Jerry Choate
Aug 9, 2016
Jerry Choate most recently of Sidney, MT, passed away, surrounded by his family on Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Billings Clinic in Billings MT, due to complications of a stroke suffered after heart surgery. Jerald Howell Choate, was born in Burns, Oregon on February 22, 1952, to parents John T (known to all as Tom) and Ima (Howell) Choate. He...
Juanita Graves
Jul 22, 2016
Juanita Graves, 93 died on July 22, 2016 in Sublimity, Oregon.  A Graveside Service will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in the Burns Cemetery.
Patrick Cronin
Jul 17, 2016
Patrick Charles Cronin, 87, passed away peacefully July 17 doing what he loved, and was where he wanted to be, Deer Bluff Pasture. He truly lived each day fully, embraced each challenge with a smile, and loved his family with all his heart. Pat was born Dec. 27, 1928, to Joe and Emma Cronin. He was the eighth of nine...
Minnie Hillman
Jul 13, 2016
Minnie Ruth Hillman, 89, passed away peacefully at home July 13, with family at her side. Minnie was born March 4, 1927, in Tennessee to Harvey and Laura Drinnon. She was one of 12 children. The family moved to Hammon, Okla., when she was a year old. She met Willis Hillman, and the two were married Sept. 27, 1945. From...
Alice Shepard
Jul 8, 2016
Alice Laura Marie (Duhaime) Shepard Alice was born January 1920 in Portland, Oregon to T.J. and Bessie (Wood) Duhaime.  She passed away July 8, 2016 at her home while her family was staying with her. T.J., Bessie, and Alice moved to Harney County in March of 1920 where her brothers Ralph and Roy were born.  She attended Rye Grass Grade...
Joan Hofman
Jun 29, 2016
Our beloved wife and mother Joan Hofman passed away peacefully at home on June 29, 2016. Joan was born in Ontario, Oregon to Harold and Nell Sevey on July 27, 1944. Joan and her twin brother Gene were the youngest of seven children. After Harold's death Nell moved the family to Hines, Oregon where Joan met Earl Hofman. The couple...
James Gardner
Jun 24, 2016
James (Jim) Duaine Gardner passed away peacefully in his sleep June 24 at his home in Burns, Oregon. Jim was born in Burns, October 17, 1935, to Katherine & Ennis Gardner, who already had a 2-year old son Floyd Scott Gardner. Jim moved to Ashland a year later, where he and his brother attended grade school and middle school. Jim...
Jerry Kimble
Jun 13, 2016
Jerry Kimble, 76 died on June 13, 2016 at his home.  A Memorial Service was held on Sunday, June 19, 2016. Jerry was born July 19, 1939, in Strasburg, Colo., to Orval and Bernice Kimble. His family moved to Caldwell, Idaho, in 1944, where he finished high school and worked in youth ministries. In 1957, he took a trip to...
Barbara Barclay
Jun 11, 2016
Barbara J. Barclay, 81 died on June 11, 2016 at her home in Hines, after a long respiratory illness.  Barbara was born on June 5, 1935 in Portland, Oregon to Vaugh Whitaker and Maxine Kinderman.  She graduated from Corvallis High School.  She married Leo R. Barclay on November 22, 1958 they lived in Corvallis area until she moved to Fields-Denio...
Joseph Bradach
Jun 9, 2016
Joseph Craig Bradach, 46, passed away June 9, at Harney District Hospital. Joe was born Jan., 15, 1970, in Burns to George and Belva Bradach. Joe was raised on a ranch in Burns, with his older sister, Rosemary, and brother, Chad. Joe was baptized in the Catholic faith, was an alter server, and remained active in the church. Joe was...
Luella Turley
Jun 4, 2016
Luella Fay Turley passed away on June 4, at the age of 84. She was born June 18, 1931, in Sydney Montana, to John and Octa Wellman. Luella married Ray Turley on Jan. 22, 1950, in Winnemucca, Nev. The couple made their home in Burns, where she was a homemaker, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved to spend time...
William "Bill" Freeman
Jun 3, 2016
William Nathaniel "Wild Bill" Freeman 76, passed away at his home in Drewsey on Friday, June 3, 2016.  He was born March 11, 1940 in Kent, Washington, to Jim and Bernie Freeman.  His birth was followed in two years by a sister, Coralee.  The family lived in various places throughout his childhood before finally settling in Drewsey in 1952.  He...
Connie (Osa) Corbet
May 26, 2016
Connie Corbet, 88 died on Thursday, May 26, 2016.  A Graveside service will be held on Friday, June 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Burns Cemetery. Connie Corbet, a Harney County pioneer and longtime resident of the Burns area, passed away May 26. Connie was born in Burns Nov. 14, 1927, to Marcelino and Margarita Osa. Growing up in...
Fred Patrick
Apr 25, 2016
Fred Patrick, 77 died at Sky Lakes Medical in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  A Graveside service will be held on Friday, April 29, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Burns Cemetery.  Fred Patrick is survived by is wife Cheryl Patirck of Klamath Falls, Children: Cheryl Ramirez, Dwayne Patrick, Dawn Oath and Tina Patrick.  Step Children, Shannon Vogler, Kiki Parker-Rose, Betsy Horton...
Betty Van Natta
Apr 11, 2016
Betty Jean VanNatta, 81 died in Lexington, North Carolina.  A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at 12:00 p.m. at LaFollette's Chapel.
Kathy Davis
Apr 7, 2016
Kathy Summerlin Davis September 12, 1951- April 7, 2016 "She was fierce, she was strong, she was simple. She always had something to say, and someone to say it to. She had flaws and that was okay. When she was down, she got back up. She was a fighter in her own way. One idea described her best: She was...
Thelma Belle (Harris) Buckmeyer
Apr 4, 2016
Thelma Belle (Harris) Buckmeyer 1919-2016 (Before Nana's passing, she was fortunate enough to convey her words for those she's left behind. She was adamant that all of you think of her as happy, healthy and smiling remembering that life does not end here on earth, and that all who are saved will see each other again.) "Please remember me smiling,...
Rosa "Rosie" Runnels
Mar 24, 2016
Rosa "Rosie" Regina Runnels passed away peacefully March 24 at Ashley Manor, surrounded by her family. Rosie was born in Burns on July 10, 1924, to Martin and Martina Ramirez, the third of five children.  Her childhood was spent at the Commercial Hotel, her parents' Basque boarding house. She and her siblings, Elias, Elisa, Maria (Mimy), and Josephine, had many...
James Richard Temple
Mar 23, 2016
James "Richard" Temple passed away peacefully in his sleep March 23 after a long illness. Richard was born Nov. 12, 1929, to Jap and Ruby Temple. He met the love of his life, Glenda Stephenson, in 1965. Richard and Glenda knew they wanted to spend the rest of their lived together, so after a short courtship, they married on Sept....
Elmer Dale Fry
Mar 23, 2016
Dale Fry, 80 died on March 23, 2016 in a car accident in Lebanon, Oregon.  A Funeral Service is pending at this time.
