Wallowa County OR

Turnbow, John – Obituary

Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon John Turnbow Services Today Memorial services are being held this afternoon (Thursday) at 2 o’clock at the Methodist church in Joseph for John Edward Turnbow, a farmer of Prairie Creek who passed away Monday evening, March 10, 1958 in a Pendleton hospital following several months of illness. The Booth-Bollman Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements, and the Rev. Kenneth Davis will officiate. Mrs. Rosamond Green will be organist and Ruth Barton and Catherine DrBoie will sing “The Old Rugged Cross” and “God Be With You Till We Meet Again.” Casket bearers will be: Gordon … Read more

Marks, James Mrs. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Mrs. James Marks passed away suddenly Thursday noon, June 14, 1928, at the family home at Joseph. She had just eaten dinner when she was stricken and in a few minutes the end came. Two years ago in October Mrs. Marks suffered a stroke of paralysis from which she recovered only partly, and she was able to get about the house with the help of other members of the family. Clara Royce was born Feb. 14, 1857, at Shelbyville, Ill. When she was 19 years of age the family moved to Caldwell County, Missouri, where she … Read more

N-O Surnames, Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa County, Oregon

N Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Nichoales, C. A. 1904 : 1944 Nickleson, James C. : 1980 Nickleson, William : Nickerson, James 31 JAN 1882 : 11 MAY 1951 Norton, Richard Calvin 31 MAR 1935 : 10 DEC 1955 Norton, William Alfred : Nunn, Artha J. 1874 : 1957 Nunn, Thomas K. 1870 : 1955 O Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon O’Brien, Francis Michael 30 APR 1886 : 9 JAN 1956 O’Brien, Harriette 1884 : 1968 O’Brien, Howard K. 1878 : 1937 O’Brien, Margareeta, Wife of Thomas O?Brien 1843 : 1899 O’Brien, Margaret Anna … Read more

Goodman, Miles W. – Obituary

Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Miles W. Goodman Dies At Lostine Resident of County for 31 Years Succumbs After Long-Period of Ill Health. Miles W. Goodman died Thursday, November 22, 1917, at his home at Lostine of cancer of the stomach. He had been suffering from the malady for a year, but was confined to his bed only two weeks. Three and a half years ago Mr. Goodman was thrown from a buggy in a runaway and his hip was crushed. He was unable to get out at all for a year and then had to use crutches, and, and from … Read more

Carper, John – Obituary

Promise, Wallowa County, Oregon John Carper Laid To Rest John Carper, resident of Promise for the past 50 years, passed away Monday. He had been in poor health for several months and bedfast most of the time since the first of the year. Mr. Carper was born on July 16, 1870. He homesteaded in the Promise district about 50 years ago and continued to live on the original homestead until his last illness. He was a leader in grange activities and had many friends throughout the county. Surviving are his widow and six children: Henry of Enterprise, Ed of Wallowa, … Read more

Conner, Joyce Lee – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon Joyce Lee Conner died Aug. 29, 2006. She was 71. Mrs. Conner was born April 4, 1935, in Wallowa. She graduated from Wallowa High School in 1953. She did all of the artwork for her high school yearbook, was a song leader, a member of the student council, and was the basketball homecoming queen. She enjoyed hours of horse back riding with friends. After graduating from high school, she earned her certificate to become a dental assistant in Walla Walla, Wash. On Nov. 24, 1955 she married Sid Conner, her brother’s classmate from Wallowa High School. They were … Read more

P Surname, Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa County, Oregon

P Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Pack, John Ralph 12 JUL 1900 : 9 DEC 1900 Palmer, Donald Marion, Son of Jim Palmer 6 JUL 1923 : 12 SEP 1923 Palmer, Dorthy Maxine 6 JUL 1923 : 17 NOV 1923 Daughter of Jim Palmer Palmer, Nathan Arthur : 20 JAN 1918 Palmer, William : 20 APR 1921 Parker, Samuel 10 OCT 1849 : 15 JAN 1925 Pearson, Hattie M. 15 MAY 1899 : 10 DEC 1983 Pendarvis, Melvin Leroy 28 NOV 1921 : 8 NOV 1961 Perry, Alvin H. : 21 JUL 1910 Petersen, Charlotte : 16 … Read more

Baker, Joe Mrs. – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon The death of Mrs. Joe Baker, wife of attorney Joe Baker of La grande, occurred at her son’s home near Wallowa the latter part of last week. The remains were conveyed to La Grande and interred in the Masonic cemetery Sunday. Elgin Recorder Friday June 2, 1905

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

Stockham, John Edward – Obituary

On April the 2nd 1903, John Edward Stockham, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. James Stockham, died at the home of his parents in Paradise, Oregon at the age of 2 weeks and 2 days. This lovely bud so young so fair called hence by early doom Hast came to show how sweet a flower in Paradise would bloom. Contributed by: Tami Sherrill Note: Son of James and Lucinda (Isley) Stockham- obituary April 1903

Biography of Benjamin F. Myers

How different today appear the rich farms of plenty and the scenes of prosperity in this county, where but a few years since were the wastes of unbroken wildness, peopled by the occasional savage and his attendant companions, the coyote and the timid deer. Men, like the subject of this sketch, stanch, stable and true, came with hearts determined and hands willing to subdue the wild, to repel the savage, and build themselves homes, where now are in evidence the comforts of civilization, wrought out by their faithful endeavors. We are glad to make mention of one who has had … Read more

Heskett, William Franklin – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Former Wallowa County resident, William Franklin Heskett, died Jan. 4, 1988 at Portland. He was 76. He was born March 13, 1911 at Wallowa, the son of Willard and Lucy Grace (Feagins) Heskett. He grew up in Wallowa County and attended school there. He married Dorothy McCormack, April 2, 1934. The couple lived near Enterprise and Lostine until 1965 when they moved to Portland where he worked at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children until his retirement. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy; four daughters, Twyla Harmon, Oregon City, Melva Wheeler, Moses Lake, Wash., Tammy Heskett, Iowa … Read more

Coppin, Cleve W. – Obituary

Joseph, Oregon Cleve W. Coppin, 90, of Joseph died April 11. The funeral will begin at 2 p.m. Friday April 15 at the Prairie Creek Cemetery with Craig Strobel officiating. Mr. Coppin was born May 31, 1914, to E.J. and Marian Woolsey Coppin. He was a rancher and during World War II worked for the War Foods Administration. On June 20, 1942, he married Caryl Leehmann in Lakeview. He was a charter member of the Wallowa County Woolgrowers, and served as secretary-treasurer for 25 years of the Wallowa Valley Improvement District. He helped develop the ditch system and the Joseph … Read more

Royster, Peter – Obituary

Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Peter Royster was born Feb. 22, 1837 in Green county, Illinois and died March 6th, 1918 being 81 years and 12 days of age. While still a child his parents moved with him to Iowa. During the civil war he served his country for two years and four months in the 16th Iowa Regiment. On April 6th, 1866 he was united in marriage to May O. Sanford. To them were born three children of whom preceded them to the great beyond. With their two children they moved to Colorado during the early years of their married … Read more

Daniels, Nancy C. Mrs. – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Pioneer Resident Answers Call Mrs. Nancy C. Daniels, pioneer resident of the county for 46 years, died August 30 at the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland, where she had been a patient about two weeks. The body was brought by C.L. Booth to Wallowa for burial. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. Edgar A. Pollock, were held in the Methodist church in Wallowa Sunday afternoon. Music was by the same quartet who had sung at the funeral of Mr. Daniels, who passed away in 1920, Mr. and Mrs. K.W. McKenzie and Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Eddleman, accompanied … Read more

Jones, Mary E. – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E. Jones of Milton-Freewater, were held Saturday, July 18, 1964, in the Federated Church in that city, with the Rev. W. James Halfaker officiating. C. W. Wrinkle sang “The Old Rugged Cross” and “In The Garden”, with Mrs. Donald Clements as organist. Casket bearers were Herbert Warner, W. D. Croghan, Howard Rice, W. A. Bottorf, Jerry Geister and Walter Rand. Ritualistic services were by Rebekah Integrity Lodge No. 175. Concluding services and internment were in Milton IOOF cemetery. Mary Ellen (Weathers) Jones was born March 24, 1886 in the old town … Read more

Kingery, C. Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. C. Kingery passed away at her home in this city on Wednesday the 8th after an illness of about one week. She leaves to mourn her loss a husband and a little girl. The remains were taken to Glasco, Kentucky and the husband and daughter accompanied the remains and will not return. Wallowa County Reporter, Wallowa County, Oregon, August 16, 1917

Hammack, J. W. Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. J. W. Hammack, one of the best known of Wallowa an Union county pioneers, died at her home at Lostine, Friday night, June 3, 1927 at the age of 84 years, 7 months and 17 days. Sarah Miller was born in Spencer county, Indiana, Oct., 17, 1842. In 1856 she was united in marriage to J. W. Hammack who passed away Oct. 15, 1912. She united with the Christian church when about 19 years of age and remained a faithful member until her death. About ten years ago she had a severe stroke of paralysis, from which she never … 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