Lime Oregon

Mattes Helen Violet Fedler Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Helen Violet Mattes, 87, a longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 20, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at First Lutheran Church, 1734 Third St. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at the First Lutheran Church. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Mrs. Mattes was born Sept. 13, 1915, at Ritter to Fred and Cecil Fedler. She attended … Read more

Mrs. Vera Louise Storie Powell – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Vera Louise Storie Powell, 104, a longtime Baker County resident, died Aug. 15, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Her great-grandson, Pastor Wayne Hart of Calvary Baptist Church at Xenia, Ohio, will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception before the service at noon at Janis Hart’s home, 3320 Birch St. Mrs. Powell was born on March 28, 1897, at Durkee on the Horseshoe Ranch to Sidney and Iva Storie. She was the … Read more

Domby, Paul – Obituary

Paul Domby, 83, of Ontario, died March 6, 2005, at Holy Rosary Medical Center in Ontario. His graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Evergreen Cemetery in Ontario. Paul’s grandson, Maj. Brad S. Domby will officiate. There will be a public viewing from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lienkaemper Chapel in Ontario. Paul was born at home in Malheur on Feb. 1, 1922, to Stephen H. and Ella Kish Domby. He attended Ontario schools and married Joey Genevieve Larson on Jan. 1, 1943, at Weiser, Idaho. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1941 at … Read more

Langley, Mildred Esther Leisy Mrs. – Obituary

Huntington, Oregon Mildred Esther Leisy Langley, 91, of Union, a former Huntington resident, died Jan. 23, 2002, at her son’s home at Union. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. PST Wednesday at the Huntington Christian Center. Burial will be at the Lime Cemetery under the direction of the Thomason Funeral Home of Weiser, Idaho. Mildred was born on May 18, 1910, at Nola, Idaho, to Isaac Burr and Mary Jane Talley Leisy. She attended grade school at Sweet, Idaho, and was a graduate of Montour High School. She attended nursing school at Boise. Mildred married Harry Elton Langley on … Read more

Busby, Roy Elton – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Roy Elton Busby, 36, of Redmond, a former Baker County resident, died May 27, 2004, of natural causes at his home. His memorial service will be at 3 p.m. PDT Thursday at the Christian Center in Huntington. Mr. Busby was born in 1968 at Baker City. He spent time intermittently at Lime with his grandparents, Elton and Margaret Griffith, who survive him. They currently live at Ontario. He also is survived by Roy and Wanda Jones of Haines. Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, June 4, 2004 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Shanley, Doris E. Miller Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Doris E. Shanley, 85, a long-time Baker City resident, died June 6, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Roger Scovil of Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. A reception will follow at a family home. Visitations will be Friday from noon to 8 p.m. at Gray’s West. Doris was born June 15, 1917, to Hope E. and Eliza A. Miller at the family home near Callaway, Neb. She married John … Read more

Watterson, Fred L. – Obituary

Lime Soldier Buried Fred L. Watterson Fred L. Watterson, 22, Lime, was interred Monday with the Rev. Donald Nothdufft(?) officiating and military services at Mt. Hope cemetery. Cpl. Watterson was killed July 15, 1953, in action in Korea. He was an infantryman with the army. He attended schools at Huntington High school with the class of 1951. He was active in athletics, participating in basketball, baseball, and football during his high school years. He entered the service in October 1952 and had been overseas two months when he was killed. Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gale Watterson, Lime, … Read more

Jones, Pearl Rose Hayden Mrs. – Obituary

Pearl Rose Hayden Jones, 88, a lifetime Eastern Oregon resident and former contributor to the Baker City Herald, died April 23, 2006, at Idlewood Manor in Baker City. At her request there will be no funeral. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. There will be a memorial service in her honor, tentatively set for June 18 in Baker City. Details will be announced later. After cremation, her ashes will be scattered over the sage hills where she spent hours of recreation, the same hills that were the background to her life. Pearl was born on March 19, 1918, … Read more

Langley, Dwight Eugene – Obituary

Huntington, Oregon Dwight Eugene Langley, 64, of Huntington, died peacefully at home on April 26, 2002, after a 2 year battle with a brain tumor. The rosary will be said at 7 p.m. PDT Friday at St. Joachim’s Catholic Church at Huntington. The funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. PDT Saturday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Ontario. Private burial will be at the Lime Cemetery. There will be an open house at 3 p.m. at the family home at 280 W. Adams St. in Huntington. Friends and family are invited to come and share memories. Dwight was born … Read more

Simonis, Matthis D. – Obituary

Simonis, Richland Pioneer, Crosses Bar Matthias D. Simonis of Baker died suddenly Sunday, March 26, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Harland Bennehoff of Walla Walla, where he and Mrs. Simonis had gone to spend the winter. Mr. Simonis was born at Stevens Point, Wis., February 24, 1868, crossing the plains in a wagon train with his parents and sisters and brothers in 1874 to Eagle Valley, residing there many years. He married Miss Cora Kirby on May 20, 1890, making their home in New Bridge, engaging in fruit raising and farming until the fall … Read more

Holloway, Margaret Caldwell – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Margaret Caldwell Holloway, 91, of Amelia, Ohio, and formerly of La Grande, died June 6 in an Amelia care center. Date of services will be announced later. Daniels Chapel of the Valley is in charge of arrangements. Margaret was born on Nov. 9, 1916, in Fort Duchesne, Utah, to Mason and Ida Mae Caldwell. At age 8, she and her family moved to the Lime area. She attended school in Baker and La Grande, graduating from La Grande High School in 1935. She married Jess Holloway on March 31, 1942, in Weiser, Idaho. They were ranchers in … Read more

Schwartz, Harry – Obituary

Baker, Oregon Harry Worth Schwartz of Lime, died Tuesday in the St. Elizabeth hospital. Mr. Schwartz was born in Texas in 1906. He has been employed by the Oregon Portland Cement company for several years. The deceased is survived by his widow and two sons, Donald and Kenneth; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Schwartz of San Bernadino, Calif.; five sisters and four brothers. Used with permission from: The Record-Courier, February 3, 1938 Transcribed by: Gary Jaensch