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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Michael Joseph Mcshane
Sep 12, 2006
Michael Joseph McShane, 58, formerly of La Grande, died September 12, 2006 in Columbia, Maryland of pancreatic cancer. Memorial services were conducted September 21, 2006 in Maryland. He will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery November 29. Mr. McShane, a retired lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, was born February 4, 1948 in Ontario...
Georgia Lavelle Butler
Sep 11, 2006
Georgia LaVelle Butler, 95, of La Grande died Sept. 11 at Jody's Country Care in La Grande. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church in La Grande. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. She was born in La Grande Sept. 27,...
Russell Simonis
Sep 10, 2006
Russell Simonis, 48 of Las Vegas, Nev., died Sept 10. There will be a graveside memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday at the North Powder Cemetery. Mr. Simonis was born June 11, 1958 to Vernon and Earlene Baker Simonis and spent his early years in North Powder. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Stone Simonis of Las Vegas; siblings, Ricky...
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...
