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Ken Truesdell
Apr 6, 2019
Kenneth D. Truesdell, 88 died on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at his home in Burns.  Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church.  Memorial Mass will be held directly after the rosary at 10:00 a.m. with burial to follow at the Burns Cemetery and a luncheon at...
Joseph Luther Steeves
Mar 26, 2019
Joseph "Joe" Steeves, 83 died on Tuesday,  March 26, 2019 peacefully at his home in Burns. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held Friday April 5, 2019 at 7:00 pm at Holy Family Catholic Church. Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, April 6,2019 at 10:00 am. Contributions in his memory can be made to Marines Toys for Tots.
Elmer Watts
Mar 7, 2019
Elmer Layton Watts (1930 –  2019) Elmer was born May 14, 1930 in Hillsboro, Oregon and passed away on March 7, 2019 in Hines, Oregon. He was 88 years old. Elmer was born to Marie (Schlesser) and (David) Layton Watts in 1930.  He was raised on his family's dairy farm in Hillsboro.  He attended elementary school at the Rosedale School,...
Jeannine Morgan
Feb 20, 2019
Jeannine Morgan, 69 died on Thursday, February 20, 2019 at her home.  No Services will be held.
Allen Page Dulaney
Feb 19, 2019
Allen Page Dulaney passed away peacefully Feb. 19, surrounded by the love of his family, wife, Dorothy, and son, Jim. Page was born Oct. 24, 1936, in Warsaw, Mo., to Walter Allen and Mary Kathleen Page Dulaney. Page's family moved to Clarkton, Mo., when he was a young child, and he graduated from Clarkton High School in 1954. On June...
Robert Morrison
Feb 7, 2019
Longtime Harney County resident, Robert O. Morrison Jr. MD, "Doc Morrison", 93 passed away peacefully on February 7, 2019, at the age of 93. Doc Morrison was born Dec. 16, 1925 in Portland Oregon. He attended grade schools in Seattle and Portland. Doc graduated from Grant High School in Portland, Oregon in 1944, and after graduation he entered the US...
Nancy Newton
Feb 5, 2019
Nancy Newton, 78 died on Tuesday, February 5, 2019 at her home.  A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, February 6, 2019 at 1:30 p.m. at LaFollette's Chapel. Nancy Salvador Newton was born on April 18, 1940 at Portland's Good Samaritan Hospital to Leonard Salvadore and Thelma White. She was a precocious child and could read the newspaper comics...
Robert "Bob" Moss
Jan 30, 2019
Robert J. Moss 98 died on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at his home in Hines. Robert (Bob) Moss was the New Year's baby in 1921 in Payette, Idaho.  His parents were James and Marie Moss. Being one of 13 children, Bob's siblings included Brothers Frank, Ralph, Bill, Don, Ronnie, Jack, and Clark and Sisters Anna, Mary Helen, Beunita, Dorothy, and...
Laird Schmeck
Jan 16, 2019
Laird Schmeck, 45 died at St. Charles Medical Center on Wednesday, January 16, 2019.  A Memorial Service will be held on Friday, January 25, 2019 at the Burns Fire Hall at 1:00 p.m.  Donations in Laird's memory can be made to the Family of Laird Schmeck for his two sons.  Donations can be mailed to LaFollette's Chapel, PO Box 488;...
Mary Otley
Jan 15, 2019
Mary Otley, 96 died at her home in Diamond on Tuesday, January 15, 2019.  A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Harney County Fairgrounds Memorial Building with a luncheon to follow directly after the funeral service.  Contributions in Mary Otley's memory can be made to Mary Otley Student Athletic Fund Burns/Crane.  ...
Wayne Lissman
Jan 12, 2019
Junior Wayne Lissman passed away Jan. 12, 2019 surrounded by loving family. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at LaFollette's Chapel. Wayne was born Jan. 7, 1925, in Nelson, Neb. Wayne married his high school sweetheart, Phyllis Mae Smith, Oct. 5, 1943, at the Episcopal Church in Lander, Wyo.  They had been...
John Potter
Jan 7, 2019
John Wallace Potter, 94 died on Monday, January 7, 2019 at his home.  A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Crane.
Bonnie Wood
Dec 22, 2018
Bonnie Barrett-Wood passed away Dec. 22 in Richland, Wash. On Aug. 15, 1930, Bonnie Jean Krueger was born to Art and Irene Krueger in the Valley View Hospital in Burns. Bonnie was a resident of Harney County until 2014 when she moved to Tri-Cities, Wash., to be near family. After Bonnie, the Krueger family welcomed her sister, Joann, and brother,...
Sharon Johnson
Dec 20, 2018
Sharon Johnson, 63, loving mother of four and devoted wife of G. Stacey Johnson, passed away Dec. 20 at her home in Goodyear, Ariz. Sharon was born Aug. 14, 1955, to Charles and Florence Marchello in Price, Utah, where she met and married her husband of 43 years. Sharon was a devoted mother and loved making memories with her family....
Brenda K. Pointere
Dec 1, 2018
Brenda K. Pointere, 60 who died suddenly at her home in Hines on Saturday, December 1, 2018. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Hines.
Helen Sweetman
Nov 22, 2018
Helen Sweetman, 89 died at the Aspens on Thursday, November 22, 2018.  A Graveside service will be held on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. in the Burns Cemetery.  Contributions in her memory can be made to the Holy Family Catholic Church and mailed to LaFollette's Chapel, PO Box 488; Burns, Oregon 97720.
Doris Snell
Nov 18, 2018
Doris A Snell, 96, passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2018 at Friendsview Manor in Newberg,Oregon. Doris was born March 29, 1922 in Leoti, Kansas to Pliny B and Mabel Stiles. She attended country schools in her elementary years and graduated from Wichita Co High School in 1940. Shortly thereafter she traveled to Harney County where she had a sister...
Zella Street
Nov 16, 2018
Zella P. Arment Fleury Street, 84 passed away Friday, November 16, 2018 in Hines, Oregon. Zella was born February 11, 1934 in Gordon, Nebraska to Orin Arment and Esther (Madison) Arment. Later in life she moved to Payette, Idaho then she moved to Seneca, Oregon where she meet Glen Fleury. They had six children. After leaving Seneca, Zella meet and...
Anna Evelyn Rippee
Nov 15, 2018
Anna Eveyln Rippee, 98 died on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at Ashley Manor.  A private graveside burial will take place in The Dalles, Oregon.
Barbara Urcaregui
Nov 14, 2018
On Wednesday, November 14th 2018, Barbara Lee Urcaregui, loving mother, daughter and dear friend passed away unexpectedly at the age of 71. Barb was born July 13th, 1947 to Irvin and Lorene (Hester) Kincaid in Burns, Oregon. She joined her older brother, Dennis and the family was complete. Barb was a life-long Harney County resident. She had an idyllic childhood...
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