Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Carol Lee Slack
Mar 28, 2009
Carol Lee Slack, 67, of Elgin, died at 2 a.m. March 28 at her home. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Carol was born March 28, 1942, in Albuquerque, N.M. She lived and was schooled in Vancouver, Wash. Carol moved to Elgin in 1977. Those who knew Carol say she loved her Lord with all of her...

Leo R. Goebel
Mar 28, 2009
Leo R. Goebel, 77, died March 28, at his home near Joseph. Leo was buried March 29 on the family property on Bear Creek near Wallowa after a private memorial service. He was born June 14, 1931, at the family home on Bear Creek, near Wallowa, and attended grade school and high school in Wallowa. Leo served in the...

Craig Wheaton Kreutz
Mar 28, 2009
Craig Wheaton Kreutz, 85, of La Grande, died peacefully March 28 at the home of his oldest son after a short battle with cancer. A celebration of his life will be held in the Portland area with the date and location to be announced at a later time. Craig was born June 16, 1923, to Melba and Vernon Kreutz...

Henrietta Angeline Ritchey
Mar 28, 2009
Henrietta Angeline Ritchey, 86, of La Grande, died March 28 at Grande Ronde Hospital after suffering a heart attack. A celebration of Henrietta's life will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at Loveland Funeral Home. Viewing will run from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. Graveside services will be held at Willamette Veterans National Cemetery. Henrietta was born Nov. 22, 1922,...

Wallace "Wally" Estes Pruitt
Mar 27, 2009
Wallace (Wally) Estes Pruitt, 91, of Portland and formerly of Wallowa County, died March 27. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wallowa Cemetery. Wallace was born Dec. 8, 1917, to Thomas Luther and Addie Pendergrass Pruitt in Oplin, Texas. He graduated from Wallowa High School in 1938 then attended Abilene Christian College one year....

Fred B. Schreeck
Mar 26, 2009
Fred B. Schreeck, 88, of Haines, died March 26. Fred was born Aug. 19, 1920. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in February 1941 when he was 21 years old and was honorably discharged in October 1945. He proudly served in the 4th Armored Division and received the Bronze Star for meritorious service in action in the 25th Cavalry...

Ernest Forrest Neal
Mar 26, 2009
Ernest Forrest Neal, 92, of Enterprise, died March 26 at Wallowa Valley Care Center. A celebration of life was held April 3 at First Baptist Church in Enterprise. Burial followed at the Enterprise Cemetery. Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise was in charge of arrangements. Ernest was born Sept. 7, 1916, to Marion and Viva (Shumway) Neal, the third of...

Donald D. Hatfield
Mar 25, 2009
Donald D. Hatfield Sr., 65, of Spokane Valley and formerly of Elgin, died unexpectedly March 25 at his home. At Donald's request, no services will be held. Hazen and Jaeger Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Donald was born Feb. 20, 1944. He worked for Union Pacific Railroad in various capacities for 42 years. He was an...

Helen Louise Lawrence
Mar 25, 2009
Helen Louise Lawrence, age 84, of Elgin, died March 25, 2009 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. at the Weston Cemetery in Weston, Oregon. An on-line guestbook is available with her complete obituary at www.danielsknopp.com. Mrs. Lawrence was born on November 2, 1924, the youngest of 7 children...

Parley Joe Haskett
Mar 24, 2009
Parley Joe Haskett, 43, of La Grande, died March 24 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise after a prolonged illness. A service will begin at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Underground Oasis, 1516 Adams Ave. in La Grande. Private services will be held later in Pilot Rock. Parley was born July 2, 1966, to Leo and LaWanda Haskett in...

Warren A. Carlsen
Mar 23, 2009
Warren Archie Carlsen, most recently of Lake Oswego, died March 23, 2009 at the age of 82. Warren was born September 4, 1926 in Dryad, Washington to Lester and Jennie Carlsen. At the age of 6, his father became the pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle in La Grande, Oregon, and it was in La Grande where Warren was raised...

Florence "Flo" Sims Otten Davidson
Mar 22, 2009
Florence Sims Otten Davidson, 86, of La Grande, died in the late afternoon March 22. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at St Peter's Episcopal Church, corner of Fourth Street and O Avenue in La Grande. Florence was born Dec. 23, 1922, to Clifford Marlowe and Marie Jeannette (Hager) Sims in Salem. After graduation from McLoughlin...

Shirley Hoadley
Mar 22, 2009
Shirley Hoadley, age 71, of La Grande, died Sunday at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Committal and interment will follow at the Cove Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Friday from 4:00...

Robert "Bob" Bryan Garrett
Mar 21, 2009
Robert "Bob" Bryan Garrett, 67, of Eureka, Mont., and formerly of La Grande, died March 21 of natural causes at his home. A private memorial will be held for Bob at a later date. For more information, call Jeff at 910-2089 or Kris 541-969-8616. Nelson & Vial Funeral Home in Libby, Mont., is in charge of arrangements. Bob was...
Jack Dean Zimmerman
Mar 19, 2009
Jack Dean Zimmerman, age 74, of Union, died Thursday in Boise, Idaho. No public services are planned at this time but a future service will be published later by Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Mr. Zimmerman was born on October 27, 1934, one of the eighteen children of Jack Dean and Marie (Barlow) Zimmerman in Sac City,...

Wayne Gordon Whitnah
Mar 18, 2009
Wayne Gordon Whitnah, 36, of Baker City, died March 18 in Richland. A memorial mass will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Baker City. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception to be held immediately following the service at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church. Wayne was born Sept....

Floyd W. Henderson
Mar 15, 2009
Floyd W. Henderson, age 90, of Grants Pass, died Sunday, March 15, 2009 at his home in Grants Pass. Recitation of the rosary will be held at 7:00 p.m., Thursday, March 19, 2009 at Hull & Hull Chapel. A memorial mass will be at 2:00 p.m., March 20, 2009 at St. Anne Catholic Church with Monsignor Gregory Moys officiating....
Maxine Frances Stuart
Mar 14, 2009
Maxine Frances Conley Stuart, 90, formerly of Cove, died Saturday March 14 in La Grande. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 18 at Daniels~Knopp, Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Friends may call for viewing between 2 and 4 p.m. Tuesday at Daniels~Knopp. Maxine was born...

Wilma June Markham
Mar 14, 2009
Wilma June (Wright) Markham, 65, of La Grande died unexpectedly March 14 after a short illness at Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral service will begin at 1 p. m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Island City. Public viewing will run from noon to 12:30 p.m. at the LDS Church with family viewing to...

Marion Howard Mills
Mar 13, 2009
Marion Howard Mills, 83, of Hot Springs, S.D., and formerly of Union, died March 13 at Custer Regional Senior Care in Custer, S.D. Memorial services were held March 18 at McColley's Chapel of the Hills in Hot Springs with Pastor William Russow officiating. Written condolences can be made at www.mccolleyschapels.com. Marion was born Oct. 15, 1925, to Samuel and...