Coose County OR

Price, Sylvia Ruth – Obituary

Sylvia Ruth Price, 85, of La Grande, died at her home March 24. A funeral service begins at 10 a.m. Friday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in La Grande. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. The eighth of 12 children, Sylvia was born Jan. 5, 1923, to Fredrick and Olive (Crisp) Duneman on a farm near Cresco, Iowa. She and some of her siblings walked 1 1/2 miles to a country school until junior high, then they went to school in town. After her school years she worked at different jobs, doing waitress work and working … Read more

Horn, Myrtle E. Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Myrtle E. Horn, 78, a longtime Baker City resident, died in her sleep Dec. 6, 2002, at her home. Her funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor John Goodyear of the Baker Valley Church of Christ will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery, next to her beloved husband, “Gil,” immediately after the service. Visitations will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co. Myrtle was born on Feb. 7, 1924, at La Grande, the fifth of seven children. She attended schools at … Read more

Rich, Mary Christine Whited Mrs. – Obituary

Mary Christine Rich, 82,of North Bend, a former Baker County resident, died March 30, 2007, at Baycrest Memory Care Center at Coos Bay. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at North Bend Chapel. Interment will be at Sunset Memorial Garden in Coos Bay. She was born on Dec. 24, 1924, at Baker City to Mattie and Wilson Whited. She was one of six girls. She was raised on the Whited family ranch at Unity and was a Baker High School graduate. She attended business college and then joined her sister, Anna Belle, in Washington, D.C., where she worked … Read more