Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Clayton Mathew Eastwood
Jul 17, 2010
Clayton Mathew Eastwood, 51, formerly of La Grande, died July 17. A Dressing Ceremony was conducted Thursday at the Agency Longhouse in Mission, with Washat services planned for the evening. Concluding Washat services began at the Longhouse this morning. Send condolences and sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com. He was born April 7, 1959. Matt served in the U.S....
Reg W. Madsen
Jul 17, 2010
Lt. Reg W. Madsen, 44, of La Grande, died of cancer July 17 at a local care center in La Grande. The Oregon State Police Honor Guard will be providing services in his honor beginning at 1 p.m. Friday at First Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane, Baker City. A private graveside service will be at Mount Hope...
Cecil Edward Mecham
Jul 16, 2010
Cecil Edward Mecham, 91, of Summerville, died July 16 at his home. His funeral will begin at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Following the service will be a graveside service with full military honors at Summerville Cemetery and then a barbecue and reception at the Pleasant Grove Grange in Summerville. Cecil was born June 26, 1919, to...
Marian "Billy" Christensen Brog
Jul 14, 2010
Marian "Billy" Christensen Brog of La Grande, 91, passed away July 14, 2011 in Rexburg, Idaho. Billy was born on January 23, 1920 in Arco, Idaho. She was the daughter of Marion Martin "Chris" and Wilda Stone Christensen. She lived the first six years of her life in several places in Idaho and in Bend, Oregon. When Billy was...
Reba Delphine Storm
Jul 14, 2010
Reba Delphine Storm, 80, of Enterprise, died July 14 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A graveside memorial will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at Enterprise Cemetery. Reba was born Dec. 22, 1929, to Charles and Velma (Corbin) Falconer at Corning, Iowa. She graduated from Enterprise High School in 1948. She married Elmer Wayne Storm Sept. 9, 1949, at La Grande....
Everett George Mckinney
Jul 13, 2010
Everett George McKinney, 87, formerly of La Grande, died July 13 at his Hermiston home. Graveside services will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hermiston Cemetery. Everett was born July 24, 1922, to George and Frances (Simonis) McKinney in North Powder. He was raised in Eastern Oregon and attended La Grande High School. He enlisted in the Navy...
Dora Ellen Ritter
Jul 12, 2010
Dora Ellen Ritter, 85, of La Grande, died July 12. Her funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A visitation for family and friends will run from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Loveland Chapel. Dora was born Dec. 22, 1924, to James A. and Cecil R. Myers Jones at North Powder. She attended North...
John Leddy
Jul 12, 2010
John Leddy, 88, of Imbler, died July 12 at a local nursing center. His graveside service with military honors will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Summerville Cemetery. A visitation for family and friends will run from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. John was born March 19, 1922, to John and Minnie Westfall Leddy in...
Eunice W. Bernard
Jul 9, 2010
Eunice W. (Orem) Bernard, 101, formerly of Cove, died July 9 at her son's home. Graveside inurnment will be held at the Adams Cemetery in Molalla at a later date. Send condolences to the family and sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Eunice was born July 6, 1909, to Robert...
Myrtle Arlene Dornberger
Jul 9, 2010
Myrtle Arlene Dornberger, 96, of La Grande and Pasadena, Calif., died peacefully July 9 in La Grande. Entombment will take place at Mountain View Cemetery at Altadena, Calif. Myrtle was born Jan. 9, 1914. Myrtle is survived by her sister, Lorraine Olson of Bloomington, Ill.; daughters, Barbara and her husband, Gary Ball, of Sylmar, Calif., and Katherine and her...
Dee "Chico" Farris Jr.
Jul 4, 2010
Dee Jr. "Chico" Farris, 86, formerly of La Grande, died the morning of July 4 at the VA medical center at Roseburg. Family and friends are invited to a celebration of his life at 5 p.m. Saturday at Riverside Park. Attendees should feel free to bring a picnic sack lunch, blanket or chair and memories of Chico. For more...
Leslie "Les" James Sullivan
Jul 4, 2010
Leslie "Les" James Sullivan, 94, of Prineville and La Grande, died July 4 at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. July 12 at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville. A memorial service will follow at 11:30 a.m. at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Prineville. Les was born Sept. 21, 1915, to Ralph...
Russell L. Miller
Jul 4, 2010
Russell L. Miller, 81, of Wallowa, died peacefully July 4 surrounded by his family at his home. A funeral service was held this morning at Wallowa Christian Church. Gravesite military services followed. Russell was born July 14, 1928, to Ray and Etha Merle (Sannar) Miller near Wallowa on the Diamond Prairie. After graduating from Wallowa High School in 1946,...
Lillian La Veta Newton
Jul 2, 2010
Lillian La Veta (Gray) Newton, 88, of Union, died July 2 at her residence at Jodi's Foster Care in Union. A visitation will run from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at Grays West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the North Powder Cemetery. Pastor Garth Johnson will officiate. A coffee hour...
Merritt "Tom" Eugene Weldin
Jul 1, 2010
Merritt Eugene "Tom" Weldin, 81, of Kimberly, Idaho, and formerly of Union and Burley, Idaho, died of a heart attack July 1 at St. Luke's Magic Valley Regional Medical Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. Merritt was born on April 25, 1929, in White Owl, S.D. He is the son of Fredrick Weldon and Maude (McGlin) Weldin. Merritt lived a...
Merle "Keith" Tannehill
Jul 1, 2010
Merle "Keith" Tannehill, age 77, died at his home July 1, 2010 following a long illness. Keith was born to Clyde and Leola Tannehill, February 23, 1933, in Pasadena, California. He moved to Boardman, Oregon at the age of 6 and lived there until he graduated from Boardman High School in 1951. He then went on to Oregon State...
John Emil Jacobson
Jun 28, 2010
John Emil Jacobson, 87, of Enterprise, died June 28 at a care center in La Grande. There will be no services. John was born May 27, 1923, to John Enard and Sophia Marie Bousu Jacobson at Minneapolis, Minn. He grew up and graduated from high school in Minneapolis. After graduation, John joined the Navy and served eight years before...
Martha "Elly" Elisabeth Gorham
Jun 27, 2010
Martha Elisabeth "Elly" Gorham, 81, of Anaheim, Calif., and formerly of North Powder, died June 27 at her home. Elly requested that no services be held. Close family and friends were present to pay their last respects to Elly at Riverside National Cemetery on July 7. Her ashes are there in the marble columbarium. Martha Elisabeth Sziegel was born...
Zedna Mae Nichols
Jun 25, 2010
Zedna Mae Nichols, 88, of La Grande, died June 25 at a local care center. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. today at Island City Cemetery. Zedna was born Sept. 27, 1921, to Edward and Margaret Mae Nuckolls Reeves at Holyoke, Colo. She came to La Grande in 1942 and lived here until her death. She was...
Emogene Esther Buckley
Jun 22, 2010
Emogene Esther Buckley, age 88, of La Grande, and formerly of Wallowa County, died June 22, 2010 at her home. A family graveside service will be held in Joseph. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center in La Grande. Mrs. Buckley was born on January 17, 1922, the daughter of Charles and Esther (Neider) Weis...
