Chloe Kay Larvik

Chloe Kay Larvik, 64, of Summerville, died Nov. 5 of cancer.

Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel in La Grande. Burial will follow at Summerville Cemetery.

Chloe was born July 24, 1944. She was the first of two children born to Earl and Mildred McQuaw.

Her parents were farmers and she grew up on farms in Oregon. During her elementary years she lived in Wamic and she graduated from Boardman High School in 1962. She attended Pacific University and graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in education in 1966. She taught second grade for one year in Hillsboro.

Chloe married Ronald Larvik in Olympia, Wash., where Chloe worked as an elementary teacher for two years and Ronald was a controller for Georgia Pacific.

Chloe and Ronald have three biological sons: Darin, Cory and Jason. They also took in five foster children who lived with the family for many years.

Chloe and Ronald moved to La Grande in 1978 when they purchased City Garbage Service. They ran the business together for the next 30 years.

Chloe's lifelong passions were her children and grandchildren, gardening, education, nature and horses. She was a devoted and attentive mother to her children and grandchildren.

She always had a large garden wherever she lived and grew much of her own food. She liked to can and freeze the produce from her garden. She also enjoyed growing colorful flowers.

In addition to teaching in public schools, Chloe was also very active in home-schooling and 4-H. She taught her youngest child entirely at home. She led a horse 4-H group since 2002, which brought her a great deal of joy.

Chloe got her first horse at age 10, which was the start of a lifelong love. She enjoyed training horses, attending clinics put on by other trainers and trail riding on high mountain trails or on the Oregon Coast with her friends. She also spent a lot of time in nature walking and hiking.

She is survived by her husband, Ronald Larvik; three sons and daughters-in-law, Darin and Louise Larvik, Cory and Heather Larvik and Jason and Elizabeth Larvik; sister, Anna Mae Bechtel; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents.

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