RECORDS
Thursday, January 13, 2022
DEATH NOTICES
Joyce A. Campbell
Summerville
Joyce A. Campbell, 78, Summerville, died Jan. 12,
2022, at her home. Arrangements are by Loveland Funeral
Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
Leroy A. Fonceca
La Grande
Leroy A. Fonceca, 80, of La Grande, died Jan. 11, 2022,
at Grande Ronde Hospital. Arrangements are by Loveland
Funeral Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
Lynn K. Johnson
La Grande
Lynn K. Johnson, 76, of La Grande, died Jan. 12, 2022,
at Grande Ronde Hospital. Arrangements are by Loveland
Funeral Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
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PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT
MONDAY, JAN. 10
TUESDAY, JAN. 11
8:18 a.m. — The Union County Sheriff’s Office responded to a
residence on the 600 block of Second Street, Cove, for a domes-
tic disturbance and arrested Glen Eymard Thibodeau, 34, for a
restraining order violation.
9:20 a.m. — A caller reported an injured dog on the 200 block
of West Grande Street, Union. An animal enforcement officer
took the dog to the vet.
10:53 a.m. — A caller reported criminal mischief on the 2500
block of Third Street, La Grande. Police made contact and will
provide an extra patrol.
12:38 p.m. — La Grande police received a complaint of
criminal mischief on the 2200 block of Pine Street. An officer
responded and took a report.
2:08 p.m. — The Union County Sheriff’s Office received a
complaint about indecent exposure on the 200 block of East
Beakman Street, Union.
6:17 p.m. — A caller reported something suspicious at
Walmart, 11619 Island Ave., Island City. A Union County sheriff’s
deputy responded and the situation appeared to be OK.
2:25 a.m. — La Grande police responded to the 1500 block
of Adams Avenue on a report of a disturbance. The parties
separated.
9:29 a.m. — La Grande police received a complaint of criminal
mischief on the 2700 block of Bearco Loop. An officer responded
and will follow up.
9:31 a.m. — La Grande police responded to a residence on the
2300 block of Q Avenue on a report of an assault. An officer made
contact with the subject and will follow up.
10:11 a.m. — La Grande police responded to a residence on
the 1800 block of 26th Street on a report of an assault. Officers
counseled the parties.
2:04 p.m. — A suspicious person came to the lobby of the
local law enforcement office, 1109 K Ave., La Grande. A city police
officer and Union County sheriff’s deputy responded and ended
up serving the person with a restraining order.
10:37 p.m. — A Union County sheriff’s deputy removed debris
from the road at milepost 4 on Highway 203, La Grande.
Michael Perren
Enterprise
Michael Perren, 69, of Enterprise, died Jan. 11, 2022, at
Wallowa Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are by Love-
land Funeral Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
William E. Rachau
La Grande
William Edward Rachau, 90, of La Grande, died Jan.
10, 2022, at Grande Ronde Hospital. Arrangements are by
Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
Sherry J. Schoenwald
Elgin
Sherry J. Schoenwald, 79, of Elgin, died Jan. 10, 2022,
at her residence. Arrangements are by Loveland Funeral
Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
Meet the chamber’s new
executive director Jan. 18
The Observer
LA GRANDE — The
Union County Chamber of
Commerce is hosting an
informal meet-and-greet
on Tuesday, Jan. 18, with
the chamber’s new team,
including the newly hired
executive director, Scott
Newman.
Local business owners
and community mem-
bers are invited to stop by
the chamber’s office, 207
Depot St., La Grande, from
10-11 a.m. to meet the new
director.
The new executive
director was chosen by a
search committee made up
of representatives from the
city of La Grande, Union
County Board of Com-
missioners, Union County
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors and
chamber staff.
“It was a very difficult
search and decision-making
process,” said Caleb
Sampson, incoming 2022
chairperson of the cham-
ber’s board of directors, in
a press release. “This is a
complex position leading a
complex organization, so
finding a candidate with the
right composition of experi-
ence, background, and even
personality was crucial.”
Newman, of Mad-
ison, Wisconsin, and his
family are relocating to
the area, after falling in
love with its charm and
many wonderful out-
door recreation and cul-
tural assets. According to
the release, Newman has
a background in business
operations, marketing and
relations, in addition to
having unique experience
and background in fund-
raising and event planning
and management. He also
has “strong ties to Eastern
Oregon University.”
Newman, who will offi-
cially begin and take his
position with the chamber
on Jan. 18, first visited La
Grande and Union County
more than three years ago.
“I’ve already been
learning so much about the
history and background of
the chamber and its current
projects and programs,” he
said in the press release,
“and can’t wait to dive in
and really start making an
impact.”
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
MEETINGS
• UNION — The Union Rural
Fire Protection District Board will
meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, at the
fire hall. For more information, call
541-910-3114 or email union.rfpd@
outlook.com.
• UNION — The VFW High
Valley Post 4060, of Union, meets at
7 p.m. on the first and third Thurs-
days of the month. The next meeting
is slated for Thursday, Jan. 20, at the
VFW Hall, 518 Main St.
BRIEFS
Virtual Brown Bag features
geologist and photographer
Ellen Morris Bishop
JOSEPH — The Josephy Center’s
next Brown Bag session begins at
noon on Tuesday, Jan. 18, featuring
local geologist and photographer
Ellen Morris Bishop.
She is one of many artists exhib-
iting in “Nature In the Abstract,” the
current show at the Josephy Center
for Arts and Culture. Bishop’s Brown
Bag presentation will focus on the
“landscape’s story and mysteries.”
The lecture series continues to
be conducted virtually via Zoom.
To join the free event, go to www.
Josephy Center/Contributed Photo
The photographs of geologist Ellen Morris Bishop reveal a “landscape’s story and myster-
ies.” Bishop will talk about her work via Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2021, as part of the Jose-
phy Center’s Brown Bag discussion series.
josephy.org or email rich.wand-
schneider@gmail.com to get a link.
Community meal served
Jan. 14 in Union
UNION — Community meals are
served once a month from noon to
UPCOMING LOCAL SERVICES
Please follow guide-
lines regarding face cov-
erings and social dis-
tancing at all gatherings.
Jan. 14 — WANDA
LOWE: 2 p.m. graveside
service, Grandview Cem-
etery, La Grande.
Jan. 15 — AUDREY
BEAN: 9 a.m. viewing,
10 a.m. funeral; Island
City Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day
Saints.
Jan. 15 — MAMIE
McCRAE: 11 a.m.
funeral, Bollman Funeral
Chapel, Enterprise.
Jan. 15 — JIM
LUNDY: 2 p.m. memo-
rial service, Gilbert
Center, Eastern Oregon
University, La Grande.
Jan. 22 — WAYNE
WOLFE: 1 p.m. Mass
of Christian Burial,
St. Katherine Catholic
Church, Enterprise; vault
interment follows at Wal-
lowa Cemetery.
— calendar cour-
tesy of Loveland Funeral
Chapel
Barbara Lorraine Price Smith
Doris J. Tsiatsos
April 21, 1933 - December 28, 2021
May 30, 1931 - January 1, 2022
Barbara Price Smith
passed away on Decem-
ber 28, 2021 peacefully in
her apartment in
La Grande, Or-
egon. She was
born in Glen-
dale, California,
on April 21,
1933 to parents
Harold
Price
and
Margaret
Alice Batchelor
Price. Barbara
lived in West Los An-
geles, the San Fernando
Valley, and Santa Ana in
California; Albuquerque,
New Mexico; and then
Richland, Washington un-
til March 2020 when she
moved to La Grande, Ore-
gon, to be near one of her
daughters. She married
Hayden Phipps Smith on
March 17, 1951 in Yuma,
Arizona.
She was a wonderful
mother raising and car-
ing for four children. She
also bred goats for many
years in Albuquerque and
West Richland. Because
of that hobby, some of
her grandchildren called
her Grandma Goat. She
was also an avid quilter,
producing many amazing
quilts, many of which she
donated to charities. She
kept busy sewing almost
to the end. Along with
her husband, Hayden,
Barbara delivered meals
to the elderly for the
Mid-Columbia Meals on
Wheels for over
14 years. They
also worked and
served
meals
at the Tri-City
Union Gospel
Mission
for
many
years.
She was an ac-
tive
member
of
Richland
Church of Christ. One of
her passions was travel.
Barbara and Hayden spent
their retirement traveling
the world and many parts
of the United States. They
especially enjoyed their
time on sailboats in the
Caribbean.
She is survived by
three of her four children;
Craig Smith (Denise)
of Salt Lake City, Utah,
Scott Smith (Lisa) of Tal-
keetna, Alaska, and Tere-
sa Smith-Dixon (Craig) of
La Grande, Oregon. Her
daughter, Linda Smith,
preceded her in death.
She is also survived by
14 grandchildren, 14
great-grandchildren, and
her younger brother Larry
Price of California.
A memorial service
will be held January
15, 2022 at 1:00 pm at
the Richland Church of
Christ.
Doris J. Tsiatsos, be-
loved wife of Greg, of
Starkey, died January 1,
2022, at a lo-
cal care facili-
ty. She was 90
years of age. A
memorial gath-
ering will be
announced
in
the spring to cel-
ebrate her life.
Arrangements
are entrusted to
Daniels~Knopp Funeral,
Cremation & Life Cele-
bration Center.
She was born, Do-
ris Jean Gray on May
30, 1931 in Wallowa, to
Lloyd and Eunice (Scott)
Gray. At the age of 7, her
father bought her a violin
and lessons to play it, to
entice her to want to join
the rest of the family in
moving to La Grande. It
was the beginning of a
lifelong love of music.
Doris was raised and ed-
ucated in La Grande, first
at Greenwood School
and later graduated from
La Grande High School
with the class of 1949.
After her graduation, she
married Greg Tsiatsos at
her parents’ home in La
Grande. She was not ac-
customed to the many and
varied household duties
of a housewife and ranch
wife but she embraced the
adventure and became a
very proficient cook and
homemaker and even
helped Greg with the live-
stock. She was
an accomplished
seamstress and
made her fam-
ily’s
clothes.
Doris was very
active in the
Grande Ronde
Symphony for
most of her life
and was the con-
cert master for many years
and donated her valued
violin to the symphony.
Surviving family mem-
bers include her husband
of 72 years, Greg Tsiatsos
of Starkey; daughter, Sha-
ron Crampton of Starkey;
brother and sister-in-law,
Don and Brenda Gray of
Vancouver, Washington;
grandchildren,
Rhonda
Ross, Jason Crampton,
and twins, Christopher
Tsiatsos and Deena Haun;
a great-grandson, Caden
Ross, to whom she gave
her Cadillac for Christ-
mas. Besides her parents,
she was preceded in death
by her daughter, Deena
Hale; her son, Grant Tsiat-
sos and her sister, Barbara
Gray.
Friends who wish may
make contributions in
memory of Doris Tsiatsos
to her beloved, Grande
Ronde Symphony.
1 p.m. at the Catherine Creek Com-
munity Center, 667 N. Main St.,
Union. The next gathering is planned
for Friday, Jan. 14. Cost is $3.50 and
all are welcome. Delivery is avail-
able. Call 541-562-2038 for more
information.
— The Observer
Audrey Bell Bean
May 11, 1934 - December 22, 2021
Audrey Bell Bean,
formerly of La Grande,
Oregon, passed away on
December 22,
2021. Her ser-
vice will be
held on Satur-
day, January 15
at the Church
of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day
Saints at 11206
McAlister
Road, Island
City, Oregon.
Audrey was
born on May 11, 1934 in
Salt Lake City, Utah, to
Philip William Bell and
Erma Doris (Perry) Bell.
She resided in Salt Lake
City, Utah; Ontario, Ore-
gon; La Grande, Oregon;
and Meridian, Idaho.
Audrey enjoyed the
outdoors and playing
sports such as golf, ten-
nis, softball, and volley-
ball. She loved to travel
and visited many places
including the Grand Can-
yon, Mount Rushmore,
the New England States,
Florida, Hawaii, Mexico,
Canada, and Europe. Au-
drey had an adventurous
spirit. In her twenties, she
learned to pilot a plane.
Even in her eighties she
was up for new things,
like riding a zip-line or
going for a 4-wheeler ride.
Audrey wasn’t afraid
of hard work. Her first
job, as a child, was deliv-
ering newspapers for the
La Grande Observer. Lat-
er she worked as a book-
keeper for the Ore-Ida Po-
tato Company in Ontario.
For many years, Audrey
drove a school bus for the
La Grande School Dis-
trict. Her last few years of
driving were her favorite.
She changed from the full
size bus to the smaller
special education bus. She
often told stories about
the sweet children she had
the opportunity to be with
each day.
Audrey had many in-
terests. She and her sis-
ter, Marita Cuthbert, pur-
chased the Hobby Habit
in La Grande where they
sold many of her favorite
hobby items. Audrey also
loved to restore things
from campers to cars.
She and David would
purchase a used RV and
remodel it to
meet their trav-
el needs. Her
most
recent
project was the
complete resto-
ration of a 1927
Whippet.
A u d r e y
was a faithful
member of the
Church of Je-
sus Christ of
Latter Day Saints. She
served an eighteen month
mission for her church to
England and Ireland. She
also served faithfully in
ward and stake callings;
as a temple worker at the
Boise, Idaho, Temple; and
as a CES Missionary to
the singles ward with her
husband.
More important to Au-
drey, than all the things
she did, was her family.
She never missed an op-
portunity to spend time
with family, whether it
was traveling to visit chil-
dren and grandchildren
or spending time at the
family cabin She loved
her family and being with
them. In her final years
she moved to Meridian,
Idaho, to be closer to fam-
ily.
She was preceded in
death by her husband of
60 years, David Storey
Bean; as well as her par-
ents; brothers, Richard,
Wayne and Fred Bell; and
her sister Marita Cuthbert.
She is survived by her
three children and their
spouses; Jeff Bean (and
Tyna, of Bentonville, Ar-
kansas), Jeanette Bean
Ockerman (and Curtis,
of Meridian, Idaho), and
Jim Bean (and Debbi, of
Tigard, Oregon). She is
also survived by fourteen
grandchildren and fifteen
great-grandchildren, as
well as numerous nieces,
nephews, and extended
family. She will be greatly
missed.
Online
condolences
may be made to the fam-
ily at www.lovelandfuner-
alchapel.com.