Baker City Oregon

Clark, Thelma Marie Chambers Mrs. – Obituary

Thelma Marie Clark, 88, of Baker City, died May 11, 2005, at Emmett, Idaho. A gathering of friends and family will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 20, at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Thelma Marie was born Feb. 9, 1917, in Baker City to Edgar and Iva Best Chambers. She was married to Elmer L. Clark on March 7, 1942, in Weiser, Idaho. The couple had two sons, Richard and Dallas. She worked as a teacher at Copperfield/Oxbow for many years before changing carriers and working in the Oxbow Post Office. After retiring, … Read more

Hunt, Violet M. Geddes Mrs.- Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Violet M. Hunt, 78, of Baker City died Feb. 16, 2003, at her home. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Ralph Holcomb of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St. Visitations will be from noon to 8 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Gray’s West & Co. Gray’s West Pioneer Crematory will conduct the cremation after the funeral. Violet was born on June 2, 1924, at Vernon County, … Read more

Wilson, Corlynn Elaine Trindle Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Corlynn Elaine (Trindle) Wilson, 31, a former Baker City resident now of Nampa, Idaho, died on Aug. 3, 2004 in Canyon County, Idaho. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, 2235 First St. The Rev. Robert C. Irwin will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at the Baker Elks Lodge, 1896 Second St., following the service. Corlynn Elaine was born on Nov. 6, 1972 in Portland. She was the oldest of Mike and Ann Trindle’s three children. Corey was raised in Baker … Read more

Curry, H. E. – Obituary

Dr. H.E. Curry Of Baker Met Tragic Death Last Sunday Dr. H.E. Currey, a Baker physician and druggist since 1882 was fatally wounded in the mess house of the Regan mine in Rye Valley, 48 miles southeast of Baker, shortly after 10 o’clock Sunday night and died before reaching Baker that night. Jack M. DeLay, a mining man in company with Dr. Currey had gone to the mine Sunday afternoon. After eating their evening meal in the mess house Mr. and Mrs. DeLay and two other mining employees sat in the dining room while Dr. Currey demonstrated the handling of … Read more

George, Roland W. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Roland W. George, 89, a lifelong Baker City resident, died Feb. 12, 2007, at his home. He had many family members and friends with him over the last several days. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Jesse Whitford of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at the Baker City Christian Church, 675 Highway 7. Visitations will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday and from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at … Read more

Mrs. Cora Jane Dooly – Obituary

Obituary for Cora Jane Dooly, age 88, of Clatskanie, a former longtime Baker City, Oregon resident, who died Dec. 1, 2002, at Community Home & Hospice at Longview, Washington.

Medlin, Raymond C. – Obituary

Raymond C. Medlin, 87, a longtime resident of Baker City, died at St. Elizabeth Health Services Saturday, January 22, 2005. A private interment was held at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Medlin was born August 1, 1917, in Bernie, Missouri, to Lapolean and Ida (White) Medlin. He and his family moved to Baker City from Missouri in 1949, where he worked for Clyde Ward for several years. He then decided he would try his hand at roofing and made roofing and carpenter work his life long career. His favorite pastime was fishing, especially crappie fishing on the Snake River. Survivors are … Read more

Hedrick, Gene W. – Obituary

Gene W. Hedrick, 55, of Cove, a former Haines resident, died Sept. 1, 2003, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Cove. There was a celebration of his life Friday at the Loveland Funeral Chapel in La Grande. Private inurnment will be at a later date. Mr. Hedrick was born Oct. 13, 1947, at Hillsboro. He was the son of George W. and Ann Ustic Hedrick. He attended school and graduated from high school in Seattle. He worked there for a time before he began attending college at the University of Washington at Seattle. After … Read more

Wichman, Phyllis L. Olander Mrs. – Obituary

Phyllis L. Olander Wichman, 76, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, died March 6, 2005, at a Council Bluffs hospital. Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Broadway United Methodist in Council Bluffs. She was born on Oct. 6, 1928, to Carl Melvin and Myrtle Dorothea Swanson Olander at Stanton, Iowa. She was a 1946 graduate of Elliott, Iowa, High School and a 1950 graduate of Tarkio College at Tarkio, Mo. Her post-graduate work was done at the University of Nebraska at Omaha; the University of Northern Iowa at Cedar Falls, Iowa; Iowa State University at Ames; and the … Read more

Leick, Martha E. Jacoby Mrs. – Obituary

Martha E. Leick, 95, a former Baker City resident, died March 10, 2008, at Columbia Basin Hospital Nursing Home at Ephrata, Wash. Vigil services were March 17 at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, of which she and her late husband were founding parishioners. The Rev. Dennis Wassmuth presided. Burial was at Cloverdale memorial Park. Cloverdale Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Martha was born on May 21, 1912, at Aspen, Colo., to ranchers Michael and Elizabeth Jacoby. She attended school for one year at Owl Creek in rural Colorado. Martha rode a horse to school through the … Read more

Mills, Doratha Mae “Dottie” – Obituary

Doratha Mae “Dottie” Mills 76, of Baker City, died May 19, 2005, at her home. There will be a family service later at Ft. Laramie, Wyo. She will be buried in Wyoming alongside her mother and sister. She was born on Dec. 19, 1928, at Ft. Laramie, Wyo., to Orville E. and Doratha Knott Mills. She attended high school at Coos Bay and homesteaded at Big Piney, Wyo. She worked as a bartender in Sweet Home. She had gardening and houseplant skills and loved smelling freshly turned earth ready for planting — anything. Food first if money is tight, then … Read more

Chapman, Patricia “Patti” Mrs. – Obituary

Patricia “Patti” Chapman, 36, of Baker City, died Dec. 14, 2007, at her home. There will be a celebration of life service at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Bishop Dean Baxter will officiate. Survivors include her husband, Gary Chapman, and children, Robert and Megan, all of Baker City. Memorial contributions may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society through Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, December 18, 2007 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

DeGroote, Clairene Fleenor Mrs. – Obituary

Clairene DeGroote, 85, a former Baker County resident, died Aug. 28, 2003, at a Wilsonville care center. A Memorial Mass will be said at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church Chapel in Hillsboro. Her graveside service will be at noon Thursday at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Portland. The Rev. Loren Kerkof will officiate. Clairene was born on March 2, 1918, at Halfway to George and Jennie Laird Fleenor. After graduating from high school at Halfway, she worked as a bookkeeper for Baker Meat Packing. She met her future husband, Marcel DeGroote before the war. Wanting to do something … Read more

Roecker, Carlotta Kay Benshoof Mrs. – Obituary

Carlotta Kay Roecker, 59, of Prineville, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Aug. 13, 2006, at St. Charles Medical Center, in Bend. Her memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the First Church of the Nazarene in Prineville. Pastor Warren Powell will officiate. Carlotta was born at Vancouver, Wash., on April 9, 1947, to Edward and LaDonna Jones Benshoof. She attended and graduated from Marshfield High School. She married James Roecker on Dec. 29, 1965, at Eastside. Together they had two sons. In 1996 they moved from Baker City to Prineville. Carlotta loved to cross-stitch, play her … Read more

Bunch, Trace Junior “Baby” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon “Baby” Trace Junior Bunch, infant son of Herbert Hamilton “Hoss” Bunch Jr. and Mandy Sue Zemmer of Baker City, was born and died Sept. 6, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There was a graveside service on today at 10 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Lenny Spooner of the First Church of the Nazarene officiated. Interment was at Mount Hope Cemetery. Survivors include his mother, Mandie Zemmer, and father, Herbert Hamilton “Hoss” Bunch Jr., both of Baker City; brother, Trevor Zemmer of Baker City; grandparents, Les and Trudie Zemmer of Baker City; grandfather, Herbie Bunch Sr. … Read more

Garrick, Mary Agnus Burns Mrs. – Obituary

Mary A. Garrick, 70, a former resident of Western Washington County and Baker County, and most recently of Oregon City, died June 28, 2009, at her home. Her Celebration of Life Service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hillsboro Church of the Nazarene, 1390 N.E. 21st Ave., in Hillsboro. The Rev. Ernie McNaught of the Church of the Nazarene (retired) will officiate. Family and friends are invited to a reception immediately after the service at the church. Concluding rites and vault interment will be at Skyline Memorial Gardens, 4101 S.W. Skyline Blvd. in Portland. Mary Agnus Garrick was … Read more

Jordan, Oren C. – Obituary

Oren C. Jordan, 91, of Baker City died Nov. 8, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At his request, there will be no funeral service. Oren was born July 8, 1916, in Baker City to Clifford and Julia Craig Jordan. He was the youngest of there children, a sister Ruth and a brother Craig, preceded him in death, as did both his parents. Oren attended Baker Schools, Oregon Normal School at Monmouth, Ore., and the University of Oregon where he earned his teachers certificate and Bachelor of Science degree. Oren taught school where he made a difference in the lives … Read more

Garrett, Jimmie Owen – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Jimmie Owen Garrett, 58, of Baker City, died April 17, 2002, at his sister’s home in Baker City. His memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. The Rev. Ed Niswender of the Baker Calvary Baptist Church will officiate. The eulogy will be given by Duane Ewing, Aerie past president, and prayers by John Price, Aerie chaplain. Visitation will be for family only. Disposition was by cremation by Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Crematory. Inurnment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward … Read more

Steffen, Brian Scott – Obituary

Brian Scott Steffen, 29, died Oct. 5, 2005, at his mother’s home in Baker City. His memorial service was Saturday at Wade Williams Park. Shirley McLin of Baker City officiated. Brian was born on Sept. 13, 1976, at Portland to Jeffrey Steffen and Cathy Steffen Vandiver. He was raised and educated at Cascade Locks. Brian enjoyed the outdoors, working for Garry McLin, fishing, camping, and taking his dog Dutch to the 203 Pond and the woods to run. “You will be missed and always be remembered and loved forever. May you rest in peace now Brian,” his family said. Survivors … Read more

Guthrie, Derrick Kyle – Obituary

Derrick Kyle Guthrie, 24, known by his many friends as “Guff,” died Aug. 12, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Friends and family will gather at Wade Williams Field from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday to celebrate his life. Derrick was born on June 10, 1983, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande to Steven A. and Carol I. Guthrie. He was raised in Baker City and was a 2001 graduate of Baker High School, where he played football and baseball. While growing up, Derrick played Little League and Babe Ruth baseball. He was picked as an all-star several … Read more