Barbara Balloun Shank

Barbara (Balloun) Shank, 67, of La Grande, died July 21 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A small memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the conference room of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in La Grande. An earlier announcement incorrectly said the memorial was Aug. 4.

Barbara was born Nov. 10, 1941, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Her family moved to Oregon when she was an infant.

For a time Barbara lived in Laughlin, Nev. She kept active in the senior center there, doing volunteer work, including feeding the poor and homeless and raising money through the center's rummage sales to help others. When she moved to La Grande, she continued her activities as she could.

Barbara was quite talented. She loved to write and wanted to be a novelist. She also painted in oils and did many kinds of crafts.

She was very dear to her family and friends, especially her best friend, Chris Thorn of Bullhead City, Ariz.

Survivors include her husband, Donald Shank of La Grande; children, Debbie Walters, Chris Ferris and Frank Ferris; brothers, John Balloun, Joe Balloun and Mike Balloun; and her grandchildren.

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