Montana Adair Rayburn

Montana Adair Rayburn, 95, formerly of La Grande, died Dec. 28 at Blue Mountain Nursing Home in Prairie City.

A crypt side service will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at Grandview Mausoleum in La Grande. Viewing will run from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Burns Mortuary of Hermiston.

Montana was born Aug. 25, 1912, to Archibald Nahalie and Della May (Stickney) Doe in Dover, Idaho. Montana was raised in Dover, Idaho, and in Bates and moved to La Grande in 1938. On Feb. 23, 1941, she married Orval Ernest "Ernie" Rayburn in Weiser, Idaho. They lived in La Grande until 1958 when they moved to Hermiston.

Montana liked to fish and renovate old homes with her husband. She was a snow bird, traveling to the warmer states for the winter for 14 years.

She is survived by a daughter, Linda and her husband, Jim Goben, of Hermiston; grandson, James Brown; four great-granddaughters; and two great-great grandsons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernie Rayburn in 2001; parents, Archibald and Della Doe; siblings, Laurel McKlin, Stanley Doe, Henrietta Leishman, Royal Doe and Virgil Doe; and grandson, Jason Brown.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association at this address: Columbia/Willamette Chapter, 1311 N.W. 21st Ave., Portland 97209.