Troutdale Oregon

Redden, Carl Norman – Obituary

Halfway, Baker County, Oregon Carl Norman Redden, 74, died April 13, 2006, at Halfway. His memorial service and a celebration of Carl’s Life will be scheduled later. Carl Norman was born on Oct. 10, 1931, at Sacramento, Calif., to Phillip Carl and Hettie Martha Kulman Mansky. He was raised in Sacramento until about the age of 8. At that time, Carl and his younger brother, Paul, were adopted by Cecil and Ora Redden. Carl was a 1950 graduate of Benicia High School. After graduation, Carl served in the U.S. Air Force as an airman. He was honorably discharged in October … Read more

Pointer, Eva Ostrand – Obituary

Mrs. Eva Pointer, 62, Route 1, Box 12, Troutdale, died Tuesday [June 8, 1943] at Providence Hospital from injuries suffered Monday when she became caught between the tool box and bed of a state highway department truck on the Columbia River Highway, east of Multnomah Falls. Mrs. Pointer, who had been employed as a flag woman by the highway department, was directed to get into the cab of a truck operated by William M. Crawford, 2927 S. W. Corbett Avenue, when the crew was about to move to another location, deputy Sheriff James Mateson reported. Instead of climbing into the … Read more

Martens, Lois Fay – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Lois Fay Martens, 89, of Portland and formerly of Enterprise and La Grande, died Aug. 15. Services will begin at 2 p.m. today at the Lincoln Memorial Park Funeral Home, 110801 S.E. Mt. Scott Blvd. in Portland. Lois was born on April 27, 1918, to Lulu Maude (Ackley) Burnett and Oliver Franklin Burnett in Enterprise, the eighth of nine children. At 6, the family moved to La Grande. She graduated from La Grande High School in 1936. Lois married Wayne Gooderham and had sons Michael and Steven. She later married Alfred Martens and had Bill, Susan and … Read more

Cowles, Charles Clem – Obituary

Charles Clem Cowles, 70, of 2225 14th St., Baker, died at his home Friday following a sudden illness. Funeral is Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. at Beatty Chapel, with the Rev. Marvin Carr of the First Christian Church and Brother Robert W. Maxwell of Baker Masonic Lodge No. 47 A.F. and A.M. officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Cowles was born April 4, 1906 to Charles and Jessie A. Beecher Cowles in Huntington. He received his education in Troutdale and as a young man fired on a steam ship for the Shaver Navigation Co. on the Columbia River. He … Read more