Colorado

Bumgardner, Bernice Elizabeth Southard Mrs. – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Bernice Elizabeth Bumgardner, 82, of La Grande died Feb. 28, 2002. There will be no public service. There will be a private memorial service. Mrs. Bumgardner was born Dec. 10, 1919, to Clarence and Alma Dorsey Southard at Laurence, Colo. She attended schools in Colorado and moved to Oregon in 1938. On Oct. 4, 1941, she married Arnold Waelty. After a divorce she married Albert Bumgardner. She was a homemaker and enjoyed birds, animals, all kinds of hobbies and crafts and taking rides in the hills. Survivors include her husband of La Grande; children, Ken Waelty of … Read more

Shock, George T. – Obituary

George Shock, Well Known, Dies Sunday Resident of Halfway and 19 years at Haines “Haines–(Special)–George T. Shock, pioneer resident of Baker County, was born January 19, 1854, at Mexico, MO., and came to the San Luis valley, Colorado, at the age of 20 with his parents, brothers and sisters. The family left Missouri in March 1874, with a party of about 29 other families. They crossed the plains in a caravan of covered wagons driving mostly oxen and bringing their stock and equipment with them. They traveled together to guard against Indians and sought homes in different parts of Colorado. … Read more