Located in the ruining district known as Cracker Creek, lies the Columbia mine, one of the oldest properties in Baker county. Prospected first by the Cable Brothers, in the early eighties, it has passed through a succession of development stages until today it stands among the first properties of the country. Surrounded by all the […]
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.
Colton Lee Ryan, 6 months, 15 days old, of Baker City, died May 21, 2009, in Baker City. His funeral will be Thursday, May 28, at 2 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, with Pastor Monte Loyd of the Harvest Church officiating. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City.
Baker City, Oregon Clarice B. Knudsen, 95, a longtime Baker City resident, died Nov. 12, 2000, at Settler’s Park. At her request, there will be no funeral. A family celebration of her life is planned. Mrs. Knudsen was born Oct. 12, 1905, at Boulder, Colo., to Mitchell and Maude Coffman. She was raised and received
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Baker City, Oregon James Robert Kinkead, 82, died Sept. 1, 2004, at his home in Pilot Rock. A celebration of life memorial will be held at the Community Presbyterian Church in Pilot Rock on Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 11 a.m. Arrangements are in care of Bishop Funeral Chapel in Pendleton. Jim was born March 10,
Virgil N. Rowan, 67, 415 Second St., Baker, died Monday morning at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, May 24 at the Langrell Mortuary Chapel, with Bishop George W. Gwilliam, presiding and Kenneth Kofford conducting. Interment will follow in Union Cemetery, Union, Oregon. Mr. Rowan was born August
New Bridge, Oregon Mark Bradley Basman, 56, passed away on Friday, April 21, 2006, in New Bridge, Ore. Mark Bradley Basman was born on May 9, 1949, in Bakersfield, Calif., to Cyril Louis Basman Jr. and June Dorothea Ankrom Basman. He was raised and educated in Bakersfield, graduating from East Bakersfield High School in 1967.
Baker City, Oregon Tiana Marie Collins, a 6-week-old infant Baker City resident, died Jan. 24, 2002, at her home. Her memorial service was Jan. 28 at Gray’s West & Co. Lloyd Nelson officiated. Tiana Marie Collins was born on Dec. 12, 2001, at Baker City to Crystal Tiana Pepper and Joshua Collins. Although she lived
La Grande, Oregon Ruth Viola Caton, 96, of La Grande, died Oct. 29, 2001, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. There will be a private family service. Mrs. Caton was born on June 11, 1905, to William and Hulda A. Stephens Callahan at Burr Oak, Kan. She married Glenn L. Caton on Nov.
Baker City, Oregon Charlotte C. Hale, 88, a longtime Baker City resident, died April 16, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Heath Care Center. Her funeral was at 2 o’clock today at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church officiated. Vault interment was in Mount Hope
Marvel June Crookston, 80, died at her home in Halfway, on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005. Her funeral will be held on Saturday, Jan. 8, 11 a.m. in Provo, Utah. Interment will be in Salt Lake City Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah. A full obituary will follow next week. Those wishing to make a memorial
Mya Nicole Marie Baxter, 8, of North Powder, died Dec. 3, 2007, at her home. A Celebration of Life will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10 at the Faith Center, 10300 South D St. in Island City. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is handling arrangements. Mya was born April 29, 1999, in Portland.
The subject of this article is one of the venerable and capable men of the vicinity of Nyssa, being also a veritable pioneer of the pioneers, of the west having labored with great energy in many portions of the same, and has endured the privations, hardships and suffering incident to this kind of life. Henry
Baker City, Oregon Claire J. Rudolph, 93, a longtime Baker City resident, died Dec. 23, 2002, at her home. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations
Albert G. Wicks, 100, of Warren, a former Baker City resident, died Feb. 24, 2005, at Warren. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be until 6 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co. Albert
A little more than thirty-one years have passed away since the first discovery of gold on Griffin’s Gulch an event which led to the first permanent settlement in Eastern Oregon southwest of the blue mountains. Many of the pioneers of thirty years ago are still living, but their number is growing less year after year,
Huntington, Oregon Dwight Eugene Langley, 64, of Huntington, died peacefully at home on April 26, 2002, after a 2 year battle with a brain tumor. The rosary will be said at 7 p.m. PDT Friday at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church at Huntington. The funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. PDT Saturday at Blessed Sacrament
Marjean Chisholm Henry Seney, 78, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 31, 2008, of cancer at her son’s home in Eden Prairie, Minn. Her memorial service will be at 3 p.m. March 1 at the First Presbyterian Church, 325 First St., in Walla Walla, Wash. Disposition was by the Cremation Society of Minnesota. Marjean
Gerald Weston “Sam” Sampson, 72, of Baker City, died of kidney disease on June 8, 2006, at his home. Burial will be at Husum, Wash. Sam was born on Dec. 5, 1933, to Claude and Rachel Rowland Sampson at White Salmon, Wash. He was a 1951 graduate of Washougal High School at Washougal, Wash. Sam
Sydney Abell, Justice of the Peace opened the first legally constituted court in Baker County, October 29th 1862. The first case was that of the people vs. D. Scott, action to bind defendant to keep the peace, entered on complaint of Thomas Ricketts. The prosecuting witness failed to appear and the case was dismissed. Of
