Connie Louise Armstrong passed away Aug. 14. Connie was born Oct. 3, 1954, in Ontario to Louis and Becky (Cochran) Armstrong of Diamond. She was the oldest of five children, growing up and attending school in rural Harney County. She was born eight days after her lifelong friend, Joanie, and the

  Jerry Choate, most recently of Sidney, Mont., passed away Aug. 9, at Billings Clinic in Billings, Mont., surrounded by his family, following complications of a stroke suffered after heart surgery. Jerald Howell Choate was born Feb. 22, 1952, in Burns to John T. (known to all as Tom) and Ima (Howell)

  Juanita Daugherty Graves passed away July 22 in Sublimity, with her son, Brian, at her side. Juanita was born on March 29, 1923, in Alcoa, Tenn., to Cecil and Bonnie Daugherty. She was the oldest of five children, Luke, Curtis, Helen, and J. Will. She had some great stories about growing

  Mikaela I. “Kaela” Reser, 17, of Condon passed away July 27 at Mid-Columbia Medical Center in The Dalles, following an automobile accident near Condon. Kaela was born June 30, 1999, in Pendleton to Olin H. and Mary A. Jones Reser. She was raised and attended school in Condon, where she would

Former Crane resident Connie Armstrong Youngblood, 61, passed away Aug. 14 in Baker City. Services are pending. A full obituary will appear in next week’s Burns Times-Herald.

Wilma Rose Pedersen, 85, passed away Aug. 13. Wilma was born June 28, 1931, to John and Ann Lewis in Warren County, Ohio. She lived in Ohio until she 14 when her family  moved to Lebanon. She lived in Lebanon and graduated from high school in 1950. She then went to

Larry Lloyd Jay, 72, of Burns, passed away July 26, surrounded by his family at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend after suddenly taking ill. Larry was born April 12, 1944, in California to Alex and Della (Nations) Jay. He worked as an auto and diesel mechanic, and because of his love

  Norma ‘Nikki’ Joy Wisor was born May 25, 1960, in Burns to James F. Wisor and Jenette Stevens Wisor. She attended school(s) in Burns and Pilot Butte in Bend. Nikki started working in the mill in Bend when she was only 12 years old. She would go on to drive