Neva Irene Masters

Neva Irene Masters, 80, of Hermiston and formerly of La Grande, died Dec. 29 at Regency Hermiston Good Samaritan Center in Hermiston.

Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Burial will be held at noon Thursday at the Summerville Cemetery in Summerville.

Neva was born Sept. 16, 1927, to Everett Nathaniel and Hazel Averl (Tooker) Pyle in Hooker, Okla. Neva was raised in La Grande. On Sept. 16, 1947, she married Clyde "Gerald" Masters in La Grande. They lived in Imbler for a while before moving back to La Grande and then moved to Irrigon in 1976. Her husband, Gerald, died in 1985.

She is survived by daughters, Geraldine "Geri" Estes of Hermiston, Marie Owen of Ruidoso, N.M., and Mae Caswell of Hermiston; sister, Vera Jackson of Pasco, Wash.; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald; parents; brother, Glen Pyle; granddaughter, Michelle Caswell; and grandson, David Estes.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society at 7325 W. Deschutes Ave., Suite A, Kennewick, Wash., 99336.