Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
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...
Marian Marie Hilary
Feb 8, 2010
Marian Marie Hilary, 90, long-time resident of La Grande, died Feb. 8 in Salem. Services are pending and will be handled by Daniels-Knopp Funeral,Cremation and Life Celebration Center. Marian was born Nov. 16, 1919, to Charles and Adelia Rogers Sanderson in Cambridge, Idaho. She married Harold Hilary June 29, 1938, in Walla Walla. Harold died in 2002. Marian lived...
Gordon "Butch" R. Winters
Feb 7, 2010
Gordon R. "Butch" Winters, 61, of Pendleton and formerly of Wallowa County, died Feb. 7 at his home. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lostine Cemetery. Gordon was born March 29, 1948, to Joy (Fine) and Virgil Winters in Enterprise. The couple divorced and Joy later married Arthur Bartmess. Butch grew up in Lostine and...
Leon Dell Bryant
Feb 6, 2010
Leon Dell Bryant, 60, of Stanfield and formerly of Elgin, died Feb. 6 in Reno, Nev. A service for family was held Feb. 13 at Truckee Meadows Crematory in Reno. Leon was born July 3, 1949, in Bend and attended school in Elgin. He later joined the Navy during the Vietnam War. He was an Eastern Oregon resident all...
Virgil Lee Davis
Feb 6, 2010
Virgil Lee Davis, 92, of Enterprise, died Feb. 6 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Enterprise Christian Church. Burial will follow at Enterprise Cemetery. Virgil was born June 7, 1917, to J.C. and Lottie Kemp Davis in Joseph. He grew up around Wallowa and Baker City. He served in the U.S. Army...
Kenneth Arthur Rogers
Feb 5, 2010
Kenneth Arthur Rogers, age 75, of La Grande, died February 5, 2010 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Kenneth was born on August 26, 1934, the son of Arthur B. and Selma (McMurren) Rogers in La Grande. He married Sylvia Elliott in 1950...
Wilma Doris Weeks
Feb 4, 2010
Wilma Banaka Weeks, 89, of La Grande, died Feb. 4 at her home. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Valley Fellowship, 507 Palmer St., La Grande. A viewing will run from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. prior to the service at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Wilma was born Sept. 9, 1920, to Lou and Vera...
Robert M. Herman
Feb 2, 2010
Robert M. Herman, 92, of La Grande, died Feb. 2 at his home surrounded by family. Recitation of the holy rosary will begin at 10:30 a.m., Friday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church, followed by a Mass of Christian burial. Bob was born March 2, 1917, to Anthony "Big Tony" and Harriet "Tootsie" (Steinhaus) Herman in Chicago....
