Jackson County OR Archives Obituaries.....Hooker, Rebecca Jane Spurgeon January 15, 1931
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Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Thursday, 15 Jan 1931, p. 4, c. 2
Rebecca Jane Hooker passed away at her home, 202 Haven street, early Thursday 
morning from infirmities of old age, aged 87 years. Her death came on the 
anniversary of her birth, Jan. 15, 1844. She had been bedfast with her illness 
for the past eight months. Jane Spurgeon was born in Newton county, Missouri 
December 10, 1865. She married Alfred Hooker, a Civil war soldier and to this 
union were born eight children, four of whom have preceded her in death. She 
is survived by one daughter and three sons, Mrs. H. A. Fredenburg, Medford, J. 
D. Hooker and W. A. Hooker of Medford and H. E. Hooker, American Falls, Idaho, 
sixteen grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren, and twin brothers, 
Amos Spurgeon, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Perry Spurgeon, Pueblo, Colorado. 
Mrs. Hooker came to Oregon in 1883 and has resided in Medford for the past 29 
years. She was known by her friends as Grandma Hooker. She was known and loved 
by a host of friends, besides her relatives. Funeral services will be held at 
the Perl Funeral home Saturday at 2 p.m. Hugh W. Buch will officiate, and 
interment will take place in the Medford cemetery.

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