Baker County OR

Wart, William, Sr. – Obituary

Promise, Oregon William Wart Sr. William Jay Wart Sr., 75 of Rt. 1, Weston, died May 28, 1985, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. The graveside service was at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Enterprise Cemetery, Enterprise, Ore. The Rev. Edward Morrison officiated. Wart was born July 21, 1909, in Baker, Ore., to Louis and Florence Wilcox Wart. The family moved to Promise, Ore. in 1913. He attended Enterprise schools and then worked with his father and area farmers on Alder Slope, near Enterprise. On Dec. 20, 1935, he married Olive “Dollie” P. Heskett in Enterprise. He worked as a … Read more

Huntington IOOF Cemetery, Huntington, Oregon

The IOOF Lodge of Huntington established a cemetery one-half mile east of town on the north side of U. S. Highway No. 30. This cemetery followed the earlier Old Huntington Cemetery which was already established closer to town. Land for the cemetery was donated by the lodge. The cemetery is on high and dry land which is cared for by the lodge, relatives and friends maintaining the graves. There are approximately 150 graves in this cemetery. Listed buried here as of 1967 are the following: Ajima, Lijjie b 21 Dec 1881; d 12 Feb 1920. Almquist, Arthur Elmer b 9 … 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

Carter, Stella Sharpe Mrs. – Obituary

Stella Carter, 99, of Baker City, died Sept. 1, 2005, at Meadowbrook Place. Her funeral was at noon today at the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Pastor Tony Brandon officiated. Vault interment was at Mount Hope Cemetery. Stella was born on May 13, 1906, at Mabton, Wash., to Pearle and Edson Sharpe. Her childhood years were spent with her three brothers and two sisters in the Horse-Heaven Hills. She attended college at Ellensburg, Wash., earning a teaching certificate. She began her teaching career in the Horse-Heaven Hills area where she met Carl. Stella and Carl were married on Nov. 12, 1927, at … Read more

Loftis, Hermal Donna Bushong Mrs. – Obituary

Hermal Donna Loftis, 81, of Pendleton, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, at Elizabethan Manor, in Pendleton. A private family memorial will be held at a later date. Hermal Donna Loftis was born May 24, 1921, in Brixey, Mo., the youngest of 10 children born to Marion and Nancy Bushong. She married Earl Loftis of Brixey, Missouri. The had two sons, Lester and Eldon. They were later divorced. Moving from Missouri in 1952 to Pendleton. She moved to Baker City in 1956 to attend Business College. She worked for Doctor Pollock for 22 years. in 1988 she moved back to Pendleton … Read more

Suksdorf, C.K. “Cal” – Obituary

C.K. “Cal” Suksdorf, 86, of Prairie City, who mined in Baker and Grant counties over the past 50 years, died June 12, 2004, at Blue Mountain Hospital in John Day after a brief illness. At his request, there will be no funeral or memorial. He and his wife, Clementine, will be remembered in a private family ceremony in the Mormon Basin. Cal was born on Feb. 20, 1918, at Angel Camp, Calif. He grew up in Death Valley, Calif., and lived in Oregon and Idaho during his youth. He served his country bravely in World War II as an airplane … Read more

Nelson, Mark Alan – Obituary

Mark Alan Nelson, 52, was born Feb. 12, 1954, to Charles and Joyce Nelson, in Seattle, Wash. Mark passed away Nov. 25, 2006, at St. Alphonus Hospital, in Boise Idaho, due to heart failure. Mark graduated from Seattle High School, in Seattle Wash., in 1972. He enlisted in the Army right out of High School and went to Vietnam as a helicopter medic and was honorably discharged. After the military, Mark came back to Seattle, Wash., where he owned a Tavern business, silk screening business and then managed a company that manufactured composite water skies. Mark retired in 2005 from … Read more

McBride, Eva Mae Tipton Mrs. – Obituary

Eva Mae McBride, 95, of Baker City, died July 7, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coles Funeral Home , 1950 Place St. Pastor John Goodyear of the Baker Valley Church of Christ will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at Geiser Pollman Park. Visitation is today from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home. Eva Mae Tipton was born April 22, 1912, in Idaho to Ezekial and Hattie Tipton. She worked for the Baker County Tax Office and the … Read more

Powell, Milton “Dean” – Obituary

Milton “Dean” Powell, 63, of Sparta, died March 15, 2008, at his home. His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the New Bridge Grange. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck reception after the service at the Grange hall. Dean was born on July 14, 1944, at Kuna, Idaho. He was the second son and the fourth of eight children born to Milton Wesley Powell and Nellie Frances Barnes Powell. His family moved to the New Plymouth/Fruitland, Idaho, area in 1950. Dean worked on the family farm, was active in the Nazarene Church and … Read more

Maxwell, Pansy Long Mrs. – Obituary

Pansy Maxwell, 86, a lifetime Haines resident died at St. Elizabeth Health Services Saturday, August 16, 1997. Arrangements was by Gray’s West & Co. Funeral was held on Wednesday, August 20, 1997 at 11:00 a.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel with Pastor Sally Wiems of United Methodist Church of Haines officiating. Pansy Ollivene Long Maxwell, was born in Haines, Oregon on September 9, 1910, the daughter of Arch and Lizzie Shock Long. She was raised and educated in Haines. She was a fourth generation Oregonian. Her Paternal grandfather, Alonzo Long was nine years old when his family came … Read more

Melton Gerald Wayne Sr. – Obituary

Gerald Wayne Melton, Sr., 62, died Aug. 26, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His memorial service will be at at 1p.m. on Friday at Grays West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Robin Harris of the Cornerstone Baptist Church at North Powder will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family afterward or a dinner being held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Club, 2005 Valley Ave. Jerry was born at Yuba City, Calif., on Feb. 4, 1945. He was very close to his parents and they kept tabs on each other daily as his health declined. … 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

Fox, Mannie – Obituary

Sudden Death of Mannie Fox Seized With Acute Indigestion Dies at Home of Sister Mannie Fox, a pioneer of Baker coming here when a mere boy, died suddenly last evening at 4:30 o’clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. Mose Fuchs, 2500 Main street from acute indigestion, the first symptoms being manifest about 2 o’clock and his death when it became known was received with expressions of sorrow throughout the community, for the deceased was a very loveable character, kindly, sympathetic and charitable. Mannie Fox was born in Portland, March 22, 1862, and came to Baker in 1876, entering … Read more

Christensen, Thomas – Obituary

Haines, Baker County, Oregon Thomas Christensen accidentally electrocuted near Haines Yesterday. Failure to Lower The Derrick Boom Believed Responsible Thomas Christensen, aged 35 years and eldest son of John and Lizzie Ingram Christensen, was instantly killed at the home of Leo Relling, four miles northwest of Haines at about 9 o’clock yesterday morning, when the derrick, which he was moving from the farm to the main road, came in contact with the main power line, carrying 23,000 volts of electricity from the E.O.I. & P. company’s Rock Creek plant to North Powder. Exact details of the electrocution are lacking, but … Read more

Benson, Daniel – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Daniel Benson, 42, a Baker City resident, died Nov. 4, 2001, at Salt Lake City. There will be a celebration of his life Nov. 24 at the Eagles Lodge, 2935 H St. Dinner will be served at 2 p.m. Main dishes will be provided. Those attending are asked to bring a side dish. Mr. Benson was born at Provo, Utah, on May 3, 1959. He lived most of his life in Southern California and spent the last two years at Salt Lake City where he was waiting for a new heart. He loved to go camping, fishing … Read more

Pogue, Delores Jean Blom Mrs. – Obituary

Delores Jean Pogue, 75, of Baker City died April 2, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. A private service will be scheduled later. Delores Jean was born July 25, 1931, at Estherville, Iowa, to Thomas and Thelma L. Sampson Blom. She was raised and educated in Iowa. Delores met Robert L. Pogue, a serviceman home on leave visiting his sisters, and after a short courtship the two were married in 1951. The couple moved to Oregon in 1956. They lived on the coast for a number of years before relocating to Baker County where they lived for almost 39 years. … Read more

Richardson, James – Obituary

Died-At Malheur city, June 11, 1886, of membraneous croup, James Richardson, aged about 4 years. The little one alluded to is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson, well known to many of our citizens. Malheur County Weiser Leader, Weiser, Idaho, June 12, 1886 Contrubuted by: Patty Theuer

Mullen, Maatilda M. “Tillie” Rutzer Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Matilda M. ‘Tillie’ Mullen, 85, of Baker City, died Nov. 16, 2000, at her home at Meadowbrook. Her funeral was last Saturday at the Columbia Heights Assembly of God Church at Hunter, Wash. Burial was at Greenwood Park Cemetery at Hunter, Wash. Mrs. Mullen was born May 15, 1915, at Bend to Joseph and Josephine Rutzer. She spent her early life near Rufus and Sam’s Valley near Rogue River. After marrying Charles Wiltse in 1931, she and her family lived in the Kettle Falls and Hunter, Wash., communities for many years. In 1945, she married Henry Mattison … Read more

Galligan, Fern M. Myers Mrs. – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon Fern M. Galligan, 93 of North Powder, died in her home Friday, Nov. 18, 2005. A celebration of her life and a rosary is set for 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 28, at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Baker City. Father Julian Cassar will officiate. A reception will follow at the Geiser Grand restaurant in Baker City. Disposition is by cremation at Eastern Oregon Pioneer Crematory. Fern was born Oct. 9, 1912, in Baker City to Windom H. and Catherine Wood Myers. She was raised and educated in North Powder, where she spent her entire … Read more

Ensminger, George – Obituary

George Ensminger Dies, March 5 George Ensminger 69, of Walla Walla, a former longtime Haines resident died Sunday at local hospital in Walla Walla. Graveside services for Mr. Ensminger were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8 at the family plot in the Haines Cemetery. The Reverend Gerald C. Nelson of the United Methodist Church in Haines and Baker officiated. Mr. Ensminger was born Feb. 10, 1909 in Haines, the son of Frank and Ethel Payne Ensminger. He received his education in Haines and worked in heavy construction for a number of years. After his retirement he has been a … Read more