Hermiston OR

Eugene John ‘Gene’ McKay, 80, of Hermiston, a former Baker County resident, died Nov. 16, 2000, at his home. His graveside funeral was today at the Hermiston Cemetery. Mr. McKay had lived at Hermiston since 1947. He grew up in Sumpter and graduated from high school in Baker City. He married Bonnie Stuart at Boise on Nov. 15, 1941. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a staff sergeant for three years in the European Theater. After the war, he moved to Hermiston and worked for McReynolds Garage as a mechanic and later at … Read more

Virginia M. Conner, 75, a former Baker City resident, died April 20, 2002, at Portland. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Mr. Ernie Collard of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will conduct the service. Interment will be at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Mrs. Conner was born on May 27, 1926, at Baker City. She was the daughter of Ernest A. and Phoebe Calder Burby. She was raised in Baker City. She married Clifford Conner on St. Patrick’s Day in 1946. They moved to Hermiston in 1950, … Read more