Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Velma June Harris
Oct 15, 2005
Velma June Harris, 82, of La Grande died Oct. 15. A reception from 2 to 2:50 p.m. Saturday Oct. 22 will be at the LDS Church on Gekeler Lane. A memorial service will follow at 3 p.m. with Bishop George Chadwick officiating. Mrs. Harris was born Feb. 14, 1923, to William Werner and Madona May Stout Schmidt in Portland....
Lillian Ellen Brannen
Oct 15, 2005
Ellen Brannen left her earthly life at her home in Boise on October 15, 2005. Ellen was born on January 23, 1925, in Buhl, Idaho to Edward D. and Myrtle B. Worley Smalley. As a child she attended Buhl, Riverton and Lucerne grade schools, and Buhl High School, graduating in 1943. She worked as a telegrapher for Union Pacific...
Jeffrey Blake Neeley
Oct 14, 2005
Jeffrey Blake Neeley, age 43 of Kennewick, Washington, died Friday, October 14, 2005 at Spout Springs, Oregon. A memorial service will be held Saturday, October 22, 2005, 2:00 PM at Mueller Funeral Home, 1401 South Union Street, Kennewick, WA. Jeff was born June 25, 1962, the son of Victor and Dorothy (McCullough) Neeley in Eugene, Oregon. As a child,...
Juanita M. Corey
Oct 12, 2005
Juanita M. Corey, 85, of Portland and formerly of La Grande died October 12, 2005. A graveside service will begin at 3:00 p.m. Saturday at Grandview Cemetery. Mrs. Corey was born September 20, 1920 and spent her childhood with her sister, Glenis, on a dairy farm outside of La Grande. In November 1941 she married William Corey. The family...
James Loyd Siler
Oct 12, 2005
James Loyd Siler, 83, of Salem and formerly of La Grande died Oct. 12 at his home. Mr. Siler was born Oct. 5, 1922 to George Leroy and Maggie Jane Siler in Weston. He was a long-time resident of La Grande and worked for the Oregon Department of Transportation as a bridge supervisor until 1975 when he transferred to...
Marguerite Frances Winters
Oct 11, 2005
Marguerite Frances Winters, 87, of Yakima and formerly of La Grande died Oct. 11 from pancreatic cancer. She was born Feb. 15,1918, in Dallas, Ore., to Philip and Ella (Hauser)Winters. A granddaughter of early settlers from Germany in Yamhill County, she attended schools in Walla Walla, Hermiston and La Grande. She graduated in 1935 from La Grande High School....
Grace Loraine Sleeth
Oct 10, 2005
Grace Loraine Burnett Sleeth, 92, died Oct. 10 at Kennewick General Hospital. A graveside service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Elgin Cemetery. She was born Grace Thompson on Sept. 17, 1913, to Tom and Hannah Thompson in Bowbells, N.D. She joined eight brothers and five sisters, who all preceded her in death. Grace graduated from...
Fleta Laura Mccoy
Oct 8, 2005
Fleta Laura Anderson McCoy, age 86 of La Grande, died Saturday, October 8, 2005. A funeral service will be held Saturday, October 15, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in La Grande. Interment will follow at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Viewing will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Friday, October 14, 2005 at Daniels...
Mark Royal
Oct 8, 2005
Mark Royal, 41, of La Grande died Oct. 8 of natural causes at Grande Ronde Hospital. Mr. Royal was born Oct. 18, 1963, to William and LaDon Lewin Royal. He attended school in the Yucca Valley in California, and spent several years in the Roseburg area. He moved to La Grande two years ago. He enjoyed the outdoors, fishing,...
Alvy Julius Pfefferkorn
Oct 7, 2005
Alvy J. Pfefferkorn, age 90, of Summerville, died October 7, 2005 at a care center in La Grande. A graveside service will begin at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Alvy was born July 30, 1915 at his family homestead in the foothills of the Blue Mountains west of...
Jackie Marie April
Oct 7, 2005
Jacqueline Marie April, 75, of La Grande and formerly of Baker City, died Oct.7 at a local care center. At her request, there will be no memorial or funeral service. Mrs. April was born July 16, 1930, to Edward Alvin and Hattie Meyers Davis in Baker City. She grew up in North Powder where her grandparents, John Samuel and...
Glen Orville Doud
Oct 6, 2005
Glen Orville Doud, age 91, of La Grande, died Thursday, October 6, 2005, at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Summerville Cemetery. Mr. Doud was born on October 6, 1914, the son of Ira and Elpha (Downing) Doud in Farry, Oklahoma. He served with the...
Nettie Marie Snowberger
Oct 6, 2005
Nettie Marie Snowberger, age 77, of La Grande died Thursday, October 6, 2005 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 10, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with Pastors Loyd Hoke and Raymond Bates of the Sonrise Free Methodist Church officiating. Private interment will be at the Grandview Cemetery. Mrs....
Donald Rudolph Guyer
Oct 5, 2005
Donald Rudolph Guyer, 84, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande died October 5, 2005 at his home. The funeral will begin at 10:30 a.m. Monday at the Baker City United Methodist Church, 1919 Second Street. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded by the Marine Corps. Mr. Guyer was born August 5,...
Vivian Jeannette Foye
Oct 3, 2005
Vivian Jeannette Foye, 93, of La Grande and formerly of Medical Springs died October 3 at a local care center. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 am October 15 at 50551 Big Creek Road in Medical Springs. Mrs. Foye was born August 21, 1912 to Ben H. and Mildred Schoenauer Jory in Union, a descendant of pioneers of...
Virginia Lorraine Piper
Oct 2, 2005
Virginia Lorraine Piper, died October 2, 2005 at her home in Salem. She was 87. A private memorial service was held in Salem. Mrs. Piper dedicated her life to caring for and supporting her family. She had a strong faith in God and was a lifelong member of the First Presbyterian Church in La Grande and later in Salem....
Cassino Mosher
Oct 2, 2005
Cassino Mosher, 82, of Highland, Calif., and formerly of La Grande died Oct. 2 at her home. A memorial service will be held in Highland. Mrs. Cassino was born Feb. 27, 1923, to Edward and Edna Deborde Hartley in Cove. She attended school there and worked as a fish counter at Bonneville Dam during World War II. She drove...
Irene Pierce
Oct 1, 2005
Pearl Irene Pierce, 84, of Pahrump, Nev., and formerly of La Grande died Oct. 1 at South Hills Hospital in Las Vegas. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8 at the Elgin Community Center. Mrs. Pierce was born May 22, 1921, to John and Emma Raymond in Black Rock, Utah. The family moved to California,...
Grace Powell Banet
Sep 30, 2005
Grace Powell Banet, 93, died September 30 at a La Grande care center. A service was held on October 3. Grace was born on November 6, 1911, to Everett Powell and Alma Allbright in Clover, Indiana. She attended high school in Shoals, Indiana and then nurse training at Kosair in Louisville, Kentucky. On December 24, 1935 she married Joseph...
Mary A. Carper
Sep 30, 2005
Mary A. Carper, age 78, of College Place, Washington and formerly of Wallowa and Union Counties died September 30 at a care center. A graveside service will begin at 10:30 am Friday at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Mrs. Carper was born October 19, 1926 to Emmet and Erma Chenoweth Landers in Enterprise. She attended school in Wallowa before the family...
