Leona R. Medlin, 83, a longtime Baker City resident, died Feb. 4, 2003, at her daughter’s home.
Mrs. Medlin’s funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Gene Saunders of the Blue Mountain Foursquare Gospel Church will officiate. Interment be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be today until 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Medlin was born Sept. 21, 1919, at Payette, Idaho, to Charles Alfred and Beulah Mae Abernathy Keele. She was raised and educated at Payette, Idaho. Mrs. Medlin came to Baker City in 1946 and was married to Fred Franklin Medlin on March 17, 1964, at Winnemucca, Nev.
She raised her family and worked for Cablevision retiring after 22 years. She loved to travel and with her husband; they spent 12 years traveling to Arizona during the winters as Snowbirds.
Mrs. Medlin loved to embroider, crochet, do craft work, needlework, read and work with her flowers. She was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary.
Survivors include her children, Caroline and Robert Barton and Elaine Logsdon, all of Baker City, and Howard and Judy Logsdon of Salem; sister and brother-in-law, Alta and Dutch Hipp of Ontario; sister, Marjorie Erickson of Baker City; sister and brother-in-law, Geneva and Royce Irby of Summerville; stepchildren, Jerry and Carolyn Medlin of Arizona and Sandra Medlin of Boise; 10 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a sister and two brothers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Blue Mountain Foursquare Gospel Building Fund, through the Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, February 7, 2003
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor
