OESTERLING, Winnifried E M

Winnifred Eloise Moore Oesterling was born on February 15, 1918 in Baker City, Oregon. In first year of life she showed great determination surviving a worldwide pandemic flu that reached Baker City. She lived her entire life extraordinarily surrounding herself with music, art, love, joy and compassion. Winnifred passed away on the morning of June 11, 2013 in the bedroom she was born in, embraced by her beloved daughter who had cared for her continually for seven and a half years. A request from Winnifred was that on this day, June 25, something special would happen, as she and her late husband would have celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. It is on this day, there will be a Celebration of Winnifred's Life, a request that you wear bright colors, that you not purchase flowers but bring the beauty from your yard to spread over the grass under which she will be buried. Winnifred will be interred with her beloved Bob, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 ~ 10 a.m., at the Grandview Cemetery in La Grande, Ore. The family has been served by Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. On line condolences may be shared on www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com http://www.therconline.com/#!recent-obits/cogc 26 Jun2 014