Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
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...

William Russell Droschkey
Aug 22, 2006
William Russell Droschkey, age 82, of Cove, died Friday at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cove Cemetery. Mr. Droschkey was born on October 3, 1923, the son of William and Mary Alice (Bill) Droschkey in Spokane, Washington. He was raised in Idaho and graduated...

Amelia Garcia Diaz
Aug 19, 2006
Amelia Garcia Diaz, 80, of Ontario and formerly of La Grande, died August 19, 2006. A public viewing will be conducted Thursday from 4 to 5:30 pm and there will be a rosary at 6 pm. Both will be at Loveland Funeral Chapel in La Grande. A Resurrection Mass will be conducted at 10 am Friday at Our Lady...

Russell W. Elmer
Aug 18, 2006
Russell W. Elmer, 85, a lifetime resident of Lower Cove, died at home August 18, 2006 after suffering from cancer. Funeral services will begin at 1 pm Saturday at the LDS Chapel, 11206 S. McAlister Road in Island City. Burial will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Friends may call to visit with the family at Loveland Funeral Home from...
Glen Roderick Mckenzie
Aug 14, 2006
Glen Roderick McKenzie, age 88, of Summerville, died Monday, August 14, 2006 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. in McKenzie Theatre on the campus of Eastern Oregon University. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. McKenzie was born on August 22, 1917, the...
Sean Richard Sullivan
Aug 14, 2006
Sean Richard Sullivan, age 27, of La Grande and formerly of The Dalles, died Monday, August 14, 2006 in Riggins, Idaho following an automobile accident. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Sean was born...

Zella Virginia Long
Aug 11, 2006
Zella Virginia Long, 70, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande died August 11, 2006 at her home. The funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the LDS Church, 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Long was born April 15, 1936, to Percy Lavon and Zella Hemmert Wood in Baker...

Robert Thomas Biamont
Aug 11, 2006
Robert Thomas Biamont, 54, of Portland and formerly of La Grande died August 11, 2006. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Grace Christian Fellowship in Portland. Mr. Biamont was born December 17, 1951, in Tacoma, Washington. He lived in La Grande from 1974 to 1987 and married Carolyn June Livingston in 1991. He worked for...

Donald Wayne Huffman
Aug 10, 2006
Donald Wayne Huffman, age 73 of Union, died, Thursday, August 10, 2006 at Saint Luke's Hospital in Boise. A funeral service will be held on Monday, August 14, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Union. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. A reception will follow at the United Methodist Church. Donald Wayne Huffman was...

Larie Lola Patterson Silva
Aug 9, 2006
Larie Lola Patterson Silva, 67, of Aloha and formerly of Summerville, died August 9, 2006 at the Hillsboro Rehab and Specialty Care Center. A graveside service will begin at 3:00 p.m. Saturday at the Summerville Cemetery. Tualatin Valley Funeral Alternatives of Forest Grove is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Silva was born May 4, 1939, in Sisters to...

John Francis Shepherd
Aug 8, 2006
John Francis Shepherd, 67, died August 8, 2006 at his home after a long struggle with cancer. He was born in La Grande August 28, 1939, the older of two children to John and Francis May (Furgason) Shepherd. He graduated high school in Portland and after high school, he served in the Army from 1958 until 1962, stationed in...
Milo "Bill" J. Goss
Aug 5, 2006
Milo J. "Bill" Goss, age 82, a lifetime resident of La Grande, died August 5, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, August 10, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery. A Celebration of Life Memorial gathering will follow at 5:00 p.m. at the home of Mark Goss, 62769 Booth Lane,...
Harold W. Laurence
Aug 5, 2006
Harold W. Laurence, age 86, of La Grande, died August 5, 2006 at his home. A Celebration of Life will begin at 11:00 am on Friday, August 11, 2006 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Grandview Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Thursday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of...

Georgeanna Marie Bruch
Aug 4, 2006
Georgeanna Marie Bruch, 89, of Hillsboro and formerly of La Grande died August 4, 2006. A memorial service was held Wednesday, August 9, 2006 in Hillsboro. Burial was at Fir Lawn Cemetery in Hillsboro. Mrs. Bruch was born November 19, 1916, to George E. and Marie Keller Lockwood in Riverside. She attended school in La Grande and graduated from...

Helen Aletha Myers
Aug 4, 2006
Helen Aletha Myers, age 90, of La Grande died August 4, 2006 at a local care center. The funeral will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Fossil Baptist Church. A graveside service and burial will follow at the Fossil Masonic Cemetery. Sweeney Mortuary of Condon is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Myers was born January 8, 1916, to...

George Edward Evans
Aug 3, 2006
George Edward Evans, age 86, of La Grande, died Thursday, August 3, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Monday, August 7, 2006 at 2:00 pm at the Summerville Cemetery. Mr. Evans was born on December 10, 1919 in Bartlett, Nebraska to Charles Sydney and Grace (Lorenz) Evans. He moved to La Grande...

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...