Richardson, James – Obituary

Died-At Malheur city, June 11, 1886, of membraneous croup, James Richardson, aged about 4 years. The little one alluded to is a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson, well known to many of our citizens. Malheur County Weiser Leader, Weiser, Idaho, June 12, 1886 Contrubuted by: Patty Theuer

Morris, Anna Marie Domby Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Anna Marie Morris, 98, of Baker City, died Dec. 31, 2003, at her home. Her funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Sister Kay Marie will officiate. The funeral will be followed by a graveside service at Mount Hope Cemetery. Anna was born March 7, 1905, at St. Paul, Minn., to Steve and Ella Domby, who were Hungarian immigrants. When Anna was a young girl she came to Malheur City with her parents and two sisters. The family settled on a homestead there. She attended grade school … Read more

McCoy, Floribel Eddy Mrs. – Obituary

Floribel Eddy McCoy, 80, of Irrigon, a former Baker County resident, died Nov. 22, 2004, at her home. Her memorial service was Nov. 29 at the Columbia View Community Church in Irrigon. Interment was at the Desert Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Irrigon. Floribel, one of 11 children, was born on March 29, 1924, to George and Lucy Eddy at Malheur City, which at that time was an active mining town, now a ghost town. She was raised on a homestead on Willow Creek between Malheur City and Ironside. She attended elementary school in a one-room schoolhouse at Grouse Creek. She … Read more

Boyer, Martha Grace Racey Mrs. – Obituary

Martha Grace Boyer, 80, a former Baker County resident, died Nov. 5, 2001, at Good Shepard Hospital at Hermiston. Her funeral was Nov. 9 at Driskill Memorial Chapel at John Day. Interment was at the Prairie City Cemetery. Mrs. Boyer was born on July 20, 1921, at Youngstown, Ohio, to Alexander and Catherine Bubelenyi Racey. As a youngster, she rode five miles to school on horseback and drove cattle on foot. She attended grade school at Malheur City and completed high school in three years at Hereford. She married Paul Boyer on Sept. 9, 1939, at Hereford. She was a … Read more

Prindle, Joan Oribel Eddy Mrs. – Obituary

Joan Oribel Prindle, 70, of Umatilla, died March 6, 2002, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. Her memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Hermiston Assembly of God Church. Disposition was by cremation. Joan was born on March 13, 1931, at Malheur City to George and Lucy Woodcock Eddy. She had been a Umatilla resident since 1961. She married Harold Prindle on Aug. 27, 1949, at Heppner. She owned and operated Joan’s Beauty Salon in Umatilla from 1970 until she retired in 2000. She was baptized at the First Christian Church in Vale. She loved gardening … Read more