Fortuna California

Buttram, Jacob Amos

Durkee, Baker County, Oregon Jacob Amos Buttram, 62, died Oct. 24, 2005, at his home in Durkee. His memorial service will be at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28, at the Huntington Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. Bill Burly of the Huntington Christian Center will officiate. There will be a reception by the Huntington Sorority afterward at the VFW Hall. Amos was born on April 8, 1943, at Madera, Calif., to Ira and Gladys Buttram. He served in the U.S. Army from Nov. 1, 1967, to Oct. 8, 1969. He spent 13 months in Vietnam where he received a Bronze star. … Read more

Henry, Beaulah E. Mrs. – Obituary

Beaulah E. Henry, 92, of Baker City, died Oct. 14, 2005, at her home. At her request, there will be no local funeral service. Family graveside services and burial will be in Rohnerville, Calif. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Beaulah was born Feb. 16, 1913, in DeQueen, Ark. She married Robert W. Henry on March 22, 1931, in Mineral, Ark. They lived in many locations, moving from place to place with Mr. Henry’s work. In 1980 they moved from Fortuna, Calif., to Baker City, where they enjoyed their retirement years. Beaulah loved to fish and oftentimes out-fished … Read more

Lindsay, Elizabeth “Betty” Burlingame Mrs. – Obituary

Elizabeth “Betty” Lindsay, 74, died at her daughter Tracey’s home in Gillette, Wyo., on Feb. 19, 2005. There will be a private family service later this summer at Oxbow. She was born on Nov. 23, 1931, as Elizabeth Burlingame at McCann, Calif., to Bruce and Laurel Burlingame. Betty had two older sisters, Pat and Jean, and a younger brother, Bob. She lived at McCann until the age of 13. She then moved in with her grandparents, Glenn and Addie Perkins of Fortuna, Calif., to attend high school, because there wasn’t one in McCann. Betty was a 1949 graduate of Fortuna … Read more