Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Wilma May Morris
Sep 1, 2006
Wilma May Morris, age 86, a lifetime resident of Union County, died Friday, September 1, 2006 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in La Grande. Private interment was held at the Summerville Cemetery. Mrs. Morris was born on May 21, 1920,...
Patricia Hein
Sep 1, 2006
Patricia Hein, 59 of Union died Sept. 1 at the Grande Ronde Hospital of natural causes. Viewing will be from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Loveland Funeral Chapel 1508 4th St. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. at the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Hein was born Oct. 29, 1946, to Earl Patrick and Mary Ellen Jenkins Martin...
Holly Jean Lehman
Sep 1, 2006
Holly Jean Lehman, age 51, of La Grande and formerly of Colton and Berkeley, California, died September 1, 2006 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A potluck Celebration of Life gathering will be held at the home of her mother, Jean Enderlin, 277 W. Bryan in Union on Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. Holly was...
Mitzi Abel
Aug 31, 2006
Lilian "Mitzi" Abel, 81, of Prescott, Ariz., and formerly of La Grande died Aug. 31. A private celebration of life will be conducted. Mrs. Abel was born Oct. 18, 1924, to William H. "Hal" and Lilian Baker Bohnenkamp in La Grande. She graduated as a registered nurse from the Univeristy of Oregon in 1946, and worked as a nurse...
Gladys Lucille Gassoway
Aug 30, 2006
Gladys Lucille Gassoway, 88, of Portland and formerly of Cove died August 30, 2006. The funeral will begin at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Sellwood Baptist Church. A graveside service will begin at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday in Sumner, Washington. Mrs. Gassoway was born Gladys Ryan April 1, 1918, in Sumner. She married the Rev. M. Murl Gassoway in 1940....
Jo Bruce
Aug 29, 2006
Mary Jo Bruce, 81, formerly of Hermiston died Tuesday at the home of her daughter in Palmer Junction. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the Hermiston Cemetery with a reception following at the First Christian Church on Highland Avenue. Mrs. Bruce was born June 1, 1925, to Patrick Donald and Mary Josephine Stubbs Quinn in...
Janette L. Beeler
Aug 28, 2006
Janette L. Beeler, age 59 of Elgin and formerly of Laramie, Wyoming died, Monday, August 28, 2006 in Elgin. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, September 5, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elgin Cemetery. A viewing will be held on Monday, September 4, 2006 from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley....
Doris "Arlene" Baxter
Aug 27, 2006
Doris Arlene Baxter, 76, of La Grande died August 27, 2006 at a local care center. Viewing will be from 5 to 7 pm Friday at Loveland Funeral Home. The funeral will begin at 11 am Saturday at the LDS Chapel in Union. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery. Mrs. Baxter was born January 13, 1930, to Lester...
Wendell H. Abell
Aug 26, 2006
Wendell H. Abell, age 81, of Island City, died Saturday, August 26, 2006, at St. Luke's Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Island City Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Monday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th...
Dallas Dean
Aug 26, 2006
Dallas Dean, 81, of Baker City died August 26, 2006 at his home. A reception and celebration of life will be from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday at his son's home, 44431 Anthony Lakes Highway in Haines. Mr. Dean was born July 1, 1925 to Maryin and Edith Hodgkins Dean at Keating. The family lived near Pondosa and...
Frank David Guthrie
Aug 24, 2006
Frank David Guthrie, age 81 of Wallowa County, died Thursday, August 24, 2006 at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Enterprise Cemetery. A dinner will follow at the Enterprise VFW. Mr. Guthrie was born on December 21, 1924 in Quincy, Massachusetts to Franklin Peter and...
Laura Smith Ott Haefer
Aug 24, 2006
Laura Haefer, age 92 of La Grande, died, Thursday August 24, 2006 at a local care center. A graveside service will be held on Monday, August 28, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Island City Cemetery. Laura was born on August 3, 1914 the daughter of Ralph B. and Alice (Ayars) Smith on Pumpkin Ridge near Elgin, Oregon. She...
John "Jack" William Evans
Aug 24, 2006
John William "Jack" Evans, age 78, of La Grande died Thursday, August 24, 2006 at his home. A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th Street, La Grande. Committal and interment will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at the...
William Russell Droschkey
Aug 22, 2006
William Russell Droschkey, age 82, of Cove, died Friday at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. at the Cove Cemetery. Mr. Droschkey was born on October 3, 1923, the son of William and Mary Alice (Bill) Droschkey in Spokane, Washington. He was raised in Idaho and graduated...
Amelia Garcia Diaz
Aug 19, 2006
Amelia Garcia Diaz, 80, of Ontario and formerly of La Grande, died August 19, 2006. A public viewing will be conducted Thursday from 4 to 5:30 pm and there will be a rosary at 6 pm. Both will be at Loveland Funeral Chapel in La Grande. A Resurrection Mass will be conducted at 10 am Friday at Our Lady...
Russell W. Elmer
Aug 18, 2006
Russell W. Elmer, 85, a lifetime resident of Lower Cove, died at home August 18, 2006 after suffering from cancer. Funeral services will begin at 1 pm Saturday at the LDS Chapel, 11206 S. McAlister Road in Island City. Burial will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Friends may call to visit with the family at Loveland Funeral Home from...
Glen Roderick Mckenzie
Aug 14, 2006
Glen Roderick McKenzie, age 88, of Summerville, died Monday, August 14, 2006 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. in McKenzie Theatre on the campus of Eastern Oregon University. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. McKenzie was born on August 22, 1917, the...
Sean Richard Sullivan
Aug 14, 2006
Sean Richard Sullivan, age 27, of La Grande and formerly of The Dalles, died Monday, August 14, 2006 in Riggins, Idaho following an automobile accident. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, August 17, 2006 at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Sean was born...
Zella Virginia Long
Aug 11, 2006
Zella Virginia Long, 70, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande died August 11, 2006 at her home. The funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the LDS Church, 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Long was born April 15, 1936, to Percy Lavon and Zella Hemmert Wood in Baker...
Robert Thomas Biamont
Aug 11, 2006
Robert Thomas Biamont, 54, of Portland and formerly of La Grande died August 11, 2006. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Grace Christian Fellowship in Portland. Mr. Biamont was born December 17, 1951, in Tacoma, Washington. He lived in La Grande from 1974 to 1987 and married Carolyn June Livingston in 1991. He worked for...
