Dolores E. (Hughet) Raymond passed away peacefully in her sleep Jan. 10 at Vermont Hills Acute Care. Dolores was born Oct. 19, 1933, in Burns. Dolores spent part of her early years in The Narrows outside of Burns on her Uncle Louis’s ranch. The years she spent on the ranch shaped

Junior Wayne Lissman passed away Jan. 12, surrounded by loving family. Wayne was born Jan. 7, 1925, in Nelson, Neb. Wayne married his high school sweetheart, Phyllis Mae Smith, Oct. 5, 1943, at the Episcopal Church in Lander, Wyo.  They had been married 75 years at the time of his death. In

Laird Leon Schmeck, 45, of Burns, passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack Jan. 16. Laird was born Aug. 30, 1973, the only son of John Schmeck and Ardetta Willis. Though his parents later divorced and were both remarried, he was fortunate enough to gain a sister, Chelle, brothers, Shaun and

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