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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Douglas Dean Johnson
Oct 28, 2006
Douglas Dean Johnson, 68, of La Grande died October 28, 2006 at a care center in Union. There will be a 10 a.m. celebrations of life at Loveland Funeral Chapel on Saturday. Mr. Johnson was born May 28, 1938, in Enterprise to Merle and Clara "Jean" McFetridge Johnson. He attended and graduated from school in Enterprise, was active in...
Samantha L. Kuperus Carpenter
Oct 28, 2006
Samantha L. Kuperus Carpenter, 37, formerly of Union County, died October 28, 2006 in Fairmont, West Virginia. There will be a 3:00 p.m. memorial service Monday, November 6, 2006 at the Union County Senior Center. Everyone is requested to bring a rose. Ms. Carpenter, who preferred to be called Sammy, was born December 2, 1968 in Auburn, California and...
Harold Reed Harris
Oct 26, 2006
Harold Reed Harris, 82, a long time resident of Parkrose, died on Oct. 26, from complications of pneumonia. A reception for friends to come and visit with his family will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 2006 at Loveland Funeral Chapel in La Grande. A private family memorial service will be held on Saturday, Nov....
James H. Lockett
Oct 26, 2006
James "Jim" H. Lockett, 78, of McMinnville and formerly of La Grande, died October 26, 2006 at the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville. There will be an 11:00 a.m. memorial service Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in McMinnville with Pastor Kent Harrop officiating. A private family burial will be at the Enterprise Cemetery. Mr....
Clarence H. Crawford
Oct 24, 2006
Clarence H. Crawford, 87, of La Grande and formerly of Elgin, died Tuesday at Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, followed by a graveside service at Grandview Cemetery. Mr. Crawford was born on July 4, 1928, near Gotham, Ark, where he grew up. Later in life he worked...
Ruth Jean Ketscher
Oct 23, 2006
Ruth "Jean" Ketscher, 84, of Burns and formerly of Enterprise, died Monday at her home. A memorial service at St. Katherine's Catholic Church in Enterprise begins at 10 a.m. Monday. The service will be followed by burial at the Enterprise Cemetery and a celebration of life in the church hall. Mrs. Ketscher was born Oct. 9, 1922, in Detroit,...
Jason Basil Terry
Oct 23, 2006
Jason Basil Terry, age 27 of La Grande, died Monday, October 23, 2006 due to an automobile accident. A private family service will be held at a later date. Jason was born on March 9, 1979, the son of Paul and Jeanne (Eckley) Terry in La Grande, Oregon. He graduated from high school and attended Blue Mountain Community College...
Rosetta Eckstein
Oct 22, 2006
Rosetta Eckstein, 76, of Elgin, died Oct. 22 at the Evergreen Rehabilitation and Retirement Center in Milton-Freewater. A graveside service will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Elgin Cemetery with Pastor Steve Gilmore officiating. Mrs. Eckstein was born July 20, 1930 in La Grande to Ernest and Lillian Knight. She moved with her family to Wallowa, where she...
Eugene Richard Power
Oct 22, 2006
Eugene Richard Power, age 78, of Summerville, died October 22, 2006 at a foster care facility. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Power was born on March 25, 1928 to Mason E. and Lennett E. (Moorlock) Power...
Betty Doris Rogers
Oct 20, 2006
Betty Doris Rogers, 79, died on Oct. 20, 2006, of a stroke at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, Ariz. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Monday Oct. 8, at Burns Mortuary in Pendleton. Inurnment of ashes will be at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton. She was born May 9, 1927, to Frank E. and Luva (Roberts) Messersmith...
Reba Briggs Hamon
Oct 16, 2006
Reba L. Briggs Hamon, 78, of Prineville and formerly of Union and La Grande, died Oct. 16 at her home. A celebration of life took place Oct. 19 at the Prineville Funeral Home with Pastor Dusty Flegel officiating. Mrs. Hamon was born in Shidler, Okla., April 22, 1928, to William Ernest and Bernie Hohstadt Briggs. The family moved to...
Elaine Laurose Scott
Oct 16, 2006
Elaine Laurose Scott, age 70, of Elgin died, Monday, October 16, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Elgin Cemetery. A potluck will follow at the Elgin Stampede Hall in Elgin. Elaine was born on July 24, 1936, the daughter of Ivan and Elsie...
Fern Beem
Oct 13, 2006
On the sunny-rainy morning of October 13, Fern traveled over the rainbow and into the loving arms of those long anticipating reunion with their beloved wife, daughter, sister and friend. Born on the family homestead near Moorcroft, Wyoming to Fern and Fred Guthery, she and her brother Stewart absorbed a deep love of wide open spaces, taken in at...
Norman Eugene Punches
Oct 11, 2006
Norman Eugene Punches, 77, of La Grande, died, Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at his home. At his request there will be no services held. A viewing was held on Friday, October 13, 2006 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande, Oregon. Norman was born on August 26, 1929, the...
Earl Culver
Oct 10, 2006
Earl "Lavon" Culver, 84, of Elgin, died at his home Tuesday. A celebration of life will be conducted at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at the Elgin Cemetery. Mr. Culver was born August 1, 1922, in Union to Francis and Lola May (Kennedy) Culver. He was raised and educated in Elgin. He married Vera...
Elsie Louise Churchill
Oct 8, 2006
Elsie Louise Churchill, age 90, of Elgin died, Sunday, October 8, 2006 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elgin Cemetery. Elsie was born on March 12, 1916, the daughter of Clarence and Annette (Brown) Obert up the Walla Walla River in Oregon. The family moved to...
Mabel C. "Billie" Crampton
Oct 8, 2006
Mabel C. "Billie" Crampton, 95, of La Grande died on Sunday, October 8, 2006 in a La Grande care center. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Interment will follow at the Grandview Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 from 4...
Armond James Arnoldus
Oct 5, 2006
Armond James Arnoldus, 87, of Imbler, died Oct. 5 in Boise. A funeral service begins at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Summerville Cemetery. A viewing will be conducted from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mr. Arnoldus was born July 4, 1919, the son of James Andrew and Edna Pearl (Woods) Arnoldus in Wallowa. The family moved...
Margaret Stein
Oct 3, 2006
Margaret Stein of Enterprise died Oct. 3 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. She was 84. She was born in Joseph, April 21, 1922, the first child of Ernest and Lillian Simmons Quinn. She grew up in Wallowa County, attending Reavis and Enterprise schools, and spent most of her adult life in Wallowa County. On Feb. 16, 1940, she married Myron...
William G. Washkoska
Sep 29, 2006
William "Bill" Washkoska, 80, of Spokane died Sept. 29. Following a funeral Saturday, October 7 in Spokane, there will be a graveside service at 2 p.m. Monday at Grandview Cemetery in La Grande with Pastor Mark Schlessman officiating. Mr. Washkoska was born Sept. 5, 1926, to George and Josephine Washkoska in Oshkosh, Wis. He was in the Navy for...
