Estes,Metsker,Farris,Zimmerman,Perren,Frazer,Clark

Donald Estes

La Grande

Donald Estes, 62, formerly of Elgin, died Jan. 21 at his home in La Grande.Arrangements are entrusted to Daniels-Knopp Funeral and Cremation Center.

Howard E. Metsker

Cove

Howard E. Metsker, 87, of Cove, died Jan. 21 at Grande Ronde Hospital. An obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Russell F. Farris

Summerville

Russell Forest Farris, 62, of Summerville, died Jan. 20 at his residence. An obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Jesse T. Zimmerman

La Grande

Jesse Tyler Zimmerman, 37, of La Grande, died Jan. 15 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Jan. 23 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. After the service, a reception for family and friends will be held at Valley Fellowship Church, 507 Palmer Ave.

Gerald J. Perren

Enterprise

Gerald J. Perren, 87, of Enterprise, died Jan. 19 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. A Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 27 at St. Katherine’s Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 10:30 a.m. Jan. 28 at St. Katherine’s, followed by interment at the Enterprise Cemetery. An obituary will be published at a later time. Arrangements are entrusted to Bollman Funeral Home.

Michael Frazer

La Grande

Michael Frazer, 58, of La Grande, died Jan. 20 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Jan. 27 at Loveland Funeral Chapel. An obituary will be published at a later time.

Michael E. Clark

Enterprise

1940-2015

Michael E. Clark, 75, of Enterprise, died Dec. 30, 2015, in Salem following a prolonged illness. A memorial Mass will be held today, Jan. 22, at St. Katherine’s Catholic Church. Private entombment will be at the Enterprise Cemetery.

Obituaries longer than 400 words will be returned to the family or the funeral home for revision, delaying the publishing of the obituary until it meets this guideline.

Families and funeral homes should also know that there is no guarantee that obituaries received after 4 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays will appear in the next day’s paper. We try to budget space for the obits we have at 4 p.m. and we cannot always guarantee space for anything that comes in after the 4 p.m. deadline.

Finally, The Observer has always re-run obituaries for free if it contained errors, whether the errors were made by the family/funeral home or The Observer. To re-run obituaries that print with errors sent over from the family/funeral home will require the family/funeral home to pay for the space to re-run the obituary. Any error that is the fault of The Observer, we will gladly re-run in the next available issue.

Local funeral homes have been doing an excellent job getting information to us, but the revisions to this policy places limits on how long obituaries can be and emphasizes that The Observer also has limits on how much information will be printed in “free” obituaries. We ask that funeral homes continue to let families know that not all information will necessarily be printed. Paid obituary space is available for complete personal histories and eulogies and can be purchased by calling The Observer advertising department.

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