Baker City Oregon

McKay, Bonnie Leviathan Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Bonnie Leviathan McKay, 85, of Hermiston, a former Baker City resident, died June 26, 2004, at her home. Her graveside funeral was at 10 a.m., today at the Hermiston Cemetery. Bonnie had been a Hermiston resident since 1947. She moved from Kansas to La Grande while still a child and then to Baker City. She was a Baker High School graduate. She married Eugene “Gene” McKay at Boise on Nov. 15, 1941. She traveled with Gene while he was in the service to Mississippi, South Carolina and Illinois. When Gene shipped overseas, Bonnie returned to Baker City. … Read more

Whitt, Ivan Jim – Obituary

Ivan Jim Whitt, 86, who lived in Baker City before moving to the Tri-Cities area, died December 16, 2005, in the loving arms of his family. He was born April 7, 1915, in Leander, Texas, and resided in Tularosa, New Mexico, until going into the Army in October 1942. Jim served with the 690th Replacement Company throughout the Luzon campaign during World War II. He was discharged in February 1946 and served as an Air Force reservist until January 1960. He lived in Baker City several years before moving to the Tri-Cities. He was a lifetime member of VFW Post … Read more

Karp, Sister Clare Inez – Obituary

Sister Clare Inez Karp, 88, a resident of St. Ann Convent at Tacoma, Wash., and a former longtime Baker City resident, died Aug. 12, 2007. Father Julian Cassar will offer a Memorial Mass at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center Chapel. A rosary will be said at 8:45 a.m. Sister Clare Inez had been a professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 69 years. She was born in Baker City. Although she left Baker City for about 20 years, she returned to the community for ministry and was a Baker City … Read more

Walker, La Vaughn Albert “Oscar Mayer” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon La Vaughn “Oscar Mayer” Albert Walker, died Jan. 23, 2003, at Twin Firs Retirement Center in La Grande. His graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Island City Cemetery. Pastor Wilfred Nitz of the Faith Lutheran Church of La Grande will officiate. Mr. Walker was born April 26, 191, to Albert Ross Walker and Emma Huntley Walker. His mother died when he was a young boy. He spent most of his youth in foster homes. He lived in La Grande most of his life until a few years after the death of his wife, … Read more

Delepierre, Henry Marcel – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Henry Marcel Delepierre, 88, died Nov. 3, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. The Rev. Robert C. Irwin of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will officiate. There will be a luncheon afterward at St. Francis Cathedral Parish Hall. Marcel was born on Sept. 19, 1916, at Baker City to Alphons and Irma Delepierre. He received his education at St. Francis Academy and served with the U.S. Army during World War II. His first wife, Pansy Masters, died. His second wife, Marion … Read more

Wilson, Marietta Rose Chaves Mrs. – Obituary

Marietta Rose Wilson, 65, of Springfield, died June 23, 2007, at her home with her loving family by her side. A Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Francis Cathedral, First and Church streets. Bishop Thomas Connolly will officiate. There will be a graveside services at Mount Hope Cemetery. She was born on March 25, 1942, at Baker City to Arthur and Ivona Vandewiele Chaves. She worked as a medical librarian at Mercy Medical Center for 22 years and then worked at the Clark State Community College library for seven years. Marietta’s beautiful smile brought joy, warmth … Read more

O’Neil, Auburene M. Welter Mrs. – Obituary

Auburene M. O’Neil, 93, went home to be with the Lord, Nov. 10, 2007. She spent the last two months of her life at St. Elizabeth Care Center where she received loving care from the nurses and staff. Visitation will be held at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 from 2 to 8 p.m. A Graveside service will be held at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland, Ore., on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, at 11 a.m. Pastor Mel Harris of the First Lutheran Church in Baker City will officiate. A memorial in celebration of her life … Read more

Davis April, Jacqueline Marie “Jackie” Mrs. – Obituary

Jacqueline Marie “Jackie” April, 75, of Baker City, died Oct. 7, 2005, at La Grande, Oregon. By her wishes, there will be no memorial or funeral service. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Jackie was born on July 16, 1930, at Baker City to Edward Alvin Davis and Hattie Meyers Davis of North Powder. She grew up at North Powder, where her grandparents, John Samuel and Susan Dealy Davis, homesteaded. She was married to Louis Norman April, on July 20, 1968. Jackie was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband Louie; … Read more

Lewis, William S. “Uncle Billy” – Obituary

Two Baker County Pioneers Are Gone William S. “Uncle Billy” Lewis, who was a county charge, died in the hospital in Baker, last Friday. He was a native of Virginia, born in 1854. He came to Baker 12 years ago. A brother M.H. Lewis of Wingville, survives and five nieces and five nephews. Funeral was held Saturday. North Powder News Saturday, January 22, 1927

Maxwell, Frances Olson Mrs. – Obituary

Frances L. Maxwell, 81, former McMinnville resident who taught for 26 years at Cook School, died Thursday, July 21, at Jefferson. Services were Monday, July 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the Chapel of Macy & Son in McMinnville, with interment at the Masonic Cemetery. Born April 21, 1902 in Haines, the daughter of Arthur L. and Bertha Jarman Olson, Mrs. Maxwell was raised and schooled in Haines. She graduated from teacher’s college at OCE in Monmouth in 1920, then taught a few years at Muddy Creek near Haines. In June 1923, in Baker, she married Charles Dewey Maxwell who preceded … Read more

Rea, T. F.

Mining Man Is Dead T.F. Rea, 75, pioneer mining man of Baker County, died at Baker last Friday from the effects of two paralytic strokes. Mr. Rea suffered the first stroke February 27 and the second March 19. Mr. Rea was born in Fairfield, Iowa December 23, 1852 and came to Auburn Baker county with his parents 10 years later. He had been a resident of this county since first arriving at Auburn and quartz mining. Oregon Trail Weekly North Powder News Saturday, March 31, 1928

Haskell, Scotty Behner Mrs. – Obituary

Scotty Haskell, 87, of Baker City, died May 23, 2007, at the St. Elizabeth Care Center after a long period of illness. Scotty Behner Haskell was born Jan. 28, 1920, to Rob and Pearl Behner in Posey Valley, near Halfway. She spent her first eight years in Halfway and loved Pine Valley. In 1928 her father sold his livery stable and the family moved to Baker City. Scotty completed her education there and graduated from Baker High School in 1938. She married Charles A. Haskell Nov. 11, 1939, in Weiser, Idaho. Scotty had a diverse career of employment during her … Read more

Whitmore, David LeRoy “Dave” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon David LeRoy “Dave” Whitmore, 63, of Baker City, died July 10, 2006, at Corvallis. There will be no funeral. Friends and family are invited to a potluck gathering in his memory at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Geiser Pollman Park. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Dave was born on Oct. 8, 1942, at Twin Falls, Idaho, to Glenn and Edna Hudson Whitmore. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Baker City where he grew up and was educated. He married Mary Moreno in 1958 at … Read more

Saunders, Raymond M. “Ray”, Jr. – Obituary

Raymond M. “Ray” Saunders Jr., 78, of Hermiston, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Dec. 2, 2005, at his home. His graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Pastor Gordon Bond will officiate. Ray was born on July 30, 1927, at Salem. He moved with his family to Eagle Valley at the age of 5. He was a 1945 graduate of Eagle Valley High School at Richland. Ray married Alice Martin on March 10, 1946, at Richland. He joined the U.S. Navy, serving in the South Pacific on the USS Hollandia … Read more

O’Neal, Edward – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon Edward O’Neal Dies Following Operation Edward O’Neal, for the past six years a resident of the North Powder community, died of a complication of diseases in a Baker hospital Friday of last week. For the past two years Mr. O’Neal with his family had resided on a ranch in the Wolf Creek district. About two months ago his health became such that he entered a Baker hospital for treatment. He did not improve and Friday of last week submitted to a major operation, dying a few hours afterward. The body was taken to La Grande, … Read more

Andrews, Robert B. “Bob” – Obituary

Robert B. “Bob” Andrews, 79, of Prineville, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 20, 2008, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville. At his request there will be no public service. Bob was born at Pompeii, Mich., on July 6, 1928, to Paul Phillip and Beulah Beatrice Watkins Andrews. He attended and was a graduate of Ithaca Michigan High School. He moved to Enumclaw, Wash., in the early 1950s. He owned and operated a farm in Baker City in 1958. Bob worked as a police officer for the City of Enumclaw for eight years from 1959 to 1967, and then … Read more

Biography of Syrenous Burnett McCord

S.B. McCORD. – Syrenous Burnett McCord, one of the leading hardware merchants of Eastern Oregon, was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, in 1842. He went with his parents to Wisconsin when a youth, and lived there several years. At the age of eighteen he entered into an apprenticeship in a blacksmith shop in the city of Black Jack, his boss being the Honorable George W. Strong; and there he served out his time and came out a good workman. He crossed the plains in 1864, leaving with Colonel Flurney’s train. At Baldock’s ranch, in the Powder river valley, Oregon, he … Read more

Grove, Dorothy L. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Dorothy L. Grove 85, a Baker City resident died Friday, Jan. 16, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At her request, there will be no services. Donations in Dorothy’s memory maybe made to the P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter AX, this maybe done through the Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814. Used with permission from: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, January, 2004 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Wellington, Vernon Lovell “Vern” – Obituary

Vernon Lovell “Vern” Wellington, 76, of Hermiston, a former Baker City resident, died Oct. 30, 2001, at the Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston with his wife, Norma, by his side. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Grays West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. There will be a graveside service with veterans participating at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral chapel. Mr. Wellington was born on March 7, 1926, at Baker City to John … Read more

Felkel, June Poe Mrs. – Obituary

June Poe Felkel, 81, of Baker City, died March 1, 2007. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m., Saturday at the Baker City Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. June was born at Mancos, Colo., in 1926. She married Orval Poe after graduating from high school at Mancos. They moved to the Northwest and settled at Baker City where they brought up their 10 children. As the children left home, June became more active in the community. She worked for the state in social services, was a member of the Baker City Council and was involved in service clubs. … Read more