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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Alva A. Smart
Dec 11, 2004
Alva A. Smart, age 94, of La Grande, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 at a local care center. A funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 16 at the La Grande Seventh Day Adventist Church with Pastor Tim Gray officiating. A private interment will be at the Grandview Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 4...
Shirley Mae Brown
Dec 9, 2004
Shirley Mae Brown, 83, of La Grande died Dec. 9. Graveside services were held this morning, Dec. 14, at the Cove Cemetery. Mrs. Brown was born May 10, 1921 in Provo, Utah, the youngest child of Harriet and Edward Hunter. On July 4, 1944 she married Arthur Max Brown and worked as a telephone operator while he served in...
Rosa Marie Sargent
Dec 7, 2004
Rosa Marie Sargent, 85, of La Grande died December 7, 2004 at a local care center. Viewing will be from 4 to 7 pm Friday and from 11am to 2 pm at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A memorial service in Pine Haven Cemetery in Pine Valley...
Richard "Dick" Lee Overton
Dec 6, 2004
Richard Lee "Dick" Overton, age 82, of Cove, died Monday, December 6, 2004 at his home. A celebration of life will begin on Monday, December 13, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Cove Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Sunday, December 12, 2004 from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m....
Eldon Roy Down
Dec 5, 2004
Eldon Roy Down, age 82, of Eagle, Idaho and formerly of Wallowa, Union and Baker Counties, passed on December 5, 2004 of natural caused in a Boise Care Facility. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 9, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel with Father Hank Albrecht of Our Lady of the Catholic Church...
Mary "Doris" Wyatt
Dec 5, 2004
Mary "Doris" Wyatt, loving and devoted wife and mother, died Sunday,December 5, 2004 at a local care facility. She was 77. A funeral service will be held Friday, December 10, 2004 at 1:00 pm at LDS Stake Center, 12th Street And Gekeler Lane, with Bishop George Chadwick conducting. Dedication of the grave will be follow at Grandview Cemetery. Viewing...
Roberta Glee Manley
Dec 1, 2004
Roberta Glee Manley, age 84, of La Grande, died Wednesday, December 1, 2004 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. There will be a memorial service in the early spring at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Manley was born on December 9, 1919, the daughter of Vernon and Ava (Shields) Romig in Pueblo, Colorado. She married Patrick Manley in 1943...
Richard E. Duckett
Nov 30, 2004
Richard E. Duckett, age 51, of Elgin died November 30, 2004 at his home following a long illness. A celebration of life will begin at the La Grande Baptist Church. Mr. Duckett was born November 15, 1953, to Richard L. and Doris Duckett in La Grande. The family moved to Bates in 1959. He graduated from Prairie City High...
Thordis "Maggie" Matilda Whittemore
Nov 30, 2004
Thordis "Maggie" Matilda Whittemore, age 91, of La Grande and formerly of Elgin, died Tuesday, November 30, 2004 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church. Committal and interment will follow at the Elgin Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley....
Berta Churchill
Nov 29, 2004
Berta "Boots" Churchill, 72, died Monday, November 29th at her home in Elgin. A celebration of her life will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday, December 5th at the Elgin Stampede Hall in Elgin. Boots Churchill was born on October 31, 1932 in McCloud, Oklahoma to Eucle and Georgia (Persinger) Spencer. She was raised and educated in McCloud where she...
Inez Lenore Fries
Nov 29, 2004
Inez Lenore Fries, age 98, of La Grande died November 29, 2004. A celebration of life will begin at 11:00 a.m. at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Fries was born on March 26, 1906, to Miles M. and Katie Baker Woodell in Summerville. Both sets of grandparents were Summerville pioneers. She attended school in Summerville and Dry Creek, and attended...
Maxine Huizenga
Nov 28, 2004
Maxine M. Huizenga, age 78 of La Grande, died Sunday November 28, 2004 at a local care center. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 3, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery with Rev. Mark Schlessman officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Maxine M. Huizenga was born on June 22, 1926 the...
Lawrence "Vern" Cathey
Nov 27, 2004
Lawrence "Vern" Cathey, age 75, of La Grande, passed away at his home on Saturday, November 27, 2004. A celebration of life will begin on Friday, December 3, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at the New Life Center (behind Shop ‘n' Kart). Burial will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Vern was...
Shirley Gunston
Nov 25, 2004
Shirley Gunston, age 86, of Portland, and formerly of Elgin, died Thursday, November 25, 2004 at her home. A celebration of life will be held on Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Viewing will be held on Thursday from 9:00 until 12:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Shirley the daughter of...
Julia Catherine Farrow
Nov 24, 2004
Julia Catherine Loomis Farrow died November 24, 2004 in La Grande, Oregon. She was 105 years old. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Born on July 3, 1899 in Bucoda, Washington, she was the fifth of nine children and the youngest of three daughters. Julia's mother died in 1904 and her father never remarried though he...
Dena M. Bennett
Nov 21, 2004
Dena M. Bennett, age 94, formerly of La Grande, died Sunday, November 21, 2004 at her home in Vancouver, Washington. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel in Summerville with Roy Hills officiating. Interment will follow. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Dena...
Marelda Sturgill Stringham
Nov 19, 2004
Merelda Sturgill Stringham, age 101, of Orem, Utah, and formerly of Elgin, died November 19, 2004 in Utah. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Walker Sanderson Funeral Home in Orem. Friends may call from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. prior to the services. Burial will be in the Orem City Cemetery. Mrs. Stringham was a...
Iris Effie Martin
Nov 17, 2004
Iris Effie (Imeson) Martin,age 90, was born January 1m 1914 to Donnelly and Effie Imeson in South Park near Jackson, Wyoming. She died on November 17, 2004 at her home in Island City. A funeral service will be held at the LDS Chapel on McAlister Road in Island City at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. A memorial service will also...
Merrill Shuyler Blacker
Nov 16, 2004
Merrill Shuyler Blacker, age 93, died Tuesday, November 16, 2004 at Mt. Diablo Hospital, Concord, California. A graveside service will be held on Monday, November 22, 2004 at 10:00 am at Grandview Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Blacker was born on January 13, 1911 at Ramo Flat in Union County to Schuyler and...
Gertrude Marie Murphy
Nov 14, 2004
Gertrude Marie Murphy, 80, of Portland and formerly of La Grande died November 14 at a care center. A memorial Mass will be celebrated Saturday at Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Portland. Burial will be in La Grande. Mrs. Murphy was born November 20, 1923, to Walter and Marie Theresa Sarnowski Goletz in Phoenix, Illinois. She graduated from high...
