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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Allen G. Brittell
Mar 8, 2005
Allen G. Brittell, 80 of Cove died at his home March 8. Mr. Brittell was born Jan. 11, 1925, in Cheyenne, Wyo., to Delbert and Maude Allen Brittell. He married Donita E. Helton on Feb. 1, 1947 in Seattle. He moved to Union County in 2000 from Burns. He greatly enjoyed his relationship with the Mennonites. Mr. Brittell enjoyed...
Doris Gross
Mar 6, 2005
Doris Gross, 81 of Island City died March 6 at a local care center. Burial will be at Willamette national Cemetery in Portland. Mrs. Gross was born May 7, 1923 in Richardson, Texas to James L. and Mary E. Sledge Maeson. She was raised and educated in Richardson. After high school she went to work for a bank in...
Hazel Jane Fleet
Mar 6, 2005
Hazel Jane Fleet, age 90, of La Grande and formerly of Wallowa County died March 6, 2005. The funeral will begin at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise. Burial will follow at the Enterprise Cemetery. Mrs. Fleet was born October 26, 1914 to Ralph and Lenora Barton in Joseph. The family lived in Hells Canyon on...
William Ernest Schulze
Mar 5, 2005
William Ernest Schulze, age 96, of La Grande, died March 5, 2005. A private graveside service will begin at 1:30 p.m. Friday at the Galt Cemetery in Galt, California with Pastor Ken Raphael officiating and Robert W. Sculze assisting. Mr. Schulze was born November 13, 1908, to William A. and Anna Lake Schulze in Sacramento, California. He married Christene...
Dale Ford Spikes
Mar 5, 2005
Dale Ford Spikes,88, of Elgin and Arizona died March 5. Mr. Spikes was born August 10, 1916, in Elgin as the second of seven children. In 1977 he married Ada Duncan and the couple moved to Sun Lakes, Arizona where they lived half the year. The other half of every year was spent in Elgin. Survivors include his wife...
Phyllis Jean Blackman
Mar 3, 2005
Phyllis Jean Moss Blackman was received into the arms of our Lord on March 3, 2005. Phyllis was born January 4, 1928 in La Grande, Oregon to Elva Williams Moss and Guy Moss. She was their only child. Her father died when Phyllis was only 3 years old. She and her Mother moved to Los Angeles and returned to...
Lurley Alveda Sutton
Mar 2, 2005
Lurley Alveda Sutton, age 78, of Gresham and formerly of La Grande, died March 2, 2005, at a care center. Mrs. Sutton was born November 22, 1926 to Claus and Alveda Morrison Sass in Richland. She graduated from Richland High School and moved to Portland where she worked for the Army Corps of Engineers. On June 30, 1946 she...
Mildred Ott
Feb 28, 2005
Mildred Ott, age 95, of La Grande, died February 28, 2005 at a local care facility. Burial was at the Summerville Cemetery. A celebration of life will begin at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Mrs. Ott was born August 25, 1909, to Morton and Hattie Bloom Wolverton in Lostine. She graduated from high school in...
Katherine M. Wells Trueax
Feb 28, 2005
Katherine M. "Kay" Wells Trueax, age 89, of La Grande and formerly of the Monmouth area, died Monday, February 28, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. Mrs. Trueax was born in Portland, Oregon on October 4, 1915 to Roy O. and Kate F. (Habighorst) Powers. After graduating from high school in Portland she attended Oregon Normal...
Lovene H. Case
Feb 27, 2005
Lovene H. Case, age 85, of Alicel, died Sunday, February 27, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 4, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church with The Rev. Mark Schlessman officiating. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Mrs. Case was born on January 31,...
Ruby Annie Patterson
Feb 26, 2005
Ruby Annie Patterson, age 95, of La Grande and formerly of Hood River, died Saturday, February 26, 2005. A family burial was held at the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Patterson was born on October 2, 1909, the daughter of August and Margaret (Klien) Behrens in Summerville. Ruby went to school at...
Nicholas "Nick" Everett Simonis
Feb 26, 2005
Nicholas "Nick" Everett Simonis, age 95, of La Grande, died Saturday, February 26, 2005 at a local care facility. A funeral will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 3, 2005 at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church with Father Hank Albrecht. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Wednesday...
Phyllis Jean Mckenzie
Feb 25, 2005
Phyllis Jean (Gossett) McKenzie, age 85, of La Grande, passed away on Friday, February 25, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will begin at the American Legion on Tuesday, March 1, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Phyllis was born in Red Bluff, California on August 12, 1919 to Ross Hargrave and Mildred Ruth (Swain) Gossett. She...
John Clymer & Joanne Druist
Feb 25, 2005
A memorial service for John Clymer and Joanne Druist will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Loveland Funeral Chapel. John Clymer, 67, died Feb. 25th in Portland. He married Joanne Druist in 1972 in South Euclid, Ohio. The couple moved to La Grande in 1990 where he worked for the La Grande City Planning Department until his retirement....
John Clymer
Feb 25, 2005
John Clymer, age 67, of La Grande, died February 25, 2005 at Providence Saint Vincent Hospital in Portland. Burial will be in Dallas, Texas, with a local memorial service held later. Mr. Clymer was born January 30, 1938, to John and Ida Clymer in Dallas, where he grew up. He graduated from Rice university, New York University and the...
Pauline Redman
Feb 23, 2005
Pauline Redman, age 87, of Portland and formerly of North Powder died February 23, 2005. Burial was at the Willamette National Cemetery. Mrs. Redman was born December 9, 1917, to William and Rose West in North Powder. She graduated from Powder Valley High School in 1935 and in 1940 she married Lloyd "Bud" Redman. She worked as a welder...
Johannes Marinus Spronk
Feb 22, 2005
Johannes Marinus Spronk, age 74, of La Grande, died Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with Father Hank Albrecht officiating. Mr. Spronk was born on June 3, 1930, the son of Cornelis...
Verna Joyce Haynes
Feb 22, 2005
Verna Joyce Haynes of La Grande died Tuesday at the Grande Ronde Hospital after a short illness. A graveside service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hermiston Cemetery. A full obituary will be published later.
Isabell Jean Morgan
Feb 21, 2005
Isabell Jean Morgan, age 81, a lifetime resident of Elgin, died Monday, February 21, 2005 at a local care facility. A funeral will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elgin Baptist Church with Pastor John Fitchet officiating. Committal and interment will follow at the Highland Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Friday...
Eldon Dolph Thompson
Feb 20, 2005
Eldon Dolph Thompson, 87 of Nampa, Idaho and formerly of La Grande died Feb. 20. The funeral will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Weston Cemetery. Mr. Thompson was born March 31, 1917 to Dolph J. and Myrtle M. Hyatt Thompson in Weston. The family moved to Gibbon where they had a grocery store and raised cattle. He...
