Baker City Oregon

Pembrook, Pearl R. – Obituary

Union, Union County, Oregon Pearl Rowena Pembrook, 90, of Union, died Thursday evening, Sept. 29, 1994, at a local care facility. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Baker City with Ernest Smith of the Union United Methodist Church officiating. Friends may call until 8 p.m. today, from 9 a.m. until noon or 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Tuesday or from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Daniels Valley Funeral Chapel 1502 Seventh St., La Grande. Mrs. Pembrook was born June 26, 1904, [June 24, 1904-SS Death Index] in Baker City … Read more

Holt, Othor “Shorty” – Obituary

The funeral for Othor “Shorty” Holt, who was employed as a timber worker most of his life, will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Beaty-Langrell Chapel of the Valleys. The Rev. James Shaver will officiate and private interment will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Holt, of 485 Third St. died Saturday, Nov 18, 1978, at his home. He was 65. He was born June 22, 1913, in Imboden, Arkansas, to Christopher R. and Lillie May Dodson Holt. The youngest of nine children, he was raised on a farm in that state and was educated in Halvern. He moved … Read more

Norris, Verna Hand Mrs. – Obituary

Verna Jean Norris, age 69, of Baker City, passed away Friday, March 22nd at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Norris will be held on Wednesday, March 27th at 2:00 p.m. in the Monroe Mortuary Chapel. Mr. Blaine Kenney of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church will officiate and interment will follow in the North Powder Cemetery. Verna Norris was born June 14, 1921 to James and Nina Hand in Wolf Creek, Union County, Oregon. She was raised in the North Powder area. She married Benjamin Norris who has preceded her in death. Verna cared for her sisters children and home … Read more

Hindman, Oscar – Obituary

Pioneer Who Died Saturday Brought to Baker as Baby in 1864 Funeral services for Oscar R. Hindman, pioneer Baker county resident, who died at the home of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Eva Hindman, 1768 Valley avenue, shortly before noon Saturday, will be held in the West and company parlor Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. A.B. Weaver of the Methodist Episcopal church will officiate. Mr. Hindman, who was born in Iowa January 16, 1863 came to Baker valley with his parents when he was one year old. He lived in Baker county all of his life with the exception of a … Read more

Seal, Ilean Flinn Dennis Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Ilean Dennis Seal, 79, of Baker City, died Jan. 29, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Chuck Risley of the American Legion will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the American Legion, 2129 Second St. Ilean was born on May 30, 1927, at Fillmore, Calif., to Alvie “Possum” and Ada Flinn. She worked as telephone operator and retired from Nevada Bell after 33 years. She was active with the American Legion in Baker City where she served as president and other officer … Read more

Jones, C. W. “Tiny” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon C.W. “Tiny” Jones, 82, a longtime Baker City resident, died Sept. 7, 2006, at his home. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at the Baker Elks Lodge, 1896 Second St. There will be a reception afterward at the Elks Lodge. His graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Pastor Gordon Bond of the Richland Christian Church will officiate. Tiny was born on Dec. 27, 1923, at Richland to C.E. “Curly” Jones and Pearl Ritter Jones. He was raised at Richland and graduated from high school there in … Read more

Golden, Sandra Gene Wright Mrs. – Obituary

Sandra Gene Golden, 66, died July 9, 2009, at Evergreen Vista in La Grande. Sandra was born June 6, 1943, to Betty and Robert Wright in Oak Park, Ill. She was the oldest of five girls. She moved to Southern California with her family in 1955. She graduated from John Muir High School in Pasadena, and the University of California at Santa Barbara with a bachelor of science degree in zoology. She worked as a laboratory technician, and later obtained a master’s degree in laboratory management and was supervisor of the lab in a 1,200-bed hospital in Long Beach, Calif. … Read more

Jones, Virginia Francis Butterfield Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Virginia Francis Butterfield Jones, 69, a lifetime Baker County resident, died April 13, 2002, at her home in Baker City. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Bishop Greg Baxter of the 1st Ward will officiate. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be until 7 o’clock tonight at the Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Virginia was born on Jan. 9, 1933, the second of three daughters to John Butterfield and Elsie Bernard Butterfield on a mining claim near Sparta Butte. … Read more

Bailey, Karlen Leigh Bowers Mrs. – Obituary

Karlen Leigh (Bowers) Bailey, 43, a former Baker City resident, died Sept. 6, 2004, in New Meadows, Idaho. A private memorial is planned for later this month. Karlen was born on Aug. 14, 1961, in Fallon, Nev., to Frank C. and JoAnn E. Bowers. They moved just outside of San Diego to Fallbrook, Calif., when Karlen and her siblings were very young. The family moved to Baker City in 1977 after the death of her father. Karlen had spent the last 12 years in the New Meadows area, where she did the things she loved the most — spending time … Read more

Swint, E. Faye Allen Mrs. – Obituary

E. Faye Allen Swint passed away on May 24, 2005, in Banning, Calif. Faye was born on June 28, 1936, in Baker and was a graduate of Baker High School. She retired from Riverside Community Hospital after 31 years of employment. Faye was the wife of Lee Swint who preceded her in death. Faye is survived by her mother, Edna Allen of Brookings, Ore.; her brother, Dale Allen of Los Gatos, Calif.; her nieces, Cecilia Allen Martin of Santa Clara, Calif., and Carole Allen of Bakersfield, Calif.; and her nephew Bruce Allen of Sausalito, Calif. A private memorial service was … Read more

Thomas, Marie Christene Bennett Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Baker County, Oregon Marie Christene Bennett Thomas, 91, of Halfway, died Jan. 9, 2003, at her home. Marie requested that should she die during the winter months, a service be delayed until spring so that all of her family could travel on safe roads. And so in honoring her request, there will be a celebration of Marie’s life in the spring. Marie was born on Aug. 12, 1911, at Baker City to Claude Eugene and Agnes Gertrude Miles Bennett. She was educated at St. Francis Academy and graduated in 1931. On June 12, 1932, she married Edgar LeRoy Bennett … Read more

Howard, Pauline Isabelle Woodell Mrs. – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Pauline Isabelle Howard, 97, of La Grande, a former Sumpter resident, died April 20, 2002, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. Her funeral will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel. Viewing will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St., in La Grande. Mrs. Howard was born May 27, 1904, to James and Ione Jaycox Woodell in Wallowa County. She graduated from La Grande High School and in 1923 she married Glynn Howard in La Grande. The couple lived on the Oregon Coast … Read more

Nemec, Leonard, Sr. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Leonard Nemec Sr., 88, of Baker City died May 25, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Services with all of his family at his bedside. At his request, there will be no services. Leonard was born Feb. 11, 1914, in Weston, Neb., to Henry and Frances (Bures) Nemec. He married Martha Kulhanek on June 19, 1934, in Dwight, Neb., and they had five children. The Nemecs farmed in Butler and Dodge counties before moving to David City in 1948 where they owned and operated a tavern for two years. In 1950, they moved to Baker and lived on … Read more

Gardner, Donna Lea Howell Mrs. – Obituary

Donna Lea Gardner, 60, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 16, 2006, at the Kadlec Medical Center in Richland, Wash. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Burns Mortuary Chapel. Private burial will be at the Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Irrigon. Donna was born at Baker City on Jan. 6, 1946, to Robert and Violet Howell. For the past few years she had lived at Irrigon. She had lived at Baker City for many years and also spent 15 … Read more

Stace, Virgil Elwood – Obituary

Virgil Elwood Stace, 81, of Prineville, a former Baker City resident, died June 19, 2006, at Bend. His funeral was Thursday at Prineville Funeral Home. Interment was at Juniper Haven Cemetery. The Rev. Craig Smart officiated. Virgil was born on June 1, 1925, at Wallowa to Delbert and Cora Shoemaker Stace. When Virgil was in the third grade, the family moved to Baker City, where he attended schools. He was a 1944 Baker High School graduate. After high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Merchant Marines and was stationed at the Portland shipyards. He served in the South Pacific, Australia, … Read more

Jacaboson, Oscar – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon Oscar Jacobson Passes Beyond Well Known Sheepman of North Powder and Huntington Succumbs After Two Months’ Illness At nine o’clock Sunday evening death claimed another well known citizen and pioneer sheepman of this community and Huntington. Oscar Jacobson died at the Protestant hospital in Baker that night. Death resulted after two months illness following a paralytic stroke. He had been in Portland receiving special clinic attention and was returned to the Baker hospital a week or so before death came. Oscar Jacobson was born in Sweden February 25, 186l, and came to the United States … Read more

DeRoest, Francis E. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Francis E. DeRoest, 78, of Baker City, died April 7, 2004, at his home about one mile from the old DeRoest farmhouse where he was born. The rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the cathedral. The Rev. Robert C. Irwin of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at St. Francis de Sales Parish Hall. Visitations will be until 5 … Read more

Chadwick, Lyle – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Lyle Chadwick of Baker City died March 26, 2004, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise. At his request, there will be no memorial service. He was the firstborn son of Clifford Chadwick Jr. and Gene Paige Chadwick. He married Beverly Douglas of Halfway and they made their home at Baker City. Lyle started his career with the Baker County Road Department where he was employed for 32 years before retiring. He started out as an oiler on the rock crusher, then as a motor grader operator. He moved to the position of assistant road master and then … Read more

Neff, Wilbur Wayne – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Wilbur Wayne Neff, 72, of Baker City, a former longtime Bend resident, died Jan. 7, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Lighthouse United Pentecostal Church, 2407 Seventh St. Pastor Nathaniel Neff will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the Calvary Baptist Church, 2107 Third St. Visitations will be until 7 p.m. today at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. There will be a second funeral Saturday at 11 a.m. at the True Gospel United Pentecostal Church in Bend. There will be a … Read more

Stanley, Nellie – Obituary

Nellie Mae Stanley, 70, a member of a Pioneer Baker County family, died early this morning at her home in Rock Creek. Mrs. Stanley, daughter of Samuel and Susan Hearing, was born at Muddy Creek on Dec. 7, 1888. She had been a resident of Baker County for her entire life and was married to Lee C. Stanley at the old Central Hotel on May 14, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley had ranched in the Rock Creek district for a number of years until retirement several years ago. Mrs. Stanley is survived by her husband of Rock Creek; by three … Read more