Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Emma Williams
Sep 28, 2005
Emma Williams, age 99, of Union, died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at the Union Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Williams was born on February 26, 1906, the daughter of Ed and Margaret (Bainbridge) Wulf...
Beatrice Belle Shaffer
Sep 27, 2005
Beatrice Belle Shaffer, age 81, of Elgin, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Friday, September 30, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Interment will be held at the Summerville Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Shaffer was born on October 22,...
Emery Stuart Oliver
Sep 27, 2005
Emery Stuart Oliver, age 93, known as the "Meanest Man in Summerville, died Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at his home in Summerville. Viewing will be held on Thursday from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. A memorial gathering will be held on Friday, September 30, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. In...
Anita B. Clarridge
Sep 26, 2005
Anita B. Clarridge, 92, of La Grande died September 26 at a local care center. A celebration of life will begin at 2:30 p.m. October 6 at the Grande Ronde Retirement Residence, 1809 Gekeler Lane with Pastor Mouse McKinney officiating. Burial will be in Mount Sterling, Ohio. Ms. Clarridge was born June 16, 1913, to Alfred and Lydia Pattburg...
Williard "Dale" Vernholm
Sep 25, 2005
Willard Dale Vernholm, 73, of Baker City and formerly of Enterprise and Elgin died September 25 at a care center. At his request there will be no services. Mr. Vernholm was born February 11, 1932 to Carl Willard and Lois Louetta Middleton Vernholm in York, Nebraska. He graduated from Corvallis High School and in 1947 the family moved to...
Terrie Marie Presler
Sep 25, 2005
Terrie Marie Presler, formerly of La Grande, died Sept. 25, 2005, at age 58. Ms. Presler was born Dec. 26, 1946, in Walla Walla and moved in the 1960's to La Grande where she later graduated from high school. She graduated from the University Of Oregon School Of Nursing, and was a registered nurse for Portland VA Medical Center...
Ellen Arlene Keller
Sep 24, 2005
Ellen Arlene Keller, age 66 of La Grande, died Saturday, September 24, 2005 at her home. A graveside service will be held on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Grandview Cemetery with Pastor Steve Kirkeby of Valley Fellowship officiating. Viewing will be held from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at Daniels...
John D. Manwell
Sep 24, 2005
John D. Manwell, Jr., age 48, of La Grande, died September 24, 2005 on Blalock Mountain near Milton-Freewater. A memorial service will begin at 11:00 am Saturday at the Nazarene Church with Pastor Dan Mielke officiating. Mr. Manwell was born March 16, 1957 to John and Mavis Yetter Manwell in Red Bluff, California. He graduated from Red Bluff High...
Nancy Lynn Tye
Sep 24, 2005
Nancy Lynn Tye, 44, of La Grande and formerly of Enterprise died September 24 after a long illness. A memorial service will begin at 10am October 8 at 1508 Fourth Street. Mrs. Tye was born September 10, 1961 to Mary and Frank Gilchrist in Lona Linda, California. She attended school in Yucaipa, California and in Prineville. She moved to...
Gerald Raymond Mc Intyre
Sep 23, 2005
Gerald Raymond McIntyre, age 66, of La Grande died Friday, September 23, 2005 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Walla Walla, Washington. A celebration of life will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with Rev. Bill Miller of Valley Fellowship officiating. Committal and interment will follow at the Grandview...
Genevieve Choate Turner
Sep 19, 2005
Genevieve Choate Turner, age 90, of Beaverton and formerly of La Grande, died September 19, 2005 in Beaverton. A funeral service will begin at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Committal and interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Mrs. Turner was born in the small farming community of Summerville, Oregon on...
La Velle Mae Myers
Sep 19, 2005
La Velle Mae Myers, age 88, of La Grande, died September 19, 2005 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be announced later by Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Myers was born on October 25, 1916 in Nolan, Oregon, the youngest of eleven children born to Ulyssis and Sarah (Dunn) Shipley. Her father worked for the...
Wilfred Henry Paradies
Sep 19, 2005
Wilfred Henry Paradies, age 86, of La Grande, died September 19, 2005 at his home. There will be no service. Mr. Paradies was born October 20, 1918 to Charles and Minnie (Krueger) Paradies in Chicago. He lived in Chicago and Aurora, Illinois and had moved to La Grande a year ago. He served in the Army during World War...
Elwin Curtis Houle
Sep 16, 2005
Elwin Curtis Houle, 81, of Pendleton died September 16, 2005. The funeral was held on Thursday, September 22 at Burns Mortuary in Pendleton. Burial will be at the Olney Cemetery. Mr. Houle was born April 20, 1924 to Amos and Beatrice Houle in Bottineau, N.D. He graduated from La Grande High School in 1942 and served in the Army...
Donald Dean Weatherspoon
Sep 15, 2005
Donald Dean Weatherspoon, 62, of Elgin died September 15 at St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. Herring Groseclose Funeral Home in Walla Walla, Wash. is in charge of arrangements. No services were conducted at his request. Mr. Weatherspoon was born June 22, 1943, to Fred and Luella Rysdam Weatherspoon in La Grande. He attended school in Elgin and...
Frank Kenton Sanders
Sep 14, 2005
Frank Kenton Sanders, age 72 of Elgin and formerly of Tri-Cities, Washington, died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Elgin, Oregon with Bishop Richard Rasmussen conducting. Viewing will from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on...
Viola Barritt
Sep 13, 2005
Viola Barritt, age 86, of La Grande, died Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Hillcrest Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Thursday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. and Friday from 9:00 a.m. until noon at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mrs. Barritt was...
Edith Loraine Olsen
Sep 12, 2005
Edith Loraine Olsen, 87, of Rio Vista, California and formerly of La Grande, died September 12. Burial will be in Baker City. Mrs. Olsen was born April 23, 1918, to Edgar and Susan Bennett in Baker City. She attended La Grande High School and lived in central Idaho for many years. She worked for JC Penny's and after her...
Veytha Irene Ruckman Berry
Sep 12, 2005
Veytha Irene Ruckman Berry, 87, of Woodland, Washington and formerly of La Grande died September 12, 2005. The funeral will be conducted Friday at the Vineland Cemetery in Clarkston, Washington. Mrs. Berry was born Veytha Irene Coombes July 11, 1918 in Republic, Washington. She attended school in Baker City and lived in La Grande from 1962 to 1992 when...
David Calvin Hansell
Sep 11, 2005
David Calvin Hansell, 48, of Seattle and formerly of La Grande, died Sept. 11 at his home after a long illness. A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday Sept. 17 at the New Life Center, 10700 Walton Road, with Pastor Gary Hood of the Crossroads Community Church officiating. Mr. Hansell was born March 6, 1957, to Del...
