Mabel Beach Died – September 20, 1895, Mabel Beach, daughter of W. J. Beach, from the effect of scarlet fever. She was a patient little sufferer, and the bereaved family have the sympathy of the neighborhood in their affliction. Rachel The Aurora, October 4, 1896
Enterprise, Oregon Clifford Henry Cochran, 94, of Tri-cities and formerly of La Grande died Feb. 25 at a care center. At his request there will be no funeral. Mr. Cochran was born Jan. 27, 1912, to Walter M. and Blanche Barnes Cochran in Enterprise. He graduated from La Grande High School where he played football and baseball. In 1934 he married Helen Conkey in Walla Walla. They lived in Klamath Falls and in La Grande, where he worked for the Mt. Emily Lumber Co. He retired after more than 40 years. He coached the fast-pitch softball team and a basketball … Read more
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Elizabeth McGraw Passes Away Mrs. Elizabeth McGraw, who resided at Wallowa with her daughter, Mrs. Lester Jackson, suffered a stroke Saturday morning, March 17, 1951 from which she never regained consciousness and passed away quietly at 1:04 p.m.. Elizabeth Almeda McGraw was born at Arnett West Virginia March 29, 1875, and was one of eleven children born to James Perry and Julia Ann Cook. She was married to Lewis Marshall McGraw of McGraws, West Virginia on March 7, 1894 at the home of her parents in Arnett, West Virginia. To this union seven children were born. … Read more
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
Hearts that were brave and true and hands that were strong wrought out the development of our beloved county, making here the abodes of civilization from the wilds of nature and the haunts of the savages, and among this worthy number, must be mentioned the subject of this sketch, who, although he was not among the first to break sod here, still so identified himself with the county’s interests and with the worthy men who labored with him that he was really one of the builders of Wallowa county, and it is befitting that we grant him this memorial in … Read more
Another Herder Dead A sheep herder in Wallowa county, somewhere on the Looking Glass, made the ghastly find of another dead herder last Friday. He immediately phoned friends at Milton, who in turn informed the sheriff of Union county. Deputies were dispatched to the scene, but found the place across the line and in Wallowa county. When the Wallowa officers reached the scene the body of the dead man was found to be so badly decomposed as to make its removal next to impossible. The deceased man is John Krell and, aside from having friends in Milton, Oregon, little is … Read more
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Ivan Carper, 87, of Wallowa, died Tuesday. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Wallowa Christian Church. A full obituary will be published later. Bollman Funeral Home is handling the arrangements. La Grande Observer, La Grande, Union County, Oregon, November 4, 2004 Contributed by Sue Wells Ivan Curtis Carper, 87, passed away on Oct. 26,2004, in Enterprise. He was born on Aug. 27, 1917 in Promise to Charles Paris and Bertha Jane (Doud) Carper. He was the 13th child born out of 15 children, and spent his childhood growing up in Promise during the … Read more
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Belle Rose, 73, died at Milton-Freewater Sunday Belle Rose was born June 6, 1913, in Wallowa County, to Willard B. and Grace (Feagins) Heskett. On May 10, 1932, she married Arthur Rose in Enterprise. She was a homemaker and a member of the Enterprise Community Church and Emerald Rebeckah Lodge. Survivors include her husband Arthur in Enterprise; daughter, Arthene Sigsbee of Milton-Freewater; brother, William Heskett of Portland; sister, Olive Wart of Milton-Freewater; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. The funeral will [be] held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise. The Rev. Ed Morrison … Read more
James Morelock Funeral Will Be Held Wednesday Funeral services for James P. Morelock, who died unexpectedly early Monday morning, will be held a 1:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary. Dr. Henry Marcotte, of the Presbyterian church will officiate. The Stanley lodge, A. F. & A. M., of Wallowa, of which he was a life member, will have charge of the grave services at the Summerville cemetery. Mr. Morelock was a native of Union county. He was born in Summerville Sept. 23, 1872 and was 65 years, one month and 9 days of age. He resided in … Read more
Isaac Lyle died at the home of his son, G.D. in the Leap country, last Saturday, January 31st and the body was shipped on Monday to Pomeroy, Washington for burial. The deceased was eighty years of age and had been making his home with his son during the past year. Wallowa County Reporter, Wallowa County, Oregon, Thursday, February 5, 1920
Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Memorial services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. Memorial services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Seventh Day Adventist Church for Albert Morse Butler of Joseph who passed away Tuesday, August 31, 1965 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton where he had been a patient for nine days. Pastor R.A. Garner officiated and music was furnished by the church. Honorary pallbearers were: Ernie Cloud, L.L. Beidler, Frank Brown, Clyde Fleenor, Joe Naughton, William Coleman, Robert Johnson, Jerry Jennings and John Steele. Casket bearers were: Richard Granger, Glenn Zamzow, Ralph Stickney, Ralph Jewell, Don Mallon, … Read more
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Funeral services were held in Central Valley, California on June 2, 1982 for Hazel Fisher Eiffert, long-time resident of Enterprise and Wallowa County, who died May 30, 1982. Born in Lostine to Hiram and Emma A. Fisher, she was married to John Eiffert. For the last 20 years she had lived in Central Valley, California. She is survived by her husband; a sister, Stella Colvin of Arizona; a brother, Harry Fisher of Union; and several nieces and nephews. Wallowa County Chieftain Newspaper dated June 10, 1982.
The following collection of Wallowa County Oregon obituaries has been compiled together by Judy White over several years. A Surnames: Ackerman, Ruth – Obituary Ackley, Charles – Obituary Action, Jennie Martha – Obituary Adams, Bert – Obituary Adams, Mary Margaret Bickel Mrs. – Obituary Adams, Mary Mrs. – Obituary Adams-Capps, Ivia Joan Rucker – Obituary Adkins, Mrs. James E. – Obituary Ager, Nancy Jane – Obituary Akes, Esther Elaine – Obituary Albertson, Allie – Obituary Aleson, Myrtle – Obituary Alford, Helen – Obituary Allard, Adelaide – Obituary Allen, Ella L. – Obituary Allen, Elvin W. – Obituary Allen, James – … Read more
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Chas. Beaumont received word yesterday that his brother J. W. had died at Milton from the effects of the “Flu.” He went to that place yesterday. Wallowa County Reporter, Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon, Thursday November 28, 1918.
Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon The Pioneers are going one by one and slowly we are all moving toward that realm from which no traveler ever returns to the scenes of earth. Jerile W. Cook, the subject of this sketch passed away at his home just south of Lostine, January 8th, 1918, after several weeks’ illness. He was born January 14, 1851, thus being 66 years, 11 months and 14 days of age at the time of death. In 1845 his parents came from Cass County, Illinois, his birth place, and settled in Polk County, Oregon. In 1879 he came to … Read more
John William Womack, son of Jacob and Lurreene Bougher Womack, was born in Unionville, Missouri, He, and a cousin Crawford Wallace Womack, made an early trip into Wallowa Valley, camping along Bear Creek. During the night their horses wandered away from camp and were found the next morning at what is now the town site of Wallowa. They both returned again in 1877, when they both filed on homesteads. John filed southwest of the town of Wallowa, building a log cabin at the foot of the west slope of Green Hill. He named his homestead “Cove Ranch.” Crawford Wallace Womack … Read more
Died by her own hands Our whole community was electrified Monday evening, by the news that Miss Alis Ready, had been found dead at the home of Mr. And Mrs. M. Austin of Paradise. Miss Ready had been helping Mrs. Austin with her house work. It seems that on the fatal day she had – very willingly on her part — been left alone for a few hours. One of the young men of the house, Ray Austin was the first to reach and enter the house and behold the young lady dead and cold on the floor. An alarm … Read more
Enterprise, Oregon In Memorium Mrs. Melvina Ward Death has taken our dear mother. Mrs. Melvina Ward. There was plucked the sweetest flower that ever blooms. It makes our hearts sad to give up our loving mother but our loss is heaven’s gain. That sweet voice is still. She has gone to sing with the angels in heaven. She was always a dear mother and devoted Christian for years. To our friends and neighbors and all who helped during the sickness and after the death of our mother, we sincerely thank you. Anna B. Dixon ; Mary Harmon Wallowa County Reporter, … Read more
Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Lostine Pioneer Goes To His Rest Crawford Wallace Womack, a pioneer of Wallowa County, died at his home at Lostine last Saturday, February 14, 1920. Funeral services were held at the Lostine Cemetery on Monday, conducted by Rev. Eaton of the Christian church. Mr. Womack was born in Shelby County, Illinois, and the family moved when he was a boy to Missouri. When 19 years old he joined in the gold rush to Colorado and spent part of a year in the Pike’s Peak neighborhood. In the spring of the following year the call of the … Read more
Leola Ollis, 92, of Everett, Wash., died August 21, 1995, in Sultan, Wash. She was born April 2, 1903, in Senia, North Carolina. She had lived in Lostine for 25 years before moving to Everett in 1962. Mrs. Ollis is survived by her son Richard Ollis and his wife Donna; her daughter Coralee Souther and her husband Len; daughters-in-law Wanda Ollis and Fauna Ollis; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her sons Ben and Estel Ollis and a grandson Paul Tippet. Funeral services will be Thursday, August 24, 1995, at 1 p.m. at … Read more