Lucille Mcclellan Bingham

Lucille McClellan Bingham passed away peacefully at her home in Union, Oregon on June 15, 2008. She was born on January 9, 1910 to Albert Leslie McClellan and Nora Jane Taylor. She married Lavon Webster Bingham in Bountiful, Utah on April 7, 1928. To this union was born three daughters, Donna Lu, Anna Lee and LaVon . The family moved to Oregon in 1931 where they settled in the Grande Ronde Valley. Lucille and Von bought a farm near Hot Lake where they raised their daughters. Von logged while Lucille began working at Hot Lake and continued in the food service business except for a period of time when she worked for the Union Post office. After her retirement in 1973, she went to work in the yardage department at Quisenberrys to meet the need of ongoing public contact. She later bought a duplex in Union and became a landlord.

The family remembers that Lucille's career included managing the Sacajawea Coffee Shop Kitchen until its closure in 1970 and moving across the street to run the Top Notch Café, until it was turned into a parking lot. Fulfilling her life long dream by establishing Lucy's, in Pat's Alley, which included good food, wonderful pies and excellent customer service upon the request of Pat and Helen Fitzgerald.

Upon her retirement, Lucille pursued another life long dream of building a house. Once the house was completed, she decided to move closer to town and remodeled a small house on 7th Street in LaGrande. During this time, she and a friend traveled to many places including Scotland (land of her ancestors), Hawaii, Ireland, and France, throughout the United States, Canada and joined the "Snowbirds" while wintering in Arizona.

Lucille was a life long member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She held many positions in the Relief Society, Young Women's Organization and the Primary.

She is survived by her daughters, Donna Lu Williamson and husband, Bob of Hurst, Texas, LaVon Hall of Union, Oregon, grandchildren: LeeAnn Buell, Robert and Ronald Williamson, Sherry Neustel and Gary Schwabel, Kathy Tibbs, Lynda Frank, Penny, Dan and Tom Hall, her sister, Erlene Ellingson of Portland, Oregon, sisters-in-law, Emma McClellan and Maxine McClellan and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Her husband, Von, daughter Anna Lee, 3 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren, a great-great grandchild and her brothers, Leslie and Albert of Union, Oregon and Ronald of California have proceeded her in death.

Funeral Services will be held on Monday, June 23, at 2 pm, in Union at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Viewings will be at Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande, on June 23 from 9:30 - 11:30 am and from 12:30-1:45 pm in the LDS Church Cultural Hall prior to the funeral.