Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
James A. Weaver
Mar 5, 2010
James A. Weaver, 68, of La Grande, died March 5 at his residence. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday at the Lighthouse Church. A reception will immediately follow the services. Viewing will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Known as Jim, he was born June 30, 1941, to Alberta (Tredere) and Roy...
Marie Estella Woolf Singleton
Mar 5, 2010
Marie Estella Woolf Singleton, 91, of Island City, died March 5. At her request there will be no funeral. A private family burial and a memorial at her daughter's home will be held later. Marie was born Feb. 11, 1919, to Raymond and Maude (Barnes) Woolf in Enterprise. Her family later moved to La Grande, where she attended school....
Florence "Katie" Carr
Mar 4, 2010
Florence "Katie" Carr, 82, of Elgin, died March 4 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Burial will be at noon April 16 at Westlawn Cemetery in Eugene. Known as Katie, she was born Aug. 6, 1927, to Katherine (Schultz) and Paul N. Robedeau in Starkweather, N.D. She had two brothers and four sisters. Katie married Eugene Monroe and they had three...
Angela Jane Keeler
Mar 4, 2010
Angela Jane Keeler, age 84, a lifetime resident of La Grande, died March 4th. A Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center., 1502 7th Street. A funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. Committal...
James "Bus" Hoover
Mar 4, 2010
James "Bus" Hoover, 95, of Elgin and a former longtime resident of Imbler, died March 4 at Grande Ronde Hospital after a short illness. A viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Known...
Eugene M. Marr
Feb 27, 2010
Eugene M. Marr, 97, of Enterprise, died Feb. 27. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospital Foundation.
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Sfc Matthew James Gross
Feb 25, 2010
SFC Matthew James Gross, 42, of Joseph, died Feb. 25 in Hermiston. A military funeral service was held Sunday at the Joseph High School gymnasium. Burial with military honors followed at the Joseph Cemetery. Sign the condolence book at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Matthew was born June 10, 1967, in Vallejo, Calif. He...
Merton Winford Loree
Feb 25, 2010
Merton Winford Loree, age 91, of Cove, died February 25, 2010 at a local care facility. A service will be held on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Committal and interment will follow at the Cove Cemetery. Merton was born on January 31, 1919, the son of Melvin Loree and Nettie Viola Lowery...
William "Bill" Daniel Reagan
Feb 24, 2010
William Daniel "Bill"Reagan, age 86, of Elgin, died February 24th at his home. He was born on May 8, 1923 in Fairfield, Idaho on the camas prairie. His parents were Lemuel Edward Reagan and Elizabeth Paralee Chandler Reagan. He attended Manard grade school and Camas County High School, graduating in 1941. He was the 13th of 13 children. He...
Lon T. Whitley
Feb 23, 2010
Lon T. Whitley, 61, of La Grande, died suddenly Feb. 23 at his home. No services are scheduled at this time. Lon was born Aug. 13, 1948, to Lowell and Elaine (Coleman) Whitley in Portland. He was a truck driver and never married. He was a guitar player, rode Harleys and was a handyman. Those who knew him say...
Charlene Gaskin
Feb 23, 2010
Charlene Gaskin, 68, of Union, died Feb. 23 at her home. Services were held Feb. 28 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Charlene was born April 23, 1941, to Clarence and Pearl (Golden) Cavin in Kingsport, Tenn. She married Orin Gaskin Jr. in 1960 in Spokane. She enjoyed trips to Wildhorse and greatly enjoyed Christmas and decorating. She loved Country and...
Lewis Moser
Feb 23, 2010
Lewis Moser, 79, formerly of Haines, died Feb. 23 at Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon, Wash. Memorial services were held March 6 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Anacortes, Wash. Pastor Stephanie Hankey officiated. A celebration of life will run from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Eagles Club in Baker City. Lewis was born June 18, 1930,...
Betty Josephine Lewis
Feb 23, 2010
Betty Josephine Shelton Lewis, 77, of Wallowa, died Feb. 23 in Wallowa. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Wallowa Christian Church. A potluck lunch will follow. She was born Sept. 30, 1932, in Glenns Ferry, Idaho. She married Roy Shelton June 21, 1952, and together they raised three children, first in the Flora area...
Theodore Mclaughlin, Jr.
Feb 22, 2010
Theodore McLaughlin Jr., 73, of La Grande, died Feb. 22 at Saint Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. Services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Summerville Cemetery. Theodore was born May 28, 1936, to Theodore and Hazel McLaughlin in Alliance, Neb. He attended early years of school in Nebraska, moving to Summerville in 1954 where his family farmed....
John Keck Wells
Feb 22, 2010
John Keck Wells, 89, formerly of Haines, died Feb. 22 in Portland. A graveside service and vault interment was held at Mount Calvary Cemetery today. A funeral Mass will be said at a later date at his parish, The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Portland. John was born July 30, 1920, in Haines. He was raised and educated...
Eloise Mendieta Smith
Feb 22, 2010
Eloise Mendieta Smith, 93, formerly of Pondosa, died Feb. 22 following a month-long decline in which she was surrounded by loving family, friends and caregivers at Ashley Manor. A celebration of life will begin at 4 p.m. May 15 at Darla Wood-Walters' home, 22089 Stormy Lane in Bend. She was born April 4, 1916, the fifth of 12 children...
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...
