Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Elizabeth "Bess" Ann Cornwell
Jun 5, 2010
Elizabeth "Bess" Ann Cornwell, 87, longtime resident of Upper Prairie Creek, Joseph, died June 5 at a care center in Boise. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Joseph Cemetery. The family requests no flowers. Bollman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born Sept. 9, 1922, the youngest of four brothers and a...
Janet "Marie" Gregory
Jun 3, 2010
Janet "Marie" Gregory, age 68, of Elgin, died June 3, 2010 at the Grande Ronde Hosptial. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at the Elgin Cemetery. Those who wish may make contributions in her memory to the American Lung Association in care of Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Appreciation Center, 102...
Kimberly Ann Russell
Jun 3, 2010
Kimberly Ann Russell, 54, of La Grande, died June 3 at her residence. She was born July 31, 1955, to Betty Jean Blomen and Dale Wayne Voyce at Knoxville, Iowa. She is the fourth of seven children. Those who knew Kim say her life mission was her family and she was happiest when her children were happy. Those who...
Wilda M. Davis
Jun 2, 2010
Wilda M. Davis, 83, of Enterprise, died June 2 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. Wilda was born Jan. 19, 1927, to Bill and Goldie Pullen at Wallowa. A funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Enterprise Christian Church. Burial will follow at Enterprise Cemetery. Wilda married Lewis Carper in 1945 and they had a daughter, Darlene. She later...
Jerry Lee Mellinger
Jun 2, 2010
Jerry Lee Mellinger, 76, of La Grande, died June 2 at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande surrounded by his family. A private family service will be held. Jerry would have been 77 years old on his birthday, June 29, 1933. He was born in La Grande to Cecil Emery and Nanie Marie Lilly Mellinger. He was a man...
Richard "Dick" H. Trump
May 31, 2010
Richard H. "Dick" Trump, 78, a resident of Pendleton, died May 31 at his home. At his request, no services will be held. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com. Richard was born Feb. 15, 1932, in Wallowa. He was the son of William and Eva (Hayes) Trump. He attended schools in Union. He and his family later came to...
Robert V. Blake
May 31, 2010
Robert V. Blake, 83, of Mesa, Ariz., and formerly of La Grande, died peacefully at his home on Memorial Day, May 31, with his family by his side. Family and friends will attend a memorial service at the Veteran's Chapel in Phoenix, Ariz. Bob was born Nov. 10, 1926, to Marvin and Bessie Blake at home near the power...
Terry Diane Griffith
May 29, 2010
Terry Diane Griffith, 67, of La Grande, died May 29 at her home surrounded by family and friends. A service will begin at 1 p.m. June 13 at the La Grande First Presbyterian Church. Terry was born Dec. 13, 1942, in Lakeview to Duncan Campbell Lincecum and Helen Eudell DeYoung Lincecum. Throughout her high school years she worked as...
Marilyn Ann Miller
May 29, 2010
Marilyn Ann Miller, 63, of La Grande, died May 29th in the log home her husband built her, while surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be held at the LDS Stake Center, 1802 Gekeler Lane, on June 5th at 2:00 PM, in La Grande, Oregon. Internment will follow the service at Grandview Cemetery, with a reception and video...
Cressie Lavelle Depew
May 29, 2010
Cressie Lavelle (Blanchet) Depew, age 86, of La Grande, died May 29, 2010 at Evergreen Vista in La Grande. A Rosary and Funeral Mass will be held at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. A funeral meal will follow the mass. There will be no graveside services. Arrangements are entrusted...
Chrystal Dawn Crow
May 29, 2010
Chrystal Dawn Crow, 31, formerly of Wallowa, died May 29 at OHSU in Portland after a life-long battle with cystic fibrosis. A family service will be held at a later date. Chrystal was born Aug. 5, 1978, to Terrie Crow Lee in Roseburg. She spent her earliest years in Texas and California. She came to live with her grandparents,...
Colleen Frances Browne
May 29, 2010
Colleen Frances Browne, 50, of La Grande, died May 29 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Summerville Cemetery. Colleen was born Nov. 12, 1959, to Sherman James and Elaine Marie Browne in Woodstock, Ill. She lived most of her life in Northern Illinois caring for...
Donald Walter Rieck
May 28, 2010
Donald Walter Rieck, 78, of Joseph, died May 28. A memorial service was held June 5 at Joseph Baptist Church. Bollman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Donald was born July 14, 1931, the third of six children born to Walter Gustav Rieck and Aletha Marjorie (Scriven) Rieck in Cedar Rapids, Neb. He grew up near Belgrade, Neb.,...
Peggy Jane Williams
May 26, 2010
Peggy Jane Williams, 87, of Wallowa County, died May 26 in La Grande. She was a resident of Evergreen Vista Health Center at the time of her death. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lostine Presbyterian Church. The Reverend Stephen Kliewer will officiate. Bollman Funeral Home of Enterprise is in charge of the arrangements. Peggy was born...
Phyllis Jean Whited-Gibbs
May 26, 2010
Phyllis Jean Whited-Gibbs, 61, of Haines, died May 26 at her home after an extended illness. A celebration of her life will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Frontier in Haines. Phyllis was born Jan. 20, 1949, to James and Mildred McGinn in Broken Bow, Neb. Phyllis graduated from Baker High School where her family moved in 1965....
Eloise Leonora Hollingshead
May 24, 2010
Eloise Leonora Hollingshead, age 86, of La Grande ,OR and formerly of Tillamook,OR ,died May 24, 2010 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. Eloise, the daughter of Mark and Melba (Adams) Whitnah, was born on March 21,1924, in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska. After high school she graduated from business school .On February 27, 1944 she married Marvin Franklin Hollingshead in Lincoln,...
Robert "Danny" Goodwin
May 24, 2010
Robert "Danny" Goodwin, 56, of La Grande, died May 24 at his home after a lengthy illness. Danny was born July 18, 1953, to Albert and Alene (Sager) Goodwin in Oakland, Calif. Danny loved La Grande. He is survived by a brother, Mike Goodwin of La Grande; sister, Gail Goodwin Howell of McAllister, Okla.; brother-in-law, Dennis Howell of Oklahoma;...
Clarice Elaine Southwick
May 24, 2010
Clarice Elaine Southwick, 81, of Enterprise, died May 24 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Enterprise First Baptist Church. Burial will be at Wallowa. Clarice was born June 24, 1928, the youngest of four sisters to Lester and Reta (Vest) Thornburg in Enterprise. She grew up in Enterprise, graduating from...
Ernest L. Wilmot
May 24, 2010
Ernest L. Wilmot, 89, formerly of Elgin, died May 24 at his home. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. Concluding services and burial will follow in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. One of eight children, Ernie was born March 1, 1921, in Nampa, Idaho. He was...
Lester "Tuffy" W. Prince
May 22, 2010
Lester W. "Tuffy" Prince, 91, of La Grande, died May 22. A celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. June 1 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Lester was born Nov. 2, 1918, one of 14 children born to Phillip and Sarah Reed Prince. His parents moved from West Virginia and homesteaded in the Powatke Ridge area in Wallowa County...
