All Obituaries

William L. “Bill” Bell, 84, of Vancouver, Washington died Saturday, May 11, 2019. A memorial graveside service will be held on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 1 p.m. at the Condon Cemetery. He was born February 6, 1935 at Long Beach, California. Bill spent his early years in the Los Angeles, and Ontario, California areas. The family moved to Fossil, Oregon in November of 1947. He graduated from Wheeler County High School in 1953. On December 18, 1954 he married Sharon Lee Tufts in Fossil....

June M. Crowell – Our sweet mom, grandma, sister, godmother, and friend June Marie Crowell passed away March 15, 2019 surrounded by her loved ones due to complications of a stroke. She was the young age of 86! June was born to Wilbur and Marie Breshears Steagall on August 27, 1932 at Heppner. She was the oldest of eight children. June attended and graduated from St. Joseph’s Academy, Pendleton, Oregon, with the class of 1950. She married Howard Crowell on November 12, 1951....

Kenneth “Kenny” Gates, 73, of Lexington, Oregon passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 in Heppner, Oregon. A memorial service will be held Friday, March 22, 2019 at 11 a.m. the Lexington Bible Church. He was adopted at age 5 by his grandparents, Lillian and Jack Gates. Kenny was raised on the Middle Fork of the John Day River on the Jack Gates Ranch from birth until the age of twelve. When he lost his beloved father, the ranch was sold. From there he moved constantly across...

Larry Dwight Day, 83, formerly of Pilot Rock, died Sunday, March 3, 2019 at his home in Heppner. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Christian Life Center in Heppner. A reception will immediately follow the service and the public is invited. He was born on July 11, 1935 at Lyman, Nebraska, the son of Abrey and Alice West Day. The family moved to Oregon when Larry was six months old. They lived in Oregon City and Molalla where he graduated from...

Alvin “Art” Lindstrom, age 83, passed peacefully in his sleep on February 6th, 2019 of natural causes. Born in Ione, Oregon, on July 1, 1935, to Franklin and Edris Lindstrom, also of Ione, Art was one of twin boys. Art and Roy attended a one-room schoolhouse north of Ione, and graduated from Ione High School in 1954. The brothers joined the Army in 1958 and were honorably discharged in 1960. After returning to Ione, Art raised cattle and dryland wheat along with his father and...

Former Heppner resident, Betty Lou Curnutt, 88, of Hermiston, died Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Richland, Washington. At her request no service will be held. She was born November 20, 1930 at Fairfax, Oklahoma the daughter of Homer and Eva Benge Schell. Betty was raised and attended school in Fossil. It was at Fossil where she met Harold Curnutt and the couple married at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, in October of 1948. The couple lived in various places until moving to Heppner in 1960 where they...

Donna E. Larson Ione, Oregon March 29, 1936 - January 29, 2019 Donna E. Larson, 82, of Ione, Oregon, passed away at her home on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. She was born on March 29, 1936 in Russellville, Arkansas the daughter of Howard and Ruth Guthrie Hilton. At her request no service will be held. Donna was a talented quilter, painter, and wood carver. She had a talent for making art out of everything she touched. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She is survived by her...

Longtime Lexington resident, Iris Jean Campbell, 87, passed away at her home in Pendleton on January 8, 2019, following a brief illness. A graveside service will be held on Friday, January 18, 3019 at 1 p.m. at the Lexington Cemetery. She was born May 8, 1931 in Enterprise, OR, the second of three children, to Charles and Eula (Crossler) Bloodsworth. The family lived in several locations in Wallowa County during her childhood, but mostly on the Bloodsworth farm north of Enterprise....

Ronald Albion Schwarz, 57, formally of Heppner, passed away on December 28th, 2018 at his home in Tygh Valley, Or. Ron was layed to rest at Valby Lutheran Cemetery in Valby, Oregon on December 31st, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. He was born in Heppner, OR to Ann Belle (Coleman) Schwarz and Len Ray Schwarz on September 29th, 1961 the first of three boys. Ron was baptized and confirmed at Hope Lutheran Church. He attended his school years in Heppner graduating in 1980, from Heppner High School....

Donna “Darlene” Hopper, Mother, Mentor, Grandma, Inspiration, Friend, Beautiful, Hero, passed away December 11, 2018 at her home in Fossil, Oregon after her second battle with Breast Cancer. Darlene was born May 7, 1933 at Parkrose, Oregon, to Marley & Mildred Fessler. They lived in Parkrose until 1950, when they moved to Fossil to start a family farm down Butte Creek. Darlene graduated from Wheeler High School in 1951. She married her High School classmate Robert Dale...