Baker City Oregon

Donald, James Cleveland – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon James Cleveland Donald, 75, of Acton, Mass., a former Baker City resident, died April 11, 2004. He was a third-generation citizen of Baker County. His father, James Donald, was a member of the Baker City law firm, Nichols, Hallock, Donald, Banta, which is now Silven, Schmeits and Vaughan. James attended Baker schools until he was 16 when he transferred to Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass. He kept close to his classmates at Baker High School and attended every reunion of the Class of 1946. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service during his college vacations. He was … Read more

Caton, Ruth Viola Callahan Mrs. – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Ruth Viola Caton, 96, of La Grande, died Oct. 29, 2001, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. There will be a private family service. Mrs. Caton was born on June 11, 1905, to William and Hulda A. Stephens Callahan at Burr Oak, Kan. She married Glenn L. Caton on Nov. 21, 1948, in Montana. Mrs. Caton enjoyed traveling in her RV and spent winters in Arizona. She also spent time doing yard work and enjoyed shopping. Special times were spent with her grandchildren. She was an apartment manager at Tigard where she lived. She moved … Read more

Wilson, Carolyn Sue Calder Mrs. – Obituary

Baker County, Oregon Carolyn Sue Wilson, 53, a longtime Baker City resident, died Nov. 6, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Health Services from complications associated with pneumonia. Her funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Grays West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Father Rob Irwin of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Grays West & Co. Mrs. Wilson was born Sept. 17, 1948, at Baker City to Harold J. “Buck” Calder and Opal E. Chrisman. She was the … Read more

Hasher, Marion – Obituary

Marion Hasher former resident of Baker City, Ore., died March 30, 2007, in North Carolina. Arrangements are under the direction of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, Baker City. Used with permission from: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, April, 2007 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Nock, T. W. Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Nock Dies At Home Here Wife of Lumberman Ill Several Months Mrs. T. W. Nock of Baker died at her home, 1435 Dewey Avenue, at 11:45 Saturday night following an illness extending over a period of several months. Emma B. Coe was born in Yakima, Washington, September 28, 1889. She came to Baker when she was five years old and spent the remainder of her life here. Mr. Nock has been engaged in the lumber business in Baker for several years and is now associated with the Stoddard Lumber Company. The deceased is survived besides her husband by a … Read more

Edge, Fae Jury Lewis Mrs. – Obituary

Fae Jury Edge, 89, of Baker City, died Aug. 8, 2007, of natural causes. A graveside service will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be from noon to 3 p.m. Monday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Fae was born on May 30, 1918, at Baker City to Percy Houston Lewis and Thelma Alice Petersen Lewis. She was the first of four daughters born to Percy and Thelma. She grew up and attended schools in the Baker City and Wingville areas. She married Archie Edge of Baker City on March 7, 1941. They … Read more

Schock, Berniece Parker Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Berniece Schock, 71, of Hermiston, died Nov. 10, 2004, at the Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. Her graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at Eternal Hills Cemetery in Klamath Falls. She was born on Oct. 11, 1933, at Baker City to Clifford and Cecelia Bowman Parker. She married Harold H. Schock on May 23, 1952, at Payette, Idaho. The couple lived at Pondosa and later in the Baker City area for more than 30 years. They moved to Ashland in 1990. Harold died in 1992. Berniece returned to Baker City in 1994 and lived … Read more

Challis, Charlotte Ann Peasley Mrs. – Obituary

Charlotte Ann Challis, 64, of Stanfield, and a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 4, 2002, at her home. Her graveside funeral will be Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Pleasant View Cemetery in Stanfield. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Charlotte was born March 1, 1937, at La Grande to Floyd Vernon and Dorothy Mae Pyburn Peasley. She had lived in Stanfield since 1975. Formerly she had lived at Baker City, Pendleton and Pilot Rock. On June 19, 1956, she married Clarence Challis at Reno, Nev. She was a former member of the Stanfield Moose Lodge. Charlotte … Read more

Bowman, Florestine L. – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Florestine L. Bowman, 79, of La Grande died Sept. 21 at her home. A celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. Burial at Summerville Cemetery will be private. Mrs. Bowman was born Oct. 24, 1926, to Ray and Ida Rich Taylor in Baker City. She attended school in Baker City, and on March 20, 1948, married Arnol “Tuffy” Bowman. They moved to Pondosa where he worked at the mill. In 1958 they moved to La Grande. She was known for her beautiful yard and roses and for her … Read more

Ley, Wynette Lillie – Obituary

Wynette Lillie Ley, 82, Baker City, Ore., died May 19, 2007, at her residence. Arrangements are under the direction of Coles Funeral Home, Baker City, Ore. Used with permission from: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, May, 2007 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Leggett, Yvette “Angel” LeFevre Mrs. – Obituary

Yvette “Angel” Leggett, 67, of Baker City died June 24, 2009 at Boise. Friends and family honored her during a memorial barbeque June 27 at her home. Angel was born on April 23, 1942, at San Francisco to Russell and Marie Petropoulos LeFevre. She attended Balboa High School, the same school her father attended. She married Larry Foster and the couple had one son: Russell Foster. She and Larry later divorced, but remained lifelong friends. Angel then married Ralph Eckhart and lived as a Navy wife for the next 16 years. During that time she was involved with Webelo Scouts … Read more

Emmons, George Madison- Obituary

Services at Baker For George (Madison) Emmons (No Name on Paper) George Madison Emmons, aged 80, 1908 Cherry Street, Baker, Oregon, died Saturday afternoon at his home. Services for Mr. Emmons were conducted at 11:00 am Tuesday morning at West and Company Chapel. Joe Jewett officiated. Interment was in Mount Hope. Mr. Emmons, son of John and Martha Emmons, was born in Carthage, Illinois on October 5, 1880. He moved with his parents to Oregon at the age of 5 and had lived in this state since then. He was a farmer in Wallowa, Union and Baker counties. he was … Read more

Shaw, Glen Robert – Obituary

Glen Robert Shaw, 77, of Baker City, died Oct. 22, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. His funeral will be at 3 p.m. at the church. Bishop Richard Hindman of the second ward will officiate. Interment will be at the Haines City Cemetery. Dinner will be served for friends and family at the church after the burial. Mr. Shaw was a native of Sequim, Wash., and had only recently moved to Baker City. He was born on May … Read more

Baker, Della P. Thomas Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Della P. Baker, 105, a longtime Baker City resident, died Saturday, July 20, 2002, at the Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center in La Grande. Her funeral will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. The Rev. Susan Barnes of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Vault interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Baker was born April 8, 1897 to Tom and Sarah (Davis) Thomas in Carroll, Neb. She attended a country school near her hometown. When she was 20 years old, and still in Carroll, she married Othal Baker. Othal … Read more

Huff, Norman Ernest

Norman Ernest Huff, 74, a longtime Pine Valley resident, died May 19, 2005, at his home. There will be no service. Norman was born in Oct. 1, 1930, at Baker City. He attended school at Port Ludlow, Wash., and in 1945 returned to Pine Valley with his family, where he graduated from high school. He completed his education with two years at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls. Norman served in the armed forces from Aug. 15, 1951, through Aug. 15, 1953. He also served at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico and played baseball for the … Read more

Foye, Ned, Jr. – Obituary

Ned Foye Jr., 68, of Yakima, Wash., a former Baker County resident, died March 22, 2005, at Salt Lake City while visiting family there. At his request, there will be no funeral. A family gathering will be scheduled later. He was born on May 16, 1936, at Baker City to Ned and Vivian Foye of Medical Springs. He attended the Pondosa grade school and was a 1954 graduate of Union High School. In 1956, he enlisted in the military and was stationed at Korea for two years. On April 29, 1960, he married Judith Lee Lott, the daughter of “Jack” … Read more

Emele, Bernon Allen – Obituary

Vernon Emile Dies Suddenly Ex- Army Engineer, Was Native of Baker Vernon Allen Emele, 35, of Baker died suddenly today at noon at his home, 2306 Church Street. Born January 20, 1906 in Baker. Mr. Emele served in company E. sixth engineers, Fort Winfield Scott, California in the United States Army for a time, being discharged in 1929. He had lived in Baker many yearsand for the last seven had been employed by McKim and Son. Mr. Emele is survived by his widow, Odessa; two sons, Elmer and Vernon, Jr. of Baker; his mother, Mrs. Elsie Emele of Baker; three … Read more

Wilson, Flossie Frances Bristow Mrs. – Obituary

Flossie Frances Bristow Wilson, 99, died July 14, 2006, at her home in Settler’s Park. Inurnment and a private service will be at the White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Gladstone, Mo. Flossie was born on Oct. 9, 1906, at Kidder, Mo., to Ernest and Rebecca Elizabeth McBryer Bristow. She was the eldest of the couple’s four daughters and four sons. Flossie graduated from Kidder, Mo., College and became a teacher. She was a waitress when she met and married Stanley Fisher Wilson in 1929. Flossie later became a Swedish masseuse and then a licensed practical nurse. She worked for more … Read more

Pound, John Frederick – Obituary

John Frederick Pound, 80, died April 5, 2007, at his home in Baker City. His graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at the Olney Cemetery near Pendleton. The rosary will be said and Latin Mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 21, at St. Helens Catholic Church in Pilot Rock. He was born on Sept. 23, 1926, at Pendleton to Theodore Otto Pound and Esther Wiggert Pound. John was raised at Umatilla, where his father worked for the Union Pacific Railroad and his mother was a nurse. He joined the U.S. Army during World … Read more

Wiechert, Leonard A. – Obituary

Leonard A. Wiechert, 81, a former Baker City resident, died on Friday, Feb. 28, 2003, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital at Prineville. His memorial service was Wednesday, March 5, at the Prineville Funeral Home. Curt Viles officiated. There was a fellowship gathering after the service. Cremation was by the Prineville Heritage Crematory under the direction of the Prineville Funeral Home. Mr. Wiechert was born on Sept. 11, 1921, at Appleton City, Mo., to Gus and L.V. Short Wiechert. He grew up in the country in Missouri where he worked on the farm with his father. He served in the U.S. Army … Read more