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Helen  Marie Bower

Helen Marie Bower

Nov 19, 2005

Helen Marie Bower, 86, of Hilgard died November 19, 2005 at a local care center. A celebration of life will begin at 3pm Saturday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in La Grande. Mrs. Bower was born October 8, 1919 to Paul and Elsie Rudger Marti in Joseph and graduated from high school in Cambridge, Idaho. She married Buck Bower...

Lucille  Lamora Steen

Lucille Lamora Steen

Nov 18, 2005

Lucille LaMora Steen, age 87, of La Grande and a longtime Lostine resident died Friday, November 18, 2005 of pneumonia at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 26, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Kingdom Hall, 1511 26th Street, La Grande. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Steen was...

Myrna  Maxine German

Myrna Maxine German

Nov 18, 2005

Myrna Maxine German, age 66, of Baker City died Friday at a care facility in Baker City. A private service was held and burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Baker City. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley in La Grande. Myrna was born on January 14, 1939, the daughter of Max and Enid (Ware) Sipp...

Antone  "Raymond" Gonzales

Antone "Raymond" Gonzales

Nov 16, 2005

Antone Raymond Gonzales, age 72, of The Dalles and formerly of Union County, died at his home on November 16, 2005. Burial was at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory. Mr. Gonzales was born June 25, 1933, to Joseph Henry and Amelia Anna Thompson Gonzales on Pumpkin Ridge. He attended school in Elgin and worked as the district maintenance superintendent for...

Paul  Norven Carman

Paul Norven Carman

Nov 15, 2005

Paul Norven Carman, age 78 of Union, died Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Interment will follow at the Union Cemetery with a potluck to follow at the Hut in Union. A viewing will be...

Michael  Logan Irish

Michael Logan Irish

Nov 13, 2005

Michael Logan Irish, 65, of Vancouver, Wash., and formerly of La Grande died Nov. 13 in Portland after a long struggle with prostate cancer. A memorial Mass will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Vancouver. Mr. Irish was born Nov. 12, 1940, to Paul and Helen Irish in Seattle. He served as...

Patricia Rambo

Patricia Rambo

Nov 11, 2005

Patricia Rambo, 70, of La Grande died Nov. 11 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Burial will be in Hermiston Friday. Mrs. Rambo was born Feb. 3, 1935, to Lester and Ada Hunt in Heppner. She graduated from Hermiston High School in 1953 and worked for the Hermiston Library and the Union Pacific Railroad. On Aug. 28, 1957, she married Myrle...

Darlene Eaken

Darlene Eaken

Nov 11, 2005

Darlene Eakin, 67, of Bend and formerly of Union County died Nov. 11 at her home after a long illness. A celebration of life will begin at 4 p.m. Friday at the Christian Church, 13720 S.W. Highway 126 in Powell Butte. Mrs. Eakin was born Dec. 9, 1937, to Emil and Irene Peterson Johnson in Junction City. She graduated...

Mark  L. Bowen

Mark L. Bowen

Nov 10, 2005

Mark L. Bowen, 50, of La Grande died Nov. 10 after a long illness. A private family service will be held. Mr. Bowen was born May 18, 1955, to Corwin Francis and Geraldine Edna Belcher Bowen in Los Angeles, Calif. He served as an elder at the Roandoak of God Ministry in Morro Bay, Calif., and worked as a...

Frances Degree

Frances Degree

Nov 10, 2005

Frances Degree, 76, formerly of Camp Elkana, died Nov. 10 in Redmond. Mrs. Degree was born Feb. 25, 1929, to Earnest and Peggy Petty Bollinger in New Plymouth, Idaho. She graduated from high school in Redmond where she was a majorette. She married Kenneth Degree, and worked as a property manager in La Grande beginning about 1972. She moved...

Virginia "Bo" Lauraine Karren

Virginia "Bo" Lauraine Karren

Nov 8, 2005

Virginia Lauraine "Bo" Karren, 81 of Beaverton and formerly of Union, died Nov. 8 at her home. Burial was in a family plot at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Karren was born March 27, 1924 to John M. "Jack" and Emma Hiscky Childers in Blackfoot, Idaho. The family lived in Pondosa, Union, and Baker City. She graduated from Baker High...

Carolyn  Rae Vandenberg

Carolyn Rae Vandenberg

Nov 8, 2005

Carolyn Rae Vandenberg, age 40, of Imbler, died Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at her home. A celebration of life will be held on Sunday, November 13, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Carolyn was born on January 13th, 1965, the daughter of Frank and Geraldine Eckel in John Day, Oregon. The family later moved to...

Arnold  C. Cleveland

Arnold C. Cleveland

Nov 7, 2005

Arnold C. Cleveland, 56 of Pendleton and formerly of La Grande, died Nov. 7 at Christmas Valley. A funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Burns Mortuary Chapel, Pendleton. Burial will follow at Echo Cemetery. Mr. Cleveland was born Feb 27, 1949 in Pendleton to Alfred Monroe and Sara Jane Powell Cleveland. He was one of 10...

Kenneth  Robert Botzau

Kenneth Robert Botzau

Nov 6, 2005

Kenneth Robert Botzau passed away at his home in Imbler on Sunday, November 6, 2005. He was born April 8, 1934 in Marinette, Wisconsin to Loran Harry and Myrtle Ruth (Nicklaus) Botzau. Ken served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957 and was a member of the Oregon National Guard until 1996. He moved to Oregon in 1962...

Charles  Frederick Barnett

Charles Frederick Barnett

Nov 4, 2005

Charles Frederick Barnett, age 70, died Friday, November 4, 2005 at his home in Union. A memorial service will be held Monday, November 7, 2005 at 3:00 p.m. at the Calvary Baptist Church in Cove. A viewing will be held on Sunday, November 6, 2005 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 7th...

Monte Carnes

Monte Carnes

Nov 4, 2005

Charles "Monte" Carnes, age 69, of La Grande died Friday, November 4, 2005 at his home. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley at 11:00 a.m. Those who wish may make contributions in his memory of the MS Society of Oregon or to the charity of one's...

Camille  Y. Barron

Camille Y. Barron

Nov 3, 2005

Camille Y. Barron, 80, of La Grande died at her home on November 3, 2005. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday at Skyline Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Portland. Mrs. Barron was born May 31, 1925, to Tom and Carlotta Bonney Maddron in Redmond. On June 2, 1942 she married the love of her life, William...

Nellie Stickney

Nellie Stickney

Nov 3, 2005

Nellie Stickney of La Grande died Thursday, November 3, 2005 at the age of 92. A graveside service will be held at the Ravenna Cemetery on Saturday, November 12, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. in Ravenna, Nebraska. Nellie was born on January 25, 1913, to Stanley and Catherine (Placek) Zoucha at Loup City, Nebraska. She grew up on the farm...

Grace  Louise Zeigler

Grace Louise Zeigler

Nov 2, 2005

Grace Louise Zeigler, 87 of Elgin, died Nov. 2 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will be held in the future. Mrs. Zeigler was born July 3, 1918 to George and Aurora Armstrong. She graduated from high school in Issaquah, Wash., and on Jan. 28, 1946 married Elroy Zeigler. She was a member of a garden club...

Marge Raff

Marge Raff

Nov 2, 2005

Marge Raff, age 88, of La Grande died Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Mrs. Raff was born on March 14, 1917, the daughter of Cecil and...

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