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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Loretta Susan Noble
Aug 2, 2006
Loretta Susan Noble, age 85 of Beaverton and formerly Cove, died August 2, 2006. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 7, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Interment will follow at the Cove Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Sunday, August 6, 2006 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Daniels...
Michael Gene Cleveland
Aug 1, 2006
Michael Gene Cleveland, age 34 of La Grande, died, Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital of natural causes. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Michael Gene Cleveland was born on July 25, 1972, the son of Robert and Deborah (Beickel) Cleveland in...
Wynona Eleen Brown
Jul 31, 2006
Wynona Eleen "Elaine" Brown, age 75 of Cove, died, Monday, July 31, 2006 at her home. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, August 8, 2006 at 1:00 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Union. A viewing will be held at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Chad Michael Hickey
Jul 31, 2006
A memorial service for La Grande native Chad Michael Hickey, 28, of Eugene will be held on Sunday, August 6, 2006 at Jasper Park near Springfield. A potluck will follow. Mr. Hickey died July 31, 2006 in Eugene. He was born October 17, 1977, in La Grande, the son of Jim and Wanda Hickey. He grew up in La...
Geraldine N. Metcalf
Jul 31, 2006
Geraldine N. Metcalf, 85, of La Grande died July 31, 2006 at a local care center. A private service will be held. Mrs. Metcalf was born August 19, 1920, to Lewis and Lucille Strange Ansell in Burley, Idaho. She married Robert Metcalf on December 24, 1937 in La Grande and worked at US Bank for 20 years. She enjoyed...
Dale Erwin Evins
Jul 30, 2006
Dale Erwin Evins, age 52 of La Grande, died, Sunday, July 30, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. Viewing will be held on Friday, August 4, 2006 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church...
Gertrude Fay Bell Butterfield
Jul 28, 2006
Gertrude Butterfield died at her daughter's home in Caldwell, Idaho, on July 28. A viewing will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, followed by a graveside service at the Cove Cemetery at 11. Mrs. Butterfield was born in Cove Aug. 21, 1915, to Ernest Houx Bell and Irene Seaberg Bell. She was raised in...
Patricia Eileen Henry
Jul 26, 2006
Patricia Eileen Henry, 56, of John Day, died July 26 at her home. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in John Day with Bishop Gary Delaney officiating. Burial will be at the Elgin Cemetery. Mrs. Henry was born Oct. 14, 1949, to Ralph Richard and Thelma Jane Miller...
Peter Jospeh Tucori Ii
Jul 24, 2006
Peter Joseph Tucori II, age 59, of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died July 24, 2006 at the Veteran's Hospital in Portland after a long battle with cancer. At his request there was no service. Mr. Tucori was born June 4, 1947, to Peter Tucori, Sr. and Frances Tucori in Baker. His first home was a log cabin...
Betty Ann Blaylock
Jul 18, 2006
Betty Ann Blaylock, 61, of Salome, Ariz., and formerly of Cove, died suddenly July 18. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Calvary Baptist Church, 707 Main St., Cove. She was born in La Grande at the old Grande Ronde Hospital, May 31, 1945, to Leonard Francis Barnett and Lela Melvina Land. She spent all of...
Gretchen Adeline Dayton
Jul 17, 2006
Gretchen Adeline Dayton, 85, of Elgin died July 17 at Grande Ronde Hosptial. A graveside memorial will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the Elgin cemetery. She was born Dec. 25, 1920, in Port Townsend, Wash., to Asa and Sylvia Fowler. She spent most of her life in the Puget Sound area, living in Tahuya and Brinnon. In 1981,...
Lois Irene Lay
Jul 16, 2006
Lois Irene Lay, 92, of Boise and formerly of Union, died suddenly of complications from a stroke Sunday in Boise. Funeral service will be at 10 am Wednesday at the Ginger Creek LDS ward, 11918 W. Ustick Road, Boise. Friends may call to visit with the family at the church from 9 to 9:45 am prior to the service....
Dr. Ali Reza Shapur Shahbazi
Jul 15, 2006
Dr. Ali Reza Shapur Shahbazi, 63, of La Grande died July 15 in Walla Walla after a long battle with stomach cancer. A memorial service will be conducted at Eastern Oregon Universityat 3 p.m. Sunday in McKenzie Theatre. A reception will follow in the lobby. All are welcome. The seventh child of Ebrahim and Malihe Shahbazi, he was born...
Freda Mae Vaughn
Jul 14, 2006
Freda Mae Vaughn, age 79, of Union, died Friday, July 14, 2006 at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Friday, July 21, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Vaughn was born on November 2, 1926, the daughter of Harry David and Ruth Irene (Scott) Fisher in Enterprise, Oregon. The family moved...
Joanne Kaye Price
Jul 13, 2006
Joanne Kaye Price, 73, died July 13, 2006 at her home in Hermiston. A celebration of life service will begin at 2 pm Saturday at the Hermiston Church of the Nazarene. Burial will begin at noon Monday at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Mrs. Price was born January 16, 1933 in Fresno, California to Samuel and Virginia Tarleton Timbrell....
Elizabeth Knight
Jul 12, 2006
Elizabeth "Libby" F. Knight, age 87 of La Grande, died, Wednesday, July 12, 2006. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, July 25, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. A private inurnment will be held at the Grandview Mausoleum. Elizabeth F. Knight was born on January 4, 1919, the daughter of Bristol and Mary...
Jean Louise Bevington Stevens
Jul 11, 2006
Jean Louise Bevington Stevens, 54, died July 11. Funeral services will begin at 11 am Saturday at the Haven Cove Ward L.D.S. Chapel in Meridian, Idaho. Burial will follow at the Cloverdale Cemetery. Mrs. Stevens was born September 9, 1951, in Fairbanks, Alaska the third child of LaRue and Beverly Budge Bevington. In 1960 the family moved to Boise...
Cecil Earl Bruins
Jul 11, 2006
Cecil Earl Bruins, age 75 of La Grande and formerly of Nampa, Idaho, died, Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at a local care center. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, July 18, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Island City Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Cecil Earl Bruins was born on July 30,...
Nova Jean Hallgarth
Jul 11, 2006
Nova Jean Hallgarth, 81, of Elgin died July 11, 2006 at a care center in La Grande. A celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Hallgarth was born July 15, 1924 to John and Ethel Croghan Widell in Elgin. She attended school in Elgin and on May 16, 1942 she married Myron...
Lenn Pierson
Jul 11, 2006
Lenn Pierson, 91, of Claremont, Calif., and formerly of La Grande, died July 11 at his home. A celebration of life will be held in the future. He requested that his ashes he scattered over Klickitat, Wash., overlooking the Columbia Gorge. Mr. Pierson was born Feb. 22, 1915, to Elva and Winfred Pierson in Geneva, Neb. The family moved...
