Lulu Thompson Dies in La Grande
Enterprise, Oregon
Mrs. Roy M. (Lulu W.) Thompson of Enterprise passed away on Tuesday December 9, 1975 at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. She had been in failing health for the past year.
She was the daughter of Marion and Hattie Coverdale and was born near Joseph on August 25, 1896. She was married to Roy M. Thompson on December 14, 1973 at Philomath. She was a member of Silver Lake Rebekah Lodge 121 of Joseph.
Survivors include her husband, Roy M. at the Enterprise home; two daughters, Mrs. William (Bethel) Bougher, Sunnyvale, Calif.,and Joyce Luxon of Portland; a son Dean Wilson, Fremont, Calif.; three half-brothers, Bing Coverdale, Portland, Cecil Coverdale, Westport, Wash., and Harold Coverdale, Wolfe Creek, Ore.; and 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Memorial services were Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Bollman Chapel with Rev. Joe Jewett officiating. Marguerite Sartin was organist and Clifford Collinsworth sang “The Lord’s Prayer.” Casket bearers were: Larry Luxon, Jack Luxon, Lawrence Potter, Jean Butler, Mark Marks, Fred Warnock and Steven Akers; and interment was in the Prairie Creek Cemetery.
Wallowa County Chieftain, December 1975
Contributed by Pat Higley