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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Lucile Elston
Jul 21, 2005
Lucile Elston, age 94, of Union, died July 21, 2005 at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Elston was born on June 19, 1911, the daughter of Amos T.D. and Hazel (Baldwin) Stitzel...
Felix Henry Cavallo
Jul 20, 2005
Felix Henry Cavallo, age 87, of La Grande, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at his home. Viewing will be held at Daniels Chapel of the Valley on Monday, July 25, 2005 from 4:00 until 7:00, followed by the Recitation of the Holy Rosary at 7:00 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at...
Doris M. Cutts
Jul 20, 2005
Doris Marie Cutts, age 76 of Island City, died Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will be held on Monday, July 25, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Family and friends may call from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on Monday, July 25, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of...
Erin "Pat" Patricia Newcomb
Jul 18, 2005
Erin Patricia "Mrs. Pat" Newcomb, 78,of Boise and formerly of La Grande and Union died July 18. A memorial service will begin a 1 p.m. Friday at the Nazarene Church, 109 18th St., with private burial at Grandview Cemetery. Mrs. Newcomb was born Jan. 16, 1927, to John Timothy and Pearl Nevada Duncan Kenney in East St. Louis, Ill....
Blanche Parkin Ashton
Jul 17, 2005
Blanche Parkin Ashton, age 96, of Elgin, died Sunday, July 17, 2005 at her home. Blanche died as she had lived, with courage, strength and impatient nature to get on with what lay ahead. A graveside service will begin at 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time (1:00 p.m. Pacific Time) at the McCall Cemetery in McCall, Idaho on Friday, July 22,...
Cora Mayme Perrigo
Jul 12, 2005
Cora Mayme Perrigo, age 86, formerly of La Grande, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in Lacey, Washington. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Cora Mayme Perrigo was born on September 7, 1918, the daughter of Frank and Mayme (Vintin) Bayer in Grass Valley, Oregon. On July 4, 1942, Cora married Charles Perrigo in White Salmon, Washington....
Lila Mae Smith
Jul 11, 2005
Lila Mae Smith, 74, of Salem and formerly of La Grande died July 11 at her home. At her request there will be only a graveside service. Burial will be at the Siskiyou Memorial Gardens in Medford. Mrs. Smith was born Oct. 4, 1930, to Cecil and Irene Keagle in La Grande. She graduated from La Grande High School,...
Grady Wade Darrow
Jul 10, 2005
Grady Wade Darrow died peacefully and without pain at his home early Sunday morning, July 10th, 2005. Grady had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma in January of 2001 and managed to live two to three years longer than was initially expected. While St. Mary's Cancer Center in Walla Walla, OHSU in Portland, Hutchinson Center in Seattle, National Institute of...
Jim Mcnurlin
Jul 9, 2005
James "Jim" McNurlin, 84, of La Grande died July 9 at his home. A graveside service will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Hillcrest East Cemetery.
Denny Schroer
Jul 9, 2005
C. Dennis Schroer, 64, of Tucson, Ariz., and formerly of La Grande died July 9 of natural causes. Mr. Schroer was born Sept. 7, 1940, to Wilfred and Juanita Schroer in Bonne Terre, Mo. He married Sally Stites on Feb. 8, 1964 and was the principal at the Akerman Laboratory School on the campus of Eastern Oregon State College....
Eloise Frances Ingerson
Jul 7, 2005
Eloise Frances Ingerson, age 86 of La Grande, died Thursday, July 7, 2005 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hillcrest Cemetery with Pastor Vernon Slippy of the Grande Ronde Community Church officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Eloise Frances Ingerson was born...
Roy Raymond Leonard
Jul 6, 2005
Roy Raymond Leonard, 91, of Island City died at a local care center on July 6, 2005. Celebration of life services will begin at 3pm Tuesday at the First Christian Church in La Grande. Burial will be at the Island City Cemetery. Roy was born to Frances and Martha Lingely Leonard in Delmeade, Canada on May 26, 1914. He...
Nicolas Mesa Coronado
Jul 5, 2005
Nicholas Mesa Coronado, age 58, of La Grande, died july 5, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital of natural causes. Viewing will be from 1:00 until 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, followed by a recitation of the rosary at 7:00 p.m. A mass of christian burial will begin at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of the...
Mary Lou Hamilton Evers
Jul 2, 2005
Mary Lou Hamilton Evers, age 70, of La Grande, died July 2, 2005 at a local care center. Mrs. Evers was born August 5, 1934, to Coy and Myrtle Arnson Hamilton in Florence, Arizona. The family moved to La Grande in 1947 where they owned Coy's Auto Supply. She graduated from La Grande High School in 1952 and studied...
Shanyn Lee Miller
Jun 30, 2005
Shanyn Lee Miller, age 5 ½ , daughter of Ryan and Melea Miller and little sister of Malcolm Miller-Burke passed away on June 30, 2005 at Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, California due to complications from Dermatomyositis. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Union Methodist Church with...
Robert Edward Schie
Jun 30, 2005
Robert Edward Schie, 76, of Portland and formerly of La Grande died June 30. Mr. Schie was born May 5, 1929, in International Falls, Minn. He served in the Navy during the Korean War and as a police officer in La Grande from 1955 to 1963 when he moved to Portland. He married Caroline Jordan in 1959, and worked...
Nancy Rae Carpenter
Jun 29, 2005
Nancy Rae Carpenter, age 60, of La Grande, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at her home of natural causes. A celebration of life potluck gathering will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Catherine Creek State Park. Mrs. Carpenter was born on February 22, 1945, the daughter of Gordon "Bud" and Eunice (Quackenbush) Rogers in...
Lois Haire
Jun 28, 2005
Lois Haire, age 78, of La Grande, died Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 2, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Faith Center Four Square Church, 10300 "D" Street in Island City. Private interment will be held in Roseburg, Oregon. Mrs. Haire was born on November 13, 1926, the...
Cecil Ladell Richardson
Jun 27, 2005
Cecil LaDell Richards, age 92, of La Grande and Gautier, Mississippi died June 27, 2005 at Ocean Springs Hospital in Mississippi. Burial was in the Cove Cemetery. Mr. Richards was born August 27, 1912 to Clarence D. and Blanche C. Houx Richards in Cove. He graduated from Eastern Oregon Normal School and earned a master's degree from the University...
Lori Jean Potter
Jun 26, 2005
Lori Jean Potter, 42, of La Grande died Sunday at a local care center of natural causes. The celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church, 901 Penn Ave. A graveside service will begin at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Hermiston Cemetery. Miss Potter was born March 27, 1963 to Jay Elton and...
