Doris "Arlene" Baxter

Doris Arlene Baxter, 76, of La Grande died August 27, 2006 at a local care center. Viewing will be from 5 to 7 pm Friday at Loveland Funeral Home. The funeral will begin at 11 am Saturday at the LDS Chapel in Union. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery.

Mrs. Baxter was born January 13, 1930, to Lester and Mary Daggett in Minam. She graduated from Union High School and on March 13, 1951 she married Bryce Wight Baxter in the Temple in Idaho Falls, Idaho. They raised their family in North Bend where she was a homemaker. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and enjoyed cooking, crochet and crafts.

Survivors include children, Duane Baxter and Chris Baxter, both of La Grande, Reed Baxter and Trisha Baxter, both of Eugene and Kevin and Blaine Baxter and Kathy Price, all of Salt Lake City; 23 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren; and two sisters, Donna Brodhead of North Powder and Blanche Hutchison of Walla Walla. Her husband died earlier.

Memorials may be made to Grande Ronde Hospice or the LDS Family History Center.