Pauline Marie Terry

Pauline Marie Terry, age 92, of La Grande, died at Grande Ronde Retirement Residence on October 14, 2013. A celebration of life service will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, October 19, 2013 at the United Methodist Church in Elgin. Interment will follow at the Elgin Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. To sign the on-line guestbook visit www.danielsknopp.com.

Pauline was born on October 10, 1910, in Enterprise, Oregon, to Andrew and Bessie (Daggett) Stewart. She graduated from Joseph High School in 1938, where she met and married Clifford Eugene Terry on May 26, 1940. They moved to Elgin and raised five children. Pauline was bookkeeper and gopher for Terry Logging, Inc. and Terry Ranch, Inc. She was also active in Eastern Star, Pythian Sisters and the United Methodist Church in Elgin. She was well known for singing at many events. She loved to draw, paint, write poetry, read, and was especially good at crossword puzzles. She could drive anything except a D8 Cat.

Survivors include her son, Steven Terry, and wife, Lillian of Baker City, Oregon; daughter, Elaine Calame, and husband Ed, of Pendleton, Oregon; son, Paul Terry , and wife, Jeanne, of Cheyenne, Wyoming; daughter, Edith Whisennand, and husband, Charlie, of Plains, Montana; son, Rodney Terry, and wife, Imelda, of Elgin, Oregon; 18 grandchildren; 24 great grandchildren; many great great grandchildren and step grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, father, mother and brothers, Kenneth and Aaron.

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