8 Feb 1932, p. 1 Friends of James Grieve, who has been ill for the past week, are sorry to learn that he is gradually growing weaker, according to report from the Sacred Heart hospital this afternoon. His son Heston and wife of Lakeview arrived last week to be with him. His condition is considered very grave. Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Tuesday, 9 Feb 1932, p. 1 James E. Grieve of Prospect is Taken by Death Funeral services for James Elliot Grieve will be held from the Perl Funeral home Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The funeral services will be rendered by the Rev. J. M. Johnson of the Central Point Presbyterian church, assisted by the Rev. T. M. Thuemler, a comrade of the Spanish-American war, and a life-long friend. Rev. Thuemler will read the committal services. Interment will be in the Medford Mausoleum, the services being conducted by the Medford B. P. O. Elks, 1168. Taps will be sounded by Wilson Wait, and a farewell salute fired by a detachment of National Guardsmen. Members of the Medford chapter, Spanish-American Veterans will act as honorary pallbearers. James E. Grieve of Prospect, founder of that resort and widely known throughout the Pacific coast area, died at the Sacred Heart hospital last night shortly bef eight o'clock, of a severe cold complicated by heart trouble. Death came after two weeks of illness. He was 53 years old and one of southern Oregon's best known men. His passing comes as a sorrowful shock to city and county. Jim Grieve was a lover of men and life who ever viewed the world from its sunny side, and was the personification of good nature and cheer. He numbered among his friends men in all parts of the nation, many of whom made annual trips to his place for their vacations. His acquaintance throughout the state of Oregon was wide. He knew many men high in the affairs of the land and one friend was former Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall. He was a jovial soul, who gave freely of his bounty to those less fortunate, and he never rejected a plea for aid. He was a man of strong friendships. Born in Nebraska in 1879, James Grieve as a boy came with his parents to this section and settled in the Central Point district. He attended the schools of that city and at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war enlisted, seeing service in the Philippines. He returned and became one of the first rural mail carriers in Jackson county. In 1912, when the Rogue River Electric company started the construction of a power plant near Prospect he established a hotel and developed it into one of the most flourishing and popular resorts on the Pacific coast. He was a patron of all forms of sports, a lover of the outdoors, and one of the original sponsors of the development of Crater Lake as a national park, and the Crater Lake highway. One of his final acts was to attend the meeting of Jackson county sportsmen with the state game commission, three weeks ago. He was then suffering from a cold. Two years ago he suffered a severe attack of pneumonia which weakened a sturdy constitution. He is survived by his wife, Mary, a son Heston, of Lakeview, Oregon, two sisters, Mrs. Thomas Herriott of Prospect, and Mrs. Georgia Stickel of San Francisco, three brothers, William T. Grieve and Ludo Grieve of Prospect, and Andrew Grieve of Indiana, in the immediate family circle. He was a member of the Medford lodge of Elks, the Spanish-American Veterans, and a large number of sportsmen, hotel and civic organizations. Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Thursday, 11 Feb 1932, p. 10 James E. Grieve Funeral Draws Many Mourners The second unusually large funeral to be held in Medford this month was that for James E. Grieve of Prospect, the first being that of the late Judge Alex Sparrow, two of Jackson county's most widely known and popular men, who were close friends and Spanish American war veterans. The Grieve funeral services, held at 2:30 this afternoon from the Perl Funeral home, were attended by hundreds from all parts of the county, and especially from Medford, Prospect and Central Point a testimonial to the popularity and the general esteem in which Mr. Grieve was held. Practically all of the Prospect community was present, and an especially fine tribute to the departed man was paid in that the Prospect schools were closed all day today, so that all the folks of that community could pay final respect to the man, who during his life was always active in the interests of those schools and who served many years on the Prospect school board. There was a wealth of floral tributes from individuals and organizations to which he belonged. The services were in charge of Rev. J. M. Johnson, pastor of the Central Point Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. T. M. Thuemler, a Spanish American war comrade and long time friend of Jas. E. Grieve. The funeral cortege, which winded its way through the city to the Medford mausoleum, place of interment, was one of the longest ever seen here. Outside the mausoleum the final services were of a semi-military character and were conducted by the Medford lodge of Elks. Taps were sounded by Wilson Wait and a farewell salute was fired by a detachment of the Oregon National Guard.