Edna 'Eddy' Inez Prince

Edna Inez'Eddy' Prince, age 80, of La Grande and formerly of Juneau, Alaska, died July 26, 2015 at her home. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Those who wish may make contributions in her memory to the Alzheimer's Association, 225 N. Michigan Avenue, FL. 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633.

Edna was born on May 24, 1935, the daughter of Gordon and Grace (Salisbury) Martin in Springfield, Colorado. The family moved to Island City when she was a very young girl. In September of 1959 she married Earl Richard Prince in Goldendale, Washington. She was a homemaker and also did the bookkeeping for her husband's gas station, Atlantic-Richfield in Island City. In 1964 they moved to Juno, Alaska. She worked for the Department of Revenue and upon her retirement she worked with her husband on his commercial fishing boat. They returned to Union County in 1992. He preceded her in death in that year. She was a avid fisherwoman and enjoyed photography, painting and gardening.

Survivors include her children, Stanlyn Nelson of Prosser, Washington, Bruce Macgregor of Bozeman, Montana, Randy Prince of San Jose, California and Tammie Hanson of Wallowa, Oregon; sister, Clista Hasse of La Grande; brother, Gordon Martin of Cove; five grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her sister, Viola D. Fager and brother, Cecil Lee Martin.

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