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Funeral services for David B. Stoddard, who died at his home at 1610 Albany here yesterday, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the LDS tabernacle. Bishop Walter A. Bean will officiate and burial will be in the City Cemetery.
Survivors include the widow, Edith of La Grande, six sons, a brother, 19 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Submitted by: Tom Childers
Edith O. Stoddard, 83, housewife of 1610 Albany St., died Thursday at St. Joseph hospital.
Services will be in the Lower LDS Chapel Saturday at 2 p.m. Bishop Perry will officiate, and burial will be in Hillcrest cemetery.
Born in Logan, Cache County, Utah, Mrs. Stoddard had resided in La Grande for 58 years. She was a member of the LDS Church and Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Her husband was La Grande's first mail carrier.
Survivors include five sons, Marion and Vernon of Hermiston, Lowell of Wieser, Ida., Henry of Pendleton, and Frank of Los Gatos, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Elmo Clegg, Baker, Mrs. William M. Wale, Salt Lake City, Utah; one brother, William Nibley of Salt Lake City, 25 grandchildren and 17 great-great grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Crippin and Daniels Chapel. The casket will be open at the funeral home until Saturday noon, after which it will be closed during the time of the service.
Submitted by: Tom Childers
Marion N. Stoddard, 61, Hermiston, died at a hospital here Friday, Mar. 22. He was a retired Union Pacific Railroad Engineer who operated a motel in Hermiston.
Services will be Tuesday, Mar. 26, 1:30 p.m. in the LDS Lower Chapel here. Bishop Norman See will officiate. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery.
Stoddard was born in La Grande December 9, 1906 and lived here until moving to Hermiston 13 yeas ago. He was a member of the LDS Church and of the BPOE No. 1845 in Hermiston.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Ruth Stoddard, Hermiston; one son Gerald Stoddard, Clear, Alaska; two daughters, Mrs. Robert Bower, Seattle, Wash., and Mrs. Wayne Prohaska, Medford; four brothers, Lowell Stoddard, Weiser, Ida., Vernon Stoddard, Hermiston, Henry Stoddard, Pendleton and Frank Stoddard, San Jose, Calif., and five grandchildren and other relatives. Services and arrangements are under the direction of the Burns Funeral Chapel of Hermiston.
Submitted by: Tom Childers