Haines Oregon

Hand, John A. – Obituary

Haines, Baker County, Oregon John A. Hand, 78, resident of Baker city, Oregon died Friday November 8, 1996 at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Graveside services for Mr. Hand were held Friday November 15, 1996 at 11:00 a.m. at the Haines Cemetery, Baker Veterans of Foreign Wars conducted Military honors. Mr. Hand was born in North Powder, OR., a son of James and Nina F. (Snider) Hand. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He returned to this area and worked as a sheepherder on various ranches in the Baker Valley. He married Lenorah Lakey in Winnamucca, NV … 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

Gebert, Laura Mrs. – Obituary

Haines, Oregon Laura Gebert, 82, of Haines died June 22, 2002, at her home. Her graveside funeral will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Lincoln Memorial Park in Portland. Laura Bell Bennett Gebert was born on Jan. 7, 1920, at Green Creek, Polk County, N.C. She was a daughter of Willard Bennett and Kitty Mae Higgins. At the age of 14, she left North Carolina with her husband, Charles Willis, and they traveled by Model T to Oregon, camping along the way. She lived at La Grande and Pondosa for a short period and then walked with a small baby, … Read more

Springer, Albert C. – Obituary

Haines Man Killed At Cove Ore Cove, Ore., Feb. 26, Albert C. Springer of Haines was electrocuted Saturday afternoon while repairing electric transmission wires three miles east of here. The dead man had been visiting at the home of John Rutter, electrician, and when Mr. Rutter was called to town Saturday afternoon Springer volunteered to repair the wires which had broken and fallen to the ground. Two hours after leaving Springer, Rutter and a friend, Mr. Evans of Baker, who was accompanying Mr. Rutter home to spend the night found Springer’s body in the road where it had fallen. The … Read more

Dahl, Henry – Obituary

Henry Dahl Was Retired Rancher Haines, Muddy Creek Area Resident Dies at 94 Funeral for Henry Dahl 94, 1255 Valley Ave., a longtime Baker and Baker County resident will be conducted at 2 pm Thursday, Feb. 20 at West and Co. Memorial Chapel. Rev. James Berentson of the First Lutheran Church in Baker will officiate. Interment will follow in the family plot at Haines Cemetery. Mr. Dahl was born November 28, 1874 at Hammar, Norway the son of Hans and Julianna Siberson Dahl. He immigrated to the United States in 1892 at the age of 18 yrs. and lived with … Read more

Dean, Dallas – Obituary

Union, Oregon Dallas Dean, 81, of Baker City died Aug. 26 at his home. A reception and celebration of life will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at his son’s home, 44431 Anthony Lakes Highway in Haines. Mr. Dean was born July 1, 1925, to Marvin and Edith Hodgkins Dean at Keating. The family lived near Pondosa, and he graduated in 1943 from Union High School. He served in the Army during World War II, and was disabled by frozen feet at the Battle of the Bulge. He received the EAMC and Combat Infantry citations, the Bronze Star … Read more

Bolling, Charlene Mae Hatch Mrs. – Obituary

Charlene Mae Bolling, 62, died on March 12, 2007, at Haines. There will be a memorial service and a celebration of her life at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Haines United Methodist Church. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception afterward in the Haines United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Charlene Mae was born on July 29, 1944, at Kearney, Neb., to Elmer and Arletta May Ruhs Hatch. The family moved to Grand Island, Neb., where she was raised and graduated from high school. On Nov. 10, 1979, Charlene married Larry Bolling at Grand Island, Neb. Charlene was … Read more

Long, Floyd Alonzo – Obituary

Floyd Long, Barber About 40 Years Funeral for Floyd Alonzo Long, 60, a long tome resident of Baker County will be conducted at 10 am Thursday May 18 at West and Co. Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Clarence Kopp of Cove will officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery with Masonic Lodge No. 47 AF and AM conducting graveside rites. Mr. Long was born June 4, 1906 at Haines the son of Archie and Lizzie Shock Long, a pioneer family of Baker County. He graduated from Haines High and operated a barber shop in Haines many years before moving to … Read more

Stevens, Jack Hausler – Obituary

Haines, Oregon Jack Hausler Stevens, 91, of Haines, died Aug. 27, 2006, at his home. At his request, there was no funeral. His family honored his request with a private celebration of his life. Jack was born on March 31, 1915, at Seattle, Wash., to Mathew and Mathilde Hausler Stevens. He lived a full 91 years. During his life he owned three businesses: a neon and plastic sign company at Renton, Wash.; a soft ice cream drive-in at Seattle; and Radium Hot Springs Park at Haines. In the early 1970s, Jack sold his business properties in Seattle and moved to … Read more

Toney, Elmer A. – Obituary

The funeral of Elmer A. Toney whose body was shipped to Baker Friday, was held at that place Sunday at 2 p.m. from the West undertaking parlors. Rev. O.F. Jones conducting the services. He was born January 15, 1870, at Mt. Vernon, Ill., and with his parents moved to eastern Oregon when he was 10 years of age, locating near Haines. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Toney, both deceased, and is survived by two sisters, Mrs. S.S. Stovall, of Walla Walla, and Mrs. J.H. Toney, of Haines; and by four brothers, John A., of Council, Idaho; … Read more

Burnside, Gilbert Balaam Obituary

Gilbert Balaam Burnside, 87, died Thursday,Jan. 2, 2003, at Centralia Providence Hospital, Centralia, Wash. Mr Burnside was born Aug. 11, 1916, in Haines, to James A. and Aplharette Shanklin Burnside. James had accompanied his parents John and Ann Elizabeth Naylor Burnside to Baker Valley over the Oregon Trail. His survivors are son, Donald and wife, Audrey of Chehallis, son Jack and wife, Georgia of Tacoma, and sister Myrtle Burnside Music Johnson of Tacoma; numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. A great grandson Allen Phillips of Baker City and many cousins in Baker Valley. No services were held by his … Read more

Ensminger, George – Obituary

George Ensminger Dies, March 5 George Ensminger 69, of Walla Walla, a former longtime Haines resident died Sunday at local hospital in Walla Walla. Graveside services for Mr. Ensminger were conducted at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 8 at the family plot in the Haines Cemetery. The Reverend Gerald C. Nelson of the United Methodist Church in Haines and Baker officiated. Mr. Ensminger was born Feb. 10, 1909 in Haines, the son of Frank and Ethel Payne Ensminger. He received his education in Haines and worked in heavy construction for a number of years. After his retirement he has been a … 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

Jackson, John – Obituary

John Jackson Dies At Age 83 Was Grandson of Early Settlers John Edward Jackson age 83 of 1745 Guild Road, Woodland, Wa., passed away at Bess Kaiser Hospital in Portland, Sept. 14. Graveside services were held Sept. 16 at the Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver, WA. Pastor L. E. Faasch officiating. Mr. Jackson was born July 7, 1895 in Haines, OR. to G.W. and Ida Long Jackson. He attended schools in Haines and Muddy Creek. As a young man, he farmed in Baker Valley. He moved from Haines to Woodland, WA, he owned and operated one of the most modern … Read more

Christensen, Thomas – Obituary

Haines, Baker County, Oregon Thomas Christensen accidentally electrocuted near Haines Yesterday. Failure to Lower The Derrick Boom Believed Responsible Thomas Christensen, aged 35 years and eldest son of John and Lizzie Ingram Christensen, was instantly killed at the home of Leo Relling, four miles northwest of Haines at about 9 o’clock yesterday morning, when the derrick, which he was moving from the farm to the main road, came in contact with the main power line, carrying 23,000 volts of electricity from the E.O.I. & P. company’s Rock Creek plant to North Powder. Exact details of the electrocution are lacking, but … Read more

Maxwell, Pansy Long Mrs. – Obituary

Pansy Maxwell, 86, a lifetime Haines resident died at St. Elizabeth Health Services Saturday, August 16, 1997. Arrangements was by Gray’s West & Co. Funeral was held on Wednesday, August 20, 1997 at 11:00 a.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel with Pastor Sally Wiems of United Methodist Church of Haines officiating. Pansy Ollivene Long Maxwell, was born in Haines, Oregon on September 9, 1910, the daughter of Arch and Lizzie Shock Long. She was raised and educated in Haines. She was a fourth generation Oregonian. Her Paternal grandfather, Alonzo Long was nine years old when his family came … Read more

Taylor, Thomas – Obituary

Baker County Pioneer Called Beyond Thomas Taylor, a resident of the Haines district for the past 45 years, died at his home there at 3 pm today after an extended illness. His condition became worse following a paralytic stroke March 19. Mr. Taylor was born February 3, 1846 in Wayne County, Illinois. He was 80 years old at his death. He came across the plains with his parents in 1852 and settled in the Willamette Valley. Later he came to Umatilla County and then to Haines, where he settled in 1881. In 1883 he was married to Delila Ann Phillips … Read more

Watson, Rodger Eugene – Obituary

Rodger Eugene Watson, 59, passed away Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005, at his home in Haines, where he has resided since 1993. Funeral services for Mr. Watson were held Wednesday, Jan. 12, at 2 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home. Pastor Loyd Phillips officiated. Vault interment followed at Mount Hope Cemetery. His visitation was Wednesday, Jan. 12, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Rodger was born Feb. 14, 1945, in Santa Paula, Calif. He was a son of Frank and Alpha (Watters) Watson. He received his education in California. He had a wide variety of interest where his … Read more

Long, Ida Hodges Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Ida Long died at St. Elizabeth hospital Tuesday. She was born March 11, 1873 in Marshall, Arkansas and she and her late husband, Charles Long, resided for many years in the Haines district. Mrs. Long was a member of the Baptist church and the Rebekah lodge of Haines. Surviving her are two daughters, Mrs. F.A. Bircket of Portland and Mrs. H. K. Perkins of Haines; three sister residing in Kansas and a granddaughter, Mrs. R. H. Lee of Walla Walla. Funeral services were held Thursday with burial in the Haines cemetery. Source: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, Jan. … Read more

Jensen, Josephine J. “Jo” Pritchett Mrs. – Obituary

Haines, Oregon Josephine J. “Jo” Jensen, 88, of Haines, died June 28, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Private visitations will be until 8 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck reception at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 2005 Valley Ave., after the service. She was born on March 2, 1916, at Denbigh, McHenry County, N.D., to Phillip Edward De Shaw and Jennie Janet Pritchett. She was the eldest of 5 children. She married … Read more