Florence Gladys Van Gaasbeck 81, a longtime Arlington resident, died Jan. 17, 2002, at a foster care home in Baker City. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Monte Loyd of the Baker Valley Christian Assembly will officiate. Interment will be at 2 p.m. Friday at […]
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Haines, Baker County, Oregon Clarice Beach, 58, Buried at Haines Clarice Mae Beach, 58, of Rt. 1 Box 49 of Haines passed away Saturday, July 9, 1988 at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Beach were conducted Tuesday, July 12, at 11 a.m. in Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, with Rev. Clifford Cole of
Leroy H. Tibbals Dies at Huntington Leroy Havens Tibbals, teacher of music in Baker County for many years, died suddenly the night of October 25 at Huntington, where he has had a music studio for the last two years or more. Mr. Tibbals, who formerly managed the Tibbals Piano store at Baker, was born October
Keating, Baker County, Oregon Fredrick P. Duncan of Keating died at 2:05 P.M. Sunday in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, where he had been receiving treatment for four days. Born in Missouri December 28, 1861, Mr. Duncan came to Oregon with his parents when he was two years old. He engaged in farming at Keating for many
Willard Dale Vernholm, 73, of Baker City, died Sept. 25, 2005, at Idlewood Manor. At his request there will be no services. Cremation by Eastern Oregon Pioneer Crematory. Dale was born on Feb. 11, 1932, in York, Neb., to Carl Willard and Lois Louetta Middleton Vernholm. When Dale was about 4 years old the family
Arthur L. Heward, 81, a former longtime Baker County resident, died Nov. 11, 2002, at the Idaho State Veterans Nursing Home. At his request, there will be no funeral. Disposition will be by cremation. There will be a memorial service for family and close friends at the Downard Hansen Funeral Home, 241 N. Garfield Ave.,
County Officers At the session of the legislature which convened in September 1862, an act was passed organizing the county of Baker, including within its limits all the southeast portion of the state, which has since been divided into the several counties of Wallowa, Union, Baker and Malheur. Officers for the new county were appointed
Rita C. Dunne, 90, of Spokane, Wash., a former Baker City resident, died May 6, 2002, at Spokane. A vigil service was at 7 p.m. Friday at the Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home. Funeral Mass was said Saturday at St. Charles Roman Catholic Church. Burial was at Holy Cross Cemetery. Mrs. Dunne was born in Baker City
Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Boettcher, 67, of Baker City, died Aug. 27, 2008. At her request, there will be a private service. Born at Summit, N.J., Betsy lived at New Providence, N.J., most of her life before moving to Oregon in 1982. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Sr. and Ruth Dunne Snyder
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Donald William Pedracini, 78, of Granite, died April 29, 2008, at Baker City. Visitations will be Sunday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Cole’s Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Recitation of the rosary will be at 10 a.m. Monday and the Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. at St. Francis
Baker City, Oregon John Paul Nelson, 77, of Baker City, died Jan. 17, 2007, at his home. His graveside funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Lennie Spooner of the First Church of the Nazarene will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the Baker City Golf Course. John
Calvin Hugh Whitnah, 70, of Richland, died Aug. 10, 2008, at his home. Funeral services will be held Friday at the LDS Chapel in Halfway at 2 p.m., with a viewing from 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., and burial at the Richland cemetery. Friends and neighbors are invited to attend a memorial potluck at the
Sparta, Baker County, Oregon We regret to hear of the death of Rufus Perkins, of Sparta, which occured December 8th, at the home of his family in Illinois, whither he went about a year ago, on a visit. He had been in bad health for some time and his death was not unexpected, but in
Baker City, Oregon JoAnn Sylvia Lee, 68, a longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 16, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. A private family gathering will be held later. Disposition was by cremation at Eastern Oregon Pioneer Crematory in Baker City. Mrs. Lee was born July 9, 1933, at Hardman to Harlan Nelson Adams and
La Grande, Oregon Harold L. Sutton, 91, a La Grande resident and a former longtime Elgin resident, died March 22, 2004, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. His funeral will be Friday at 3:30 p.m. in the Elgin United Methodist Church. Vault interment and concluding services will follow in Summerville. Pastor Kay Garver will
Floyd Hill Passes Wednesday Evening Well Known Baker Business Man Dies Suddenly Floyd L. Hill, 43, manager of the Commercial Creamery company in Baker, died Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock at the St. Elizabeth hospital, where he underwent a major operation January 2. A blood clot on the heart is said to have been the
Myrna Maxine German, 66, of Baker City, died Nov. 18, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There was a private service and burial was at Mount Hope Cemetery. Daniels Chapel of the Valley in La Grande was in charge of arrangements. Myrna was born on Jan. 14, 1939, at Baker City to Max and Enid
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Death Claims Ruth Hoover Ruth Louise Hoover of Wallowa passed away Sunday, March 23, 1975 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital following a short illness. The body lay in state at the Bollman Chapel Tuesday between the hours of 3 and 7 p.m. and graveside services are being held today ( Thursday )
Baker City, Oregon Pauline Lewis, 84, of Baker City, died June 6, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her graveside memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck
Billy Ray Smith, 55, of Huntington died July 20, 2009, with his loved ones at his home. His graveside funeral will be Wednesday, July 29 at 11 a.m. at the Huntington Cemetery followed by a potluck memorial at 2 p.m. at the VFW Hall. Visitations will be Monday, July 27 and Tuesday, July 28, from
