Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Olga Marie Rollins
Mar 4, 2007
Olga Marie Rollins, 91, of La Grand, died March 4 at a local care home. A private family memorial service was held March 7 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Olga was born July 3, 1915, to Edwin M. and Hannah Mabel (Miltzpaw) Jensen. She married Don Palmer Rollins Sept. 19, 1934, and they had eight children. They moved to...

Letha O'Neil Bean
Mar 2, 2007
Letha O'Neil Bean, 85, of Meridian, Idaho and formerly of La Grande, died March 3, 2007. She was a daughter of Harold and Minnie Carson. No services are planned.

Mollie Ann Coleman
Mar 1, 2007
Mollie Ann Coleman, 88, died March 1, 2007 of natural causes at a local care home. Burial will be Thursday at the Southern Nevada Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nevada.
Audrey Maldonado
Feb 28, 2007
Audrey Maldonado, age 89, of La Grande, died February 28, 2007 at her home in La Grande. A memorial service will be held on Friday, March 16, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at the La Grande Country Club. Audrey was born January 15, 1918, the daughter of L.W. and Adrian (House) Copeland in Pendleton, Oregon. She was raised in Pendleton...

Bill Jack Crooke
Feb 27, 2007
Bill Jack Crooke, 81, of Pendleton and formerly of Union, died February 27, 2007 at his home after a long illness. A memorial service is planned for 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Berean Baptist Church (formerly Calvary Baptist), 8 NW Ninth St., Pendleton, with Pastor Carl LeTourka officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Burns Mortuary of Pendleton. Mr. Crooke...

Christmas "Jean" Gaily
Feb 27, 2007
Christmas Jean(Tuttle)Gaily, 105, Feb. 27 at a local care home. The burial will be private and celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday April 3 at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande. Known as Jean, she was born December 25, 1901, to Eddie Bruce and Verda Ethel (Woods) Tuttle on a farm in northwestern Union...
Gertude Fay Mcmahan
Feb 27, 2007
Gertrude Fay Hancock McMahan, 95, of La Grande, Oregon, died Tuesday, February 27, 2007, at a local care center. Viewing will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 2, 2007 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 11 a.m., Saturday, March 3, 2007, at Faith Center, 10300...

Jessie Glenn Jones
Feb 25, 2007
Jessie Glenn Jones, 88, of Morton, Washington and formerly of Union, died February 25, 2007. A memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at the United Methodist Church in Union. Memorials may be made to the Union Food Bank in care of the Union United Methodist Church, Union, Oregon 97883.

Nichola Lynn Headrick
Feb 25, 2007
Nichola Lynn Headrick, age 60, of La Grande, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 at her home. There will be no public services. She will be buried next to her mother, Dorothy Helm, in Hillcrest Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Ms. Headrick was born on January 20, 1947, the daughter of Jim Graham and Dorothy...

Dorothy "Ann" Ann Stennfeld
Feb 24, 2007
Dorothy Ann Stennfeld, 74, of La Grande, died Feb. 24 at her home. A celebration of life is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday March 3 at Zion Lutheran Church in La Grande. Mrs. Stennfeld, known as Ann, was born June 232, 1932, to Henry and Berniece Jackson Jones in Roseburg. She was raised in Myrtle Creek, graduating from Myrtle...

Mildred Waltman
Feb 23, 2007
Mildred Waltman, 88, a former Nampa, Idaho resident, died at her home in La Grande, Oregon, on February 23, 2007. Mildred Maxine was born June 30, 1918, at McCune, Kansas to Henry and Pearl (Poole) Daniel. She was the sixth born of ten children. The family moved to Nampa, Idaho in 1930. Mildred married Cecil A. "Buzz" Waltman on...

Claude Allen Spears
Feb 22, 2007
Claude Allen Spears, 75 of Boise and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 22 at a Boise hospital after a short illness. A memorial service took place Feb. 26 at Redeemer Lutheran in Boise. Burial will be at the Idaho State Veterans Cemetery at a later date. Mr. Spears was born Jan. 18, 1932, to Leonard and Frances Katherine...

Thomas Martin Holt
Feb 21, 2007
Thomas Martin Holt, 72, of Pocatello, died at his home Feb. 21. A memorial Service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor John Schraan officiating. Mr. Holt was born Sept. 2, 1934, to John Charles Lucas and Eunice Louise (Johnson) Holt in Marquette, Kan., where he was raised and educated. He graduated from Bethany...

Olin Moore Hopkins
Feb 21, 2007
Olin Moore Hopkins, loving father grandfather, and great grandfather, passed away from complications due to cancer on February 21, 2007 in Provo, Utah at the age of 83. He was born to Rev. Benjamin Franklin Hopkins and Mary Ann Cadow Green in Terral, Oklahoma on July 11, 1923. He was a combat veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in...

Donald A. Mooney
Feb 20, 2007
Donald A. Mooney, 81, of Meridian, Idaho, and formerly of La Grande, died February 20, 2007 at a local care home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Mountain Standard Time Friday at Holy Apostles Catholic Church, Meridian. A Rosary will be read at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Holy Apostles Catholic Church. Arrangements are under...

Adrienne Leona Alexander
Feb 20, 2007
Adrienne Leona Alexander, 82, of Prineville and formerly of La Grande, died February 20, 2007. Visitation will be available from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Whispering Pines Funeral Home, 185 NE Fourth Street, Prineville. Funeral services are planned for 10 a.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, SE Second Street and Idlewood, Prineville, with...

Charles Michael Doherty
Feb 20, 2007
Charles Michael Doherty, age 88, a lifetime resident of La Grande, died February 20, 2007 at a local care facility. At the request of his family there will be no public services. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Doherty was born on February 23, 1918, the son of Dennis F. and Mary "Mamie" (Doherty) Doherty...

Bruce Martin Lofton
Feb 20, 2007
Bruce Martin Lofton, 63, of Huntington and formerly of Summerville, La Grande and Union, died Feb. 20. A funeral service is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at the VFW Hall in Huntington. Bruce was born June 1, 1943, to Carlos and Dorothy Lofton in Ontario. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was retired from the Union Pacific Railroad. Survivors...

Erwin H. Carpenter
Feb 20, 2007
Erwin H. Carpenter, age 80, of Lewiston, Idaho and formerly of Grangeville, Idaho, passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2007 at the Idaho State Veteran's Home in Lewiston. Erwin was born January 13, 1927 in La Grande, Oregon to Earl and Ida Carpenter. As a child he lived on the family farm near Elgin, Oregon. He and his sister, Doris,...

Jimmie Duane Kimball, Sr.
Feb 19, 2007
Jimmie Duane Kimball Sr.,76, of Cove died February 19 of age-related casuses. A memorial service is planned for 11 am Saturday at the Union LDS Church. Mr. Kimball was born February 17, 1931, to Milo and Bernice Kimball in Backus, Minn. He and his wife, Linda, were married October 10, 1981. He retired as a truck driver in the...