Homestead Oregon

Copperfield-Homestead Cemetery, Homestead, Oregon

There is a cemetery located near Homestead on State Highway No. 86 about half way between Copperfield and Homestead on the Snake River. It is near the road in plain sight. We have been unable to learn the official name of the cemetery so will call it the Copperfield-Homestead Cemetery. The cemetery was established shortly after the Iron Dyke mine was started around 1900. The grounds are neglected, we learn of no custodian for this cemetery. graves are sunken, there are wooden headboards only in this plot. There are about 40 graves here, among the earliest burials being: Blankenship, Mary … Read more

Norris, Mena Tabor Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Mena Norris, 99, died April 25, 2004, at Settlers’ Park Assisted Living. Her graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Robin Harris of the Cornerstone Baptist Church will officiate. Mena Norris was born on Dec. 18, 1904, at Granite. She was the daughter of Grant County pioneers, J.W. “Walkie” and Margaret McNulty Tabor. She attended school at the Columbia Mine and Sumpter. In July 1923, she married Earl Hackett at the Methodist parsonage in Baker City. Earl followed mining and their first home was at Homestead. After several years of working … Read more

Raynor, Alfred D. – Obituary

Alfred D. Raynor, 54, died July 5, 1995 at his home in Homestead. There will be a family memorial service at a home in Nampa, Idaho, on July 28. Mr. Raynor was born May 14, 1941, in Wilmore, Kansas, to Clifford and Edith Raynor. He was raised and educated at Nampa, Idaho. He served his country in the U. S. Navy from 1959 to 1963. He married Sharon Kathleen Wiggins on September 4, 1962, at Fresno, California. They came to Baker City from Nampa, Idaho, in 1986. Mr. Raynor had worked as an inspector for the Union Pacific Railroad. He … Read more

Hankins, Eva May Mills Mrs. – Obituary

Funeral services for Eva May Hankins, 50, of 503 Stanford Ave., Richland, Washington, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday February 26, at the Christian Church in Richland, Oregon. The Rev. Chester A. Stewart will officiate and vault interment will follow in the family plot at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. The arrangements are under the direction of Grays West and Co. Pioneer Chapel. Mrs. Hankins died Friday at a hospital in Boise, Idaho, after an extended illness. She was born February 5, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. She attended schools at Homestead, Eagles Valley High School and graduated from … Read more

Trimble-Blank, Bonnie Mrs. – Obituary

Union, Union County, Oregon Bonnie Jean Trimble-Blank, 73, of Weston and formerly of Union, has left this life to start on her next adventure. She passed away March 5, 2006, at St. Mary Medical Center. There will be no services at her request. Arrangements have been entrusted to Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt Cremations & Funeral Services, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, Wash., 99362. Bonnie was born Feb. 6, 1933, at Baker City, Ore. She attended grade school at Homestead, Cornucopia and Richland, Ore., along with various other schools. She graduated from Columbia High in Richland, Wash. This is where she … Read more

Ingram, Madge – Obituary

Madge Ingram was killed and Jack Benson badly injured by a cave-in Wednesday while working in a tunnel about twelve miles from Homestead. North Powder News Saturday August 30, 1919

Culligan, Charles – Obituary

North Powder News Saturday, June 19, 1926 Charles Culligan 60, was found dead at Homestead, Friday of last week. Death was attributed to heart trouble. Deceased had worked for several years for the Union Companion mining company in the Cornucopia district. Oregon Trail Weekly North Powder News Saturday, March 31, 1928

Holbrook, George – Obituary

Tom Adams, well-known in this county, shot and killed George Holbrook at Homestead on Wednesday of last week. Adams was living with Holbrook’s wife in a tent on a mining claim in the eastern part of the county and went to Homestead with the woman after two children who were in the possession of the father. A fight followed and Adams killed Holbrook. Adams and Mrs. Holbrook are now in jail at Baker. District Attorney Fairchild and Sheriff Rinehart went over to the Imnaha and brought back five children they found in the tent. A part of the children are … Read more