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Fred Jefferson Troxel Jr., 83, of Medford, died Sunday (June 24, 2001) at Three Fountains Nursing Center. No service is planned. Inurnment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Medford.

He was born March 18, 1918, in Sapulpa, Okla., a son of Fred Sr. and Stella (Eaves) Troxel. As a teen he served in the Citizen Training Camp. On Sep 18, 1938, in El Reno, Okla., he married Roma Faye Lewis, who died in 1997.

Mr. Troxel owned and operated Fred's Place, a country western bar, in Sacramento, Calif., in the early 1950s. Many stars of that era performed there. He and his family moved to the Rogue Valley in 1955 and built and operated Bel Air Mobile Park in Phoenix. In the 1970s, he planted a Christmas tree farm. He had also worked for Jorgensen's Dairy and Boise Cascade.

He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1945 and qualified as an expert rifleman. He served on the cruiser, USS Topeka from 1945 to 1946, sailing to China, Tokyo, Japan and the Philippines.

Mr. Troxel enjoyed watching baseball and football and was an avid fan of the Oakland A's and the Oakland Raiders. He also enjoyed playing poker.

Survivors include a daughter, Uvolla Phillips, Medford; two sisters, Winnie Stanfill, Eufaula, Okla., and Wanata Ashcraft, Claremore, Okla.; and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Dennis; a sister, Louise Reed; and a brother, Jess.

Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.

[NOTE: appears to have been in a Medford, Oregon newspaper after June 24, 2001]