Haines Oregon

Long, John R. – Obituary

Haines Resident, 62 years, Passes John R. Long, resident of Haines for 62 years, passed away Tuesday at his home in Baker where he has lived for six years. Mr. Long was born near Haines February 20, 1876, the son of Alonzo and Julia Long. On February 12, 1895, Mr. Long was married to Daisy Ellen Toney at Baker. He was a member of Baker Elks lodge No. 338. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Daisy Long; three daughters, Mrs. Elsa O. Vandecar of Durkee, Mrs. Velma A. Cloud of Baker and Mrs. Eva Woodell of Haines, three brothers, William O. … Read more

Dinnick, Wilber “Bill” – Obituary

Wilbur Dinnick Was Carpenter Here Wilbur “Bill” K. Dinnick, 75, of 2300 A St., Baker, passed away Saturday July 25, 1987 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Dinnick will be conducted Thursday July 30, 1987 at 10:00 a.m. in Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. The Rev. Ron Kratzer of the Nazarene church will officiate. The Baker Masonic Lodge No. 47 AF & AM will participate. Vault interment will follow in the Haines cemetery. Mr. Dinnick was born August 25, 1911 at Pine Town, Oregon to Stanley Rhys and Clara Betzel Dinnick. He married Mabel Long in Weiser, … Read more

Axness, Vivian Pauline Benedict Mrs. – Obituary

Haines, Baker County, Oregon Vivian Pauline Axness, 81, of Haines, died March 3, 2006, at her home. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Haines Methodist Church. Sally Wiens will officiate. Interment be at the Haines Cemetery. Visitations will be from noon to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Vivian was born to Francis Benedict and Lena Johnson Benedict on May 26, 1924, at Taylor, Wis. She grew up on her parents’ farm in rural Taylor as the fourth of seven children. Her siblings were Levine, Basil, Freeman, Vivian, Marion, Ellsworth, and Vilas. … 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

Newell, Brennon ‘Buck’ – Obituary

Brennon K. “Buck” Newell, 78, died March 21, 2008. Internment will be at a later date. He was born Nov. 22, 1929, in Montour, Idaho, to Mae and Ben Newell. He and his siblings worked their father’s ranches until 1944. At age 15, Brennon ran away from home and joined the army. One year later they found out how old he was and sent him home where he stayed until he was 17, when he left again to join the navy. He met Rosellen “Teri” Pritchard in Seattle in 1949. They married in 1950 and separated in 1954. Buck then … Read more

Fisk, Roy A. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Roy A. Fisk Passes After Heart Attack Roy A. Fisk passed away at the hospital Monday, Jan. 29, 1940. For several years he had realized that his heart was not strong and he had been careful not to over exert himself and he felt he was improving. However, he suffered a sever attack Sunday, after doing his morning chores on the old Jacob Bauer farm south of town, and he was taken to the hospital. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at two o’clock in the Christian Church. Mr. Fisk was born at Chippewa Falls, … Read more

Webb, Lee Stanley – Obituary

Killed in Collision Blinding Dust is Cause of Crash near Ontario Lee Stanley Webb, 19 year-old Baker youth, was killed Thursday afternoon in a construction accident 10 miles north of Ontario. Webb, son of Mrs. Billie Webb and stepson of Herman Webb, was a prominent athlete at Baker High School, participating both in football and basketball. He graduated with the Baker High class of 1954. State police accounts of the Thursday accident, which happened at 4:40 p.m., said that Webb was driving a water truck for the Rogers Construction Company, which was engaged in new highway construction north of Ontario. … Read more

Herbert, Ila – Obituary

Haines, Baker County, Oregon Ila Herbert, School Girl, Dies At Hot Lake Hospital Ila, the twelve year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Herbert, who reside on a farm east of Haines, died at 6 o’clock Wednesday evening at the Hot Lake hospital. She had been a patient at the hospital for the past month. The death of the young girl saddened the pupils of the local school, where she had been a student in the fifth grade. Pupils of this and the sixth grade, together with Mrs. Martha Zimmerman, teacher, will attend the funeral to be held at … Read more

Stephens, Donald Ray “Don” – Obituary

Haines, Oregon Donald Ray “Don” Stephens, 72, of Haines, died Aug. 6, 2006, at his home. His graveside funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Rock Creek Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Don was born on April 10, 1934, at Twickenham to Rose and Ralph Stephens. At the age of 7, he moved with his family to Haines. He attended Rock Creek and Muddy Creek schools and graduated at North Powder School. He loved playing football in school. After graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army … Read more

Fisher, Helen Lucille Gilkison Mrs. – Obituary

Helen Lucille Gilkison Fisher, 96, a longtime Haines resident, died Aug. 3, 2005, at her home. Her funeral was Saturday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Pastor Sally Wiens of the Haines Methodist Church officiated. Vault interment was at the Haines Cemetery. She was born on May 18, 1909, at Baker City to Wilber and Maggie Holt Gilkison. She spent her early years near Unity, moving to Lone Pine just west of Baker City in 1924. (Transportation to school in those days was by horseback.) She was a graduate of Muddy Creek High School. She attended normal school at … Read more

Stiltz, W. A. – Obituary

Body Of W.A. Stiltz Is Found In Fruit Car Mr. Steve Stiltz of Rock Creek, left Saturday evening for Spokane, having been called there by the mysterious death of his brother, W.A. Stiltz, whose body was found Friday in a fruit car at Hillyard by and employe of the Western Fruit Express company. It was thought from the condition in which the body was found, to have been murdered. A coroner’s jury, however, decided that death was not due to violence. The body was brought back by the brother and burial was in Baker. Deceased was unmarried and had spent … Read more

Dix, Margaret Elizabeth McDougall Mrs. – Obituary

Margaret Elizabeth Dix, 81, died Tuesday May 5, 2009, at Sun Terrace Assisted Care Facility in Hermiston. Mrs. Dix was born Aug. 6, 1927, in Portland, Ore., to Neil and Lydia McDougall. Margaret was an only child. She grew up in Portland, Ore. and married childhood friend Vance Dix on June 30, 1947. Vance and Margaret were blessed with 62 years of marriage until Vance’s death in July 2008; They lived in Nehelem, Ore. before moving to Haines, Ore. in 1957. They bought the Haines Telephone Company, owning and operating their business for 23 years. Margaret raised 6 children while … Read more

Taylor, Howard – Obituary

Howard Taylor, 76, died Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2003, at his residence in Baker City. Howard was a long time resident of Haines. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5, at Mount Hope Cemetery, Baker City. Pastor Jon Privett of the First Church of the Nazarene will be officiating. Military Auspices by Baker City AMVETS post # 1874. Visitation will be held today, Thursday, Dec. 4, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City. Following services a potluck reception will be held at the family … Read more

Hearing, E. W. – Obituary

E. W. Hearing Was Native of County Death Comes to Haines Man Monday Evening E. W. Hearing, a lifelong resident of the Haines section, passed away early Monday morning at a La Grande Hospital following an operation. Mr. Hearing, who had been ill since November, had seemed considerably improved in health the past month and had been going from his home to town and back almost daily. He suffered a relapse Thursday and became rapidly worse. He was taken back to the hospital in La Grande Friday where he had undergone a mastoid operation just a few weeks ago. All … Read more

Roth, Rhoda J. Coles Mattes Mrs. – Obituary

Rhoda J. Roth, 83, of Pendleton, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Aug. 23, 2002, at Willowbrook Terrace in Pendleton. Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Dennis Hickman of the First Lutheran Church will officiate. Visitations will be from noon until 5 p.m. today and from 8:30 a.m. until noon Tuesday at the Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Rhoda Jane Coles Mattes Roth was born March 1, 1919, at Twin Falls, Idaho. She was a daughter of Joseph Joel Coles and Nettie May Locken Coles Carlson. She moved with her … Read more

Mitts, Harold Wayne – Obituary

Haines, Oregon Harold Wayne Mitts, 65, of Haines died May 25, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There will be no funeral. Wayne was born Jan. 15, 1942, in St. Louis. He was the oldest of eight children born to Oliver Leeroy and Fairy Bluebelle Keys Mitts. In 1944, the family moved to the Tri-Cities area of Washington. Wayne’s parents moved the family to Gearhart in 1960 where he attended the Oregon Fairview School for the Disabled. Wayne attended school at Fairview until 1978, when he moved with his brother, Jerry, to Baker City. In 1979, they moved to Haines, … Read more

Chambers, Cyrus Newton – Obituary

C.N. Chambers, Pioneer Resident, Dead Cyrus Newton Chambers, a pioneer resident of Rock Creek district near Haines, died early Monday evening from heart attacks from which he had suffered for the past several months. Mr. Chambers has been a prominent citizen in his community for many years. He was a former member of the Rock Creek school board and a member of the Baptist church. He had many friends throughout the state. The deceased is survived by his widow and a son, William, both of the Haines community. Funeral services were held from the Haines Methodist church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. … Read more

Titus, Gertrude – Obituary

Union, Oregon Gertrude Titus, 97, of Union, died Oct. 24 at a local care center. Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center is in charge of arrangements. La Grande Observer – October 26, 2009 ________________________ Local Funerals and Visitations Oct. 29 – Gertrude Titus, celebration of life, 10 a.m., Union United Methodist Church; La Grande Observer – October 28, 2009, Union Cemetery _____________________________ Gertrude Helen Titus, 97, of Union, died Oct. 24 at a local care center. A celebration of life will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Union Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery. Daniels-Knopp … Read more

Crawford, June M. – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon June M. Gerry Crawford, 86, of La Grande, died June 11 at her home. A celebration of life service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation and Life Celebration Center. A full obituary will be available later. La Grande Observer – June 12, 2008 ________________________________________ June M. Gerry-Crawford, 86, of La Grande, died peacefully June 11 at her home after a long illness. A celebration of life service will begin at 11 a.m. Monday at Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation and Life Celebration Center with Doug Edmonds, minister of the La Grande Church of Christ, officiating. … Read more

Huff, T. C. – Obituary

Haines Druggist Dies Suddenly T.C. Huff, Former Bakerite, Born In Iowa T. C. Huff, Haines druggist and former Baker resident, died Wednesday night while clerking in the Huff drug store. He had been in poor health for sometime, but his death came unexpectedly. Mr. Huff was born January 3, 1870 near the town of Missouri Valley, Iowa. He was married to Laura Hoar in Valisca, Iowa December 24, 1895. Mrs. Huff died in Haines May 3, 1936. Mr. Huff engaged in farming in Baker valley when he first came to Baker in 1907. He was employed in the Rexall drug … Read more