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Obituaries for the day of October 12, 2009
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Pearson, Muller, Burrows, Wood, Teixeira, York
LOCAL FUNERALS AND VISITATIONS Oct. 13 — Leona Pearson, graveside service, 2 p.m., North Powder Cemetery Oct. 17 — Darrell Muller, family graveside interment, 2 p.m., Grandview Cemetery Luke Burrows 72, of La Grande, died Oct. 10 at his home. A full obituary will be available later. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Darrell Marvin Muller, 78, of La Grande, died Oct. 7 at his home. A family graveside interment will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at Grandview Cemetery. A memorial service will begin at 11 a.m. Oct. 19 at the Pendleton Presbyterian Church. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Leona June Pearson, 75, of La Grande, died Oct. 8 at her home. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the North Powder Cemetery. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Timothy Wood, 57, of La Grande, died Oct. 10 at a local care center. A full obituary will be available later. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Joseph. F. Teixeira, 84, of La Grande, died Oct. 7 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will be planned for a later date. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Joe was born Nov. 4, 1924, on the family dairy farm in Bolinas, Calif. He married Elsie Ventura in 1948 and had two children, Rich and Elsie Jr. They later divorced and he remarried Audrey Newton in 1970. He worked for the Tiburon and Mill Valley school district until moving to La Grande in 1978. He then worked for the La Grande school district until he retired in 1987. He loved to camp, fish, hunt, play pool and darts. Also he did a lot of wood carving. He is survived by his wife, Audrey; son, Rich and his wife, Sharon Teixeira, of Fargo, N.C., Elsie and her husband, George Murphy, of California; step-children, Judy and her husband, Sheldon Goldstein, of Imbler, Cathy and her husband, Ray Crapo, of La Grande, Bud and his wife, Sheri Newton, of La Grande and Ron and his wife, Kim Newton, of Sherwood; 11 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Irene Teixeria and Christina Silveria. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, and one sister. George Wesley York, 59, of La Grande, died Oct. 3 at his home. Private family services will be held at a later date. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. George was born June 20, 1950, to Max Marshall and Bernice Frances (Smith) York in Portland. He enjoyed all types of art — photography, woodworking, painting, etc. He moved to the La Grande area from Hermiston in 1977. He is survived by his sister Margaret and her husband, Kenneth Brown, of Hermiston; and one niece. He was preceded in death by his parents.
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