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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Erma "Irene" Nash
Jun 5, 2005
Erma Irene Nash, age 82, of La Grande died June 5, 2005 at a local care center. Viewing will be for the hour prior to the funeral, which begins at 10:00 a.m. Friday at the Pendleton Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, NW 12th Street and NW Gilliam Street. A graveside service will follow at the Olney Cemetery,...
Kenneth Roy Alexander
Jun 3, 2005
Kenneth Roy Alexander, age 84 of Union and Pine Creek died, June 3, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Interment will follow at the Cove Cemetery. Kenneth Roy Alexander was born on April 25, 1921, the son of Roy...
Kathleen Violet Alford
Jun 3, 2005
Kathleen Violet Alford, age 82, of La Grande, died Friday, June 3, 2005 at a local care facility. A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church with Father Hank Albrecht officiating. Private interment will be at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel...
Leona Ernestine Davis
Jun 2, 2005
Leona Ernestine Davis, age 74, of Union died June 2, 2005 at her home. Family members said she was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother, an excellent cook, and enjoyed plants, flowers and being with her family. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Kenneth Davis; daughters, Kathy Carper, Colleen Pabley and Kimberly Fuglee, all of Union and Valerie...
Olive Rosemary Schultz
May 30, 2005
Olive Rosemary Schultz, age 81, of La Grande, died Monday, May 30, 2005 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, June 2, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. at the Trinity Baptist Church with Pastor Roger Cochran officiating. Private family interment was held at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs....
Virginia Brock Duckworth
May 28, 2005
Virginia Brock Duckworth, 87 of Kennewick and formerly of La Grande, died Aug. 28. A graveside service will begin at 4 p.m. Friday at Riverview Heights Cemetery in Kennewick. Mrs. Duckworth was born May 7, 1918, to Wilbur F. and Cora Brock in Portland. She graduated from La Grande High School, and then from Emanuel School of Nursing and...
John Thomas Dean
May 27, 2005
John Thomas Dean, age 22, of Kennewick, Washington and formerly of La Grande, died May 27, 2005 in a highway accident on Cabbage Hill. The funeral will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Powder Valley High School in North Powder. Burial will follow at the Haines Cemetery. Mr. Dean was born February 25, 1983, to Jerry and Eydie Dean...
Virgil Dudley Cribbs
May 25, 2005
Virgil Dudley Cribbs, age 87, of La Grande, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with The Rev. Vernon Slippy of the Grande Ronde Community Church officiating. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery....
Gertrude Ella "Peggy" Lovely
May 25, 2005
Gertrude Ella "Peggy" Lovely, 91 of La Grande, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. at the Grandview Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Gertrude Ella "Peggy" Lovely was born on September 7, 1913, the daughter of Daniel and Ella...
Evelyn "Lyn" Anderson
May 24, 2005
Evelyn "Lyn" Anderson, age 85, of Hillsboro and formerly of La Grande died May 24, 2005 at Tuality Community Hospital. Westside Cremation and Burial Service was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Anderson was born February 6, 1920 to Clifford and Eva Phelps Bender in Pendleton. She graduated from Pendleton High School in 1938. During World War II she moved...
Edward "Bud" Brown
May 19, 2005
Edward Raymond "Bud" Brown, age 85 of La Grande, died Thursday, May 19, 2005. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery with Bishop Wes Rampton of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints conducting. Family and friends may call from 4 p.m until 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May...
Vernieve Elva Grende
May 19, 2005
Vernieve Elva Grende, 86 of North Powder died at her home Thursday, May 19, 2005. Burial was at the North Powder Cemetery. Mrs. Grende was born July 6, 1918, to Edward and Laura Bell Luney McKeen in North Powder. She was raised and educated in North Powder. She enjoyed carpentry, repairing lamps, music, sining and playing the guitar. Survivors...
Walter Scott Lovely
May 18, 2005
Walter Scott Lovely, age 92 of La Grande, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at his home. A graveside service will be held on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 2:30 p.m. at the Grandview cemetery with Sally Wiens officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Walter Scott Lovely was born on February 19, 1913, the son of...
Chester Edward Held
May 17, 2005
Chester Edward Held went to be with his Lord on May 17, 2005. He was born to Edward Henry and Elizabeth Held on November 8, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois. His growing up years was spent in northern and southern California. He married Viona Haycock on April 9, 1939. Towards the end of World War II, Chester was called into...
Shirley E. Hiatt
May 17, 2005
Shirley E. Hiatt, age 78 of La Grande, died Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at a local care center. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande with the Reverend Mark Schlessman officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Shirley E. Hiatt was born...
Marguerite Bessie Elman Hibbs
May 17, 2005
Marguerite Bessie Elam Hibbs, 97 passed away May 17, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande, Oregon. At her request there will be no funeral service. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Marguerite "Madge" Hibbs was born in La Grande on December 9, 1907 to Harry and Bella Elman. She had one sister Gertrude...
Mina Margaret Houser
May 16, 2005
Mina Margaret Crow "Houser", age 95 of Elgin, died Monday, May 16, 2005 at her home. A Celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with Sally Wiens officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the Lostine Cemetery in Lostine, Oregon. Family and friends may call...
Jackie Kinnick
May 15, 2005
Jacqueline Kinnick, 76, of Hermiston and formerly of Summerville died May 15 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. At her request there will be no funeral. Mrs. Kinnick was born on June 28, 1928, to Walter and Cecila Macheski Jakubowski in Ashton, Neb. On Nov. 9, 1959, she married Fred Walter Kinnick in Las Vegas. They lived in...
Robert Clinton Sheehy
May 15, 2005
Robert Clinton Sheehy, 79, of Union died May 15 at his home in High Valley near Union. A memorial mass will be held on Monday, May 23, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Union, Oregon with Father Hank Albrecht officiating. He was born in Baker, Oregon, on April 8, 1926, to Hugh Francis Sheehy...
Frances Faye Bryte
May 14, 2005
Frances Faye Bryte, 68, of Magna, Utah, and formerly of Union County died May 14. The funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Valley View Funeral Home, 4335 West 4100 South in Magna. Mrs. Bryte was born October 27, 1936, to Joseph Clark Bovard and Faye Vachon in Merrimac, Mass. She lived in Union County and on March...
