Baker County OR

Schmitt, Jennifer Lynn – Obituary

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

Stemen, Alfred Weldon – Obituary

Alfred Weldon Stemen, 54, of Baker City, died Oct. 12, 2005, in Boise. His funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., followed by interment at Mount Hope Cemetery with military honors by the National Guard. Shirley McLin of Baker City will officiate. Visitations will be today from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Alfred was born Nov. 12, 1950, in Boise to Alfred W. Stemen and Billie Katherin Burke Stemen. He joined the United States Army in 1968 and was assigned to H Troop 17th Armored … Read more

Benson, Thomas – Obituary

Cornucopia, Baker County, Oregon Death of Three Well-Known Persons In Union County the Past Week Thomas Benson, of Cornucopia, died last Thursday after a short illness. A few days before his death he contracted a severe cold which rapidly developed into acute pneumonia. The remains were brought to Union and the funeral took place last Sunday, attended by many relatives and friends here. Deceased was about 37 years of age and well known to many in this and Baker counties. Eastern Oregon Republican, Thursday September 21, 1889 (The other two people were Mrs. Joseph Palmer and Mrs. Belle Collins)

Yoder, Mary M. Weir Mrs. – Obituary

Richland, Oregon Mary M. Weir Yoder, 46, of Sandy, died April 11, 2004, after a multi-year battle with cancer. There will be a celebration of Mary’s life at the Richland Grange Hall from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. Friends are invited to stop by to visit with her parents and family. At Mary’s request, her body was cremated. Mary was born on Oct. 22, 1957, at Baker City and grew up at Richland. She was a 1975 graduate of Pine-Eagle High School at Halfway. She then moved to the Portland area where she became a successful businesswoman. Mary began … Read more

Taylor, Lyle – Obituary

Lyle L. Taylor, 75, of Vernonia, and former Baker City resident, died April 8, 1999, at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland. Memorial services will be at 2 pm Sunday, May 2 at the Vernonia Evangelical Bible Church 967 State Street in Vernonia with Pastor Grant Williams will officiating. Interment will be private. Mr. Taylor was born July 14, 1923, in Haines, to Marion Henry and Arila Viola Shadley Taylor. He was raised and received his education in the communities of Haines and Klamath Falls. Mr. Taylor was a member of the Madesi Indian Tribe, a splinter tribe for … Read more

Keithey, Keith Carol – Obituary

Keith Carol Keithley, 76. formerly of Midvale, passed away on Saturday, June 18 in Moses Lake. Washington. He was born at Weiser on June 28, 1928 to Claude F. Keithley and Agnes Pickett Keithley. He grew up on a ranch west of Midvale, graduating from Midvale High School in 1945, after which he attended the University of Idaho at Moscow. Keith married Phyllis “Sue” Lesh in Weiser in 1950. They ranched in the Midvale area and later lived in Halfway and Baker City. They had three children, Colleen, Chip and Jay. Keith and Sue were divorced after 15 years of … Read more

Borgen, Robert Henry “Bob” – Obituary

Robert Henry “Bob” Borgen, 78, a longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 16, 2007, at the Boise Veterans Hospital. His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Lutheran Church, 1734 Third St. Friends are invited to join the family at a reception after the service at Community Connection, 2810 Cedar St. Bob was born in Baker on March 20, 1929, to George Washington Borgen and Winnifred Moeller Borgen. Bob attended Brooklyn Elementary School and was a 1947 Baker High School graduate. He was an outstanding athlete at Baker High School where his picture hangs on the honors … Read more

Spriet, Michael Allen – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Michael Allen Spriet, 42, a longtime Baker City resident, died June 19, 2004, at his home. His graveside funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Dean Baxter will officiate. Everyone is invited to a reception after the ceremony at the home of Jodi Hacker, 2435 Myrtle St. Visitations will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Mike was born on Sept. 28, 1961, at Baker City to Harley “Ten Bucks” Spriet and Zoe Anne Fuller-Spriet. He received his schooling in Baker City and was a 1981 Baker High … Read more

Biography of Augustus Titus

AUGUSTUS H. TITUS is a man that has a wide range of experience both in the affairs of life in its ordinary occupations and also in pioneer experiences, having passed through practically all the various vocations usually met with in frontier life, as mining, camping, opening up a new farm, as well as the incidents of danger and adventure with which such existence is frequently attended, beside much fighting with the savages in various places; universally manifesting both a cool and wise judgment and capabilities and valor and courage that are the constituent parts of the true man and progressive … Read more

Warhol, Martha Ackerman Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Martha Ackerman Warhol, 102, died Feb. 13, 2002, at her home in Halfway. Her funeral will at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church in Halfway. Born in South Dakota in 1899, Martha was the oldest of nine children. She grew up in the small German community of Herried, S. D., where her father was a farmer, owned the local bank, and ran a general store. She didn’t learn to speak English until she was in the first grade. The whole family worked part time in the bank and in the store, and Martha … Read more

Harding, Vernon Andrew – Obituary

Vernon Andrew Harding, 87, died in the morning hours of Feb. 2, 2007. His funeral will be held on Saturday at the Springfield Faith Center, 600 Hayden Bridge Way in Springfield. Interment will follow at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene. Vernon was born April 6, 1919 in McHenry, N.D. to Thomas Lee Harding and Regina Ehlers. He grew up on a farm near McHenry, and at times, was asked to babysit his younger sisters. One time he fixed rice for lunch and served it before it was fully cooked. His sister, Eunice, commented, “It played Jingle Bells all the way … Read more

Dougherty, Elmer P. – Obituary

Elmer P. Dougherty, 89, of Billings, Mont., died June 14, 2005, at Eagle Manor in Billings. His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. July 20 at the United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. Elmer was born on Nov. 16, 1916, on a farm at Sutton Creek. After graduating from Baker Business College in 1937, he went to work for the U.S. Post Office in Baker City. He retired from the Postal Service after 35 years. He married Ethel Ebell of Baker City on Nov. 24, 1938. They had two daughters, LeAnn Guess, who lives at San Antonio, Texas, with … Read more

Russell, Ava Hunsaker Mrs. – Obituary

A Celebration of Ava Russell’s Life was held on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, 1 p.m. at the Community Connection Senior Center in Baker City. Friends were invited to join the family following the service for a luncheon prepared by the V.F.W. Auxiliary at the Senior Center. Ava Jane was born on April 17, 1940, in Carson, Ore., to Henry and Luella Thompson Hunsaker. She was raised early on in Carson, attending schools in Halfway, then onto Baker City and Umatilla. Ava also attended Business College for two years in Baker City. Ava married Paul Russell on Aug. 8, 1970. in … Read more

Foster, (Son) – Obituary

A Sad Affliction Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Foster, living at Sanger, sent their two children a girl about 10 years and a boy about 7 yeras of age to live with their grandmother at Ontariio, for the purpose of going to school. On Saturday the children were at Washo in Idaho, and the boy was out playing with two others about the same age and in the evening he was missing. Inquiring of the other two boys of his whereabouts, they said they did not know but supposed he had got lost in a field where they had gone to … Read more

G. Roger Turner – Obituary

Obituary of G. Roger Turner, age 68, of Baker City, Oregon, who died Nov. 19, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center.

Culley, Fern – Obituary

Donna “Fern” Culley, of La Grande and formerly of Wallowa County, died April 1, 2006, at the Grande Ronde Hospital. She was 90. Mrs. Culley was born on Sept. 15, 1915, to Arthur and Zella Millard Pearson in Enterprise. She was the great-granddaughter of David Kooch, who was an early pioneer to Wallowa County. She graduated from Enterprise High School in 1934. On June 15, 1935, she married Floyd Culley. She met her husband when he came to Enterprise with the Civilian Conservation Corp. Shortly after they were married, they moved to Baker City where she spent most of her … Read more

Stading, Betty L. Walters Mrs. – Obituary

Betty L. Stading, 79, of Baker City, died July 13, 2007, at the Settler’s Park Memory Care Community. Betty was born on July 22, 1927, in Indianapolis to Clarence and Iva Carlisle Walters. Betty worked for Boeing Co. for 35 years as a flight control rigger before retiring in 1989. Betty enjoyed hiking, fishing, and traveling. Survivors include her daughters, Carol Zurcher of Colorado and Diane Walker of Washington; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, July 19, 2007 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Perkins, Martha Ellen Long Mrs. – Obituary

Former Resident Passes March 30 The passing of Ellen Long Perkins on March 30, 1987, at Woodburn, Oregon was announced here this week. She was the wife of Hardin K. Perkins. Mrs. Perkins was born in Haines in 1895, the daughter of Charles and Ida Long. She resided with her husband in the Baker Valley during the 1950’s. She has been an active teacher of Junior High Students in many areas of Oregon and Washington. She was a member of Eastern Star, National Teachers Association, and Delta Kappa Gamma honorary. She is survived by her husband of Woodburn; sister Kitty … Read more

Edmondson, Shirley Ann Smith Mrs. – Obituary

Shirley Ann Edmondson, 84, died on Monday, May 11, 2009, in Halfway, Ore., at her home with all her family around her after a long fight with cancer. A traditional graveside service will be held on Saturday, May 16, 2009, 2 p.m. at Pine Haven Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception to be held at the V.F.W. hall immediately following the interment. Shirley was born on April 28, 1925, at Bear, Idaho. to Jesse Frank Smith and Mary Ann Cornett Smith as the youngest of 4 children. Shirley grew up and attended elementary school in … Read more

Stanley, Edna Mae Dick Mrs. – Obituary

Edna Mae Stanley, 88, formerly of Baker City, died April 22, 2003, after a long struggle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date. Disposition was by cremation and interment will be at River View Cemetery. Edna Mae Dick was born Jan. 18, 1915, near Mankato, Kan., to May and John Dick. She grew up on a farm, rode horseback to high school, graduated at 16, and went to work at a dairy. Edna came of age during the Great Depression, and like many of her generation, she knew the value of … Read more