Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Douglas "Gene" Orson Holmes
Feb 21, 2010
Douglas Orson "Gene" Holmes, age 88, of Cove died February 21st at a local care facility. No public services will be held. Interment will be at the Union Cemetery. Mr. Holmes was born on December 12, 1921, the son of Willis Orson and Loraine Winifred (Cloud) Holmes in La Grande. On July 31, 1941 he married Betty Lou Powell...
Michael Tuck
Feb 20, 2010
Michael Tuck, 47, son of Bob and Nancy Tuck of La Grande, died at a care center in Milton-Freewater Feb. 20. A service will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Summerville Cemetery Chapel. A full obituary will be available later.
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Norman Marion Mccrae
Feb 19, 2010
Norman Marion McCrae, 84, of Wallowa, died Feb. 19 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Wallowa Cemetery with Archie Hook officiating. A celebration of life will follow at the Wallowa Community Senior Center. Norman was born Feb. 7, 1926, to Marion and Nancy (Macauley) McCrae of Wallowa. He grew...
George Orlin Barton
Feb 19, 2010
George Orlin Barton, 78, of Wallowa, died Feb. 19 at St. Mary's Medical Center in Walla Walla. He was born June 14, 1931, to Reuben and Louisa (Carper) Barton at Promise. He lived and attended school in Promise until 1943 when his family moved to Wallowa. He graduated from Wallowa High School in 1950. Orlin joined the Army Reserves...
Alice Tuey
Feb 19, 2010
Alice Irene Tuey, 93, of La Grande, died Feb. 19 at a local care center in La Grande. Services will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande. Alice was born April 11, 1916, to Peter Harold and Clara Anna (Baske) Schuler in Chicago. Alice had two daughters, Marta and Kathy. She has...
Edna Carol Schoenberger
Feb 18, 2010
Edna Carol Schoenberger, age 88, of La Grande, died February 18th at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, March 13, 2010 at the Union Cemetery. Edna was born on January 13, 1922, the daughter of Otha Clark and Ruth Cecil (Rue) Stephens in Heppner, Oregon. She married Clarence Herman Schoenberg on December 24,...
Fauntella Jones Rutherford
Feb 16, 2010
Sarah Ann Fauntella Jones Rutherford, age 82, of Elgin, died February 16, 2010, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. Family and friends are invited to celebrate Fauntella's remarkable life at the Elgin Church of the Nazarene on February 21, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Fauntella, the daughter of...
Ruth Louise Mcclune
Feb 16, 2010
Ruth Louise Kennedy Durfee McClune, 85, of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 16 of congestive heart failure in Portland. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at The Summerville Cemetery Chapel. A reception will follow at the Summerville grange. Ruth was born April 14, 1924, in Portage, Pa. Ruth left Portage in 1930 with...
Gladys Martha Fager
Feb 16, 2010
Gladys Martha Fager, 99, of Pendleton and Irrigon and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 16. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at the Island City Cemetery. Gladys was born March 15, 1911, to Mason Wright and Amy Viola True in Natoma, Kan. When she was an infant the family moved to Aurora, Colo.,...
Lige Anderson Mckinney, Iii
Feb 16, 2010
Lige Anderson McKinney III, 67, died Feb. 16 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Services will begin at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Rivershore Bar and Grill, 1900 Clackamette Drive, Oregon City. Lige was born Oct. 26, 1942, to Lige Anderson McKinney II and Josephine O. (Logsdon) McKinney in Carus. He was a superintendent in the paper mill, and was a commissary...
Caryl Mary Coppin
Feb 16, 2010
Caryl Mary Leehmann Coppin, 92, of Joseph, died Feb. 16. A service was held Feb. 20 at Joseph Methodist Church. Private burial followed at Joseph Cemetery. Caryl was born Dec. 24, 1917, the oldest of three children to Walter and Edith Leehmann at the family home in Lakeview. She graduated from Lakeview High School in 1936 and graduated from...
Edward Wayne Brog
Feb 15, 2010
Edward Wayne Brog of La Grande, 97, passed away February 15, 2010 in Rexburg, Idaho. Ed was born on November 11, 1912 in Leighton Township, Allegan County, Michigan. He was the son of Albert and Ella (Steeby) Brog. Ed had one sister, Beatrice. He did farm work in rural Michigan as a youth, and he worked for the Gazette...
Carol Spence Conrad
Feb 15, 2010
Carol Spence Conrad, 88, formerly of Enterprise, died Feb. 15 after a few years of declining health in Portland. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Bollman Funeral Home. A private vault interment will follow at Enterprise Cemetery. Carol was born Oct. 21, 1921, the youngest of three children, to William H. Spence and Mina E. Allen...
Herbert Andrew Mcelvain
Feb 14, 2010
Herbert Andrew McElvain, 78, of La Grande, died Sunday at the Grande Ronde Hospital. He was born in Lemmon, South Dakota on October 29, 1931 to the late Beryl and Margaret McElvain. Herbert graduated from Union High School in 1950. He married Ida May Herron on November 20, 1954 in La Grande. He served in the United States Army....
R. Thomas Gooding
Feb 14, 2010
R. Thomas Gooding, 76, formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 14. A memorial Mass will begin at noon Feb. 26 at Holy Apostles Catholic Church, 6300 N. Meridian Road, Meridian, Idaho. He was born May 21, 1933, to J.R. (Pud) and Cecilia Kirsch Gooding and was raised on their hops farms in Oregon and Idaho. He attended schools in...
Richard "Dick" Thomas Pogue
Feb 12, 2010
Richard "Dick" Thomas Pogue, 70, of Rufus and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 12 after battling a short illness. A celebration of life service will begin at 11 a.m. Feb. 20 at the community center in Rufus with pastors Bob Reasoner, Bob Stone, Jerry Krewson, Dick Kenney, Lee Brock and Tim Foster officiating. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral...
Frank "Don" Stiles
Feb 12, 2010
Frank "Don" Stiles, 80, of Corbett and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 12 at his home. A memorial service was held Feb. 20 at Corbett Community Church. Burial was at Miller Cemetery in Silverton. Unger Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Don was born May 29, 1929, to Frank and Sadie (Heard) Stiles of South Gate, Calif....
Jo Leah Morgan
Feb 11, 2010
Jo Leah Morgan, 82, of Union, died Feb. 11 at Eagle Springs Memory Care Facility at College Place, Wash. Services will begin at 2 p.m. May 29 at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show Clubhouse in Union. Jo was born Oct. 1, 1927, to Lola and Ray Stinnett in Garrison, Mo. She moved to Selah, Wash., with her family as...
Eldon "Curly" Emery Millman
Feb 9, 2010
Eldon Emery "Curly" Millman, 83, of La Grande and formerly of Cove, died Feb. 9. A celebration of life graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Cove Cemetery. Curly was born Sept. 9, 1926, to Emery and Doris Millman in Cove. He married Eddith (Ike) Davis on Oct. 30, 1942, in Weiser, Idaho. Curly loved to...
Melinda "Irene" Sims
Feb 8, 2010
Melinda "Irene" Sims, age 83, of Albany and formerly of La Grande died February 8, 2010 at Mennonite Village in Albany. A private family graveside service will be held. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Irene was born on May 3, 1926, the daughter of Fred and Lula (Sannar) Trump in Promise, Oregon. She...
