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Obituaries for the day of August 6, 2009
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Obituaries for the day of August 6, 2009 Barbara Shank La Grande 1941-2009 Barbara (Balloun) Shank, 67, of La Grande, died July 21 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A small memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the conference room of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in La Grande. An earlier announcement incorrectly said the memorial was Aug. 4. Barbara was born Nov. 10, 1941, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Her family moved to Oregon when she was an infant. For a time Barbara lived in Laughlin, Nev. She kept active in the senior center there, doing volunteer work, including feeding the poor and homeless and raising money through the center’s rummage sales to help others. When she moved to La Grande, she continued her activities as she could. Barbara was quite talented. She loved to write and wanted to be a novelist. She also painted in oils and did many kinds of crafts. She was very dear to her family and friends, especially her best friend, Chris Thorn of Bullhead City, Ariz. Survivors include her husband, Donald Shank of La Grande; children, Debbie Walters, Chris Ferris and Frank Ferris; brothers, John Balloun, Joe Balloun and Mike Balloun; and her grandchildren. Ruth Andrews La Grande Ruth Elizabeth Andrews, 90, of La Grande, died Aug. 5 at her home. A complete obituary will be published later. Arrangements are under the care of Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory.
AND VISITATIONS
5 to 7 p.m., Hu-Na-Ha RV Park, Elgin Aug. 8 — Barbara Shank, memorial service, 2 p.m., Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church conference room Aug. 22 — Ruth Conaway, graveside service, 11 a.m., Grandview Cemetery
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