San Luis Obispo California

Sterling, Robert H. “Bob” – Obituary

Robert H. “Bob” Sterling, 91, passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2004 at Sierra Vista Hospital in San Luis Obispo, CA. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, 2004 at the First Presbyterian Church in San Luis Obispo. Bob and his twin sister; Ruth Sterling Wirshup, were born March 10, 1913 in Gresham, Oregon where they were raised and graduated from high school. Their parents were James H. and Gertrude (Conkle) Sterling. After graduating from Oregon State University in 1935, Bob was employed by the Forest Service in Baker County, where he met and … Read more

Hutton, Billy Joe “Bud” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Billy Joe “Bud” Hutton, 69, a longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 14, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There will be a family gathering later. Disposition was by cremation at Gray’s West Pioneer Crematory. Mr. Hutton was born Jan. 16, 1932, at Lebanon, Mo., to Claude and Gertie Caffey Hutton. He graduated from Phoenix High School in Phoenix, Ore. He was a member of the Honor Society and served as student body president. He received the Elks scholarship for “Most Valuable Student.” He attended Southern Oregon University at Ashland, where he played freshman and varsity football. … Read more

Mattocks, Betty Ruth Shropshire, Mrs. – Obituary

Betty Ruth Shropshire Mattocks, 80, died May 12, 2009, at San Luis Obispo, Calif., where she had lived since 1951. She was born in Ashland, Kan., on Feb. 2, 1929, to Robert David Shropshire and Hazel Viola Fox Shropshire, the fifth of six children: Byrdie Opal, John Otis, Mildred Louise, Bonnie Lee, who died at birth, and Kenneth Ray. The family lived on a farm northeast of Mount Jesus on the road to Lexington. Toward the end of World War II, the family moved to Baker to be near Betty’s sister, Opal Shropshire Dielman and her two children (Opal’s husband, … Read more

Biography of William Studabecker

William Studabecker was born in Allen County, Indiana, in 1851; he is the son of David and Elizabeth (Wilt) Studabecker. His father was a native of Pennsylvania and his mother of Maine. When Mr. Studabecker was two years of age his father moved the family to Van Wert County, Ohio, and there engaged in farming until his death in 1858. The subject of this sketch was reared to the labor attending a life upon a farm, and after the age of ten years was deprived of any schooling facilities; at twenty years of age he learned the shoemaker’s trade and … Read more