North Powder Oregon

Clark, Emma (Bedwell) Mrs. – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon Died Suddenly At Nyssa Thursday F. A. Bidwell received word Thursday morning of the death of his sister, Mrs. Emma Clark, which occurred early that morning. Mrs. Clark who was staying at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Miller at Nyssa, Idaho, had risen early and ate her breakfast and seemed in the best of health. She had stepped outside the house when she fell, and died almost instantly, giving only several gasps after aid reached her. Three brothers survive, Frank A. Bidwell and Homer C. Bidwell of North Powder, and Chet Bidwell of … Read more

May, Leonard E. – Obituary

E. F. May of this city received the sad news this week that his grandson, Leonard E. May, son of A.B. May of Gaston, had died Monday, Dec. 17, of appendicitis. The young man was 17 years of age, having been born in North Powder in 1911. Oregon Trail Weekly North Powder News Saturday, December 22, 1928

Wariner, Stephen

North Powder, Oregon Stephen Wariner, 49, of Sisters and of North Powder, died in a traffic accident in Pyles Canyon outside of Union Sept. 29. Celebration of life services will begin at 2 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Chapel in the Pines at Camp Sherman. Stephen was born Aug. 9, 1958, to Lee Roy and Norma Wariner in Fairbanks, Alaska. He graduated from Diamond High in Anchorage and joined the Ironworkers Local and worked as a journeyman in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. He crabbed and fished commercially in the Bering Sea. Later he started his own business building homes. He … Read more

West, John F. – Obituary

John F. West Died Sunday At La Grande John F. West, well known resident of this city, died at the La Grande hospital last Sunday morning, Dec. 2. He had suffered for some time with sarcoma, and had but recently been taken back to the hospital. The deceased was born Nov. 5, 1857, in Cleveland, Ohio. His parents emigrated to Kansas when he was a child and he was left an orphan at 7 years of age, together with several brothers and sisters. At the age of 10 years, he traveled to Colorado and made his own way from that … Read more

Flower, Anna Mae Whiting Mrs. – Obituary

North Powder, Oregon Anna Mae Whiting Flower, 86, of La Grande, who taught school for many years in Eastern Oregon, died Jan. 18, 2004, at La Grande. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Island City Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was born on April 11, 1917, at Mount Glenn to Edward Daniel and Mary Emelia “Mille” Olsen Whiting. She married Jake Cecil Flower on Jan. 17, 1944, at Los Angeles. They were later divorced. The couple had three children, Kay, Lee and Keith. Anna attended schools at Mount Glenn and La Grande. She … Read more

Collard, Jacquelyn Mayce – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Jacquelyn Mayce Collard, 16, of Baker City, died Feb. 4, 2007, near North Powder. Recitation of the rosary and vigil services were held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. A memorial mass will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. Father Julian Cassar will officiate. Family and friends are invited to gather in the parish hall for a reception immediately following the service. Friends and classmates of Mayce are invited to attend a celebration of her life in the Baker High School Commons, 2500 E St., at 5 … Read more

Campbell, Wilbert Forbes – Obituary

Wilbert Forbes Campbell, a Northwest Portland resident and a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel, died on Feb. 24, 2004, of natural causes due to age. He was 94 years old. Interment was private, a Celebration of Life will be held at Christ United Methodist Church, April 24, at 1 p.m., 12755 NW Dogwood Street, Portland, Ore. Colonel Campbell, a native of Portland, was born on November 16, 1909, and was a descendent of early Oregon pioneers Hector and Olive Soule Campbell, who settled on a donation land claim near Milwaukie in 1849. He graduated from Benson High School in 1927, … Read more

O’Neal, Edward – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon Edward O’Neal Dies Following Operation Edward O’Neal, for the past six years a resident of the North Powder community, died of a complication of diseases in a Baker hospital Friday of last week. For the past two years Mr. O’Neal with his family had resided on a ranch in the Wolf Creek district. About two months ago his health became such that he entered a Baker hospital for treatment. He did not improve and Friday of last week submitted to a major operation, dying a few hours afterward. The body was taken to La Grande, … Read more

Hadden, Lillian L. Dahlstom Mrs. – Obituary

North Powder, Oregon Lillian L. Hadden, 95, of La Grande, a former North Powder resident, died Sept. 22, 2001, at an adult care center. Her graveside funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Island City Cemetery. Pastor Sally Wiens will officiate. Visitations will be Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St. Mrs. Hadden was born on Dec. 25, 1905, at North Powder to Andrew and Breta Christina Person Dahlstrom. She was a North Powder High School graduate. She married Jay Hadden at North Powder on May 5, 1927. … Read more

Frericks, Lena Lorene Shaw Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Lena Lorene Frericks, 78, a longtime Baker City resident, died Nov. 9, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Recitation of the rosary will be Friday at 7 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated Saturday, Nov. 16, at 10 a.m. at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. The Rev. Rob Irwin of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. A reception will follow at the church. Visitations will be Friday from noon to 5 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey … Read more

Norris, Verna Hand Mrs. – Obituary

Verna Jean Norris, age 69, of Baker City, passed away Friday, March 22nd at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Norris will be held on Wednesday, March 27th at 2:00 p.m. in the Monroe Mortuary Chapel. Mr. Blaine Kenney of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church will officiate and interment will follow in the North Powder Cemetery. Verna Norris was born June 14, 1921 to James and Nina Hand in Wolf Creek, Union County, Oregon. She was raised in the North Powder area. She married Benjamin Norris who has preceded her in death. Verna cared for her sisters children and home … Read more

Wariner, Stephen – Obituary

Stephen Wariner, 49, of Sisters, who was living temporarily at North Powder while working on the wind farm at Telocaset, died in a traffic accident in Pyles Canyon near Union on Sept. 29, 2007. There will be a celebration of life service at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Chapel In the Pines at Camp Sherman. Stephen was born Aug. 9, 1958, at Fairbanks, Alaska, to Lee Roy and Norma Wariner. He graduated from Diamond High at Anchorage and joined the Ironworkers Local and worked as a journeyman through the states of Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. He then crabbed … Read more

Davis, Minnie – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at The North Powder Community Church for Minnie Hester Davis, 91, longtime North Powder resident. She died early Monday morning at St. Elizabeth Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Davis, a native of Tioga, Ill., was the daughter of Gus and Lucy Ensminger Roth. She married John William Davis in Baker on Sept. 2, 1903. They purchased land in the North Powder Valley to farm and built their home. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Lula Cantrell of Portland; three sisters, Mrs. Jessie Hannahs of … Read more

Pfel, Lulumae Wiglesworth Mrs. – Obituary

North Powder, Oregon Lulumae Pfel, 85, of North Powder, died Sept. 24, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her graveside funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the North Powder Cemetery. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Lulumae was born on April 29, 1921, to Frank and Lola VanOrder Wiglesworth. She was raised at Ramo Flat, graduating from Union High School. She married Louis W. Pfel on Aug. 26, 1938, at La Grande. She moved to North Powder in 1946, where she lived until 2005 … Read more

Lun, Andrew O. – Obituary

North Powder, Union County, Oregon One-Time Resident, Andrew O. Lun, Dies One-Time Prominent North Powder Man Leaves Many Friends – Burial in Portland, Saturday Andrew O. Lun, for many years prominent in business circles in this place, but more recently of Portland, passed away in the latter place Thursday, September 13, friends of the former resident were grieved to learn early this week. He had been in the Odd Fellows home for some years. Funeral services were conducted the Saturday following in the Rose City with burial in the Rosette cemetery there. North Powder people will remember Mr. Lun as … Read more

Blackburn, Mary Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Mary Blackburn, aged fifty-five years, died last Monday night at a Baker hospital, following an operation for gallstones. Mrs. Blackman (sic) was the wife of Perry Blackburn, a well known rancher and stockman of Lower Powder. Besides the husband, two sons and a daughter, Mrs. Walter Gover of Eagle Valley, are left to mourn the loss of a kind wife and mother. North Powder News Saturday, June 19, 1920

Hobbs, Floyd J. – Obituary

April 11, 1914-Aug. 18, 2004 Hermiston Floyd J. Hobbs, a resident of Hermiston died on Sunday August 18 at the age of 90. He was born on April 11, 1914 in North Powder, Ore., to parents Frank and Georgia Knowlton Hobbs. Floyd was one of six children, three brothers, Raymond, Kenneth and Eldon, and two sisters, Alene and Leora. He lived most of his younger years in the North Powder area, working for the farmers on the local ranches. He moved to the Hermiston area to help build the Umatilla Army Depot. On August 11, 1941, he married Bessie Dexter … Read more

Tally, Eugene – Obituary

Eugene Tally Dies At Pendleton 28th Services for Eugene Tally, 76, of Pendleton, a former longtime Baker County resident will be conducted at 2:00 pm Thursday, Oct. 32 at Grays West and Co. Pioneer Chapel. The Rev. Joe Jewett of Enterprise will officiate. Vault interment will follow in the family plot at the North Powder Cemetery in North Powder with the Baker Veterans Organizations conducting graveside honors and the Blue Mountain Masonic Lodge A.F. and A.M. No. 176 participating in the graveside services. Mr. Tally died Monday evening at the St. Anthonys Hosp. in Pendleton after an extended illness. He … Read more

Obituary of Mrs. Barbara Lee Burris West

Barbara was born Sept. 30, 1920, in Corvallis, Ore., to Clarence and Hazel Burris. She grew up in North Powder, Ore., where she met her future husband, Howard West. They were married in 1941. While her husband was serving in World War II, Barbara owned and operated a beauty salon in the town of Hermiston, Ore. After the war the couple settled in Eastern Oregon where her daughter was born, followed by son William. After a few years in Boise, Idaho, the family moved to Portland, Ore., where a third child, Gregory was born. Howard built them a home in … Read more

Longueville, Vernon – Obituary

Longueville Lad Is Laid To Rest Victim of tragic accident at North Powder is buried in the cemetery at Haines Vernon Longueville, young lad whose tragic death caused much sorrow in this locality last week, was laid to rest in the Haines cemetery Saturday, following services at the Methodist Church which were conducted by Miss Josie Blokland. Mrs. Delmar Bell, mother of the boy, was unable to attend the services, she having been in ill health for some time and the shock of the news caused a relapse. The lad was working in Jacob Brothers sawmill in North Powder and … Read more