Baker City Oregon

Sawyer, Roy L. – Obituary

Roy L. Sawyer, 88, of John Day, and a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 9, 2002, at Valley View Assisted Living Center. His funeral will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the John Day Seventh-Day Adventist Church, with Pastor Rod Bieber of the church officiating. Interment will be at Terrace Lawn Memorial Gardens in Boise. Roy was born Dec. 27, 1913, at Hailey, Idaho, to Alma C. and Rose V. Sawyer. Roy spent his youth in the small town of Cascade, Idaho. He and his brother, Floyd, worked on the Cascade Dam. Roy served in the Second World War … Read more

Hardman, Betty Marie Emele Mrs. – Obituary

Haines, Baker County, Oregon Betty Marie Hardman, 83, a longtime Baker City resident, died March 14, 2005, at her home surrounded by friends and family. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Haines United Methodist Church. Sally Wiens of the church will officiate. There will be a lunch reception afterward at the church. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery during a private family service at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. Visitations will be from 5 o’clock to 7 o’clock tonight and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 … Read more

Ritch, Ruth M. West Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Ruth M. Ritch, 73, a long-time resident of Baker City died Friday, June 20, 2003, at her home. Memorial services for Mrs. Ritch were held Tuesday, June 24, 1 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place Street. Pastor Ralph Holcomb officiated. Ruth Ritch was born May 31, 1930, in Halfway. She was a daughter of Frank and Pearl (Carlson) West. She was raised and attended schools in Halfway, graduating from Pine Valley High School. After graduation, she moved to Baker City, where she went to work for McCords Insurance Company. On June 14, 1952, she married Leonard … Read more

McBride, Eva Mae Tipton Mrs. – Obituary

Eva Mae McBride, 95, of Baker City, died July 7, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coles Funeral Home , 1950 Place St. Pastor John Goodyear of the Baker Valley Church of Christ will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at Geiser Pollman Park. Visitation is today from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home. Eva Mae Tipton was born April 22, 1912, in Idaho to Ezekial and Hattie Tipton. She worked for the Baker County Tax Office and the … Read more

Parker, Flora ‘Inelda’ Jones Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Flora ‘Inelda’ Parker, 82, a longtime Baker City resident, died Dec. 20, 2000, at her daughter’s home. Her funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Ralph Holcomb of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be Thursday from noon to 8 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Mrs. Parker was born Jan. 19, 1918, at Quitman, Ark. She attended school there. She married William Richard Parker on June 26, 1943. They were married for 46 years. … Read more

Miller, Cassie Dawn – Obituary

North Powder, Oregon Cassie Dawn Miller, 25, of North Powder died at her home Dec. 19. Visitation was Dec. 23 at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, in Baker City, followed by cremation. In a private memorial at a later date her ashes will be scattered at the Keating Bluff. Cassie Dawn was born July 4, 1981, in Baker City to Marjorie Ann (Phillips) and Kenneth Loren Miller. Cassie is survived by her parents Marjorie Miller of North Powder and Kenneth Miller and his wife, Carolyn, of Midvale, Idaho; siblings, Mike Flynn, Jodi Morris, Shelly Carter, Bryce Miller and Teri … Read more

Anderburg, Erna Bea Paulson Mrs. – Obituary

Erna Bea Paulson Anderburg, 89, formerly of Haines, died Dec. 25, 2006, in Southern California. Private family internment of her ashes is scheduled April 2 at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a no-host dinner at the Haines Steak House afterward at 5 p.m. Everyone who would like to remember Mrs. Anderburg is invited. She was born on Sept. 23, 1917, at Haines to Erna Loennig Paulson and Norris Paulson. Erna Bea, as she was known to her relatives and friends, attended school in Haines and Muddy Creek until on doctor’s orders her parents moved her and her two sisters … Read more

Whiteley, Ann Marie Endicott Mrs. – Obituary

Ann Marie Whiteley, 70, died July 5, 2003, at her home after a long illness. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Sister Kay Marie Duncan will conduct the service. Private interment is at Mount Hope Cemetery. Ann was born March 31, 1933, at Portland to Edward and Shirley Combs Endicott. Her childhood years were spent at Austin until her family moved to Baker City, where she completed her schooling. Ann was in one of the last classes to graduate from the old Baker High School. On February 16, 1954, Ann … Read more

Morris, Roy Eugene “Gene” – Obituary

Roy Eugene “Gene” Morris, 70, a lifelong Baker City resident, died Dec. 15, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Jan. 5 at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. Pastor Lennie Spooner will officiate. There will be a potluck dinner in the fellowship hall after the services. Gene was born on April 16, 1937, at Baker City to Mack and Leta Morris. He loved hunting, fishing and just being in the mountains as a kid; he carried that love over into adulthood. His father, Mack, was a conductor on the … Read more

Rogers, Vernon Irving “Vern” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Vernon Irving “Vern” Rogers, 84, of Baker City, died Sept. 9, 2004, in Boise, Idaho. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Bishop David Richards will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the services. Vern was born on Aug. 23, 1920, at Maquon, Ill., to Irving Holt and Vivian Lois Burroughs Rogers. He was the eldest of nine children. Vern’s father, … Read more

Lee, Mabel Mork Mrs. – Obituary

Mabel Mork Lee, 95, a former Baker City resident, died Sept. 27, 2001. Mrs. Lee was born on Valentines Day, Feb. 14, 1906. She was born two houses down from the chapel, growing up at Edgewood. She went to Puyallup High School, graduating in 1924. She went to nursing school with much urging from her father. She was a 1927 graduate of Tacoma General Hospital in one of the first graduating classes for women at the time. She worked as a nurse throughout many hospitals in the Northwest, including Seattle. As the years went by she really found that nursing … Read more

Knox, Janice S. “Jan” Samson Mrs. – Obituary

Janice S. “Jan” Knox, 60, of Haines, died Nov. 22, 2004, at her home. Her funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. in Baker City. Mr. Tim Knox will officiate. Vault interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be today until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Jan was born June 7, 1944, in Baker City to Charles and Nada (Hickerson) Samson. She received her education in Baker City and lived in Bend for a time. She worked as a cook on a large ranch in Antelope. She also tended bar. … Read more

Hansen, Mary Margaret McEnroe Mrs. – Obituary

Mary Margaret McEnroe Hansen, 81, of Baker City, died Dec. 29, 2007, at her home. The rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday at the cathedral. Inurnment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mary Margaret was born on June 10, 1926, at Baker City to Joseph P. and Sarah Jean Bartshe McEnroe. She had two siblings, Joene and Joe. She attended St. Francis Academy through elementary school and was a 1944 Baker High School graduate. She attended nursing school … Read more

Lockwood, Wilma Beggs – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Wilma Beggs Lockwood, 86, of Baker City, died Jan. 7, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Private interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Ms. Lockwood was born Nov. 27, 1916, at Baker City, a daughter of Glenn and Bessie Beggs Lockwood. She was a clothes buyer for HC Stevens for many years and ran the local store until the mid-1950s when she chose to stay at home to take care of her mother, Bessie Lockwood, and later her … Read more

Hopkins, Edith Wilson – Obituary

Edith Wilson Hopkins, 84, of Baker City and formerly of Imbler, died Nov. 22, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Edith was born on July 15, 1921, to Benjamin Franklin and Mary Ann Green Hopkins at Duke, Okla. She finished her schooling at Ellsinore, Mo., and then attended Ontario Community College where she earned her nursing degree. She worked for a time at St. Elizabeth Hospital and later was caretaker for her parents. Edith had a strong sense of family ties and family was the most important … Read more

Case, Emma Lois Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Death Summons Emma Lois Case 2 Sons Survive Baker Woman; Funeral to Be Saturday Mrs. Emma Lois Case, resident of Baker county for many years, died at 1:30 this morning at the home of Mrs. Lindsay, 2310 Church street. She had been ill for two months. Mrs. Case was born in Iowa October 19, 1860. She lived in Sumpter for several years and came to Baker shortly before the fire that destroyed Sumpter in 1917. Mrs. Case lived here the remainder of her life. She was a member of the Rebekah lodge, Neighbors of Woodcraft, … Read more

Rhea, Ralph – Obituary

Ralph Rhea, 78, a longtime Baker City resident, died May 20, 2005, at Providence Hospital in Portland, from complications of acute pancreatitis. Visitations will be today until 5 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. There will be a vigil service at 7 p.m. today at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets. Mass of Christian Burial will be at noon Friday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. The Most Rev. Thomas J. Connolly and the Rev. Robert C. Irwin will concelebrate the Mass. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Honor Guard will be by … Read more

Schlegel, Willard “Willie” – Obituary

Willard “Willie” Schlegel, 82, a former Elgin resident, died June 26, 2003, at Emmett Rehab & Healthcare in Emmett, Idaho. The family invites all of Willie’s friends to join them in a memorial celebration of his life on Saturday, July 26, at 2 p.m. at the Stampede hall on the rodeo grounds in Elgin. The oldest son of Velma and William “Bill” Schlegel, Willie was born March 12, 1921, in Whitefish, Mont. He attended school in Whitefish, where he excelled in sports. In high school he was a member of the all-star team in both football and basketball. After graduation, … Read more

White, Marcie N. Corr Mrs. – Obituary

Marcie N. White, 36, of Baker City, died April 15, 2007, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Bishop David Richards of the Second Ward will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family after the service for a reception in the fellowship hall. Visitations will be until 5 p.m. today at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Marcie was born Nov. 2, 1970, at Laramie, Wyo. She came to live … Read more

Brown, Mrs. M.E. – Obituary

Eagle Valley, Oregon As the noon hour approached Wednesday, Mrs. Eula M. Brown, widow of Geo. M. Brown, deceased, who died last February, died at the protestant hospital in this city after an illness of several months. Eula Perry was born July 10, 1884 at Windsor, Missouri. She came with her parents to Oregon as a baby and spent her entire life in Baker county, first in Eagle Valley, later in Baker where she had lived for about 30 years. She is survived by a son, Ray, and a daughter, Cornelia Brown, and three brothers, Charles Perry, postmaster of Richland, … Read more