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Afton  Hirst Case

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Thomas  Ira Smith

Thomas Ira Smith

Jul 10, 2008

Thomas Ira Smith, 93, of McMinnville and formerly of Elgin, died July 10 in McMinnville. Memorial services will begin at 1 p.m. Aug. 9 at the United Methodist Church at Fifth and Birch Street in Elgin. Tom was born Sept. 22, 1914 to Ira Arthur and Henrietta Esther (Cruikshank) Smith in Gridley, Calif. The family soon moved to Elgin...

Anna  Lorraine Parker

Anna Lorraine Parker

Jul 9, 2008

Anna Lorraine Parker, 89, of La Grande, died July 9, at a local care center with family singing by her side. A memorial service was held July 12 and a burial service will take place later this summer, when her ashes will be interred next to those of her husband's in Lebanon. Anna was born Sept. 7, 1918, to...

Jessie  Marie Mayes

Jessie Marie Mayes

Jul 9, 2008

Jessie Marie Mayes, age 83, of La Grande, died July 9, 2008 at her home, surrounded by her family. A funeral service will be held at Carr's Chapel in Speedwell, Tennessee on July 20th at 2;00 p.m. Committal and interment will follow at the Yoakum Cemetery. Viewing will be held at Reece's Mortuary on July 19th from 5:00 until...

Ruby B. St. John

Ruby B. St. John

Jul 8, 2008

Ruby B. St. John, 96, of Union, died July 8 at a local care center. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Island City Cemetery followed by a celebration of life and memorial luncheon at 1 p.m. at the VFW Hall in Union. Ruby was born April 11, 1912, in Slope County, N.D. She moved...

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