Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Dennis Ray Williams
Feb 14, 2009
Dennis Ray Williams, age 64, of La Grande, died February 14, 2009 at his home. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Casual wear is requested as Dennis was not a suit and tie guy. Dennis was born...
Dennis Ledridge
Feb 12, 2009
Dennis Ledridge, 63, of Vancouver, Wash., and formerly of La Grande, died Feb. 12 at his home. No funeral service is planned. He is survived by his wife, Janie, and sons, Steven of Seattle and Kevin of Vancouver.
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Shari Louise Cook Roe
Feb 12, 2009
Shari Louise Cook Roe passed away on February 12, 2009 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to many. Shari was born in Dallas, Oregon on July 16, 1947 to Louis and Eva Mae LaMotte. She grew up as the youngest sister of three brothers, Lewis, Ron and...
Bertha Nona Winters Womack Prince
Feb 11, 2009
Bertha Nona Winters Womack Prince, 93, of Cove, died peacefully in her sleep Feb. 11 at Cove Cottages in Cove. Services will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. A viewing will run from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Lovelands. Burial will be at Wallowa Cemetery. Bertha was born Sept. 1, 1915, to Anna May Beeman...
Richard "Rick" Carleton Cantrell
Feb 9, 2009
Richard "Rick" Carleton Cantrell, 88, of Dufur and formerly of Union, died Feb. 9. Viewing and visitation will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 15th and Oregon streets in The Dalles. A memorial service will follow at noon. Burial is planned for 1 p.m. Monday at the Union...
Jennie Shoman White
Feb 7, 2009
Jennie Shoman White, age 97, of La Grande died February 7, 2009 at her home in La Grande. A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, February 13, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Committal and interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Jennie was born on August 7, 1911 in Council Bluffs, Iowa....
William Newton Kasch
Feb 6, 2009
William Newton Kasch, age 83, of Union, died February 6, 2009 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. There will be a graveside service in St. Helens, Oregon in the near future. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Mr. Kasch was born on January 5, 1926 in Salem, Oregon. He served with the Merchant Marines and...
Deleva "Dee" Mae Rill
Feb 6, 2009
DeLeva "Dee" Mae Rill, 74, of Othello, Wash., and formerly of Elgin, died Feb. 6 at her home with her family at her side. A celebration of her life began at 1 p.m. today at Stevens Funeral Chapel in Othello. Final services will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Elgin Community Center with burial to follow at the...
Genevieve "Gen" Jones
Feb 3, 2009
Genevieve Jones, 87, of La Grande, died the morning of Feb. 3 at home with her granddaughter, Kakki Jones, at her side. A memorial service and luncheon will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Ontario. A memorial dinner was held Feb. 8 at her home. Mary Genevieve Wheeler was born Feb. 21, 1921, to...
Anna Marie Elliott
Feb 2, 2009
Anna Marie Elliott, 65, of Salem and formerly of Union and La Grande, died Feb. 2 at her home surrounded by her family after a battle with cancer. Marie requested that no public services be held for her. Marie was born Oct. 1, 1943, to Acey and Norma (Wigglesworth) Edwards in Portland. The family then moved to Acey's home...
Thelma Carleen Schmittle
Feb 2, 2009
Thelma Carleen Schmittle, age 79, of Pendleton and formerly of Elgin, died February 2, 2009 at her home. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Mrs. Schmittle was born on November 22, 1929, the daughter of Charles...
Ellen M. Nicoletti
Jan 31, 2009
Ellen M. Nicoletti, 84, of Chubbuck, Idaho, died Jan. 31. A celebration of life service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Ellen was born Aug. 25, 1924, to Jossie and Edward Young in Wallowa. Ellen graduated from Flora High School. Upon graduating, she went to work for the Union Pacific Railroad. Ellen...
J.D. Steinbeck
Jan 31, 2009
J.D. Steinbeck, 93, of Seneca and formerly of La Grande, died Jan. 31 at Country Spice Assisted Living Center in John Day. Graveside services will begin at 1 p.m. Friday at the Hermiston Cemetery. J.D. was born May 19, 1915, to Frank and Clara (Hadley) Steinbeck in La Grande. He graduated from La Grande High School and later from...
Grace Tobrocke Weiss
Jan 30, 2009
Mae Grace Tobrocke Weiss, 98, of Colorado Springs, Colo., and formerly of Elgin, died Jan. 30 due to advanced age and a deteriorating valve in her heart. There will be no public services. Mae was born March 10, 1910, to Frank and Bertha Inez Moore Tobrocke in Portland. She grew up in Elgin, the second of three daughters -...
James D. Young
Jan 29, 2009
James D. Young, 82, of Lincoln City and formerly of La Grande, died Jan. 29 at the Oregon Veterans Home in The Dalles. A graveside service was held today at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. James was born Nov. 20, 1926, in La Grande. He is survived by his wife, Ellen Young, of Lincoln City.
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Nina Mildred Bartlett
Jan 27, 2009
Nina Mildred Bartlett, 87, of Pilot Rock and formerly of Elgin, died Jan. 27 at Willowbrook Terrace in Pendleton. Viewing will run from 1 to 6 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to noon Friday at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton, followed by vault interment...
Bonnie R. Hart
Jan 26, 2009
Bonnie R. Hart, 55, of Elgin died Jan. 26 at her residence. A celebration of life memorial was held Thursday in Elgin. The family invites her friends to join them in scattering her ashes in July at a place she requested to be. Bonnie was born in Feb. 6, 1953, in Nyssa to Ruth and Harvey Howard. She joined...
Henry John Hoffman
Jan 26, 2009
Henry John Hoffman, 77, of Baker City, died Jan. 26 at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. in Baker City. Henry was born Dec. 31, 1931, to Charles Reuben and Dorothy Irene Phell Hoffman at the "Lone Tree" near La Grande after they failed to...
Rosalie Johnston (Fox) Rice
Jan 24, 2009
Rosalie (Fox) Johnston Rice, 87, of Eagle, Idaho, and formerly of Union County, died Jan. 24, at her son's home in Huntington Beach, Calif., after a four-month battle with cancer. A celebration of life will begin at 11 a.m. Feb. 7 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Newport. A short graveside service will follow at the Chelan Abbey Mausoleum...
Wendell Orwell Judson
Jan 24, 2009
Wendell Judson, 92 of Douglas Lake, peacefully entered heaven on January 24th surrounded by his family. Wendell was born May 7, 1916 near Levering. He was the eldest son of Nellie (Pike) and William Judson and married Elma Elder in 1938. Wendell taught school in Hebron and Munro Township for five years and worked as a foreman at General...
