Published 08/27/2010 - 5:44 p.m. PST
I'm pretty sure that is what the people living in
England in the late 1400s and early 1500s were
saying when the Sweating Sickness was killing
hundreds of people with no cure to be found.
Doctors at that time were self taught with
experience. They usually would look at the many
people dying and come to conclusions on how to
either make the spreading of the disease stop or
how to try and save a life one at a time.
Published 08/27/2010 - 5:42 p.m. PST
MERWAN LEROY “ROY” SPENCER, a
resident of Grants Pass, OR, passed away at the
age of 80 on August 18, 2010 at the Three Rivers
Hospital in Grants Pass, due to complications
brought on by Alzheimer’s disease and pneumonia.
Roy was born August 16, 1930 in Oakland, CA, the
youngest child of LeRoy and Iva Spencer, and the
younger sibling of Jennie Gagon and George
Spencer. Roy was educated at San Francisco State
University, studying Electrical Engineering. He
continued his education with the United States
Army while serving in Germany during the Korean
War. Roy was married to Dolores Cabeceira on March
10, 1951 and was blessed with five boys: Russ,
Barry, Dane, Kris, and Jason. Roy spent his first
few years working at RCA as a Repair Technician.
In his later years, he worked for Dalmo Victor as
a Microwave Engineer for 38 years in Belmont, CA.
Roy was remarried to Gloria May Wolff on June 15,
1991 and was blessed with...