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Subject: [OKMCCURT] Hoyle Dillard 'H.D.' MEDFORD -Obit
Date: 1 Jun 2002 12:17:05 -0600

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Surnames: MEDFORD, Williams, Sweem, Bloodworth, Roderick
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>From the Medford (OR) Mail Tribune 06-01-2002 at www.mailtribune.com

Hoyle Dillard ‘H.D.’ Medford
The funeral service for Hoyle Dillard "H.D." Medford will be at 1 p.m. today at Hillcrest Chapel in Medford. Pastors Bob Roth and Kevin Gowland of the First Church of the Nazarene will officiate.
Mr. Medford, 90, of White City, died Thursday (May 30, 2002) at his daughter’s home in Shady Cove.

Memorial contributions may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene Building Fund, 1974 E. McAndrews Road, Medford, OR 97504.

He was born March 18, 1912, near Goodwater, Okla., to Dillard and Edie Medford. On Jan. 27, 1934, in Haworth, Okla., he married Verna Mae Williams, who died in March 2002.

Mr. Medford moved to the West Coast during World War II to work in defense efforts. He and his wife made a living cutting cross ties for the railroad. He was also a welder, and when he and his wife moved to Phoenix in 1949, they set up a garage/welding shop, specializing in installing trailer hitches. After his retirement, they moved back to Oklahoma, returning to Oregon in 1979 and settling in White City.

Mr. Medford developed a travel trailer with a telescoping top. The trailer was patented under the name Hi-Lo Travel Trailers.

He enjoyed fishing with his daughter and friends at Lost Creek Lake, Applegate Lake and Rocky Point.

Survivors include a daughter, Betty Sweem, Shady Cove; a sister, Viola Bloodworth, Valliant, Okla.; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Linda Mae Roderick.

Arrangements: Hillcrest Mortuary, Medford.

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