In this city, September 5 [1932], Eva L. Warner, aged 77 years. Survived by H. F. Warner of Portland, K. G. Warner of Pilot Butte, Ore., R. J. Warner of Los Angeles, Mrs. W. H. Richards of Multnomah, Ore. Remains will be sent to Pendleton, Ore., September 7, by the Salem Mortuary, 545 North Capitol Street. Contributed by: Shelli Steedman
“Haines Woman Is Accident Victim” Mrs. Dorsey Taylor, Haines, was instantly killed in an automobile accident near Mission, Ore., on Christmas Day, friends here learned today. Her husband B. A. Taylor and daughter, Della, who were also riding in the car, were uninjured. The Taylor’s are former North Powder residents, having operated farms in the Wolf Creek and Sunny Slope areas before moving to Keating and later to Haines. La Grande Evening Observer, Saturday, 28 Dec 1946, Front Page. Contributed by: Robert Bull
Elgin, Oregon Stanley Bruce Horn, 74, of Elgin died Nov. 19. An inurnment begins at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Elgin Cemetery with a celebration of life following at 1:45 p.m. at the Elgin Community Center. Loveland Funeral Chapel and Crematory is in charge of arrangements. Stanley was born May 16, 1933, to Clarence and Lillie Southard Horn in Kimball, Neb. When he was 4, his family moved to High Valley near Union, and when he was 5 or 6, they moved to Cricket Flat near the breaks of the Minam River. He spent the remainder of his childhood years … Read more
Fireman Is Killed When Train Strikes Boulder Richard T. Rettig, 31, locomotive fireman of La Grande, was instantly when passenger train, No. 26 was wrecked a mile this side of Cayuse station at 12:30 Tuesday morning. The wreck was caused by the engine crashing into a huge boulder that had fallen upon the track. The engine was thrown against the left bank and the tender toward the river on the right. Rettig was crushed between them, as his body was hurled the opposite side of the cab. Engineer J.H. Snodgrass, also of La Grande, suffered only a scratch on one … Read more
A graveside funeral service for Fannie Molstrom Poole will be held at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton on Friday at 10 a.m. Mrs. Poole, 92, of Pendleton, died Tuesday, May 14, 1991, at Amber Valley Care Center in Pendleton. She was born Oct. 10, 1898, at Paducah, KY, to Chris Henry and Rachael Valentine Lee. She married Roy Brothers in 1915; they were later divorced. On March 4, 1929, she married Henry Molstrom. The couple was engaged in farming north of Pendleton for over 60 years. Mr. Molstrom died in 1975. In 1982 she married Elwyn Poole. He died in 1986. … Read more
Glenn Long, 81, a former long time Haines resident died July 11, 1996 at Amber Valley Care Center in Pendleton. A graveside funeral was held for Mr. Long at Onley Cemetery in Pendleton on July 14. He was born October 20, 1914 to William and Amy Owen Long, long-time residents of Haines. His pioneer grandparents, Julia and Alonzo Long were early day residents of Muddy Creek. Mr. Long attended country schools in Haines and Baker City. He married Iola Johnson in Winnemucca, NV., in 1935. He later married Dorthy Burarsky in 1945. She died in 1947. On July 4, 1968 … Read more
La Grande, Oregon James (Jim) H. Lockett, 78, of McMinnville and formerly of La Grande, died Oct. 26 at the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville. There will be an 11 a.m. memorial service today at the First Baptist Church in McMinnville with Pastor Kent Harrop officiating. A private family burial will be at the Enterprise Cemetery. Mr. Lockett was born in La Grande June 16, 1928, to Arden Carmen and Gwendolyn Bell Lockett. He spent the first six years of his life in Kamela. He finished grade school in La Grande, attended high school in Athena and graduated from … Read more