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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Wilfred Henry Paradies
Sep 19, 2005
Wilfred Henry Paradies, age 86, of La Grande, died September 19, 2005 at his home. There will be no service. Mr. Paradies was born October 20, 1918 to Charles and Minnie (Krueger) Paradies in Chicago. He lived in Chicago and Aurora, Illinois and had moved to La Grande a year ago. He served in the Army during World War...
Genevieve Choate Turner
Sep 19, 2005
Genevieve Choate Turner, age 90, of Beaverton and formerly of La Grande, died September 19, 2005 in Beaverton. A funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Mrs. Turner was born in the small farming community of Summerville, Oregon on...
Elwin Curtis Houle
Sep 16, 2005
Elwin Curtis Houle, 81, of Pendleton died September 16, 2005. The funeral was held on Thursday, September 22 at Burns Mortuary in Pendleton. Burial will be at the Olney Cemetery. Mr. Houle was born April 20, 1924 to Amos and Beatrice Houle in Bottineau, N.D. He graduated from La Grande High School in 1942 and served in the Army...
Donald Dean Weatherspoon
Sep 15, 2005
Donald Dean Weatherspoon, 62, of Elgin died September 15 at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. Herring Groseclose Funeral Home in Walla Walla, Wash. is in charge of arrangements. No services were conducted at his request. Mr. Weatherspoon was born June 22, 1943, to Fred and Luella Rysdam Weatherspoon in La Grande. He attended school in Elgin and...
Frank Kenton Sanders
Sep 14, 2005
Frank Kenton Sanders, age 72 of Elgin and formerly of Tri-Cities, Washington, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Elgin, Oregon with Bishop Richard Rasmussen conducting. Viewing will from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on...
Viola Barritt
Sep 13, 2005
Viola Barritt, age 86, of La Grande, died Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Thursday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. until noon at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Barritt was...
Veytha Irene Ruckman Berry
Sep 12, 2005
Veytha Irene Ruckman Berry, 87, of Woodland, Washington and formerly of La Grande died September 12, 2005. The funeral will be conducted Friday at the Vineland Cemetery in Clarkston, Washington. Mrs. Berry was born Veytha Irene Coombes July 11, 1918 in Republic, Washington. She attended school in Baker City and lived in La Grande from 1962 to 1992 when...
Edith Loraine Olsen
Sep 12, 2005
Edith Loraine Olsen, 87, of Rio Vista, California and formerly of La Grande, died September 12. Burial will be in Baker City. Mrs. Olsen was born April 23, 1918, to Edgar and Susan Bennett in Baker City. She attended La Grande High School and lived in central Idaho for many years. She worked for JC Penny's and after her...
David Calvin Hansell
Sep 11, 2005
David Calvin Hansell, 48, of Seattle and formerly of La Grande, died Sept. 11 at his home after a long illness. A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday Sept. 17 at the New Life Center, 10700 Walton Road, with Pastor Gary Hood of the Crossroads Community Church officiating. Mr. Hansell was born March 6, 1957, to Del...
Debra Jean Volavchek
Sep 8, 2005
Debra Jean Volavchek, age 47, of Hermiston and formerly of La Grande died September 8, 2005 at the Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, Washington. A memorial service will begin at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Avenue, in Hermiston. Mrs. Volavchek was born December 4, 1957 to Robert and Donna Frash in La Grande. She...
Arnold Kim Walker
Sep 7, 2005
Arnold Kim Walker died Sept. 7 in La Grande. He was 52. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 11206 McAlister Road, Island City. Mr. Walker was born May 19, 1953, in La Grande to Jim and Darlene Winburn Walker. He loved the outdoors and especially hunting, shooting, traveling and...
Kim Walker
Sep 7, 2005
Arnold Kim Walker, 52, of La Grande died Wednesday. The funeral is planned for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, although the location has not yet been arranged. A full obituary will be published later.
Thomas "Willie" Willard Carter
Sep 6, 2005
Thomas Willard "Willie" Carter, 80 passed away on September 6, 2005 in Spokane, Washington. Willie was born January 16, 1925 at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington to Thomas John & Laura Johnson Carter. He grew up in Dayton, Washington and graduated from Dayton High School in 1943. He entered the U.S. Army in November 1943 and...
Leeelda Bess Draper Brown
Sep 6, 2005
LeeElda Bess Draper Brown, 84, of La Grande and formerly of Adrian died Sept. 6 at her home. Her funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the Owyhee Ward LDS Church near Adrian. Burial will follow at the Owyhee Cemetery. Mrs. Brown was born Aug. 24, 1921, to Reuben and Bessie Simmers Draper near Rockland, Idaho. She attended...
Gilbert Dean Eskridge
Sep 6, 2005
Gilbert Dean Eskridge, age 83, of Cove, died September 6, 2005 at his home. There will be no public services held. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Dean Eskridge was born on December 2, 1921, the son of Lowell Maxwell and Grace (Dean) Eskridge in Hailey, Idaho. When Dean was eleven, he and his brothers started...
Lawrence Edwin Winters
Sep 2, 2005
Lawrence Edwin Winters, age 91 of La Grande, died Friday, September 2, 2005. At his request there will be no public services held. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Lawrence Edwin Winters was born on April 28, 1914, the son of Wilborn and Ida Mae (Winchester) Winters in Salina, Kansas. As a child he traveled the...
Charles Arthur Reynolds
Aug 31, 2005
Charles Arthur Reynolds, 83, of Seattle and formerly of La Grande died Aug. 31. A recitation of the Holy Rosary will begin at 7 p.m. Monday at the Telford Funeral Chapel in East Wenatchee, Wash. The funeral Mass will begin at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Holy Apostles Catholic church in East Wenatchee. A dinner will follow. Mr. Reynolds was...
Buss Kruckman
Aug 29, 2005
Harry Dean "Buss" Kruckman, 76, of Lostine died Aug. 29 at his home. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bollman Funeral Home, 315 W. Main St. in Enterprise. A reception will follow at the South Fork Grange hall in Lostine. Mr. Kruckman was born April 27, 1929, to Harry T. and Clara Kruckman in Latoruell....
Judy Houtz Whitford
Aug 29, 2005
Judy Houtz Whitford, 64, of San Jose, California and formerly of Summerville died August 29 after a short illness. Services will be held in San Jose at a later date. Mrs. Whitford was born March 22, 1941, to Cecil and Geneva Bushnell Noutz. She graduated in 1959 from Imbler High School and attended Whitworth College. She worked at US...
Charles William Lewis
Aug 28, 2005
Charles William Lewis, 92, died Sunday, August 28, 2005 at his home. Memorial services for Mr. Lewis will be held Friday, September 2, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. in the Coles Funeral Home. Pastor Jack Bynum of the United Methodist Church will officiate. Ritualistic rites will be accorded by Blue Mountain Lodge, #34 A.F. & A.M. Private interment was held...
