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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Robert Allen Thorn
Sep 6, 2004
Robert Allen Thorn, age 86, of La Grande, died Monday, September 6, 2004 at a local care facility. A celebration of life will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 9, 2004 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Private interment will be in the Veteran's Circle at Grandview Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Wednesday from 4:00 until 6:00...
Harold Thomas Adams
Sep 4, 2004
Harold Thomas Adams, age 51, of Elgin and formerly of Everett, Washington, died Saturday, September 4, 2004 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise, Idaho of natural causes. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, September 9, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at the Elgin Cemetery with Father Hank Albrecht officiating. Friends may call on Wednesday, September 8, 2004...
Virgil Albert Choate
Sep 2, 2004
Virgil Albert Choate, age 94, of La Grande, died Thursday, September 2, 2004 at a local care facility. A celebration of life will be held on Wednesday, September 8, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Virgil was born on July 7, 1910 on the family farm...
James "Jim" B. Hart
Sep 1, 2004
James B. "Jim" Hart, age 56, of Irrigon and formerly of La Grande died September 1, 2004 at his home. A graveside service was held on Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Irrigon. Mr. Hart was born on July 7, 1948, to Donald and Dorla Hart in Meadville, Pennsylvania. He lived in...
James "Jim" Robert Kinkead
Sep 1, 2004
James Robert "Jim" Kinkead, age 82, of Pilot Rock and formerly of La Grande, died September 1, 2004 at his home. A celebration of life will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Community Presbyterian Church in Pilot Rock. Mr. Kinkead was born March 10, 1922 to George Wesley and Edith Cowan Kinkead in La Grande. He graduated from Baker...
Milton Earl Harris
Sep 1, 2004
Milton Earl Harris, age 83, of Canby and formerly of Cove, died September 1, 2004. A graveside service will be at 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Cove Cemetery. Mr. Harris was born October 14, 1920, to Momas and Gladys Harris in Cove. He graduated from Cove High School and Eastern Oregon College. He served in the Army during World...
Valerie Mae Camilli
Aug 31, 2004
Valerie Mae Lundquist Camilli, age 59, of La Grande, died August 31, 2004 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City after a long illness. A memorial service and celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 18, 2004 Eastern Oregon University in Room 309-310 in the Hoke Center. Mrs. Camilli was born on August 7,...
Joseph "Joe" Scott
Aug 28, 2004
Joseph "Joe" Scott, age 92, of La Grande and formerly of Summerville, died, Saturday, August 28, 2004 at a local care center. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery with Pastor Bill Miller of the Valley Fellowship Church officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley....
Marty Samuel Bellisle
Aug 28, 2004
Marty Samuel Bellisle, age 45 of La Grande, died Saturday, August 28, 2004 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, September 5, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Lorna and Marvin Fager, 58045 Pierce Road, La Grande with Pastor Steve Kirkeby officiating. Marty Samuel Bellisle was born on November 4, 1958 the son...
Nedra Estella Salisbury
Aug 28, 2004
Nedra Estella of Salem and formerly of Summerville died August 28, 2004 at her home. Burial will be at the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Salisbury was born to Samuel Guy and Sarah Elizabeth Hill Bradshaw in Summerville. She married John "Jack" Salisbury and lived Union County until 1945 when she moved to Salem. She was a memver of the Church...
George "Bud" Grover
Aug 28, 2004
George "Bud" Grover, age 97, of La Grande, and formerly of Deer Lodge and Hamilton, Montana, died Saturday, August 28, 2004 at his home. A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, September 4, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church with Father Hank Albrecht officiating. An additional memorial service will be held on...
Esther "Etty" Nancy Halsey-Vowles
Aug 25, 2004
Esther Nancy Halsey "Etty" Vowles, age 85, of Portland and formerly of Union died August 25, 2004 at Portland Adventist Hospital. A family memorial will be held on the Oregon Coast. Mrs. Vowles was born on April 27, 1919, to Gracen and Worth Halsey in Union. On February 14, 1941 she married Keith Warren Vowles in Lewiston, Idaho. The...
Robert "Buster" W. Smith
Aug 22, 2004
Robert "Buster" W. Smith, age 85, of La Grande, died August 22, 2004 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. There will be no services. Mr. Smith was born on April 19, 1919, to General and Gladys Smith in Eagle Town, Oklahoma. He attended school in Chicago, Los Angeles, Arkansas and Oklahoma. On June 29, 1946 he married Vickie Moore in...
Ted Dale Hightower
Aug 20, 2004
Ted Dale Hightower, age 78, of Sweet Home and formerly of La Grande, died August 20, 2004 in Portland. Mr. Hightower was born May 19, 1926, to Francis P. and Dollie E. Hightower in Kansas City, MO. He served in the Navy and lived in the La Grande area for 30 years. The couple worked as rural carriers for...
Arlene Correa
Aug 19, 2004
Arlene Evelyn Correa, age 86, formerly of Starkey, died August 19, 2004 at her home on Big Buttercreek near Echo. Burial will be at the Echo Cemetery. Mrs. Correa was born on November 12, 1917 to Edward and Leone Southward Nunn in Medford. She attended school in Hermiston and Echo and on September 16, 1936 she married John B....
Cassie Louise Vann
Aug 15, 2004
Cassie Louise Vann, age 85, of La Grande and formerly of the Lewiston, Idaho area, died Sunday August 15, 2004 at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Friday, August 20, 2004 at 3:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest East Cemetery with The Rev. Mark Schlessman of the La Grande First Christian Church officiating. Fraternal services...
Dr. Treve Berlin Lumsden
Aug 14, 2004
Dr. Treve Berlin Lumsden, age 78, of La Grande, died Saturday, August 14, 2004 at home with his family after an extended illness. Doctor Lumsden was born on November 3, 1925, in Los Angeles, California to Lucile Messner and Treve Berlin Lumsden. The family moved to La Grande when he was twelve and Treve graduated from La Grande High...
Helen B. Irish
Aug 14, 2004
Helen B. Irish, age 90, formerly of Union, died Saturday, August 14, 2004 at her home in La Grande. At her request, there will be no public services held. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Helen B. Irish was born on December 5, 1913, the daughter of Charles and Helen ( Evens) Smith in Marshalltown, Iowa....
Donald Earl Kelly
Aug 13, 2004
Donald Earl Kelly, age 75, died Friday, August 13, 2004 at his home in Union. A celebration of life will be held on Thursday, August 19, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with Sally Wiens officiating. Daniels Chapel of the Valley is in charge of arrangements. Donald Earl Kelly was born on August 25, 1928,...
John Philip Suydam
Aug 12, 2004
John Philip Suydam, age 54, of Newport News, Virginia and formerly of La Grande died Thursday, August 12, 2004 of natural causes. Services will be in Abingdon, Illinois. Mr. Suydam was born on November 29, 1949 to William "Mike" and Muriel Irons Suydam in Galesburg, Illinois. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, MO. and later taught music...
