Hot Lake Oregon

Biography of S. F. Newhard

S.F. NEWHARD. – At the southern end of the beautiful Grande Ronde valley, on the line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, and at the foot of a high, bald hill, is situated Hot Lake, – or White Sulphur Lake. This is a circular body of water of about two and a half acres, with an average depth of three feet, and is fed by two boiling springs, which appear near together at the southern edge where the water is deepest. These springs are in shape of a basin twenty feet across and ten feet deep; and the water … Read more

Frost, Grace – Obituary

Funeral services for Miss Grace Frost, Baker teacher, who died at Hot Lake Monday, were held at the West chapel in Baker Wednesday afternoon. The body was shipped to Portland for cremation. Oregon Trail Weekly North Powder News Saturday, March 31, 1928

Hartley, Eva May – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon Mrs. Eva Hartley Buried Thursday At Cove, Oregon Eva May Baker, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Baker, was born at Cove, Ore. June 5, 1905. She was united in marriage to Ray Hartley on Sept. 2, 1923. To this union were born two sons, Alfred George, aged 7 and Russel Clark, aged 5. Mrs. Hartley contracted pneumonia and was taken to Hot Lake where she passed away, March 22, 1932. She was a member of the Methodist church of Cove, also a teacher in the Sunday school. She was always a devoted wife and … Read more

Miller, Will Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. W. Miller Succumbs After Short Illness Mrs. Will Miller, prominent valley woman of the section between Island City and Cove, passed away about midnight last night at Hot Lake where she had been taken about two weeks ago to receive medical and probably surgical attention. It was found that an operation was necessary and this was performed Monday, but she did not rally from the ordeal. Mrs. Miller, who was 57 years of age, was the wife of William Miller, a member of one of the pioneer families of the Grande Ronde valley. They had lived on the ranch … Read more

Slater, Richard – Obituary

Hot Lake, Union County, Oregon Richard Slater, who has been hovering between life and death at Hot Lake for the past two weeks, died Monday afternoon last, and the funeral took place from the undertaking parlors Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. He was 49 years of age. Richard Slater was born March 10, 1870, in Ireland, and died at Hot Lake, Oregon, June 2, 1919, age 49 years, 2 months and 22 days. He came to Illinois when 5 years of age, and lived there one year, and then came to Kansas where he resided for 12 years, and from … Read more

Elledge, June – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Services Today For June Elledge Memorial services for Lillian June Elledge of Wallowa who passed away on Monday, June 11, 1973 at Hot Lake Resort and Retirement Home will be conducted this afternoon (Thursday) by the Bollman Funeral Home in Wallowa at 2 p.m. in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with Roy Bork, assisted by LaVern Fullmer, officiating. Internment will be in the Wallowa Cemetery. June was born June 6, 1922 at Wallowa, and was the daughter of Arba and Ada May Ellidge. She was a member of the Church of Jesus … Read more

Clark, William – Obituary

Of general debility at the residence of A.T. Ellis, near Hot Lake, Monday, May 28th, William Clark aged 70 years, 3 months and 28 days. Mr. Clark was an old and highly esteemed citizen of Grande Ronde valley having came here in 1862. In 1864 he and his partner Mr. Newhard took the claim on which the Hot Lake is located and proceeded to build the celebrated Hot Lake House which Mr. Clark has made his home ever since. Mr. Clark was born in Livingston County N.Y., January 31st, 1808 and came to California in 1850 from Illinois. A wide … Read more

Hite, R. L. – Obituary

Two Injured In Wreck Die At Hot Lake Sunday Both Mrs. Marjorie Wykoff, of La Grande, and R.L. Hite of Spokane, Wash., seriously hurt in an auto accident Friday of last week, died as a result of their injuries at the Hot Lake sanatorium Sunday. The woman passed away Sunday morning about 1:55 o’clock and the man died early Sunday evening. Skull fractures were said to have caused the death of both. The fatal accident occurred late Friday afternoon, just west of the Hot Lake viaduct when Hite’s large car failed to make a turn, ran into the bank and … Read more

Fortier, F. A. – Obituary

Standard Oil Man Dies Unexpectedly Death of Fortier Shock To Friends The death of F.A. Fortier at the Hot Lake hospital at 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon was a surprise and shock to his friends and acquaintances here, many of them not knowing that he had been compelled to return to a hospital. While planning a Christmas visit at Boardman, where Mrs. Fortier’s parents reside, he was taken ill, and had to postpone the trip, about the first of the year, he had recovered sufficiently and they went to Boardman. While there he was taken acutely ill and confined for a … Read more

Spain, John – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon John Spain Died Wednesday Night Well Known Buckaroo Sick Only Short Time John Spain, 47, and for the past 30 years a resident of North Powder and Union vicinities, passed this life at Hot Lake at midnight Wednesday of this week. Death was due to hemorrage of the stomach. Mr. Spain was seized with the attack which caused his death at about daylight Wednesday morning. He was rushed to the sanitarium at Hot Lake where he gradually grew worse until the end. John Spain was on of the best known men in Eastern Oregon, having … Read more

Geer, Judd – Obituary

Cove, Union County, Oregon Prominent Pioneer Resident of Cove, Passes at Hot Lake Yesterday; Funeral Sunday Judd Geer, a prominent resident of Cove for the greater portion of his life, passed on at four o’clock yesterday at Hot Lake at the termination of a long illness. His remains were forwarded to La Grande and funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the Snodgrass and Zimmerman funeral service parlors at one o’clock. Interment will take place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Mr. Geer, who was 55 years, 11 months and 6 days of age, is one of the … Read more

Minnick, Wallace W. – Obituary

Wallace W. Minnick, who has been ill at Hot Lake for some time, died Monday afternoon, and the body was shipped to Portland for cremation. North Powder News Saturday September 22, 1917

Huffman, M. Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Marshall Huffman of La Grande, formerly of Union, died at Hot Lake January 21, 1931, after a long illness. She had been a patient there for about two years. Deceased was a native of Cove and was aged 57 years, 7 months and 14 days. For a number of years the family lived on a ranch south of Union. She is survived by husband, son and brothers and sisters. Oregon Trail Weekly North Powder News Jan 30, 1931 Transcribed by Charlotte Carper

Hensley, (Child) – Obituary

The funeral of the 18 months old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hensley, who live near Union was held Tuesday from the Adventist church at Union. The child died at Hot Lake Sunday after a brief illness. Oregon Trail Weekly North Powder News Saturday, March 31, 1928

Gentry, Wanda L. Coffinberry Mrs. – Obituary

Wanda L. Gentry, 83, of Ontario, who with her husband established the Gentry Ford Sales dealership, died July 27, 2005, at her home in the Meadow Brook Retirement Center. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Ontario. Ontario’s Lienkaemper Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Wanda was born on March 18, 1922, at Portland to Walter B. and Verna D. Coffinberry. The family lived at Portland until 1926 when they relocated to Hot Lake and subsequently moved to Halfway in 1928. Wanda was a 1940 Halfway High School graduate. She moved to Portland … Read more

Kay, James Steven – Obituary

J. S. Kay Is Called To His Last Rest Succumbs After Long Illness Survived By Widow and Six Children J. S. Kay, well known and well liked resident of the county, died at Hot Lake Monday night, July 21, 1924, at 8:30 o’clock. Death followed a long period of illness. Mr. Kay suffered for some years with high blood pressure which gradually changed and became low blood pressure. Mr. Kay became steadily weaker this spring and Friday went to Hot Lake to take a few baths for his health. He was feeling well until Monday evening when he began to … Read more

Roming, James – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon James Romig Is Run Down And Killed By Auto James Romig, 28 year old engineer, lately of Baker, but a native of La Grande, was instantly killed at 11:30 o’clock Monday night when he and the car he had been driving were struck by an automobile driven by Claude H. Gretchell of La Grande, on the highway at Hot Lake. The young man’s neck was broken and his left leg ground almost completely off. When found he was lying nearly 15 feet from his car. A piece of fender lay beside him, and the victim’s … Read more

Wykoff, Marjorie Mrs. – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Union County, Oregon Two Injured In Wreck Die At Hot Lake Sunday Both Mrs. Marjorie Wykoff, of La Grande, and R.L. Hite of Spokane, Wash., seriously hurt in an auto accident Friday of last week, died as a result of their injuries at the Hot Lake sanatorium Sunday. The woman passed away Sunday morning about 1:55 o’clock and the man died early Sunday evening. Skull fractures were said to have caused the death of both. The fatal accident occurred late Friday afternoon, just west of the Hot Lake viaduct when Hite’s large car failed to … Read more

Hutchison, William F. – Obituary

Prominent Local Man Passes From This Life William F. Hutchison was born March 30th, 1885. He leaves a widow and five children, Willard, Leonard, Ottis, William and Arelia. A father Frank Hutchinson also survives and four brothers Gus, Fred, Charlie and Albert. Three sisters, Mrs. George Hicok, of North Powder, Mrs. R.E. Messler of Seattle and Mrs. Ernest Salzman of Arizona. William F. Hutchinson, prominent citizen and stockman of this community died at Hot Lake sanatorium at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, May 20th. While he had been ill for some time, his many friends were shocked when they heard of his … Read more

Steen, Eliza I. – Obituary

Wallowa County, Oregon Eliza I. Steen Dies At Hot Lake Eliza Izora Steen, who had lived in Wallowa County most of her life, passed away Sunday, April 7, 1974 at Hot lake following an illness of several months. She was the daughter of Henry and Angeline Zumwalt and was born Sept. 10, 1889 at Terrydale, near Madras. As a small child she came to Wallowa County with her family who homesteaded in the Zumwalt area. On Sept. 6, 1910 she was married at Imnaha to Thomas J. Williams who preceded her in death in 1960. In 1962 she was married … Read more