Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR

Rex Allen Kennedy
Jul 30, 2008
Rex Allen Kennedy, 47, of Elgin, died July 30 in an ATV accident at Jubilee Lake. A celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Elgin Community Center. Rex was born Jan. 7, 1961, to William Howard and Mildred Elizabeth (Phillips) Kennedy in La Grande. Rex was raised in Elgin and graduated from Elgin High School...
Catherine Marie Bruce
Jul 29, 2008
Catherine Marie Bruce, age 96, of La Grande, died July 29, 2008 at her home. A family graveside service will be held at the Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande. Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center. Mrs. Bruce was born on August 13, 1911, the daughter of Michael and Anna (Hildebrand) Delich in Kansas City,...

Marlon Howard Maples
Jul 27, 2008
Marlon Howard Maples, 50, formerly of La Grande and Union, died July 27 in Valdez, Alaska. Private family services were held July 31 at the Cremation Society of Alaska. Jim Lamson officiated. Memorial services will begin at 3 p.m. Sept. 7 at Valdez Glacier Campground. Phil Merioles will officiate. Marlon's cremated remains will be scattered in Valdez. An online...

Raymond S. Needham
Jul 27, 2008
Raymond S. Needham, 75, of La Grande, died on July 27, 2008 at his home. Ray was born on August 28, 1932 in Cove, Oregon. He graduated from Cove High School. After graduation he served in the Army during the Korean War. He married Berneva Garrett from Union, Oregon on July 14, 1956. They had 2 children. Ray worked...

Afton Hirst Case
Jul 27, 2008
Afton Hirst Case, age 86, of La Grande, died July 27, 2008 at a local care facility. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 6, 2008 at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration, 1502 7th Street in La Grande at 2:00 p.m. Committal and interment was held earlier at the Hillcrest East Cemetery. Mrs. Case was born...

Raymond S. Neeham
Jul 27, 2008
Raymond S. Needham, 75, of La Grande, died on July 27, 2008 at his home. Ray was born on August 28, 1932 in Cove, Oregon. He graduated from Cove High School. After graduation he served in the Army during the Korean War. He married Berneva Garrett from Union, Oregon on July 14, 1956. They had 2 children. Ray worked...

Alice Lanora Coady
Jul 25, 2008
Alice Lanora Coady, 76, of Deer Island and formerly of La Grande, died July 25 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland after a lengthy illness. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at her Deer Island home. Alice was born July 24, 1932, to Jerry C. Dockweiler and Millie Lanora Pyle in La Grande. She was...

Manford Jiles Morris
Jul 25, 2008
Manford Jiles Morris, age 89, of La Grande, died Friday, July 25, 2008 at a local care facility. A funeral will begin at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Interment will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Mr. Morris was born on November 11, 1918,...
Elva Anita Doud
Jul 24, 2008
Elva Anita (Lewis) Doud, age 90, of La Grande and formerly of Summerville, passed away July 24, 2008 after a long illness. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. at the Summerville Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation &...

Willard "Bill" Harry Boyd
Jul 23, 2008
Willard Harry "Bill" Boyd, 65, of La Grande, died July 23 at his home. A celebration of life potluck will begin at 11 a.m. Aug. 9 at the Lions Park in Wallowa. Bill was born Oct. 31, 1942 to Harry Clay and Alpha Bernice (Henry) Boyd in Enterprise. He grew up in Wallowa County. He loved fishing, horses, writing...

Victor J. Zdeb
Jul 22, 2008
Victor J. Zdeb, 61, died July 22 at Evergreen Healthcare. Victor was born Dec. 30, 1946, in Germany. He immigrated to Chicago with his parents at the age of 5, earned his naturalization papers at 16, and attended four years of college at University of Illinois at Carbondale, where he discovered a passion for computers that would last all...

David Mark Mayes
Jul 18, 2008
David Mark Mayes, 43, of La Grande, died July 18 at his home. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in La Grande. David was born Sept. 1, 1964, to Donald and Jo Elaine Mayes in Sacramento, Calif. David's family moved from northern California to Haines when he was...

Maxine Lillian Smith
Jul 18, 2008
Maxine Lillian Smith, 86, of La Grande, died at a local care center July 18. There will be no services as per family request. Maxine was born on Sept. 18, 1921, in Weiser, Idaho, to Dewey and Jacqueline (Jeffries) Smith. She graduated from Weiser High School and in 1955 married Sherman Gardner, with whom she had two children, but...

Charles L. Thompson
Jul 17, 2008
Charles L. "Chuck" Thompson, 59, of Milton-Freewater and formerly of La Grande, died July 17 at his home. A memorial service will be announced at a later date in the Union Cemetery. Chuck was born Feb. 23, 1949 to Joseph F. and Lucille E. England Thompson in Prairie City. He grew up in the logging town of Bates. At...
Robert Leslie Robertson
Jul 16, 2008
Robert Leslie Robertson, 82 of La Grande, died Wednesday, July 16, at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, July 21 at Daniels~Knopp, Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 Seventh Street, La Grande. Committal and interment will follow at the Island City Cemetery. Viewing hours will be Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m....

Charles "Chuck" J. Hazen, Iii
Jul 15, 2008
Charles J. "Chuck" Hazen III, 68, died July 15 at his home with his family by his side. Private remembrance services will be held later. Chuck was born Dec. 20, 1939, in Pittsburgh to Charles J. Hazen II and Dorothy Ely Hazen. Later they moved to Portland. His passions were motorcycles and old cars. He owned and operated a...

Annabel Redding Shankel
Jul 14, 2008
Annabel Redding Shankel, age 92, of Union, died July 14, 2008 at a local care center. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 19th at 3:30 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church in La Grande. A committal service will be held in California at a later date. Annabel was born on April 6, 1916 in Murphys,...

Eloise Wing
Jul 14, 2008
Eloise Wing, 80, of La Grande, died July 14. Services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande. Eloise was born March 1, 1928, to Joseph and Mabel (Haywood) Berg of Verdon, S.D. She attended Bates 267 grade school, graduated from Groton High School, and attended Northern State Teachers...

Marietta Lorene Dodds
Jul 10, 2008
Marietta Lorene Dodds, 81 of La Grande, died July 10 of natural causes at a local care center. A funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel. Marietta was born April 19, 1927, to Carl and Lila Preston Keller in La Grande and graduated from high school in 1944. Marietta was married to William Rudd...

Scott Howard Baum
Jul 10, 2008
Fourth generation member of the Baum Family, Scott Howard Baum, age 46 of Dallas, Texas, passed away July 10 of a heart attack in Las Vegas, NV. A service will be announced later. Scott was a son of Drs. John and Joan Baum and grandson of Carl and Augusta Hiatt Baum.