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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Keith Mickey Lundgren
Jan 9, 2007
Keith Mickey Lundgren, 89, of Boise and formerly of La Grande, died Jan. 9 at his home. Mr. Lundgren was born May 6, 1917 in Osceola, Neb. As a young man growing up on the Great Plains, Keith was drawn to the romance of the railroad and the possibilities of the West. After graduating from Grand Island High School...
June Moberry
Jan 9, 2007
June Moberry, 89, of Salem and formerly of La Grande died Jan. 9 in Beaverton. No services are planned at this time. The family will gather June 9 to plant a rose arbor in her memory. Mrs. Moberry was born June 9, 1917 to Oscar and Anna Hultman in Ketchikan, Alaska. She was raised in Bainbridge Island, Wash. In...
Lee L. Rudd
Jan 8, 2007
Lee L. Rudd, age 81, of La Grande, died Monday, January 8, 2007 at his home. A Celebration of Life will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, January 12, 2007 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Thursday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel...
Aaron Benoit Jarrard
Jan 7, 2007
Aaron Benoit Jarrard died Jan. 7, 2007, at age 55. Mr. Jarrard was born March 6, 1951 in La Grande. He graduated from Milwaukie High School and was a salesman. Survivors include his sisters, Denise, Martha and Mary; and brothers, Michael and William.
Colleen Lyon Neustel
Jan 7, 2007
Colleen (Lyon) Neustel, age 71, of La Grande, died passed away, January 7, 2007 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at the Island City Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Colleen was born September 12, 1935 at Promise, Oregon to Gilbert and...
Carol Westenskow
Jan 6, 2007
Carol Westenskow, 83, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and formerly of La Grande, died Jan. 6. A funeral service is planned for 10 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Island City. Dedication of the grave will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Mrs. Westenskow was born Dec. 28, 1923, in Provo, Utah, to Newbern...
Clinton Gilbert James
Jan 5, 2007
Clinton Gilbert James, 30, of La Grande died Jan. 5 at his home. Services are planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Assembly of God Christian Life Center, 14th and Alder, Elgin. Mr. James, who was known as C.J., was born Apr. 6, 1976, in Yuba City, Calif., to Donald Scott and Carla Jean Pillow James. He was raised...
James Elvis Trump
Jan 5, 2007
James Elvis "Pete" Trump, 86, of Elgin died Jan. 5 in his home. A viewing for family and friends will be from 3 to 6 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel. There will be a private family graveside service at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Summerville Cemetery. A memorial service will follow at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Stampede...
Carl Glen Doud
Jan 4, 2007
Carl Glen Doud, age 64, of Baker City and formerly of Elgin, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 in Baker City. A memorial service will be held on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande. Mr. Doud was born on September 15, 1942, the son of Ira Lorenzo and Nellie (Williams) Doud...
Gayle Lynn Fettig
Jan 4, 2007
Gayle Lynn Fettig, 55, the daughter of William and Phyllis Pearson Fettig of North Powder, died Jan. 4 at the Portland Adventist Medical Center. Private family interment will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the North Powder Cemetery. Survivors include her daughter, CarrieJo, and son-in-law, Josh; 3 grandchildren; her mother, sister, Cindy, and brother-in-law, Brian; a nephew and a...
Bradley Dean Wilson
Jan 4, 2007
Bradley Dean Wilson, 58, of Elgin died Jan. 4 at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Wash., after a year-long battle with cancer. A funeral service is planned for noon Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Elgin. A viewing will be available from 8 to 10 a.m. that morning at the Loveland Funeral...
Ada Adelle Metsopulos
Jan 3, 2007
Ada Adelle Metsopulos, age 98, of La Grande, died January 3, 2007 at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held on Monday, January 8, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Private interment will be at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Metsopulos was born on July 3, 1908, the daughter of Walter and Flora (Hunter)...
Keith Lee Boula
Jan 2, 2007
Keith Lee Boula, 50, died Jan. 2 at St. Mary Hospital in Walla Walla of colon cancer. Friends are invited to join Mr. Boula's family in celebrating his life at an open house at the home of his sister Kathryn, 60522 Bushnell Road, Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.. Keith was born in Los Angeles June 19, 1956....
Thomas Ray Laird
Jan 2, 2007
Thomas Ray Laird, 59, of La Grande, died of unexpected natural causes at Grande Ronde Hospital Jan. 2. A celebration of life service begins at 10 a.m. Feb. 3 at the Victory Christian Center, 1020 Jefferson Ave., La Grande. Mr. Laird was born on August 6, 1947, to Ray Boyd and Marjorie Grace (Conard) Laird in Kentfield, Calif. He...
Elizabeth "Becky" Hill Johnson
Jan 1, 2007
Elizabeth "Becky" Hill Johnson, 93, a leader in education in Oregon, has died. Johnson was a member of the state Board of Higher Education. She also served as director and vice president of the Samuel S. Johnson Foundation, which was named for her late husband and based in Redmond. The organization contributes to arts and culture, education, health care,...
Kenneth R. Westenskow
Dec 31, 2006
Kenneth R. Westenskow, 72, of Roseville, Calif. died Dec. 31. Visitation will be conducted Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Price Funeral Chapel in Citrus Heights, Calif. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Roseville 1st Ward in Roseville. Burial will follow at the Roseville Cemetery. A...
Alan Duane Rutherford
Dec 28, 2006
Alan Duane Rutherford, 57 of Ivins, Utah, and formerly of Elgin and Imbler died Dec. 28 while traveling to his home. A memorial service and celebration of life was conducted at Grace Episcopal Church in St. George, Utah, Jan. 3. Mr. Rutherford was born to Donald and Fauntella Rutherford in Iowa Jan. 25, 1949, but spent most of his...
Gerald R. Ford
Dec 26, 2006
Gerald R. Ford was the thirty-eighth president of the United States. When he took the oath of office on August 9, 1974, he declared, "I assume the presidency under extraordinary circumstances...this is an hour of our history that troubles our minds and hurts our hearts." It was, indeed, an unprecedented time. In late 1973, following the resignation of Vice...
Raymond Elmer Jordan
Dec 26, 2006
Raymond Elmer Jordan, 86, of Elgin, died Dec. 26 at a La Grande care center. At his request, no services will be conducted. Mr. Jordan was born May 18, 1920, to Mark and Ethel (Masters) Jordan in Taylor, N.Y. He worked as a custodian/dispatcher in industrial buildings. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Jordan moved...
John Leo Williamson
Dec 26, 2006
John Leo Williamson, 37, of La Grande, died Dec. 26 at Grande Ronde Hospital after a long battle with bone cancer. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in La Grande. Burial will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Mr. Williamson was born in Baker City Jan. 21, 1969, to John H....
