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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Hugh Gerald Erwin
Jun 21, 2006
Hugh Gerald Erwin, age 95 of Union, died, Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the Union United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. Hugh Gerald Erwin was born on October 25, 1910, the son of Hugh and Bertie...
Clair Alvin Hought
Jun 21, 2006
Clair Alvin Hought, 92, of La Grande died June 21 at OHSU Hospital in Portland. Viewing will be tonight from 7 to 9 at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. A celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, 902 Fourth St. Mr. Hought was born Oct. 26, 1913, to James Edward and Sophie...
Ruth Marie Bunnell
Jun 20, 2006
Ruth Marie Bunnell, age 91 of La Grande, died, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Interment will be next to her father in Santa Anna, Texas. Ruth Marie Bunnell was born November 11, 1914 to Frank and Birdie Letha (McHorse) Bunnell...
William G. Gross
Jun 20, 2006
William G. Gross, 81, of Island City died June 20 at a hospital in Boise. A private service will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Mr. Gross was born Nov. 1, 1924 to Glenn and Margurite Mathewson Gross in Portland. He attended school in Battleground, Wash., and served in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He...
Sylvia Wilson
Jun 20, 2006
Sylvia Wilson, age 88 of La Grande, died, Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at a local care facility. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 26, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Sylvia Wilson was born on September 10, 1917, the daughter of Mathew and Christina Elizabeth (McNew) Nooner in Salt Lake City, Utah....
Marguerite Jean Vanderbilt
Jun 18, 2006
Marguerite Vanderbilt, of La Grande, died on June 18, 2006 at the age of 88 at the Grande Ronde Hospital following a gradual decline in her health over the past year. Marguerite Jean Orr was born in Pontiex, Saskatchewan on November 10th, 1917, near the homestead where her parents, William Wallace Orr and Barbara Agnes Whittall Orr settled on...
John Howard Harris
Jun 15, 2006
John Howard Harris, 75, of Irrigon died June 15, 2006 at his home. At his request there will be no funeral. Burial will be July 2 in the Pioneer Cemetery that was started by his grandfather, Lewis Fisk, in 1882 at the park near Medical Springs. Mr. Harris was born September 17, 1930 to Thomas Howard and Laura Ellen...
Linda Colleen Douglas
Jun 14, 2006
Linda Colleen Douglas, 46, of La Grande, died June 14, 2006 at Oregon Health Science University on Wednesday due to natural in Portland. A memorial service will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Grandview Cemetery followed by a celebration of life at the Presbyterian Friendship Center, 1204 Spring Avenue. Mrs. Douglas was...
Lewis Hallmark
Jun 14, 2006
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 17, 2006 in First Presbyterian Church in downtown Portland for Lewis Hallmark who died June 14 at age 86. Mr. Hallmark was born July 29, 1919 in Cove. He worked in the Portland shipyards during World War II and lived in the Portland area most of his life. He...
Robert Leslie Brandon
Jun 12, 2006
Robert Leslie Brandon, 65, of La Grande and Battlement Mesa, Colorado, professor emeritus at Eastern Oregon University, died unexpectedly June 12, 2006. There will be no public service. Mr. Brandon was born in 1940 in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington in civil engineering in 1962 and served in the Navy. In September 1967 he married Cheri...
Ardeth Emma Moberly Riggs
Jun 12, 2006
Ardeth Emma Sink Moberly Riggs, age 83, of Summerville and formerly of the Springfield/Eugene area, died Monday morning at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 17, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Ardeth Riggs was born on April 15, 1923, the daughter of William Homer and Eva Marie...
Jack Hays
Jun 10, 2006
Longtime Walla Walla and Enterprise resident Alfred M. "Jack" Hays, 84, died June 10 in Walla Walla. A memorial graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the Enterprise Cemetery. Jack was born Aug. 6, 1921, in Enterprise to Omar H. and Anna L. Hays. He attended and graduated from Enterprise schools. He served honorably for four years...
Ernest Edgar Adams
Jun 9, 2006
Mr. Adams was born on April 12, 1913, the son of John William and Emily Jane (Law) Adams in Elgin. The family moved to The Dalles for a period of time before returning to Elgin where he graduated from high school. After graduation he attended Eastern Oregon Normal School in La Grande for one year. He worked for the...
Powell Graham
Jun 6, 2006
Powell Graham, age 87, of La Grande, died Tuesday, June 6, 2006 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. A private interment will be held. Powell was born on April 25, 1919, the son of Harry and Dora (Powell) Graham in Milton, Oregon....
Paul V. Opperman
Jun 6, 2006
Paul V. Opperman, 37, died June 6, 2006 in Hillsboro in an auto accident. A memorial service is planned at noon today at Fir Lawn Mortuary, 1070 W. Main St. in Hillsboro. Graveside services for Mr. Opperman, who loved to fish, hunt and camp every year in the Blue Mountains near La Grande and has many friends and family...
Dale W. Pierson
Jun 2, 2006
Dale W. Pierson, 82, died Friday, June 2, at his home in Salem. Viewing will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thur., June 8 at Howell-Edwards-Doerksen with Rigdon-Ransom Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Fri., June 9 at Summerville Cemetery in Summerville, Oregon. Dale was born on October 6, 1923 in...
Grace Pope
Jun 2, 2006
Grace Pope, 99, formerly of Cove and Halfway, died June 2, 2006 at a care center in Clayton, Washington. A memorial service is planned for 2:00 p.m. on July 22, 2006 at the Presbyterian Church in Halfway. Mrs. Pope was born September 21, 1906,to Isaac and Mary Nelson in Aitkin County, Minn. On November 8, 1927 she married Milo...
Ronald Dave Scoubes
Jun 2, 2006
Ronald Dave Scoubes, 91, of Elgin, died June 2 at his home. A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Elgin Christian Church. Burial will be at the Island City Cemetery. Mr. Scoubes was born July 18, 1914, to David and Della Weston Scoubes in Cambridge, Idaho. He graduated from Elgin High School in 1933 and...
Orville Dee Shirley
Jun 2, 2006
Orville Dee Shirley, 79, of La Grande died June 2, 2006 at St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City. Burial will be at the Enterprise Cemetery. Gray's West & Co Pioneer Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Shirley was born October 21, 1926, to Chet and Lady Clair Mabor Shirley in Wallowa. The family lived in Enterprise before...
Richard "Dick" Bonney
Jun 1, 2006
Richard Donald "Dick" Bonney, age 91 of Union died, June 1, 2006. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, June 8, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church in Union. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Richard Donald "Dick" Bonney was born to Richard Herman and...
