Baker County OR

Fullerton, Jay, Jr. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Jay Fullerton Jr., 83, died Nov. 29, 2004 at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise due to injuries sustained after a fall. A graveside inurnment was today at Mount Hope Cemetery. Truscott Irby of the American Legion officiated. There was a reception afterward at the family’s home. Jay was born on Oct. 11, 1921, at Springbrook to Jay and Mae Fullerton. In his early years, Jay attended school at Newberg and Pendleton. He went to work laying asphalt airstrips in Baker City, where he met his wife of 62 beautiful years, Louise McCarthy. Louise and Jay were married … Read more

Mehlhorn, Dale – Obituary

Dale Mehlhorn, 72, of Hood River died April 24, 2003 at Providence Hood River Memorial Hospital. A memorial service will be scheduled later. In lieu of flowers, Dale would have appreciated your donation to your school sports program. Dale was born Nov. 2, 1930, at Halfway to Audrey and Clyde Mehlhorn. He attended school at Halfway where he played football, basketball, baseball and ran track. He married Jean Smith in 1948. They moved to Corvallis where Dale attended and graduated from Oregon State University. Dale and Jean made their home in Baker County with their two sons. Dale acted as … Read more

Coon, Delbert Ernest – Obituary

Delbert Ernest Coon, 81, of Odell, a former Baker City resident, died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003, at his home. Private cremation was held at The Dalles Win-quatt Crematory. Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home are in charge of arrangements. There will be a private family service and inurnment later at Baker City. He was born on Sept. 30, 1921, at Portland, the only child of Oliver and Edna Craig Coon. Delbert was raised at Baker City where he attended schools. He served as a medic in the U.S. Army during World War II and was stationed at North Africa and … Read more

Miller, Inez E. Wellman Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Inez E. Miller, 81, of Heppner, a Baker City native, died Dec. 7, 2004, at Hermiston Terrace Assisted Living Facility. Her funeral was Monday at the United Methodist Church in Heppner. A concluding service and interment was at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Mrs. Miller was born on Sept. 4, 1923, at Baker City to Homer and Lucy Hunt Wellman. She grew up and attended school at Baker City where she graduated from high school. She attended and graduated from Eastern Oregon College (Eastern Oregon University) at La Grande. She began teaching at Riverside School in Pendleton. She … Read more

Gardner, William N. – Obituary

W.N. Gardner Was Farmer Many Years William N. Garner, who lived at 21st and Campbell streets and who died last Thursday at his home was born May 1, 1860 in Kansas. He moved to a farm on North Powder river in 1864 and lived there until he moved to Baker 5 years ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church and the Odd Fellow Masonic loges in North Powder. Mr. Gardner was m;arried Dec. 6, 1893 to Effie Savage in Baker. Survivors are the widow and two sone, Paul O. and George W. Gardner, both of Baker. Funeral services … Read more

Jensen, Charlotte Gail – Obituary

Elgin, Oregon Charlotte Gail Jensen, 69, of Elgin, died July 30 at her home. At her request there will be no public services. Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center is in charge of arrangements. Those who wish may sign the online guest book at www.danielsknopp.com. Charlotte was born Sept. 21, 1938, to Harold and Carol (Mattix) Pointer in Baker. After high school, she married Larry Jensen and they lived in Madras for many years and later in Utah. They returned to Oregon and he preceded her in death. Charlotte moved to Elgin to be near family. She was a … Read more

Cundiff, John Rollins – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon John Rollins Cundiff, 78, of Baker City, Ore., died Sept. 5, 2006, at his residence. A private service was held and burial was at Mount Hope Cemetery. Arrangements by Coles Funeral Home, Baker City, Ore. Used with permission from: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, September, 2006 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Gargan, Vivian W. Dening Mrs. – Obituary

Vivian W. Gargan, 85, a former longtime Baker City resident, died May 15, 2005, at her home in Caldwell, Idaho. Her funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Rev. Lewis Hank Albrecht of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in La Grande will officiate. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Vivian was born Oct. 24, 1919, at Portland to Alfred and Hilja Johanna Taskinen Dening. Vivian was raised in Gresham and graduated from Gresham High School. She married James F. Gargan on Oct. 22, 1949, in Baker City. … Read more

Davis April, Jacqueline Marie “Jackie” Mrs. – Obituary

Jacqueline Marie “Jackie” April, 75, of Baker City, died Oct. 7, 2005, at La Grande, Oregon. By her wishes, there will be no memorial or funeral service. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Jackie was born on July 16, 1930, at Baker City to Edward Alvin Davis and Hattie Meyers Davis of North Powder. She grew up at North Powder, where her grandparents, John Samuel and Susan Dealy Davis, homesteaded. She was married to Louis Norman April, on July 20, 1968. Jackie was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband Louie; … Read more

Shock, Mary Amanda Wallace Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon “Pine And Haines Resident Passes” Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Amanda Shock, who died early Wednesday, April 16, at the home of her son Jesse in Pine, at Halfway Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Mrs. Rev. Mae Budd will officiate at services at the Christian church. According to Baker Funeral home, burial will be made Saturday, with grave services at Haines cemetery at 2 pm. Mrs. Shock was born on August 15, 1862, in Evansville, Indiana. She moved to Fort Scott, Kansas when a small girl and later to Missouri where she was married in 1882 … Read more

Allen, Blaine Evans – Obituary

Blaine Evans Allen, 68, of Haines, died Sept. 24 peacefully at his home. Visitation will run from 10 to 11:45 a.m. Saturday with the funeral service following at noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Hughes Lane in Baker City. Vault interment will be held at the Haines Cemetery immediately following the funeral service. Blaine was born March 29, 1939, to Louis and Merle Bracken Allen in Ogden, Utah, the fifth of seven children. On Oct. 13, 1956, he married the love of his life, Ann Searle Allen. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Logan … Read more

Couzens, Daniel R. “Dan” – Obituary

Daniel R. “Dan” Couzens, 50, of Umatilla, a former Baker City resident, died April 11, 2009, at his home. There will be a celebration of life service at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Oregon National Guard Armory in Hermiston with a potluck luncheon afterward. He was born on March 4, 1959, at Baker City to Charles and Clarane Urie Couzens. Dan was raised and educated at Baker City and was a 1978 Baker High School graduate. He joined the Oregon National Guard at the age of 17. He married Linda Mitchell on July 8, 1978, at Baker City and worked … Read more

Marlette, Adrew Loron “Andy” – Obituary

Andrew Loron “Andy” Marlette, 39, of Baker City, died on April 24, 2008, at Milwaukee, Wis. His memorial and celebration service will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Baker Elks Lodge, 1896 Second St. Friends are invited to join his family to celebrate his life. Andy was born on Oct. 14, 1968, at Portland. He was the only son of JoAnn and Gary Marlette. The family moved to Baker City in 1968 after Gary Marlette graduated from law school. The Marlettes had decided to raise their family and begin their law practice in the comfort and community of a … Read more

Jensen, Vern Reed “Bud”, Jr. – Obituary

Vern Reed “Bud” Jensen Jr., 50, a former Baker City resident, died Oct. 17, 2006, at his home in Bozeman, Mont. His graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Horseshoe Bend Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at the Women’s Mutual Improvement Hall at Horseshoe Bend, Idaho. Bud was born on Oct. 27, 1955, at Bozeman. He grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Bud attended Baker High School in Baker City where he later returned to rear his sons, Travis and Kris. Bud spent his life in the forests of the Pacific Northwest where he owned … Read more

Sherwood, Clarissa Fisher Mrs. – Obituary

Clarissa Sherwood, 94, of Roseburg, a former Halfway resident, died July 11, 2007, at Bend. Her funeral was today at Chapel of the Roses. The Rev. Dwayne brown of the First Presbyterian Church officiated. Private entombment was at Roseburg Memorial Gardens. Clarissa was born on Nov. 25, 1912, and was raised at Halfway. She was the daughter of Alva and Gladys Fisher and the first of six children. After graduating from Halfway High School, she attended Eastern Oregon Normal School at La Grande, graduating in 1933. She began her teaching career with 12 students in a one-room school house at … Read more

Lindstrom, Rosalynn M. – Obituary

Elgin, Oregon Rosalynn “Rose” M. Lindstrom, 58, formerly of Elgin, died March 22 of lung cancer. A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church in Halfway. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck reception at the Halfway Lions Hall. Rose was born the eighth of 11 children July 6, 1949, to Albert and Beulah Crow in Halfway. She was raised and educated in Halfway, graduating from Pine Eagle High School. Rose also attended a year at Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande. Rose married Malcolm A. “Mick” Lindstrom on … Read more

Spain, Gladys Elaine “Gus” Cunningham Mrs. – Obituary

Gladys Elaine Spain, known as ‘Gus’ to those close to her, 75, passed away at her home in Canyon City, Ore., March 19, 2007. She was born on Oct. 28, 1931, in Kimberly, Idaho to Newton and Jean Cunningham. After her retirement from the phone company, Gus became an active member in her community as a volunteer and she created friends wherever she went. When not volunteering, Gus and her husband enjoyed fishing and camping together. At home she enjoyed tending to her garden and was an avid knitter and quilter. Gus was an open and loving person who will … Read more

Potter, Myrtle E. Maxwell Mrs. – Obituary

Myrtle Elizabeth Potter, 87, of Haines, lifetime Haines resident and retired postmistress, died Thursday evening at the Cedar Manor Nursing Home following a long illness. The funeral service for Mrs. Potter was conducted at 2:00 p.m. Monday, Oct.1, at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Rev. Don Carpenter of the Baptist Church in Haines officiated. Interment followed in the family plot at Haines Cemetery. Mrs. Potter was born Oct. 7, 1891, in Haines the daughter of James Oliver and Nancy Ann Hand Maxwell. She attended the Muddy Creek School and was graduated as class valedictorian. She attended Linfield College and … Read more

Dale, Harry L. – Obituary

Death Of Former Baker Man Told A retired U. S. Army colonel died Nov. 14 at San Francisco, it was reported today. Col. Harry L. Dale, a member of the American Medical Association and Retired officers Association was a native of Baker. Services were scheduled to be held this afternoon at San Francisco with interment to follow at the San Francisco National Cemetery. Contributions to Col. Harry L. Dale Scholarship Fund at the University of Oregon are preferred. The Democrat-Herald; Baker, OR; Wednesday, 18 November 1964.

Bard, Wayne N. – Obituary

Wayne N. Bard, 78, died Jan. 22, 2007, in Pueblo, Colo. Wayne’s ashes will be buried beside his wife at Mount Hope Cemetery May 2 at 2 p.m. Father Julian Cassar of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will officiate. All friends and relatives are invited to the graveside service and to the following reception at the United Methodist Church. Wayne was born Aug. 4, 1928, in Winfield, Kan., to Claude and Hilda Bard. He spent most of his growing up years in the Winfield area and served his country in the Navy. When he came home from the Navy he … Read more