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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Jackie Marie April
Oct 7, 2005
Jacqueline Marie April, 75, of La Grande and formerly of Baker City, died Oct.7 at a local care center. At her request, there will be no memorial or funeral service. Mrs. April was born July 16, 1930, to Edward Alvin and Hattie Meyers Davis in Baker City. She grew up in North Powder where her grandparents, John Samuel and...
Alvy Julius Pfefferkorn
Oct 7, 2005
Alvy J. Pfefferkorn, age 90, of Summerville, died October 7, 2005 at a care center in La Grande. A graveside service will begin at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Alvy was born July 30, 1915 at his family homestead in the foothills of the Blue Mountains west of...
Glen Orville Doud
Oct 6, 2005
Glen Orville Doud, age 91, of La Grande, died Thursday, October 6, 2005, at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery. Mr. Doud was born on October 6, 1914, the son of Ira and Elpha (Downing) Doud in Farry, Oklahoma. He served with the...
Nettie Marie Snowberger
Oct 6, 2005
Nettie Marie Snowberger, age 77, of La Grande died Thursday, October 6, 2005 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 10, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with Pastors Loyd Hoke and Raymond Bates of the Sonrise Free Methodist Church officiating. Private interment will be at the Grandview Cemetery. Mrs....
Donald Rudolph Guyer
Oct 5, 2005
Donald Rudolph Guyer, 84, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande died October 5, 2005 at his home. The funeral will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Baker City United Methodist Church, 1919 Second Street. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded by the Marine Corps. Mr. Guyer was born August 5,...
Vivian Jeannette Foye
Oct 3, 2005
Vivian Jeannette Foye, 93, of La Grande and formerly of Medical Springs died October 3 at a local care center. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 am October 15 at 50551 Big Creek Road in Medical Springs. Mrs. Foye was born August 21, 1912 to Ben H. and Mildred Schoenauer Jory in Union, a descendant of pioneers of...
Cassino Mosher
Oct 2, 2005
Cassino Mosher, 82, of Highland, Calif., and formerly of La Grande died Oct. 2 at her home. A memorial service will be held in Highland. Mrs. Cassino was born Feb. 27, 1923, to Edward and Edna Deborde Hartley in Cove. She attended school there and worked as a fish counter at Bonneville Dam during World War II. She drove...
Virginia Lorraine Piper
Oct 2, 2005
Virginia Lorraine Piper, died October 2, 2005 at her home in Salem. She was 87. A private memorial service was held in Salem. Mrs. Piper dedicated her life to caring for and supporting her family. She had a strong faith in God and was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church in La Grande and later in Salem....
Irene Pierce
Oct 1, 2005
Pearl Irene Pierce, 84, of Pahrump, Nev., and formerly of La Grande died Oct. 1 at South Hills Hospital in Las Vegas. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Elgin Community Center. Mrs. Pierce was born May 22, 1921, to John and Emma Raymond in Black Rock, Utah. The family moved to California,...
Grace Powell Banet
Sep 30, 2005
Grace Powell Banet, 93, died September 30 at a La Grande care center. A service was held on October 3. Grace was born on November 6, 1911, to Everett Powell and Alma Allbright in Clover, Indiana. She attended high school in Shoals, Indiana and then nurse training at Kosair in Louisville, Kentucky. On December 24, 1935 she married Joseph...
Mary A. Carper
Sep 30, 2005
Mary A. Carper, age 78, of College Place, Washington and formerly of Wallowa and Union Counties died September 30 at a care center. A graveside service will begin at 10:30 am Friday at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Mrs. Carper was born October 19, 1926 to Emmet and Erma Chenoweth Landers in Enterprise. She attended school in Wallowa before the family...
Emma Williams
Sep 28, 2005
Emma Williams, age 99, of Union, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Union Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Williams was born on February 26, 1906, the daughter of Ed and Margaret (Bainbridge) Wulf...
Emery Stuart Oliver
Sep 27, 2005
Emery Stuart Oliver, age 93, known as the "Meanest Man in Summerville, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at his home in Summerville. Viewing will be held on Thursday from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. A memorial gathering will be held on Friday, September 30, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. In...
Beatrice Belle Shaffer
Sep 27, 2005
Beatrice Belle Shaffer, age 81, of Elgin, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Friday, September 30, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Interment will be held at the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Shaffer was born on October 22,...
Anita B. Clarridge
Sep 26, 2005
Anita B. Clarridge, 92, of La Grande died September 26 at a local care center. A celebration of life will begin at 2:30 p.m. October 6 at the Grande Ronde Retirement Residence, 1809 Gekeler Lane with Pastor Mouse McKinney officiating. Burial will be in Mount Sterling, Ohio. Ms. Clarridge was born June 16, 1913, to Alfred and Lydia Pattburg...
Terrie Marie Presler
Sep 25, 2005
Terrie Marie Presler, formerly of La Grande, died Sept. 25, 2005, at age 58. Ms. Presler was born Dec. 26, 1946, in Walla Walla and moved in the 1960's to La Grande where she later graduated from high school. She graduated from the University Of Oregon School Of Nursing, and was a registered nurse for Portland VA Medical Center...
Williard "Dale" Vernholm
Sep 25, 2005
Willard Dale Vernholm, 73, of Baker City and formerly of Enterprise and Elgin died September 25 at a care center. At his request there will be no services. Mr. Vernholm was born February 11, 1932 to Carl Willard and Lois Louetta Middleton Vernholm in York, Nebraska. He graduated from Corvallis High School and in 1947 the family moved to...
Ellen Arlene Keller
Sep 24, 2005
Ellen Arlene Keller, age 66 of La Grande, died Saturday, September 24, 2005 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Grandview Cemetery with Pastor Steve Kirkeby of Valley Fellowship officiating. Viewing will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at Daniels...
John D. Manwell
Sep 24, 2005
John D. Manwell, Jr., age 48, of La Grande, died September 24, 2005 on Blalock Mountain near Milton-Freewater. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 am Saturday at the Nazarene Church with Pastor Dan Mielke officiating. Mr. Manwell was born March 16, 1957 to John and Mavis Yetter Manwell in Red Bluff, California. He graduated from Red Bluff High...
Nancy Lynn Tye
Sep 24, 2005
Nancy Lynn Tye, 44, of La Grande and formerly of Enterprise died September 24 after a long illness. A memorial service will begin at 10am October 8 at 1508 Fourth Street. Mrs. Tye was born September 10, 1961 to Mary and Frank Gilchrist in Lona Linda, California. She attended school in Yucaipa, California and in Prineville. She moved to...
