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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Wilma Taylor
Sep 10, 2006
North Powder native and Baker City resident Wilma Jacobsen Bates Taylor, 87, died Sept. 10 at St. Elizebeth Health Care Center in Baker City. Viewing is today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel in Baker City. A graveside will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the North Powder Cemetery. Wilma was born...
Kimberly Dawn Martin-Fischer
Sep 9, 2006
Kimberly Dawn Fischer, 47, of maryville, Washington, died September 9, 2006 at her home of natural causes. A service will begin at 2 pm Saturday at the Marysville Senior Community Center, 514 Delta Street. A memorial in Oregon will be conducted at a later date. Mrs. Fischer was born April 22, 1959, in Pendleton to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry...
Candy Lynn Read
Sep 9, 2006
Candy Lynn Read, 37, of Libby, Montana and formerly of La Grande, died September 9, 2006 in Libby from complications related to an extended illness. A small service will be conducted at a later date. Miss Read was born June 29, 1969,in California to Gary and Jackie Read. She attended schools in La Grande, graduating in 1987. She worked...
Royal Walfred Borkgren
Sep 6, 2006
Royal Walfred Borkgren, 95, a native of Cove, died Sept. 6. A memorial service will be on Tuesday at Holman-Hankins-Bowker and Waud, 715 Seventh St., in Oregon City. A graveside service is planned for 2 p.m. Thursday. He was born April, 15, 1911, in Cove to Martin and Charlotte Borkgren, who immigrated to the United States from Sweden in...
Carl A. Cameron
Sep 5, 2006
Carl A. Cameron, 71, McMinnville, died Sept. 5 at Emmanual Hospital in Portland. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in McMinnville. Mr. Cameron was born on April 24, 1935, in Pendleton. His father was a civil engineer who worked on the highway system, moving the family to many places throughout the West....
Rich Eric Hunt
Sep 4, 2006
Richard Eric Hunt, 37, of Lovelock, Nev., and formerly of La Grande died Sept. 4. A memorial mass will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church with Father Hank Albrecht and the Rev. Irwin Smutz officiating. Mr. Hunt was born Nov. 18, 1968, to Richard and Iris Hunt in Spokane, Wash. He graduated...
Michelle Joeline Lee
Sep 4, 2006
Michelle Joeline Lee, 36, of Ontario and formerly of Union died Sept. 4, in her sleep. A memorial gathering is being planned. Survivors include her husband, Troy Duane Lee and three children, Michael Duane Lee, Natasha Lee and Dustin Duane Lee, all of Ontario; two sisters, Penny Weaver and Pam Weaver; a brother, Danny Day; her mother and step-father,...
Albert Isaac Bumgardner
Sep 3, 2006
Albert Isaac Bumgardner, age 91, of La Grande, died Sunday, September 3, 2006 at a local care facility. A Celebration of Life gathering for family and friends will be held at the home of his granddaughter, Sheri Benitez, 2706 E. "L" Avenue in La Grande on Friday from 12:00 until 3:00 p.m. Friends are encouraged to drop by anytime...
Mary Ellen Fisher
Sep 2, 2006
Mary Ellen Fisher, 73, of Union died Sept. 2 at her home. A memorial service will begin at 3 p.m. Sept. 14 at Hinson Memorial Baptist Church in Portland. Burial at Willamette National Cemetery will be private. Mrs. Fisher was born Jan. 11, 1933, to Frank Newman and Sarah Virginia Woodruff in Upland, Calif. She attended Chaffey High School...
Patricia Hein
Sep 1, 2006
Patricia Hein, 59 of Union died Sept. 1 at the Grande Ronde Hospital of natural causes. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Loveland Funeral Chapel 1508 4th St. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. at the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Hein was born Oct. 29, 1946, to Earl Patrick and Mary Ellen Jenkins Martin...
Holly Jean Lehman
Sep 1, 2006
Holly Jean Lehman, age 51, of La Grande and formerly of Colton and Berkeley, California, died September 1, 2006 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A potluck Celebration of Life gathering will be held at the home of her mother, Jean Enderlin, 277 W. Bryan in Union on Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Holly was...
Wilma May Morris
Sep 1, 2006
Wilma May Morris, age 86, a lifetime resident of Union County, died Friday, September 1, 2006 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in La Grande. Private interment was held at the Summerville Cemetery. Mrs. Morris was born on May 21, 1920,...
Mitzi Abel
Aug 31, 2006
Lilian "Mitzi" Abel, 81, of Prescott, Ariz., and formerly of La Grande died Aug. 31. A private celebration of life will be conducted. Mrs. Abel was born Oct. 18, 1924, to William H. "Hal" and Lilian Baker Bohnenkamp in La Grande. She graduated as a registered nurse from the Univeristy of Oregon in 1946, and worked as a nurse...
Gladys Lucille Gassoway
Aug 30, 2006
Gladys Lucille Gassoway, 88, of Portland and formerly of Cove died August 30, 2006. The funeral will begin at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Sellwood Baptist Church. A graveside service will begin at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in Sumner, Washington. Mrs. Gassoway was born Gladys Ryan April 1, 1918, in Sumner. She married the Rev. M. Murl Gassoway in 1940....
Jo Bruce
Aug 29, 2006
Mary Jo Bruce, 81, formerly of Hermiston died Tuesday at the home of her daughter in Palmer Junction. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the Hermiston Cemetery with a reception following at the First Christian Church on Highland Avenue. Mrs. Bruce was born June 1, 1925, to Patrick Donald and Mary Josephine Stubbs Quinn in...
Janette L. Beeler
Aug 28, 2006
Janette L. Beeler, age 59 of Elgin and formerly of Laramie, Wyoming died, Monday, August 28, 2006 in Elgin. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elgin Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Monday, September 4, 2006 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley....
Doris "Arlene" Baxter
Aug 27, 2006
Doris Arlene Baxter, 76, of La Grande died August 27, 2006 at a local care center. Viewing will be from 5 to 7 pm Friday at Loveland Funeral Home. The funeral will begin at 11 am Saturday at the LDS Chapel in Union. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Baxter was born January 13, 1930, to Lester...
Wendell H. Abell
Aug 26, 2006
Wendell H. Abell, age 81, of Island City, died Saturday, August 26, 2006, at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Island City Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Monday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th...
Dallas Dean
Aug 26, 2006
Dallas Dean, 81, of Baker City died August 26, 2006 at his home. A reception and celebration of life will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday at his son's home, 44431 Anthony Lakes Highway in Haines. Mr. Dean was born July 1, 1925 to Maryin and Edith Hodgkins Dean at Keating. The family lived near Pondosa and...
John "Jack" William Evans
Aug 24, 2006
John William "Jack" Evans, age 78, of La Grande died Thursday, August 24, 2006 at his home. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande. Committal and interment will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the...
