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A celebration of life service for Susan (Susie) Aschenbrenner will be held on  Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023 at 11 a.m. at the Enterprise Seventh-day Adventist Church, 301 NE Wagner St. in Enterprise. Lunch will be provided.

Susan Marie Poole, 71, of Enterprise, died Jan. 15, 2023, at a local caregivers residence. At this time no services are planned and Bollman Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements. 

John S. Wynans, of Lostine, a husband, father, friend and neighbor, passed away Jan. 8, 2023. A celebration of life will be held later this spring when the weather allows. A fundraiser to help the family with expenses is also being planned for later this month. An obituary and dates to follow.

Paula Geddes, 76, of La Grande, died Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, at her residence. A full obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements. 

Betty Sasser, 96, of Enterprise, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, at Wildflower Lodge in La Grande. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1 p.m. at the Enterprise Cemetery. Bollman Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.    

Lowell Armon, 82, of Lostine, died Wednesday, Dec. 7, at his home in Lostine. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home. Online condolences can be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.

Nathan Augustus Locke, 49, of Enterprise, died Oct. 7, 2022. There will be a celebration of life at Ferguson Ridge Ski Area at 11 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. A potluck dinner will be served, so attendees should bring a dish of their choice. Plates, utensils and drinks will be supplied.

Aldon E. Johnson, 85, of Wallowa, died Dec. 2, 2022, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A memorial is being planned for late March. A full obituary will be published then. Bollman Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Orlen Wayne "Bud" Estes, formerly of Enterprise, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in Milton-Freewater, at the age of 95. He was born May 15, 1927. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, of Milton-Freewater, is in care of arrangements.

William (Billy, Bill) Crawford Hunter, 83, of Lostine, died Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A funeral service will be held Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, at 11 a.m. at the Lostine Presbyterian Church. A full obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland …

Darlene Rae Johnson, 67, died Oct. 28, 2022, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A celebration of life will be held at the Assembly of God Church in Wallowa on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, at 11 a.m., followed by a potluck dinner at the church. Burial will be at the Bramlet Memorial Cemetery in Wallowa…

Robert “Bob” Z. Smith, 84, of Wallowa, died Oct. 11, 2022, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the senior center in Wallowa. There will be a potluck dessert reception following the memorial service. Plea…

Gary Cornwell, 84, formerly of Joseph, died at his home in Yuma, Arizona, on Oct. 13, 2022. He was born in Enterprise on Aug. 14, 1938, son of Donald Lester and Margaret Marie "Whitmore" Cornwell. There will be a remembrance gathering service on Saturday Oct. 22, from 1-3 p.m. at the Enterpr…

Donna Jane Imsland, 94, of Pendleton, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton. Donna was born on March 22, 1928, in Lakeview, Oregon. Arrangements are with Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condolences may be shared at www.pioneerchapel.com.

Fred Tippett, 93, died Sept. 2, 2022. Fred was a veteran of three wars; World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. A brunch will be held at the VFW Hall in Enterprise on Saturday, Oct. 22, at 11 a.m., followed by an honorary military service at the Enterprise Cemetery at 1 p.m. A full…

Dorothy Freels will be interred in the Enterprise Cemetery columbarium Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022, at 11 a.m.

Jean R. Haefer, 72, of Enterprise, died Sept. 29, 2022, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Lewiston, Idaho. A memorial service will be held Oct. 7 at 2 p.m. at Loveland Funeral Chapel, La Grande. Casual dress is preferred by the family.

Leah “Rhee” Lathrop, 97, of Lostine, died Sept. 13, 2022. A celebration of life will be held Oct. 29 at 11 a.m. at the Lostine Presbyterian Church with a potluck following at South Fork Grange, 137 Highway 82, Lostine. A full obituary will be published at a later date.

Bob Geller, 86, of Joseph, passed away Sept. 9, 2022, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A retired Marine, Bob had made Wallowa County his home for the past 23 years. A full obituary and the date of a memorial gathering will be published at a later time.

Diana A. Bolin, 74, of Enterprise, died Sept. 16, 2022, in a Boise, Idaho, hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Relyea Funeral Chapel. 

Retha Mae Walker, 91, of Wallowa Lake, died at Grande Ronde Hospital Tuesday, Aug. 30. She was born May 30, 1931. A private family burial was held at the Enterprise Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held Sept. 17, 2022, from 2-4 p.m. at the Hurricane Creek Grange, 82930 Airport Lane, J…

Michael Hulse Sr., 74, of Wallowa, died on Aug. 31, 2022, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.

Lavon Carol Elliott, of Redmond, passed away May 8, 2022. She was born Feb. 28, 1945. A celebration of life will be held Sept. 13, 2022, at noon, at the South Fork Grange in Lostine.

Larry A. Waters, 79, of Joseph, died Aug. 17, 2022. He was born Sept. 13, 1942, in California. A graveside service will be held Sept. 27 at 11 a.m. at the Prairie Creek Cemetery in Joseph. A full obituary will follow later. Bollman Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

Graveside services for Rock Botham will be Saturday, Aug. 20, at 1 p.m. at the Cove Cemetery.

Daniel Aschenbrenner, 73, of Enterprise, died Aug. 7, 2022. Aschenbrenner was born Sept. 19, 1948. At this time no services are planned. A full obituary will be published later. Bollman Funeral Home has been entrusted with arrangements.

Gary Lynn Ainsworth, 67, of Rapid City, South Dakota, and formerly of La Grande, died Aug. 7, 2022. A graveside service will be held Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. at Mt. View Cemetery in Rapid City. Arrangements are by Kirk Funeral Home, Rapid City.

Mass for Gloria Bainter, 87, of Enterprise, who died July 27, 2022, in Enterprise, will be held Saturday, Aug. 20, at a time to be announced at St. Katherine Catholic Church with private interment at Alder Slope Cemetery. Bollman Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.

Thorval Burrows, 92, of Wallowa, died at his home July 23, 2022. Born June 16, 1930, at Milton-Freewater. A celebration of life will be held Sept. 10, at 2 p.m. at the Wallowa Senior Center. Bollman Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements.

The family of Edward Allen (Ed) Botz will have a Celebration of Life on Saturday, Aug. 13, beginning at 1 p.m. with a potluck and shared memories to follow. It will take place at The Rockwall Grange on Middle Road in Elgin.

Bev R. Diggins, 89, of Wallowa, died July 3, 2022. She will truly be missed by her children, sisters, nieces, nephews, eight grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and all of her friends. Services will be announced at a later date this summer. We love you mom.

David Dodson, 74, of Wallowa, died on June 18, 2022, after a motor vehicle accident. Dodson was born on July 16, 1947 to Ernest and Barbara Dodson of The Dalles. Cards and flowers may be sent them to 711 Heather Drive, Missoula, Mont. 59801.

Karen L. Hurley, 71, of Joseph, died Thursday, June 23, 2022, at her residence. A full obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

A celebration of life for Bill Butner will take place July 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Hurricane Creek Grange Hall in Joseph. Butner died Jan. 20, 2022. He was raised in Wallowa County and died in Bend. Instead of flowers a donation to Healing Reins Therapeutic Riding Center in honor of Butne…

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Elvin “Buzz” Cate, 82, of Imnaha, died April 22, 2022, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. No services are planned at this time. His ashes will be interred at Grouse Flat Cemetery. Arrangements are by Bollman Funeral Home, Enterprise.

Linda Louise Crutcher Southwick, 70, formerly of Wallowa County, died April 16, 2022, in Roseburg. Arrangements are by Roseburg National Cemetery.

A memorial service for Doreen Zollman, who died June 14, 2021, will be held on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 11 a.m. at the Nazarene Church in Enterprise.

Theodore (Ted) Keith Freels of Enterprise, Oregon, died in Enterprise April 21, 2022, surrounded by family.

R. Ray Wheeler, 81, of Enterprise died April 13, 2022, at his home. He was born Oct. 4, 1940, in Midvale, Idaho. At this time no services are planned. The family will have a celebration of life at a later date. Bollman Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements.

Memorial services for Devin Woempner-Velarde will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Hurricane Creek Grange in Joseph.

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