All Obituaries

  Kraig A. Cutsforth, 62, of Heppner, died Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at his home.  A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 30, 2023, at the Heppner Elks Club.  He was born January 23, 1961, at Heppner, the son of Kenneth D. and M. Sharon Bryant Cutsforth.  He was raised in Heppner until the 1970’s when he relocated to Burns, Oregon for far too long for his liking. and finished high school in Pendleton, Oregon. Kraig attended the...

Judith (Judie) Lue Spaulding Laughlin passed away peacefully on August 24, 2023, at Chinook Place in Madras, Oregon. Judie was born November 23, 1940, in Long Beach, California to Bette Simpson Spaulding and Carl F. Spaulding, Jr. Carl was in the Army and was stationed in Long Beach when Judie was born. They moved to The Dalles, OR in 1946 where she attended grade school and Junior High. She took piano lessons as a child and regretted not continuing with that skill only to replace it with...

Eva Lou Greiner 92, of Condon, died Wednesday, August 2, 2023 at The Dalles, Oregon. A graveside service will be held 2 p.m. Friday, August 11, 2023 at St. Joseph Cemetery in Condon. A celebration of life will follow at St. John Catholic Parish Hall.  Eva Lou was born May 14, 1931 in Paonia, Colorado, the only child of Roy and Esther “Simpson” Sweetwood. Due to the depression, the family moved to Vale, Oregon in 1936 to be near family. There, Eva Lou began her education at...

Robert L. (Bob) Stevens, 84, of Hardman died Sunday, July 9, 2023 at Heppner. A memorial graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 5, 2023 at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Bob was born July 22, 1938 to Harold and Helen (Gammell) Stevens at his grandparents’ home near Heppner. He came home to Hardman at haying time and spent the resto of his life on that windy ridge, until moving to Willow Creek Terrace in November of 2022. He attended school at Hardman through the...

Lorraine Ruth (Potter) Bates, 94, of Condon, Oregon, passed away on July 17, 2023 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, Oregon. Daughter of Ralph and Anna (Duncan) Potter of Mikkalo, she was born on their ranch in the Ajax area on October 28, 1928. After facing bankruptcy at the Ajax location, the family relocated to the Ferry Canyon area, where Lorraine and siblings Clarence and Garland attended Igo Grade School. Brother Darrell Potter was tragically lost ain infancy.. Far from...

Janet “Jan” Marilyn (Shular) Schott was born February 3, 1945 to Clifford and Marge Weddell Shular. Their first home on Minnesota Ave. in North Portland was razed during the I-5 construction in the mid 1950’s. They moved several blocks away, and then to the Bull Mountain area of Tigard in the mid 1960’s. As a young man in the late 1920’s Cliff helped build Kinzua, Oregon and took the “Goose” along Thirty-Mile Creek where his daughter would later...

Marylou Jean Aamodt passed away unexpectedly on December 12, 2022, at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in the The Dalles Oregon. She was 81 years old. Marylou was born September 13, 1941, to parents and Louis James and Mary Era (Kottke) Huffman in Walker Minnesota. She was the youngest of 6 children. She is survived by her brother, John E. Huffman of Condon (wife Carolyn). Bernard Leroy Aamodt passed away at home with family on January 18, 2023. He was 87 years old. Bernard was born December 13,...

Janet Gail Hughes, 88, formerly of Heppner, died Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at her home in Walla Walla. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, 2023, at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery in Heppner, Oregon. A reception will follow at the Gilliam and Bisbee Building in Heppner. She was born December 14, 1934, at San Luis Obispo, California, the daughter of Edwin H. Coe and Bernice W. (Arnold) Coe. Gail was raised and attended school at Milton-Freewater, Oregon where she was...

Robert Jeffery John (Butch) Laughlin, 82 years, left us unexpectedly on April 22, 2023 at Kadlec Hospital in Tri-Cities, WA. Butch was born October 18, 1940 at Miss Clarey’s Hospital, Heppner, OR to Robert Ogden Laughlin and Ilene Katherine Kilkenny. Butch’s father passed away when Butch was just 6 months old. He and his mother Ilene moved to the Kilkenny Ranch and lived there 5 years until they later moved into Heppner and built a house on Chase Street. Being the oldest...

Gary Lee Nolan of Lexington, Oregon, passed away peacefully in his garden swing at his home on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. He was 73. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 2260 NE 4th Street, Hermiston, Oregon on April 22, 2023. He was born in Grand Coulee, Washington to William and Donna Belle Nolan on December 24, 1949. Gary grew up on a farm in Hermiston, Oregon and graduated from Hermiston High School in 1968. On April 1, 1972, Gary...