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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Walter "Larry" Sweet
Nov 12, 2004
Walter "Larry" Sweet, age 73, of La Grande, died Friday, November 12, 2004 at a local care facility. At his request there will be no public services. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Sweet was born on March 2, 1931, the son of Walter and Mary Sweet of La Grande, in Portland, Oregon. He was...
Joyce Tippett
Nov 12, 2004
Ida "Joyce" Tippett, 76, of Wallowa and formerly of La Grande, died suddenly November 12 in La Grande. A celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Bollman Funeral Home, 315 W. Main St., in Enterprise. Mrs. Tippett was born May 20, 1928, to Edward and Hattie Meyers Davis in La Grande. On September 6, 1946 she...
Phillip "Phil" Dare Yeargain
Nov 11, 2004
Phillip "Phil" Dare Yeargain, age 71, of Union, passed away on November 11, 2004 at his home. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, at 1:00 p.m. at the Union Cemetery with Jerry Baxter officiating. Phil was born on August 19, 1933 in Hawasse, Arkansas to Earl and Christine Skaggs Yeargain. He graduated from high school in Sulfur Springs,...
Thomas Franklin Pace
Nov 10, 2004
Thomas Franklin Pace, age 87, of La Grande, died Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at his home in La Grande. A celebration of life will begin at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, November 13, 2004 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Mr. Pace was born on December 4, 1916, the son of...
Buril Morris
Nov 8, 2004
Buril Morris, 87, of Milton-Freewater and formerly of Telocaset, died November 8 in Walla Walla. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the Christian Church, 66 S. Actor St., in Dixie, Washington, with Pastor Gonzales officiating. A reception will follow at 363 S. Third Ave., in Walla Walla. Mr. Morris was born May 18, 1917, to...
Dallas William Wilson
Nov 6, 2004
Dallas William Wilson, 90 of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died November 6 at his home. The funeral will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gresham Funeral Chapel, 257 S.E. Roberts Ave., in Gresham. A graveside service will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at Riverview Cemetery in Boardman. Mr. Wilson was born January 11, 1914 to Robert Samuel...
