Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Kirk V. Mcshane
Jun 29, 2006
Kirk V. McShane, age 52, formerly of La Grande died June 29, 2006 in Portland. A memorial service was conducted on July 5, 2006. Mr. McShane was born January 30, 1954, in Ontario and was raised in La Grande. He graduated from La Grande High School in 1974 and moved to Portland, where he was employed in several music...
Corinne Josephine Svetich
Jun 29, 2006
Corinne Josephine Svetich, age 78, of Walla Walla, died June 29, 2006 at her home. A graveside service will begin at 11:00 a.m. Friday at Skyview Memorial Park in Pendleton. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Svetich was born January 4, 1928, to Charles and Francis Butler in Sacramento, California. She grew up in North...
Donald A. Yeske
Jun 29, 2006
Donald A. Yeske, 77 of Lebanon and formerly l of La Grande, died June 29 at Salem Hospital. A celebration of life will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the family home 38811 Collins Lane, Lebanon. Mr. Yeske was born Aug. 17, 1928 to Herman E. and Frieda V. Zweifel Yeske in La Grande. He graduated from La Grande...
William Lewis Ash
Jun 26, 2006
William Lewis Ash, 95 of La Grande, died June 26. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cove Cemetery. Mr. Ash was born Nov. 9, 1910, to Ulysses Yaudes and Eve Belle Mayes Ash in Riddle. He was raised on a farm and attended a trade school in Los Angeles to learn to be an...
Darrel Ray Billerbeck
Jun 26, 2006
Darrel Ray Billerbeck, 68, of Elma, Washington and formerly of La Grande died June 26, 2006 at his home. A celebration of life will begin at 11:00 a.m. July 21, 2006 at Whiteside Family Mortuary in Elma. A potluck meal will follow at Vance Creek Park. Participants are encouraged to bring a story or favorite memory to share. Mr....
Ralph Schisler
Jun 23, 2006
Ralph Schisler, age 74 of Union, died, June 23, 2006. A funeral service will be held on Friday, June 30, 2006 at 11:00 a.m. the New Life Center in La Grande. Interment will follow at the Grandview Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Ralph Schisler was born on December 23, 1931 the son of Francis...
Howard C. Kiser
Jun 22, 2006
Howard C. Kiser, 78, of Lostine died June 22 in Union. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lostine Cemetery. Howard was born in Weiser, Idaho, on July 27, 1927, the son of William (Bill) Kiser and Agnes Olson Kiser. He attended Weiser schools, but took up the trade of buckerooing and working for the...
Bob Winter
Jun 22, 2006
Bob Winter, age 82 of Island City, died, Thursday, June 22, 2006 at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 14, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the La Grande Country Club. Robert "Bob" Winter was born on May, 21, 1924 the son of Fred and Lillian (Klein) Winter in...
Hugh Gerald Erwin
Jun 21, 2006
Hugh Gerald Erwin, age 95 of Union, died, Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 26, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. at the Union United Methodist Church. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery. Hugh Gerald Erwin was born on October 25, 1910, the son of Hugh and Bertie...
Clair Alvin Hought
Jun 21, 2006
Clair Alvin Hought, 92, of La Grande died June 21 at OHSU Hospital in Portland. Viewing will be tonight from 7 to 9 at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. A celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Zion Lutheran Church, 902 Fourth St. Mr. Hought was born Oct. 26, 1913, to James Edward and Sophie...
Sylvia Wilson
Jun 20, 2006
Sylvia Wilson, age 88 of La Grande, died, Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at a local care facility. A funeral service will be held on Monday, June 26, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Sylvia Wilson was born on September 10, 1917, the daughter of Mathew and Christina Elizabeth (McNew) Nooner in Salt Lake City, Utah....
William G. Gross
Jun 20, 2006
William G. Gross, 81, of Island City died June 20 at a hospital in Boise. A private service will be at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Mr. Gross was born Nov. 1, 1924 to Glenn and Margurite Mathewson Gross in Portland. He attended school in Battleground, Wash., and served in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He...
Ruth Marie Bunnell
Jun 20, 2006
Ruth Marie Bunnell, age 91 of La Grande, died, Tuesday, June 20, 2006. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 23, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Interment will be next to her father in Santa Anna, Texas. Ruth Marie Bunnell was born November 11, 1914 to Frank and Birdie Letha (McHorse) Bunnell...
Marguerite Jean Vanderbilt
Jun 18, 2006
Marguerite Vanderbilt, of La Grande, died on June 18, 2006 at the age of 88 at the Grande Ronde Hospital following a gradual decline in her health over the past year. Marguerite Jean Orr was born in Pontiex, Saskatchewan on November 10th, 1917, near the homestead where her parents, William Wallace Orr and Barbara Agnes Whittall Orr settled on...
John Howard Harris
Jun 15, 2006
John Howard Harris, 75, of Irrigon died June 15, 2006 at his home. At his request there will be no funeral. Burial will be July 2 in the Pioneer Cemetery that was started by his grandfather, Lewis Fisk, in 1882 at the park near Medical Springs. Mr. Harris was born September 17, 1930 to Thomas Howard and Laura Ellen...
Lewis Hallmark
Jun 14, 2006
A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 17, 2006 in First Presbyterian Church in downtown Portland for Lewis Hallmark who died June 14 at age 86. Mr. Hallmark was born July 29, 1919 in Cove. He worked in the Portland shipyards during World War II and lived in the Portland area most of his life. He...
Linda Colleen Douglas
Jun 14, 2006
Linda Colleen Douglas, 46, of La Grande, died June 14, 2006 at Oregon Health Science University on Wednesday due to natural in Portland. A memorial service will begin at 10:00 a.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Grandview Cemetery followed by a celebration of life at the Presbyterian Friendship Center, 1204 Spring Avenue. Mrs. Douglas was...
Robert Leslie Brandon
Jun 12, 2006
Robert Leslie Brandon, 65, of La Grande and Battlement Mesa, Colorado, professor emeritus at Eastern Oregon University, died unexpectedly June 12, 2006. There will be no public service. Mr. Brandon was born in 1940 in Seattle. He graduated from the University of Washington in civil engineering in 1962 and served in the Navy. In September 1967 he married Cheri...
Ardeth Emma Moberly Riggs
Jun 12, 2006
Ardeth Emma Sink Moberly Riggs, age 83, of Summerville and formerly of the Springfield/Eugene area, died Monday morning at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 17, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Ardeth Riggs was born on April 15, 1923, the daughter of William Homer and Eva Marie...
Jack Hays
Jun 10, 2006
Longtime Walla Walla and Enterprise resident Alfred M. "Jack" Hays, 84, died June 10 in Walla Walla. A memorial graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at the Enterprise Cemetery. Jack was born Aug. 6, 1921, in Enterprise to Omar H. and Anna L. Hays. He attended and graduated from Enterprise schools. He served honorably for four years...
