Accidently Killed Chas. Moore, a herder in one of Sam Litch’s sheep camps in Wallowa county, accidentally shot and killed himself this week. The camp is situated 25 miles northeast of Enterprise and the unfortunate man was found a short time after the accident by friends. A coroner’s jury was called and after investigating the case, concluded that the affair was purely accidental. Elgin Recorder Friday June 15, 1906
Flora, Wallowa County, Oregon Falling Tree Kills Raymon Bork While Cutting Wood On Day Ridge Funeral services for Ramon L. Bork, who was killed Monday morning, November 21, 1949 about 10:30 by a falling tree, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Bollman Chapel, with the American Legion in charge of the services. Burial will be in the Enterprise cemetery. Ramon was cutting wood logs and while falling a tree the top broke off, striking him and killing him instantly. Ramon Louis Bork was born near Flora February 15, 1924 to Mr. and Mrs. Ira H. Bork and … Read more
Baker City, Oregon Wilson McConnell “Willie” Dickison, 81, a longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 26, 2004, at Providence Medical Center in Portland, after brain surgery. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at McEwen Bible Fellowship near Sumpter. Pastor Bill Cox will officiate. Interment will be at the Sumpter Cemetery. After the committal service at the cemetery, everyone is invited to the luncheon at the Masonic Hall in Sumpter. Visitations will be Sunday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Wilson was born at Flora on May 1, 1923, to Mark and … Read more
ROBERT C. MAYS. – The well-known and capable business man, whose name appears at the head of this article, is one of the most widely known men of Union, and Wallowa counties, and is at the present time handling a large business as warehouseman at Elgin, where he is numbered among the leading residents of that thriving city, and he has made a record in this section that is both crowned with gratifying success from a financial standpoint, and wherein he has maintained a representation that is untarnished and displayed talents that properly place him among the real leaders in … Read more
Ruth A. Van Driesche, 90, of Stayton, who attended nursing school in Baker City, died Aug. 14, 2005, at her home. There will be a Catholic vigil at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Stayton. Vault interment will be at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Stayton. Mrs. Van Driesche was born on Feb. 12, 1915, at Enterprise to Tom and Zelnie Downing Lathrop. She was raised and educated at Enterprise. She earned her nursing degree in 1937 from St. Elizabeth’s Nursing School at Baker City. She married Marcel Van Driesche on June 5, 1939, at Mount … Read more
Mrs. A.E. Darby died Sunday morning of the influenza just ten days after the death of her husband. Short outdoor services were held at the house at one o’clock Monday. The body was taken to Salem for burial. It was taken by the mother and brother of the deceased. Mrs. Darby leaves one child which will be taken care of by her mother Mrs. Davis. (This article states A.E.- Husband listed in his obituary as O.E.) Wallowa County Reporter Thursday December 26, 1918
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Edward L. Brandon Passes At Wallowa Funeral services will be held from the Methodist church in Wallowa, Friday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock for Edward Brandon, who passed away at his home on Bear creek near Wallowa Tuesday afternoon, January 30, 1940. Rev. E.A. Pollock, pastor of the church, and was born at Joseph, March 5, 1939, and was survived by its parents and one sister. Source: Enterprise Chieftain, Enterprise, Oregon, Thursday, February 1, 1940 Contributed by: Sue Wells
Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Dorothy H. Considine, 71, died Saturday, May 19, 1984 at her home in Pendleton. Recitation of the rosary was held in the Burns Mortuary chapel in Pendleton on Tuesday evening, May 22 and funeral Mass was held at St. Marys Catholic Church on May 23 with graveside services at the Enterprise cemetery on the same afternoon. Mrs. Considine moved to Pendleton in 1951 from Joseph. She was born in Joseph on October 20, 1912 to Mr. and Mrs. Scott Daggett. In 1933 she married John Groupe in Joseph. John passed away in 1949. In 1954 she … Read more
Glen Edward Madison, 92, of Clarkston, Wash., died April 3, 2008 at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Glen was born near Bartlett Oregon on Grouse Flat. Glen was a WWII Veteran. He was a farmer, musician, fisherman, friend, and father. Glen is survived by his children Randy and Evelyn Madison, Rhonda and Tom Trullinger, Lynda and George Augir, Carol and Wes Promise, Dan Martin, Carl Martin, Diane Martin, and Lori Ann Martin. Glen had 17 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held April 12, 2008 at Merchants Funeral Home in Clarkston at 2:00 PM. Memorials can be … Read more
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Emil Klecker Services Friday Emil Klecker, who with his wife lived on S. River St. in Enterprise at the former Jack Dixon residence, passed away yesterday, November 6, 1957 at his home. He was born July 27, 1887 in Germany, son of Bernard and Ottille Klecker. He had lived in Oregon for the past 30 years and in Wallowa County for two and one half years. On February 5, 1916 he was married at Portland to Bertha Kolassa. He was a retired logging blacksmith. He is survived by his wife Bertha of Enterprise; a daughter, Mrs. … Read more
WILLIAM FINE. – Any compilation that purports to chronicle the careers of the leading men of Union and Wallowa counties would be open to great criticism, were there failure to incorporate therein an epitome of the gentleman, whose name initiates this paragraph, since he is one of the most influential and prominent men of this entire section, being well known over the two counties and as highly esteemed as he is widely known: and since he has achieved a good success here in various enterprises, thus demonstrating his ability to handle the affairs of the business world in a winning … Read more
Wilma, the six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wagner Bey [Wayne Bay], died at the home of her grandfather, Benjamin Ownbey, last Wednesday and was buried in the Alder Slope Cemetery, Thursday afternoon, Rev. Cullison was in charge of the service. Wallowa County Reporter, Thursday, 26 February 1920. Contributed by: Robert Bull
James Ralph Haun, a farmer and a lifelong resident of the Lostine area, passed away in a Portland hospital Thursday morning, April 12, 1956, following a short illness. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock and requiem mass was held Monday at 10 a.m., both services at St. Margaret’s Catholic Church in Wallowa. Father John Baumgartner, pastor, officiated. Mrs. Robert Duncan was at the organ and Mrs. Vern Mason was soloist. Casket bearers were Willard and John Lewis, James Read, Charles and Ed Hook, and Herman Wood, and burial was in the Wallowa Cemetery. Mr. Haun was born at … Read more
Mrs. T. H. Fagan/Fagin Mrs. Billie Fagin, Joseph Fagin, and Mrs. Ivan Vance went to Wallowa, Friday called by the death of a relative, Mrs. T.H. Fagan, who was a pioneer resident of the Leap country. Mrs. Fagan died in a hospital at Walla Walla and was fifty seven years of age. Mrs. Fannie Dailey returned to her home at Freewater, Wednesday. She accompanied the body of her mother, Mrs. Ella Fagan, from Walla Walla to Wallowa, for burial there last Saturday. Mrs. Dailey has been visiting a sister, Mrs. Reynolds, near Enterprise during the past few days. Wallowa County … Read more
Services Today For Lee Albert Jacob Memorial services will be held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the Bollman Chapel for Lee Albert Jacob who passed away Monday, June 29, 1970 at Wallowa County Nursing Home where he had been a resident since February of 1965. Rev. James E. Jones will officiate and Wanda Sorweide will be organist. Clifford Collinsworth, soloist, will sing: “Beyond the Sunset” and “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” Casket bearers will be: Ferman Warnock, Lou Warnock, Donald Maxwell, Norman Lovell, Gene Arnold and Sam Loftus. Military committal service will be by Post 4307 VFW of Enterprise, … Read more
Wallowa County Man Stricken Leander Roy Cussins, 86, a retired farmer and sheepherder, and resident of Wallowa County for the past 73 years, died at his home near Lostine last Sunday. Graveside services were held today at 11 a.m. in the Lostine cemetery with the Rev. A .L. Kintner officiating. Mr. Cussins was born in Beatrice, Neb., the son of Samuel J. and Elizabeth Cussins. He had never married. Survivors include a brother, Arthur Cussins, and a sister, Mrs. Odelia Jacobs, both of Enterprise, Roy, Eugene and Irvin Gastin of Wallowa, are among the nephews and Mrs. Sylvia Bales of … Read more
William J. Reece died Tuesday evening, Feb. 11, 1936, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. E.H. Bonner, at Weiser, Idaho. He had been there only a few days, as his son, Floyd, had taken him there last week from Yakima, Wash., where he had been for some time with another daughter, Mrs. Willard Phillips. Funeral services will be held at the Christian church, Enterprise, tomorrow, Friday, at 2 p.m. and burial will be in the Enterprise cemetery. C.L. Booth has driven to Weiser for the body accompanied by Emerson and Floyd Reece. Mr. Reece was born in Logan county, … Read more
Wallowa, Oregon Mrs. W.R. Breshears Dies at Hospital Mrs. W. Reuben Breshears of Wallowa died Friday morning, April 10, 1942, at the Enterprise hospital where she had been a patient for the past week. She was sixty five years of age and had not been well for a long time. Mrs. Breshears was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and from there moved to Springfield, Illinois. She was married in 1905. The family have been residents of Wallowa county for twenty-five years and have lived in the town of Wallowa for the past eight years. Surviving, besides her husband, are four children, … Read more
La Grande, Union County, Oregon C.C. (Tod) Conrad of Wallowa died today at Wallowa Memorial Hospital in Enterprise. Funeral services will be held at Wallowa Christian church Saturday at 2:00 p.m. with graveside services at Summerville cemetery at approximately 3:30 p.m. La Grande Observer, La Grande, Union County, Oregon June 9, 1966 Page 3 Contributed By: Sue Wells
William (Bill) Frank Goebel, a lifetime resident of Wallowa, Oregon died May 12, 1982, at his home. He was 87. Born Sept. 9, 1894 in Wallowa, he was the son of Peter and Gertrude Anna (Huber) Goebel. As a young man he became a trained mechanic for Ford motorcars. With the declaration of World War I he joined the Army. Upon his return he married Annetta B. Cole in Enterprise, Oregon on April 15, 1926. She died March 10, 1974. Bill was instrumental in establishing the American Legion Kruse Post #72 in Wallowa and was a charter member of the … Read more