Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Nov 4, 2009

James Patrick "Pat" Fitzgerald, age 90, a lifelong resident of La Grande, died Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at a local care facility. A funeral will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in La Grande. Committal and interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Friday from...

Nov 2, 2009

Rodney Lee Syverson, age 65, of Elgin, died November 2, 2009 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Mr. Syverson was born on October 27, 1944, the son of Arnold and Blanche (Bevier)...

Oct 30, 2009

Gail Joan Chaffee, 50, of Prineville and formerly of La Grande and Elgin, died Oct. 30. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Prineville Funeral Home. Pastor Del Towell will officiate. A gathering for family and friends will be held after the service at Ochoco Park on the east end at the covered picnic area. A celebration...

Oct 29, 2009

Joseph Wesley "Wes" Jarvis, formerly of Summerville and Newberg, Oregon , died October 29, 2009 at his home in Austin, Texas at the age of 39. A service will begin at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 26th at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center in La Grande, Oregon. Wes was born on December 30, 1969 in La Grande,...

Oct 26, 2009

David Earl "Pops" Harmon, 64, of La Grande, died Oct. 26 at Salem Hospital surrounded by family and friends. A private burial and memorial service will be held at a later date. Crown Memorial Center in Salem is in charge of arrangements. David was born March 4, 1945, to William Earl and Frances Cecilia (Lee) Harmon in Oakland, Calif....

Oct 26, 2009

Helen Skinner-Darling, 90, of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died Oct. 26 in Portland. Private burial will take place at River View Cemetery. Wilhelm Portland Memorial is in charge of arrangements. Helen was born Jan. 28, 1919, to Emma and Eugene Skinner at Twin Falls, Idaho. She attended Riveria Grade School and La Grande High School. Survivors include...

Oct 24, 2009

Susan Lorraine Alexander, age 57, of Elgin, and formerly of Wallowa, died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Friday, October 30, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Wallowa Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center in La Grande. Susan was born on September 3, 1952, the...

Oct 24, 2009

Gertrude Helen Titus, age 97, of Union, died October 24th at a local care facility. A celebration of life will be held at the Union Methodist Church on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. Committal and interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Mrs. Titus was born...

Oct 24, 2009

Ronald Wilford Westenskow, 87, of College Place, Wash., and formerly of Imbler, died Oct. 24 at his home. A private graveside service for family and friends was held this morning at the Blue Mountain Memorial Gardens Cemetery. A memorial service followed at the Herring Funeral Home with the Rev. Albert Gillin of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Ronald was born...

Oct 23, 2009

Ellen Carolyn Brooks, age 86, a lifelong resident of La Grande, died October 23, 2009 at her home. A celebration of life will be held on Thursday October 29 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Following the interment...

Oct 23, 2009

Virginia Mae Stubblefield, 88, of Joseph, died Oct. 23. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Bollman Funeral Home. A full obituary will be available later. Memorial contributions may be made to any charity.

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Oct 22, 2009

Norbert "Nibs" Otto Hinzpeter, 89, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande, died of a heart attack Oct. 22 at St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City. A celebration of his life will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Community Connection/Baker Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St. in Baker City. Pastor Sally Wiens of the Haines United Methodist Church...

Oct 22, 2009

Joyce Ann Sherman, 72, of La Grande, died Oct. 22 at her home. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Nov. 2 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A full obituary will be available later.

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Oct 21, 2009

Rose M. Allen, 97, formerly of La Grande, died Oct. 21 at her home in Bend. Autumn Funerals in Bend is in charge of arrangements. She was born Sept. 30,1912, to John and Barbara Kline in Vancouver, Wash. She married Verne A. Allen May 31, 1941. They moved to La Grande in September 1960. During the next 20 years...

Oct 20, 2009

Rita Ann Heald Seiler Carter, 80, formerly of Kooskia, Idaho, and Elgin, died Oct. 20 at her nephew's home in Boise, Idaho. Services will be held at St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Kamiah, Idaho, on Nov. 7. Time of service is pending. Rita was born May 12, 1929, to Charles Heald and Grace Belle Dagneau Heald in Sturgeon Bay,...

Oct 20, 2009

Sharon Lee Kolupke, 68, of La Grande, died Oct. 20 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Sharon was born March 11, 1941, to John and Darlene (Schick) Furrenes in Minominc, Mich. She married Larry J. Kolupke on June 11, 1982, in Savannah, Ga. She moved to La Grande from Orlando, Fla., and enjoyed playing golf in her younger years. She is...

Oct 18, 2009

Elizabeth Ann Fields, a former longtime resident of Pilot Rock and later, La Grande, Oregon, passed away Sunday afternoon, October 18, 2009 in Kennewick, Washington, at the age of 93. Born August 3, 1916, in Pilot Rock, Beth was the eighth of nine children born to Samuel Monroe and Flora Anna Albaugh Galbreath. She grew up near California Gulch...

Oct 18, 2009

Helen Myrtle Frizzell, age 93, of La Grande, died October 18, 2009 at her home. A celebration of life will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Committal and interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Wednesday...

Oct 14, 2009

Edna Pearl (Whitmore) Sheets, 90, of Enterprise, died Oct. 14 at her home. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Enterprise Christian Church with David Bruce leading the service and Tim Schmeck saying the eulogy. Burial will be held at Prairie Creek Cemetery in Joseph. Edna was born Feb. 20, 1919, to Harley Whitmore and Merle (Knapp)...

Oct 12, 2009

Roderick W. ‘Doc' Donnelly, 88, formerly of La Grande, died Oct. 12 at his home in Richmond. A private family gathering will be held at a later date. Sweeney Mortuary of Condon is in charge of arrangements. Roderick was born May 23, 1921, the first son of Virginia Odessa Wechter and Hamilton Keyes Donnelly at his grandmother's house at...