A celebration of life for William Scott Leach, who passed away July 27, will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, at Triangle Park in Burns. It will be a potluck, so those attending are asked to bring something to share. It will be an alcohol-free,

Glen W. Phillips of Burns passed away Aug. 28 at Riverview Rehabilitation in Idaho. He battled bone cancer for more than three years. Glen was born March 3, 1934. His love was his family. He also enjoyed fishing, hunting, guiding, cooking, and panning for gold. Glen is survived by by his partner,

Juanita Slates Mongar died in Butte, Mont., Tuesday, Sept. 18. She attended Burns Union High School. She is survived her husband, Dave Mongar; sons, Marvin and Fred Mongar; daughter, Jackie Faye Mohler; brothers and sister-in-law, Melvern and Gayle Slates of Medford, and Jerry Slates of Blackfoot, Idaho; sisters, Angeline Hite of Butte, and

Steven Vincent Cowell, 63, of North Las Vegas, Nev., passed away suddenly Aug. 23 in St. Helens. Steve was born May 25, 1955, to Kenneth and Joyce Cowell at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital in Penn Yan, N.Y. As a child, he attended St. Michael School and enjoyed playing Little

Tommie Norwood, 70, passed away peacefully Sept. 4 at Harney District Hospital. Tommie was born Aug. 30, 1948, in Phoenix, Ariz. He loved fishing, and hunting was his favorite pastime. He was the best grandpa. Tommie is survived by his wife of 32 grateful years, Patty; brother, Carol; children, Jen Parry and Erik

Ryan Garrett Woodfin, 32, passed away peacefully Aug. 5 at his home in Hines, surrounded by loved ones. Ryan was born Aug. 28, 1985, in Burns. He had been battling Duchenne muscular dystrophy since he was a young boy and is at peace now. He is survived by his father, Ralph Woodfin;

Eric Edward Haakenson, 53, passed away Aug. 20 in Burns after an extended battle with cancer.  Eric was born Oct. 7, 1964, in Seattle, Wash., to father, Harold Haakenson, and mother, Mary Martin. He grew up in a loving family with a brother and a sister, Darrin and Gail. Eric graduated

Bob Cole, a longtime resident of Burns, passed away peacefully Aug. 27 at “The Springs” in Whitefish, Mont. He was the second of four sons born to Ted and Eunice Cole in Kellogg, Idaho. Bob married Mariel Westberg in May 1947, and had two children before moving to Burns in 1955.

Norma May Worley Hill, 85, of Hines, passed away at her home Aug.16. Norma was born Jan. 30, 1933, in Caldwell, Kan., to Charles and Ruth Worley. Norma grew up in Kansas and Oklahoma until 1935, when the family moved to a farm on the Oregon Slope, near Ontario. She married Lawrence

Joyce Marie Moulton passed away peacefully Aug. 27 at the Hospice House in Bend. She was born March 7, 1942, in Louisville, Ky., to Edward and Viola Robinson. She was the fifth of seven children. Joyce traveled around with her father and lived in many different locations and attended multiple schools. She