- OBITUARY: Verla C. Gregory
Jan 29, 2013 Updated Dec 13, 2018
Verla C. Gregory of Enterprise and formerly of La Grande died Jan. 16, 2013, ten days before her hundredth birthday. A family service is planned for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 26, 2013 at the Wallowa Christian Church. Bollman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Verla Carolyn (Eddlemon) Gregory was born in Flora, Oregon January 26, 1913 to Charles Ruskin and Martha Marion (Casteel) Eddlemon. Her father passed away when she was one and a half years old. She and her sister, Vera, were raised by their grandmother, Martha Jane (McQuistion) Casteel, at the Monroe Casteel homestead on Day Ridge, while her mother taught school and worked. When Verla was 7 the family moved to Wallowa for school. She was captain of her girls’ 1928 basketball team and graduated from Wallowa High School with the class of 1929.
Verla was an active member of the Wallowa Methodist Church, Epworth League and the Chi Chi Club. In 1939 she married John J. Gregory and they farmed east of Wallowa until 1947. They then moved to La Grande
where her husband was a rancher in the south end of the valley.
Verla was a past Matron of Eastern Star and a member of the La Grande Country Club. She was an excellent pianist and seamstress. She enjoyed knitting, reading, bridge, golf, bird watching, crossword puzzles, and sudoku. She was a great cook and canned pickles, peaches, green beans and tomatoes for many, many years.
Her children, grandchildren, and great- grandchildren were especially important to her, and she was special to them. She is survived by her daughters and their spouses, Margaret and Sam Wade of Lostine and Jean and Neil Cooper of La Grande. Her grandchildren are Greg (and Jean) Wade of Los Angeles, Kristi Wade of Lostine, Traci (and Mitch) Frye of Enterprise, Cari (and Tim) Markham of Boise, and Derek (and Gailen) Cooper of La Grande. Her great-grandchildren are Madison and Koby Frye, Cooper and Norah Markham, and Payton, Gwen, and Adelle Cooper.
Verla is preceded in death by her sister, Vera, and her husband of 72 years, John.
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1913 - 2013 (99 years)
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