Obituaries for the day of July 15, 2009

Gibson, Conaway

LOCAL FUNERALS AND VISITATIONS

July 18 — Elley Gibson, services, 1 p.m., Faith Center Church, 10300 South D St., Island City

Aug. 22 — Ruth Conaway, graveside service, 11 a.m., Grandview Cemetery

Elley Gibson, 3, daughter of Stacy and Dena Gibson of

La Grande, died unexpectedly July 12 at Grande Ronde Hospital.

Services will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Faith Center Church, 10300 South D St., Island City.

A complete obituary will be available later. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements.

Ruth Dora Conaway, 94, of La Grande, died July 2 at a local care center. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Aug. 22 at Grandview Cemetery. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements.

Ruth was born Dec. 22, 1914, to George and Alice (Miller) Looslie in Union. She was raised in Union County and attended schools in Medical Springs.

She married Jim Conaway Dec. 29, 1958, in Hagerman, Idaho. He was a local rancher for many years. She was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, gardening, crocheting and reading. She was a member of several organizations and did volunteer work. She attended the United Methodist Church in Union.

Survivors include her daughter, Louine and her husband, Gary Baesler, of Hillsboro; two grandchildren; two great-grandsons; brother, Dan and his wife, Phyllis Looslie, of Elgin, and Garry and his wife, Lelia Looslie, of Pendleton; sister, Georgia Wright of La Pine; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband on March 14, 1993; brother, Marvin Looslie; and three sisters, Esther DeVore of Union, Leona Youncs of Pendleton and Bonnie Rumbly of Sterling, Alaska.