The esteemed gentleman whose name is at the head of this article is one of Wallowa’s best and most substantial citizens, having gained a prestige here by his faithfulness and uprightness, while he has also wrought for the advancement of the interests of the county in all ways and at all times, demonstrating him to […]
Cove, Union County, Oregon Pioneer, Passes; Burial Thursday James S Burford, 76 year old pioneer of Union County, died this morning (June 25, 1935) at the Grande Ronde hospital after a short illness. (He was born February 19, 1859 per funeral card). Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist
Cove, Union County, Oregon Victim Of Auto Buried At Cove Sunday Last Funeral services for Charles Fisher of the Cove who died Friday at Hot Lake following injuries received some time ago in an auto accident, were held Sunday afternoon at the graveside in the Cove Cemetery. Mr. Fisher was a resident of Cove for
Cove, Union County, Oregon Aged Cove Woman Dead Cove, Ore., Dec. 27. – Mrs. Houx, an aged resident of Cove, died at her home at midnight last night. The deceased was over 70 years of age and leaves a large family of relatives. La Grande Evening Observer Monday, December 27, 1915 Page 5
GEORGE C. GRAY. – Mr. Gray was born in East Tennessee in 1840. His father was a farmer, and also an active worker as preacher in the Baptist church, and upon arriving in Oregon in 1853 laid a Donation claim near Corvallis, conducting his farm six days in the week and carrying on religious work
La Grande, Oregon Dale Lester Miller, 66, died June 13 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A celebration of life will begin at noon Saturday at the Union Sportsmen’s Club. A potluck lunch will be served afterward. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Dale was born Dec. 19, 1940, to Lester and Ida Miller in
Raymond Francis Carpenter, 86, of Cove, died Jan. 10, 2007, at a local care facility. His memorial service will take place Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. at Daniels Chapel of the Valley in La Grande. Mr. Carpenter was born on Oct. 28, 1921, one of the 12 children of Alfa Ray and Jennie Marie (Trapp)
Cove, Union County, Oregon Mrs. Alice Baker Called to Beyond Mrs. Alice Baker a prominent Cove woman, passed away yesterday evening following an illness of about two weeks. Funeral services will be held at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. standard time, after which the body will be sent to her
La Grande, Union County, Oregon Grant Conley, prominent La Grande farmer, died shortly after noon today, the Observer learned. No other details were available at Observer press-time. Observer La Grande, Oregon Saturday, December 17, 1965 Front Page Grant Conley Services for Archie Grant Conley, 63, farmer of 1501 Cedar St., who died Friday at Grande
Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Charles E. Turnbow Succumbs at Joseph Charles E. Turnbow passed away yesterday, Dec. 29, 1937, in Joseph. He had been in very poor health for years, although his age was only 62 years, five months and 17 days. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Christian Church
La Grande, Oregon William Lewis Ash, 95, of La Grande died June 26. A graveside service will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cove Cemetery. Mr. Ash was born Nov. 9, 1910, to Ulysses Yaudes and Eve Belle Mayes Ash in Riddle. He was raised on a farm and attended a trade school in
At the Cove, Oregon, December 10, 1888, Mrs. R. Wright, aged 68 years and 17 days. Mrs. Wright was born in Indiana and was married in that state at the age of 24, and moved from there to Iowa. From there she and her husband moved to Kansas and from Kansas moved to Oregon, and
Any work that purports to give in review the lives of the pioneers and leading citizens of Wallowa County would be quite incomplete were there failure to mention the esteemed and intelligent gentleman and capable and patriotic citizen whose name is at the head of this article and who has wrought for the development and
Alec M. Stackland, 67, passed on at his home in Portland March 15 from the effects of a stroke of paralysis. He was the first of seven children the widowed mother brought from Norway in the nineties. After a short stay in New York, Kansas and La Grande, they bought a farm in Cove, where
Ernest Wilson, of Celilo, Oregon, Shot Himself October 17th. The Republican last week noticed briefly the death of Ernest Wilson, age 36, of Celilo. He was a brother of our citizen, B.F. Wilson, and was born in Cove. He leaves a wife and three children. From Judge B.F. Wilson, who returned from Celilo Saturday, we
ASHER R. ROBINSON. – One of Union county’s prosperous and substantial business men and agriculturists is found in the person of the subject of this sketch, who has wrought faithfully, here in the industrial world for forty years, during which time he has manifested wisdom and integrity that have given him the confidence of his
La Grande, Oregon Gertrude Butterfield died at her daughter’s home in Caldwell, Idaho, on July 28. The viewing will be from 8 to 10 a.m. Monday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, followed by a graveside service at the Cove Cemetery at 11. Gertrude was born in Cove on Aug. 21, 1915, to Ernest Houx Bell and
REV. LUKE J. BOOTHE. – This well-known minister of the gospel was born in Virginia in 1820. At the age of ten years he emigrated to Missouri with his parents, and received n that state a common-school education. Arriving at his majority, he married Miss Mary Ann Shaw, of Boone county, and engaged in farming
UNION (Special) – Eugene B. Conklin died in a Portland hospital Tuesday evening following a heart attack. He had taken the exhibits, from Malheur county to the Pacific International and became ill about a week before his passing away. He was a prominent man in Eastern Oregon where he always was very active in public
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Jesse Ownbey Came To Oregon In 1845 Pioneer Who Died Recently Took a Homestead North of Enterprise Jesse Ownbey, whose funeral was held in Cove, August 27, was one of the historical band of pioneers to cross the plains even before the “days of 49.’ Which started the gold seekers in
