Reta Conner Talbott

Reta Conner Talbott, age 95, of La Grande, died June 15, 2008 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest East Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Wednesday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande.

Mrs. Talbott was born on April 29, 1913, the daughter of David C. and Louisa (Weaver) Conner in Hermiston, Oregon. The family later moved to La Grande where she graduated from La Grande High School with the class of 1931. On June 16, 1934 she married Herchel V. Talbott in La Grande. She worked as a director with Union County Senior Services for many years. In 1981 she was a delegate from Oregon to the White House Conference on Ageing which is held in Washington D.C. once a decade. After retiring she was active with Meals On Wheels and a monthly Skipbo Group. She loved working in her yard, gardening and being involved in church activities at Zion Lutheran Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Deanna Brickman of La Grande; grandchildren, Conner Bell, Carissa Royse, Christopher Hunt, Kylea Darrah, Tamara Brickman and Tara Hessel; thirteen great grandchildren; one great great grandchild ; and other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband; daughter, Donna Hunt in 2008, grandson, Kevin Hunt in 2006; brothers, Henry Conner and David Conner and sisters, Hannah White, Catherine Anson, Bernice McKinney and Opal Broughton.

Those who wish may make contributions in her memory to the Oregon Diabetes Association.