Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Patrick Howard Collins
Nov 19, 2006
Patrick Howard Collins, 48, of Seaside and formerly of La Grande and Union, died Nov. 19 in Seaside. A memorial service is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at Coastline Christian Fellowship Church in Olney. Prior to the service, visitation will take place from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday at Caldwell's Luce-Layton Mortuary in Astoria. Mr. Collins, known as...

Harold Leon Griffith
Nov 19, 2006
Harold Leon Griffith, 40 of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died Nov. 19. There will be a funeral service at 11 a.m. Friday at Highland United Church of Christ in Portland. Mr. Griffith was born Feb. 18, 1966, Portland. He was a graduated of Jefferson High School and Western Culinary Institute, born in Portland. He lived most of...

Alvin W. Campbell
Nov 18, 2006
Alvin Campbell, 87 of La Grande died Nov. 18 at his home. There will be a celebration of life service at 11 a.m. Friday and viewing prior to the service from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mr. Campbell was born Nov. 10, 1919 in La Grande to Luther...

Doris L. Ross
Nov 18, 2006
Doris Ross died at home in La Grande on November 18, 2006 at the age of 80. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Doris was born on September 7, 1926 in Pasco, Washington to William D. and...

Lois Janet Fihn
Nov 17, 2006
Lois Janet Fihn, 87 of Salem and formerly of La Grande, died of natural causes Nov. 17 at a care facility in Salem. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, with burial to follow at the Island City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m....

Edna Grace Jordan
Nov 16, 2006
Edna H. Jordan, 101 of Grants Pass and formerly of Haines, Imbler and La Grande, died Nov. 16 at her home. Memorial services begin 2 p.m. July 15 at the Summerville Cemetery. Mrs. Jordan was born Edna Grace Henner Sept. 18, 1905, in Baker City and grew up in Haines. In 1931 she married Ben Rich Jordan. They lived...
Mary Rhodig Cash
Nov 16, 2006
Mary Rhodig Cash, 97, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2006 in La Grande. A funeral service will be held on Monday, November 20, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Mary was born to James Edward and Elizabeth (Campbell) Taylor in Alamena, Kansas on June...

Steve Matthew Svetich
Nov 16, 2006
Steve Matthew Svetich, 89, of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died Nov. 16. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at St. Ignatius Catholic Church in Portland. Mr. Svetich was born April 27, 1917 in Bingham Canyon, Utah. He moved to La Grande at age 12 and graduated from La Grande High School....

B. Joyce Garner Colter
Nov 15, 2006
B. Joyce (Colter) Garner, age 59, of La Grande, died Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho. At this time there will be no public services. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande, Oregon. Joyce was born on March 21, 1947, the daughter of Hermit and Opal Garner...

Johnny Fred Rorden
Nov 15, 2006
Johnny Fred Rorden, 59 of Enterprise and formerly of Union, died Nov. 15 at a hospital in Clarkston, Idaho. A graveside memorial service is planned for Memorial Day weekend 2007 at the North Powder Cemetery. The details of the service will be announced at a later date. Johnny was born July 19, 1947 to Beatrice and Fred Rorden, in...

Arnold E. Appleton
Nov 14, 2006
Arnold E. Appleton, 65, of Heppner and formerly of La Grande died Nov. 14 at his home. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the New Hope Community Church in Hermiston. A graveside memorial will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Mr. Appleton was born Sept. 9, 1941, to Howard and...

Jimmie E. Engle
Nov 13, 2006
Jimmie E. Engle, 88, of Eugene and formerly of La Grande, died Nov. 13. The family will have a private memorial service in Eugene. Mr. Engle was born Jan. 24, 1918, in Krupp, Wash., and grew up in eastern Washington. In 1941 he married Sheila Thompson in Portland. He served in the Army overseas during World War II, then...

Charles W. Morrison
Nov 13, 2006
Charles W. Morrison, 72, of La Grande died Nov. 13 at a local care center. His funeral will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday at Summerville Baptist Church.
Faye Helen Sheehy Hannah
Nov 12, 2006
Faye Helen Sheehy Hannah, age 74, died on November 12, 2006 while working for the Salvation Army World Services in Vryheid, South Africa. Her current residence was in Union, Oregon. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 25th at 11:00 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Union. Faye Hannah was born on August 16, 1932, the...

Annamarie Goshorn
Nov 12, 2006
Annamarie Elisbeth Goshorn, 82, of La Grande died Nov. 12 at her home. A funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Goshorn, known as Anne, was born June 10, 1924, in Portland to German immigrant parents, Gottfried and Emilie Peters Brockmann. German was her first language; she learned English from neighborhood children. She...

Julia Martha Koenig
Nov 11, 2006
Julia Martha Mueller Koenig, 96, of Cove died Nov. 11 at a care home in Cove. A celebration of life service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith Lutheran Church with Pastor Wiseman officiating. A grave side service at the Cove Cemetery will follow the church service. Mrs. Koenig was born Oct. 13, 1910, in Reedley, Calif., to...
Barbara June Nielsen Murry
Nov 9, 2006
Barbara June Nielsen Murry, age 75 of La Grande and formerly of Pilot Rock, Oregon died, Thursday, November 9, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. Family and friends may call from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. A celebration of life service will be held on Thursday, November 16,...

Margie Cordova
Nov 5, 2006
Margie Cordova, 56, of Portland and formerly of Enterprise, died Nov. 5 in Portland after and extended illness. A memorial service will begin at 2:00 p.m. June 30, 2007 at the First Christian Church in La Grande. Margie was born March 13, 1950, in Enterprise to Eugene and Donna Campbell Jewell. At a young age, she and her family...

Richard Gene Limbaugh
Nov 4, 2006
Richard Gene Limbaugh, 52 of Union died Nov. 4 at home. A funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Union church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Limbaugh was born Jan. 17, 1954 and raised in Huntington. He graduated from Huntington High School. He was No. 51 on the Huntington Locomotives, the famous eight-man football...

Patricia M. Blang
Nov 4, 2006
Patricia M. Blang, 63, of La Grande died Nov. 4 of natural causes at a care center in La Grande. There will be a celebration of life service at the Union County Senior Center at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Friends are welcome and encourged to attend. Burial will be at Asotin Cemetery in Asotin, Wash. Mrs. Blang was born to...