Pamela (Young) Kohl
Jul 5, 2015
Pamela Kohl, 50 died on Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Harney District Hospital.  A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, June 10, 2015 at Pioneer Presbyterian Church at 1:00 p.m. Contributions in Pam's memory can be made to the Harney County Hospice or Pioneer Presbyterian Church in care of LaFollette's Chapel, PO Box 488; Burns, Oregon 97720.
Aida "Ida" Stampke-Rico
Jun 17, 2015
Aida "Ida" Julia Stampke-Rico was born to Neil Stampke and Guillermina Stampke-Wolfe on August 8, 1967 in Burns, Oregon and died on June 17, 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. Aida was always an excellent student and athlete.  She graduated from Burns High School in 1985. She graduated from the University of Oregon and was a 1997 graduate of Lewis and Clark...
Misa Blackburn
Jun 7, 2015
Misa Kei Blackburn 22, died June 7, 2015, with her family by her side in Portland, Oregon.  A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, June 12, 2015 2 11:00 a.m. in the Burns Elks Lodge #1680.  Memorial donations may be made to the Portland Shriners Hospital and mailed to LaFollette's Chapel at PO Box 488; Burns, Oregon 97720.
Leonard Knight
May 25, 2015
Leonard Knight, 88 died on Monday, May 25, 2015 at Harney District Hospital.  A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at Peace Lutheran Church in Burns.  Contributions in Leonard's memory can be made to the Harney County Senior Citizen Center or Lions Scholarship Fund or Peace Lutheran Church, mail to LaFollette's...
Carita Clare (Mace) Dawson
May 14, 2015
Carita (Mace) Dawson, 84 died on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at her home.  A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at the Harney County Church of the Nazarene at 11:00 a.m.  Contributions in Carita's memory can be made to Harney County 4-H and mailed to LaFollette's Chapel, PO Box 488, Burns, Oregon 97720. Carita was born...
Michael Bentz
May 14, 2015
Mike Bentz, 51 died on Thursday, May 14, 2015 due to a plane crash near Juntura, Oregon. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church in Burns.  Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, May 22, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church...
Jack Drinkwater
Apr 29, 2015
Jack Drinkwater, 90 died on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Harney District Hospital. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held on Friday, May 8, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Holy Family Catholic Church and Memorial Mass on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in the Holy Family Catholic Church. Jack was born on October 7, 1924 to...
Dorothy Heinz
Apr 15, 2015
Dorothy Heinz, 81 died on Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. A Graveside service will be held on Friday, April 24, 2015 in the Burns Cemetery at 1:00 p.m. Dorothy L. Heinz, 81, passed away April 15, surrounded by her family and friends. She was born Jan. 6, 1934, in Prairie City to Dolly and...
Harold Wickersham
Apr 9, 2015
Harold Duane Wickersham, 64, passed away April 9 at his home in Riley following a tough battle with cancer. Harold was born Oct. 25, 1950, and raised in Nashoba, Okla. He lived in Medford prior to moving to Riley in 1993. He loved fishing, hunting and music. Harold is survived by his wife, Deb; two daughters, Natalie and Shana; two...
Richard Morgan
Apr 4, 2015
Dick Morgan, a lifelong Harney County resident, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2015. Dick was born in Burns on September 29, 1935 to James Madison (Matt) Morgan and Jessie Marie Seward Morgan.  He was born in his Aunt Vera Fine's house, which sat on the corner of Grand and Washington Streets where the current home of HDH Family Care...
Walter Bailey
Apr 2, 2015
Lifelong Harney County rancher/farmer Walter David Bailey died on April 2, 2015.  Walt was born in Burns, Oregon to Tom and Maxine (Kerns) Bailey on March 26, 1939.  He was raised in Diamond Valley where he attended grade school.  He graduated from Crane Union High School in 1957.  As with most Crane graduates, Walt shared many humorous stories of attending...
Colean Rose (Hirsch) Norton
Mar 28, 2015
Colean Norton passed away March 28, 2015, at the Harney District Hospital. Colean Rose Hirsch was born July 19, 1921, to Fred and Marie Hirsch in Simpson, Kansas, where she lived on the family farm, worked for her neighbors, and graduated from Hayes Normal School, and then taught in one-room schools. During the war she traveled to San Francisco to...
Marjorie Dunten
Mar 22, 2015
Marjorie was born May 21, 1919, to William Perry and Gladys Mabel Sheer Moffet of Drewsey on the Middles Worth place, 14 miles northwest of Drewsey. They then homesteaded in the Griffin Creek area for a short time, and they eventually moved to the Drewitt saw mill that was owned by Marjorie's grandparents, Elmer and Jane Drewitt, which today is...
Sammy Hornbeck
Mar 20, 2015
Sam (Buddy) Hornbeck, 76, passed away March 20 at home, surrounded by family. Sam was born in Kingfisher, Okla., to Jesse and Lola Hornbeck. He was one of eight children. His father was an artist and they moved around a lot.  When Sam was 13, his father passed away in a car accident in Las Vegas, Nev., where they were...
Ansel Marshall
Mar 15, 2015
Ansel Noble Marshall, 100 years old, still of sound mind and his gentle wit, passed away peacefully at his home in Bend, Oregon with his wife Cyndy at his side on March 15, 2015 Ansel was born at his grandparents homestead in Troy, Iowa practically horseback. With his father making his living with horses, being a freighter and then as...
Stanford Bennett
Mar 14, 2015
Stanford Bennett 92, died on March 14, 2015 in Sublimity, Oregon.  A funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Pioneer Presbyterian Church at 11:00 a.m.  Burial to follow with Navy Military Honors in the Burns Cemetery.
Viola E. (Pease) Jennings
Mar 8, 2015
Viola E. Jennings, 98 died on March 8, 2015 in Ritzville, Washington.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, March 13, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. in Holy Family Catholic Church with burial to follow.
Kathy Johnson
Mar 6, 2015
Kathy Johnson died on Friday at her home surrounded by her family.  A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints at 10:00 a.m.
Emilie Rhen-Ebar
Mar 4, 2015
Emilie Constance Rhen-Ebar, age 70 passed away on March 4,, 2015 after a courageous battle with cancer. Emilie was born in Bagley Minnesota on October 15, 1944 to Gladys Lilian (Ehlers) Rhen and Nils Gustaf Emil Rhen, her only sibling Rodney Rhen was 5 years old when she was born. Emilie started grade school in Leonard, Minnesota and in 1950...
Henry Vogler Iii
Mar 3, 2015
At the age of 95, Henry Conrad Vogler III passed away on March 3, 2015 at Harney District Hospital following a brief illness. Henry was born on September 24, 1919 in Connell, Washington to Henry C. Vogler Jr. and Pearl E. Gipson Vogler.  He and his sister, Helen  grew up and were educated in Connell.  He graduated from Washington State...
