JOHN F. ADAMS. – We have here the founder of the promising city of Adams, Oregon, which is located on the line of the railroad in Umatilla county. Mr. Adams was born in Franklin county, Maine, in 1835. When twenty-two years of age, he came to Douglas county, Oregon, and for five years engaged in […]
La Grande, Union County, Oregon Merton T. Childers, 49, died Sunday morning at Hermiston. Funeral services will be held at La Grande, Wednesday at 2 p.m. with Snodgrass Mortuary in charge. Mr. Childers was water service foreman for the Union Pacific Railroad at Hinckle. He had worked for the railroad 26 years except for time
Mrs. Mary Lee of whom mention has been made several times of late on account of her precarious condition since having her thigh broken April 1, died at her home at 415 West Alta Street [May 7, 1904] Saturday night of old age, her death being hastened by the accident mentioned. Mrs. Lee was 80
THOMAS G. MATLOCK. – This well-known citizen of Heppner, Morrow county, Oregon, who devotes himself to the improvement of our stock of horses, was born in Dade county, Missouri, March 4, 1849, and came with his parents across the plains to Oregon in 1853, locating with them near Eugene, where they engaged in stock-raising, and
Baker City, Oregon Glenda L. Hills, 55, of Baker City, died Nov. 21, 2000, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At her request there will be no funeral. Coles-Strommer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Ms. Hills was born Nov. 13, 1945, at Vallejo, Calif., to Guy F. and Fordyce (Willian) Hills. She moved to
A former mayor of Pendleton, Hugh A. Bowman of 515 SE Byers Ave., died Tuesday [June 5, 1973] at St. Anthony Hospital. He was 76. Mr. Bowman was born in Pendleton Feb. 24, 1897, and lived here all his life. He was mayor in 1947 and 1948. He married Evelyn Mae McAllister June 22, 1921,
Eldon Walfred Molstrom Umatilla Co., OR Eldon W. Molstrom, 46, Adams resident for many years, died at his home [September 19, 1952] at Milton-Freewater Friday from cancer. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Folsom’s in Pendleton with the Rev. Truman Robbins, First Christian Church at Milton-Freewater, officiating. Burial will be at Olney
Grace E. Molstrom, 88, of Milton-Freewater, died Friday, October 15, 1999, at her home. The funeral will be held at the First Christian Church in Milton-Freewater, on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. Private vault interment will be at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton on Friday morning. Mrs. Molstrom was born July 13, 1911, at Milton-Freewater to Herbert
Death Claims John Schmitz, 96, Local Banker Long Career in Banking Spanned Fifty-Four Years; Came to Baker in 1889 Baker City’s oldest banking figure, John Schmitz, 96, died Wednesday at his home. He had been in failing health for sometime but had remained interested in current events until his death. Mr. Schmitz was born in
GEORGE W. ROBERTSON- In the person of the subject of this sketch, we have exemplified the typical pioneer qualities that are so worthy of encomium, and that have done so much, for this country, practically making it what it is today, and our subject has spent a life of activity in the industries that develop
One of the sturdy, industrious and intelligent agriculturists and stockmen of Wallowa county is named at the head of this paragraph and we essay to outline his career, in which we are pleased to note sound principles, upright life and good abilities manifested, while he has ever labored for the advancement of the interests of
Lydia Haslam, 89, of Pilot Rock, a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 1, 2003, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. Her funeral was Aug. 5 at St. Helen’s Catholic Church at Pilot Rock. Interment was at the Pilot Rock Cemetery. Mrs. Haslam was born on Sept. 22, 1913, at Baker City to Belgian immigrants,
Vivianne Cushman, 92, died April 7, 2006, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Sue and J.O. Maxwell of Haines. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be at Hermiston. Her other survivors include six grandchildren and their spouses: Kathie Maxwell and husband, Bruce Sickles, of Albuquerque, N.M., Howard Maxwell and
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Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Iva Ree Shuck, 79, of Baker City, died March 7, 2006, after a long illness. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co. There will be a reception afterward at 1090 D St. Visitations will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday. Iva was
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Funeral for Margaret Lee Warner, 82, Portland, will be held Saturday. Funeral notices in today’s paper. Mrs. Warner, widow of Kenneth G. Warner, well-known sheep man in Umatilla County, died Tuesday [April 26, 1960] in Portland. She was born in Pendleton. She had resided at Portland for the past 18 years. She was a member
Pioneer of 1865 Dies Friday At Hermiston, Ore Benjamin See, about 88 years of age and a pioneer of the Grande Rhonde valley of 1865, died Friday at Hermiston, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Anna Arthur. He moved to Hermiston from La Grande about two years ago. Funeral services will be held at
Dorothy L. Osterman, 91, a resident of Sunridge Retirement Community in Pendleton died Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 in Pendleton. Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Park in McMinnville. Vault interment will be afterward. Mrs. Osterman was born Sept. 12, 1911, at McMinnville. She was a daughter of Oliver Warren
At Pendleton, March 20, 1890, Mrs. Margueretta Fee, aged 55 years. Deceased was the mother of Judge Fee of the circuit court. Eastern Oregon Republican, Thursday March 27, 1890
Mrs. Eva Maria Planting died yesterday [June 2, 1929] at her home 123 North Logan Street, after a lingering illness. Mrs. Planting was born in Sweden April 1, 1851, being 78 years old. She came to Calumet, Michigan in 1873 and was married that year to Gustaf W. Planting. In 1877 she came to Umatilla
Benjamin Franklin See Jr. husband of Nancy Ann Hammack See Hermiston Herald – February 21, 1935 Pioneer of Union County called to Final Rest Another pioneer of the plains was called to his final rest last week when Benjamin Franklin See passed away after 89 years of sojourn here on this earth. As a youth,
