Shorts, Jake – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Jake Shorts, 18, of Waldron, Ark., died May 25, 2004, at a Fort Smith hospital. His graveside service will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Oliver Cemetery near Waldron. He is survived by his parents, Roy and Rebecca Shorts of Waldron, Ark.; his grandmother, Lois Bennett of Baker City; two sisters, Amy and Sarah Shorts of Waldron; one brother, Travis Shorts, and his wife Angie of Waldron; two nephews; one niece and several aunts and uncles Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, May 28, 2004 Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

Biography of H. V. Lowe

H. V. Lowe, proprietor of the telephone exchange at Ramona and an alert and energetic business man, whose connection with various interests is at all times beneficial to the enterprises which he represents, was born in Sydney, Iowa, on the 18th of May, 1878. His father, James Lowe, was a native of Ohio and during the early boyhood of his son H. V. Lowe, he removed with his family to the old Indian reservation in what is now Gage County, Nebraska, settling at Beatrice. There he still resides at the advanced age of seventy-nine years. His wife, who bore the … Read more

Davis, Opal “Dee” – Obituary

Baker County, Oregon Obituaries Opal “Dee” Davis, 71, of Boardman, died Jan. 25, 2003, at his home. Private cremation with a Celebration of Life graveside service will be held later this year in Canyon City, with time and date to be announced later. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Dee was born March 27, 1931, at Waldron, Ark., the third child of Reacel and Monta May Starr Davis. He was raised in Booneville, Ark., then moved to Oregon in 1948. There he married Norma Jean Wood on Aug. 9, 1949, in John Day. They had four children, … Read more