Ingram,Chester – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Chet Ingram Killed Under Wheels of Logging Truck Marr Flat Mishap Fatal to Logger Chester Ingram, 36, of Joseph was instantly killed about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning when a logging trailer ran over him during logging operations on Marr Flat. The truck which struck Ingram was driven by Wilbur Curry of Joseph. Curry reported that his truck had just been loaded at the jammer and Ingram was assisting him in tightening the chains and checking the load. While Curry was partly under the truck and Ingram was stepping behind the load, the truck started rolling slowly … Read more

Wood, James LeLand – Obituary

James LeLand Wood, a carpenter and 12-year resident of the Vancouver area, died Friday. He was 59. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Evergreen Staples Funeral Chapel with Rev. James Finkbeiner officiating. Private burial will be in Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, Oregon. Mr. Wood was born August 21, 1926, in Wallowa, Oregon. He last lived at 1913 Leichner Road. He was an Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War and attended the Methodist church. He is survived by his mother, Clara Finstad of Port Lavaca, Texas; two sons, Jordan of Maupin, Oregon, … Read more

Bales, Sylvia – Obituary

Imnaha, Oregon Sylvia Bales Sylvia M. Bales, 94, of Imnaha, died Aug. 15, 2004. Services will be held Aug. 21 at 1 p.m. at the Enterprise Cemetery. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Wallowa County Chieftain, Thursday, August 19, 2004 Sylvia Bales, 94, of Imnaha, died Aug. 15 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. She was born April 19, 1910, to Tom and Odelia Jacob on Joseph Creek. She married John Bales Sept. 17, 1928. They lived most of their lives on different ranches in Wallowa County, the last years on the Imnaha. After John’s death, she moved … Read more

Wattenburg, W. C. – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon W. C. Wattenburg W. C. Wattenburg, formerly a resident of Enterprise, died in Portland last week. He was a resident of Enterprise in 1915 and 16 and worked with Jno. Oberg as architect and furnished plans for a number of buildings in this county. He was 27 years of age at the time of his death and leaves a wife and baby. Wallowa County Reporter, Thursday, January 2, 1919

Ransier, John Carl – Obituary

Wallowa County, Oregon Imnaha Rancher Dies Suddenly John Carl Ransier, a ranch superintendent who was employed on the Bentson ranch on the Imnaha, passed away Thursday, December 31, 1964 while at work in the feedlot. He had been in ill health for ten years. Funeral services, arranged by the Bollman Funeral Home were Tuesday in Garfield, Wash., with burial in the Garfield cemetery. He was born October 20, 1903 in Ontario, Canada, son of Samuel and Margaret Ransier and had lived in Oregon for the past 20 years. He had lived in Wallowa County for one year. He was a … Read more

Hammack, N. E. Rev. – Obituary

Alder Slope, Wallowa County, Oregon Rev. N. E. Hammack was born in Laural County, Kentucky, August 1, 1850 and died at his home on Alder Slope July 31, 1929, being 79 years old. He was married to Maryann Weaver in early life and to this union six children were born, three of who have passed on. Those surviving are Barbara Hodge, Levisa Braughton of Roseburg and James R. Hammack. Those who have died are William J. Hammack, Mahaleyann Hodge and Margarett Sasser. Mr. Hammack came to Wallowa county in 1902 and settled on Alder Slope which remained his home until … Read more

Tierney, Francis C. – Obituary

Francis C. Tierney Enterprise, Oregon Died at his residence in this city, Thursday morning. His death came as a shock as he was in the best of health and spirits seemingly when he retired at night and in the morning was found lifeless. He was born in Canada having come to this city about three years ago from Idaho where they still have a large ranch. His death was due to chronic valvular heart disease. He was 68 years, two months and fifteen days old. He is survived by his wife, two daughters and a son. The funeral services were … Read more

Stein, Margaret – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Margaret Stein died Oct. 3, 2006. She was 84. She was born April 21, 1922, to Earnest and Lillian Simmons Quinn in Joseph. She attended Reavis and Enterprise schools. She married her high school sweetheart Myron Stein on Feb. 16, 1940, when she was 17. She and Myron were married 66 years. Mrs. Stein spent most of her adult life in Wallowa County. She led a simple life and was content being a homemaker. She loved cooking, camping, huckleberry picking and spending time with her family. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star-Joseph Valley … Read more

Waelty, Elisabeth Mrs. – Obituary

Summerville, Wallowa County, Elisabeth Ochsner was born in Naenikon, Canton Zurich, Switzerland, February 27, 1840, and passed to the Great Beyound July 17, 1919, at the age of 79 years, 4 months, 20 days. She came to Lank County, Wisconsin, in 1851 with her parents. In 1859 she married Gottfried (Godfried) Waelty in Waumander, Wisconsin. They came to Summerville, Oregon in 1881 and then to Wallowa in 1902. Her husband passed on August 1, 1913. Four children were born to this union, two dying in Childhood. She leaves to mourn her loss two children, Albert G. and Louise Waelty, both … Read more

Coyle, Nancy Belle – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon Nancy Belle Coyle, 80, of Walla Walla, Wash., died Dec. 25, 2003, at Walla Walla General Hospital. She was born July 24, 1923, in Wallowa to William E. and Laura Belle (Johnson) Johnson. After growing up and getting most of her schooling in Wallowa, she graduated from McLoughlin Union High School in Milton-Freewater and attended Oregon Normal School (now Eastern Oregon University) for two years. She made the Walla Walla area her home after marrying Walter C. Coyle in 1946 and worked as a bookkeeper for the telephone company until retiring in 1968. She was a member of … Read more

Jasper, Frank – Obituary

Frank Jasper, 85, Dies In Ukiah Frank Jasper, 85, retired farmer and minister of Ukiah, Calif., died Saturday in Ukiah of an extended illness. Services will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Dempsey’s Funeral Chapel. Rev. Boone White will officiate, and burial will be in the Summerville cemetery. Mr. Jasper was a former resident of Wallowa and Union counties, and a member of the Union County Historical Society, Blue Mountain Grange, and Union County Fair Board. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Lina Jasper of Ukiah; one son, Dr. Herbert Jasper of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Zimmerville [sic … Read more

Conrad, Edna L. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Edna Conrad Services Held Edna L. Conrad of Enterprise who had been in ill health for several years, passed away Thursday, Sept. 11, 1975, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. Memorial services were Monday at 2 p.m. at the Bollman Chapel. Wayne Pickens, pastor of the First Baptist Church officiated, and Wanda Sorweide was organist. Catherine DeBole sang: “In the Garden” and “Beautiful Garden of Prayer.” Casket bearers were: Emerson Reece, Jerry Simpson, Ron Wheeler, Don Kooch, Kenneth Kooch and Wayne Cook; and vault interment was in the Enterprise Cemetery. Mrs. Conrad was born April 25, 1900 in … Read more

Fisher, Margaret – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Margaret “Margy” Fisher, Enterprise, died Saturday, Aug. 20, 1988 at Tri-State Memorial Hospital in Clarkston, Wash. She was born Margaret Ruth Reece, Dec. 26, 1923, to Lacy and Ruth Reece in Enterprise. A lifelong resident of Enterprise, on May 2, 1945 she married James W. Fisher in Enterprise. She was a homemaker and retail sales clerk for many years and loved sewing and home crafting for her family. She is survived by her husband, J.W. of Enterprise; sons, Jim Fisher, Asotin, Wash., Allyn Fisher and Bill Fisher, both of Enterprise; grandchildren, Kelly, Jeff, Brad, Jessi, Travis … Read more

Ager, Nancy Jane – Obituary

Wallowa County, Oregon Mrs. Nancy Jane Ager passed away last Thursday, February 5 Nancy Jane Dakan was born on February 7, 1860 near Roseburg, Oregon. When only a young girl she moved with her parents to Cricket Flat where she grew to womanhood. She lived a few years at Dayton, Washington and from there moved to the John Day country and later to La Grande. In 1902 she came to Wallowa County and settled on Day Ridge. In 1895 she was married to James Albert Ager. To this union three children were born: Mrs. Sam Davis, Joseph, Charley E. Ager … Read more

Cussins, George Oscar – Obituary

George (Dock) Cussins Passes at LaGrande George Oscar (Dock) Cussins, for 53 years a resident of Wallowa county, died at the Grande Ronde hospital yesterday morning as the result of a heart ailment which had followed a siege of bronchial pneumonia suffered by Mr. Cussins last winter. Last Thursday Mr. Cussins was taken to the hospital by his nephew, Roy Gastin, and his condition gradually grew worse until the end came. No funeral arrangements had been made late yesterday, pending the arrival of a sister and brothers. Mr. Cussins was born in Beatrice, Neb., in September, 1870, and when a … Read more

Ford, Child – Obituary

The six year old daughter of Mr. And Mrs. B.M. Ford died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Pratt last Friday morning. The burial services were conducted at the Enterprise cemetery by Rev. Cooper Saturday forenoon. Mr. Ford is the blacksmith at Imnaha. Wallowa County Reporter

Storm, Myrtha Lee – Obituary

Myrtha Lee Storm, 79, died Feb. 5, 2008. She was born Oct. 20, 1928, to Jesse William Poulson and Vella Boswell Poulson in Steamboat Springs, Colo. As a young girl, Myrtha and her family moved to Oregon, where she attended a one-room grade school in Imnaha. Some of her high school years were spent at Lincoln High in Portland. She returned to Wallowa County for graduation from Enterprise High in 1946. Myrtha and Robert Storm attended Eastern Oregon College following Bob’s discharge from the Army. They married Dec. 22, 1946. Two children, Carole Lynn and Jon Ervin, were born in … Read more

Isley, Belle – Obituary

Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Services Held For Belle Isley Mrs. Belle Vesta Isley of Joseph passed away Thursday June 28, 1973 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. She had been a resident of Joseph and the area east of there most of her life. She was the daughter of Allen and Gullia Kutch and was born in Umatilla County on June 5, 1887. On July 25, 1903 she was married at Enterprise to Madison P. Isley who preceded her in death on Oct. 16, 1965. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Survivors include three sons, Alvin … Read more

Ackerman, Ruth – Obituary

Ruth Ackerman, 41 and five children died Tuesday, November 29, when a fire leveled their log home at Priest River, Idaho. The father, William Ackerman, 48, thought his family was behind him when he rushed to the door but they weren’t. The minute he opened the door the house became an inferno. A sixth child, Randy, 15 was sleeping in a nearby camper vehicle and was not injured. The blaze may have been touched off when a double-barrel wood-burning heating stove overheated, according to Chief Sheriff’s Deputy Gordon Sunquist. Mrs. Ackerman was the former Ruth Patterson, daughter of Mr. and … Read more

Caudle, Carrie – Obituary

Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Memorial services for Mrs. Carrie Viola Caudle who passed away at the Wallowa Memorial hospital Monday afternoon, May 22, 1967, will be conducted by the Bollman Funeral home today (Thursday) at 2:30 p.m. at the Lostine United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Earl Eyre officiating. Mrs. Ella McArtor and Melvin Crow will sing “Under His “Wings” and “Beyond The Sunset”, and Mrs. Freda-Bobs Goodman will be organist. Casket bearers will be Bud Wynans, E.J. Blokland, Jack Read, Howard Williamson, Orval McArtor and E.J. Hook, and internment will be in the Lostine cemetery. Mrs. Caudle was the daughter … Read more