❲ ✁✂ ✄✁❆❨✱ ☎❆✆✝✞ ✟✱ ✠✡✶✾
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Benjamin M. Boswell
æçèéêèëì çí îçïêðñ
òóôõö÷øòó
Benjamin Mack Boswell,
72, formerly of Joseph,
died Feb. 23 in Spokane,
Washington. A celebration
of his life will be held at 2
p.m. March 9 at the high
school gym in Joseph, fol-
lowed by a potluck social
in the cafeteria. Friends
ùúû ùüýûþ ÿ ✁ ú ✂✄☎ ✆✄☎ ûú
foods and memories of
Ben to share.
Ben was born Jan. 24,
1947, in Boise, Idaho, the
only child of Gene Cor-
win and Mary Elizabeth
(Dawson) Boswell. He was
raised in Joseph and was
an Eagle Scout. He gradu-
ated from Joseph High
School as valedictorian of
the class of 1965.
Ben attended Wil-
lamette University and
graduated from the Uni-
versity of Oregon in 1970
with a BA. He married his
lifelong friend and college
sweetheart, Claudia Lynn
Wilson, on Aug. 2, 1969.
Ben taught junior high and
high school math and sci-
ence in Long Creek, Ma-
dras and Joseph for a total
of 20 years.
In 1992, Ben began
ÿ ✝ û ✆ úüÿ ✞ ✞ ✟ ú ÿûú ✠ ü ùü
Wallowa County Com-
missioner. During his
third term, he served as
president of the Oregon
Association of Counties.
Always active in the com-
munity, Ben rose to local
and state leadership roles
in the United Methodist
Church, the Grange and
the Masonic Lodge. He
was also a member of the
Wallowa County Chamber
of Commerce, Rotary and
the Order of Eastern Star.
Ben was raised in a musi-
cal family and, with Claudia,
played in school and com-
munity bands and sang in
school, church and commu-
nity choirs wherever they
lived. He also participated
in school and community
theater productions.
Survivors include his
wife of 49 years, Claudia;
children and spouses,
Cory and Kelly Boswell of
Bozeman, Montana, and
Candy and David Casteal
of Spokane, Washington;
and three grandchildren.
✡✄ ☛✂ û ✟ ✞ ☞ ✌ ûúü ✍ ✠ û -
morial donations may be
made to the Ben Boswell
Memorial Fund at www.
wallowaresources.org.
Charles N. Hewitt
■ ïë ✎✏✑ ✒✓✔ ì
Charles Nelson Hewitt,
83, of Island City, died Feb.
27 at Grande Ronde Hospi-
tal. No services are planned
at this time. An obituary
is forthcoming. Loveland
Funeral Chapel & Crema-
tory will be handling the
arrangements.
An obituary is forthcom-
ing.
Floyd A. Knight
▲✎ ✕ è ✎✏✑ ê
Floyd Arlen Knight, 88,
of La Grande, died March
4 at a local care facility.
An obituary is forthcom-
ing. Loveland Funeral
Chapel & Crematory will
be handling the arrange-
ments.
Darleen L. (Young)
Hendon
▲✎ ✕ è ✎✏✑ ê
òóôõö÷øòó
Darleen Lou Hendon, 71,
of La Grande, died March
1 at a local
care facility.
A viewing will
be held from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m.
March 7 at
Loveland Funeral Chapel.
A funeral service will begin
at 10 a.m. March 8 at the
La Grande First Christian
Church. A short graveside
service will follow, after
which a meal will be held at
the First Christian Church.
Darleen was born March
7, 1947, in Grand Junction,
Colorado, to Lawrence and
Evelyn (Gardiner) Young.
In junior high school, Dar-
leen moved with her family
to Afton, Wyoming, where
she graduated from Star
Valley High School. After
marrying George Hen-
don on Jan. 6, 1969, they
moved to Graysville, Ten-
nessee, for about one year.
The couple returned to Af-
ton, Wyoming, for a short
period before moving to
the Grande Ronde Valley
in 1971, eventually settling
in La Grande in 1976.
Darleen was employed
along the way at the Star
Valley Hospital in Wyo-
ming, Rhea County Me-
morial Hospital in Ten-
nessee and ultimately the
La Grande Observer, from
which she retired. She also
volunteered with the San-
ta Mall, local 4-H clubs
and for countless activities
involving her children and
grandchildren.
Darleen was an avid yard
saler and attended and as-
sisted with local auctions.
She enjoyed playing bingo
and followed the Port-
land Trail blazers, Oregon
Ducks and Atlanta Braves.
Survivors include her
children and their spous-
es, Clay and Kathy Hendon
of Kennewick, Washing-
ton, Roxanne and Butch
Stephens of La Grande,
Miles and Trudy Hendon of
La Grande, and Jeremy
Hendon of Washington,
D.C.; sisters and broth-
ers-in-law, Colleen and
Jim Jenson of Goodyear,
Arizona, and Eileen and
Alan Boss of Grand Junc-
tion, Colorado; brother
and sister-in-law, Clark
and Maureen Young of
Cheyenne, Wyoming; six
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⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ➀❺⑩❿ ➁⑩❽➂
❾❿➨➒ ⑩❿➐ ⑩➝↔⑩↕➂ ❸⑩➢❾❿➨
➃➅⑩➂➂➈ ➉❽➊➋ ➍⑩ ➎❽⑩❿➐❺➒
➜➊➋➣⑩➂➂❾➊❿ ➉➊❽ ❷❸➊➂❺
➓→ ➣⑩➂➂❺➐ ⑩↔⑩↕ ⑩❷ ➂➙❿➛
⑩❽➊➙❿➐ ❸❺❽➦
➂❺❷ ↔❾❷❸ ❸❺❽ ❷❸❽❺❺ ➜❸❾➝➛
➡➂ ⑩ ➜⑩❽❾❿➨ ➋➊❷❸❺❽
➐❽❺❿ ❿❺⑩❽➞↕ ➊❿ ➟❽❾➐⑩↕➒
⑩❿➐ ➉⑩❾❷❸➉➙➝ ⑦❸❽❾➂❷❾⑩❿➒
➟❺➞❽➙⑩❽↕ ➠➠➒ ⑩❷
⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ➝➊➢❺➐ ➎➊➐ ⑩❿➐
➡➐➢❺❿❷❾➂❷ ➤❺➐❾➜⑩➝
➉⑩➋❾➝↕ ➋➊❽❺ ❷❸⑩❿ ⑩❿↕➛
⑦❺❿❷❺❽ ❾❿ ➥➊❽❷➝⑩❿➐➒ ➓→➦
❷❸❾❿➨ ❾❿ ❷❸❺ ↔➊❽➝➐➦ ➅❸❺
➧❸❺ ➐⑩➙➨❸❷❺❽ ➊➉ ➓❽❾❿
❾❿➂❷❾➝➝❺➐ ❷❸❺ ➝➊➢❺ ➊➉ ➎➊➐
⑩❿➐ ➀➊⑩❿❿⑩ ➅⑩➂➂➒
❾❿❷➊ ❷❸❺ ❸❺⑩❽❷➂ ➊➉ ❸❺❽
⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ➨❽❺↔ ➙➣ ❾❿ ❷❸❺
➜❸❾➝➐❽❺❿➒ ⑩❿➐ ➂❸➊↔❺➐
➉⑩❽➋ ⑩❿➐ ➜⑩❷❷➝❺ ➜➊➙❿❷❽↕
❷❸❺➋ ➞↕ ❺➽⑩➋➣➝❺ ❸➊↔ ❷➊
➊➉ →❾➜❸➝⑩❿➐➒ ➓→➦ ➅❸❺
➝➊➢❺ ⑩❿➐ ➂❺❽➢❺ ➣❺➊➣➝❺
↔⑩➂ ➣❽➊➙➐ ➊➉ ❸❺❽ ❽➊➊❷➂
↔❺➝➝➦ ➅❸❺ ➣❽⑩↕❺➐ ➜➊❿❷❾❿➙➛
⑩❿➐ ➜➊❿❷❾❿➙⑩➝➝↕ ➂❸⑩❽❺➐
⑩➝➝↕ ➉➊❽ ❸❺❽ ➜❸❾➝➐❽❺❿➒ ➉⑩➋➛
↔❾❷❸ ❸❺❽ ➜❸❾➝➐❽❺❿ ⑩➞➊➙❷
❾➝↕➒ ➉❽❾❺❿➐➂➒ ➜➊↔➊❽➯❺❽➂➒
❷❸❺ ⑩➋⑩➩❾❿➨ ➣❺➊➣➝❺ ⑩❿➐ ➢⑩➝➝❺↕ ➊➉ ❷❸❺❾❽ ➝❾❿➛
➂❷➙➐❺❿❷➂➒ ⑩❿➐ ⑩➜➪➙⑩❾❿❷⑩❿➜❺➂➒ ⑩❿➐ ➂❸❺ ↔⑩❿❷❺➐
❺⑩➨❺➦ ⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ➨❽⑩➐➙⑩❷❺➐ ❸❾➨❸ ➂➜❸➊➊➝ ⑩➂
❺➢❺❽↕➊❿❺ ❷➊ ➯❿➊↔ ➊➉ ➎➊➐➵➂ ➝➊➢❺ ➉➊❽ ❷❸❺➋➦
➢⑩➝❺➐❾➜❷➊❽❾⑩❿ ➉❽➊➋ ➎❺➋ ➅❷⑩❷❺ ➡➜⑩➐❺➋↕ ❾❿
➅❸❺ ↔⑩➂ ➜➊➋➋➙❿❾➜⑩❷❾❿➨➒ ➝➊➢❾❿➨ ❸❺❽ ➉⑩➋➛
⑦⑩➝➐↔❺➝➝➒ ➫➭➦ ➅❸❺ ↔⑩➂ ➯❿➊↔❿ ➉➊❽ ❸❺❽ ⑩❷❸➛
❾➝↕➒ ⑩❿➐ ➞❺❾❿➨ ↔❾❷❷↕ ❽❾➨❸❷ ➙➣ ➙❿❷❾➝ ❷❸❺ ➢❺❽↕
➝❺❷❾➜❾➂➋ ⑩❿➐ ↔➊❿ ➋⑩❿↕ ❷❽⑩➜➯ ⑩❿➐ ➉❾❺➝➐
❺❿➐➦ ➅❸❺ ➂❷⑩↕❺➐ ↔❾❷❸ ❸❺❽ ❺➝➐❺➂❷ ➐⑩➙➨❸❷❺❽
❺➢❺❿❷➂ ❾❿ ➂➜❸➊➊➝➦ ➅❸❺ ❷❸❺❿ ↔❺❿❷ ➊❿ ❷➊
➭⑩❿⑩ ➐➙❽❾❿➨ ❷❸❺ ➝⑩➂❷ ➂❺➢❺❽⑩➝ ↔❺❺➯➂ ➊➉ ➝❾➉❺➦
➲⑩➂❷❺❽❿ ➓❽❺➨➊❿ ➳❿❾➢❺❽➂❾❷↕ ↔❸❺❽❺ ➂❸❺
➶❸❾➝❺ ❷❸❺❽❺➒ ➂❸❺ ↔➊➙➝➐ ❸⑩➢❺ ➀⑩➜➯ ⑩❿➐ ➍➙➜↕➒
❺⑩❽❿❺➐ ⑩ ➁⑩➜❸❺➝➊❽➵➂ ➭❺➨❽❺❺ ❾❿ ➥➂↕➜❸➊➝➊➨↕➦
❸❺❽ ❸❾➨❸➛➂➜❸➊➊➝➛⑩➨❺➐ ➨❽⑩❿➐➜❸❾➝➐❽❺❿➒ ➜➊➋❺
➟❽➊➋ ❷❸❺ ❷❾➋❺ ➂❸❺ ↔⑩➂ ⑩ ↕➊➙❿➨ ➜❸❾➝➐ ➙❿❷❾➝
❷➊ ❸❺❽ ❽➊➊➋ ➂➊ ➂❸❺ ➜➊➙➝➐ ➂❺❺ ↔❸⑩❷ ❷❸❺↕
❽❺➜❺❿❷ ➋➊❿❷❸➂➒ ⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ↔⑩➂ ➋➊➂❷ ⑩❷ ❸➊➋❺ ↔❺❽❺ ↔❺⑩❽❾❿➨➒ ⑩❿➐ ❷❸❺❿ ➂❸❺ ↔➊➙➝➐ ➂⑩↕
⑩❿➐ ➋➊➂❷ ❸❺❽➂❺➝➉ ❾❿ ❷❸❺ ➜➝⑩➂➂❽➊➊➋➦ ➅❸❺ ⑩➝➂➊➒ ❷❸❾❿➨➂ ➝❾➯❺ ➹➓❸ ❷❸⑩❷➵➂ ➂➊ ➜➊➊➝➘ ➧❸⑩❷➵➂ ❾❿
❸⑩➐ ⑩ ➂➣❺➜❾⑩➝ ➨❾➉❷ ➉➊❽ ↔➊❽➯❾❿➨ ↔❾❷❸ ➜❸❾➝➐❽❺❿➦ ➂❷↕➝❺ ❾❿ ➍⑩ ➎❽⑩❿➐❺➒ ❷➊➊➦➴ ➭➙❽❾❿➨ ❸❺❽ ➉❾❿⑩➝
➅❸❺ ↔➊❽➯❺➐ ❾❿ ➍⑩ ➎❽⑩❿➐❺ ➅➜❸➊➊➝➂ ➉➊❽ ➊➢❺❽
❸➊➙❽➂➒ ➂❸❺ ⑩➂➯❺➐ ❸❺❽ ➐⑩➙➨❸❷❺❽ ➡➂❸➝❺❾➨❸ ❷➊
➠➸ ↕❺⑩❽➂➒ ⑩❿➐ ➂❸❺ ➝➊➢❺➐ ❷➊ ➝❺⑩❽❿➒ ❽❺⑩➐➒
➣❽⑩↕➦ ➡➂❸➝❺❾➨❸ ❽❺➂➣➊❿➐❺➐ ❷❸⑩❷ ➂❸❺➵➂ ❿➊❷ ⑩➂
❷❺⑩➜❸➒ ➋❺❿❷➊❽➒ ⑩❿➐ ❺❿➜➊➙❽⑩➨❺ ➂❷➙➐❺❿❷➂➦ ➫❿
➨➊➊➐ ⑩❷ ➣❽⑩↕❾❿➨ ⑩➂ ❸❺❽ ➊➝➐❺❽ ➞❽➊❷❸❺❽ ⑩❿➐
➠➸➺➻➒ ➂❸❺ ↔➊❿ ❷❸❺ ⑦❽↕➂❷⑩➝ ➡➣➣➝❺ ➡↔⑩❽➐ ⑩❿➐ ➂❾➂❷❺❽➒ ➞➙❷ ❷❸❺❿ ➣❽➊➜❺❺➐❺➐ ❷➊ ➐➊ ❸❺❽ ➞❺➂❷➦
↔⑩➂ ❽❺➜➊➨❿❾➩❺➐ ⑩➋➊❿➨ ❸❺❽ ➣❺❺❽➂ ➉➊❽ ➊➙❷➛
➡➞➊➙❷ ➊❿❺ ➋❾❿➙❷❺ ❾❿❷➊ ❷❸❺ ➣❽⑩↕❺❽➒ ⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺
➂❷⑩❿➐❾❿➨ ↔➊❽➯ ↔❾❷❸ ➂❷➙➐❺❿❷➂➦
➂⑩❾➐➒ ➹➫ ➐❾➐❿➵❷ ➋❺⑩❿ ➊➙❷ ➝➊➙➐➦➴
➫❿ ❸❺❽ ❺➝❺➋❺❿❷➒ ⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ↔➊➙➝➐ ➞❺
⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ➀❺⑩❿ ➁⑩❽➂ ➃➅⑩➂➂➈ ❾➂ ➂➙❽➢❾➢❺➐
➉➊➙❿➐ ↔❾❷❸ ➉⑩➋❾➝↕ ⑩❿➐ ➉❽❾❺❿➐➂ ❸❾➯❾❿➨ ❾❿ ❷❸❺ ➞↕ ❸❺❽ ➐⑩➙➨❸❷❺❽ ➭⑩❿⑩ ➤➊➊➐↕ ⑩❿➐ ❸❺❽ ❸➙➂➛
➲➝➯❸➊❽❿➂ ⑩❿➐ ➲⑩➨➝❺ ⑦⑩➣➂➒ ➣❾➜❿❾➜➯❾❿➨ ⑩❷
➞⑩❿➐ ➭➊❿⑩➝➐ ➤➊➊➐↕➒ ➂➊❿ ➁➝⑩➯❺ ➁⑩❽➂ ⑩❿➐
⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ⑦❽❺❺➯➒ ➉➝➊⑩❷❾❿➨ ➊❿ ➼⑩❿ ➥⑩❷❷❺❿
❸❾➂ ↔❾➉❺ ➤❾➂❷↕ ➁⑩❽➂➒ ➐⑩➙➨❸❷❺❽ ➡➂❸➝❺❾➨❸
➍⑩➯❺➒ ➣➝⑩↕❾❿➨ ❾❿ ➲⑩➨➝❺ ⑦❽❺❺➯ ⑩❷ ➁➊➙➝➐❺❽
➁⑩❽➂ ⑩❿➐ ❸❺❽ ➉❾⑩❿➜➷ ➤⑩❷❷❸❺↔ ➬➊➙❿➨➮ ❸❺❽
➥⑩❽➯➒ ➞❾❽➐ ↔⑩❷➜❸❾❿➨ ⑩❷ ➍⑩➐➐ ➤⑩❽➂❸➒ ➣➝⑩↕❾❿➨ ➨❽⑩❿➐➜❸❾➝➐❽❺❿ ➀⑩➜➯ ➤➊➊➐↕➒ ➍➙➜↕ ➤➊➊➐↕
➂➣➊❽❷➂➒ ➨➊❾❿➨ ➊❿ ➂➜❺❿❾➜ ➐❽❾➢❺➂ ❷➊ ➢❾❺↔ ❷❸❺
⑩❿➐ →❺❾➐ ➁⑩❽➂➮ ❸❺❽ ➞❽➊❷❸❺❽ ➭⑩➢❾➐ ➅⑩➂➂ ⑩❿➐
➝⑩❿➐➂➜⑩➣❺ ⑩❿➐ ↔❾➝➐➝❾➉❺➒ ➂↔❾➋➋❾❿➨ ⑩❷ ⑦➊➢❺
➂❾➂❷❺❽ ➱⑩❿➜↕ ➤➊❽❽❾➂➊❿➮ ❸❺❽ ❿❾❺➜❺➂ ➤❺➨⑩❿
➥➊➊➝➒ ❾❿ ❸❺❽ ➞⑩➜➯ ↕⑩❽➐ ❸➊➂❷❾❿➨ ➣⑩❽❷❾❺➂ ⑩❿➐
➱❺➙❸⑩❽❷❸ ⑩❿➐ ➡➞➞↕ ➤➊❽❽❾➂➊❿➒ ⑩❿➐ ❿❺➣❸❺↔➂
➣➝⑩↕❾❿➨ ➨⑩➋❺➂➒ ↔⑩❷➜❸❾❿➨ ❷❸❺ ➅❺⑩❸⑩↔➯➂➒
➍➙➜⑩➂ ➅⑩➂➂➒ ➡➙➂❷❾❿ ➅⑩➂➂➒ ➧↕➝❺❽ ➅⑩➂➂ ⑩❿➐
➨➊❾❿➨ ❷❸❽➊➙➨❸ ➐❽❾➢❺➛❷❸❽➙➂ ⑩❷ ⑩ ➋➊➋❺❿❷➵➂
⑦⑩❽➂➊❿ ➅⑩➂➂➦
❿➊❷❾➜❺ ❷➊ ➞➙↕ ➐❽❾❿➯➂ ⑩❿➐ ❷❽❺⑩❷➂ ➉➊❽ ❺➢❺❽↕➊❿❺➒
➡ ⑦❺➝❺➞❽⑩❷❾➊❿ ➊➉ ➍❾➉❺ ➉➊❽ ⑦⑩❷❸❺❽❾❿❺ ↔❾➝➝
➣➊➂❷❾❿➨ ➣❾➜➂ ➊➉ ❸❺❽ ➯❾➐➂ ⑩❿➐ ➨❽⑩❿➐➯❾➐➂ ➊❿
➞❺ ❸❺➝➐ ⑩❷ ❷❸❺ ➥❽❺➂➞↕❷❺❽❾⑩❿ ➟❽❾❺❿➐➂❸❾➣
➟⑩➜❺➞➊➊➯➒ ❷❺➽❷❾❿➨ ❸❺❽ ➜❸❾➝➐❽❺❿ ⑩❷ ⑩❿ ⑩➝⑩❽➋➛ ⑦❺❿❷❺❽ ➊❿ ➅⑩❷➙❽➐⑩↕➒ ➤⑩❽➜❸ ✃ ⑩❷ ❐➣➋➦ ➧❸❺
❾❿➨ ❽⑩❷❺ ⑩❿➐ ➯❺❺➣❾❿➨ ❺➢❺❽↕➊❿❺ ❾❿ ❷❸❺ ➝➊➊➣➒
➂❺❽➢❾➜❺ ⑩❿➐ ➋❺⑩➝ ↔❾➝➝ ➞❺ ❸➊➂❷❺➐ ➞↕
❺❿➾➊↕❾❿➨ ⑩❿➐ ❿➙❽❷➙❽❾❿➨ ❸❺❽ ➜⑩❷➂➒ ➞➙↕❾❿➨
➎❽⑩❿➐❺→➲➡⑦➚ ➤❾❿❾➂❷❽❾❺➂ ➊➉ ➍⑩ ➎❽⑩❿➐❺➦
➋➊❽❺ ➉➊➊➐ ⑩❿➐ ➨❾➉❷➂ ❷❸⑩❿ ➂❸❺ ➜➊➙➝➐ ⑩➉➉➊❽➐
➭➊❿⑩❷❾➊❿➂ ❷➊↔⑩❽➐ ❷❸❾➂ ❺➢❺❿❷ ↔❾➝➝ ➞❺ ⑩➜➜❺➣❷➛
➉➊❽ ❸➊➝❾➐⑩↕➂ ⑩❿➐ ➞❾❽❷❸➐⑩↕ ➣⑩❽❷❾❺➂➒ ❽❺⑩➐❾❿➨
❺➐ ⑩❷ ❷❸❺ ➐➊➊❽ ➊❽ ➋⑩❾➝❺➐ ➐❾❽❺➜❷➝↕ ❷➊
❸❺❽ ➁❾➞➝❺ ⑩❿➐ ➐❺➢➊❷❾➊❿➂➒ ⑩❿➐ ❷⑩➝➯❾❿➨ ❷➊
➎❽⑩❿➐❺→➲➡⑦➚ ➤❾❿❾➂❷❽❾❺➂ ❷➊ ⑩➐➐❽❺➂➂ ➞❺➝➊↔➦
➎➊➐➦ ➁➙❷ ➋➊➂❷ ➊➉ ⑩➝➝➒ ➂❸❺ ➾➙➂❷ ➝➊➢❺➐ ➞❺❾❿➨
➫➉ ↕➊➙ ❸⑩➢❺ ⑩❿↕ ➪➙❺➂❷❾➊❿➂ ➣➝❺⑩➂❺ ➜⑩➝➝
↔❾❷❸ ➯❾➐➂ ⑩❿➐ ➨❽⑩❿➐➯❾➐➂ ❿➊ ➋⑩❷❷❺❽ ↔❸⑩❷
➎❽⑩❿➐❺→➲➡⑦➚ ➐❾❽❺➜❷➝↕➦
❷❸❺↕ ↔❺❽❺ ➐➊❾❿➨➦ ➚❺❽ ❺❿❷❾❽❺ ➝❾➉❺➒ ➂❸❺ ↔⑩➂
➎❽⑩❿➐❺→➲➡⑦➚ ➤❾❿❾➂❷❽❾❺➂➒ ➥➓ ➁➊➽
❸⑩❽➐ ↔➊❽➯❾❿➨➒ ❺❿❺❽➨❺❷❾➜➒ ➜❽❺⑩❷❾➢❺➒ ➉➙❿➛➝➊➢➛
❒➸➸➠➒ ➍⑩ ➎❽⑩❿➐❺➒ ➓→ ✃➻❮❰➸➒ ❰❐➺➛➻❮Ï➛Ï➻❒➸
grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren; and
26 nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her husband, George;
parents, Lawrence and Ev-
elyn; and brother, Derald
Young.
Online condolences may
be made to the family at
www.lovelandfuneralcha-
pel.com.
George ‘Sherman’
VanCleave Jr.
❇✎✖ êè ✒✓✔ ì
George “Sherman” Van-
Cleave Jr., 76, of Baker City,
died Feb. 19 near Unity.
A memorial service will
be held at 2 p.m. April 13
at the Deschutes County
Fairgrounds in Redmond.
Arrangements are under
the direction of Gray’s
West & Co. Pioneer Cha-
pel of Baker City. To light a
candle in memory of Sher-
man, or to leave a condo-
lence for the family, visit
www.grayswestco.com.
An obituary is forthcom-
ing.
Robert C. Shelton
❯✏✓ ç ✏
òó÷ôö÷øòó
Robert Chesley Shelton,
94, of Union, died Feb. 28.
A funeral will be held at 11
a.m. March 11
at the Union
Methodist
Church. Ar-
rangements
are under the
direction
of
Daniels-Knopp
Funeral, Crema-
tion & Life Cel-
ebration Center.
Known as Bob, he was
born in 1924 in Wallowa.
Sports were a big part
of his early life. He met
Averil Jean Harris from
Cove at the Wallowa Lake
skating rink when she was
a sophomore and he was a
junior in high school. Bob
commuted the distance
from Wallowa to Cove
during their courtship,
and they were married
Dec. 27, 1942.
Bob was drafted into
the U.S. Army. After
basic training in Texas, he
landed at Omaha Beach
in Normandy. He drove a
supply truck and barely es-
✗ ù ✘ ûþ ù ✆ úû ✙ ✚✞ ÿûú ÿ ✝ û ✌ ùú ✍
Bob and Averil bought
a farm in Union, which
they owned and farmed
until 1958. In order to
support his family, Bob
also worked in lumber. In
1958, they built a home in
Union, where they lived
until Averil passed in 2011.
Bob spent his last years in
Jodi George’s foster care.
Bob was a longtime vol-
unteer at the Union Meth-
odist Church, helping with
repairs like putting on a
new roof and distribut-
ing food to the needy. He
especially enjoyed meal
gatherings at the church
and would make sure to
get large helpings of what-
ever dish Averil prepared.
Bob was known for his
love of the outdoors and
✝ û û ✄✛ ✜ ûþ ✆ ü ✝✂✄☎✍ ✝✟✄ ÿ -
ing, gathering wood and
camping. Although Bob
and Averil only had high
school educations, they
valued education and pri-
oritized college degrees for
their children. Bob’s life
lessons and legacy were
that your word is your
bond and to respect oth-
ers’ property.
Survivors include his
children and their spous-
es, Ken and Rhonda Shel-
ton of La Grande and Con-
nie and Lloyd Weaver of
West Lafayette, Indiana;
six grandchildren; and 14
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by his wife of 68
years, Averil.
✡✄ ☛✂ û ✟ ✞ ☞ ✌ ûúü ✍ ✠ û -
morial contributions may
be made to the Bobcat
Foundation.
Tanna J. Williams
❯✏✓ ç ✏
Tanna Jean Williams,
69, of Union, died March 3
at her residence. A viewing
will be held from 8 a.m. to
10 a.m. March 9 at Love-
land Funeral Chapel in
La Grande, followed by a
graveside service at 11 a.m.
at the Victorian Cemetery
in Union. The family pre-
fers casual dress. A recep-
tion and meal will be held
after the graveside service
at the Union VFW Hall. An
obituary is forthcoming.
Loveland Funeral Chapel
& Crematory is handling
the arrangements.
Andrew Pinard
æçèéêèëì çí ▲✎ ✕ è ✎✏✑ ê
Andrew “Andy” Pi-
nard, 43, of Oxbow, died
Feb. 17. A memorial gather-
ing will be held March 15 at
Wild Bills in Halfway, with
a social hour at 5 p.m. and
a celebration of his life at 6
p.m. Arrangements are en-
trusted to Tami’s Pine Val-
ley Funeral Home & Cre-
mation Services of Halfway.
An obituary is forthcom-
ing.
Local funerals
and visitations
❚✢✣ ✤✥✦✣✧★✣✧ ✩✪✥✫✬✦✢✣✦
♦✥✬✭✪✮✧✬✣✦ ✭✢✮✭ ✯♦✰✱♦✧✲
✭♦ ✬✭✦ ♦✥✬✭✪✮✧t ✩♦✫✬✯t ✮✭
✰♦ ✯♦✦✭♥ ✤✥✬✭✪✮✧✬✣✦ ✲✪✦✭
✥✣ ✪✰❜✣✧ ✳✴✵ ✶♦✧❜✦
✮✰❜ ✮✧✣ ✣❜✬✭✣❜ ✱♦✧
✰✣✶✦✩✮✩✣✧ ✦✭t✫✣♥ ✷✮✬❜
✮❜★✣✧✭✬✦✬✰✸ ✦✩✮✯✣ ✬✦
✮✫✦♦ ✮★✮✬✫✮✥✫✣ ✱♦✧ ✭✢♦✦✣
✶✢♦ ✶✮✰✭ ✮❜❜✬✭✬♦✰✮✫
✬✰✱♦✧✲✮✭✬♦✰ ✬✰✯✫✪❜✣❜♥
❋♦✧ ✲♦✧✣ ✬✰✱♦✧✲✮✭✬♦✰✹
✯✮✫✫❚✢✣ ✤✥✦✣✧★✣✧ ✮✭
✴✳✺✻✼✽✾✻✾✺✽✺♥
❏❑❞▲ ▼❑t❝◆❖P◗❘P ❙❯r❳❖P◗
✤✦✕✎✦✒✏ ✪✘✗ ✳✴✵✴ ❈ ★✙✩✒✎✦✒✏ ✪✫✗ ✪✚✳✴
✤✎✢✏ ✑✙✒✓✔✕✖✗ ✘✚✗ ✛✜
✥✙✦✹✙✲
✣✕✔✛✕✗ ✥✦✖✖✙✢ ✦✧✦✏
✤✎✢✏ ✧✦✖ ✔✕✹✒✙✢✔✩✯✏
★✙✩✒✎✦✒✏ ✪✫✬✭ ✔✕ ✭✙✒
✢✔✰✙✒✖✙ ✔✕ ✭✙✒ ✬✦✯✙✕✬✖
✭✛✮✙ ✖✎✒✒✛✎✕✢✙✢ ✩✏
✦✕✢ ✦✩✔✯✔✬✔✙✖✲ ❂✙✒✙
✯✛✰✙✢ ✛✕✙✖✲ ✤✎✢✏ ✧✦✖ ✩✛✒✕
✧✦✖ ✕✙✰✙✒ ✦ ✬✔✮✙ ✖✭✙
✤✦✕✎✦✒✏ ✪✘✬✭✗ ✳✴✵✴✗ ✔✕ ✷✦
✙✕✬✙✒✬✦✔✕✙✢ ✬✭✙ ✬✭✛✎❶✭✬
➄✒✦✕✢✙ ✬✛ ✤✙✦✕ ✦✕✢ ✷✛✧✙✯✯
✬✭✦✬ ✖✛✮✙✬✭✔✕❶ ✖✭✙
➑✎✬✹✭✔✕✖✛✕✲ ➑✙✒ ✩✔✒✬✭ ✧✦✖
✧✦✕✬✙✢ ✬✛ ✢✛ ✹✛✎✯✢ ✕✛✬
✜✛✯✯✛✧✙✢ ✩✏ ✬✭✙ ✩✔✒✬✭✖ ✛✜
✩✙ ✢✛✕✙✲ ❋✜ ✖✭✙ ✹✛✎✯✢✕❀✬
✬✭✒✙✙ ✖✔✖✬✙✒✖✺ ✑✦✬✖✏ ➑✦✕✢ ✛✜
➌❶✎✒✙ ✔✬ ✛✎✬ ✦✕✢ ✢✛
⑨✎❶✙✕✙ ✻✒✙❶✛✕✗ ✼✦✒✩✦✒✦
✔✬ ✭✙✒✖✙✯✜✗ ✖✭✙ ✜✛✎✕✢
❹✏✯✙✒ ✛✜ ✣✕✔✛✕✗ ✦✕✢ ✽✔✦✕✙
✖✛✮✙✛✕✙ ✧✭✛ ✹✛✎✯✢✲✲
❻✔✕✖✯✙✏ ✛✜ ✣✕✔✛✕✲ ✤✎✢✏
✿✭✙ ✧✦✕✬✙✢ ✬✛ ✯✙✦✒✕
✯✔✰✙✢ ✭✙✒ ✯✔✜✙ ✔✕ ✣✕✔✛✕
✖✥✦✕✔✖✭ ✖✛ ✖✭✙ ✧✙✕✬ ✬✛
❼✛✎✕✬✏✲ ✿✭✙ ✦✬✬✙✕✢✙✢
✼✦✓✙✒ ❼✔✬✏ ✜✛✒ ✧✙✙✓✯✏
✖✹✭✛✛✯ ✔✕ ✣✕✔✛✕ ✦✕✢
✹✯✦✖✖✙✖✲
❶✒✦✢✎✦✬✙✢ ✜✒✛✮ ⑨✦✖✬✙✒✕
✿ ✭✙ ✧✦✖ ✦ ✬✦✯✙✕✬✙✢
❩❬❭❪➆❫ ❴❵❛❛❵❜
✻✒✙❶✛✕ ✣✕✔✰✙✒✖✔✬✏ ✧✔✬✭ ✦
✦✒✬✔✖✬ ✦✕✢ ✥✦✔✕✬✙✢ ✔✕
➇❡❢❣ ❤✐❥❦❤ ❧✐ ❣♠♥♦ ♦♣♦q②❧s❥❦❤
✼✦✹✭✙✯✛✒❀✖ ✢✙❶✒✙✙✲ ✤✎✢✏ ✭✦✢
✖✙✰✙✒✦✯ ✮✙✢✔✎✮✖✲ ✿✭✙
♠q✐✉❦✈ ❣♦ ✇♦♠✉❧❥①✉③ ♠❦✈ ❧s♠❧ ④❥③③
✬✧✛ ✥✒✙✰✔✛✎✖ ✮✦✒✒✔✦❶✙✖
✙●✥✒✙✖✖✙✢ ✭✙✒ ✦✒✬✔✖✬✔✹
✇♦ ❣② ③❥①♦⑤⑥
✩✙✜✛✒✙ ✖✭✙ ✮✦✒✒✔✙✢ ✽✦✯✙
✖✓✔✯✯✖ ✔✕ ✛✬✭✙✒ ✧✦✏✖
✑✙✒✓✔✕✖ ✛✕ ✤✎✯✏ ✵✒✢✗ ✳✴✘✳
✩✏ ✢✙✹✛✒✦✬✔✕❶ ✭✛✮✙✖✗
✦✬ ✬✭✙ ➑✎✬✹✭✔✕✖✛✕ ❁✦✕✹✭
✯✦✕✢✖✹✦✥✔✕❶✗ ✖✙✧✔✕❶
✔✕ ✣✕✔✛✕✲ ❂✙✏ ✧✙✒✙ ✮✦✒✒✔✙✢ ✵✫ ✏✙✦✒✖✲
✹✯✛✬✭✔✕❶ ✜✛✒ ✭✙✒✖✙✯✜ ✦✕✢ ✭✙✒ ✹✭✔✯✢✒✙✕✗ ✎✥❈
✤✎✢✏ ✔✖ ✖✎✒✰✔✰✙✢ ✩✏ ✭✙✒ ✭✎✖✩✦✕✢ ✽✦✯✙
✭✛✯✖✬✙✒✔✕❶ ✜✎✒✕✔✬✎✒✙✗ ✦✕✢ ✮✎✹✭ ✮✛✒✙✲ ❼✒✙❈
✦✕✢ ✬✭✙✔✒ ✜✦✮✔✯✏ ✛✜ ✹✭✔✯✢✒✙✕✺❹✒✦✹✏ ❼✦✖✙
✦✬✔✰✔✬✏ ✧✦✖ ✦ ✢✦✔✯✏ ✛✹✹✎✒✙✕✹✙ ✔✕ ✭✙✒ ✯✔✜✙✲
✿✬✙✰✙✕✖ ✦✕✢ ❃✦✒✓ ✛✜ ✣✕✔✛✕✗ ❼✭✒✔✖ ✑✛✖✙✏
✤✎✢✏ ✧✦✖ ✦✕ ✦✬✭✯✙✬✙ ✦✕✢ ✖✭✙ ✒✛✢✙ ✭✛✒✖✙✖
✦✕✢ ❄✮✏ ✛✜ ❃✛✕✬✙✒✙✏✗ ❼✦✯✔✜✛✒✕✔✦✗ ➄✒✙❶
✜✒✛✮ ✦✕ ✙✦✒✯✏ ✦❶✙✲ ✿✭✙ ✯✛✰✙✢ ✩✛✬✭ ✧✦✬✙✒
✑✛✖✙✏ ✛✜ ✼✙✯✯✔✕❶✭✦✮✗ ❅✦✖✭✔✕❶✬✛✕✗ ✷✙❇✯✔✙
✖✓✔✔✕❶ ✦✕✢ ✖✕✛✧ ✖✓✔✔✕❶✲ ✿✭✙ ✹✛✮✥✙✬✙✢ ✔✕
✑✛✖✙✏ ✛✜ ✣✕✔✛✕✗ ✷✙✦✭ ✑✙✒✓✔✕✖ ➑✦❶✙✯✙ ✦✕✢
✯✛✹✦✯ ✭✛✒✖✙✩✦✹✓ ✒✔✢✔✕❶ ✹✯✎✩ ✙✰✙✕✬✖ ✖✎✹✭
❼✭✎✹✓ ✛✜ ➑✔✯✯✖✩✛✒✛✗ ✻✒✙❶✛✕✗ ✦✕✢ ⑨✒✔✕
✦✖ ✩✦✒✒✙✯ ✒✦✹✔✕❶✲ ✿✭✙ ✧✦✖ ✦ ✮✙✮✩✙✒ ✛✜ ✬✭✙
❅✔✕✬✙✒✬✛✕ ✛✜ ❼✛✰✙✗ ✥✯✎✖ ✘ ❶✒✦✕✢✹✭✔✯✢✒✙✕✗
✣✕✔✛✕ ❼✛✎✕✬✏ ✿✙✦✒✹✭ ✦✕✢ ❁✙✖✹✎✙ ✧✔✬✭
✴ ❶✒✙✦✬❈❶✒✦✕✢✹✭✔✯✢✒✙✕✗ ✦✕✢ ✮✦✕✏ ✕✔✙✹✙✖
✭✙✒ ✖✙✯✜❈✬✒✦✔✕✙✢ ✩✯✛✛✢✭✛✎✕✢✗ ➑✦✥✥✏✲
✦✕✢ ✕✙✥✭✙✧✖✲ ✤✎✢✏ ✧✦✖ ✥✒✙✹✙✢✙✢ ✔✕ ✢✙✦✬✭
✤✎✢✏ ✥✦✖✖✙✢ ✭✙✒ ✯✛✰✙ ✛✜ ✬✭✙ ✛✎✬✢✛✛✒✖
✩✏ ✭✙✒ ✮✛✬✭✙✒ ✤✙✦✕ ➑✎✬✹✭✔✕✖✛✕✗ ✭✙✒ ✜✦✬✭✙✒ ✦✕✢ ✦✹✬✔✰✔✬✔✙✖ ✬✛ ✭✙✒ ✹✭✔✯✢✒✙✕✲ ✿✭✙ ✖✬✦✒✬✙✢
✷✛✧✙✯✯ ➑✎✬✹✭✔✕✖✛✕✗ ✭✙✒ ✯✦✬✙ ✭✎✖✩✦✕✢ ✤✙✒✒✏ ✦✬ ✦✕ ✙✦✒✯✏ ✦❶✙ ✬✦✓✔✕❶ ✬✭✙✮ ✛✕ ✧✭✦✬ ✖✭✙
❼✭✦✕✢✯✙✒✗ ✦✕✢ ✭✙✒ ✩✒✛✬✭✙✒❈✔✕❈✯✦✧ ✽✛✎❶
✹✦✯✯✙✢ ➔✜✎✕ ✢✦✏✖➏ ✧✭✙✒✙ ✬✭✙✏ ✧✛✎✯✢ ❶✛ ✛✕
❻✔✕✖✯✙✏✲
✦✢✰✙✕✬✎✒✙✖ ✥✔✹✓✔✕❶ ✬✭✙ ✙✦✒✯✏ ✩✎✬✬✙✒✹✎✥✖ ✔✕
✤✎✢✏ ✧✦✖ ✦✯✧✦✏✖ ✦✕ ✙✕✬✒✙✥✒✙✕✙✎✒✲ ✿✭✙
✬✭✙ ✮✛✎✕✬✦✔✕✖ ✦✕✢ ✙●✥✯✛✒✔✕❶ ✬✭✙ ✜✛✒✙✖✬✲
✢✙✰✙✯✛✥✙✢ ✖✙✰✙✒✦✯ ✩✎✖✔✕✙✖✖✙✖ ✔✕ ✭✙✒ ✯✔✜✙
✤✎✢✏ ✧✔✯✯ ✩✙ ✒✙✮✙✮✩✙✒✙✢ ✦✖ ✦ ✮✛✖✬
✖✬✦✒✬✔✕❶ ✦✖ ✦ ✳❉ ✏✙✦✒ ✛✯✢ ✬✒✦✰✙✯✔✕❶ ✦✒✛✎✕✢
✦✮✦❇✔✕❶ ✧✔✜✙✗ ✮✛✬✭✙✒✗ ❶✒✦✕✢✮✛✬✭✙✒✗
✣✕✔✛✕ ❼✛✎✕✬✏ ✬✛ ✬✙✦✹✭ ✬✦✥ ✢✦✕✹✔✕❶ ✬✛
✖✔✖✬✙✒✗ ✦✎✕✬✗ ✦✕✢ ✜✒✔✙✕✢✲ ✿✭✙ ✧✦✖ ✬✭✙ ✮✦❈
✦✒✙✦ ✹✭✔✯✢✒✙✕✲ ✿✭✙ ✹✒✙✦✬✙✢ ✖✙✰✙✒✦✯ ✒✙✬✦✔✯
✬✒✔✦✒✹✭ ✛✜ ✭✙✒ ✙●✬✙✕✢✙✢ ✜✦✮✔✯✏✲ ✿✭✙ ✧✦✖
✖✬✛✒✙✖ ✔✕ ✣✕✔✛✕ ✦✕✢ ❅✦✯✯✛✧✦ ❼✛✎✕✬✏
✹✭✙✒✔✖✭✙✢ ✦✕✢ ✒✙✖✥✙✹✬✙✢ ✩✏ ✦✯✯✲
✦✕✢ ✦✯✖✛ ✖✬✦✒✬✙✢ ➑✙✦✒✬✖✬✙✥✖✗ ✦ ✢✒✎❶ ✦✕✢
❄✬ ✤✎✢✏❀✖ ✒✙❍✎✙✖✬ ✬✭✙✒✙ ✧✔✯✯ ✩✙ ✕✛ ✜✛✒❈
✦✯✹✛✭✛✯ ✬✒✙✦✬✮✙✕✬ ✥✒✛❶✒✦✮ ✜✛✒ ✦✢✎✯✬✖ ✦✕✢ ✮✦✯ ✮✙✮✛✒✔✦✯ ✖✙✒✰✔✹✙✲
✦✢✛✯✙✖✹✙✕✬✖✲ ✤✎✢✏ ✧✦✖ ✙✖✥✙✹✔✦✯✯✏ ✢✒✦✧✕ ✬✛
❹✦●❈✢✙✢✎✹✬✔✩✯✙ ✢✛✕✦✬✔✛✕✖ ✮✦✏ ✩✙
✧✛✒✓✔✕❶ ✧✔✬✭ ✏✛✎✬✭✲ ✤✎✢✏❀✖ ✯✛✰✙ ✛✜ ✩✙✦✎✬✏✗ ✮✦✢✙ ✔✕ ✯✔✙✎ ✛✜ ■✛✧✙✒✖ ✔✕ ✒✙✮✙✮✩✒✦✕✹✙
✦✕✔✮✦✯✖✗ ✕✦✬✎✒✙✗ ✦✕✢ ✭✙✒ ✜✦✮✔✯✏ ✜✒✦✮✙✢
✛✜ ✤✎✢✏ ✬✛ ❄✮✙✒✔✹✦✕ ❼✦✕✹✙✒ ✿✛✹✔✙✬✏✗
✭✙✒ ✯✔✜✙ ✹✭✛✔✹✙✖❊ ✧✭✙✒✙ ✖✭✙ ✯✔✰✙✢ ✦✕✢ ✭✛✧
✳❈✘✚✚✲✪✪✫✲✪✵⑧❉ ✛✒ ✩✏ ✮✦✔✯ ✦✬ ✑✲✻✲✼✛●
✖✭✙ ✖✥✙✕✬ ✭✙✒ ✬✔✮✙✲ ✿✭✙ ✦✕✢ ✭✙✒ ✭✎✖✩✦✕✢
✪✪⑧✫✘✗ ✻✓✯✦✭✛✮✦ ❼✔✬✏✗ ✻❻ ✫✵✳✪✵
✽✦✯✙ ✹✒✙✦✬✙✢ ✬✭✙✔✒ ✧✔✯✢✙✒✕✙✖✖ ✭✛✮✙ ✔✕ ✬✭✙
✻✕✯✔✕✙ ✹✛✕✢✛✯✙✕✹✙✖ ✬✛ ✬✭✙ ✜✦✮✔✯✏ ✮✦✏
✮✛✎✕✬✦✔✕✖ ✖✭✙ ✯✛✰✙✢✲ ✿✭✙ ✹✭✙✒✔✖✭✙✢ ✙✰✙✒✏ ✩✙ ✮✦✢✙ ✦✬ ✧✧✧✲✯✛✰✙✯✦✕✢✜✎✕✙✒✦✯✹✭✦✥✙✯✲
✒✛✹✓✗ ✬✒✙✙✗ ✥✯✦✕✬ ✦✕✢ ✦✕✔✮✦✯ ✔✕ ✭✙✒ ✒✙✦✯✮
✹✛✮✲
✧✭✔✹✭ ❶✦✰✙ ✭✙✒ ✔✮✮✙✕✖✙ ✖✦✬✔✖✜✦✹✬✔✛✕ ✦✕✢