Wallowa Oregon

Trump, Pearl Louise – Obituary

Elgin, Oregon Pearl Louise Trump, 87, of La Grande and formerly of Elgin, died March 31 at a local care home. A funeral service is planned for 11 a.m. Thursday at the Elgin Seventh-day Adventist Church, followed by burial at the Elgin Cemetery. Viewing will be available from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Daniels Chapel of the Valley, 1502 Seventh St., La Grande. Pearl was born March 25, 1920, to Allie Mable (Norton) and Herbert Jack Fisher in Wallowa. She followed two sets of twin girls. She grew up in southeastern Washington and attended high school in Creston, Wash. … Read more

Scott, Dorothy – Obituary

Dorothy Scott, 73, died March 5 at her Wallowa home after a hard-fought battle with cancer. A graveside service will be held March 22 at noon at the Summerville Cemetery with a memorial potluck at the Elgin Community Center on 10th Street immediately following. Loveland Funeral Chapel & Crematory is handling the arrangements. Dorothy was born April 18, 1934, in La Grande to John and Letha Byers Traverso. The youngest of three, she was raised as a rancher’s daughter in Alicel. The old saying, “You can take the girl out of the country, but you can never take the country … Read more

K Surname, Wallowa Cemetery, Oregon

K Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Kedwell, Verle Elizabeth 5 APR 1898 : 29 JAN 1976 Keiser, Florence Amelia 4 NOV 1892 : 27 JUL 1978 Keiser, William A. 1884 : 1963 Kelley, Victor : 2 AUG 1923 Kellogg, Robert Eugene 19 OCT 1917 : 6 NOV 1930 Kennison, Harry A. 1903 : 14 DEC 1934 Kennison, Jenine Marie 5 JUN 1950 : 4 JAN 1952 Kessler, Infant, Son of J. E. & M. E. Kessler : 1908 Kirk, Herman Wellington 21 FEB 1888 : 12 APR 1957 Kirk, Irene 1891 : 1962 Klitz, Noel Franklin 9 … Read more

S Surname, Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa County, Oregon

S Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Sanner, Baby 22 JUN 1927 : 22 JUN 1927 Sanner, Willard W. 1918 : 7 NOV 1921 Sarrett, Charles B. 1872 : 1932 Sarrett, Harmon Perry 24 APR 1910 : 28 NOV 1983 Sarrett, Jesse Bernard 29 AUG 1916 : 5 NOV 1974 Sasser, Ava Mae 9 AUG 1893 : 25 JAN 1961 Sasser, Baby : 21 OCT 1918 Sasser, Joseph : 6 MAR 1976 Sasser, Milo Ray 11 DEC 1928 : 22 AUG 1977 Schaeffer, Earl Allison 3 MAY 1892 : 26 DEC 1975 Schaeffer, Mary Anna 13 FEB 1897 … Read more

Ward, Nellie Maud (Fisher) – Obituary

Nell Fisher Ward, a lifetime resident of Wallowa County, died April 26, 1981, at Wallowa Memorial hospital. She was 80 years old. The daughter of Hiram and Emma Rundall Fisher, she was born Sept. 18, 1902 in Lostine. On March 14, 1923, she married Landy Orlando Ward in Enterprise. Graveside services will be Thursday April 30, at 2 pm in the Enterprise cemetery. The Rev. Dennis Schmidt is to officiate. Interment will follow. Mrs. Ward is survived by her son, Jay Clifton of Enterprise, a brother Harry Fisher of Union, six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be … Read more

Rose, Arthur Delbert – Obituary

La Grande, Union County, Oregon Arthur Delbert Rose, 87, died Friday, Sept 30, 1994, at the Grande Ronde Retirement Residence, La Grande, after an extended illness. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Enterprise Cemetery with the Rev. Ed Morrison officiating. Bollman Funeral Home of Enterprise is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Rose was born Jan. 24, 1907, in Mabton, Wash., to George and Matilda Rose. When he was a young boy his family moved to Wallowa County. He attended the Swamp Creek School. He married Isabelle (Belle) Heskett on May 10, 1932. He … Read more

A Surname, Wallowa Cemetery, Oregon

A Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Akers, Daniel 1838 : 17 JUL 1918 Akers, Ellen 1842 : 7 JUL 1914 Allard, Adelairde 19 JUL 1947 : 28 FEB 1929 Alumbaugh, Ellen, Wife of James P. Alumbaugh 1852 : 1922 Alumbaugh, James P. 1850 : 30 MAY 1922 Alumbaugh, Sarah L. : 8 JUN 1922 Anderson, Adalee 14 NOV 1898 : 23 AUG 1979 Anderson, Bonnie May 4 SEP 1922 : 1 AUG 1923 Anderson, Child, Child of Dick Anderson : Anderson, Dick 1889 : 1945 Anderson, Emily 12 MAR 1857 : 3 FEB 1927 Anderson, Frank : … Read more

Johnson, Lora Jeannette – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Lora Jeannette Johnson of Enterprise May 20, 2007. She was 90. Services will be held June 2, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. at the Community Congregational Church in Enterprise. A complete obituary will run at a later date. Wallowa County Chieftain, May 24, 2007 Contributed by Dixie Ricker Second Obit. Lora J. Johnson died on May 20, 2007, at Alpine House in Joseph. She was 90. Mrs. Johnson was born on Sept. 12, 1916, in Regina, Saskatchewan Province, Canada to Durbin Yost and Anna McKay Yost. Her parents immigrated to Pullman, Wash. where she graduated from high school and … Read more

Biography of John Dougherty

Like many of the most prosperous and enterprising citizens of the county of Wallowa, the esteemed subject of this sketch came hither from the eastern part of the United States and here has wrought with the accumulated wisdom of years and experience gained both in that section of the country and in this, while he has ever been dominated by a high sense of the responsibilities of the position of the enlightened citizen and supporter of our free institution, being in his personal demeanor upright, capable, thrifty and patriotic. John Dougherty was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, in 1837, to … Read more

Courtnay, Phyllis – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon Phyllis Anne Courtnay, a long-time Wallowa County resident, died Jan. 29, 2007, in Union. She was 74. Mrs. Courtnay was born Sept. 10, 1932, to Ernest and Florence Eastman in Adrian. She was raised in the Adrian area and graduated from Adrian High School in 1950. On April 12, 1953, she married Clinton Courtnay. They lived in California while Mr. Courtnay was in the Navy, then moved to Idaho, and later to Wallowa where they raised four children. She was a dedicated wife and mother devoted to the care of her husband and children. She supported her husband … Read more

Weaver, Jay – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon Services Held For Jay Weaver Funeral services for Jay Weaver were held Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in the Christian Church at Wallowa with Minister O. W. Jones in charge and the church choir singing “In The Garden” and “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.” Pallbearers were Tom McBath, Jr., Alderin Oliver, Bill Cramer, Levi Johnson, Clarence Bergett and Frank Murphy. Interment was in the Wallowa cemetery. Donald Jay Weaver was born December 7, 1904 in Wallowa, Oregon. He passed away November 16 at the hospital in Ephrata, Washington. Had he lived until his birthday in December, he would have … Read more

Knight, Margaret – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Margaret Knight, Wallowa, died Jan 9, 1990, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. Services will be held Saturday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. at the Wallowa Methodist Church with internment to follow in the Lostine Cemetery. Source: Wallowa County Chieftain, January 11, 1990, Page 2 Contributed by: Sue Wells

Vernam, Richard Dean – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Richard Dean Vernam, 78, of Enterprise died July 6 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland after open-heart surgery. The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Friday July 14 at Mountain View Christian Church in Joseph. Burial will be at Prairie Creek Cemetery. Bollman Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Vernam was born April 7, 1928, to Glenn and Irene Vernam in Colville, Wash. The family moved to Alvadore and he graduated from Junction City High School. On June 15, 1947, he married June Athey. They lived near Alvadore where he was a welder and steel fabricator, … Read more

Cornwell, Eloise – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Eloise Cornwell died on Aug. 2, 2007 at the Evergreen Health and Rehabilitation Center in La Grande. She was 87. Mrs. Cornwell was born Feb. 8, 1920, in Enterprise to Arthur C. and Nettie L. Beam Haggerty. On July 5, 1938, she married Leonard L. Cornwell. She worked as a linotype operator for the Wallowa County Chieftain for many years. After retiring, she and her husband enjoyed traveling in “Big Brown”, their converted bus. They spent winters in Arizona and summers in Wallowa County. Mrs. Cornwell is survived by her daughter Judi and Terry Holbrook of Enterprise; grandsons … Read more

Tippett, Ida “Joyce” Davis Mrs. – Obituary

North Powder, Oregon Ida “Joyce” Tippett, 76, of Wallowa, a former North Powder resident, died Nov. 12, 2004, at La Grande. Her memorial service was Nov. 20 at Bollman Funeral Home in Enterprise. Burial was in the Enterprise Cemetery. Joyce was born May 20, 1928, in La Grande to Edward Alvin Davis and Hattie Meyers Davis of North Powder. She grew up in North Powder, where her grandparents, John Samuel and Susan Dealy Davis, homesteaded. She attended North Powder schools and was a graduate of Powder Valley High School. She married William S. “Bill” Tippett on Sept. 6, 1946, at … Read more

Bay, Lulu Catherine Mrs. – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Rosary Tomorrow For Lulu Bay Mrs. LuLu Catherine Bay passed away Wednesday morning, March 28, 1973 at Wallowa County Nursing Home where she had resided since July 1, 1967. She was born April 14, 1887 in La Grande, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Jake Gulling. She was a member of St. Katherine’s Catholic Church. Survivors include one sister, Ethel Sears, Corry, PA.; two grandsons, David Bay, Concord Calif., and Steve Bay, Los Angeles. Recitation of Rosary will be tomorrow (Friday) at 6:30 p. m. at the Bollman Chapel, and requiem mass will be offered by Father … Read more

Hetrick, Anna Margaretta – Obituary

Anna Margaretta “Maggie” Hetrick, a resident of Wallowa County most of her life, died March 20, 1982, at Valley View Manor in La Grande, one week before her 100th birthday. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin on March 27, 1882, she was the daughter of Peter and Gertrude Anna Huber Goebel and the oldest of 10 children. The family moved to Wallowa County from Humbolt County, Wisconsin, in 1888. On November 27, 1907, she was married to Calvin Hetrick in Wallowa, and she spent her adult life as a homemaker. Her husband died in 1938. During World War II Mrs. Hetrick … Read more

Conaway, Violet – Obituary

Joseph, Oregon Violet Effie Conaway, 88, of McMinnville, died April 15, 2004, at home. She was born Oct. 3, 1915, in Flora to Roy and Bessie Varney. Mrs. Conaway spent most of her growing up years on Upper Prairie Creek and graduated from Joseph High School. After marrying James B. Conaway in 1938, the couple moved to La Grande a few years later where she worked as a high school secretary, followed by a move to McMinnville in 1950. After a short time in Alaska, the couple lived in Vancouver, Wash., before returning to McMinnville in 1980 with two young … Read more

Warren, Eunice – Obituary

Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Eunice Warren passed away July 28, 1978 at Wallowa Memorial hospital. She had been a patient for five weeks and in failing health approximately two years. She was born on November 18, 1913 in Enterprise, daughter of James and Vera (Draper) Fisher. She lived in Wallowa county most of her life. On March 16, 1971 she married Henry W. Warren in Enterprise, Oregon. Survivors include her husband, Henry of Enterprise; her mother Vera Fisher; brothers, Leland Fisher of Hillsboro, Oregon; Wolvert Fisher of Enterprise, Oregon; two sisters, Mrs. Otis (Inez) Varney of the Dalles; and Mrs. … Read more

Sherod, Glenn D. – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Honor Memory Of Train Victim The Christian Church of Wallowa could not hold the many sorrowing friends who came Saturday afternoon, March 17, 1951 at 2:00 o’clock to pay their last tribute to Glenn D. Sherod, who was instantly killed Wednesday afternoon, March 14, 1951 at the Evans railroad crossing. Death came when the truck he was driving was struck by the Union Pacific freight train. Rev. O.W. Jones, pastor of the Christian Church, officiated at the services and Victor Kreimeyer and Mrs. Rachel Sutphin, accompanied by Mrs. Kreimeyer, sang, “The Old Rugged Cross.” “In The … Read more