At Rock Creek, July 17, Wm. J. Blize, aged 35 years. He was a victim of consumption. The deceased leaves a wife and three children. Union was his home for many years, a worring mother, brother and sister residing there at this time. Eastern Oregon Republican, Thursday July 24, 1890
Richland, Oregon Darrell Carper, 67, a longtime Halfway and Richland resident, died Jan. 8, 2004, at St. Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise from complications of asthma. His funeral and celebration of his life will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Richland Christian Church. Interment will be at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception and dinner afterward at the Richland Christian Church. Darrell was the second child born to Willa and Ralph Carper on May 31, 1936, at their home in La Grande. He was raised with two sisters, … Read more
La Grande, Union County, Oregon Erman Bell 89, of La Grande, died Aug. 25 at his home. At his request, there will be no public service. A private burial will be at the Haines Cemetery. Mr. Bell was born May 30, 1912, to Alfred and Ethel Gray Bell in Rock Creek. He attended school in Haines and married Leona Hearing. He worked as a mechanic for the state of Oregon shops in La Grande. He lived in Union for many years before moving to La Grande two years ago. He enjoyed hunting and fishing. Survivors include a daughter, Dawn Vedder … Read more
Cora “Lois” Moberly, 78, of Milton-Freewater and a Haines native, died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, in Walla-Walla, Wash. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Nov. 26, at 10 a.m. in the chapel of the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. Private burial will be in the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Alzheimer’s Association, or to the Diabetes Association through the funeral home. Lois was born Dec. 15, 1926, in Haines to LeRoy and Lela Cross Speelman. She received her schooling in Haines, North Powder and Baker City. She married Joseph D. Moberly … Read more
Ronald Thomas “Ron” Bowers, 74, of Baker City, died Feb. 9, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Lennie Spooner of the First Church of the Nazarene will officiate. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Ron was born on May 26, 1932, at Baker City to Ernest Theodore and Neva Ball Bowers. He was reared by his paternal grandparents, Omar Bowers and Birdie Anne Reed “Dot” Bowers. He was a Baker High School graduate. He married Nancy Jean Holloway in August … Read more
Olivia Alsada Gongliewski, 71, of Newberg, a former Baker City resident, died Feb. 21, 2003, at her home. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Attrell’s Newberg Chapel. Chaplain Greg Sealander will officiate. Committal will be at 2:30 p.m. at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Visitations were Sunday and until 8 o’clock tonight at the Newberg funeral home. Olivia was born on Sept. 25, 1930, at Spokane, Wash., to William and Elma Moten Dillard. She grew up and attended elementary school in the Kooskia, Idaho, area before moving to Portland in 1942. She graduated from high school there … Read more
Medical Springs, Baker County, Oregon Marguerite C. Wirth Gilkison, 92, of Portland, died Jan. 13, 2006. There will be no service She was born on May 17, 1913, at Medical Springs. She was a homemaker and dressmaker and had lived in the Portland area for the past 12 years. Survivors include a son, Bernard Gilkison; sisters, Nona Duby and Connie Nelson; a brother, Gordon Wirth; and three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Her daughter, Pamela Demetriou, died in 1996. Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, January 20, 2006 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor
Ivan Richard Bork, 84, a resident of The Dalles, since 1966, died at a local care center on Saturday, July 21, 2001. He was born May 30, 1917, in Flora, Oregon, the oldest of eight children to Ira H. and Lora (Moys) Bork He was the grandson of early Wallowa County pioneers, Rudolph and Bertha Bork, who came from Germany in 1885 and settled in Wallowa County as United States citizens in 1891. Ivan was married to Leola Surber on June 23, 1940, in Enterprise, by the same Justice of Peace, A.B. Conway, that had married their parents, Ira and … Read more
Virgene Payton Fugit, 86, a life-time resident of Halfway, died July 22, 2009, with her husband Stan and her children and grandchildren by her side at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 25, at 2 p.m. at the Halfway Lion’s Club. Pastor Bill Shields of Pine Valley Presbyterian Church will officiate. A reception will immediately follow the service. Private vault interment will be at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Virgene was born March 31, 1923, in Halfway to Charlie and Josie Bassett Hulse. She attended school in Halfway and graduated from high school in only … Read more
Cleo Irene Bartlett Hall-Taylor, 77, of Boise, a former resident of Baker City and North Powder, died on July 24, 2007, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise. There will be a memorial service to celebrate her life at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 2005 Valley Ave. Cleo was born on Jan. 31, 1930, at Baker City to Jack Bartlett and Emma Corn Bartlett. She was the third of four children. She attended Baker schools and married James Hall on Sept. 11, 1948. They had two daughters, Gloria and Deborah. Cleo began working at Pacific Northwest … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Fred L. Norwood Sr., 82, of Baker City died April 22, 2002 at St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center in Boise. There will be a memorial service later at Palm Mortuary, 1325 N. Main St., in Las Vegas, Nev. Local funeral arrangements are under the direction of Coles Funeral Home. Fred was born Nov. 28, 1919, at Natural Bridge, Ala. A former 20- year resident of Las Vegas, Nev., he had lived in Baker City for the past 10 years. He was a retired U.S. Air Force major. He had served in World War II, the Korean War … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Jennifer Lynn Schmitt, 19, of Baker City died Nov. 8, 2000, of a heart arrhythmia while riding her beloved horse, Onyx, near Baker City. Her memorial service was Tuesday at the First Presbyterian Church, Fourth Street and Washington Avenue. Pastor Susan Barnes officiated. Vault interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery. Miss Schmitt was born Feb. 16, 1981, at Baker City to Richard and Lynn Schmitt of Baker City. She was raised at Petaluma, Calif., and came to Baker City when she was 18. She attended Two Rock Union Elementary School. She graduated from Petaluma High School and … Read more
Valeria Denise Simonis, 70, of Baker City, died Jan. 31, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. A memorial service will be scheduled this summer. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Valeria was born on March 9, 1934, at Baker City to John and Irma Williams Macy. Her family lived at Jacksonville until she was in the fourth grade, when they returned to Baker City. She married Keith Simonis at Elko, Nev., in 1950. They made their home at North Powder until their divorce. At that time, she and her children moved to Hermiston, where she went to work … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Nancy Elma Doherty, 92, a Baker City native, died June 13, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Laura Kidner-Miesen of the Baker City United Methodist Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception at the United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St., after the funeral. Visitations will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co. Mrs. Doherty was born on Feb. 7, 1909, in Baker … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Leo John Blando, 76, of Baker City died May 29, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Monday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Blando was born May 15, 1926, at Aberdeen, S.D. He was a son of Phillip and Mary Hoffert Blando. He was raised and … Read more
Sumpter, Oregon Virgil Aikey, 66, of Sumpter, died Oct. 16, 2004, at the Boise Veterans Hospital. There will be a wake in honor of his life at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Elkhorn Restaurant in Sumpter. Virgil was born on Aug. 7, 1938, at Canandaigua, N.Y. He moved to Southern California in 1960. He served in the U.S. Army in the 101st Airborne. He was the youngest journeyman in the heating and sheet metal business in the 1960s in Southern California. After that he became a swimming pool contractor for Bee Sunny Pools in Chatsworth, Calif. In 1988, he moved … Read more
William T. “Bill” Ward, 60, of Cornelius and a former Baker City resident, died Monday, April 14, 2003, at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland. Memorial services were held Thursday, April 17, 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Hillsboro. The staff of Fir Lawn Mortuary in Hillsboro were in charge of the cremation arrangements. Mr. Ward was born the youngest and only son of Guy M. and Lyla (Montgomery) Ward on Aug. 7, 1942, in Dayton, Wash. He grew up in Hood River where he graduated from high school and then attended college at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton … Read more
Richland, Oregon James S. “Jim” Weber, 85, died Jan. 1, 2002, at his home in Richland with his family by his side. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Richland Methodist Church. The Rev. Bill Shields will officiate. Interment will be in the Eagle Valley Cemetery at Richland. Jim was born on March 19, 1916, at Brownsville. He was a 1938 graduate of the University of Oregon at Eugene and shortly afterward married Florence Staggs. They moved to Baker County in 1940 and became partners in Staggs and Weber, a prominent cattle and sheep ranch in the … Read more
Lifetime Haines Man Dies May 2 Keith M. Yankey, age 70, of Haines, passed away Saturday, May 2, 1987, at his home. Services of Mr. Yankey were held Wednesday, May 6, 1987 at 11:00 a.m. at the Haines Baptist Church. Reverend Keith Spry of the Haines Baptist Church officiated. Interment followed at the Haines Cemetery. Mr. Yankey was born on March 7, 1917 in Haines, Oregon to John W. and Hattie Hearing Yankey. Mr. Yankey worked as an electrician for 33 years. His work took him to many places in Oregon and Washington. He married Leona Rose May 28, 1947 … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Gene D. Grove Sr., 68, a longtime resident of Elma, Wash., died Dec. 29, 2003, at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash. At his request, there will be no funeral. Mr. Grove was born on Feb. 28, 1935, at Holdrege, Neb., to John and Helen Grove. He married Jean Hendricksen in Baker City on Feb. 5, 1955. She died in 1999. Mr. Grove had worked at the Mayr Brothers Mill for more than 20 years. He was a member of the Elma Eagles, and enjoyed fishing and camping trips. Mr. Grove is survived by his son, … Read more