Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Feb 25, 2010

Merton Winford Loree, age 91, of Cove, died February 25, 2010 at a local care facility. A service will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Committal and interment will follow at the Cove Cemetery. Merton was born on January 31, 1919, the son of Melvin Loree and Nettie Viola Lowery...

Feb 24, 2010

William Daniel "Bill"Reagan, age 86, of Elgin, died February 24th at his home. He was born on May 8, 1923 in Fairfield, Idaho on the camas prairie. His parents were Lemuel Edward Reagan and Elizabeth Paralee Chandler Reagan. He attended Manard grade school and Camas County High School, graduating in 1941. He was the 13th of 13 children. He...

Feb 23, 2010

Charlene Gaskin, 68, of Union, died Feb. 23 at her home. Services were held Feb. 28 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Charlene was born April 23, 1941, to Clarence and Pearl (Golden) Cavin in Kingsport, Tenn. She married Orin Gaskin Jr. in 1960 in Spokane. She enjoyed trips to Wildhorse and greatly enjoyed Christmas and decorating. She loved Country and...

Feb 23, 2010

Betty Josephine Shelton Lewis, 77, of Wallowa, died Feb. 23 in Wallowa. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Wallowa Christian Church. A potluck lunch will follow. She was born Sept. 30, 1932, in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. She married Roy Shelton June 21, 1952, and together they raised three children, first in the Flora area...

Feb 23, 2010

Lewis Moser, 79, formerly of Haines, died Feb. 23 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, Wash. Memorial services were held March 6 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Anacortes, Wash. Pastor Stephanie Hankey officiated. A celebration of life will run from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Eagles Club in Baker City. Lewis was born June 18, 1930,...

Feb 23, 2010

Lon T. Whitley, 61, of La Grande, died suddenly Feb. 23 at his home. No services are scheduled at this time. Lon was born Aug. 13, 1948, to Lowell and Elaine (Coleman) Whitley in Portland. He was a truck driver and never married. He was a guitar player, rode Harleys and was a handyman. Those who knew him say...

Feb 22, 2010

Theodore McLaughlin Jr., 73, of La Grande, died Feb. 22 at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Summerville Cemetery. Theodore was born May 28, 1936, to Theodore and Hazel McLaughlin in Alliance, Neb. He attended early years of school in Nebraska, moving to Summerville in 1954 where his family farmed....

Feb 22, 2010

Eloise Mendieta Smith, 93, formerly of Pondosa, died Feb. 22 following a month-long decline in which she was surrounded by loving family, friends and caregivers at Ashley Manor. A celebration of life will begin at 4 p.m. May 15 at Darla Wood-Walters' home, 22089 Stormy Lane in Bend. She was born April 4, 1916, the fifth of 12 children...

Feb 22, 2010

John Keck Wells, 89, formerly of Haines, died Feb. 22 in Portland. A graveside service and vault interment was held at Mount Calvary Cemetery today. A funeral Mass will be said at a later date at his parish, The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. John was born July 30, 1920, in Haines. He was raised and educated...

Feb 21, 2010

Douglas Orson "Gene" Holmes, age 88, of Cove died February 21st at a local care facility. No public services will be held. Interment will be at the Union Cemetery. Mr. Holmes was born on December 12, 1921, the son of Willis Orson and Loraine Winifred (Cloud) Holmes in La Grande. On July 31, 1941 he married Betty Lou Powell...

Feb 20, 2010

Michael Tuck, 47, son of Bob and Nancy Tuck of La Grande, died at a care center in Milton-Freewater Feb. 20. A service will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Summerville Cemetery Chapel. A full obituary will be available later.

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Feb 19, 2010

George Orlin Barton, 78, of Wallowa, died Feb. 19 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Walla Walla. He was born June 14, 1931, to Reuben and Louisa (Carper) Barton at Promise. He lived and attended school in Promise until 1943 when his family moved to Wallowa. He graduated from Wallowa High School in 1950. Orlin joined the Army Reserves...

Feb 19, 2010

Norman Marion McCrae, 84, of Wallowa, died Feb. 19 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wallowa Cemetery with Archie Hook officiating. A celebration of life will follow at the Wallowa Community Senior Center. Norman was born Feb. 7, 1926, to Marion and Nancy (Macauley) McCrae of Wallowa. He grew...

Feb 19, 2010

Alice Irene Tuey, 93, of La Grande, died Feb. 19 at a local care center in La Grande. Services will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande. Alice was born April 11, 1916, to Peter Harold and Clara Anna (Baske) Schuler in Chicago. Alice had two daughters, Marta and Kathy. She has...

Feb 18, 2010

Edna Carol Schoenberger, age 88, of La Grande, died February 18th at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Union Cemetery. Edna was born on January 13, 1922, the daughter of Otha Clark and Ruth Cecil (Rue) Stephens in Heppner, Oregon. She married Clarence Herman Schoenberg on December 24,...

Feb 16, 2010

Caryl Mary Leehmann Coppin, 92, of Joseph, died Feb. 16. A service was held Feb. 20 at Joseph Methodist Church. Private burial followed at Joseph Cemetery. Caryl was born Dec. 24, 1917, the oldest of three children to Walter and Edith Leehmann at the family home in Lakeview. She graduated from Lakeview High School in 1936 and graduated from...

Feb 16, 2010

Ruth Louise Kennedy Durfee McClune, 85, of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 16 of congestive heart failure in Portland. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at The Summerville Cemetery Chapel. A reception will follow at the Summerville grange. Ruth was born April 14, 1924, in Portage, Pa. Ruth left Portage in 1930 with...

Feb 16, 2010

Lige Anderson McKinney III, 67, died Feb. 16 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Services will begin at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Rivershore Bar and Grill, 1900 Clackamette Drive, Oregon City. Lige was born Oct. 26, 1942, to Lige Anderson McKinney II and Josephine O. (Logsdon) McKinney in Carus. He was a superintendent in the paper mill, and was a commissary...

Feb 16, 2010

Sarah Ann Fauntella Jones Rutherford, age 82, of Elgin, died February 16, 2010, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. Family and friends are invited to celebrate Fauntella's remarkable life at the Elgin Church of the Nazarene on February 21, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Fauntella, the daughter of...

Feb 16, 2010

Gladys Martha Fager, 99, of Pendleton and Irrigon and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 16. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Island City Cemetery. Gladys was born March 15, 1911, to Mason Wright and Amy Viola True in Natoma, Kan. When she was an infant the family moved to Aurora, Colo.,...