Remembering Loved Ones in La Grande, OR
Reta Conner Talbott
Jun 15, 2008
Reta Conner Talbott, age 95, of La Grande, died June 15, 2008 at the Grande Ronde Hospital. A funeral will be held on Thursday, June 19, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Zion Lutheran Church. Committal and interment will follow at the Hillcrest East Cemetery. Viewing will be held on Wednesday from 4:00 until 6:00 p.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral,...
Emma Mary Hoyt
Jun 12, 2008
Emma Mary Hoyt, age 89, of Union, died Thursday, June 12, 2008 at a local care center. Emma was born on April 1, 1919 to James Samuel and Lillian Pearl (Hall) Payne on their family homestead near Troy, Oregon. Many of her childhood years were spent in Wallowa County. She married Franklin Richard Hoyt on July 17, 1937 at...
Catherine Willett
Jun 9, 2008
Catherine Willett, age 96, of La Grande, died Monday, June 9, 2008 at the Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center. A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center, 1502 7th Street in La Grande. Mrs. Willett was born on April 2, 1912 on a ranch...
Theodore "Ted" William Knight
Jun 5, 2008
Theodore "Ted" William Knight, 68, of Pilot Rock and formerly of Union County, died June 5 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. Memorial services will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Burns Mortuary in Pendleton with graveside services to follow at Island City Cemetery. Ted was born June 29, 1939, to Floyd and Martha Knight in Axtell, Neb. After...
Raine Miller (Will/Skeezix) Wilson
Jun 4, 2008
Raine (Will/Skeezix) Miller Wilson, 66, of The Dalles and formerly of La Grande, died June 4 at his home. A viewing and visitation will run from 8 - 9:30 a.m. Monday at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home. A graveside service will follow at 11 a.m. at Mosier Cemetery. Raine was born Dec. 9, 1941, the youngest of five...
Thomas "Kip" Kipling Martin
Jun 4, 2008
Thomas Kipling Martin, 20, of North Bend and formerly of Cove, died June 4. Funeral services will be held at 5 p.m. Monday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in North Bend. Kip was born May 5, 1988. He spent the first half of his school years in Cove. There he was active in the Church...
Deborah Lee (Brooks) Fifer
Jun 3, 2008
Deborah Lee (Brooks) Fifer, 57, of Fairbanks, Alaska, and formerly of Union and La Grande, died June 3 at her home with her beloved companion, James Helgeson, at her side. A graveside memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Eagle Valley Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception following the service at the...
Ardith Maxene Livingston
May 31, 2008
Ardith Maxene Livingston, 100, of Union, died at her residence May 31. A memorial service will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Union. Maxene Livingston was born Aug. 20, 1907, the oldest of 13 children, in Santaquin, Utah. She grew up on the family farm owned by her parents, Albert...
Wesley "Wick" Churchill
May 30, 2008
Wesley "Wick" Churchill, 70, of Elgin, died May 30 at his home surrounded by family and friends. A casual dress (Wick-style) celebration of life service will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Elgin Stampede Hall. Wick was born March 5, 1938, to Ivan and Elsie Obert Churchill in La Grande. He was raised and educated in Elgin. Wick...
Jared Aaron Muilenburg
May 28, 2008
Jared Aaron Muilenburg, 21, of Portland and formerly of La Grande, died May 28 unexpectedly in Portland, where he was attending Portland Community College. Private family services will begin at 10 a.m. Monday. Jared was born May 25, 1987, to Rick and Janice Muilenburg, in La Grande. He was the sixth of eight children and the youngest son. Jared...
Phyllis Constance (Traiver) Henry
May 28, 2008
Phyllis Constance (Traiver) Henry, 86, of Johnson City, Tenn., and formerly of La Grande, died in the comfort of her home May 28 after a brief illness. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the family home. Family and friends are invited to attend. Phyllis was born April 15, 1922, to Joshua and Mary Traiver in...
Lyle "Sid" Sylvester Roberts, Jr.
May 27, 2008
Lyle Sylvester "Sid" Roberts, Jr., 72, of La Grande and formerly of Wallowa County, died Tuesday, May 27 at a local care center. A private family gathering will be held later this summer. Lyle Sylvester Roberts, Jr. was born on March 14, 1936 in Enterprise to Lyle Sylvester, Sr. and Helen Emily (Allen) Roberts. He grew up on acreage...
Marjorie Ann Bartlett
May 26, 2008
Marjorie Ann Bartlett, age 68, of La Grande, died May 26th in her home, surrounded by her family. A funeral service will be held at Daniels~Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 30th with Phil Burling from the local congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses will be officiating. Marjorie was born on August 23, 1939...
Niola H. Pumphrey
May 24, 2008
Niola H. Pumphrey, 85, of Pendleton and formerly of Union, died May 24 at the Odd Fellows Home in Wall Walla. Funeral services begin at 10 a.m. Monday in the First United Methodist Church, 352 SE Second St. in Pendleton. She will be buried in the West Lawn Cemetery in Gering, Neb. Niola Pumphrey was born May 28, 1922,...
Lewis James Ansell
May 24, 2008
Lewis James Ansell, 89, of Klamath Falls and formerly of Union County, died May 24 at Sky Lakes Medical Center from complications of Parkinson's disease. A memorial service begins at 4 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church in Klamath Falls. A celebration of life begins at 11 a.m. July 4 at Grandview Cemetery in La Grande. Lewis was...
Elmer Simon Yoder
May 24, 2008
Elmer Simon Yoder, 75, of Elgin, died peacefully May 24 at a local care center in La Grande following an extended illness. No services are planned at this time. He had requested no flowers. Elmer was born March 11, 1933, in Belleville, Pa., one of 11 children. His life's work included cabinet installation and carpentry. He loved the outdoors...
Robert "Bob" Withycombe
May 19, 2008
Robert "Bob" Withycombe, 91, died of old age at the Grande Ronde Hospital on Monday, May 19, 2008. Bob was born on November 2, 1916 at the Eastern Oregon Agriculture Experiment Station in Union, Oregon. His mother, Mabel Elsie Hutchinson Withycombe, was the daughter of Isabel Asbury Hutchinson, and William Hutchinson, who walked the Oregon Trail from Illinois to...
Marjorie "Marge" Lois Karnowski
May 15, 2008
Marjorie Lois "Marge" Karnowski was born July 12, 1930 at Marysville, Kansas to parents, Chauncey Laverne and Lois (Chroninger) Habig. She died Thursday, May 15, 2008 at Sun Terrace Assisted Living Facility in Hermiston, Oregon at the age of 77. Marge was raised in Marysville and attended nursing school until she had to drop out to help take care...
Donald "Don" Stahl
May 15, 2008
Donald "Don" Stahl, 57, of Pendleton, died May 15 in a Richland, Wash., hospital. Funeral services were held today, May 20, 2008 in the Burns Mortuary of Pendleton chapel. Don was born Aug. 4, 1950, to David and Lorna (Hallmark) Stahl in Cove. He was raised and education in Cove. After high school, he enlisted into the United States...
Lawrence "Larry" Eugene Eager
May 13, 2008
Lawrence "Larry" Eugene Eager, 73, of Portland, died May 13. Larry will be buried at Hudson Cemetery in Rainier. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held this summer. Larry loved to hunt deer and elk in the mountains of Eastern Oregon every autumn for much of his life. He was born Sept. 27, 1934, the only...
