Halfway Oregon

Schneider, Vera L. Blacker Mrs. – Obituary

Vera L. Schneider, 97, passed away at Glisan Health Care Center in Portland, Ore., on June 3, 2008. Vera was born and raised at Pine, Ore. (Pine Town), on April 6, 1911, to the late Walter and Anna McFadden Blacker. She graduated from the Halfway High School. In 1937 she married Gerald Schneider, they lived in Cornucopia, Ore., until the mines were closed. They moved to Portland where she spent the remainder of her life as a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, her loving husband Gerald, a brother Ernest and a niece Betty Jo. Vera is … Read more

Leep, Leonard R. – Obituary

Funeral services for Leonard R. Leep, 43, 2350 F. Street who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at St. Elizabeth Hospital last night, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday from West and Co. Chapel. Joe Jewett will officiate and burial will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Leep was born in Halfway on May 12, 1916. He moved with his parents to Baker about 14 years ago and had been employed as a truck driver. He served in World War II with the 3420th Ordnance Medium Auto Maintenance Co. in the European Theater and held membership in the American … Read more

Dixon, Grant DeGrey – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Grant DeGrey Dixon, 84, of Halfway died June 4, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Halfway. Vault interment will be at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception afterward at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. Grant was born on April 11, 1919, at Provo, Utah, to Arnold Dixon and Letitia May Banks. He attended high school at Provo. He attended college at UCLA, Brigham Young University and the University of Oregon. … Read more

Perkins, Fred Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Fred Perkins Passes Away Last Eve Mrs. Fred Perkins of Halfway died at 10 o’clock last evening at the Underwood hotel, after an illness of many years with paralysis. Mrs. Perkins was 53 years of age and was born in Canyon City, moving to Halfway many years ago, where her husband engaged in ranching. Mrs. Perkins had been in Baker one month for medical treatment and was stopping with here sister-in-law, Mrs. L.N. Perkins, proprietress of the Underwood. She is survived by a husband and one son Arthur. Funeral arrangements are pending the arrival of her sister, Mrs. Johnson … Read more

Irwin, Clifford – Obituary

Clifford Irwin, Native Halfway Funeral services for Clifford Irwin, 860, Halfway, were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, July 18, at the Assembly of God Church in Halfway, with The Rev. Alva E. Wunder officiating and interment in Pine Haven Cemetery, Halfway, under the direction of The Beatty Chapel. Mr. Irwin was born July 30, 1905, at Halfway, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Irwin and attended school in Halfway where he was graduated from the Halfway High School in the class of 1923. He spent most of his working life farming in Pine valley and was a veteran of … Read more

Leep, George Ellis – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon George Ellis Leep, 85, a longtime Baker City resident, died Nov. 21, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. His funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at at Coles Funeral Home. Jack Pittman will officiate. Mr. Leep was born on Aug. 17, 1919, at Halfway, Oregon. He was a son of Willis Robert and Janie Elizabeth Haines Leep. He graduated from Halfway High School. He went to work at the Cornucopia Mines and then worked for Boeing Aircraft from August 1941 until he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March of 1942. He was honorably discharged … Read more

Brooks, Olga LaRue Miller Mrs. – Obituary

Olga LaRue Brooks, 97, died May 21, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her graveside service was Friday at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Gordon Bond of the Richland Christian Church officiated. Friends joined the family afterward for a reception at the New Bridge Grange. Olga Larue was born Jan. 24, 1910, to George Walter and Ida Thompson Miller at Halfway. Her father was a forest ranger. He began his career working out of Wallowa County and later transferred to Baker County. He and his family lived at Halfway and he worked out of Pine Valley. Olga had two brothers, … Read more

Grace Faye Gwin – Obituary

Obituary of Grace Faye Gwin, named after her great-great-grandmother, Grace Ritter, and great-grandmother Marion Faye Fugit, who died at her home in Halfway, Oregon, on Feb. 19, 2006, at the age of 1 month, 17 days.

Conner, Verlin A. – Obituary

Verlin A. Conner, 77, of Tygh Valley, a Halfway native, died March 15, 2007, at his home surrounded by the things he loved. There will be a celebration of his life at 1 p.m. Friday at the Tygh Valley Community Center. Verlin was born at Halfway to Albert and Alberta Conner. He grew up in the Baker area and was a Union High School graduate. At Union High School he was known as “Pee Wee Conner” on the football field. He was small, but mighty. He worked for the Pondosa Lumber Mill for many years where he met and married … Read more

Dean, Barbara June – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Former Union County Treasurer Barbara June Dean, 84, died April 14 at her home in La Grande. There will be no services. Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration Center is in charge of arrangements. Barbara was born Dec. 7, 1923, to William Humphrey and June Alta (Evans) Morrison in Halfway. After graduating from high school in Baker she attended business college. On Oct. 10, 1942, she married Byrl Dean in Weiser, Idaho. In 1961 she began working at the Union County Courthouse and in 1976 she was elected Union County treasurer. She served four terms, a total … Read more

Robertson, Anna Dorothy Annie Stevens Mrs.

Halfway, Oregon Anna Dorothy “Annie” Robertson, 66, a longtime Halfway resident, died Dec. 10, 2004, at her home in Baker City. Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday at 11 a.m. at St. Therese Catholic Church in Halfway. Vault Interment will be at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Friends are invited to a reception at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall after the interment. Annie was born on Dec. 15, 1937, at Russian Mission, Alaska, to George and Mary Stevens. She was raised and educated in Alaska. Annie cut her education short at the age of 15, when she quit … Read more

McKim, Carol Andrea Steele Mrs. – Obituary

Carol Andrea McKim, 70, of Halfway died April 8, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center in Baker City. A family gathering in honor of Carol will be held in July. The date and time will be announced later. Carol was born April 5, 1939, in Halfway to George Theodore (Ted) Steele and Alma Effie (Hulse) Steele. She spent her childhood in the company of five brothers and six sisters. She attended Halfway High School until her junior year, when she married Oklahoma-native Martin McKim on July 25, 1956. Her life was spent as a dedicated and loving mother, grandmother, … Read more

Clark, Beth Porter Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Beth Porter Clark, 86, of Halfway died Feb. 14, 2002, at Halfway after a long illness. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Bill Shields will officiate. Vault interment will be at Angelus Memorial Park Cemetery in Anchorage, Alaska. Mrs. Clark was born on Dec. 11, 1915, at Burton, Idaho, to Milburn Wyatt Porter and Blanche Middleton Porter. She married Don H. Clark on July 3, 1935, at Jackson Hole, Wyo., and moved to Anchorage in 1950. Mrs. Clark worked as a seamstress for Alaska Cleaners and Northern Commercial … Read more

Marshall, Donald Leslie “Don” – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Donald Leslie “Don” Marshall, 78, of Halfway, died Sept. 30, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There was a celebration of his life today at the Pine Baptist Church in Halfway. Don was born on Sept. 10, 1926, at Drake, N.D., to Laurence Franklin Marshall and Melissa Louise McCarty. He was their only surviving child. Don’s father hopped a train from North Dakota to Oregon in September 1931. Don and his mom used the same hobo method of transportation to reach Oregon in October of 1931. They settled at Corbett. In the early 1940s, the family moved to … Read more

Clark, Leland

Union, Union County, Oregon Former Union Boy Falls Under Wagon Wheels and Is Killed Leland Clark, better known as Boots Clark, a former resident of Union, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Clark, age 26 years, was killed at Halfway Friday of last week, by falling from a load of hay and under the wheels of the wagon. His head was crushed and death was probably instantaneous. Clark was hauling a load of hay, and the team being somewhat fractious, became frightened at some boys passing on horseback. In attempting to stop the team, Clark lost one of the … Read more

Huff, Bethel Illean Goodwin Mrs. – Obituary

Bethel Illean Goodwin Huff, 80, died Sept. 24, 2007, at her home in Halfway. There will not be a formal service, but family and friends will gather for a dinner in the spring of 2008. Bethel was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Baker City to A. Niles “Shorty” Goodwin Sr. and Emma Marie Sanders Goodwin. Bethel married her high school sweetheart, Jimmy Huff, on Christmas Eve, 1947 in Baker City. They would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Christmas this year. Bethel was raised and attended grade school in Cornucopia and Jimtown, graduating from Pine Valley Union High School … Read more

Rice, Marie Bendixen Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Marie Rice, 98, a longtime Halfway resident, died Oct. 13, 2004, at the Cascade Care Center in Caldwell, Idaho. Her graveside service was Saturday at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Friends joined the family after the service for a reception at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Marie Caroline was born on Aug. 26, 1906, at West Jordan, Utah, to Caroline Webster and Ephriam Bendixen. Her early years were spent in Utah and Idaho. As a child her family moved to California and it was during that time that she watched the ashes from Mount Shasta … Read more

Warhol, Martha Ackerman Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Martha Ackerman Warhol, 102, died Feb. 13, 2002, at her home in Halfway. Her funeral will at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church in Halfway. Born in South Dakota in 1899, Martha was the oldest of nine children. She grew up in the small German community of Herried, S. D., where her father was a farmer, owned the local bank, and ran a general store. She didn’t learn to speak English until she was in the first grade. The whole family worked part time in the bank and in the store, and Martha … Read more

LaRue, Mary Belle Ratcliff Mrs. – Obituary

Halfway, Oregon Mary Belle LaRue, 69, a longtime resident of Halfway, died June 10, 2003, at her home. Her graveside service will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Pastor David Myhill of Pine Valley Christian Assembly will officiate. Vault interment will follow the ceremony. Mary was born Aug. 24, 1933, in Hopkinton, Iowa. She was a daughter of Manley L. and Florence M. (Davis) Ratcliff. The family moved to Halfway in December of 1935 when Mary was just a baby. She lived and received her schooling in Halfway, graduating from Halfway High School. Before graduation, … Read more

Makinson, Robert Duane “Bob” – Obituary

Robert Duane “Bob” Makinson, 68, of Halfway, died Nov. 30, 2005, at Syringa Chalet Nursing Facility in Blackfoot, Idaho, where he had lived for the past 13 years. There will be a memorial/burial service in the spring. Bob, the son of Ellis and Bessie Makinson, was born on Jan. 16, 1937. He grew up on the family farm and learned at an early age the ethic of hard work, which he carried throughout his life. Bob liked “living on the edge.” He got his first motorcycle at the age of 16, but shortly after was involved in a wreck. He … Read more