Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Harry Robert Mccraw
May 20, 2007
Harry Robert McCraw, 80, died May 20 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise. A graveside service was held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26 at the Island City Cemetery. Mr. McCraw was born May 24, 1926, to W.W. and Mabel (Harvill) McCraw in New Plymouth, Idaho. He attended school in New Plymouth. He married Marillyn Vestal on Feb....
George Eugene Goodman
May 20, 2007
George Eugene Goodman, age 62, of La Grande, died Sunday, May 20, 2007 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 25, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the La Grande First Christian Church. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Goodman was born on March 3, 1945, the son of...
Terri Horn
May 19, 2007
Terri Horn, 51, formerly of La Grande, died May 19, 2007 at her home in Palm Springs, California after an extended illness. Terri was born December 15, 1955, in Las Vegas. Due to her father's military service, the family lived in several locations before settling in Fairbanks, Alaska, where Terri lived most of her life. She worked as a...
Don Ferguson
May 19, 2007
Don Ferguson, 80, formerly of La Grande, died May 19 at his home in Lincoln City. An all-day celebration of life gathering will take place June 10 at the home of his daughter, Linda, at 506 SW Kincade Rd. in Boardman. Call 541-418-3664 for information or directions. Don, known as "Oke" and "Fergie," was born Oct. 1, 1926, to...
Thelma Elizabeth Kemmerer
May 18, 2007
Thelma Elizabeth Kemmerer, 84, of Cove, died of natural causes May 18 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A private graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Cove Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday June 2 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cove. Thelma was born Sept. 28, 1922 to Lester and...
Dena Gooderham
May 16, 2007
Dena Gooderham, 53, formerly of La Grande, died May 16 of natural causes in Coos Bay. Dena was born Jan. 28, 1955, in La Grande. She was a homemaker and dedicated mother with a deep love for music and her cherished pet cats. She was baptized as a child in the First Christian Church of La Grande. Survivors include...
Debra Audean Bailey
May 16, 2007
Debra Audean Bailey, 54 of Ontario, Oregon died Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. MDT, Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Father Robert C. Irwin, presiding. Burial will be held at 2:00 p.m. PDT, Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at Hillcrest East Cemetery, LaGrande, Oregon. Services are...
George James Deal
May 15, 2007
George James Deal, age 86, died May 15, 2007 in La Grande. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 18, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Deal was born on January 27, 1921, the son of George W. and Blanche (McCarger) Deal in Rainer, Oregon. He graduated from Rainer High School and...
Kenneth "Billy" William Kennedy, Jr.
May 13, 2007
May 13, 2007, Kenneth ("Billy" to friends and family) William Kennedy, Jr., died in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, at the age of 46 years old. Billy was born in La Grande, Oregon on April 26, 1961 to Kenneth William Kennedy, Sr. and Flora Eileen (Collingwood). He grew up in Oregon, attended school in Elgin, and graduated from Elgin High School...
H. Denise Brito
May 13, 2007
Helen Denise Brito, 63, died May 13, at her daughter's home in North Powder. Services are planned for this weekend in Battleground, Wash. Known as Denise, Mrs. Brito was born May 7, 1944, to Goldia Lavern and Helen Virginia (Brown) White in West Frankford, Ill. On Nov. 1 1960 Denise married Joseph Brito Jr. in Las Vegas. She had...
Jane Cronin
May 13, 2007
Jane Cronin, 88 of La Grande and formerly of Wallowa County, died May 13. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Enterprise Community Cogregational Church, 301 N.E. First St. A reception will follow at the church. Mrs. Cronin was born Aug. 22, 1918, in Melrose, Idaho, a few miles north of Lewiston, on a farm...
Milodene Ada Groupe
May 12, 2007
Milodene Ada Groupe, age 85, died on her birthday May 12, 2007 at Vermont Hills Care Center in Portland, Oregon. A graveside service will be held on Friday May 18, 2007 at 10 A.M. at the Summerville Cemetery. A memorial Celebration of Life will be held at Daniels Chapel of the Valley in La Grande, Oregon at 11:30 A.M....
Ronald Edward Mohr
May 12, 2007
Ronald Edward Mohr, 82, of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died May 12 as a result of Alzheimer's disease. A private service was held with burial at Portland's Willamette National Cemetery. Mr. Mohr was born July 20, 1924 in Baker City. Raised in La Grande, he graduated from La Grande High School. He earned an engineering degree from...
Robert "Bob" Henry Baldwin
May 11, 2007
Robert Henry Baldwin, 60, of Cove and formerly of South Dakota and Connecticut, died May 11 of cancer. A celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande. A memorial service will also take place Saturday in Rapid City, S.D., and June 3 in Taftville, Conn. Known as Bob, he...
Florence Mabel Carter
May 11, 2007
Florence Mabel Carter, 84, formerly of La Grande, died May 11 at her home in Florence. A memorial service will be held at a later date in Mapleton. Mrs. Carter was born Dec. 30, 1922, to Myrven and Jettie Stewart in Marshall County, S.D. Raised there, she moved to Minnesota after graduating from high school. She attended St. Cloud...
Rose Peters
May 10, 2007
Rose Peters, 85 of Elgin died at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande May 19, 2007. A celebration of life service will be conducted at the Chinook Senior Center in Chinook, Mont., Wednesday. She was born in Riverton, Wyo., March 10, 1922, to Alexander and Katherine E. (Mill) Fischer, on of four children. She was raised and educated in...
John L. Gunnels
May 9, 2007
John L. Gunnels, 72, of Milton-Freewater and formerly of La Grande, died May 9 at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater, with Roger and Vivian Jorgensen officiating. Concluding services and burial will be in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Mr. Gunnels was born April 15,...
John Eric Whelan
May 9, 2007
John Eric Whelan, 34, of Nampa, Idaho, and formerly of Union County, died May 9 in Nampa. A celebration of life will begin at noon Tuesday at the Wallowa United Methodist Church, 102 West First St. Burial will follow at the Bramlet Cemetery. John was born in 1972 in Chester Calif., and lived in Half Moon Bay, Calif. until...
Jacqueline Joan Mcguire
May 9, 2007
Jacqueline Joan McGuire, 77, formerly of La Grande, died May 9 at a care center in Meridian, Idaho. A celebration of life was held May 12. Jacqueline was born Sept. 18, 1929, to John W. Howard and Bessie R. Johnson in Burns. She grew up and trained horses at her aunt Purdy's ranch. Highlights of her younger years include...
Merle Elaine Swindall
May 8, 2007
Merle Elaine Swindall, age 87, of La Grande and formerly of Eugene, died Tuesday, May 8, 2007. To sign the on-line guest book visit www.danielschapel.com. Mrs. Swindall was born on February 7, 1920 in Eugene, Oregon, the daughter of Benjamin and Nora (Stevenson) Pittsley. She was married to Martin Monroe Bowser who preceded her in death in 1950. She...
