Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Earle C. Misener
Feb 28, 2006
Earle C. Misener passed away at the age of 85, on February 28, 2006 at his home in La Grande. A funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 6, 2006 at the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church. Committal and military honors will follow at the Grandview Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th...

Nellie Ethel Needles
Feb 28, 2006
Nellie Needles, 87, formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 28 at her home in Baker City. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City. After the service friends are invited to a reception at the Community Connections Center, 2810 Cedar Ave. in Baker City. Nellie Ethel Needles was born Nov. 1918,...

Wayne Arlo Williamson
Feb 28, 2006
Wayne Williamson died peacfully on February 28 from injuries suffered in a fall. He was 84 years old. A retired partner of the Schwabe, Williamson and Wyatt law firm and the father of three, he and his wife Lois had recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Like his parents before him, Wayne was born in La Grande, Oregon, where...

Genevieve Mcghee
Feb 27, 2006
Genevieve A. McGhee, 84, of Milton-Freewater and formerly of La Grande died February 27, 2006 at. St. Mary Medical Center. The funeral will begin at 11am Friday at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main Street, Milton-Freewater, Oregon with Pastor J.J. Dygert of Christ The King Lutheran Church officiating. Burial at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery will be private. Mrs. McGhee was...

F.B. Clarke
Feb 26, 2006
F.B. Clarke, 88, of Baker City, died Feb. 26 at his home. A funeral Mass will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral with Father Julian Cassar officiating. A reception at the church will follow. Mr. Clarke was born Jan. 2, 1918, to John L. and Ila Stauffer Clarke in Boulder, Colo. He attended school...

Melva Lee Fisk
Feb 25, 2006
Melva Fisk, 72, of La Grande died February 25, 2006 at a local care home. Graveside services will begin at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Island City Cemetery. Mrs. Fisk was born August 31, 1933 to Noland R. and Thelma Hauth Smith in Jetmore, Kansas. She married Arlie Fisk. Survivors include her husband of La Grande; children, Bruce Eaton of...

Brooke Marie House
Feb 25, 2006
Brooke Marie House was born February 24, 2006 and died on February 25, 2006 in La Grande, Oregon. This precious baby girl is the daughter of Trevor Lee and Dorothy Marie House of Union, Oregon. Brooke will be loved and missed by her Mommy and Daddy, her grandparents: Randy and Sharlee House and Gordon L. and Charlotte Hooton; her...

Clifford Henry Cochran
Feb 25, 2006
Clifford Henry Cochran, 94, of the Tri-cities and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 25 at a care center. At his request there will be no funeral. Mr. Cochran was born Jan. 27, 1912, to Walter M. and Blanche Barnes Cochran in Enterprise. He graduated from La Grande High School where he played football and baseball. In 1934 he...

Marjorie Sue Brown
Feb 23, 2006
Marjorie Sue (Blankenship) Brown, 81, passed away, Thursday, February 23, 2006 in Las Vegas Nevada after a short illness. Marjorie, (Sue to her friends and family) was born in Baker City Oregon July 26, 1924 to Elmer and Claretta Blankenship. She was married three times, to William Gardner, Edward Moeller and Darrell Brown. She lived in Baker City many...

Dorothy "Ginger" Virginia Gibbons
Feb 23, 2006
Dorothy Virginia "Ginger" Gibbons, 84, of Boise, Idaho and formerly of La Grande died at a care home in Boise on February 22, 2006. Born to Albert and Grace Jordan Shankland in Yacolt, Washington, July 13, 1921, she shared a birthday with her mother, which was always special to both of them. Her service will be at First Christian...
Dean Lester Morehead
Feb 22, 2006
Dean Lester Morehead, 81 of La Grande, died Wednesday, February 22, 2006 in San Diego, California following a series of strokes. Private interment will be in the family plot in the cemetery in Sweet Home, Oregon. Mr. Morehead was born on February 12, 1925 in La Grande to Lester and Mildred Morehead. He attended Greenwood Elementary and La Grande...

Irene Alice Locken
Feb 22, 2006
Irene Alice Locken, age 72, a lifetime resident of Cove, died Wednesday, February 22, 2006 at her home. There will be a potluck gathering at the Cove Sportsman Club at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25, 2006. Mrs. Locken was born on May 22, 1933, the daughter of H.L. Luster and Ida O. (Hunter) Miller in Cove. She attended...

Donald F. Mc Cusker
Feb 19, 2006
Donald F. McCusker, 78, of Goldendale, Washington and formerly of Cove, died February 19, 2006 at his home. The funeral Mass will begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Goldendale with Father William Byron officiating. Erdman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. McCusker was born October 16, 1927 to George and Eva McCusker...

Garland L. Messick
Feb 19, 2006
Garland L. "Cal" Messick, 61, of Union died February 19, 2006 at his home of natural causes. A celebration of life will begin at 2 pm Thursday at the Church of Christ, 2107 Gekeler Lane. Mr. Messick was born October 30, 1944, to Allie and Mary Farnsworth Messick in Salinas, California. He served in the Air Force and on...

Catherine Ann Gibson
Feb 18, 2006
Catherine Ann Gibson, 54, of Sheridan and formerly of La Grande died February 18, 2006 at Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 am on April 29, 2006 at Emigrant Springs State Park. Mrs. Gibson was born March 30, 1951 to Charles Ernest and Grace Annetta Wilson Britain in Pendleton. The family moved...

Bruce Culver
Feb 16, 2006
Clifford "Bruce" Culver, 55, of Cove died February 16, 2006 at his home. A celebration of life will begin at 1:00 p.m. Friday, February 24, 2006 at the First Baptist Church in La Grande. Mr. Culver was born April 27, 1950, to Clifford and Jeannine Culver in La Grande. He graduated from Powder Valley High School and attended Eastern...

John Carey Kirkpatrick
Feb 16, 2006
John Carey Kirkpatrick, age 58 of Elgin, died Thursday, February 16, 2006 at his home. No services will be held at this time. Interment will be held in Oakland, Minnesota. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. John Carey Kirkpatrick was born on April 28, 1947, the son of Homer and Irene (Hayes) Kirkpatrick in Austin, Minnesota....

Maxine Lorenzen
Feb 15, 2006
Maxine Lorenzen, 86, of Bend and formerly of La Grande, died February 15, 2006 at St. Charles Hospital in Bend. Viewing will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. March 1 and again March 3 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. The funeral will begin at 2:00 p.m. on March 4 at the La Grande First Christian Church, 901 Penn Avenue....

Frank C. Edmunds
Feb 14, 2006
Frank C. Edmunds, 96, of Kennewick and formerly of La Grande, died February 14, 2006. No public services are planned. Mr. Edmunds was born February 18, 1910 to Walter E. and Louise Edmunds in Los Angeles, California. On March 23, 1944 he married Maureen Bramhall and owned a number of businesses including a dental lab and a pest control...

Lavelle "Vel" A. West
Feb 14, 2006
LaVelle A. "Vel" West, 68, died at his home in Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 14. A celebration of life service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Christ the King Church in Bellingham. A reception will follow. He was born in La Grande June 20, 1937, to William Raymond West and Bertha (Lovely) West. He graduated from La Grande...