Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Charles Leo Mann
Jul 24, 2009
Charles Leo Mann, 55, of Baker City, died July 24 at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Visitation will run from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gray's West & Co. Burial will follow at North Powder Cemetery. Charles was born Jan. 10, 1954, to Arel...
Delbert A. Rysdam
Jul 23, 2009
Delbert A. "Deb" Rysdam, 54, of Elgin, died July 23 at his home in Elgin surrounded by his family. A graveside funeral service was held this morning at the Cricket Flat/Highland View Cemetery on Good Road outside Elgin. Deb was born March 12, 1955, the first of four children to Delbert D. and Betty (Hayes) Rysdam in La Grande....
Norma Leonard Dewey
Jul 23, 2009
Norma Leonard Dewey, 84, of Homedale, Idaho, and formerly of La Grande, died July 23. A service is planned for Monday in Homedale. Flahiff Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Ervin "John" Ezra Reed
Jul 23, 2009
Ervin Ezra "John" Reed, 77, of Union, died peacefully July 23 at his home. Gray's West & Company Pioneer Chapel in Baker City is in charge of arrangements. John was born Oct. 26, 1931, in Okoboji, Iowa. He entered the U.S. Army in 1953 and served two years. In 1956, he married Lucille A. Blom in Sioux Falls, S.D....
Herbert O. Imel
Jul 23, 2009
Herbert O. Imel, 80, of La Grande died at his home July 23. A celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Herb was born at Beaver Creek outside of Oregon City on April 16, 1929, to Herbert H. and Myrtle Imel. He went to a one-room schoolhouse through the eighth grade...
Elise Komma Gray
Jul 21, 2009
Elsie Komma Gray, age 85, of McMinnville and formerly of La Grande, died July 21, 2009 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Friday, July 31, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Island City Cemetery. Mrs Gray was born on October 14, 1923 in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Walter Raymond and Dula Alice (Cook) Weatherly....
Barbara Balloun Shank
Jul 21, 2009
Barbara (Balloun) Shank, 67, of La Grande, died July 21 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A small memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the conference room of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in La Grande. An earlier announcement incorrectly said the memorial was Aug. 4. Barbara was born Nov. 10, 1941, in Marshalltown, Iowa....
Karen J. Long Riddle
Jul 20, 2009
Karen J. Long Riddle, 64, of Hermiston and formerly of La Grande, died July 20 at her home. A graveside funeral service will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Karen was born Feb. 27, 1945, to Robert and Joyce Carlson Fitzgerald in La Grande. She was raised...
Ruth "Lorene" Carter
Jul 19, 2009
Ruth Lorene Carter, age 89, of La Grande and formerly of Long Creek, died at a local care facility in La Grande on Sunday, July 19, 2009. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, 2009 at the Long Creek Cemetery. A viewing will be held at the Long Creek Community Church from 9:00 a.m....
Malin M. Doles
Jul 19, 2009
Malin M. Doles, age 75, of Summerville, died July 19, 2009 at a local care center. At his request there will be no services, but condolences may be sent to Ina Doles, Grande Ronde Retirement Residence, 1809 Gekeler Lane, La Grande, Oregon 97850 or those who wish may sign the on-line guest book at www.danielsknopp.com. Malin was born December...
Wanda Fay Pointer
Jul 18, 2009
Wanda Fay Pointer, age 84, of Island City, died July 18, 2009 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A viewing will be held on Thursday, July 23rd from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. A funeral service will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July...
Delmar "D.V." Baker
Jul 18, 2009
Delmar "D.V." Baker, 88, of Casa Grande, Ariz., and formerly of La Grande, died July 18. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Southern Baptist Church in Casa Grande. J. Warren Funeral Services Valley Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Delmar was born April 5, 1921, in Carroll, Neb. He served in the Navy in...
Miss Sharon "Kitty" Ann Purcell
Jul 18, 2009
Sharon Ann "Ms. Kitty" Purcell, age 60, of Elgin, died July 18, 2009 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 24, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elgin Stampede Hall. Memorials may be made to any cancer charity in care of Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande....
James "Jimmy" Brown
Jul 17, 2009
James "Jimmy" Brown, 49, of La Grande, died July 17 in a motorcycle accident. Services will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. in La Grande. A private celebration will be held at a later date. James was born May 17, 1960, to J.J. "Jiggs" and Charlotte Brown in La Grande, the eldest of...
Roy David Comstock
Jul 17, 2009
Beloved father, grandfather and friend; Roy David Comstock "Pickles", a lifetime resident of Cove, OR, passed away, July 17, 2009, following a brief and courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by his family at his daughter's home in Sandy, OR. He was 86 years old. Roy was born December 3, 1922, in Cove, Oregon, to the Ralph and Emma Comstock....
Leida "Ruth" Slack
Jul 17, 2009
Leida "Ruth" Slack, 90 of Milton-Freewater and formerly of Summerville, died July 17 after a brief illness at Regency at the Park in College Place, Wash. A funeral service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home Chapel in Milton-Freewater. Burial will follow at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Ruth was born May 19, 1919, to Brad and Addie...
Cynthia Gerda Brownton Schultz
Jul 17, 2009
Cynthia Gerda Brownton Schultz, age 53, of La Grande, died July 17, 2009 at her home in La Grande. A memorial service will be held on Monday, July 27, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Her sister, Sally Wiens will officiate. Those who wish may make contributions...
David Ross Mclain
Jul 17, 2009
David Ross McLain, age 81, of La Grande, died Friday, July 17, 2009 at his home. At his request there will be no service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sumpter Valley Railroad in care of Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. David was born on August 18, 1927 in La...
Marell Waite Huntsman
Jul 17, 2009
Marell Waite Huntsman, 92, of Boise, died peacefully in her sleep July 17 at her home. Funeral services will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the Boise Cherry Lane LDS Chapel, 3020 Cherry Lane. Friends may visit with the family from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Relyea Funeral Chapel and from 9 to 9:45 a.m. at the church...
Barbara Rae Mcdaniel
Jul 17, 2009
Barbara Rae McDaniel, 67, of La Grande, died July 17 at a local nursing center. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at New Song Community Church in La Grande. Graveside services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Enterprise Cemetery. Barbara was born Oct. 27, 1941, to Glen and Wilda (Sasser) Trump in Enterprise...
