Hillsboro Oregon

Collins, Ruby Banister Payne Mrs. – Obituary

Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Ruby P. Collins, 90, formerly of Joseph and Athena, died Monday, October 19, 1987 at Hillsboro. She was born April 10, 1897, at Athena, the daughter of Bern and Mary Pinkerton Banister. She was a member of Athena High School’s first graduating class. In 1916, she married Ross Payne. The couple farmed in the Adams area and had ranching interests at Joseph. Payne died in 1949, but she continued their farming and ranching until her retirement. During World War II she worked as a mechanic at the Pendleton Air Base and also received awards as an … Read more

Rosales, Mary Lou Castillo Mrs. – Obituary

Mary Lou Castillo Rosales, 78, a former longtime Baker County resident, died Aug. 11, 2006, at Hillsboro. Her memorial service was today at the Evergreen Staples Funeral Home in Vancouver, Wash. Mary Lou was born in Anadarko, Okla., on Sept. 3, 1927, to Tomacita Urias and Francisco Castillo. She grew up in Anadarko where she went to school and spent her time with her cousins Mary, Della and Oscar. On Dec. 14, 1943, she married her beloved husband, Manuel G. Rosales, with whom she had six children. In 1954 they packed up their family and headed West, landing at Durkee. … Read more

Bruch, Georgeanna Marie – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Georgeanna Marie Bruch, 89, of Hillsboro and formerly of La Grande died Aug. 4. A memorial service was held today in Hillsboro. Burial at Fir Lawn Cemetery in Hillsboro will be private. Fir Lawn Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Bruch was born Nov. 19, 1916, to George E. and Marie Keller Lockwood in Riverside. She attended school in La Grande and graduated from St. Luke’s School of Nursing in Spokane in 1940. On Jan. 24, 1943, she married Robert H. Bruch. The lived in Yreka, Calif., and Hillsboro before moving to Woodburn, and more recently … Read more

Wilson, Martha J. – Obituary

Died at Hillsboro, March 21; mother of Mrs. Maude W. Boscow and Mrs. Mattie W. Imlay of Hillsboro. Services at Donnelson, Sewell Chapel in Hillsboro Wednesday, March 25 at 2 o’clock. Interment Riverview Cemetery. (this is the Martha on the death ceritficate) Funeral Notice – Wednesday, 25 March 1942 – The Oregonian

Homan, Steven Warren – Obituary

Elgin, Oregon Steven Warren Homan, 52, of Echo and formerly of Elgin, Enterprise and La Grande, died April 13 at his home in Echo. Services will begin at 2 p.m. April 26 at the Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Island City. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Steven was born June 26, 1955, to Arthur Warren and Janet (Moys) Homan in Enterprise. He was raised and educated in Enterprise. After high school, he was a police officer in Enterprise, Elgin, La Grande, Hillsboro and Boulder, Colo., county sheriff’s departments. He moved from La Grande to Blackfoot, Idaho, … Read more

Rundell, Nancy Jayne – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Nancy Rundell, 71, La Grande Native Nancy Jayne Rundell, 71, died June 16, 1994 in Hillsboro of cancer. Graveside services were held Monday afternoon in Island City Cemetery in La Grande. Interment in the cemetery followed. Mrs. Rundell was born Feb. 12, 1923 in La Grande, a daughter of Jay M. and Frances Hills Millering, a member of pioneer families of that area. She was raised in La Grande and graduated from La Grande High School. Her family moved to the Portland area and she attended Portland State University and Pacific University. On May 22, … Read more

Millering, Frances

Frances M. Millering, 93, Hillsboro, died Nov. 15, 1989, at Forest View Care Center in Forest Grove. Graveside services were to be held at 1:30 p.m. today (Monday) in Island City Cemetery near La Grande, with the Rev. Norman Shrumm of First Presbyterian Church of La Grande officiating. Interment in the cemetery was to follow. Mrs. Millering was born April 16, 1896, in Five Points, Ore., a daughter of John and Minnie Banks Hills. Her family members were pioneer residents of the La Grande area. On Dec. 9, 1917, she married Jay M. Millering in La Grande. He died in … Read more

Ward, William T. “Bill” – Obituary

William T. “Bill” Ward, 60, of Cornelius and a former Baker City resident, died Monday, April 14, 2003, at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland. Memorial services were held Thursday, April 17, 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Hillsboro. The staff of Fir Lawn Mortuary in Hillsboro were in charge of the cremation arrangements. Mr. Ward was born the youngest and only son of Guy M. and Lyla (Montgomery) Ward on Aug. 7, 1942, in Dayton, Wash. He grew up in Hood River where he graduated from high school and then attended college at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton … Read more

Wilson, Jarnes. H. – Obituary

Wilson, Jarnes. H., 84, at Hillsboro November 8, late of Forest Grove, husband of Rosie; father of Mrs. M.E. Stanard, Portland, Otto B. of Forest Grove, Mrs. Gladys Mager of Oakland, CA. Services Thursday 1: 30 P.M. Young’s Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Committal Forest. View Cemetery. (Microfilm for – Hillsboro Argus for this time period was missing from the Historical Society) Oregonian – Wednesday. 10 November 1943

Paton, Ellen S. Keller Mrs. – Obituary

Ellen S. Paton, 96, of Forest Grove, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 28, 2006, at the Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro. There will be a celebration of Ellen’s life at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Jennings-McCall II Assisted Living Center, 2221 Oak St. in Forest Grove. Pastor Robert Reichen will officiate. Lodge rites will be conducted by the Order of Eastern Star, Home Star Chapter No. 187 in Forest Grove. Private interment will be at the Forest View Cemetery in Forest Grove. Ellen Sarah Paton was born on May 8, 1910, in Elbe, Wash., to Robert H. … Read more

Fisher, Lloyd – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Lloyd Leland Fisher, 72, died Feb. 8, 1999, at his home in Hillsboro following a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 3, 1926, in Enterprise, he was one of five children born to James Edward and Vera Kyle (Draper) fisher. Lloyd was raised and schooled in Enterprise. He left school before the end of his senior year to join the Navy during WWII. Following his discharge, he returned to Enterprise and finished high school. He served in the Air Force reserve, only to be called once again to active duty during the Korean War. In 1956 he moved … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John S. Clark

JOHN S. CLARK. – Much interest attaches to this gentleman as the son of one of the earliest pioneers, and as being himself a native of Oregon. The father, Daniel Clark, was well known in the early days as an immigrant of 1844, who married Miss Bertha Herren, whose acquaintance he had formed upon the plains, and who lived near Hillsboro. After his return from the California gold mines, he located in 1851 the Clark Donation claim near Salem, upon which both he and his wife died. The son John S., whose name forms the caption of this article, was … Read more

Biography of George Wood Ebbert

GEORGE WOOD EBBERT. – A life of sixty years in and west of the Rocky Mountains, fifty of which have been passed in the Willamette valley, – this is the pioneer record of Mr. Ebbert. As such it is full of interest; and in its further character, as a career of exceptional activity and adventure, it is of thrilling fascination. Although now eighty years of age, somewhat bent and infirm, the fires of manhood still glow, and the mind is still active. He was born in Bracken county, Kentucky, in 1810. When a youth he was apprenticed at Louisville to … Read more

Silva, Larie Lola Patterson – Obituary

Summerville, Oregon Larie Lola Patterson Silva, 67, of Aloha and formerly of Summerville, died Aug. 9 at the Hillsboro Rehab and Specialty Care Center. A graveside service will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Summerville Cemetery. Tualatin Valley Funeral Alternatives of Forest Grove is in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Silva was born May 4, 1939, in Sisters to Willis and Lorraine Patterson. They moved to Imbler, where she grew up, attended school and graduated in 1957. She enjoyed sports and was very athletic. She attended college in La Grande, then moved with her parents to Portland, where she … Read more

Moyers, Don Ward – Obituary

Don Ward Moyers, 76, of Hillsboro, a former longtime Baker City resident, died March 16, 2007, at his home. His memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hillsboro Presbyterian Church. Don was born Aug. 2, 1930, at South Gate, Calif. He was the younger of two children born to Clifford and Margurrite Garneau Moyers. He was raised and educated in the greater Los Angeles area. Don enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1946 and was honorably discharged in 1947 as a private first class. Don had worked in the aerospace industry all of his life. He was … Read more

Champ, Elvira ‘Ella’ Ackley – Obituary

Mrs. Ella A. Champ, 73, resident here for 30 years, died Saturday night at a local hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Champ was born at Hillsboro, Oregon, and had resided for a time at Winlock before coming to Aberdeen. The family home is at 308 West Market Street. Surviving are her husband, Willis Champ, at the residence, two sons, Clifford Champ, Tacoma, and Jay C. Champ, Aberdeen; daughters, Mrs. Elmira Curtis, Aberdeen; Mrs. Mae Olsen, Aberdeen; Mrs. Retha Lonquest, Portland; Mrs. Florence Leland, Seattle; Mrs. Goldie McCoy, San Francisco, and Mrs. Geraldine Folkins, Spokane; sisters, Miss Jennie Ackley, Winlock, … Read more

Noble, Loretta Susan – Obituary

Cove, Oregon Loretta Susan Noble, 85, of Beaverton and formerly of Cove, died Aug. 2 in Hillsboro. The funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St. Burial will follow at the Cove Cemetery. Viewing will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6. Mrs. Noble was born April 11, 1921, near Cassville, Mo. to George and Lula Stansberry Craft. She attended one year of high school before she began working. During World War II she worked for Boeing in Wichita, Kan. On Sept. 25, 1943, she married Harold Clifton … Read more

Towell, Dick – Obituary

Dick Towell, 60, of McMinnville, a former longtime Halfway resident, died April 5, 2002, at his home after an ongoing battle with cancer for the past four years. His funeral was Saturday at the Church of Christ at McMinnville. There was a graveside service afterward and a potluck at the Towell home. Dick was born at home in the country by Scholls on Nov. 23, 1941, to Edith Alice and Euidas Scott Towell. He attended a two-room school in first grade and then moved to a newly built school for Grades 2-4. In fifth grade he went to a one-room … Read more

Wilson, Otto B. – Obituary

Funeral Services for Otto B. Wilson 75, of Forest Grove, native and nearly a life long resident of western Washington county, will be conducted Friday at the Fuiten-Friesen Mortuary Chapel, Forest Grove. Mr. Wilson died early Tuesday morning at a Hillsboro hospital following an extended illness. The Rev. Robert Alliston, associate pastor of the First Christian Church of Forest Grove, will officiate at the services with Dave Fuiten as soloist and Mrs. Robert Dobias, organist. Concluding rites and interment will be at the Forest Grove cemetery, Forest Grove. Otto Blaine Wilson was born near Roy, July 10, 1889, the son … Read more

Allen, Michael – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Michael Allen, 31 Services Today Michael James Allen, age 31, of Baker, passed away Monday evening, Feb. 28 at St. Elizabeth Hosp. as a result of a heart attack. Funeral services will be held today, Thursday, March 3, at 2 pm in the Langrell-Monroe Mortuary Chapel. Mr. Bill Bruns will officiate and the service will conclude in the Chapel. Private interment will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Michael was born July 12, 1951, in Hillsboro, to Alford and Dora Allen. They moved to Baker when Mike was very young and he attended Brooklyn Elementary School … Read more