Pete Sturza passed away peacefully Jan. 14 at his home in Hermiston, with family at his side. Pete was born July 25, 1926, in Husum, Wash. His parents, Louis and Violet (Fehrenbacher) Sturza, moved the family (Pete and his two brothers, Butch and Stanley) to Central Oregon where the boys went

Mary Otley, 96, passed away Jan. 15 at her home in Diamond. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, at the Harney County Fairgrounds Memorial Building, with a luncheon to follow the service. LaFollette’s Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

Ronald D. White, 75, of Burns, passed away Jan. 13 at a Boise, Idaho hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of the Haren-Wood Funeral Chapel in Ontario.

Dorothy Anne (Homan) Jones passed away Jan. 8 at a Salem care home. She was 99. Dorothy was born to her mother, Edith Dora (Smith) Turner, and father, Edgar Turner (deceased from Spanish flu shortly before her birth), May 3, 1919, in Seattle, Wash. Her widowed mother, Edith, married Harvey Homan,

Peter J. Mehringer Jr. passed away peacefully Jan. 3 in Bardufoss, Norway, with his devoted wife, Lisa Gay Bostwick, at his side. Right to the last, his courage, strength of will, and core values were a gift and a comfort to those around as he gracefully let go. Peter was born

Gerrald Arlen Wassom passed away from a massive stroke Jan. 3 at St. Charles Hospital in Bend. Gerrald was born June 23, 1938, in Albany. After working in rye grass fields and in the woods of Northern California, he moved to Yoncalla, where he met Barbara Clark. The two were married

Mary Frances Sumner Beamer of Oakridge passed away Dec. 28. Mary was born June 17, 1938, in Warren, Ark., to Fletcher Kahle Sumner and Ethel McGuire Bourne. She married Harold “Hal” Lee Beamer Jr. June 18, 1960. Mary graduated from Wytheville High School in Virginia in 1955. She attended Radford College

Bonnie Barrett-Wood passed away Dec. 22 in Richland, Wash. On Aug. 15, 1930, Bonnie Jean Krueger was born to Art and Irene Krueger in the Valley View Hospital in Burns. Bonnie was a resident of Harney County until 2014 when she moved to Tri-Cities, Wash., to be near family. After Bonnie, the

Joseph W. Gregg passed away Dec. 18 at West Valley Memorial Hospital in Caldwell, Idaho. Joseph was born March 24, 1946, in Burns (without either arm) to Eunice (Cronin) and Pat Gregg. Joe was an independent insurance agent for almost 40 years. He was also a certified mechanic, and a ranch hand

William Austin  “Autie” Goodman passed away peacefully in his sleep Dec. 20 in Las Vegas, Nev. Autie was born in Burns in 1925. When he was about 12 years old, he heard world-renowned Artie Shaw play the clarinet and told his dad that’s what he wanted to do. He got his