Baker County OR

Horn, Myrtle E. Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Myrtle E. Horn, 78, a longtime Baker City resident, died in her sleep Dec. 6, 2002, at her home. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor John Goodyear of the Baker Valley Church of Christ will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, next to her beloved husband, “Gil,” immediately after the service. Visitations will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co. Myrtle was born on Feb. 7, 1924, at La Grande, the fifth of seven children. She attended schools at … Read more

Fuge, Fred Leroy – Obituary

Fred Leroy Fuge, 84, died May 21, 2009 at his home in Haines. His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Chaplain Eugene Sutton of the American Legion Post 41 will officiate. After the service, friends are invited to join the family for a reception at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 2005 Valley Ave. Fred was born on Sept. 12, 1924, at Seattle. He was the middle child of Fredrick and Ethel Albertine North Fuge. His father worked for Simmons Bed Co., so the family traveled to Glendale, … Read more

Ladd, John “Jack” – Obituary

John “Jack” Ladd, 80, died Dec. 23, 2004, at Mountain Valley Care and Rehab Center in Kellogg, Idaho. His funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. MST at St. Rita’s Catholic Church in Kellogg. Father Tom Loucks will officiate. Interment will be Friday at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Jack was born July 25, 1924, at Wardner, Idaho, to George and Ella Mae (Irwin) Ladd. He spent most of his life in Idaho, graduating from Kellogg High School. He worked for the Kellogg YMCA until it closed. Jack was a member of the Kellogg-Wardner Lions Club. He enjoyed providing service … Read more

Dowdy, Roy Dee – Obituary

Roy Dee Dowdy, 58, died Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007, at his home in Baker City, Ore. A memorial service was held on Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel in Baker City. He was born Feb. 7, 1949, in Baker City to Adolph and Mabel Dowdy. Roy served in the U.S. Marines for two years from which he received an honorable discharge, he served in the Army Reserves as well. Roy returned to Baker City where he was employed with the city of Baker City for 30 years from which he retired in … Read more

Vermillion, Lynn C. “Cam” – Obituary

Lynn C. “Cam” Vermillion, 87, of Spokane, Wash., a former Baker City resident, died Sept. 19, 2001, at his home. There will be a graveside service Monday at 9:30 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. His remains will be interred next to the grave site of his wife, Jackie. There was an open house memorial service at his home in Spokane on Sept. 23. Mr. Vermillion was born and raised in Baker City. He was the son of Lynn V. and Grace Vermillion. His father was a former Baker stationmaster for Union Pacific Railroad. During the 1930s, Mr. Vermillion was a … Read more

Hamilton, Mary E, – Obituary

Both Passed Away Death of Two Aged Women, Well Known in Union County Mrs. Mary E. Hamilton, the mother of Sheriff Hamilton, died suddenly at her residence in Baker county on the morning of January 1. Two days following the death of Mrs. Hamilton, her sister Mrs. Nancy Warrenstaff, died at her home in La Grande after a brief illness and was buried in the Kellogg cemetery at that town. Eastern Oregon Republican, Thursday January 23, 1890

Allen Pansey P. Smith Mrs.

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Pansey P. Allen, 83, a longtime Baker City resident, died Feb. 11, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the First Presbyterian Church, 1995 Fourth St. Pastor Susan Barnes will officiate. Inurnment will be later at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Pansey was born on Sept. 19, 1921, at Fruitland, Idaho, to Gordon and Grace Timson Smith. She was raised in Malheur County. She moved to Baker City in the early 1950s. In Baker City, Pansey managed the Sears Catalog Store for 17 years. She … Read more

Brown, Barbara Mrs. – Obituary

Cornucopia, Baker County, Oregon Former Pine Valley Woman Passes At Baker Tuesday Mrs. Barbara Brown, resident of Pine valley for many years, died in Baker Tuesday. She suffered a paralytic stroke Sunday morning and was taken to the hospital. Mrs. Brown was a native of Germany, born in that country March 7, 1859, and came to the United States when a young girl. She came to Baker county in 1886 and located at Cornucopia. Mrs. Brown moved to Baker in 1927 and lived there the remainder of her life. She was a member of the Catholic church and the American … Read more

Carney, Robert – Obituary

Haines, Baker County, Oregon Robert Carney, 64, of Haines, died Jan. 21, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Community of Christ Church, 2525 College St. His graveside service will be at 2:45 p.m. at the Haines Cemetery. Robert Wetzel Carney was born Dec. 17, 1938, at Port Angeles, Wash. He was the son of George D. and Mary Idalia Cramer Carney. He served four years as a private in the U.S. Marine Corps at 29 Palms, Calif. He also served overseas at Okinawa, Japan. He was a dedicated volunteer … Read more

Nelson, Roger Thomas – Obituary

Roger Thomas Nelson, 57, died Aug. 4, 2007, at his home in Huntington. His memorial service was scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Bishop Allen Bingham officiated. Friends were invited to join the family afterward at Howells Cafe and Streamliner Lounge in Huntington for a no-host reception. Roger was born on Dec. 30, 1949, at Tacoma, Wash., to Thomas Watson Nelson Jr. and Alice Marie Rettke Nelson. He served four years in the U.S. Army and worked on the railroad for 27 years. He enjoyed camping, fishing and hunting. … Read more

Clegg, Oretta M. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Oretta M. Clegg, 69, of Enterprise, died Friday, Aug. 23, 1996, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital A Funeral service will begin 11 a.m. Monday at Enterprise Community Church. Interment will follow at Enterprise Cemetery. Mrs. Clegg was born in Enterprise March 23, 1927, to Fred and Myrtle (Ownbey) Hearing. On Nov. 28, 1946, she married Robert E. Clegg in Walla Walla, Wash., where she was attending nursing school. After living in Baker City for 10 years, they moved to Enterprise in 1955, where he began his 22-year music career. Mrs. Clegg began working at Wallowa Memorial Hospital … Read more

Giroux, David L. – Obituary

David L. Giroux, 47, died as a result of an ATV accident at Unity on March 29, 2005. At the family’s request, David was cremated. There will be a gathering of friends at Unity at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Water Hole in Unity. David was born at Skowhegan, Maine, on Dec. 14, 1957. He lived in many places during his life, but when he moved to Unity nearly 12 years ago, he decided he had found his “home.” He was an avid hunter and trapper all of his life. Those who knew him, will miss him greatly. He was … Read more

Biographical Sketch of W. F. Butcher

But few if any stand higher socially or morally in the estimation of his neighbors and friends in this commonwealth than the subject of this sketch. His name is a synonym for all that is true and honorable in a man and fellow citizen. Mr. Butcher was born in Pocahontas county, Va., December 12, 1858, and was raised in Greenbriar County, of that state, on a farm. He received his education there and also read law for a short time in the office of Gov. H. M. Matthews at Lewisburg. In 1878, he removed to Saline county, Mo., where he … Read more

Whitnah, Calvin Hugh – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Calvin H. Whitnah, 70, of Richland, died Aug. 10 at his home. A funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Halfway. A vault interment will follow at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. A reception will take place at the New Bridge Grange. The Observer – August 12, 2008 _______________________________ Calvin Hugh Whitnah, 70, of Richland and formerly of La Grande, died Aug. 10 at his home. A funeral service will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at the LDS Chapel in Halfway, with a viewing to … Read more

Cosens, Julia Alice (Zimmerly) – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Funeral services for Julia Alice Cosens, 82, will be held 2 p.m. Friday, at Dempsey’s Funeral Chapel, Rev. Gregory Johanson of the United Methodist Church officiating. Vault interment will follow in the Hillcrest Cemetery. Cosens, who died Monday at Valley View Manor, was born April 30, 1892, in Asotin, Wash., the daughter of James ABEL and Jane Zimmerly. She married Russell Cosens in 1913. They lived in the Baker County area until 1944 when they moved to the La Grande area. Her husband preceded her in death in 1967. Cosens was a retired homemaker and … Read more

Houser, Elizabeth Olsen Mrs. – Obituary

Elizabeth Houser, 74, of Wasilla, Alaska, a former Huntington resident, died March 28, 2002, at Mary Conrad Center in Anchorage, Alaska. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel in La Grande. The Rev. Hank Albrecht will officiate. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in La Grande. Visitations will be until 7 o’clock tonight at the funeral chapel. Mrs. Houser was born to Elbert Herman and Prudence Conrad Olsen on May 7, 1927, at Caldwell, Idaho. She also had lived at Caldwell and La Grande. She was married to Donald Leon Houser in September … Read more

Hayes, Walter Hartwell – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Walter Hartwell Hayes, 85, of Baker City, died April 1, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center, where he had lived the past 9 years. There will be a memorial service this summer at Mount Hope Cemetery when family members can return from Europe and the Middle East. Walt was born at Baker City on April 22, 1920, to Walter Dutton Hayes and Junia Philbrick Hayes. He spent almost his entire life in Baker County. The “lay-in home” where he was born is still standing on Spring Garden Avenue, not but a block from where his … Read more

Dollis, Helen Margaret Canning Mrs. – Obituary

Helen Margaret Dollis, 100, of Baker City, died May 19, 2007, at her home. At her request, there will be no funeral. After cremation, her ashes will be interred at Hollywood Forever Memorial Cemetery next to her beloved husband, Arthur. Helen was born on Feb. 5, 1907, on a farm at Albia, Monroe County, Iowa. She was the third child of Robert Edward and Frances Elmira Adams Canning. She was raised at Albia and upon graduating from school, she worked for an attorney as a legal secretary. During this time, she met a new accountant in town, Earl Scott Alexander. … Read more

Senter, Willetta Wyatt Vaughn Mrs. – Obituary

Willetta Vaughn Senter, 80, of Pendleton, a former resident of La Grande and Baker City, died July 11, 2002, at Pendleton. Her graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Island City Cemetery. Harold McKay will officiate. Mrs. Senter was born on Jan. 30, 1922, at Boring, Ky., to William Gibson and Louann Foister Wyatt. She was educated in Laurel County, Ky. During World War II she worked as a seamstress and as a tobacco sorter in the tobacco barns. She married Robert L. Vaughn Sr. in October of 1946 in Kentucky. In 1960 they moved to the … Read more

Rush, Frances Freda Polley Mrs. – Obituary

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