Cove Oregon

Conley, Grant – Obituary

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 Ronde hospital, will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Dempsey’s Funeral Chapel. Auspices will be by Cove Lodge No. 91 A.F. & A.M., and burial will be in the Island City cemetery. Dr. Louis Samson will officiate. Mr. Conley was born at Cove, and lived … Read more

Neiger, Victor O. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Victor O. Neiger, 96, a longtime Baker City resident, died Aug. 27, 2001, at his home. Vigil services will be today at 7 p.m. at St. Francis deSales Cathedral. Mass of the Christian Burial will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Cathedral. Most Reverend Elden F. Curtiss, Archbishop of Omaha, and Reverend John R. Jasper of St. Francis deSales Cathedral will concelebrate. Vault interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be today until 5 p.m. at the Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Mr. Neiger was born March 20, 1905, in Trzic, Slovenia. In … Read more

Holmes, Belle Mrs. – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon One Saturday night of last week, Mrs. Belle Holmes, the young wife of Eugene Holmes, died at her residence in the Cove afeter a lingering illness. For many months Mrs. Holmes was a patient sufferer as the insidious nature of her disease, consumption, marked its fateful progress until at last the summons came and a devoted wife and loving mother passed away to the tongueless silence of dreamless dust. The funeral took place on Monday afternoon attended by many friends, and relatives of the bereaved family to whom a silent sympathy is extended in their sad … Read more

Haggerty, Arthur – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Last Rites Held For Art Haggerty. Memorial services were held from the Booth-Bollman Funeral chapel Monday, February 11 at 3:00 p.m., for Arthur C. Haggerty, who passed away at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital Thursday, February 7, following an illness of short duration. Rev. John Munsey officiated with Mrs. George Swanson of Wallowa singing “In The Garden” and “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere”. Mrs. Garnet Best was at the organist. Pall bearers were: Fred Wagner, Ervan Witty, Ed Long, W.M. White, Wayne Reece and Claude Rennie. Vault internment was in the Enterprise cemetery. Arthur C. Haggerty was born … Read more

Hedrick, Gene W. – Obituary

Gene W. Hedrick, 55, of Cove, a former Haines resident, died Sept. 1, 2003, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Cove. There was a celebration of his life Friday at the Loveland Funeral Chapel in La Grande. Private inurnment will be at a later date. Mr. Hedrick was born Oct. 13, 1947, at Hillsboro. He was the son of George W. and Ann Ustic Hedrick. He attended school and graduated from high school in Seattle. He worked there for a time before he began attending college at the University of Washington at Seattle. After … Read more

Holmes, Henry – Obituary

In Forest Cove, Oregon, December 16th of softening of the brain Deceased was a resident of Union county and a worthy and esteemed citizen, who occupied a very high position in the minds of all who knew him. Mr. Holmes was a miller by profession, and had spent some time in the milling business in Union in the employ of George Wright and Sons, during which time he had gathered together large bands of young cattle in the Wallowa Valley, which he put into due immense herd numbering about four hundred head, and last spring took them to the Chicago … Read more

Brown, Wynona Eleen “Elaine” – Obituary

Cove, Oregon Wynona Eleen “Elaine” Brown, 75, of Cove died July 31 at her home. The funeral will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 8 at the LDS Church in Union. Viewing will begin at noon at the Church before the service. Burial will follow at the Cove Cemetery. Mrs. Brown was born Nov. 16, 1930, to Norma Eleen Poormon in Idaho Falls, Idaho. She graduated from Enterprise High School in 1948, and married Gerald A. Brown of Joseph. They had a ranch on Upper Prairie Creek and moved to Union County where he worked for the General Telephone Co. … Read more

Blakeslee, Charles Lewis – Obituary

Charles Lewis Blakeslee was born in Berlin, New York, in the year 1827. At the age of thirteen years he removed to the state of Michigan. In 1850 he was married to Caroline Dewey, and made his home in Battle Creek, Michigan. In 1863 Mr. Blakeslee moved to Union County, Oregon, with the pioneers of that year, and his family followed him in 1867. Mr. Blakeslee taught some of the first schools in the Grande Ronde Valley, in Summerville, Cove and Union, and in the old school house still stands in Union that was the scene of his early labors. … Read more

Carpenter, Raymond Francis – Obituary

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) Carpenter in Deerfield, Mo. He grew up in Nevada and Missouri and served in the U.S. Navy. On Aug. 5, 1958, he married Doris Cady in Weiser, Idaho. He owned and operated a diesel truck repair and radiator repair shop in Baker City for many … Read more

Haefer, Agnes (Simonis) – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon Agnes Haefer, 81, Cove, died Monday at Valley View Manor. Mrs. Haefer was born Feb. 20, 1897, in North Powder, the daughter of Mathias and Matilda (Harrison) Simonis. She was a member of the Cove Calvary Baptist Church and had resided in Cove for the past 60 years. Survivors include her son, Carson H. Haefer, Cove; brothers Ernest Simonis of North Powder, Laurence Simonis of Milwaukie, Ore.; sisters Eunice Smith of North Powder, Ellen Timpy of Union and Ethel Follett of Elgin; a grandson, Roger Haefer, Portland; and two great-grandchildren, other relatives and friends. Funeral services … Read more

Breshears, Jay – Obituary

Union, Union County, Oregon Jay Breshears’ Funeral Is Held Monday at Elgin Jay Breshears, brother of Sheriff Jesse Breshears and a well known Grande Ronde valley resident whose home was between Alicel and Lower Cove, died Saturday afternoon at the Grande Ronde hospital after a short illness. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the city hall at Elgin, with burial in the Elgin cemetery with Snodgrass and Zimmerman in charge of arrangements. Mr. Breshears was born at Cricket Flat 45 years ago, and was a prominent farmer of the valley for many years. He was an official of the … Read more

Willaims, Leanora – Obituary

Lenora “Nora” Ruth Williams, 93, of La Grande, died Saturday, Feb.19, 1994, at Mountain Vista Care Center. A service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the Cove Cemetery the Rev. Kenton Thielen of the La Grande First Baptist Church officiating. Mrs. Williams was born on May 20, 1900, to Grant and Lucy Robin (Hayes) Gardner in Center, Colo. She moved with her family to Burntfork, Wyo., and then to Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1910, and to Cove in 1912. On April 24, 1917, she married Edward W. Meroney. They divorced, in 1925. She married Raymond Williams on … Read more

Culver, Clifford “Bruce” – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon Clifford “Bruce” Culver, 55, of Cove died Feb. 16, 2006, at his home. A celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at the First Baptist Church in La Grande. Mr. Culver was born April 27, 1950, to Clifford and Jeannine Culver in La Grande. He graduated from Powder Valley High School and attended Eastern Oregon State College and Oregon State University. He worked on his grandfather Powell’s cattle ranch until 1987, and for Fleetwood Travel Trailers for 13 years as a materials handler. He spent two years in Elgin working at the … Read more

Obituary of Georganna Chadwick

Georganna Chadwick, of Cove, died Sunday, June 29, at Valley View Manor. She was 83. Mrs. Chadwick was born Dec. 1, 1896 at Cove, the daughter of George and Matilda (Conley) Miller, early pioneers in the Grande Ronde Valley. On Dec. 13, 1914 she was married to Lynn Chadwick at Cove. He preceded his wife in death on May 1, 1962. Mrs. Chadwick was a member of the Cove United Methodist Church and Mt. Fanny Grange. Survivors include her sons, George, of Union, and Virgil, of Tillamook, five grandchildren, Lundalin Kinsella, of LaCenter, Wash.; Tilda Jones, of Oregon City; Diana … Read more

Wright, Marinda Jane – Obituary

Marinda Wright, One of Oregon’s First-Born, Dies Mrs. Marinda Jane Wright, 97, of lower Cove, one of the oldest native born Oregonians in the state and a resident of Union county for 73 years, died Saturday in a LaGrande hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Wright was born in 1850 near Monroe, Ore., and moved to Union County when she was 24 years old in 1874. She was a member of the Christian Church. Surviving are four sons, George W. Wright of Troy, Ida., L. F. Wright of LaGrande, Willis Wright of Beaverton, Ore., and Willie Wright of lower Cove, … Read more

Gray, George Grant – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon George Gray Is Called Beyond Grim Death Angel Takes Another of County’s Respected Pioneers Death took another of Union county’s respected pioneers yesterday when George Grant Gray died at his residence in Lower Cove at 2:15 o’clock in the afternoon. Burial will be at the Summerville cemetery tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. The body will be at the residence from Monday evening until 1:30 p. m. Tuesday at which time it will be taken to Summerville where funeral services will be held. Mr. Gray was born in Granger County, Tennessee, April 10, 1840 er’s family, in 1853, … Read more