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Wade Dunbar
Mar 6, 2016
Wade Dunbar 3, died on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Harney District Hospital due to an accident.  A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at the Crane Fellowship Church.  Contributions in Wade Dunbar's memory can be made to either the family or to the CTA-Crane Union High School and you can mail them...
Weslie Welcome
Mar 5, 2016
Weslie Clare Welcome passed away unexpectedly on March 5, 2016.  She was born August 14, 1952, in Burns, Oregon, to Wallace and Dera Welcome, to whom she was eternally devoted.  She attended school in Burns, graduating in 1970.  She attended Seattle University and Southern Oregon University, majoring in English.  While in Ashland, she wrote and performed children's radio plays. She...
Kancho Spasoff
Mar 2, 2016
Kancho Spasoff, 79 died on March 2, 2016 at his home.  No services will be held.
John Radinovich
Mar 2, 2016
John Radinovich, 96, passed away peacefully Feb. 23. He had been in failing health for the past year after a stroke, which left him bedridden. However, John's spirits stayed high. Determined he would walk again, he always said, "Tomorrow I'm going to walk outside and split some wood." John was born Oct. 11, 1919, to John and Mary Radinovich in...
Stephan Shiere
Feb 28, 2016
Stephan J. Shiere, 57 died on February 28, 2016.  A Private Committal service will be held at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon.
Hildegard Simmons
Feb 27, 2016
Hildegard "Hilde" Simmons, 87, passed away peacefully Feb. 27 at her home in Burns, surrounded by her family and a friend. Hilde was born Nov. 13, 1928, in Hanau, Germany, to Heinrich Fischer and Elizabeth Beck. In 1948, she married Wasyl Kolodnicke and had two daughters, Lisa and Irene. While still in Germany, in 1954, she met the love of...
Maria Lete
Feb 22, 2016
Maria Altuna Lete November 1, 1924-February 22, 2016 Maria Altuna Lete 91, died in Meridian, Idaho at the home of her son, Jess Lete, Monday February 22nd! Maria was born in Vergara, Guipuzcoa Spain to Jose Martin Altuna and Lucia Eguidazu. At the age of 35 she married Domingo Lete and traveled by boat to America! They began their family...
Leonard G. Allington
Feb 13, 2016
Leonard Gayle Allington, 76, passed away February 13, 2016 at his home in Burns, Oregon after many months of failing health. Leonard was born on October 3, 1939 in Fullerton, Nebraska to Clyde and Alene Stott Allington.  At the age of 3 his family moved to Nampa, Idaho where Leonard graduated from high school in 1959.  He worked for Meridian...
James Charles Williams
Feb 4, 2016
James Charles Benjamin Williams, 1935-2016, commonly known as "Charlie" went home to his Lord and Savior Jesus on February 4, 2016 at 1:15pm.  His loving and devoted wife Ruth, all of their children, grandson PJ, and daughter in-law Cindy were bedside at this eternal moment.  Charlie was born February 23, 1935 to Arthur and Audrey Williams in Paragould, Arkansas.  Charlie...
Patricia Allison
Jan 27, 2016
Patricia Eileen Allison was born on March 14, 1939 in Denver Colorado, Patricia Eileen (Wormington) Allison passed away on January 27, 2016 of lung cancer at her home. Patricia was preceded in death by her parents, Woodrow Wormington of Denver, CO and Dorothy May (Embry) Wormington of Portland, OR, her husband, Patrick E. Allison of Hines, and grandchildren Nathan Neil...
Larry Shelton
Jan 23, 2016
Lawrence "Larry" Shelton, 92 died on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at his home in Burns.  A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, January 28, 2016 at the St. Andrews Episcopal Church at 1:00 p.m.  Contributions in his memory can be made to the St. Andrews Episcopal Church.
Wheeler "Tex" Dawson
Jan 16, 2016
Wheeler "Tex" Dawson, 91  died on January 16, 2016 at his home.  Wheeler was born in Waco, Texas on September 29, 1925 to Wilbur and Elsie Pear Dawson.  He was the last child born of seven children.  He had three brothers and three sisters. Wheeler joined the Navy when he was 17 years old.  He was honorably discharged in December...
James Eshelby
Jan 13, 2016
James E. Eshelby, 74 died on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at a care facility in Boise, Idaho.  A Funeral Service will be held on Monday, January 18, 2016 at the Pioneer Presbyterian Church at 11:00 a.m with burial to follow in the Burns Cemetery.
Ronald Moss
Jan 12, 2016
Ronald J. Moss, 83 died on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at a hospital in Bryant, Arkansas.  A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at the Harney County Church of the Nazarene at 2:00 p.m. with burial to follow in the Burns Cemetery.
Madelyn G. Henderson
Jan 1, 2016
Madelyn G. Henderson, died on January 1, 2016, at St. Charles Medical Center.
James Mues
Dec 29, 2015
James Mues, 82 died on Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at Harney District Hospital.  A Private Family service will be held.
Ray Angell
Dec 21, 2015
Raymond Angell, 63 died at home on Monday, December 21, 2015. Ray Angell was born July 10, 1952, in Liberal, Kan., to Janet Kathleen and Raymond Chadwick Angell. He grew up in Kansas, meeting his high school sweetheart, Sheila Gillespie. They met and married in Gove, Kan. Ray went to Kansas State University for his bachelor of science and master's...
Alta Rose (King) Robirts
Dec 16, 2015
Alta Rose Robirts (Schmidt) passed away Dec. 19, marking the end of life's long journey for the granddaughter of two of Harney County's earliest pioneers. Her grandparents, Samuel and Willamina  King, came to the basin in 1884. They established a homestead north of Burns at what came to be known as Thousand Springs Ranch. Her parents, B. Frank and Catherine...
Terry L Thomas
Dec 3, 2015
Terry Lee "Tex" Thomas died on December 3, 2015 at his home in Hines. He was born on February 12, 1942, in Winfield, Kansas to Arthur M. and Margaret E. (Horton) Thomas. He attended elementary through high school in Sedan, Kansas. After high school, he moved to Texas and worked various jobs including roughneck on an oil rig, roofing, and...
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