Wallowa Oregon

M Surname, Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa County, Oregon

M Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Macauley, James W. 1863 : 1946 Macauley, Kimberly : Macauley, Minnie Frances 1 NOV 1874 : 7 SEP 1970 Macauley, Wayne James 10 OCT 1911 : 30 JUN 1979 Mahoney, Ann Elizabeth 11 JUL 1895 : 18 AUG 1972 Mahoney, Patrick Edward 1 APR 1885 : 7 MAR 1952 Mallory, Kate 1851 : 1910 Manor, Jennie : 1 JAN 1922 Marcum, Ruth 6 MAR 1907 : 20 JUL 1984 Marnin, Catherine 14 MAY 1871 : 31 JAN 1917 Marsh, Dorthy Lane 1918 : 1953 Marshall, Catherine 1873 : 1937 Marshall, Frank … Read more

Rogers, George Monroe – Obituary

George Monroe Rogers born June 1, 1877 Tennessee died May 10. 1852 George Rogers, long time public official in Wallowa County, died Saturday at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital, after two sieges of sickness which kept him from his Justice of Peace office in the courthouse for the past month. Funeral services were held at the Community Church in Enterprise on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Rogers was 75 years of age. Born in Tennessee he came west at the age of 30 and worked for nearly 15 years in sawmills. He was then State Game Warden for Wallowa County for 10 years, … Read more

Shirley, Orville Dee – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Orville Dee Shirley, 79, of La Grande died June 2 at St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City. Burial will be at the Enterprise Cemetery. Gary’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Shirley was born Oct. 21, 1926, to Chet and Lady Clair Mabor Shirley in Wallowa. The family lived in Enterprise before moving to the Willamette Valley. He worked in the shipyards during World War II and later worked in the timber industry as a log-truck driver and millwright. He worked for Boise Cascade in La Grande until his retirement. He … Read more

Barton, Norma E. – Obituary

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 homemaker and worked in retail sales at Carlyle Roundy’s Grocery Store and Bud’s Hardware in Joseph. She is survived by her daughter Janice Shirley and husband Ron; son Jess Barton and wife Trisa; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren and sisters Gladys Nobles of Enterprise and Nadine … Read more

Childers, LeRoy – Obituary

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) Childers, at the family home on Lower Cove Road. He graduated from Cove High School and later from Eastern Oregon University. He later earned a master’s degree in education and continued working toward his Ph.D. In 1950 he married Clarice Gayle “Gay” Conklin in Cove. … Read more

Hammack, John L. – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon Linz Hammack, Early Day Freighter, Passes (By Lostine Correspondent) Funeral services were held for John L. Hammack, better known as Linz at the Christian church. Rev. Earle Miller of Wallowa conducted the services. The Pall bearers were: M. Crow, Roy Edgmand, Harrison Holmes, D. H. Magill, Edgar Marvin and Edward Thompson. A quartette, Mrs. Ella McArtor, Mrs. Helen Bright, Chas. Bridwell and Melvin Crow, sang “No Night There”. And “Sweet By And By”. Mrs. McArtor sang the solo, “The Old Rugged Cross.” There were many beautiful floral pieces. Burial was in the Summerville cemetery where a number of … Read more

Waelty, Albert – Obituary

Albert Waelty Passes Away Albert Waelty, for a number of years a resident of Middle Valley, passed away Tuesday evening at the home of his son, Murland Waelty. Mr. Waelty has been failing in health for about the last three years and was at the time of his death 69 years of age. He had lived with his son, Murland, for about twenty years. Mr. Waelty had been actively engaged in the farming industry until a few years ago when his health failed. Wallowa and vicinity will miss from its number one so highly esteemed and loved. Funeral services will … Read more

Cowan, Lois – Obituary

Wallowa, Oregon Lois Cowan of Wallowa died May 17, 2006, at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was 94. Mrs. Cowan was born Jan. 31, 1912, in Elgin to James Elvis and Bertha Witty Witherspoon. She grew up on the family farm on Cricket Flat and attended the Hindman Country School. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1931. After graduating, Lois worked as a telephone operator and a clerk in a grocery store. On June 26, 1938, she married Carl Raymond Cowan in Elgin. They lived in Baker City, Sumpter, La Grande and Elgin before moving … 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

Lathrop, Harold West ‘Shorty’ – Obituary

Harold West “Shorty” Lathrop died at his home on Feb. 27, 2005. He was born in Wallowa on Feb. 11, 1920, the sixth of Louis and Hazel Lathrop’s 13 children. Through the eight grade he rode his horse to the one-room schoolhouse in the Leap area, and later moved to town and boarded with his uncle “Letty” Lathrop while attending Enterprise High School. After graduation he worked at Willard Duncan’s saw mill. From 1942 to 1945 he served as a corporal in the Army Air Forces in the Pacific Theater of World War II. After the war he went into … Read more

Davidson, Gilda Marie – Obituary

Gilda Davidson Dies in Athens Gilda Marie Davidson, a long-time resident of Union and Wallowa counties, died September 13, in Athens, Greece where she had been receiving medical care for a week. She was 63. The daughter of Henry Newton and Jeannie Gail Ashby, she was born March 5, 1912 in Kansas City, Mo. She and her family moved to La Grande in 1922. She was graduated from La Grande High School and from Lindenwood School for Girls in St. Louis, Mo. She was married to John Raymond Davidson June 23, 1936. The Davidson and Ashby’s moved from La Grande … Read more

Wilson, C. D., Mrs. – Obituary

There departed this life on Thursday, July 10th, 1919, Mrs. C.D. Woods, aged 25 years. Maud Brosnan was born at Ontario, Oregon, during the year 1894 and was married to C.D. woods during the month of February last. They had made Wallowa County their home up until the time of her decease. Husband and wife had walked the streets of our city together but shortly before her death which came very suddenly at the Roseman Hospital. How little we know of what time has in store for us, for those Gates of Pearl may swing open at the least expected … Read more

Fisher, H. S. – Obituary

“Fall Is Fatal To H.S. Fisher” While helping wreck box cars at the East Oregon lumber yard Saturday, H.S. Fisher fell to the ground. He struck the back of his head on a flat car and fractured his skull and suffered other severe bruises and was taken to the hospital unconsciousness and passed away late Monday night. Funeral services were held at the Booth chapel yesterday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H.G. Luscombe of the Methodist church and burial was in the Wallowa cemetery. Hiram Sloan Fisher was born at Tillamook, March 3, 1865, and was a son of D.C. Fisher, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Joseph H. Smallwood

The agricultural population of Wallowa County is well known for its energy and enterprise and among this worthy number may be mentioned the esteemed gentleman whose name appears above, and to whom it is our pleasant privilege to grant space in this volume for an epitome of his life’s career, since his efforts in the development of the county and in conducting his business enterprises have stamped him a man of ability and his demeanor in the realm of ethics is such that his exceptionally excellent moral qualities are manifest to all in a manner quite commendatory to himself. In … Read more

Armon, Samuel D.

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Retired Farmer And Logger Dies At Enterprise Hospital Samuel D. Armon, a retired logger and farmer of Wallowa who had been in failing health for several weeks, passed away Friday, Sept. 12, 1975 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. He was born July 31, 1888, near Des Moines Iowa, son of James Harvey and Frances Armon, and he had lived in Wallowa County since 1906. He was married on Jan. 1, 1911, at Enterprise to Melvina Mae Lortie, who preceded him in death on Aug. 6, 1975. He is survived by one son, Wayne, of Enterprise, three daughters, … Read more

Bennett, Carrie E. – Obituary

Carrie E. Bennett Carrie E. Bennett, 87, of Wallowa, died May 4, 2004. Services will be held Friday, May 7, 2004, at 2 p.m. at the Wallowa Church of Christ. A full obituary will follow at a later date. Wallowa County Chieftain, Thursday, May 6, 2004 In memory: Carrie Bennett A fiercely independent woman who lived alone in her Wallowa home until a week before she passed away of natural causes at age 87 in Wallowa Memorial Hospital, Carrie Emma Bennett leaves behind a large extended family. From four children born to her marriage to the late Clyde H. Bennett … Read more

W Surname, Wallowa Cemetery, Oregon

W Surnames – Wallowa Cemetery, Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Wade, Luella : 19 FEB 1920 Waiwaiole, William J. 2 MAY 1915 : 16 MAR 1974 Walker, Child : Walker, James Stewart : Walls, Russell E. 2 SEP 1886 : 6 NOV 1970 Walls, Mary Susan Clemens 22 OCT 1891 : 3 JAN 1981 Ward, Bethel, Child of Frank Ward : Warren, Claude 1858 : 1899 Warren, Mary E. 6 MAR 1852 : 17 SEP 1931 Wealthy, Albert G. 1862 : 1931 Wealthy, Christina : Wealthy, Elizabeth 1840 : 1919 Wealthy, Gottfried 1831 : 1913 Wealthy, Louise 27 APR 1868 : … Read more

Keeler, Elvin – Obituary

Elvin W. “Tuffy” Keeler, 80, of La Grande, died Friday, Dec. 11, 1990, at Grande Ronde Hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Daniels Valley Funeral Chapel, 1502 Seventh St., in La Grande, with Father Hank Albrecht of Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church officiating. Private interment will be held at Hillcrest East Cemetery. Mr. Keeler was born Aug. 30, 1912, in Wallowa to Jesse Lay and Rebecca (Poe) Keeler. In 1938 he moved from Wallowa to Baker City, where he worked as a car salesman for Poe Motor Co. He then came to La Grande … Read more

Biography of Burr Dexter

To this veteran of many conflicts on the arena of life’s battles, who has also fought in defense of the flag of freedom, while he has ever demeaned himself with wisdom and valor, we are pleased to accord a representation in this volume of the chronicles of Wallowa County, since also today he is one of the venerable builders of our county and a respected and influential citizen. Mr. Dexter was born in Allegany County, New York, on February 2,1830, being the son of Knight and Lucinda (Mapes) Dexter, natives respectively of Virginia and New York. The father was a … Read more

Hays-Radinovich, JoAnn Marie Mrs. – Obituary

JoAnn Marie Hays-Radinovich, 70, of Baker City and John Day, died Sept. 28, 2005. Recitation of the Rosary will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, First and Church streets in Baker City. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at noon at St. Francis de Sales. Vault interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be Sunday from 2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m. at the Cathedral. JoAnn was born Aug. 19, 1935, at Enterprise to Mary Isabelle and Vernon Edward Hays. JoAnn was the oldest of five children. She had four brothers: Michael, … Read more