Pendleton, Wallowa County, Oregon James L. Reed, a resident of this county for sixteen years died in the hospital at Pendleton on December 30th after an illness of about one year. Mr. Reed is survived by his wife and sons, William of Promise, Langdon of Elk Mountain and Frank P. Reed who lives with his […]
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
Mrs. Fred Rich, resident of Wallowa for the last 48 years, passed away Friday morning (May 29, 1936) following a lingering illness. While the end came somewhat suddenly, she had been in failing health for more than a year and her recovery had long been despaired of. Funeral services were held from the home Sunday
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
While many brave men and noble women form the ranks of the worthy pioneers who fitted this country for the settlement of their fellows and have made the county of Wallowa what it is today, there is none that surpasses the venerable and upright gentleman and loyal and patriotic citizen whose name initiates this paragraph
Wallowa, Oregon Aaron Wilks 67, Logger, Born At Forest Aaron Evener Wilks, 67, a logger and Wallowa resident, died at his home Thursday. The cause of death was unavailable. He was born June 7, 1920, at Forest, Idaho, a pioneer town about five miles south of Winchester, to Bill and Winifred Weller Wilks. Wilks married
1924-1998 LeRoy Gray Childers, 73, of La Grande, died Tuesday, Jan. 13 at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise. A service will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Daniels Chapel of the Valley with the Rev. David Paulson of Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Mr. Childers was born March 22, 1924, to Lee and Bessie (Gray)
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon T.M. Hamilton, a well known and highly respected citizen of Wallowa, died at his home on Bear Creek, last Saturday. Mr. Hamilton had been troubled with heart disease for nearly three years and was obliged to keep his room. Friday he suffered a paralytic stroke and death came at about one
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Frank W. Thomas, 58, died at the Veterans Hospital in Boise, Id., on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 1980. He had been in poor health for the past 25 years. He listed Wallowa as his home address. Born in Wallowa on July 7, 1921, he was the son of Bill and Laura Thomas.
Joseph, Oregon Norma E. Barton, of Joseph, died March 26, 2007, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was 76. Mrs. Barton was born May 6, 1930, to Jesse Crader and Inez Morgan. She graduated from Joseph High School. She married Selwyn L. Barton in 1951. He died in 2000. She was a
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Wallowa resident, Margaret E. Kirkeby, 80, of Wallowa, died Sept. 2, 1992, at her home in Wallowa. She was born Dec. 11, 1911, at Onamia, Minn., the daughter of Albin and Florence (McAloney) Petrin. In 1956, she married Orrin G. Kirkeby in Onamia. Mrs. Kirkeby was an active and loyal member
Wallowa Lake, Oregon Oliver Earl Boeve, 54, of Wallowa Lake died April 15, 2005, at home. He was born June 7, 1950, in Portland, the son of the late Kenneth Gerald Boeve and Mary Lou Atkinson Boeve. He grew up in Tigard and Sherwood, graduating from Sherwood High School in 1969. Boeve served in the
Wallowa County native Mina Hazel, (Womack, Litchfield) Johnson died Thursday, March 21, 1996, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. She had been a resident of the Wallowa County Nursing Home for the past year. She was born December 12, 1903, at Lostine, the daughter of Jacob (Clairborne) and Emily (Elestia-Emma) Womack. As a young woman she met
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Charles R. Goebel passed away near Wallowa, Oregon on September 14, 1984. He was born November 5, 1896, at Wallowa, the son of Peter and Gertrude Goebel. On June 23, 1928, he was married to Kate Johnson at La Grande. She preceded him in death on December 28, 1982. Goebel was a logger and rancher
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon “Mack” Cook Answers Call George B. McClellen Cook passed away at the Enterprise hospital Feb. 1 after a short illness. “Mack” Cook was born Feb. 27, 1862, near Dallas, Polk County, Oregon to Thomas l. and Harriet Cook who crossed the plains by ox team in 1854. He was one of
Wallowa, Oregon Helen Louise Brown, 86, of La Grande died Oct. 29, 2004 at a local care center in La Grande. Loveland Funeral Chapel was in charge of arrangements. Brown was born Feb. 11, 1918, to Jack W. and Mabel Clara Vest Emerson in Wallowa. She is the descendent of early pioneer family of Wallowa
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
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
Sarah J. Luhrs, 88, formerly of North Powder and La Grande, died Tuesday March 11 in Eugene. A service will be start at noon Monday at West Lawn Funeral Home in Eugene. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to noon at West Lawn Funeral Home. Mrs. Luhrs was born March 1, 1920 in North Powder
Myron J. Ewing was born in Trubull county Ohio, December 30, 1850. After an illness of one week he passed on to rest at the home of his daughter, Mrs. N. Jay Billings, at Wallowa, Oregon, December 27, 1917, being just three days short of his 67 years of age. His parents were of sturdy
