Pendleton Oregon

Lee, Jonathan Johnson – Obituary

J. J. Lee, an Oregon pioneer and an old resident of Pendleton, died at his home on Alta Street Sunday morning [May 25, 1890] at four o’clock, after an illness of five weeks. Mr. Lee was born in New York [New Jersey] in 1816. When he was two years old his parents removed to Ohio, and remained in that State until his marriage in 1842 with Miss Mary Armsby [Ormsby], who now survives him. In 1844, Mr. and Mrs. Lee removed to Iowa, and in 1862 crossed the plains in emigrant wagons to the far West, locating in Polk County. … Read more

Baker, Mary ‘Alice’ – Obituary

Summerville, Union County, Oregon Died January 6, 1988 Alice Baker, 89, a long-time Summerville resident, died Friday at the La Grande Nursing Center. Mrs. Baker was born Jan. 20, 1898, at Pendleton, to Alexander and Mary Alice (Cargill) Hudson. On July 1, 1920, she married Ray Orien Baker. He died on January 14, 1975. Mrs. Baker graduated from Monmouth Teachers College and later attended the University of Oregon. She taught school in Ukiah, Hermiston, Rieth, Milton-Freewater, Stanfield and Cove. Survivors include a brother, Elmer Hudson, Aloha; sister, Mildred Erwin, Salem; and other relatives and friends. A sister, Mable Farnam, and … Read more

Molstrom, Wilma Ferisk – Obituary

Wilma F. Molstrom of Adams died Wednesday evening [September 8, 1971] at Pendleton Community Hospital. She was 52. She was born near Gresham Nov. 15, 1908. She was married to Frank Molstrom Feb. 15, 1946, at Vancouver, Wash. They had lived on a farm near Adams since their marriage. She was a member of the United Methodist Church, the Garden Club, Pendleton Grain Growers Auxiliary, VFW Auxiliary and Community Hospital Auxiliary, all of Pendleton. Survivors are the widower and two nephews, Eugene Riggs and Charles Riggs, both of Portland. Funeral will be Saturday. [Interment at Olney Cemetery] Contributed by: Shelli … Read more

Comstock, Chester Glen – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Chester Glen Comstock, 56, of La Grande, died Dec. 5 at a care home in La Grande from complications of cancer. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Cemetery. Loveland Funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. Born May 15, 1950, in Seattle, Chester spent his childhood in St. Paul, Minn., graduating from high school and attending vocational school there, where he participated on the wrestling team. He married and had two children, and was then inducted into the Army, where he served in Vietnam. He was honorably discharged in 1974. He divorced and moved … Read more

Bowman, Walter Scott – Obituary

Walter S. Bowman, 76, native of Pendleton, was fatally injured and his wife suffered concussion of the brain as well as lacerations in an automobile accident on the Old Oregon Trail yesterday [November 27, 1938] at 3:15 p.m. when the car, driven by Mr. Bowman, skidded on the icy highway and plunged over an embankment at a point some 10 miles east of here. Mr. Bowman’s neck was broken and he died on the way to the hospital, where he and Mrs. Bowman were brought by passing motorists. Mrs. Bowman’s condition is very favorable, said a report from the hospital … 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

Biography of Jeremiah De Spain

JEREMIAH DE SPAIN, – This veteran among the pioneers of Union and Umatilla counties illustrates in his career what one may accomplish on this coast. Coming here a poor man, he left at his death a competence valued at many thousand dollars. He was born in Knox county, Kentucky, in 1833, being the fifth child of Benjamin De Spain, whose family numbered six sons. In 1836 he removed with his parents to Warren county, Illinois, and there, on his father’s farm, acquired the habits of industry, and obtained what education was afforded in the frontier schoolhouses. In 1852, having attained … Read more

Ward, William T. “Bill” – Obituary

William T. “Bill” Ward, 60, of Cornelius and a former Baker City resident, died Monday, April 14, 2003, at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland. Memorial services were held Thursday, April 17, 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Hillsboro. The staff of Fir Lawn Mortuary in Hillsboro were in charge of the cremation arrangements. Mr. Ward was born the youngest and only son of Guy M. and Lyla (Montgomery) Ward on Aug. 7, 1942, in Dayton, Wash. He grew up in Hood River where he graduated from high school and then attended college at Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton … Read more

Bryan, George – Obituary

Richland, Oregon George Bryan, 74, a longtime Richland resident, died June 19, 2003, at the Boise Veterans Hospital. His funeral and a celebration of his life will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pine Baptist Church in Halfway. There will be a military graveside service afterward at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Friends are invited to join the family for a dinner after the interment at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. George Duane Bryan was born on Nov. 6, 1929, at Baker City to Emery and Alice Aklin Bryan. He was raised and educated at Copperfield and at … Read more

Osterman, Dorothy L. Inskeep Mrs. – Obituary

Dorothy L. Osterman, 91, a resident of Sunridge Retirement Community in Pendleton died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 in Pendleton. Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Park in McMinnville. Vault interment will be afterward. Mrs. Osterman was born Sept. 12, 1911, at McMinnville. She was a daughter of Oliver Warren and Dora Ellen Leach Inskeep. Her great-grandfather owned the stage stop at Jordan Valley. She was raised and educated at McMinnville. She started working for Macy & Son Funeral Home part time during high school. Upon graduation, she went to work full time at Macy’s. … Read more

Biography of Hon. John C. Leasure

HON. JOHN C. LEASURE. – Mr. Leasure needs little introduction to the people of Oregon, having become universally known as an elector on the ticket for Blaine in 1884, and more recently as vice-president and attorney for the Oregon & Washington Railway. This road, which has commanded much popular interest, particularly in Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory, skirts the whole Umatilla and Blue Mountain foothills country, traverses the great Inland Empire wheat belt, and having a western terminus at tide water is able to complete actively with the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, thus reducing transportation tariffs to the minimum. … Read more

Kononen, Norma Catherine Hunt – Obituary

Norma C. Kononen, 67, of Helix, died Wednesday, Dec. 9, 1992, at Amber Valley Care Center in Pendleton. A graveside funeral service will be held at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton at 11 a.m. on Saturday. Friends may call at Burns Mortuary of Pendleton between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Friday. Mrs. Kononen was born May 19, 1925 at Athena to Frederick P. and Lulu Campbell Hunot. On Aug. 24, 1945, she married George L. Kononen at Walla Walla [married in Pendleton]. She had been a resident of Helix since 1945 and was deputy clerk for the Helix School District … Read more

Ownbey, Jesse – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Jesse Ownbey Came To Oregon In 1845 Pioneer Who Died Recently Took a Homestead North of Enterprise Jesse Ownbey, whose funeral was held in Cove, August 27, was one of the historical band of pioneers to cross the plains even before the “days of 49.’ Which started the gold seekers in their mad rush for California. He first crossed the plains in 1845, then being 21 years old. He was born in Buckhannon County, Missouri, July 10, 1824. After his first trip to Oregon he remained in the far west for two years, returning to the … Read more

Anderson, Kenneth R. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Kenneth R. Anderson, 73, died December 18, 1993 at Pendleton, Oregon. He was born June 3, 1920. He married Dorothy Scott at Enterprise. She preceded him in death on April 23, 1960. Survivors include his son Keith of Portland. Two daughters, Ilene Gilchrist and Elaine Anderson, both of Pendleton. Seven grandchildren and one great- grand child. Funeral service was held Wednesday December 22, 1993, at the Bollman Funeral Home. With private vault internment in Enterprise Cemetery. Wallowa County Chieftain, Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Obituary copied from the files at Wallowa Chieftain, Enterprise Contributed by Orvetta Harmon

Judah, Carol Galbreath – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Carol Galbreath Judah, 57, formerly of La Grande, died Nov. 15 at a hospital in Meridian, Idaho. A memorial service will be held in Fox at a later date. Accent Funeral Home in Meridian is in charge of arrangements. Carol was born April 11, 1950, to Bruce and Colleen Reynolds Galbreath in Pendleton. She lived in the Long Creek area of Grant County. At 7, she moved with her family to Pendleton. She attended elementary school at West Hills in Pendleton and later La Grande High School. In 1966 the family moved to Springfield and she graduated … Read more

Stahl, Donald – Obituary

Cove, Oregon Donald “Don” Stahl, 57, of Pendleton, died May 15 in a Richland, Wash., hospital. Funeral services were held today in the Burns Mortuary of Pendleton chapel. Don was born Aug. 4, 1950, to David and Lorna (Hallmark) Stahl in Cove. He was raised and educated in Cove. After high school, he enlisted into the United States Navy and served his country during the Vietnam Conflict. He won the National Defense Service Medal as well as the Bronze Star. After his discharge he returned to Cove for a time before he moved to Pendleton. He then began working as … Read more

Beard, Raymond H. Monsignor – Obituary

Monsignor Raymond H. Beard, 92, of Pendleton, a Haines native and a 1933 graduate of St. Francis Academy who was ordained to the priesthood at Baker City in 1941, died Dec. 23, 2007, at his home. The rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Mary Catholic Church in Pendleton. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday. Vault interment will be at Athena Cemetery. The Rev. Monsignor Raymond H. Beard was born on Oct. 31, 1915, at Haines. He was one of the nine children born to Henry and Stella Harter Beard. After graduation … Read more

Schmitz, John – Obituary

Death Claims John Schmitz, 96, Local Banker Long Career in Banking Spanned Fifty-Four Years; Came to Baker in 1889 Baker City’s oldest banking figure, John Schmitz, 96, died Wednesday at his home. He had been in failing health for sometime but had remained interested in current events until his death. Mr. Schmitz was born in Communia, Iowa, March 31, 1865, the son of Gearhardt and Elizabeth Schmitz. He came west to Pendleton in 1887 and on to Baker in 1889. He was a member of the Elks Lodge and had always taken an interest in civic affairs. He was first … Read more

Simard, The Rev. Robert – Obituary

The Rev. Robert Simard, 70, affectionately known as Father Bob during his 46 years of service as a priest of the Diocese of Baker, died Jan. 17, 2002, in Prineville. His vigil service will be at 7 o’clock tonight at St. Joseph Church in Prineville. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday with the Rite of Committal afterward at Deschutes Memorial Gardens in Bend at 2:30 p.m. Father Simard grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and attended St. John’s Seminary at Brighton, Mass. The Most Rev. Francis P. Leipzig ordained him to the priesthood on Feb. 25, … Read more

Wood, James Franklin – Obituary

James F. Wood passed away at Wallowa, Tuesday, May 03, 1938. He was born in Bloomington, Illinois, August 25, 1881, a son of George and Nancy (Bunney) Wood. Most of his younger days were spent in Nebraska. He was married to Clara Lureene Womack January 14, 1919 at Pendleton and Marjorie Ellen, Sarah La Vonne and Leland James were born to them. The family resided in Princeton, Idaho a short time, coming to Wallowa County the last time six years ago, and this has been his home since. His health had been very poor for several years, but he was … Read more