Peggy Sue Connall,  84, of La Grande, passed away April 4, 2023 in Pendleton. There will be a graveside service at the Cross Roads Cemetery in Kingsland, Ark.,  date to be determined. Peggy was born in Kingsland on Sept. 10, 1938. The family moved to Pine Bluff, Ark., where she graduated

Lanora Rai Gara, 81, of Springfield, passed away peacefully on April 6, at the Rawlins Assisted Memory Care. She was born May 21, 1941, in Burns, to Imogene Kidwell and Floyd Kidwell. Lanora attended grade school and high school in Burns. In May 1960, she married Dean Gill and three children

Shirley June Perkins, 86, passed away on April 10, 2023 in Nampa, Idaho.   A Memorial Service will be held at a later date in Burns. LaFollette’s Chapel is in charge of arrangements

Our mom, Edna May Evans was born June 24, 1932 in Bend. Edna Maygrew up in Tumalo, Ore., until her freshman year of high school, when she moved to Burns.  Edna was from a hard working family without a lot of financial resources, but loved to sew all her own clothes.

Hershell “Lee” Wallace, 89, formerly of Burns, passed away peacefully in Chandler, Ariz., on March 29, 2023. Lee often said he easily might not have been in this world. One of seven children born at home to Lexie and Marie Wallace in Stewart County, Tenn., during depression-era times, he weighed only

On March 24, 2023, at 12:05 p.m., Elaine Durheim went to be with her Heavenly Father.  Elaine was born March 23, 1945, to Varlie and Yvonne Pittman in Caldwell, Idaho. She was the youngest of three children. She is survived by her husband Larry of 49 plus years; twin daughters, Christine

Hershell “Lee” Wallace was born on June 6, 1933 and passed away on March 29, 2023, in Chandler, Ariz. Full obituary to follow in next week’s newspaper.

Erin Elizabeth Black was a vibrant, passionate, loving person. She was born Jan. 10, 1976, on a snowy day in Burns. She left this world on March 8, 2023, on a snowy spring day in Newberg, Ore., at the age of 47. She passed from complications of dementia and seizure

Clarence Boyd “CB” Parr, age 85, of Riley, passed away at the Harney District Hospital in Burns, on Oct. 3, 2022.  CB was born on Dec. 23, 1936 in the Okanagan country of Washington, to Harry and Mary (Hodges) Parr, born in a cabin on the family homestead, delivered by his

Richard ‘Ric’ D. Hoyt, age 76, of Grove, Oklahoma passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on March 12, 2023. Ric was born on March 1, 1947 in Sacramento, Calif., to Walter and Marian (Blair) Hoyt Jr.  He attended Elk Grove High School, graduating with the class of 1964. He then attended