Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Mar 2, 2011

Bette Lou Parker, 68, of La Grande, died March 2 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Visitation will run from 5 to 7 tonight at Loveland Funeral Chapel. The funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, followed by a graveside service at Island City Cemetery. A celebration of life and potluck will follow at La Grande...

Mar 2, 2011

Dorothy I. Dutton, 92, of Enterprise, died March 2 at home. Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt in Walla Walla is in charge of arrangements.

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Feb 28, 2011

Donna Lee Houle, 82, of Pendleton and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 28 at Suttle Care and Retirement. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. March 12 at Olney Cemetery. Visitation will run from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 10 at Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Condolences may be posted at www.pioneerchapel.com. Donna was born Dec. 24,...

Feb 28, 2011

C. Dale Shumway, 74, of Alicel, died Feb. 28 at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. A memorial service will begin at 1:30 p.m. March 26 at Calvary Baptist Church, 2107 Third St. in Baker City. Causal dress is requested by the family. He was born Aug. 30, 1936, to Charles H. and Letha (Laxson) Shumway in Baker...

Feb 25, 2011

Joy "Avery" McCoy, 79, of Irrigon and formerly of Joseph, died Feb. 25. A funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise. A complete obituary will be available later.

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Feb 25, 2011

Jewel Jean Fuller, age 88, of La Grande, passed away on Friday, February 25th, 2011 in Meridian, ID where she lived for the past two months. Jewel was born May 22, 1922 to John and Lula Rollins in Union, Oregon, in the Grande Ronde Valley where she spent her entire life. She joined a very loving family who lived...

Feb 24, 2011

William "Harold" Carman, age 91, of La Grande, died February 24, 2011 at his home. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Harold was born on November 13, 1919, the son of Percy Virgil and Stella (Buchanan)...

Feb 22, 2011

Mason Kade Martin, premature infant son of Meghan Martin, died Feb. 22 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. A graveside service is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Elgin Cemetery. A dinner for family and friends will immediately follow at the Elgin Community Center. Mason was born Feb. 22 at 7:30 a.m. and passed away at 8:08 a.m....

Feb 20, 2011

Loraine F. DeRosso, 82, of Wallowa and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 20 in Tigard. She will be buried next to her husband in Wallowa. There will be a private memorial service March 20 in Seattle. Loraine was born July 5, 1928, to Rose and Emil Schnieder in Princeton, Neb. She attended Central Bible College in Springfield, Mo.,...

Feb 20, 2011

Eleanor Helen Massey, 99, of La Grande, died Feb. 20 at Wildflower Lodge, two months short of her 100 birthday. There will be a memorial service at Wildflower Lodge in March. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements. Eleanor was born April 27, 1911, to Maria (Kraus) and Josef Rudolph Necas in Essen, Germany. When she was...

Feb 19, 2011

Merton Sylvan Wade, 89, of Enterprise, died Feb. 19 of natural causes in Phoenix, Ariz. Memorial services will begin at 11 a.m. June 11 at the Lostine cemetery.. He was born Oct. 2, 1921, to Sylvia Applegate Wade and Harry S. Wade in Enterprise and lived in Wallowa County his entire life. Merton was a 32nd degree Mason. He...

Feb 19, 2011

Joel Clarod Burgess, age 94, of La Grande, died February 19, 2011 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. at the Church of Christ in La Grande. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Joel was born on February 8, 1917, the son of John...

Feb 19, 2011

Brandi Lynel Tippet, 36, formerly of La Grande and Enterprise, died Feb. 19 as the result of an automobile accident. Services were held Feb. 25 at the Virgil T. Golden Funeral Home in Salem. A graveside service is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Wallowa Cemetery. Brandi was born Feb. 25, 1974, in Enterprise, the oldest of three...

Feb 19, 2011

Richard Shawn Compere, 50, of Caldwell, Idaho, and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 19 at his home. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Shawn was born Sept. 12, 1960, at Pendleton Junction, one of the five sons of his mother, Theresa. He grew up in Mountain View, Calif., where he graduated...

Feb 18, 2011

Pat Brown, age 64, of La Grande, passed away on Thursday morning February 18, 2011 at St. Alphonses Hospital in Boise, ID. She was born Patricia Ruth Kehr to Ewald and Edna Kehr on May 18, 1946 in Fairmont, Minnesota where she spent her early childhood. The family relocated to Grants Pass Oregon in 1952. Joining her in the...

Feb 17, 2011

Priscilla Martha Croner Smith, 60, formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 17 in Boise. A celebration of her life was held Feb. 25. Burial was at Rivers Cemetery in Payette, Idaho. She was born May 30, 1950, in New York, N.Y. With her father in the military, her mother, Norma Jean Leonard, traveled with Priscilla and her older siblings...

Feb 16, 2011

Jimmie Dale "Jim" Bane, 85, of Enterprise, died Feb. 16. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Bollman Funeral Home chapel in Enterprise. Jim was born July 8, 1925, at home on a farm north of Emmett, Idaho, the youngest of three children born to Mona Lenore (Riggs) and William James Bane. As a...

Feb 16, 2011

Priscilla Smith-Kroner, 61, of Boise and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 16 of natural causes. A complete obituary will be printed later.

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Feb 15, 2011

Howard Pidcock, 96, of La Grande, died Feb. 15. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Howard was born April 25, 1914, to David Boyd and Ada Leola (Dixon) Pidcock in La Grande. He attended school in La Grande and graduated from La Grande High School. In 1936, Howard married Genevieve Victoria...

Feb 15, 2011

Donald Lester Carlsen, age 88, of La Grande, was born in Ballard, Washington on February 22, 1922. He was fond of saying "2-22-22". He died February 15, 2010 in a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at the Island City Cemetery. His parents, Lester and Jennie Pauline (Johnson) Carlsen, were first...