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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Dollie Christensen
Nov 25, 2005
Hazel "Dottie" Christensen, 94, of La Grande died Nov. 25 at Grande Ronde Hosptial. Mrs. Christensen was born Sept. 28, 1911, to Wade and Lena Eikenberry Griffin in Glendale, Calif. She attended school there and enjoyed crochet, embroidery, cooking and keeping a clean and well organized home. Survivors include children, Pearl Tetreau of Vancouver, Wash., Ferna Vail of Union,...
Sylvan Star Hewitt
Nov 25, 2005
Sylvan Star Hewitt, 88, of Union and formerly of Richland, Oregon passed away on Friday, November 25 in a La Grande care center. A celebration of life service will be held on Friday, December 2, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley in La Grande. Interment will follow at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland, Oregon....
Connie Pat Eastwood
Nov 24, 2005
Connie "Pat" Eastwood, 67, of Downsville, La, and formerly of La Grande died Nov. 24. A memorial service was conducted Nov. 27 in West Monroe, La. Mrs. Eastwood was born Dec. 13, 1937, and graduated from La Grande High School in the late 1950s. She married Gene D. Eastwood who worked for the railroad. They lived for serveral years...
Mable I. George
Nov 24, 2005
Mable I. George, age 93, of La Grande, died Thursday, November 24, 2005 at her home. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Monday, November 28, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the...
Andrew William "Sonny" Marlow
Nov 23, 2005
He was born on April 6, 1915 the eldest child of Andrew Jasper and Belle Templeton Delaney Marlow. Eagle River, Wisconsin was his birthplace but his heart was in Eastern Oregon where he spent the majority of his adult life. Sonny began his career with a logging partnership in Sparta, Oregon, and he finished his working career as a...
Gerald Spray
Nov 23, 2005
Gerald Spray, age 88, of La Grande, died Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at a local care facility. A celebration of life will be held on Monday, November 28, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. Viewing will be on Sunday, November 27, 2005 from 1:00 until 3:00...
Edith Wilson Hopkins
Nov 22, 2005
Edith Wilson Hopkins, age 84, of Baker City and formerly of Imbler, died November 22, 2005 at a care facility. A funeral will be held on Tuesday, November 29, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Edith was born on July 15, 1921, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and...
Dr. Mark Alexander Melgard
Nov 20, 2005
Dr. Mark Alexander Melgard, 74, formerly of Hot Lake, died November 20, 1931, to Alexander and Ada Rumley Melgard at Hot Lake. The family moved to Portland during World War II and he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1949. He graduated from Reed College and the University of Oregon Medical School in 1958. He worked as a neurosurgeon...
Helen Marie Bower
Nov 19, 2005
Helen Marie Bower, 86, of Hilgard died November 19, 2005 at a local care center. A celebration of life will begin at 3pm Saturday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in La Grande. Mrs. Bower was born October 8, 1919 to Paul and Elsie Rudger Marti in Joseph and graduated from high school in Cambridge, Idaho. She married Buck Bower...
Myrna Maxine German
Nov 18, 2005
Myrna Maxine German, age 66, of Baker City died Friday at a care facility in Baker City. A private service was held and burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Baker City. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley in La Grande. Myrna was born on January 14, 1939, the daughter of Max and Enid (Ware) Sipp...
Lucille Lamora Steen
Nov 18, 2005
Lucille LaMora Steen, age 87, of La Grande and a longtime Lostine resident died Friday, November 18, 2005 of pneumonia at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Kingdom Hall, 1511 26th Street, La Grande. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Steen was...
Antone "Raymond" Gonzales
Nov 16, 2005
Antone Raymond Gonzales, age 72, of The Dalles and formerly of Union County, died at his home on November 16, 2005. Burial was at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory. Mr. Gonzales was born June 25, 1933, to Joseph Henry and Amelia Anna Thompson Gonzales on Pumpkin Ridge. He attended school in Elgin and worked as the district maintenance superintendent for...
Paul Norven Carman
Nov 15, 2005
Paul Norven Carman, age 78 of Union, died Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery with a potluck to follow at the Hut in Union. A viewing will be...
Michael Logan Irish
Nov 13, 2005
Michael Logan Irish, 65, of Vancouver, Wash., and formerly of La Grande died Nov. 13 in Portland after a long struggle with prostate cancer. A memorial Mass will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Vancouver. Mr. Irish was born Nov. 12, 1940, to Paul and Helen Irish in Seattle. He served as...
Darlene Eaken
Nov 11, 2005
Darlene Eakin, 67, of Bend and formerly of Union County died Nov. 11 at her home after a long illness. A celebration of life will begin at 4 p.m. Friday at the Christian Church, 13720 S.W. Highway 126 in Powell Butte. Mrs. Eakin was born Dec. 9, 1937, to Emil and Irene Peterson Johnson in Junction City. She graduated...
Patricia Rambo
Nov 11, 2005
Patricia Rambo, 70, of La Grande died Nov. 11 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Burial will be in Hermiston Friday. Mrs. Rambo was born Feb. 3, 1935, to Lester and Ada Hunt in Heppner. She graduated from Hermiston High School in 1953 and worked for the Hermiston Library and the Union Pacific Railroad. On Aug. 28, 1957, she married Myrle...
Mark L. Bowen
Nov 10, 2005
Mark L. Bowen, 50, of La Grande died Nov. 10 after a long illness. A private family service will be held. Mr. Bowen was born May 18, 1955, to Corwin Francis and Geraldine Edna Belcher Bowen in Los Angeles, Calif. He served as an elder at the Roandoak of God Ministry in Morro Bay, Calif., and worked as a...
Frances Degree
Nov 10, 2005
Frances Degree, 76, formerly of Camp Elkana, died Nov. 10 in Redmond. Mrs. Degree was born Feb. 25, 1929, to Earnest and Peggy Petty Bollinger in New Plymouth, Idaho. She graduated from high school in Redmond where she was a majorette. She married Kenneth Degree, and worked as a property manager in La Grande beginning about 1972. She moved...
Virginia "Bo" Lauraine Karren
Nov 8, 2005
Virginia Lauraine "Bo" Karren, 81 of Beaverton and formerly of Union, died Nov. 8 at her home. Burial was in a family plot at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Karren was born March 27, 1924 to John M. "Jack" and Emma Hiscky Childers in Blackfoot, Idaho. The family lived in Pondosa, Union, and Baker City. She graduated from Baker High...
Carolyn Rae Vandenberg
Nov 8, 2005
Carolyn Rae Vandenberg, age 40, of Imbler, died Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at her home. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Carolyn was born on January 13th, 1965, the daughter of Frank and Geraldine Eckel in John Day, Oregon. The family later moved to...
