Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Lavelle Harris
Mar 9, 2007
LaVelle Harris, age 93, of La Grande, died March 9, 2007 of natural causes. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2007 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. LaVelle was born on April 6, 1913, the daughter of Alton and Josephine (Cavin) Hogoboom in Baker, Oregon. She attended school in Baker, Walla Walla and...

Edwin Leonard Craig
Mar 9, 2007
Edwin Leonard Craig, 83, of La Grande died at his home March 9. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mr. Craig was born May 13, 1923, to Leonard Clinton and Marguerite Elizabeth (Kinsloe)Craig in Hutchinson, Kan. He was raised in Twin Falls, Idaho, and graduated from high school in Rock Springs, Wyo....

Janice Ann Snodgrass
Mar 8, 2007
Janice Snodgrass, 64, of La Grande and formerly of Union died March 8 at the Oregon Health and Science University hospital in Portland. A graveside service is planned for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Island City Cemetery. A celebration of life dinner will follow at the La Grande First Christian Church, 901 Penn Avenue. Viewing will be held from...

Roy Pierce
Mar 7, 2007
Roy Pierce passed away on March 7, 2007, at Hospice Care Center, in Longview, Washington. He was born February 6, 1932, in North Powder, Oregon, to Royal and Dorothy Pierce. He grew up in La Grande, Oregon and graduated from La Grande High School in 1950. He joined the Navy after graduation and served four years during the Korean...
Genevieve Pidcock
Mar 6, 2007
Genevieve Pidcock, age 90, of La Grande, died March 6, 2007 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 9, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande. Mrs. Pidcock was born on July 10, 1916, the daughter of Roy and Mary (Hug) Flexer in Harney County, Oregon....

Eleanor E. Smead
Mar 5, 2007
Eleanor Eunice Smead, 87, of Eugene and formerly of La Grande, died March 5 of age-related causes. Mrs. Smead was born December 30, 1919, in Auburn, Washington to Ward and Stella (Magers) O'Neill. She graduated from Auburn High School at the age of 16. On September 1, 1938, she married Wendell Martin in La Grande, and the couple had...

Robert Mulhall
Mar 5, 2007
Robert Mulhall Robert Mulhall, 86, of La Grande, Oregon and formerly of Seattle died March 5, 2007. At his request there will be no public services. To sign the guest book or leave a condolence for the family visit: www.danielschapel.com. Mr. Mulhall was born June 3, 1920, the son of Leo and Jenny (Price) Smith in Yakima, Washington. He...

Arnold K. Bergstrom
Mar 4, 2007
Arnold K. Bergstrom, 76, of Union, died March 4 of natural causes at his residence. A graveside service will be conducted at a later date. Mr. Bergstrom, known as Arnie, was born May 14, 1930, in Kensington, Minn. He was one of ten children born to Theodore Ewald and Edith Eleanora (Eriksson) Bergstrom, both of whom sailed to America...

Olga Marie Rollins
Mar 4, 2007
Olga Marie Rollins, 91, of La Grand, died March 4 at a local care home. A private family memorial service was held March 7 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Olga was born July 3, 1915, to Edwin M. and Hannah Mabel (Miltzpaw) Jensen. She married Don Palmer Rollins Sept. 19, 1934, and they had eight children. They moved to...

Letha O'Neil Bean
Mar 2, 2007
Letha O'Neil Bean, 85, of Meridian, Idaho and formerly of La Grande, died March 3, 2007. She was a daughter of Harold and Minnie Carson. No services are planned.

Mollie Ann Coleman
Mar 1, 2007
Mollie Ann Coleman, 88, died March 1, 2007 of natural causes at a local care home. Burial will be Thursday at the Southern Nevada Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nevada.
Audrey Maldonado
Feb 28, 2007
Audrey Maldonado, age 89, of La Grande, died February 28, 2007 at her home in La Grande. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 16, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the La Grande Country Club. Audrey was born January 15, 1918, the daughter of L.W. and Adrian (House) Copeland in Pendleton, Oregon. She was raised in Pendleton...

Bill Jack Crooke
Feb 27, 2007
Bill Jack Crooke, 81, of Pendleton and formerly of Union, died February 27, 2007 at his home after a long illness. A memorial service is planned for 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Berean Baptist Church (formerly Calvary Baptist), 8 NW Ninth St., Pendleton, with Pastor Carl LeTourka officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Burns Mortuary of Pendleton. Mr. Crooke...

Christmas "Jean" Gaily
Feb 27, 2007
Christmas Jean(Tuttle)Gaily, 105, Feb. 27 at a local care home. The burial will be private and celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday April 3 at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande. Known as Jean, she was born December 25, 1901, to Eddie Bruce and Verda Ethel (Woods) Tuttle on a farm in northwestern Union...
Gertude Fay Mcmahan
Feb 27, 2007
Gertrude Fay Hancock McMahan, 95, of La Grande, Oregon, died Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at a local care center. Viewing will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2007 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2007, at Faith Center, 10300...

Jessie Glenn Jones
Feb 25, 2007
Jessie Glenn Jones, 88, of Morton, Washington and formerly of Union, died February 25, 2007. A memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Union. Memorials may be made to the Union Food Bank in care of the Union United Methodist Church, Union, Oregon 97883.

Nichola Lynn Headrick
Feb 25, 2007
Nichola Lynn Headrick, age 60, of La Grande, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 at her home. There will be no public services. She will be buried next to her mother, Dorothy Helm, in Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Ms. Headrick was born on January 20, 1947, the daughter of Jim Graham and Dorothy...

Dorothy "Ann" Ann Stennfeld
Feb 24, 2007
Dorothy Ann Stennfeld, 74, of La Grande, died Feb. 24 at her home. A celebration of life is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday March 3 at Zion Lutheran Church in La Grande. Mrs. Stennfeld, known as Ann, was born June 232, 1932, to Henry and Berniece Jackson Jones in Roseburg. She was raised in Myrtle Creek, graduating from Myrtle...

Mildred Waltman
Feb 23, 2007
Mildred Waltman, 88, a former Nampa, Idaho resident, died at her home in La Grande, Oregon, on February 23, 2007. Mildred Maxine was born June 30, 1918, at McCune, Kansas to Henry and Pearl (Poole) Daniel. She was the sixth born of ten children. The family moved to Nampa, Idaho in 1930. Mildred married Cecil A. "Buzz" Waltman on...

Claude Allen Spears
Feb 22, 2007
Claude Allen Spears, 75 of Boise and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 22 at a Boise hospital after a short illness. A memorial service took place Feb. 26 at Redeemer Lutheran in Boise. Burial will be at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Spears was born Jan. 18, 1932, to Leonard and Frances Katherine...