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Obituaries for the day of April 12, 2010
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Siefker, McCrossin, Buffum, Lindsey, Tyler Clinton Andrew Siefker, 34, of La Grande, died April 7 from complications due to an accident. A complete obituary will be available later. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory is in charge of arrangements.
Georgia was born May 28, 1925, to Charles Faro and Jennie Burrow Stellmon in Decatur, Ark. Most of her young life was spent in Nez Perce, Idaho. She entertained her family with many stories of her growing up the youngest of six children. During her time at Nez Perce High School she lettered in basketball. She moved with her mom to Washougal, Wash., her senior year of high school and graduated in 1942. Georgia worked in the shipyards in Vancouver, Wash., as a welder on an all-man welding crew. Her extreme fright of heights was soon quelled as she experienced some very harrowing situations while perched on scaffolding many stories up the side of the ship they were building. In 1945 she met Elwood Buffum, a sailor, in Seaside. They married on July 22, 1945, in Pacific, Wash. When she married Elwood he had custody of his two children by a former marriage, Leon and Odie, ages 3 and 4. Georgia raised the two children as if they were her own and later three more children joined the brood: Thomas, Linda and Marilyn. Georgia and all the children moved around Oregon, California and Washington following Elwood in his job pursuits. Her sewing and cooking came in handy when a dress was needed and a tableful of people had to be fed. She is survived by her children, Leon of Clear Lake Oaks, Calif.; Odie Stoltze and friend, Tony, of Lyle, Wash.; Thomas Buffum of Walla, Walla; Linda Plumbley of Walla Walla, and Marilyn Reed and her husband, Terry, of Walla Walla; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Georgia was preceded in death by her husband; parents; siblings; Carey, Irene, Charles, Clara and Ruth; and a grandson, Jeremiah Lane.
She was born in Salmon, Idaho, Aug. 7, 1928, to Joe and Amy Gautier. She attended Idaho State University and substituted as a home ec teacher for several years. She went back to Idaho State and graduated with her clerical degree and worked at several businesses as a secretary. She married Elton Eugene Lindsey on Nov. 24, 1951, in Long Beach, Calif. She fell in love with him before they had even had a date and told her best friend she was going to marry him. Together they had five children. When she was younger, she was very active in the sorority Beta Sigma Phi. She also bowled in a league for several years. She made friends wherever she went. She loved her garden, sewing things for her children and grandchildren and working with her roses. Cooking and huge family dinners were always exciting for her, and she made no-bake oatmeal cookies like no other. The true joys in her life were her children and grandchildren. Being with family was her favorite pastime, and she often had numerous grandchildren at her home. Those who knew her say she had a giving, kind and caring heart. She is survived by her husband, Elton Eugene Lindsey; son, Randy Lindsey and his wife, Rona; daughters Cindy Wilson and her husband, Mike, Wendy Jorgensen and her husband, Jerry, RoxAnne Flintoff and her husband, Jim; several grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Amy; infant son, Stephen Ray; brothers, Joe and Larry; and her sister, Gingie.
Dorothy was born Aug. 14, 1925, to Frank and Margaret (Lang) Maguire in East Farms, Wash. On Oct. 10, 1942, she married Bud Tyler. During the war years she lived in Halfway with Bud’s family. In 1947 they moved to Union. Those who knew her say Dorothy was a hard worker and she held many jobs throughout her life. She worked on Woodruff’s dairy; sorted peas for Del Monte in La Grande; tested cream and wrapped butter for the Union Creamery; and cooked and waited tables for the Pebble, Shanks Café, Cozy Corner and the Knotty Pine. Dorothy also cleaned houses, was a caregiver to family and friends and her first words to anyone who came to her house were “are you hungry?” Dorothy belonged to both social and service clubs including the Union Caring Helpers, the Union Sportsman Club and the American Legion Auxiliary. She belonged to a bowling league in her younger years and enjoyed spending time gardening, canning, fishing and boating. Perhaps her greatest joy was spending time with family and friends. Dorothy played piano without ever having a lesson and sang in harmony wherever and whenever music was played. She excelled at pinochle and was always up for a good game of Yahtzee. Survivors include her husband, Bud Tyler of Union; children, Dale and Patti Tyler of Ridgecrest, Calif., and Duane and Barbara Tyler of Union; seven grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren;and other relatives. She was preceded in death by five sisters; two brothers; and her grandson, Darren Tyler. Memorial contributions may be made to the Bobcat Foundation in care of Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & life Celebration Center, 1502 Seventh St. in La Grande.
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