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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Mary Michel
Jan 22, 2005
Mary Michel, age 84, died Saturday January 22 at her home in Cove. A Celebration of her life will be held later at the family's farm in Cove. Mary was born October 17, 1920, in Seattle Washington, the daughter of William and Anna (Truxtun) Bledsoe. She graduated from Queen Anne high school in Seattle, and later graduated with a...
Billie Dean Garoutte
Jan 21, 2005
Billie Dean Garoutte, 68, of La Grande died Jan. 21, 2005 at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Wash. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, April 15, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. A potluck will follow at the Island City, City Hall. Mrs. Garoutte was born on Oct. 10,...
Patricia "Patsey" Ruth Conner
Jan 18, 2005
Patricia Ruth "Patsey" Conner, age 70, of Union died January 18, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. Visitation will be from 10 am to 1:30 pm Tuesday at Gray's West and Company in Baker City. A graveside service will follow at 2:00 pm at Mount Hope Cemetery with her brother-in-law, Forrest Turner officiating. Ms. Coner was born April 18,...
Emma B. Scull
Jan 18, 2005
A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, 2005 in King of Kings Lutheran Church in Milwaukie for Emma B. Scull, who died Jan 18, at the age of 93. Emma Beck was born Aug. 1, 1911 in Island City. A homemaker, she moved to the Portland area in 1946 and lived in Clackamas. In 1930...
Pina Benedetti Cavinato
Jan 15, 2005
Giuseppina "Pina" Benedtti Cavinato, age 82, of La Grande, died January 15, 2005. Recitation of the Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Viewing will be held prior to the Rosary Service from 2:00 until 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. Interment will...
Wilbur Marshall Osterloh
Jan 14, 2005
Wilbur Marshall Osterloh, age 86, of La Grande, died January 14, 2005 after a bout with cancer. Wilbur was born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, December 7, 1918 to WHC and Hannah Osterloh. In 1934, he moved with his family to Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Washington High School in 1936. He attended Oregon State University and the University of Oregon...
Anna L. Cosner
Jan 13, 2005
Anna L. Cosner, 88, of Elgin, died Thursday, Jan. 13 at a care center. A celebration of life will begin at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday at the La Grande Baptist Church with potluck following. Burial will be at the Island City Cemetery. Mrs. Cosner was born October 29, 1916, to Forest Alwell and Lara K. Carpenter in Gooding, Idaho. The...
Ruby N. Kuhn
Jan 13, 2005
Ruby N. Kuhn, 93, of La Grande died January 13 at a local care center. Viewing will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 4th St., and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. before the funeral, which will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at the LDS Stake Center. Burial will follow at the Elgin Cemetery....
Dale "Hippie" Stewart Blake
Jan 12, 2005
Dale Stewart "Hippie" Blake, age 77, of Elgin passed away January 12, 2005 peacefully in his sleep at home with his wife and family and friends after a long battle with cancer. Viewing will be held on Friday, January 14, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. A celebration of life will begin at...
Nile H. Roe
Jan 12, 2005
H. Nile Roe, age 85, of La Grande died Wednesday, January 12, 2005 at his home. At his request there will be no public services. Entombment will be at the Grandview Cemetery Mausoleum. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Roe was born on August 5, 1919, the son of Oscar and Anna Catherine (Breuer) Roe...
Michael G. Hedman
Jan 10, 2005
Michael G. Hedman, 53, of Union died Jan. 10 at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland as the result of a motor vehicle accident. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Heppner United Methodist Church. Mr. Hedman was born Dec. 28, 1951 to Arnie and Rita Belmore Hedman in Marquette, Mich. The family lived in Athena...
Roberta Lois Leen
Jan 8, 2005
Roberta Lois Leen, 68, of Weston died January 8 at her home. A memorial service will begin at 4 p.m. Jan. 15 at the Pendleton Seventh-day Adventist Church. Mrs. Leen was born Sept. 12, 1936, to Theodore and Eleanor Jacobson in Abercrombie, N.D. She grew up in Hoquiam, Wash., and attended the Auburn Adventist Academy. On Oct. 17, 1953,...
Russell "Tut" E. Smedley
Jan 6, 2005
Russell E. "Tut" Smedley, 82, of La Grande died Thursday, January 6 at a local care facility. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday January 8 at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church with Father Hank Albrecht celebrating. Mr. Smedley was born Dec. 22, 1922, to Raleigh E. and Laura Melinda Smedley in Burley,...
Millie M. Clark
Jan 5, 2005
Millie M. Clark, 93, of Milton-Freewater and formerly of La Grande died January 5 at a care center. The funeral will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., in Milton-Freewater with Pastor David Miller of the Helix Community Church officiating. Private burial will be in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Mrs. Clark was born...
Manuel "Chip" Lee Oliver, Jr.
Jan 5, 2005
Manuel Lee "Chip" Oliver, Jr. age 54 of La Grande, died January 5, 2005 at his home of natural causes. A celebration of life will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, January 7, 2005 at the La Grande Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Brent Clapp officiating. Chip was born on May 5, 1950, the son of Manuel L....
Eleanor Viano Clark
Jan 2, 2005
A celebration of life service for Eleanor Viano Clark, 88 will be held at 10 a.m. January 14 at Loveland Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Sarah Stanton of St. Peter's Episcopal Church officiating. Burial will follow at Island City Cemetery. Mrs. Clark died Jan. 2 in San Bernadino, Calif. The former La Grande resident was born Feb. 28, 1916...
Frances "Fanny" O. Halsey
Jan 2, 2005
Frances O. "Franny" Halsey, 90, of Elgin died January 2 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will begin at 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the Elgin Christian Church. A lunch will be served at the Stampede Hall. Mrs. Halsey was born October 28, 1914 to Frank and Ruth Throe Rynearson in Island City. On July 6, 1931 she...
Margy Edwards Little
Jan 2, 2005
Margy Edwards-Little, 54, of Oregon City and formerly of La Grande died Jan. 2, after a long illness. Mrs. Little was born Sept. 22, 1959, to Earl and Donna Edwards in La Grande. She grew up in La Grande and graduated from Brigham Young University and Portland State University. She married Richard Little and taught for over 30 years...
Ruth "Momo" L. Hoover
Jan 1, 2005
Ruth L. "Momo" Hoover, 78, of Umatilla County and formerly of La Grande died January 1, at Good Samaritan Center in Hermiston. Funeral services were held Jan. 5. Mrs. Hoover was born Feb. 15, 1926, to Frank and Anna Mae Bashor Britain in Pendleton. On Jan. 8, 1945 she married Homer E. Hoover. The couple lived in pendleton until...
Mathew Paul Jenks
Jan 1, 2005
Mathew Paul Jenks, age 23, of Elgin, died January 1 at his home. A celebration of life will begin at 2:00 p.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel with Rev. Jesse Parker of the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church officiating. Burial will follow at the Elgin Cemetery. Mr. Jenks was born July 7,1981 to James and Betty Jones Jenks in La Grande....
