Baker City Oregon

Combs, Harold – Obituary

Harold Combs, 83, of Baker City, died Oct. 16, 2005, at the Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla, Wash. At his request, he will be cremated and his ashes returned to his favorite place near Bates. There will be no funeral. Harold was born March 19, 1922, at Austin to John and Margaret Combs. He was a World War II veteran. He lived most of his life in and around the areas of Bates, Austin and Baker City, and had worked for the Oregon Lumber Company throughout the years doing various jobs. The old engines used for transporting logs and lumber … Read more

Price, Eva Weimer Mrs. – Obituary

Eva Weimer Price, 95, of San Diego, a former Baker City businesswoman, died Dec. 3, 2001. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Dec. 10 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at San Diego. Mrs. Price was born on April 7, 1906, at Cove, the second child of Jonas and Texy Weimer. She was a homemaker and an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She married John F. Price on July 19, 1928. She and her husband owned the Peerless Cleaners in Baker City for many years. After selling the plant in … Read more

Pupil, Eugene Joseph – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Eugene Joseph Pupil, 71, a lifelong Baker City resident, died Dec. 17, 2000, at his home. His graveside funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Visitations will be Thursday from noon to 5 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Mr. Pupil was born Dec. 4, 1929, at Baker City to Joseph H. Pupil and Dorothy Rundall. He lived his entire life in Baker City and attended school here. He was raised by his grandmother, Bertha Rundall, and … Read more

Hull, Thelma Jean Searles Mrs. – Obituary

Thelma Jean Hull, 72, a longtime Baker City resident, died July 9, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Internment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a luncheon afterward at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Visitations will be until 5 p.m. today at the funeral home. Thelma was born on Feb. 3, 1936, at La Grande to Archie and Augusta Searles. Thelma moved to Baker City in the 1950s and worked at her father’s cafe. She eventually … Read more

Lanegan, Lisa Lynn Simpson Collis Mrs. – Obituary

Lisa Lynn Simpson Collis Lanegan, 40, a former Baker City resident, died unexpectedly on Aug. 18, 2006, in Vancouver, Wash. A family gathering will be held at a later date to celebrate her life. Lisa loved the outdoors, especially the ocean and fishing and just communing with nature and God and the wonders He created. She was a dedicated caregiver for the elderly. She is survived by her fiancee, Ken Garrison; his parents, Walt and Joanne Garrison; her son, Sean Paul Lanegan; daughters, Kaura and Mylisha Lanegan; mother, Shirley Skemp Collis; stepfather, Mel Collis; sisters, Shirlette Kenworthy of La Grande, … Read more

Gillgam, Nora Ellen Hayes Mrs. – Obituary

Nora Ellen Hayes-Gillgam, 86, of Portland, a Baker City native, died July 9, 2001, in Portland. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Mount Scott Funeral Home in Portland. Burial will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the North Powder Cemetery. She was born on Dec. 31, 1914, at Baker City and attended Baker schools. She had lived in the Portland area since the early 1940s. She worked for Perfect Fit, was a bartender for local taverns and was a seamstress for Freightliner from 1964 to 1981. She and her companion, Martin Resa, had been together for … Read more

Ego, Gene F. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Gene F. Ego, 84, of Halfway and a former Baker City resident, died April 25, 2003, at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Portland. At his request, disposition will be by cremation at Gray’s West Pioneer Crematory and there will be no service. Gene was born Oct. 11, 1918, to C.B. and Bessie S. (Doolittle) Ego at Cove. His family moved to Baker City when he was 5. Gene attended school at a one-room school-house on Sutton Creek, just south of Baker City. He worked for different ranches in the area during this time. After leaving … Read more

Stevenson, Hallie Myrtle Graham Mrs. – Obituary

Elgin, Union County, Oregon Hallie Myrtle Stevenson, 99, 4000 Cedar St., an Elgin native who would have been 100 years old next week, died Sunday, August 15, 1982, at Cedar Manor Nursing Home. Her graveside funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Elgin Cemetery in Elgin. Pastor Ralph Holcomb of the First Christian Church will officiate. Mrs. Stevenson was born August 24, 1882, in Elgin to Daniel and Elizabeth Graham. She was the first white child born in Elgin after it was incorporated. Her father was a blacksmith in Elgin for many years. She married George English Stevenson … Read more

Jones, Roy Vernon

Roy Vernon Jones, 79, of Haines, died Feb. 21, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At his request there will be no service. Disposition was by cremation. Mr. Jones was born on March 5, 1925, at Doniphan, Mo., to Eddy and Lina Eagan Jones. He was the youngest of 11 children. He started his education in Missouri and completed it at Rockbridge, Ill. At age 18 he was inducted into the U.S. Army at Peoria, Ill. He suffered injuries in a training plane crash and was given a medical discharge after three months. He had a beautiful voice and played … Read more

Logsdon, Joseph Lyle – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Joseph Lyle Logsdon, 82, a longtime Baker City resident, died May 31, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There will be a private service Saturday. A public reception will follow at 3 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge, 2935 H St. Mr. Logsdon was born May 26, 1919, at Conata, S.D., to Henry and Dena Ferdinand Logsdon. He was the fourth of five children. He served in the U.S. Army in the European theater as an MP during World War II. He was a lifetime member of the Baker County Sheriff’s Posse and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. … Read more

Buoy, Wayland L. “Buck” – Obituary

Wayland L. “Buck” Buoy, 92, died Aug. 10, 2007, at his home in Hermiston. Recitation of the rosary will be at 5 p.m. Tuesday at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Hermiston. Buck was born Jan. 22, 1915 in Prescott, Wash., to Roy and Violet Linklater Buoy. He was raised and attended schools in Imbler. Buck then joined the United States Navy and served in the South Pacific during World War II. He returned to Oregon and moved to Coos Bay, where he worked as a … Read more

Fifer, Deborah Lee – Obituary

Union, Oregon Deborah Lee (Brooks) Fifer, 57, of Fairbanks, Alaska, and formerly of Union and La Grande, died June 3. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. June 21 at the Eagle Valley Cemetery. A full obituary will be available later. Friends are invited to join the family following the service at the Eagle Valley Grange. Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home in Halfway is in charge of arrangements. La Grande Observer – June 6, 2008 ________________________________________ Deborah Lee (Brooks) Fifer, 57, of Fairbanks, Alaska, and formerly of Union and La Grande, died June 3 at her home with her … Read more

Incidents in Pioneer Days in Baker County, Oregon

People who come to the Pacific States in palace cars, making the trip in four or five days, can have but a faint conception of the toils and hardships endured by those who crossed the plains with teams before the advent of railroads. Experience would also be necessary, perhaps, to enable one to fully appreciate the humorous phases of the journey; but doubtless scores of old pioneers have smiled at sight of a certain paper which was posted on a tree by the side of the trail between Elk creek and Auburn in the fall of ’62, for it could … Read more

Owen, Eldon Earl – Obituary

Eldon Earl Owen, 59, a longtime resident of Pendleton, died Aug. 7, 2007, at his home. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Eldon was born Feb. 4, 1948, to Leon L. and Charlotte (Millman) Owen in Baker City. He was raised and educated in Baker City, and graduated from Baker High School. He joined the U.S. Army in 1965 and served two and a half years in Germany, toured two active duties in Vietnam, served as Sergeant E-5, and was highly decorated. He was honorably discharged from the service in 1974. He was employed by Lam … Read more

Blackburn, Mary Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Mary Blackburn, aged fifty-five years, died last Monday night at a Baker hospital, following an operation for gallstones. Mrs. Blackman (sic) was the wife of Perry Blackburn, a well known rancher and stockman of Lower Powder. Besides the husband, two sons and a daughter, Mrs. Walter Gover of Eagle Valley, are left to mourn the loss of a kind wife and mother. North Powder News Saturday, June 19, 1920

McCauley, Donald R. – Obituary

Squirrel Poison Cause Of Infant’s Death  McCauley, Donald R., eight months old son of Mr. and Mrs. E.R. McCanse, died from eating squirrel poison Friday of last week. The child was rushed to the hospital in Baker, but death came to the little one just as the hospital was reached. According to report, the father had been engaged in distributing squirrel poison on the McCanse ranch in the Clover creek district that day, and returning to the home, in taking a handerchief from his pocket, caused a few kernals of poisoned grain, which had lodged in the pocket of his … Read more

Walker, Roland Gilbert “Gib” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Roland Gilbert “Gib” Walker, 77, of Nampa, Idaho, died Feb. 14, 2004, at his home after battling multiple myeloma cancer for two years. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Meridian United Methodist Church. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Finnish Cemetery near Lake Fork, Idaho. The Heikkila Funeral Chapel of McCall, Idaho, is in charge of arrangements. Gib was born on Jan. 8, 1927, on a 30-degree day at Winthrop, Wash., to Clarence and Goldie Walker. He was the middle child in a rambunctious family of five boys and one … Read more

Oliver, Bertha Rowena “Betty” Murray Mrs. – Obituary

Bertha Rowena “Betty” Oliver, 91, a former Ironside resident, died Dec. 12, 2007, at her home in Baker City. Visitations began Monday and will continue from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Her funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Loren Calkins will officiate. Bertha Rowena Murray was born on Sept. 20, 1916, to Hardy and Bertha Murray in a log cabin nine miles east of Unity. She completed Grades 1-12 in Baker where she stayed with her grandmother, Angeline … Read more

Lambeth, William Franklin “Bill” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon William Franklin “Bill” Lambeth, 87, a longtime Baker City resident, died April 12, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At his request, there will be no funeral. Disposition was by cremation. Mr. Lambeth was born Nov. 13, 1915, at Wichita Falls, Texas. He was a son of P. A. and Laura Myrtle Knight Lambeth. He attended schools in Texas and California and after graduating, went to work as a manager for a wholesale electric supply company in Escondido, Calif. He entered the U.S. Army on June 10, 1943. He was stationed in Europe and fought in Normandy, … Read more

Homewood, E. E. – Obituary

The toll upon human life was brought home forcibly this week when on last Monday morning three bodies were in the West undertaking establishment at Baker, all victims of auto accidents. The first accident occurred last Saturday, when E. E. Homewood was killed when his car left the highway near Meacham west of La Grande. Mr. Homewood was returning to the coast from a trip to the east, when the fatal accident happened which ended his life. The funeral was held Monday afternoon in Baker. North Powder News Saturday, June 27, 1925