Baker City Oregon

Pearson, Ambrose Paul “Slim” – Obituary

Ambrose Paul “Slim” Pearson, 85, of Baker City passed away Oct. 13, 2007, in Boise, Idaho. Visitations were held Friday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. on Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, followed by interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Ambrose Paul (Slim) Pearson was born April 11, 1922, in Grove Springs, Mo., to the late Samuel A. and Dora Mae (Buttram) Pearson. He served in the Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II. He reentered the Army serving … Read more

Kleitch, Joseph P. “Benny” – Obituary

Joseph P. “Benny” Kleitch, 73, of Baker City, died April 24, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Recitation of the rosary will be at 7 o’clock tonight at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Deacon James Watt of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will preside. Mr. Kleitch’s funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Pastor Dennis Sams of the Boise Uclid Church of The Nazarene will conduct. Vault interment will be at 2 p.m. at Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande. Visitations for Mr. Kleitch will be until 6 o’clock tonight at the funeral home. Joseph P. … Read more

Kelso, Bonnie May Nedrow Scott, Mrs. – Obituary

Bonnie May Nedrow (Scott) Kelso, 73, lost her valiant battle with cancer on July 5, 2005, with her husband, Don, daughter, Michelle, and stepdaughter, Jan, by her side. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. at the Ustick Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Meridian between Linder and Ten Mile Road. A graveside service and dedication will be at the new Veterans Cemetery in Boise. Bonnie was born at Hilgard outside of La Grande on Aug. 17, 1931, to John Nathan Nedrow and Evelyn May Ashby Nedrow. She and her family lived in small towns around Baker City … Read more

Namchek, Elise Bahler Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Elise Namchek, 92, a longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 1, 2003, at Tuality Community Hospital at Hillsboro. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Dennis Hickman of the First Lutheran Church, will officiate. Private interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Namchek was born in 1910 at Baker City to Ernest and Ida Bahler. She spent her childhood and attended school in Baker City. She worked as a maid and was a U.S. Air Force observer during World War II. She was also a … Read more

Roy, Doris Mary Scott Mrs. – Obituary

Dorris Mary Scott Roy, 88, a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 10, 2001, in Oregon City. Mrs. Roy was born on Sept. 30, 1912, at Corvallis to Frank and Malinda Scott. She was proud of her roots and the fact that she was a native Oregonian. Her paternal grandfather came West in a wagon train from Dubuque County, Iowa, and settled at Tangent in 1853. After graduating from Corvallis High School, she completed a degree in home economics from Oregon State University and earned a master’s degree in Extension Education from the University of Wisconsin. She lived in Baker … Read more

Sturgill, Kenneth William – Obituary

Kenneth William Sturgill, 86, a lifetime Baker County resident, died Sept. 3, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 2120 Second St. Deacon Connie Boone will officiate. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at the family home. Visitations will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Kenny was born on April 4, 1919, to Cecil and Jessie Sturgill at the old St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. He was educated in … Read more

Turner, Lizzie Clair (Newman) – Obituary

Death Takes North Powder Woman – Leaves Infant and Three Other Children Motherless Mrs. Mark A. Turner of this city died at the Protestant hospital in Baker yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from illness following the birth of a daughter January 23, 1931. Her condition, it is said, was not considered serious until last Sunday when Dr. Blakely of Baker was called. On Monday an ambulance took the patient to Baker and in the absence of Dr. Blakely, Dr. Barlett was called. Mrs. Turner’s demise not only leaves the infant daughter motherless, but three other children as well, the oldest … Read more

Cutting, Zenneth Gradon – Obituary

Zenneth Gradon Cutting, 90, passed away Sept. 23, 2006, at the St. Elizabeth Care Center in Baker City, Ore. Services will be Sept. 28, 2006, at 10 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales, with Mass at 11 a.m. A reception will be at St. Francis de Sales after interment at Mount Hope Cemetery following the 11 a.m. Mass. He was born Oct. 21, 1916, in Molalla, Ore. to Allen and Roxie (Cole) Cutting and was the oldest of 3 children. Before graduating from Molalla High School in 1935, he was an accomplished Baseball Player, breeder of exotic rabbits, silver foxes … Read more

Hobson, Perry W. – Obituary

Perry W. Hobson, 81, of Baker City, died July 9, 2005, after a long battle with cancer. His memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Agape Church on Highway 7. Forrest Turner and Garth Johnson will officiate. There will be a private family graveside service later at the Eagle Point Veterans Cemetery. Perry was born on Oct. 13, 1923, at Monroe, Wash., to Perry S. Hobson and Florence Edmunds. He graduated from Benson Polytechnic High School in Portland. He married Gene M. Jacoby on Aug. 21, 1942, at Vancouver, Wash. They later separated. He joined the U.S. … Read more

Burnside, Emily L. Cerkonck Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Emily L. Burnside, 89, a long-time Baker City resident,died Oct. 21, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. Visitations will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Her graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Burnside was born Oct. 30, 1914, at Saskatchewan Providence, Canada, to Albin and Anna Cerkonck. The family moved from Canada to Fall City, Wash., when she was a young girl. She received her schooling there. She married Elmer Lloyd Burnside in 1935 at Yakima, Wash. They lived in … Read more

Laird, Jessie Morris Mrs. – Obituary

Jessie Morris Laird, 91, a former Baker County resident, died Feb. 21, 2001, at Spokane, Wash. A private service is planned for the interment of Mrs. Laird’s ashes. Mrs. Laird was born on July 23, 1909, to Robert Lee and Martha Ann Morris on their homestead on Missouri Flat northeast of Baker City. She had seven brothers, Ed, Rob, Jerry, Sam, Wayne Bill and Mack Morris, and five sisters, Christine Morris (who died as an infant), Eva Robinson, Jane Colvin, Louise Worrell and Myrtle Perkins, who all preceded her in death. Mrs. Morris attended Baker City schools. She and her … Read more

Hays Mary Isabelle Rouse Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Mary Isabelle Rouse Hays, 91, of Baker City, died Jan. 6, 2003, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise among family members attending her bedside. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets. The Rev. Robert C. Irwin will be the celebrant. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. All who had the privilege to know her will forever miss this devoted wife, mother and Catholic. She was 91 years old this year, but often surprised everyone with the amazing … Read more

Spence, Toye L. – Obituary

Toye L. Spence, 73, of Baker City died Sept. 13, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At her request there will be no service. Cremation will be at Eastern Oregon Pioneer Crematory. Arrangements are under the direction of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Used with permission from: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, September, 2005 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Cole, Erma Willey Mrs. – Obituary

Erma Cole, 95, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 18, 2005, in a care home at Aloha. She was born on Feb. 26, 1909, and was raised at Baker City. She was the 11th child of Eva Lovina and John Dexter Willey. She was a tomboy growing up. She loved reading history and graduated from Baker High School. She met Leonard “Doc” Cole at a Grange Hall dance at Hereford where she was visiting a sister. Doc was working on the highway construction at that time. They were married on Feb. 2, 1929, at his sister’s home in Vale. … Read more

Davis Frances Mae Hiaring Cassity Mrs. – Obituary

Frances Mae Cassity Davis, 78, of Parma, Idaho, a former Baker City resident, died April 20, 2009, at her home. Her graveside funeral was Friday at Cloverdale Memorial Park in Nampa. Frances was born on Oct. 26, 1930, at Nampa to Fleta Mae Goodwin Hiaring and George Carl Hiaring. She grew up at Nampa and attended Roosevelt Elementary and Central Junior High School. Her father died in 1940 when she was 9. Her mother worked full time at Woolworth’s drug store to provide for the family. Frances was tasked with helping raise her two younger siblings while her mother worked. … Read more

Quartz Mining, Baker County Oregon

About two thousand claims on quartz lodes have been recorded in Baker County since 1862. More or less development work has been done on most of them, perhaps one half of them having been worked to the extent which the law requires in order to make the claim secure. Nineteen quartz mills have been built, ranging in capacity from two to sixty tons per day. The first one built was the Ruckles mill at Baker City, which was put in operation in 1864. The mill was run by waterpower, and was built to work the ore from what was then … Read more

Davis, Patricia Bernadette Darling Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Patricia Bernadette Davis, 69, of Baker City, died March 2, 2004, at her home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9, at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, 2235 First St., followed by a graveside service at Mount Hope Cemetery. Father Rob Irwin will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family after the services for coffee in the St. Francis Parish Hall. Visitations will be held at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., on Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Patricia was born to Eric … Read more

Street, William “Bill” – Obituary

William “Bill” Street, 70, of Gresham, died Oct. 31, 2005, near Sumpter. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 17th Street and Pocahontas Road. Pastor Tony Brandon of the church will officiate. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception after the service at the home of Robert and Alice Street. Bill was born on April 18, 1935, at Baker City to Robert and Clarice Street. He was raised in Baker City and attended the Pocahontas Schoolhouse. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1956. After his discharge, he moved … Read more

Ewing, Goldie J. Best Mrs. – Obituary

Goldie J. Ewing, 90, a lifetime Baker City resident, died Jan. 4, 2005, at Ashley Manor. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Jimmy Larkin of Jehovah’s Witnesses will officiate. Goldie was born on Sept. 8, 1914, at Keating to William H. and Pearl Shulenbarger Best. She married Harvey C. Ewing on April 1, 1936, at Payette, Idaho. The couple were married 43 years when Harvey died in 1979. Home and family was the most important thing in her life. She … Read more