Summerville Oregon

Hurley, Mary L. – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Mary Hurley, 85, of 1306 O. Ave., died Tuesday at La Grande Nursing Center. Mrs. Hurley was born Sept. 22, 1894 at Summerville, the daughter of Charles and Mary Duggan. In 1939 she was married to Leo Hurley at La Grande. He preceded her in death on Feb. 21, 1961. Mrs. Hurley was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. Survivors include her sisters, Margaret Golden, La Grande; Ardra Behrens, and Ruth Rollins, both of Summerville; and several nieces and nephews. Christian wake services are scheduled Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Daniels … Read more

Littreal, Mary L. – Obituary

Summerville, Union County, Oregon Death Takes Mrs. Littreal Early Today Mary L. Littreal, wife of I. W. Littreal, passed away at her home in Summerville this morning at the age of 66 years, four months and 19 days. She was the daughter of R. T. and Liza Childers, a pioneer family of Union county and was born Dec. 2, 1864 near Summerville. Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Guy Hobson, of Summerville, and Ira Hobson, of Mill Valley, Cal.; six daughters, Mrs. Effie Slack, Mrs. Mary McRae, of La Grande; Mrs. Maggie Golden, Portland, Mrs. Hattie Wise and Mrs. … Read more

Hopkins, Dr. Albert. B. – Obituary

Summerville, Oregon Dr. Albert B. Hopkins, 95, of Summerville, died Jan. 29, 2004, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at the Summerville Cemetery Chapel with graveside services following. Dr. Hopkins was born on Sept. 29, 1908, in Texarkana, Ark., to the Reverend Benjamin Franklin Hopkins and Mary Ann Green. In 1929 he moved to La Grande with his family when his father was assigned as the minister of the Methodist Episcopal South Church on N. Fir Street. That summer he joined the first class at the newly … Read more

Slack, Effie Mrs. – Obituary

Effie Slack Dies At Summerville Mrs. Effie Slack, 1306 Fourth street, died Sunday morning in her son’s home in Summerville. She was 69 years old. She had been ill for a long time. Mrs. Slack had lived in Union county all of her life. She was a member of the First Methodist Church and a 50-year member of the Rebecca lodge. Funeral services will be held for her at the Summerville chapel on next Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. Robinson will officiate. Mrs. Slack will be buried in the Summerville cemetery next to her husband who died in 1940. Mrs. … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank W. Heskett

Among the builders of Wallowa county there must be honorable mention of the esteemed subject of this brief review, who practically is a product of northeastern Oregon, having come here when a small boy and receiving here the training and education that have fitted him to hold the position of prominence and prestige that is his to enjoy in our county, while also he has manifested commendable zeal in the labor of advancing the interests of the county and in general progress. Mr. Frank W. Heskett was born in Wayne County, Iowa, on December 1, 1856, being the son of … Read more

Harris, J. C. – Obituary

Frozen to Death Coroner Steincamp was summoned to Sumerville last evening to hold an inquest upon the remains of J.C. Harris who was found dead in his cabin six miles northwest of that place in the timber. He had been in town the evening before and went home drunk. Upon reaching his cabin, he flung himself upon the floor and asked his partner, a Mr. Smith, to care for his horse, which he did, and supposing he would sleep off his drunken stupor, paid no more attention to him. In the morning he found him dead. Harris was a wood-chopper, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Edward B. Morelock

EDWARD B. MORELOCK. – Mr. Morelock was born in Missouri in 1845. While but a child of two years he suffered the loss of his father, who, as sheriff of Sullivan County, was killed by the owner of property that he was selling under execution. Upon the outbreak of the Rebellion, Edward, a youth of sixteen, joined the Missouri state militia, and in 1863 and enlisted in the Forty-second Missouri Volunteer Infantry, wherein he served until the end of the war. In 1865 he crossed the plains to Oregon, locating near Summerville in Union county, where he took a claim … Read more

Choate, Virgil – Obituary

Virgil Albert Choate, 94, of La Grande died Sept. 2 at a local care center. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St. Burial will follow at the Summerville Cemetery. Mr. Choate was born July 7, 1910, to Thelbert A. and Mattie Hallgarth Choate on the family farm near Summerville. He attended schools in Elgin, a rural school in the lower Wallowa Valley, Summerville, Imbler and La Grande. He graduated from Imbler High School in 1930 and was one of the first 10 FFA members in Oregon to be … Read more

Pfefferkorn, Alvy J. – Obituary

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

Biographical Sketch of Terry Tuttle

TERRY TUTTLE. – Mr. Tuttle, one of the first residents of the Grande Ronde, and the first school superintendent of Union county, was born in Ohio in 1831. Until the age of twenty he remained with his father, working on the farm and obtaining an education in the log schoolhouse. The next year he was married to Miss Maria A. Lewis, of Indiana, with whom he still sails his bark on the sea of life. Six children have blessed their home; and four of these are now living in Union county with their own children about them. From 1850 to … Read more

Zurbrick, Rena May – Obituary

Summerville, Oregon Rena May Zurbrick, 90, of Summerville, died Oct. 28 at Grande Ronde Hospital. Daniels Chapel of the Valley is in charge of arrangements. Rena was born July 26, 1917, to Dillard Raymond and Etta Carrie (Woodell) Choate, in Summerville. She graduated from Imbler High School in 1935 and later from Draper Business College. She lived in California from 1960 until 1970. She worked as a bookkeeper and was married to Al Colip and later Harrison W. Zurbrick. She was past secretary of the Union County Fair Board and enjoyed playing cards – especially bridge. She liked fishing and … Read more

McLaughlin, Dorothy Julia – Obituary

Dorothy Julia McLaughlin, 95, formerly of Summerville and Union, died June 24, 2007, at Wilcox Arizona Nursing Home. A service will begin at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Summerville Cemetery. Dorothy McLaughlin was born in Hastings, Neb., Jan. 14, 1912. She lived in Summerville from the early 1940s to the late 1960s. She lived in Union before that. La Grande Observer – Obituaries for the week ending October 6, 2007-Published: October 6, 2007

Biographical Sketch of H. A. Myers

H.A. MYERS. – Mr. Myers, for twenty-five years one of the “pillars of the community” in the beautiful north end of the Grande Ronde, was born in Kentucky in 1820, and nine years later removed with his parents to Missouri, where he grew to manhood and received what education might be obtained at the common schools of that state. In 1864 he made the journey across the plains immediately to the Grande Ronde, Oregon, and located a claim three miles west of Summerville. For six years he was engaged in farming and stock-raising, and afterwards for six years lived in … Read more

Hibbard, C. R. Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Hibbard Answers Call  Mrs. C. R. Hibbard, who has been ill for some time, passed on late yesterday here. Funeral services will b held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the Snodgrass and Zimmerman chapel with Reverend William Crosby Ross, of the Presbyterian church, to deliver the funeral sermon. The burial will take place in the Summerville cemetery. The deceased was born January 30, 1876, at Summerville and was married to C. R. Hibbard June 10, 1901. She leaves two children, Reid and Dick; two sisters and one brother. One brother and her parents preceded her to the Great … Read more

Lewis, Mrs. E. S. – Obituary

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

Childers, Frank

Frank (Merrell) Childers, 65, 1808 Oak St., died in a local hospital this morning after a two months’ illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Snodgrass Funeral home. A railroad conductor, Childers was born at Summerville, July 11, 1888 and had been a resident of Union county all his life. He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen, and a World War I veteran. He is survived by two sisters, Della Wagner and Olive Childers, both of La Grande, a niece, Mrs. Adla Rose Edwards, Los Angeles; and other relatives. La Grande Observer Thursday, August 16, 1953 … Read more

Woodell, William Mrs. – Obituary

We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Woodell, wife of our esteemed fellow citizen Wm. Woodell, living near Summerville, died on last Saturday, soon after having gave birth to an infant, that also passed on a head of the mother. Mrs. Woodell was a daughter of Mr. George Neville, She leaves a wide circle of friends. Mr. Woodell has the sympathy of the entire community. The Mountain Sentinel, Saturday September 1, 1877

Burnaugh, Joseph Merrill – Obituary

Summerville, Union County, Oregon Native of Union County Dies Joseph Merrill Burnaugh, 63-year-old farmer of Summerville, died Sunday, Dec. 26, at a local hospital following a long illness. He was born Feb. 25, 1880, at Elgin, and had lived in Union county all his life, and was a member of the Christian church. Among survivors are his widow, Emma, two daughters, Mrs. E. W. Marks of Darrington, Wash., Mrs. Arthur Furman of Imbler and one son, Walter, USN, six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Brook Galloway of Elgin and one brother, Lewie Burnaugh of Portland. Funeral services will be held … Read more

Woodell, J. T. Mrs. – Obituary

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

Myers, Millie E. – Obituary

Summerville, Union County, Oregon Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Summerville for Mrs. Millie E. Myers who passed away at a La Grande hospital Saturday night. Mrs. Meyers was the mother of Mrs. Wayne Crow, of Tracy, Calif., who had been with her for several weeks. Mrs. Meyers was born at Hutchinson, Kansas, March 22, 1885, being 55 years of age, and had made her home in the Grande Ronde valley for 52 years. Survivors are her husband, Edgar Clyde Myers; a son, Charles H., Summerville; two daughters, Mrs. Crow, Tracy Cal.; and Mrs. Lawana Carlson, Portland; two brothers, … Read more