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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Audrey Irene Church
Mar 14, 2008
Audrey Irene Church, 88, of Elgin, died March 14 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Elgin Baptist Church, 800 N. 13th Ave., with burial to follow at the Elgin Cemetery. Audrey was born March 31, 1919, in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, to Sam and Margaret (Bratin) Smith. She married Fred Church...
Annie Beddes O'Neil
Mar 13, 2008
Annie Beddes O'Neil, 91, of Junction City and formerly of La Grande, died March 13 of age related causes. A graveside service will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene. Burial will follow. A visitation will precede from 10 a.m. to noon at Lane Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Elgin on July 25,...
Kenneth "Gordon" Young
Mar 13, 2008
Kenneth Gordon Young, 74, of Cove, OR died on March 13, 2008 at the Grande Ronde Hospital of heart failure. He was born in Baker City, Oregon on May 24, 1933 to Fred and Laura Ackerman Young. He lived in Sumpter, Oregon during his childhood and completed his junior and high school education in Baker City. He also completed...
Donald Doyle Partridge
Mar 12, 2008
Donald Doyle Partridge, age 70, of Elgin and formerly of Hermiston and Fairbanks, died March 12, 2008 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on May 10th at 11:00 a.m. (unless otherwise announced) at the Cove Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Mr. Partridge was born on October 25,...
Amy Nicole Glaze
Mar 11, 2008
Amy Nicole Glaze, 32, of Houston and formerly of La Grande, died unexpectedly at her home from unknown natural causes March 11. A celebration of life will be held Monday at 1 p.m. at the First Christian Church in La Grande. A viewing will be held Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth Street,...
Sarah J. Luhrs
Mar 11, 2008
Sarah J. Luhrs, 88, formerly of North Powder and La Grande, died Tuesday March 11 in Eugene. A service will start at noon Monday at West Lawn Funeral Home in Eugene. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon at West Lawn Funeral Home. Mrs. Luhrs was born March 1, 1920 in North Powder to Dick and Enolia (Gorham)...
Leslie George Rogers
Mar 10, 2008
Leslie George Rogers, 74, of Imbler, died March 10 at his home. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral chapel. Les was born June 10, 1933, in Emmett, Idaho, to Mahlon and Louise (Barnett) Rogers. He graduated...
Alice L. Herrmann Larkin
Mar 9, 2008
Alice Larkin died in her home at MoorCare in Kent, Wash., March 9. A memorial service will be held Saturday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 19030 Eighth Ave. S., SeaTac, Wash., at 1 p.m. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Aug 8 at Island City Cemetery. A reception will follow at the First Christian Church in...
Kenneth "Ken" Leroy Lillard
Mar 9, 2008
Kenneth Leroy Lillard, 84, of La Grande, died March 9 at his home. A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church of La Grande. There will be a viewing from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Ken was born in Yale, Okla., on Jan. 22, 1924, to Frank...
Benjamin Franklin Hill, Jr.
Mar 8, 2008
Benjamin Franklin Hill Jr., 77, a resident of The Dalles who grew up in Telocaset, died at a local care center March 8. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. March 18 at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home with burial at IOOF Three Mile Cemetery. Benjamin was born in La Grande June 21, 1930, the youngest...
Vinita Ruth Smith
Mar 8, 2008
Vinita Ruth Smith, 90, died on March 8 at Alpine House in Joseph, where she had been a resident. Vinita was born May 16, 1917, to Earl E. and Leilia H. Prout, 30 miles northeast of Joseph at the family homestead, and spent her entire life in Wallowa County. She graduated from Enterprise High School in 1937. She married...
Mary Ellen Dickson
Mar 7, 2008
Mary Ellen Dickson, 73, of La Grande, died March 7 following an extended illness. Mary was born May 13, 1934, in Atlanta, Kan., to Charles and Alma Cunningham. The family moved to Weiser, Idaho, where she attended school. She married Frank Dickson of Homedale, Idaho on Aug. 3, 1952. Mary and Frank moved to Umatilla, where Frank was employed...
Norma Fay (Horn) Colter
Mar 5, 2008
Norma Fay (Horn) Colter, 75, formerly of Elgin, died March 5 at Corvallis. A funeral was held for her at Northside Church in Corvallis on March 8. A celebration of life is planned for 1 p.m. March 22 at the Elgin Methodist Church. The family has indicated that floral arrangements are not necessary. Born July 6, 1932, to Mercedes...
Dorothy Traverso Steele Scott
Mar 5, 2008
Dorothy Scott, 73, died March 5 at her Wallowa home after a hard-fought battle with cancer. A graveside service will be held March 22 at noon at the Summerville Cemetery with a memorial potluck at the Elgin Community Center on 10th Street immediately following. Dorothy was born April 18, 1934, in La Grande to John and Letha Byers Traverso....
Rita Caroline Gibbs
Mar 2, 2008
Rita Caroline Gibbs, 65, formerly of La Grande, died March 2, in Mesa, Ariz. A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. June 16 at Grandview Cemetery in La Grande. Rita was born Dec. 27, 1942, to Wilbur and Palma (Huys) Morrison in Baker. She grew up in Eastern Oregon and married Garold John Gibbs in 1958 after her...
Carolyn "Boe" G. Bohnenkamp
Mar 2, 2008
Carolyn G. "Boe" Bohnenkamp, 81, formerly of La Grande, died March 2 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. A private memorial service with friends and family will be held later this year at Wallowa Lake. A condolence book is available at Burns Mortuary in Pendleton during business hours. Carolyn was born Feb. 6, 1927, to Lynne ad Nellie...
Derek Leon Dorman
Mar 1, 2008
Derek Leon Dorman, 33, of La Grande, died March 1 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. Services will be at a later date. Derek was born June 24, 1974, in Sacramento, Calif., to Guy and Terri (Fulton) Dorman. He graduated from Encino High School in 1992. He was a talented musician and songwriter as well as a loving and devoted...
Elmer "Ellis" Mccoy
Mar 1, 2008
Elmer "Ellis" McCoy, 85, formerly of La Grande, died of natural causes March 1 in Klamath Falls. A memorial is planned for summer 2008 in La Grande. Elmer, also known as Ellis, was born in February 1923 in La Grande, the youngest some of Delmer and Mintie (Neal) McCoy. His parents operated a dairy on Mt. Glen Road. Ellis...
Clark E. Hiatt
Feb 29, 2008
Born in Salt Lake City, Utah on March 15, 1926, Clark joined a strong Mormon Family. Raised in Milton-Freewater, OR, Clark attended grade school and high school there and joined the Army Air Corp immediately after graduation. He was stationed in Florida in flight training at the end of World War Two. Clark married his life-long sweetheart, Shirley Elaine...
Dale I. Moulton
Feb 29, 2008
Dale I. Moulton, 69, formerly of La Grande and Halfway, died Feb. 29 in Gresham. A memorial service took place today, March 4, 2008, at Fairlawn Health Center Gresham. Dale was born Dec. 19, 1938, in Halfway. He attended school in Baker City and graduated from Baker City High School. He married Rae D. Kirk on Feb. 1, 1957,...
