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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Ralph Melvin Roper
May 26, 2006
Ralph Melvin Roper, age 86, died Friday, May 26, 2006 at a local care center in La Grande. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery in Summerville. A viewing will be held on Tuesday, May 30, 2006 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the...
Norma Lee Savely
May 26, 2006
Norma Lee Savely, 66, of Union and formerly of Susanville and Red Bluff, Calif., died May 26 at her home after an extended battle with colon cancer. A graveside service will take place June 17 in Los Molinas, Calif. There will be a picnic in the Los Molinas Park immediately following. A memorial picnic will take place in Union...
Cleo J. Curry
May 25, 2006
Cleo J. Curry, age 77 of La Grande, died Thursday, May 25, 2006 at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington. A memorial service will be held on Monday, June 5, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church. The family requests that dress be casual for the service. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley....
Charles T. Melton
May 24, 2006
Charles T. Melton, 73, of Union died May 24, 2006 at his home. Mr. Melton was born December 29, 1932 to Frank and Rose Klepzig Melton in Dixon, Missouri. He was a farmer and married his wife, Deloris, on November 12, 1960, in Reno, Nevada. survivors include his children, Minday Melton of Union, Marcia Wisdom of La Grande of...
Iva "Deanie" Barker
May 22, 2006
Iva "Deanie" Barker, 78, of Walla Walla and formerly of La Grande died May 22 at a care center. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in La Grande. Mrs. Barker was born October 14, 1927 to Lloyd and Nora Erlandson in Kansas City, Missouri. She married Roger Barker of Yakima, Washington and graduated...
Jean Ann Dixon
May 21, 2006
Jean Ann Dixon, age 95, a long time La Grande resident, died, May 21, 2006 at her home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Jean Ann Dixon was born on December 30, 1910, the daughter of James M. and Jessie (Payne) Murray in Tacoma, Washington. She...
Joe Hardy
May 21, 2006
Joe Hardy, 72, of La Grande died May 21, 2006. A Mass of Christian Burial was conducted Thursday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. Mr. Hardy was born January 10, 1933 to Robert Morgan and Grace Whited Hardy in Baker City. He attended school in Unitey and graduated from Powder Valley High School. He served in the...
John H. Breshears Sr.
May 20, 2006
John H. Breshears, 64, of Hayward, Calif. and formerly of Elgin died May 20. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Elgin Cemetery. A potluck dinner will be at the home of Derrill and Audrie Chandler, 495 N. 14th in Elgin, following the services. Mr. Breshears was born Aug. 1, 1941, to James and Edith May...
Rollin Dean Schimmel
May 20, 2006
Rollin Dean Schimmel, 61 of Pendleton and formerly of La Grande, died May 20 in Klickitat County, Wash., in a rafting accident. A private graveside service will be at the Olney Cemetery. A celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. June 15 a the Pendleton convention Center, 1601 Westgate, Pendleton. Mr. Schimmel was born in Hillsboro to Rollo...
Dortha Emma Voruz
May 20, 2006
Dortha Emma Voruz, age 86, of La Grande, died Saturday, May 20, 2006 at a Gresham care facility. A service will be held on Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Voruz was born on August 17, 1919, the daughter of W. Ray...
Dennis Albrandt
May 19, 2006
Dennis Albrandt, 57, of Elgin died May 19 in a Boise hospital after a long illness. The funeral will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 27 at St. Mary's Catholic Church on 12 th and Division streets in Elgin. Mr. Albrandt was born Nov. 18, 1948, in Livermore, Calif. He served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War,...
Donald Scott Macpherson
May 19, 2006
Donald Scott MacPherson, 55, of Las Vegas, and formerly of Union died May 19 at his home. Mr. PacPherson was born Sept. 4, 1950, to Don and Alice MacPherson in La Grande. He graduated from Union High School and Eastern Oregon State College. He owned Southwest Lawns in Las Vegas for 27 years. Survivors include his wife, Jan, of...
James Patrick Mc Ginnis
May 19, 2006
James Patrick McGinnis of Enterprise died May 19. A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Congregational Church in Enterprise. Memorials may be made to any charity.
Essie Belle Chrusoskie
May 16, 2006
Essie Belle (Smart) Chrusoskie, age 81, of La Grande died May 16, 2006 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Friday, May 19, 2006 at the Island City Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. Belle was born on August 31, 1924, the daughter of James Hammond and Beaulah Lee (Clark) Smart in Berrian County, Georgia. She came to...
Ann Leona Dalton
May 16, 2006
Ann Leona Dalton, age 95 of La Grande and formerly of Elgin and Aberdeen, Washington died, Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at her home. At her request, no public services will be held. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Ann Leona Dalton was born on September 10, 1910, the daughter of William Lee and Flora (Scheek) Hobbs...
Wilfred Arthur Nitz
May 16, 2006
Wilfred Arthur Nitz, 65, of Hillsboro and formerly of La Grande died May 16. A memorial service was conducted May 31 in Sherwood. Mr. Nitz was born Oct. 28, 1940, to the Rev. and Mrs. Carl Nitz in Scheflin. He attended Grant High School and graduated from Concordia Junio College. He graduated from Concordia Teachers College in River Forest,...
Helen Spray
May 14, 2006
Helen Spray, 86, of Union died May 14, 2006 at her home in Union. At her request there will be no memorial service. Mrs. Spray was born July 20, 1919, to Paul and Elsie Eberley in Harper. She helped her grandmother, Madge Hinkle, run the Harper Hotel. She graduated from high school and attended a beauty school in Ontario....
Marion Sue Ingram
May 13, 2006
Marion Sue Ingram, 88, of Haines died May 13 in Medford. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the Haines Cemetery with Deacon James R. Watt of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral officiating. A reception will follow at the Haines Methodist Church hall. Mrs. Ingram was born Aug. 28, 1917, to Thurman S. and Meda Prim...
Ethel May Wiandt
May 12, 2006
Ethel May Wiandt, age 95 of Cove and formerly of Phoenix, Arizona died, Friday, May 12, 2006 at her daughters home. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2006 in Phoenix, Arizona. Ethel May Wiandt was born on February 25, 1911, the daughter of Archie and Cornie (Gearhart) Bailey in Corry, Pennsylvania. Her mother died at...
Freda Jones Wilson
May 10, 2006
Freda Jones Wilson, 84, of Quartzite, Ariz., and formerly of La Grande, died May 10 at her home. Mrs. Wilson was born June 14, 1921, to Jedediah Lunt and Genevieve Mitchell Jones in Cedar City, Utah. On Aug. 13, 1935, she married Simeon Presley Wilson in Maysvale, Utah. She worked as a licensed practical nurse before her retirement. She...
