Richards,Bourrie,Williams,Berry,Wilson

Deleva Richards

La Grande

Deleva Richards, 91, of La Grande, died March 15 at her residence. An obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory will be handling the arrangements.

Bruce A. Bourrie

Union

Bruce A. Bourrie, 67, of Union, died March 15 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. April 1 at the Union United Methodist Church. An obituary will be published at a later time. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is handling the arrangements.

Elsie M. Williams

Elgin

1937-2016

Elsie Marie Williams, 79, of Elgin, died March 13 at her residence. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m.March 19 at the Elgin Cemetery, followed by a potluck reception at the Elgin Stampede Hall. Casual dress is preferred by the family.

Kenneth F. Berry

La Grande

1930-2016

Kenneth Floyd Berry, 85, of La Grande, died March 16 at his residence. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. March 21 at the Island City Cemetery.

Eleanor M. Wilson

La Grande

1929-2016

Eleanor Marie Wilson, 86, of La Grande, died March 16 of natural causes at her home. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. March 19 at Loveland Funeral Chapel.

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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Andrew Cutler,Editoracutler@lagrandeobserver.com

Josh Benham,News Editor jbenham@lagrandeobserver.com