Pendleton Oregon

Schwenn, Daphne Molstrom – Obituary

The funeral for Daphne Mabel (Molstrom) Schwenn will begin 2 p.m. Friday at Folsom-Bishop Funeral Chapel in Pendleton, with vault interment at Olney Cemetery. Mrs. Schwenn, 82, formerly of Pendleton and Athena, died Monday, Dec. 15, 1986, at the Federal Way Convalescent Center in Federal Way, Wash. She was a resident of Greenlake, Wash. Born in Pendleton, May 27, 1904, she was the daughter of Elsie Lee (Bowman) and Abe Molstrom. She was graduated from Pendleton High School in 1921 and from Willamette University in 1925; then took post-graduate work at both the University of California and Oregon State University. … Read more

Powell, Shelley Marie Johnson Mrs. – Obituary

Shelley Marie Powell, 43, a former Baker City resident, died of heart failure Sept. 21, 2007, surrounded by her loving family. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Assembly of God Church, 1911 S.E. Court Ave., in Pendleton. Burial will be at Olney Cemetery, 865 Tutuilla Road, with a reception at the church following the burial. She was born May 23, 1964, at Baker City to H. B. “Bard” and Yvonne Johnson. She graduated from Baker High School in 1982, then attended Eastern Oregon State College in La Grande and graduated with a degree in teaching in … Read more

Murray, Clifford G. – Obituary

Clifford G. Murray, 83, of Pendleton, a former Baker City police chief, died May 8, 2008, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Faith Center Church, 108 S. Main St., in Pendleton. Cliff was born on April 14, 1925, at Perry to Levi Garrett Murray and Zrietta Morris Murray. He was the youngest of four children. He moved to Pendleton after his parents divorced. He was raised and educated at Pendleton. After a few years, his mother married Fred Kofford. They had a son, Jerry, giving Cliff a younger brother … Read more

Knapp, W. T. Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. W.T. Knapp passed away Sunday evening, Jan. 1, 1939, at the St. Anthony hospital in Pendleton after a major operation three months and four days ago. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Hermiston, conducted by Rev. C. R. Moore and burial will be at Hermiston. Maggie Irene Bridwell was born seventy years ago, October 19, 1868 in Norborne, Missouri. She crossed the plains at the age of ten with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. David A. Bridwell, in a wagon train, coming to Union county. After a few years they moved to Wallowa County where … Read more

Molstrom, Hilda Planting – Obituary

Funeral services for Hilda Molstrom, 84, lifelong resident of Umatilla County, will be held Wednesday with Folsoms’ Funeral Chapel in charge. She died at the Pendleton Community Memorial Hospital Sunday. Mrs. Molstrom was born at Adams, Jan. 15, 1880, where her parents homesteaded. She was married March 15, 1905 and she and her husband John farmed near Adams for many years before moving to Pendleton. She was a lifelong member of the Apostolic Lutheran Church. Survivors besides her widower are daughters Mrs. Gus Lorenzen and Mrs. Herbert Reeder, both Pendleton; Mrs. George Hansen, Canyon City; sisters, Mrs. Fred Pell, Pendleton; … Read more

Daggett, Clinton S. – Obituary

Clinton S. Daggett of Joseph died Jan. 15, 2006 at Willow Brook Terrace in Pendleton of natural causes. He was 89. Mr. Daggett was born in Joseph to Charles Walter and Lida Blanche Holmes Daggett. He married Patricia Irene Masturde in Vancouver, Wash., on April 12, 1939. She died in 1980. He spent his working life as a millwright. He moved to Montana in 1962 and then returned to Elgin in 1971 due to a mill closure. He retired in 1978. In 1980 he married his high school sweetheart Lois Rupe. She died in 1999. Mr. Daggett enjoyed gardening and … Read more

Bomboy, Rova M. Bowman – Obituary

Rova M. Bomboy, 93, Pendleton, died Friday, Jan. 20, 1984 at Delamarter Care Center, Pendleton. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Burns Mortuary Chapel, Pendleton, with burial at Olney Cemetery, Pendleton. She was born Oct. 18, 1890, at Pendleton, the daughter of William and Xantippe Lee Bowman. She had lived in Pendleton all her life. [Rova’s first husband, George Christy, died in 1935]. On July 1, 1955 she was married to Bruce Bomboy. He died in 1966. Mrs. Bomboy was a member of the First Christian Church, Pendleton. She had been a member of Pauline Rebekah Lodge 13, since … Read more

Ellis, Michael Hugh – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Michael Hugh Ellis, 58, of Pendleton died on Aug. 6, 2004, after a short stay at St. Alphonsus Critical Care Unit in Boise. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception after the services. Visitations will be until 8 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Michael Hugh was born on June 17, 1946, to Charles E. and Nellie Mae Colton Ellis at Baker City. … Read more

Warner, Frederick Smith – Obituary

Frederick S. Warner, for twenty-two-years a resident of this county, aged about 72, and the father of Kenneth G. Warner, president of the Umatilla County Woolgrowers’ Association, passed away at his home in Freewater on the 17th [May 1911], and was buried in Olney Cemetery last evening, with the Episcopal service. Rev. Charles Quinney officiating. Mr. Warner was born in Vermont and engaged in business in that state before coming to Oregon. Upon his arrival here he and his brother, A. P. Warner, became partners in the sheep industry in which he continued until his health failed some twenty years … 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

Messer, David L. – Obituary

Jamieson 1949-2009 David Leo Messer, 60, of Jamieson, died as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident Sept. 29, one mile west of Jamieson. Graveside services will begin at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lostine Cemetery. A memorial service will follow on Monday at the Pendleton Seventh-day Adventist Church, 1401 SW Goodwin Place. A memorial service was held Oct. 5 in Vale. Lienkaemper Chapel of Ontario was in charge of arrangements. David was born Aug. 11, 1949, to Leo Eugene Messer and Elizabeth Lucille Jenson in Great Falls, Mont. He attended Great Falls schools and graduated from … Read more

Denton, Barbara Wright Mrs. – Obituary

Barbara Denton, 89, of Pendleton and formerly of the Marble Creek area near Baker City, died May 15, 2003. Graveside funeral services were held Tuesday at Skyview Memorial Park. Alice was born to Stanley Carter and Onlie Foster Wright on Feb. 5, 1914, at Clovis, N.M. She was the oldest of four children. She grew up in various locations in Iowa and Missouri. She graduated from high school in Lamoni, Iowa and also briefly attended Graceland College in Lamoni. In 1932, the family moved to Oregon and settled in Medical Springs, later moving to the Marble Creek area. She married … Read more

Biography of Lot Livermore

LOT LIVERMORE. – Mr. Livermore is one of the best-known residents of Eastern Oregon, and, as a business man, from the earliest times has been highly instrumental in developing the country. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1835, but the year following came with his parents to Illinois, and in 1851 crossed the plains to Oregon, finding a home in Polk county. Some of the experiences on the plains were exciting, such as a fight of an hour and a half with the Snake Indians on the Snake River. It was the Harpole company with which they came. In … Read more

Arteburn, Royce L. “Tex” – Obituary

Royce L. “Tex” Arteburn, 93, a longtime Baker City resident, died Dec. 31, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. His memorial service will be scheduled later. Royce was born on May 16, 1910, at Quanah, Texas, to Lavella C. and Permicie J. Hawkins Arteburn. He came to Oregon with his family as a young boy. Tex grew up and graduated from high school at Pendleton. In 1932, he moved to Baker City. He married his wife, Amy Heater, on Oct. 6, 1934. Royce worked in the insurance business serving Baker City and the surrounding area for years. He enjoyed fishing, … Read more

Burnett, Preston Frank – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Preston Frank Burnett, 85, of Pendleton and formerly of La Grande died June 7 at St. Anthony Hospital. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St. in Pendleton. Preston was born July 7, 1921, to Lawrence and Mabel Brown Burnett in Island City. He graduated from La Grande High School in 1938 and served in the Navy prior to World War II. Preston married Madaline E. Rhoads in Portland. He worked for the Oregon Highway Division for 42 years and was a resident engineer on many … Read more

Butler, A.M. – Obituary

Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Memorial services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. Memorial services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church for Albert Morse Butler of Joseph who passed away Tuesday, August 31, 1965 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton where he had been a patient for nine days. Pastor R.A. Garner officiated and music was furnished by the church. Honorary pallbearers were: Ernie Cloud, L.L. Beidler, Frank Brown, Clyde Fleenor, Joe Naughton, William Coleman, Robert Johnson, Jerry Jennings and John Steele. Casket bearers were: Richard Granger, Glenn Zamzow, Ralph Stickney, Ralph Jewell, Don Mallon, … Read more

Molstrom, Henry W. – Obituary

Funeral for Henry Molstrom of Pendleton, who died Friday night [September 12, 1975] at St. Anthony Hospital, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Burns Mortuary. He was born at Athena, February 9, 1891. He moved to DeSpain Gulch with his parents, Henry and Margaret Tengman Molstrom, who secured a homestead in 1898, and the same year purchased the Hartwell ranch. His parents built a new home in DeSpain Gulch in 1905. Mr. Molstrom farmed the home place until 1968, when he retired and moved to Pendleton. He was a member of the Elks, a life member of the Round-Up … Read more

Plummer, Van William – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Died-in Pendleton, Thursday, August 7, 1924, Van William Plummer, of La Grande. He was born July 4, 1866, in Neosho, Missouri; came to Oregon in 1888 and was married to Catherine Elizabeth Ashby May 14, 1890. He is survived by his widow, and one son-Thomas Plummer, of La Grande; three daughters-Mrs. A. O. Baird, of Baker; Mrs. Guy B. Rogers of La Grande; Mrs. C. A. Chesser of Austin; one sister-Mrs. J. L. Gibson of Cove; one brother-Carlos Plummer of La Grande; and eight grandchildren. The funeral was held Saturday August 9 from Cock Bros. … Read more

Negus, Flora L. – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon Flora L. Negus, 90, of Pendleton died Monday, June 11, 2007, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. A Mass of Christian burial is tentatively set for Saturday, June 16, at 1 p.m. at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in John Day, Interment will follow at St. Andrew’s Cemetery in Canyon City. Her survivors include Kathleen Negus of Wallowa. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Mt. Vernon High School Memorial Scholarship Fund in care of Darlene Muzzy, 308 E. Main, John Day OR 97845. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Wallowa County … Read more

Lockwood, Robert E. “Bob” – Obituary

Robert E. “Bob” Lockwood, 86, a 64-year resident of Pendleton, died Aug. 3, 2001. For more than 40 years he was known in the community for the superior service he provided to his local customers and tourists who patronized his service station in Pendleton. His funeral was today at 10 a.m. at Bishop Funeral Chapel in Pendleton. Following the services a luncheon was held at the VFW Hall. Private family internment will be at Olney Cemetery Mausoleum in Pendleton. Mr. Lockwood was born May 5, 1915, at Weiser, Idaho, to George E. and marie Lockwood. He grew up in La … Read more