Laura Jean Hevel, age 93, of Waitsburg, WA, died at home on December 23, 2018.The memorial service will be at the Presbyterian Church in Waitsburg on Saturday, January 26th at 2:00 p.m. There will be a private burial later at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton, Ore.

Mrs. Hevel was the daughter of Otis H. and Myrtle Westgate Hampton at Pendleton, OR. She graduated with the Pendleton High School class of 1943. She and Roger Hevel were married on March 23, 1947.

She graduated with honors from Oregon State College, 1947, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honor...