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Ralph Redhead Bisbee

Male 1911 - 2005  (93 years)

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  • Name Ralph Redhead Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 10 Dec 1911  Long Island, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Death 11 Jul 2005  Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial Mountain View Memorial Chapel, Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I7866  Bisbee
    Last Modified 22 Nov 2009

    Father Robert Atwood Bisbee,   b. 24 Aug 1876, , , New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1953, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Mother Ethel Redhead,   b. Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Marriage 30 Sep 1905  West Hampton, Suffolk, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • Married by Rev. William Wiley. [1]
    Family ID F3224  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Golda Louise Thornburg,   b. 25 Jul 1915, Lyons, Rice, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 2002, Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Marriage 1963  Redlands, San Bernardino, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. M. Rice
     2. R. Bisbee
    +3. N. Bisbee
    Family ID F8842  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2008

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 Dec 1911 - Long Island, , , New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1963 - Redlands, San Bernardino, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Jul 2005 - Roseburg, Douglas, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Mountain View Memorial Chapel, Myrtle Creek, Douglas, Oregon, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • Obituary, Newsreview, Roseburg, Oregon, Death Notices & Obituaries for July 14, 2005. Ralph R. Bisbee.
      BISBEE, Ralph R. Age 93, of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, passed away at a local hospital in Roseburg, Oregon, on July 11, 2005. He was born at Cafe Ogden, Long Island, New York, on December 10, 1911, to the late Robert and Ethel (Redhead) Bisbee. He moved to California when he was 9 years old and stayed there until coming to the Roseburg area in 1970. He also lived in Azalea, Riddle, Canyonville, and Myrtle Creek. Myrtle Creek is where he spent the bulk of his time in the local area. Ralph was retired from General Dynamics
      and then he was a Jack of all trades but did a lot of locksmith and leather work. Ralph never met a stranger and loved everyone. He always wanted to be a Forest Ranger but working as Fire Watch for Roseburg Lumber was as close as he got. Whatever he did he just wanted to be useful. His first wife, Meta preceded him in death. He was married to Louise Rice on December 6, 1963, in Redlands, California, and she passed away on December 27, 2002. Surviving are two sons, Rob Bisbee of Roseburg; Mark and his wife, Teddy Rice of Fortine, Montana; one daughter, Nancy and her husband, William Turk of Houston, Texas; three sisters, Mary Manuel of Haines, Alaska; Ollie Bisbee of Everett, Washington; and Barbara Bradford of Temecula, California; one granddaughter, Theodora Turk of Eugene; three nieces and one nephew. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 16, 2005, at
      Mountain View Memorial Chapel with Chaplain James Osborne officiating. Disposition was by cremation. MOUNTAIN VIEW MEMORIAL CHAPEL at Myrtle Creek is assisting the family.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 446.

    2. [S415] Bisbee, Ralph Redhead: Obit (Roseburg), (Roseburg, Oregon, July 14, 2005).

    3. [S2291] Frank Jones Bisbee, Genealogy of the Bisbee Family, (1956; reprint, Decatur, MI: Johnson Graphics, 1992), p. 494.

    4. [S416] Bisbee, Golda Louise Thornburg: Obit (Roseburg), (Roseburg, Oregon, December 31, 2002).