Wallowa County OR

Butler, Sarah Evaline Mrs. – Obituary

Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Pioneer Citizen Laid To Rest Another pioneer citizen is lost to Wallowa County in the passing of Mrs. Sarah Evaline Butler, who died at the Enterprise hospital Sunday, March 18, 1951. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Keener she was born in Virginia November 3, 1864. She was married to Horace J. Butler in 1880 in the state of Kansas, and they came to Wallowa County in the 90’s, living here since. Surviving to mourn her passing are four sons, James E. of Joseph, Paul of Clarkston, Washington, H.J., of Magalia, California, and Bert in Korea; … Read more

Arnold, Ettie Virginia – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Ettie Virginia Arnold of Enterprise died at the University of Oregon Medical Center in Portland on April 21, 1989. She was born April 20, 1921, at West Jefferson, N. C., the daughter of Jesse and Nellie Lewis. On Aug. 5, 1939 she married Quincy A. Arnold at Mount City, Tenn. The Arnold family moved to Enterprise in 1972. She was a homemaker and a member of the Flat Grove Baptist Church. She loved making quilts, gardening, walking, canning, camping and most of all, attending yard sales. Survivors include her husband, Quincy; two sons, J.R. of Enterprise … Read more

Frasolas, Marjorie Della (Reece) – Obituary

Marjorie Della (Reece) Frasolas, was born May 5, 1900. She died at the Umatilla hospital on March 24, 1975 at the age of 74. Mrs. Frasolas was a resident in the Hermiston Umatilla area since 1936. She was a member of the Auxiliary and the Pocahontas. Survivors are two daughters; Mrs. Don Allstott of Hermiston and Mrs. Jay Huson of Adams, Ore.; brothers are Amos Reece of Port Orchard, Wash., and Emerson and Wayne Reece of Enterprise; sisters are Mrs. William Phillips of Wapato, Wash. and Mrs. Earl Bonner of Weiser, Idaho, seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services … Read more

Bechtel, Philanda Mrs. – Obituary

Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Elgin for Mrs. Philanda Bechtel, who passed away Wednesday, March 5, 1941 at the home of a son, Joe Bechtel, of Wallowa. She was born in Sullivan County, Missouri in 1856 and had spent the greater part of her life in the Elgin community. Her husband passed away many years ago. Mrs. Bechtel is survived by three sons, Dan and Homer of Elgin; Joe of Wallowa and one daughter, Mrs. Stella Witty of Elgin. Attending the services from Enterprise were Mr. and Mrs. Fred Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bechtel. Enterprise Record … Read more

Forthman, Charles O. – Obituary

Charles O. Forthman died May 12, 2007, at the Jonathan M. Wainwright Veterans Administration Medical Center in Walla Walla, Wash. He was 85. Mr. Forthman was born in a log house April 21, 1922, in Flora to William T. and Margery M. Ager Forthman. In 1940 he went to National Youth Association School in Pendleton for mechanics in heavy equipment and truck driving. In 1943 he attended five weeks of school for heavy equipment and truck driving. During World War II he was drafted in the Army Air Force and received his honorable discharge in January 1946. Mr. Forthman served … Read more

Fisher, Columbus W. – Obituary

Fisher, Columbus W. Dies At WallowaColumbus Warren Fisher of Wallowa passed away suddenly last Friday, Feb. 1. Funeral services were held in the Elgin Christian church at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon with Orion lodge No. 73 K.P. in charge. Burial was in the Elgin cemetery. Mr. Fisher was born at Summerville, Ore., on Feb. 1, 1877. He lived at Elgin for a number of years before moving to Wallowa. During his lifetime he had owned several sawmills and more recently was engaged in extensive logging operations. [Note: Columbus Fisher was the son of Union County pioneers Enos Richard Fisher and … Read more

Guthrie, Frank David – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Frank David Guthrie, 81, of Wallowa County died Aug. 24 at a local care center. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 9 at the Enterprise Cemetery. A dinner will follow at the Enterprise VFW. Mr. Guthrie was born Dec. 21, 1924, to Franklin Peter and Anna Theresa Nichols Guthrie in Quincy, Mass. The family moved to Wallowa County and after graduating from high school he joined the Marine Corp. He retired after 26 years and then began farming. On Sept. 9, 1946, he married Helen Marie Burdett. She died in 1996. He was a … Read more

Lively, Mildred – Obituary

John Day, Oregon Mildred Lively, 89, of John Day and formerly of Wallowa, died Sept. 25 at Blue Mountain Hospital. A graveside service will begin at 11 a.m. Friday at Wallowa Cemetery in Wallowa. Driskill Memorial Chapel in John Day is in charge of arrangements. Mildred was born May 12, 1919, to Paul and Evelynn (Hyde) Bartmess in Metropolis, Nev. She attended Wallowa High School, graduating in 1938. On Feb. 20, 1939, she married Leonard Lively in Lewiston, Idaho. She enjoyed being a homemaker and knitting. Survivors include her son, Gary and his wife, Sharon Lively, of Mount Vernon; son, … Read more

Bach, W. B. – Obituary

W.B. Bach Passes Away at La Grande W. B. Bach died at La Grande at 3:15 this morning. He failed to recover from a second operation for appendicitis. He went to La grande two weeks ago and submitted to an operation and it was realized at that time that he was in serious condition. Mr. Bach came to Enterprise from La Grande three years ago and has been the local manager for the Wilson Lumber Co. He leaves a wife and nine year old daughter to mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband and father. No funeral arrangements … Read more

Stevenson, Child – Obituary

Child of Pearl Stevenson Enterprise, Oregon Mr. And Mrs. Pearl Stevenson had the misfortune to lose their 15 months old child from the dread disease pneumonia. Mrs. Stevenson is a daughter of Mr. And Mrs. T. O. Clarke of this city. A short service and interment was held at the Enterprise cemetery, Wednesday afternoon. Wallowa County Reporter, Thursday January 22, 1920

Schell, John, Mrs. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon The community was shocked to hear of the death of Mrs. John Schell Monday morning at her home in the Burnaugh apartments. She had been a sufferer from ill health for over two years and during the past year had been in Portland at a sanitarium in hopes of receiving benefit. She returned home a week ago. The funeral services were held at the residence of her only daughter, Mrs. W.F. Craig, Wednesday at 2 p.m., Rev. Cullison officiating. Interment was at the Enterprise cemetery. Mrs. Schell was born in Missouri and was aged 59 years, … Read more

Collins, Ruby Banister Payne Mrs. – Obituary

Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Ruby P. Collins, 90, formerly of Joseph and Athena, died Monday, October 19, 1987 at Hillsboro. She was born April 10, 1897, at Athena, the daughter of Bern and Mary Pinkerton Banister. She was a member of Athena High School’s first graduating class. In 1916, she married Ross Payne. The couple farmed in the Adams area and had ranching interests at Joseph. Payne died in 1949, but she continued their farming and ranching until her retirement. During World War II she worked as a mechanic at the Pendleton Air Base and also received awards as an … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Bert Barnhill

BERT BARNHILL. – A member of the well known firm of Fine & Barnhill Brothers and laboring in one of the enterprises of Elgin, being proprietors of the livery and sale stables of the town,our subject is deserving of representation in this volume and as a loyal citizen, upright and honest, we accord him such with pleasure. Our subject was born in Sanders county, Nebraska, on September 22, 1860, being the son of James and Margaret (Bryan) Barnhill, natives of Illinois and Indiana, respectively. From the home place in Nebraska, the parents removed to Boise valley and in 1882, one … Read more

Harrison, Lulu Jane – Obituary

Funeral services for Mrs. Lulu Jane Harrison, 73, a resident of Eagle Valley who died Tuesday afternoon at St. Elizabeth Hospital, will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Beatty Chapel. Pastor Harold Hall will officiate with interment following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Harrison, the daughter of Charles John and Anna B. Markham, was born at Fort Collins, Colo. On June 30, 1890. The family moved to Oregon in 1915 and settled at Wallowa, where they lived for several years before moving to Eagle Valley. Mrs. Harrison was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. She is … Read more

Hearing, Mary E. – Obituary

Lostine, Wallowa County, Oregon Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the Lostine Christian church for Mary Elizabeth Hearing, Wallowa County pioneer, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Otto Dolkey near Medford, May 29, 1929. Rev. Arthur Harriman of Wallowa conducted the services. A quartet, Mrs. Orval McArtor, Mrs. Roy Haun, Roy Haun and Chas. Bridwell, sang appropriate hymns, with Mrs. S.L. Magill at the piano. Interment was in the Lostine cemetery. Mary Elizabeth Conner was born in Sigourney, Iowa, July 28, 1846, and crossed the plains to Portland, Oregon in 1853 at the age … Read more

Twaddell, James Eber – Obituary

James Eber Twaddell, 96, died Monday at his home 337 SE 79th Avenue. Mr. Twaddell was born in Mercer County, Missouri, March 15, 1853. When he was 12 his parents brought him over the Oregon Trail to Union County. In 1876 he moved to Linn County near Lebanon and there, on May 10, 1878 he married Maria Hare. The family moved to Portland in 1904 when Mr. Twaddell built the house in Montavilla where he lived thereafter. Mrs. Twaddell died in 1940. Surviving are one son Ivan, in Portland; two nephews, George and Stephen Allingham in Portland, and a niece … Read more

Maxwell, Oscar – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Oscar Maxwell, 91, a life-long resident of the Wallowa area, died on Wednesday, June 13, 1979, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande, where he had been a patient for 8 days. He was in failing health for two months preceding his death. He was born in Wallowa on Jan., 31, 1888, the son of Levi W. and Mary Ellen Maxwell. He was married on Oct. 29, 1913, in Wallowa to Mabel Elena Tulley. She preceded him in death on Nov. 2, 1951. A retired rancher-stockman in the Wallowa area, Maxwell served as Grand Marshall … Read more

Biography of Ira Stubblefield

A man of great adaptability, with vigor to carry him through his various undertakings, and wisdom to guide him in the safe path, and, withal, possessed of executive force to manipulate enterprises with success, the subject of this article is a man to whom we gladly accord representation in this volume of Harney county history. He was born in Blanco county, Texas, on April 28, 1866, being the son of W. K. and Eliza (Lumas) Stubblefield. The father of our subject was born in Tennessee, October 30, 1816, and at the age of fourteen went to Bolivar, Missouri, and in … Read more

Balter, Julius – Obituary

Julius A. Balter was suddenly stricken by heart disease while cranking his car at a point about one half mile this side of Elgin on Sunday, September 12th. Mr. Balter was alone and was on his way from the Yakima valley to Joseph. He was found shortly after attack and taken to Elgin and given medical attention but lived only about forty minutes. The funeral services were held at the Prairie Creek cemetery on Tuesday, by Rev. Akers of Enterprise. The deceased was born in Prumburg, Germany, Nov. 21, 1850, came to America in 1863. His mother died when he … Read more

Beard, J. R. – Obituary

J.R. Beard, better known as Grandpa Beard, who resided near Paradise, died Sunday morning, aged 73 years. Source: The News Record, Enterprise, Oregon, May 14, 1908 page 1 Contributed by: Sue Wells Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor