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Cora Marie Virgin Bordeaux

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Cora Marie Virgin Bordeaux

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30 Apr 1998 (aged 73)
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Jacksonville, Jackson County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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obit from the Mail Tribune archive:
Marie `Virgie’ Bordeaux — .The funeral for Marie Virgie Virgin Bordeaux will be at — p.m. Tuesday in the Conger-Morris Medford Chapel. Pastor David Croy of the First Baptist Church of Medford will officiate. Interment will be in Jacksonville Cemetery.


Mrs. Bordeaux, 73, of Medford, died Saturday (Feb. 14, 1998) at her home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association of Oregon, 9320 S.W. Barbur Blvd, Suite 140, Portland, OR 97219.

A nurse, Mrs. Bordeaux was among those who helped pioneer the coronary unit at Rogue Valley Medical Center in the late 1960s.

She was born Cora Marie Virgin on March 17, 1924, in Golden, Okla., and grew up in Broken Bow, Okla. After her father’s death the family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas.

In Texas, she graduated from the Paris Training School for Nurses in 1945. In 1968, she received additional training in cardiac care at Providence Hospital in Portland.

On Dec. 14, 1947, in Hood River, she married John Chan Chandler Bordeaux, who preceded her in death.

Mrs. Bordeaux worked at Hood River Memorial Hospital and for a physician until 1950. They moved to Medford from Portland in 1966, where she worked at Rogue Valley Medical Center until 1975.


They moved to Lakeview in 1976, where she worked for Dr. Streiby until retiring from nursing in 1980. The couple returned to Medford in 1987.

Mrs. Bordeaux was a member of the Medford Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and gardening.

Survivors include a daughter, Rene Hatton, Jacksonville; a son, Steven John, Jacksonville; two sisters, Syble Langston and Edna Haney, both Wichita Falls; and a granddaughter. She was preceded in death by a brother, Ben Virgin Jr.; and a young sister.

Friends may pay their respects from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford. —
obit from the Mail Tribune archive:
Marie `Virgie’ Bordeaux — .The funeral for Marie Virgie Virgin Bordeaux will be at — p.m. Tuesday in the Conger-Morris Medford Chapel. Pastor David Croy of the First Baptist Church of Medford will officiate. Interment will be in Jacksonville Cemetery.


Mrs. Bordeaux, 73, of Medford, died Saturday (Feb. 14, 1998) at her home.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association of Oregon, 9320 S.W. Barbur Blvd, Suite 140, Portland, OR 97219.

A nurse, Mrs. Bordeaux was among those who helped pioneer the coronary unit at Rogue Valley Medical Center in the late 1960s.

She was born Cora Marie Virgin on March 17, 1924, in Golden, Okla., and grew up in Broken Bow, Okla. After her father’s death the family moved to Wichita Falls, Texas.

In Texas, she graduated from the Paris Training School for Nurses in 1945. In 1968, she received additional training in cardiac care at Providence Hospital in Portland.

On Dec. 14, 1947, in Hood River, she married John Chan Chandler Bordeaux, who preceded her in death.

Mrs. Bordeaux worked at Hood River Memorial Hospital and for a physician until 1950. They moved to Medford from Portland in 1966, where she worked at Rogue Valley Medical Center until 1975.


They moved to Lakeview in 1976, where she worked for Dr. Streiby until retiring from nursing in 1980. The couple returned to Medford in 1987.

Mrs. Bordeaux was a member of the Medford Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and gardening.

Survivors include a daughter, Rene Hatton, Jacksonville; a son, Steven John, Jacksonville; two sisters, Syble Langston and Edna Haney, both Wichita Falls; and a granddaughter. She was preceded in death by a brother, Ben Virgin Jr.; and a young sister.

Friends may pay their respects from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Conger-Morris Funeral Directors, Medford. —


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