Summerville, Union County, Oregon Near Summerville, December 12th. Mrs. E.S. Lewis, aged 50 years. Mrs. E. S. Lewis has not enjoyed good health for many years. She was highly esteemed by all who knew her. An avowed spiritualist, she calmly and contentedly passed to the higher life in the summer land, full of hope and confidence in the progressive future. Mountain Sentinel Union Saturday December 23, 1876
Laid To Rest James Lafayette Hammack was born Oct. 18, 1860 in Wayne County, Iowa, and passed away at Lostine June 13, 1948. He crossed the plains with his parents in 1865, first to Yamhill County, and later to Summerville in Union County, where he lived until he was a young man. He then moved to Wallowa County where he had since made his home except from 1915 until 1928 when he lived in Hermiston, Oregon. He was united in marriage to Sarah A. Allen April 11, 1886. She passed away October 2, 1903. He was married on November 16, … Read more
Union, Oregon Hugh Gerald Erwin, 95 of Union died June 21 at Grande Ronde Hospital. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Monday June 26 at the Union United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at the Union Cemetery. Mr. Erwin was born Oct. 25, 1910, to Hugh and Bertie Largent Erwin in Adrian, Mo. He worked on ranches in Pendleton, Summerville and North Powder, and graduated from Powder Valley High School in 1929. On Sept. 26, 1936, he married Fern Baxter in La Grande. The couple lived in Union for many years, and he worked for the Oregon Highway Department … Read more
Alvy J. Pfefferkorn, 90, of Summerville, died Oct. 7 at a care center in La Grande. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Summerville Cemetery. Mr. Pfefferkorn was born July 30, 1915, to Fred and Della See Pfefferkorn at his family homestead west of Summerville. He was the youngest of seven children born. In November of 1938 he married Lila Lewis. He lived his entire life in the Summerville are where he was a farmer and rancher. He retired in 1980 from the Boise Cascade sawmill in Elgin Survivors include children, Reta Clark of Summerville, Glen … Read more
Last Rites Thursday For Rodeo Performer Funeral services for Bert Slack, Dalles resident who died here Monday, will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. from the Zell funeral home. Rev. R. A. Hutchinson of the Congregational church will officiate and interment will be in the local I. O. O. F. cemetery. Surviving relatives include two daughters, Mrs. Feleta Barnhill, Mason City, Wash., and Mrs. W. H. Graham, Pendleton, and one brother James Slack, Elgin. Mr. Slack came to The Dalles from Summerville, Ore., more than 20 years ago. He was a cowboy all his life and participated in the Pendleton … Read more
James Wise, of 905 Division St., died Monday, Aug. 25, at Grande Ronde Hospital. He was 90. Mr. Wise was born Feb. 24, 1890 in Marion County, Ky., the son of David Parker and Debby Ritter (Benningfield) Wise. He came to this area in 1904. He was married to Hattie Jeanette Dugan Oct. 3, 1914 at Summerville. She preceded her husband in death in 1975. Mr. Wise was a heavy equipment mechanic for Grande Ronde Lumber Co., and Mt. Emily Lumber Co. Survivors include his son Harold of La Grande, grandson James Calvin Wise of La Grande, and several nieces, … Read more
One of the enterprising and progressive business men of Wallowa county is named at the head of this article and to his efforts much is due in the way of progress and in promoting the advancement of the county’s interest, while he is numbered with the most capable and up-to-date merchants of the county, manifesting both breadth of mind in his business ventures, while he is also blessed with a care of details that is untiring and that insures him success in his undertakings, being also a man of exemplary, moral uprightness and stability selected well stock carry they while large, … Read more
Summerville, Oregon Robert E. Mills, known as Bob, 26, of Weston and formerly of Summerville, died Nov. 26 at the St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla. Funeral services are planned for Dec. 2 at the Weston-McEwen High School gym in Athena with Pastor Quinton Kimbrow of the Wesley and Weston United Methodist Church officiating. Concluding services and interment will be at the Weston Cemetery. There will be a gathering of family and friends at the Weston Memorial Hall immediately following the graveside service. Visitation will be Friday from 9 a.m. to noon, 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to … Read more
HYRUM M. MONSON. – Although the subject of this sketch has not been in Union county so long as some of the earliest pioneers, he being one of the younger men, upon whom have falen the mantles of the sturdy ones who opened these regions for the abode of their fellows, yet his achievements have been of such a commendable nature, and his life of such an exemlary character, that he is entitled to representation in the history of the county, and it is with pleasure that we accord to him a place among the builders of the county, in … Read more
Among those who have comparatively recently taken up their residence in Wallowa County and have brought with them pristine vigor and energy to assist materially in promoting the welfare of the county and in developing its resources, is the estimable gentleman whose name appears at the head of this article, and who is granted a representation in this volume with pleasure, since he has demonstrated himself a proper person to be thus listed with the prominent men of the county, both because he has wrought with faithfulness and assiduity, and because he has maintained an uprightness and untarnished reputation in … Read more
HOBSON, Mr. Guy, Age 66. Late of Summerville, Oregon. Born in Summerville, August 27, 1883. Passed away at Finley Creek Cow Camp Monday, July 3, 1950. Survived by his brother; 6 sisters and other relatives. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, July 7, at 2:00 p.m. in the Summerville chapel. Interment Summerville cemetery. The Daniels Funeral Home funeral directors. Evening Observer La Grande, Oregon Thursday, July 6, 1950 Page 9 Contributed by: Tom Childers
This enterprising and representative business man and property owner of Flora is a member of the firm of Clark & Austin, which does a general merchandise business in Flora carrying a complete and well selected stock and gaining a patronage from the adjacent country that betokens a lucrative business. Lincoln was born in Adams County, Illinois, on September 21, 1866, being the son of Moses and Mary L. Austin. Our subject had one brother, Clarence F. of Paradise. On July 25, 1870, his father contracted a second marriage, the lady being Nancy Hester, a native of Missouri and the nuptials … Read more
At Summerville, July 26th, Martin Luther son of Henry and Margaret Rinehart, aged 5 months and 26 days. The Sentinel, Union Saturday, August 19, 1876
Ruth A. Rollins, 88, Summerville, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 1991, at the Mountain Vista Care Center in La Grande. A service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Summerville Cemetery with Pastor Chuck Beickel of the Summerville Baptist Church officiating. Friends may call Friday evening or Saturday morning at Daniels Valley Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Rollins was born Dec. 28, 1902, in Summerville to Ishmel and Mary (Childers) Littreal. She attended schools in Summerville and Imbler, graduating with the Imbler High School class of 1920. In June 1927 she married Halbert Rollins. He died July 30, 1969. Mrs. Rollins … Read more
A Sad Case Jas. Dorsey, an aged man who was making the trip from Kansas to Colfax, Wash, with private conveyaance and had as a companion his little 5 year old daughter, fell from his wagon, near Summerville, last Saturday and received injuries which proved fatal. Dr. Clouchek was called to see the injured man but could do nothing for him. Death came Sunday night, without Dorsey regaining consciousness. The position of the little daughter who is thus left alone with strangers, is indeed a sad one. It is supposed that the little orphan has relatives at Colfax but they … Read more
ALPHEUS TERWILLEGER. Deceased. – As a builder of Union county and a loyal and patriotic citzen, and a man of marked capabilities and stanch moral qualities, we are constrained to mentin the gentlman whose name is at the head of this article, and we grant this memoir to his name since he was richly deserving of the commendation and esteem of all of his fellows,and it is with pleasure that we announce that he enjoyed the same in generous measure. In Hamilton county, Ohio, our subject was born on April 8, 1824, being the son of Mathew and Cherlottie Terwilleger, … Read more
Last Thursday Mrs. Dean (?) Woodell died at her home on Sandridge, after an illness from lung fever. Mrs. Woodell was aged about thirty years, and leaves a husband and a family of five children to mourn her loss. She was the daughter of Justice Collins, of Summerville, and a sister of Mrs. .N. Hamilton, wife of Union County’s ex-sheriff. The remains were interred at Summerville Saturday. Eastern Oregon Republican Wednesday, January 9, 1895
Myra J. McKenzie of Summerville died on Thursday at a local hospital at the age of 82. Mrs. McKenzie was born June 4, 1888 at Summerville, the daughter of Tolbert T. and Sarah Glenn. She attended Pleasant Grove school. On December 23, 1913 she was married to Clyde McKenzie in La Grande. Survivors include her husband Clyde and one son Glen both of Summerville; nieces, Violet Glenn Maughan, Eugene; Ena Glenn Warnock, Lostine; Mildred Standley Beedle, Reno, Nev.; Bonnie Settlemire Higinbotham, Central Point; Pauline Rinehart Hartsock and Jean Rinehart Thorson, both of California; Geneva Glenn Hamm, Portland; and Carol Glenn … Read more
The gentleman whose name appears above is one of the stock kings of Wallowa county, as well as holding great distinction in the county as a promoter of industrial interests, while his steadfastness and stanch and true character make him one of the most valued, and highly respected men in this section of our state, and his excellent capabilities have place him in a distinguished position of prestige that is justly merited. Hector McDonald is a native of northeastern Oregon, having been born in the Grande Ronde valley, on December 24, 1868. His parents, John and Jane (Grant) McDonald, reside … Read more
Mrs. Alice (?) Woodell, wife of J.T. Woodell, a well known pioneer resident of Summerville precinct, died last Friday and was buried Monday. She leaves a husband and a large family of children to mourn her loss. Elgin Recorder Friday February 13, 1903