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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
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.
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...
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...
Richard Morgan Hartsock
Feb 20, 2005
Richard Morgan Hartsock was born on September 29, 1910, in near What Cheer, Iowa. He was the youngest of 7 living children. At 94, he went to be with the Lord on February 20, 2005. Viewing will be held on Thursday at 10:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with services at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of...
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...
Paul Ishmael Conley
Feb 19, 2005
Paul Ishmael Conley, 88 of Wilsonville, and formerly of Elgin, died Feb. 19. A memorial service will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Wilsonville United Methodist Church, 7355 S.W. Wilsonville Road. Mr. Conley was born May 5, 1916 to Tom and May Hitchcock Conley in Salyersville, Ky. At the age of 17 he came to Oregon with the...
James William Huitt Ii
Feb 19, 2005
James William Huitt II, age 83, of La Grande, and formerly of Tygh Valley, died Saturday, February 19, 2005 at St. Lukes Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. A service will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley in La Grande. Committal and interment will follow at the Grandview Cemetery. Viewing will...
Joe Jewett
Feb 19, 2005
Joe Jewett, 93 of La Grande, died Feb. 19. A memorial service will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church, 901 Penn Ave. Mr. Jewett was born May 13, 1911 to George and Alice Geary Jewett in Helena, Mont. He graduated from electrical school in Chicago and finished high school in Aberdeen, Wash. as an adult....
Elva Lee (Lovely) Willhite
Feb 15, 2005
Elva Lee Lovely Willhite, age 57, of La Grande, died Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Private interment will be at the Grandview Cemetery. Elva Lee was born on June 3, 1947, the daughter of Edwin...
Claude Eugene Hand Ii
Feb 15, 2005
Claude Eugene Hand II, died Tuesday, February 15th in La Grande at the age of 86. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, February 22 at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, corner of 4th St. and "O" Ave. in La Grande. Private interment will be held earlier at the Grandview Cemetery. Mr. Hand was born on May 11, 1918...
Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Johnson Peart
Feb 15, 2005
Jacqueline Lee Johnson Peart, 71 of Imnaha died Feb. 15 in La Grande. A memorial service is planned for 11:30 a.m. March 5 at the Imnaha Community Church. The Funeral was held Feb. 19 at St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church in Portland. Mrs. Peart was born Feb. 17, 1933 in Salem. She moved to Imnaha from Portland three years...
Gene "Bud" A. Moffit
Feb 15, 2005
Gene A. "Bud" Moffit, age 78, of La Grande, died Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. At his request there will be no public services. Those who wish may make contributions in his name to the charity of one's choice in care of Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande, Oregon 97850. Mr....
Linnea Severin
Feb 15, 2005
Linnea Severin, 92 of Cove, died Feb. 15 at her home. A memorial service will begin at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Cove Seventh-day Adventist Church. Mrs. Severin was born April 15, 1912, to Alberta and Amilia Fagerberg in Karlshamn Sweden. The family immigrated to the U.S. and settled in Lincoln, Neb. On March 17, 1946 she married Myren...
Michael "Mitch" Duane Le Gore
Feb 13, 2005
Michael Duane Le Gore, age 56, of La Grande, died Sunday, February 13, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital of natural causes. A celebration of life will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 17, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Michael was born on September 5, 1948, the...
Robert Whitney
Feb 13, 2005
Robert Whitney, age 63, of La Grande died February 13, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial will begin at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Hrvester's Church of the Nazarene in Elgin. Mr. Whitney was born July 12, 1941, to Walla Andrew and Harrieett May Woodworth Whitney in Roseburg, Oregon. He grew up in the Portland area and...
Corky Carl Combs
Feb 10, 2005
Carl "Corky" Combs, 75, of Baker City died Thursday at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Viewing will be from noon to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City. The funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday with rites of the Baker City Elks Lodge #338. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Combs was...
Danial J. Fleming
Feb 10, 2005
Danial J. Fleming, 47, of Union, died at his home Thursday of natural causes. A celebration of life will begin at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 16, 2005 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mr. Fleming was born November 30, 1957, to James A. and Dorothy M. Crane Fleming in Meriden, Connecticut. He attended school in Wallingford, Connecticut and graduated from Wilcox...
Marcia Kay Lutz
Feb 10, 2005
Marcia Kay Lutz, age 43, of Union, died Thursday, February 10, 2005 at her home. At the request of the family there will be no public services. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Marcia was born on October 11, 1961, the daughter of Sam and Jewel (Thompson) Wilder in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. The family later moved...
Donald E. Miller
Feb 10, 2005
Donald Edwin Miller, age 66 of Cove, died Thursday, February 10, 2005 at his home. A service will be held on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with the Rev. Richard Thew officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Donald Edwin Miller was born on March 28, 1938, the...
Samuel Perry Hamilton
Feb 7, 2005
Samuel Hamilton, age 83, died on February 7, 2005 at Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville. Son of Samuel Perry and Anna Sutter Hamilton, Sr., was born on December 29, 1921 in Industry, Kansas. As a child, Sam moved from Kansas with his family to the Rogue River Valley. He graduated from Talent High School and entered the Air...
