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Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Elizabeth  Annetta (Betty)  Leslie

Elizabeth Annetta (Betty) Leslie

Sep 16, 2006

Elizabeth (Betty) Annetta Leslie, age 77, of La Grande, died Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. At her request no services will be held. Betty Leslie was born on December 18, 1928, the daughter of Carl P. and Myrtle (Harmon) Cloud in Elma, Washington. In 1969 she married Bruce Leslie and the couple remained married for...

Florence  E. Lambert

Florence E. Lambert

Sep 15, 2006

Florence E. Lambert, of Corinth, Miss., formerly of La Grande, died Sept. 15 after a battle with cancer. Mrs. Lambert, known to most as "Momo," was born in Counce, Tenn., in 1921 and was a resident of La Grande from 1956 to 2002. She spent most of her time loving her 18 grandchildren and 25 greatgrandchildren. She had a...

Warren  W. Jederberg

Warren W. Jederberg

Sep 14, 2006

Warren William Jederberg, 85, of La Grande died Thursday at Grande Ronde Hospital after a short illness. He will be buried next to his wife at Hillcrest Cemetery following funeral services at the Stake Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints at 11 a.m. Monday, . He was born Aug. 26, 1921, in Selby, South Dakota, Mr. Jederberg...

Louise Lockhart

Louise Lockhart

Sep 13, 2006

Louise Lockhart, 81, of Summerville died Sept. 13 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, October 14th 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Lockhart was born April 26, 1925 to Samuel (VanderJagt) Schuit and Ethel Macklin in Bellingham, Wash. She attended Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, Calif., and married Ray...

Michael  Joseph Mcshane

Michael Joseph Mcshane

Sep 12, 2006

Michael Joseph McShane, 58, formerly of La Grande, died September 12, 2006 in Columbia, Maryland of pancreatic cancer. Memorial services were conducted September 21, 2006 in Maryland. He will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery November 29. Mr. McShane, a retired lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, was born February 4, 1948 in Ontario...

Georgia  Lavelle Butler

Georgia Lavelle Butler

Sep 11, 2006

Georgia LaVelle Butler, 95, of La Grande died Sept. 11 at Jody's Country Care in La Grande. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at the United Methodist Church in La Grande. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. She was born in La Grande Sept. 27,...

Wilma Taylor

Wilma Taylor

Sep 10, 2006

North Powder native and Baker City resident Wilma Jacobsen Bates Taylor, 87, died Sept. 10 at St. Elizebeth Health Care Center in Baker City. Viewing is today from 4 to 8 p.m. at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel in Baker City. A graveside will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the North Powder Cemetery. Wilma was born...

Russell Simonis

Russell Simonis

Sep 10, 2006

Russell Simonis, 48 of Las Vegas, Nev., died Sept 10. There will be a graveside memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday at the North Powder Cemetery. Mr. Simonis was born June 11, 1958 to Vernon and Earlene Baker Simonis and spent his early years in North Powder. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Stone Simonis of Las Vegas; siblings, Ricky...

Kimberly  Dawn Martin-Fischer

Kimberly Dawn Martin-Fischer

Sep 9, 2006

Kimberly Dawn Fischer, 47, of maryville, Washington, died September 9, 2006 at her home of natural causes. A service will begin at 2 pm Saturday at the Marysville Senior Community Center, 514 Delta Street. A memorial in Oregon will be conducted at a later date. Mrs. Fischer was born April 22, 1959, in Pendleton to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry...

Candy  Lynn Read

Candy Lynn Read

Sep 9, 2006

Candy Lynn Read, 37, of Libby, Montana and formerly of La Grande, died September 9, 2006 in Libby from complications related to an extended illness. A small service will be conducted at a later date. Miss Read was born June 29, 1969,in California to Gary and Jackie Read. She attended schools in La Grande, graduating in 1987. She worked...

Royal  Walfred Borkgren

Royal Walfred Borkgren

Sep 6, 2006

Royal Walfred Borkgren, 95, a native of Cove, died Sept. 6. A memorial service will be on Tuesday at Holman-Hankins-Bowker and Waud, 715 Seventh St., in Oregon City. A graveside service is planned for 2 p.m. Thursday. He was born April, 15, 1911, in Cove to Martin and Charlotte Borkgren, who immigrated to the United States from Sweden in...

Carl  A. Cameron

Carl A. Cameron

Sep 5, 2006

Carl A. Cameron, 71, McMinnville, died Sept. 5 at Emmanual Hospital in Portland. Funeral services will be Monday at 11 a.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in McMinnville. Mr. Cameron was born on April 24, 1935, in Pendleton. His father was a civil engineer who worked on the highway system, moving the family to many places throughout the West....

Michelle  Joeline Lee

Michelle Joeline Lee

Sep 4, 2006

Michelle Joeline Lee, 36, of Ontario and formerly of Union died Sept. 4, in her sleep. A memorial gathering is being planned. Survivors include her husband, Troy Duane Lee and three children, Michael Duane Lee, Natasha Lee and Dustin Duane Lee, all of Ontario; two sisters, Penny Weaver and Pam Weaver; a brother, Danny Day; her mother and step-father,...

Rich  Eric Hunt

Rich Eric Hunt

Sep 4, 2006

Richard Eric Hunt, 37, of Lovelock, Nev., and formerly of La Grande died Sept. 4. A memorial mass will begin at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church with Father Hank Albrecht and the Rev. Irwin Smutz officiating. Mr. Hunt was born Nov. 18, 1968, to Richard and Iris Hunt in Spokane, Wash. He graduated...

Albert  Isaac Bumgardner

Albert Isaac Bumgardner

Sep 3, 2006

Albert Isaac Bumgardner, age 91, of La Grande, died Sunday, September 3, 2006 at a local care facility. A Celebration of Life gathering for family and friends will be held at the home of his granddaughter, Sheri Benitez, 2706 E. "L" Avenue in La Grande on Friday from 12:00 until 3:00 p.m. Friends are encouraged to drop by anytime...

Mary  Ellen Fisher

Mary Ellen Fisher

Sep 2, 2006

Mary Ellen Fisher, 73, of Union died Sept. 2 at her home. A memorial service will begin at 3 p.m. Sept. 14 at Hinson Memorial Baptist Church in Portland. Burial at Willamette National Cemetery will be private. Mrs. Fisher was born Jan. 11, 1933, to Frank Newman and Sarah Virginia Woodruff in Upland, Calif. She attended Chaffey High School...

Wilma  May Morris

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

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

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

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...

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