Bryan J. Higgason

Bryan J. Higgason, 73, of Union, died April 3 at St. Luke's Hospital in Boise. A celebration of life luncheon will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at the Eagles Lodge in La Grande.

Bryan was born Dec. 22, 1935, to Bryan and Marie (Reichman) Higgason in Cisne, Ill. He entered the Navy April 21, 1953, and served on the U.S.S. Bon Homme Richard. While in the Navy, he received his GED. He married Margaret Jane Cox June 9, 1961, in Longview, Wash.

They lived in Clatskanie, and moved to Cove in 1961 and to Union in 1964.

Bryan worked for the Oregon Department of Transportation for 35 years and retired in 1992. He then worked for Eagle Truck and Hagerman Inc. He enjoyed being with family and friends in Union and Arizona, playing golf and being in the mountains.

He was a member of the FOE Eagles, Elks and Good Sam Club.

Survivors include his sister, Shirley Sullens and her husband, Donnie of Lakeland, Fla.; children and their spouses, Sue and Richard Irvin of Kuna, Idaho, Lynn Murrill of Arlington, Carol and Michael Donnell of Wilsonville and Bryan and Ariadne Higgason of West New York, N.J.; 10 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret; and son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Diane Johnson.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alan and Diane Johnson Memorial Scholarship Fund at the First Bank of Idaho, Hailey Idaho, 83333.

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