Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
David "Pops" Earl Harmon
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....
Helen Skinner-Darling
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...
Susan Lorraine Alexander
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...
Gertrude Helen Titus
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...
Ronald Wilford Westenskow
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...
Ellen Carolyn Brooks
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...
Virginia Mae Stubblefield
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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Joyce Ann Sherman
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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Norbert "Nibs" Otto Hinzpeter
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...
Rose M. Allen
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...
Sharon Lee Kolupke
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...
Rita Ann Heald Seller Carter
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,...
Helen Myrtle Frizzell
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...
Elizabeth Ann Fields
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...
Edna Pearl Sheets
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)...
Roderick "Doc" W. Donnelly
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...
Ken Smith
Oct 12, 2009
Ken Smith, 66, of Salem and formerly of La Grande, died Oct. 12. A private family ceremony will be held in Portland in November. Ken was born Aug. 27, 1943, to G. LaVerne and Dorothy Smith in Chicago. He married his wife, Connie, in 1966. They had two children, Julie and Marc, and moved to La Grande in 1981....
Luther "Luke" Lee Burrows
Oct 10, 2009
Luther "Luke" Lee Burrows, 72, of La Grande, died Oct. 10 at his home. A celebration of life will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. Luke was born April 28, 1937, to Luther Lee and Julia Pearl (Hunter) Burrows in Mountain Park, Okla. He was raised and educated in Kerman, Calif., and moved...
Helen Elaine Harkey
Oct 10, 2009
Helen Elaine Harkey, age 69, of La Grande, died October 10, 2009 in Boise, Idaho. A celebration of life will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2009 at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Mrs. Harkey was born on April 22, 1940, the daughter of Henry B.and Donna (Paulfurman) Mortensen...
Timothy Joel Wood
Oct 10, 2009
Timothy Joel Wood, 57, of La Grande, died Oct. 10 at Evergreen Health and Rehab Center of a fast-growing brain tumor. Services will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Christ with Minister Doug Edmonds officiating. Viewing will be one hour before the service. Burial will be later in Phoenix at the Hillcrest Cemetery at 11 a.m....
