Mrs. William Heard[Hearing] Dies in Baker on Saturday
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Haines Methodist church for Mrs. William Hearing, 63, who died at her home in Baker Saturday night.
The deecased[deceased] was born September 7, 1879, in McLeansboro, Illinois. She came with her parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Pratt, to Union in 1891. Four years later they moved to a farm near Haines. She was married to William Hearing June 23[24], 1903. They moved to Baker in 1939.
Surviving, besides her husband, are a daughter, Mrs. Fred Pembrook of North Powder; three brothers, George W. Pratt of Haines, James D. Pratt of Baker and Edgar M. Pratt of Weiser, Idaho; and two grandchildren.
Interment was in the Haines cemetery. Rev. Harley Zeller officiated.
The Record Courier, Baker City, OR,
Thursday, 6 May 1943, Page 8.
Contributed by: Robert C. Bull