Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Judith Ellen Ritzmann, 56, of Baker City, died Jan. 9, 2003, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Survivors include her husband, Gordon Ritzmann of Baker City; daughter, Cynthia Carroll of Chaska, Minn.; and a son, Douglas Tejeda of Modesto, Calif. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, January, 17, 2003 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor
Delbert Lynn Getty, 42-year-old Newberg resident and a former resident of Baker City, died Tuesday, November 14, 2000, in Newberg. Funeral services for Mr. Getty will be held Monday, November 20, at 2 p.m. in the Coles-Strommer Funeral Home. Bishop Greg Baxter of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, First Ward, will conduct the services. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Getty was born May 14, 1958, in Portland to Delbert Getty and Louise (Glover) Maness. He attended schools in Baker City, Bates and Bellingham, Wash., graduating from Baker High School with the class of 1976. … Read more
Huntington, Oregon David Leonard Whitaker, 59, of Huntington died April 28, 2003, at his home. His graveside service will be announced later and will take place at Huntington. David was born April 6, 1944, to Thomas William and Alexandria Beryl Nevins Whitaker. Survivors include two sisters, Sandra A. Rose and her husband, John D. of Kuna, Idaho, and Beth Gay Mills and her husband, Kenneth, of Twin Falls, Idaho; a brother, Blynn W. Whitaker of Huntington; nephews, David K. Reed of Tumwater, Wash., Donald D. Rose of Nampa, Idaho, and Thomas and Patricia Rose of Nampa, Idaho; nieces, Brenda Miller … Read more
Sydney Abell, Justice of the Peace opened the first legally constituted court in Baker County, October 29th 1862. The first case was that of the people vs. D. Scott, action to bind defendant to keep the peace, entered on complaint of Thomas Ricketts. The prosecuting witness failed to appear and the case was dismissed. Of the thirty-two cases docketed up to January 1st, 1863, there were four of the kind above cited, three suits about town lots in Auburn, Fifteen to recover money, five replevin cases, one unlawful detention, one felonious intent to cheat, one petty larceny, one assault and … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Lorne Woodburn Hardesty, 67, a Baker City resident, died June 8, 2002, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Visitation will be until 7 o’clock tonight at the funeral home. Pastor Lennie Spooner of the Church of the Nazarene will officiate. Lorne was born Dec. 7, 1934, at San Francisco. He was a son of Ernest A. and Juanita M. Thompson Hardesty. He was raised and educated at in Herlong, Calif. He entered the U.S. Army on March 5, 1957. … Read more
Dorothy Maud Widdowson Nettleship Lyman, 80, died July 9, 2008. Funeral services were held today at the Boulder, Colo., LDS Ward Chapel. Burial follows in the Boulder Cemetery. Dorothy was born Oct. 7, 1927, in Haines to Arthur Vincent and Gladys Amelia Widdowson Nettleship. She joined a sister, Naomi. She married her sweetheart and life-long companion, Ivan Lyman, on June 10, 1946, in the Salt Lake Temple. Their lives were blessed with eight children: Gladys (Dell) LeFevre; Marilyn (Ned) Artz; Arthur (Julee) Lyman; Mark (Mary) Lyman; Jack (Amy) Lyman; Ronald Lyman; Alice (Dave) Shaw; and Buddie Lyman. They have 37 … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Enid Pedersen, 86, of Baker City, and a Baker County native, died May 19, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., followed by a vault interment at Haines Cemetery. Pastor Ralph Holcomb of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family following the services for a reception at the Baker City Christian Church, 675 Highway 7. Visitations will be today until 7 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Enid Hester Clark was born April … Read more
Helen Lucille Gilkison Fisher, 96, a longtime Haines resident, died Aug. 3, 2005, at her home. Her funeral was Saturday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Pastor Sally Wiens of the Haines Methodist Church officiated. Vault interment was at the Haines Cemetery. She was born on May 18, 1909, at Baker City to Wilber and Maggie Holt Gilkison. She spent her early years near Unity, moving to Lone Pine just west of Baker City in 1924. (Transportation to school in those days was by horseback.) She was a graduate of Muddy Creek High School. She attended normal school at … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Frances Freda Rush, 87, a longtime Baker City resident, died Nov. 1, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her graveside service was Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Jack Bynum of the Baker United Methodist Church officiated. Frances was born on Aug. 22, 1919, near Haines to Ira and Nora Polley. She grew up on a farm in the Rock Creek area of Baker County and was a Haines High School graduate. Although she lived most of her adult life in Baker City, she also worked in Washington State for a brief period during World War II … Read more
Halfway, Baker County, Oregon Pauline Marie Smith, 84, of Halfway, died April 11, 2006, at her home surrounded by her family. Her memorial service was Saturday at the Presbyterian Church in Halfway. The Rev. Bill Shields officiated. Pauline was born on Feb. 1, 1922, on a farm outside of Salem to Gordon E. and Bessie Tower. Pauline attended school at Salem until she was 12, at which time she began spending summers and eventually living with her older sister, Ellen, in Eugene. Pauline’s mother had died when Pauline was a baby, and Ellen became a central person in Pauline’s life … Read more
Bridgeport, Baker County, Oregon Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Christian Church for John T. Bowers of Bidgeport, who died Monday evening in St. Elizabeth hospital after an extended illness. A native of Jasper County, Missouri, Bowers was the son of Samuel and Anna Bowers. He came to Eastern Oregon between 1905 and 1910 and moved to Baker County in 1930 where he had lived the rest of his life. Bowers was a machinist by trade and worked on the railroads for a time. He worked on locomotives for the Union Pacific Railroad and was an … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Laura Newton, 95, of Baker City, died May 30, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. Her funeral will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Debbie Livingston of St. Elizabeth Health Care Center will officiate. Vault interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at Gray’s West & Co. Visitations will be tonight until 6 o’clock at the funeral home. Laura was born on Sept. 26, 1906, at Hartsville, Mo., to Edward and Elsie Hall Kirk. She married Henry Newton on April 24, 1929, … Read more
Gene L. Saul, 75, of Seneca, a former Baker County resident, died April 10, 2007, at his home surrounded by family. There was a celebration of his life on April 14 at Driskill Memorial Chapel in John Day. Pastor Daniel Wiese of the John Day Nazarene Church officiated. Gene was born on Jan. 8, 1932, at Homedale, Idaho, to William and Katie Sweep Saul. One of eight children, Gene had two brothers and five sisters. He was raised in Baker County where he broke wild horses and did ranch work. Gene married Betty Jean Zemmer on April 28, 1951, at … Read more
Cherie Mae Hartwell, 89, died Aug. 10, 2006, at her daughter’s home in Baker City. At her request, there will be no funeral. There will be celebrations of her life in many locations, to be announced later . Cherie Mae Hartwell was born to Irene Gray Patrick and Charles Mortimer Hartwell at Buhl, Idaho, on Aug. 2, 1917. The family moved to Oregon two months later. Her mother and father had been raised on neighboring ranches near Roseworth, Idaho, with nine and 11 brothers and sisters. They moved from there to a home at Sisters and then to a ranch … Read more
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Julia De Groote, 91, a longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 28, 2006, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets. Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at the cathedral. The Rev. Robert C. Irwin of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Ontario and the Rev. Julian Cassar of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will concelebrate the Mass. Private vault inurnment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Julia was born at Empire, Mich., … Read more
Death Of Judge Ison Luther B. Ison, senior judge of the Sixth Judicial district of Oregon, died at his residence in Baker City last Saturday evening after a lingering illness. The funeral took place on Monday afternon, Rev. R.M. driver, pastor of the Methodist church in Union officiating at the obsequies. The funeral took place from the residence of the deceased and the large throng of people gathered to pay a last tribute of respect to the dead, manifested the high estimation in which Judge Ison was held by the residents of Baker county and other places. Eastern Oregon Republican, … Read more
Aletta Fae Dunn Shurtz, 84, of Albany, a former Baker County resident, died June 10, 2008, at Albany. A memorial service will be scheduled later at Baker City. Fae was born on Sept. 1, 1923, at Haines to Roy and Clara Walling Dunn. She spent her early childhood at Sparta and attended Baker schools. During World War II she worked at the Kaiser Shipyard at Vancouver, Wash. She also worked as a waitress, a bartender and as a beautician and instructor. She married Ab Shurtz and they lived for several years at Yuma, Ariz. After Ab died she moved to … Read more
Merle Marie Motley, 92, of Tillamook, a former longtime Baker County resident, died April 28, 2009, at her home. She was born on Oct. 23, 1916, at Baker City to James and Linnie Holt Gilkison. Merle worked in the shipyards during World War II. She also worked as a beautician as a young woman. Merle married Lester L. Motley on Nov. 25, 1939, at Weiser, Idaho. In their early years the couple enjoyed the outdoors, square dancing and raising their daughter, MyrnaRae, while operating a ranch at Halfway. They later owned and operated a ranch at Keating. Upon retiring, Merle … Read more
Clara E. Holt, 91, of Baker City, died July 16, 2005, at her home. There will be a memorial service for Mrs. Holt in August at Rose Hills Cemetery in Whittier, Calif. Local arrangements were under the direction of Coles Funeral Home. Mrs. Holt was born on Nov. 23, 1913, at Lily, S.D. She was one of six girls born to Leopole and Cora Rignier Brosseau. She lived her younger years in South Dakota attending one year of college. She met George Crawford and after their marriage they moved to California where he worked as an ironworker erecting buildings. His … Read more
Manning “Dutch” Webb, 88, of Union, and a former Baker City resident, died March 21, 2002, at his home. His funeral will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St. in La Grande, with the Rev. Doug Hale officiating. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery. Visitations will be Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Webb was born Dec. 19, 1913, at Detroit, Mich., to Burt and Zoe Jaycott Webb. He attended school in California and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He … Read more