Grace Edvalson, 99, of Richland, Washington died July 23, 2007 at the home of her granddaughter, Hope Houck, in Richland. Grace was born November 10, 1907 at Cove, Oregon to Caroline Jensen Halling and Peter Jorgensen Halling. She moved with the family to Union, Oregon in 1909, where she spent most of her life. She lived in Baker City, Oregon from 1939 until 1946, when she returned to Union.

She attended the old North School, the South School, and graduated from Union High School in 1925. She enrolled at the University of Utah in 1927 and went on to graduate from Eastern Oregon Normal School now Eastern Oregon University in the first graduating class of 1930.

Grace was a lifelong member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served in callings in the Primary children’s organization, in the women’s Relief Society organization, and in the young women’s organization of the church.

In 1937 she married Herman M. Edvalson in Union, Oregon at the home of her parents. They were sealed three months later in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She was an avid gardener and an excellent cook, as well as being both a student and teacher of literature and Shakespeare.

She is survived by her daughter Karen Hill and husband Robert of Canoga Park, California, her son Lars Edvalson and wife Winona of Richland, Washington, her daughter Kathleen Edvalson Almquist of Union, Oregon, and her daughter Anne Thrower and husband Rick of Rockingham, North Carolina. She had twelve grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. She also leaves a sister-in-law, Ada Dungan of Orangeville, California, and numerous nieces and nephews.

Grace was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers and four sisters.

A funeral service will be held Saturday, August 11, 2007, at 1:00 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Union Ward chapel in Union, Oregon. Visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon prior to the service in the cultural hall of the church. Burial will follow the service at the historic Union Cemetery.

Memorial donations may be made to the Carnegie Public Library in Union, Oregon or to the Perpetual Education Fund of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or to Hospice at The Chaplaincy, 2108 W. Entiat Ave, Kennewick, WA 99336.