Baker City Oregon

Ellingson, Robert Parcher, Jr. – Obituary

Robert Parcher Ellingson Jr., 85, a Klamath Falls resident for 80 years, died July 24, 2002, at Merle West Medical Center. His funeral was Friday at the Klamath Lutheran Church. Private burial was at Eternal Hills. Robert was born April 7, 1917, at Hawkins, Wisc., the oldest of four children of Robert Parcher and Myrtle T.N. Ellingson Sr. In 1923 he moved with his family from Wisconsin to Klamath Falls, where they were involved in lumber remanufacturing, logging and saw milling in the Klamath Basin. Robert attended Roosevelt Elementary School and graduated from Klamath Union High School with the class … Read more

Voeller, Curt Stanley – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Curt Stanley Voeller, 43, of The Dalles, died Dec. 15, 2004, at The Dalles. At his request there will not be a public funeral. Private cremation was at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory, with Spencer, Libby & Powell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Curt was born July 17, 1961, at Baker City, the beloved son of Stanley Carroll and Winifred “Joanne” Voeller. He was the youngest of four children. The family moved to the Willamette Valley, and Curt attended school in Salem. He worked construction in Portland, Salem and The Dalles areas. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and … Read more

Heffelfinger, Carol S. – Obituary

Carol S. Heffelfinger, 61, Medical Springs, Ore., died March 3, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center in Baker City, Ore. Arrangements are under the direction of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, Baker City, OR 97814. Used with permission from: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, March, 2007 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Porter, Timothy – Obituary

Timothy Porter, 30, of San Antonio, Texas, a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 7, 2003, at San Antonio. His memorial service will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Windcrest United Methodist Church in San Antonio. Tim was born at Colorado Springs, Colo., on Nov. 18, 1972. He moved to Baker City with his family when he was a year and half old. He attended grade school through junior high and part of high school in Baker City. He wrestled in junior high and high school before moving to San Antonio. He was a 1991 graduate of Roosevelt High School. … Read more

Collins, Bonnie Jean Arriola Mrs. – Obituary

Bonnie Jean Collins, 55, Vale, Ore., died Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2006, in a Boise hospital. Graveside services were held Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006, at Valley View Cemetery. Services were arranged by Lienkaemper Funeral Chapel, Vale, Ore. Bonnie was born on Feb. 1, 1951, in Ontario, Ore., daughter of Segundo and Edna Edmunson Arriola. She graduated from Burnt River High School in 1969 and later attended Treasure Valley Community College, graduating in 1971. She later attended Eastern Oregon State College where she graduated in 1988. In 1971, she married Joe Collins. They had one daughter, Vikki Lynne. Joe passed away in … Read more

Erwin, Mary Teague Birdwell Mrs. – Obituary

Mary Erwin, 92, of Baker City, died April 15, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. There will be a celebration of her life at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at the Extension Building, 2610 Grove St. She was born in the Fort Stockton area at home in Leon Spring, Pecos County, Texas, to Joseph Franklin and Allie Alice Moss Teague. She was the youngest of three children. Her mother was killed and buried on her first birthday. Six years later, her father married Cynthia Emily Campbell. They had five children. Mary attended school at Cap Rock, Texas. In 1929, she … Read more

Spencer, Daren H. – Obituary

Daren H. Spencer, 62, of Baker City, died Feb. 27, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There will be a celebration of his life at 2 p.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Visitations will be until 8 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co. Daren was born to Harlow and Evelyn on July 31, 1942, at Baker City. He lived his entire life in Baker County where he farmed. Daren was a Baker High School graduate and was well-known as a local artist and photographer. He was kind-hearted and loved Baker County. Survivors include … Read more

Jellick, Dennis M. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Dennis M. Jellick, 46, a longtime Baker City resident, was found dead June 3, 2001, in Baker City. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Juniper Haven Cemetery at Prineville. Pastor Willard Fenderson will officiate. Mr. Jellick was born on June 6, 1954, at Heppner to Mark and Della “LaVelle” Spivey Jellick. He was raised at Kinzua and was a 1972 graduate of Wheeler County High School. He served in the U.S. Navy and received an honorable discharge. After leaving the Navy, he moved with his family to Prineville in 1976. While living at … Read more

Mrs. Muriel Estella Dotson Merritt – Obituary

Muriel Estella Merritt, 89, of New Meadows, Idaho, died Feb. 13, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center in Baker City, surrounded by three generations of her family. Her funeral will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the New Meadows United Methodist Church. Pastor Leathar Essinger will officiate. Interment will be at Meadow Valley Cemetery. Visitations will be today until 6 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Mrs. Merritt was born Dec. 29, 1912, down on the Snake River out of Joseph to Elben F. Dotson and Lillian (Lilly) Snyder Dotson. Her mother passed away … Read more

Blair, Wally – Obituary

Wally Blair, 64, of Springfield, a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 27, 2009, of esophageal cancer. His funeral Mass was celebrated today at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Eugene. Interment will be at 11 a.m. Sept. 18 at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Blair was born on May 13, 1945, at Baker City to James and Sylvia Blaylock Blair. He married Arlene Stauffer on Oct. 18, 1980, at Springfield where he had lived for 31 years. Mr. Blair started his career in the lumber industry at Baker City and worked in other professions before becoming a truck driver, a profession … Read more

Chandler, Herberta G. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Herberta G. Chandler, 91, of Baker City, died Oct. 25, 2004, at her home in Baker City. Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Jack Bynum of the United Methodist Church will officiate. Herberta was born on Jan. 27, 1913, at Baker City to Herbert and Linda Bodmer Chandler. She attended Baker City schools. After completing her college education, she worked as a clinical social worker with a master of social work degree. She pursued her career in the San Francisco Bay area helping many families. Upon retirement she moved … Read more

Palmer, Dorothy Hayhurst Mrs. – Obituary

Baker County, Oregon Dorothy Hayhurst Palmer, 92, a former longtime Baker County resident, died Jan. 11, 2003, of complications from double pneumonia. Her memorial service was Saturday at Mill Valley, Calif. Dorothy was born July 23, 1910, at Rose Park and lived for many years in Baker County. She married Harold Palmer, a Baker City fireman, in 1935. They lived on Third Street until moving to Gresham in 1969. In the mid 1980s she moved to Greenbrae, Calif., to be closer to her two daughters. Her granddaughter, Monica, read a poem honoring her at her memorial service. Survivors include her … Read more

Dean, Marvin B. – Obituary

Marvin B. Dean; 85, 2365 Fourth St., a life-time Baker and Baker County resident, died Thursday, October 1, 1981, at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Grays West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. The Rev. Gerald C. Nelson of United Methodist Church will officiate. Interment will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery. Baker veterans will fold the flag. Mr. dean was born on March 7, 1896, in Baker to Matthew and Stella Emile Dean. He attended schools in Baker and Keating. He grew up on the family ranch in Keating. He worked … Read more

Cropp, Anna – Obituary

Native of Eagle Valley, Passes at Age 91 Parent Crossed Plains by Wagon in 1874; Last of 13 Children. Memorial service for Anna Jane Cropp, will be conducted Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. in Grays’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Pastor Marvin Carr of the First Christian Church will officiate. Interment will follow in the family plot in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Anna Cropp was born May 3, 1880 the daughter of pioneer parents, Frederick and Mary Ferguson Simonis, who crossed the plains in 1874 from Wisconsin. She was the last survivor of 13 children. She had her schooling in Richland, … Read more

Ellis, Robert Wayne “Gootch” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Robert Wayne “Gootch” Ellis, 80, died Feb. 1, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At the family’s request there will be no funeral. A viewing is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Robert was born in Baker City, on May 25, 1923, to Charles and Florence Ellis. He attended Baker schools and was a 1941 Baker High graduate. He enjoyed playing basketball, baseball, football, and track in his younger years. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy before and during World War … Read more

Huntsman, Conrad C. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Conrad C. Huntsman, 88, of Boise, died Jan. 29, 2006. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Boise Cherry Lane LDS Chapel, 3020 Cherry Lane. Visitations will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Relyea Funeral Chapel, and from noon to 12:45 p.m. at the church on Friday prior to the service. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande at noon PST Saturday. Conrad was born on Dec. 29, 1917, at Provo, Utah, to Emery Huntsman and Elsie Caroline Shipp. He grew up in Baker City and was … Read more

Shephard, La Neva E. Scott Mrs. – Obituary

La Neva E. (Scott) Shephard, 89, of Ontario, died May 7, 2005 in an Ontario assisted-living facility. Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. (MDT) at the First United Methodist Church in Ontario. The Rev. Linda Tucker will officiate. A graveside service will follow at 1 p.m. (PDT) at Mount Hope Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Lienkaemper Funeral Chapel in Ontario. La Neva was born July 10, 1915 to Herbert H. and Myrtle F. (Powell) Scott in Oroville, Wash. As a small child she moved and eventually settled with her family in Baker City, where she … Read more

Davis, Eugene – Obituary

Eugene H. “Gene” Davis, 63, 22151/2 Third St., a longtime Baker resident, died Saturday, March 1, at his home. His graveside funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the veterans section of Mount Hope Cemetery. The Rev. Ronald Kratzer of the Church of the Nazarene will officiate. Graveside flag-holding honors will conducted by Baker veterans. Mr. Davis was born in Missouri and had lived in Baker most of his life. He was a veteran of World War II and was a member of the famous Merrill’s Marauders Voluntary Fighting Unit in Burma. He had been a member of the … Read more

Sandstrom, Gary L. “Sandy” – Obituary

Gary L. “Sandy” Sandstrom, 64, a former Baker City resident, died July 29, 2006, at his home in Superior, Mont., as the result of extensive heart problems. His funeral will be Friday at Superior, Mont. Sandy was a member of the U.S. Air Force and among the first group that was stationed at the radar base in Baker City. He was employed in Baker City for some time after his discharge from the Air Force. He married Kathryn Buchfinck in 1963. They were later divorced, but he maintained close ties with the Buchfinck family. Survivors include his wife, Bette, of … Read more

Gibson, James Victor – Obituary

“Crossing the Bar” In Memory of Sunset and evening star, James Victor GIBSON And one clear call for me, And may there be no moaning of the bar, Date of Birth When I put out to sea. May 25, 1885 But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, Passed Away When that which drew from out the April 16, 1946 boundless deep Turns again home. OFFICIATING Rev. Ruby Roach Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, Services From When I embark West & Company … Read more