Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Mary E. Park
Apr 29, 2009
Mary E. Park January 21, 1926 - April 29, 2009 Cove, Oregon Mary Eleanor Apple born in Los Angeles, CA. passed from this life to the next on April 29, 2009. To know Mary - was to be blessed! She lived her life to the fullest to the very end, and she loved deeply and forever her family, her...

Joann H. Shelley
Apr 29, 2009
Joann H. Shelley, 68, of Pendleton and formerly of La Grande, died April 29 at a local care center. No services will be held at this time. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Joann was born April 5, 1941, in La Grande. She was the daughter of James E. and Cleo E. (Woodell) Hudson. She was...

Edward Frederick Kunkle
Apr 28, 2009
Richard Fredrick Kunkle, 93, of Enterprise, died April 28. A service will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Katherine Catholic Church in Enterprise.
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Leonard "Len" Edward Samples
Apr 28, 2009
Leonard "Len" Edward Samples, 76, of Joseph, died April 28 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A celebration of life is planned for July 11 at Wallowa Lake State Park. Bollman Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Leonard was born July 13, 1932, to Hugh Samples and Fern Irene Griffin Samples in Rapid City, S.D. When Leonard was a small...

Thomas Joseph Carpino, Jr.
Apr 24, 2009
Thomas Joseph Carpino Jr., 63, of La Grande, known to family and friends as "T," Dad, Papa, Butch and Tommy Joe Bob, died April 24 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. A celebration of life will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at Faith Center, 10300 South D St., in Island City. The family requests that attendees wear...

Frederick Arthur Ott
Apr 22, 2009
Frederick Arthur Ott, 75, of Rancho Cordova, Calif., and formerly of Island City, died April 22 at home of natural causes. At his request there will be no services. A family gathering is planned for later in the summer. Fred was born Dec. 15, 1933, to Laura (Smith) and Fritz Ott at the Smith farm on Pumpkin Ridge. He...
George Elmer Ashton
Apr 22, 2009
George Elmer Ashton, age 77, of Elgin and formerly of McCall, Idaho, died April 22, 2009 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A potluck service in memory of George Elmer Ashton is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Elgin Community Center. Mr. Ashton, 77, of Elgin, died April 22 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise....

Laura Catherine Hills
Apr 21, 2009
Laura Catherine Noland Hills, 61, of Summerville, died April 21. At her request, there will be no services. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory was in charge of the arrangements. Laura was born July 27, 1947, to Hallie N. and Daisy B. Noland in McMinnville. She was the youngest of eight children and was known to her family as "Mouse."...

Wayne Frazier
Apr 21, 2009
Wayne R. Frazier, age 54, died April 21, 2009 at his home. There will be a memorial service at a later date. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Mr. Frazier was born on January 19, 1955 in Attleboro, Massachusetts the son of Walter and Lucille (Moreau) Frazier. He served with the United States Navy...

Dorothy Craig Haley
Apr 20, 2009
Dorothy Craig-Haley, 95, of La Grande, died April 20 at Wildflower Lodge in La Grande. At her request, there will be no service. Disposition was by cremation. Her ashes will be spread under the old apple trees in the orchard at the old Savage homestead on Anthony Creek. Dorothy was born May 20, 1913, the youngest of four children...

Eileen May Gross
Apr 19, 2009
Eileen May Gross, 91, of La Grande, died April 19 at her home. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Eileen was born May 24, 1917, to Frank and Jessie (Hyde) Kenney in Corvallis. She married Wendell Gross in June 1939. She moved from Hermiston and has lived in the La Grande area since 2003. She...

Charles C. Scroggin
Apr 18, 2009
Charles C. Scroggin, 72, of Alicel, died in his sleep April 18 in Miami, Fla. A celebration of life for Charlie Scroggin of Alicel, who died April 18 in Miami, Fla., will run from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Charlie's family home, 65301 Imbler Road. Turn east on Jansen Lane between Alicel and Imbler. The family is looking...

Edwin Serge Lindsay
Apr 16, 2009
Edwin Serge Lindsay, 76, formerly of La Grande and Pendleton, died April 16 in Medford. Funeral services will begin at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday at the LDS Church in Pendleton with Bishop Dennis Wilson officiating. Concluding services and dedication of the grave will follow at the La Grande Cemetery with military honors. Friends may call at the LDS Church in...

Robert "Bob" Gerry
Apr 15, 2009
Robert "Bob" Gerry, 80, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande and Redwood City, Calif., died April 15. A remembrance and memorial service for family and friends will take place at noon Saturday at the Durkee cemetery followed by a gathering of family and friends at the community center in Durkee. He was born in May 1928 to...

Gertrude Quigley
Apr 14, 2009
Gertrude Quigley, age 93, of La Grande and formerly of Lewiston, Idaho died April 14, 2009 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. Gertrude was born on June 30, 1915 in Asotin, Washington, the daughter of George Monroe and Sara Ellen {Shaffer) Ross. She graduated from Asotin High School with the class of 1935. On December 10, 1938 she married Russell...

Leon C. Doyle
Apr 13, 2009
Leon C. Doyle, 58, of La Grande, died April 13 at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, after a very short battle with esophageal cancer. The service will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A reception will follow the services at the 4-H building on the Union County fair grounds. Leon was born Jan. 6, 1951,...
Raymond Leland Fenn
Apr 12, 2009
Raymond Leland Fenn, age 83, of La Grande, died Sunday at a Boise hospital. A celebration of life will begin at 1:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Mr. Fenn was born on November 23, 1925, the son of Leland Thomas and Mary (Harris) Fenn in Huntington, Oregon. He attended...
Eddie Darrel Garoutte
Apr 11, 2009
Eddie Darrel Garoutte, age 78, formerly of La Grande passed away peacefully, Saturday April 11, 2009 at Marquis Nursing Home in Boise, Idaho. A celebration of life will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Eddie was born April 16, 1930 in Portland,...

Peggy Arlene Nolan
Apr 11, 2009
Peggy Arlene Nolan, 84, of La Grande, died April 11 at Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center. A memorial service will take place at North Powder Cemetery at a later date. Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Peggy was born Dec. 17, 1924, to George and Hazel (Lukus) Woodhams. She worked most of her life...

Daniel R. Couzens
Apr 11, 2009
Daniel R. Couzens, 50, of Umatilla and formerly of La Grande, died April 11 at his home. A celebration of life service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Oregon National Guard Armory in Hermiston with a potluck luncheon to follow. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Daniel was born March 4, 1959, to Charles...