Washington County OR

Wilson, William Benton – Obituary

William Benton Wilson, a native of Washington County, passed away at his home in Portland last Friday. He was born on the old Wilson donation land claim near Greenville 71 years ago, and was the son of the late William and Sarah Wilson, pioneers of 1847. Mr. Wilson was married to Martha J. Crow in this County about 45 years ago and is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. W. W. Boscow, of Hillsboro and Mrs. W. Imlay, of Portland. One brother and five sisters also survive. James Wilson and Mrs. Mary Fowler, of Forest Grove, Mrs. Flora … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank Baker

This native young Oregonian has demonstrated what pluck and perseverance can do when manipulated with wise management in the things of the financial world, as conditions obtained in this country, having made a brilliant success, as will be noted from the following. Mr. Baker was born in Lane county, Oregon, on June 20, 1870, being the son of George and Mary (Watson) Baker. His mother died in that county and the father with his children removed to Washington county in 1874. In the fall of 1878 he came with his family to Harney valley, settling where the town of Burns … Read more

Lee, Joseph Roscoe – Obituary

Joseph Roscoe Lee, resident of Baker county 1904 to 1956, died November 14, at the family home in Forest Grove. He was born March 22, 1880 in Dallas, Oregon, where his father J.D. Lee was born in 1849. J. Roscoe attended Portland schools except enrollment in Independent Academy, The Dalles, 1888-1892, and attended Willamette U. and Capitol Business College, Salem. He was married to Myrtle Guttersen in 1914 at St. Paul, Minn. In Baker county he had a dry good store, farmed in Eagle Valley and in later years ran an insurance agency. His wife was a teacher and co-school … Read more

Wilson, James Mrs. – Obituary

Forest Grove – Funeral Services are held for Two Forest Grove Women Mrs. James Wilson, who died at her home in this city Wednesday night was buried in Forest View Cemetery Saturday. The funeral services were held at the Christian Church at 11 o’clock, the services being conducted Rev. E.V. Stivers, former pastor of the church, assisted by Rev. C.H. Hilton. Many friends and neighbors gathered to pay their last respects, and the casket was banked deep with flowers as a testimonial of the love and esteem in which she was held. The service at the grave were in charge … Read more

Wilson, Jarnes. H. – Obituary

Wilson, Jarnes. H., 84, at Hillsboro November 8, late of Forest Grove, husband of Rosie; father of Mrs. M.E. Stanard, Portland, Otto B. of Forest Grove, Mrs. Gladys Mager of Oakland, CA. Services Thursday 1: 30 P.M. Young’s Funeral Home, Hillsboro. Committal Forest. View Cemetery. (Microfilm for – Hillsboro Argus for this time period was missing from the Historical Society) Oregonian – Wednesday. 10 November 1943

Fowler, Mary Frances – Obituary

September 26, Mary Frances Fowler, late of 4335 S. E. 30th. Mother of Mrs. May Stice, Mrs. Cora Stempel, city; Elmer E. Fowler, Mrs. Clara Alexander and Edwin H. Fowler, city; sister of James H. Wilson of Forest Grove. Friends are invited to attend funeral services Saturday, 10:30 AM at the Conservatory Chapel of A. J. Rose & Son, S. E. 6th & Alder. Interment Forest Grove, OR. Oregonian – Friday 27 September 1940 – Funeral Notice Moore-Wilson Family Researchers

Bathurst, Hazel E. Magoon – Obituary

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Brusie Funeral Home for Hazel E. Bathurst, 69, a former Chico resident who died in McKinleyville Thursday [November 23, 1972]. Services will also be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Paul’s McKinleyville Chapel. She was born in Gaston, Ore., Jan 16, 1903, and came to Chico as a child. She was in business here for many years and then for 25 years at Clam Beach and later in McKinleyville. She is survived by her husband, A. J. “Slim” Bathurst of McKinleyville; a brother, Lowell Magoon of Chico; and a … Read more

Price, Joanne Kaye – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Joanne Kaye Price, 73, died July 13 in her home in Hermiston. A celebration of life will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Hermiston Church of the Nazarene. Burial will be at noon Monday at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland. Mrs. Price was born Jan. 16, 1933 in Fresno, Calif. to Samuel and Virginia Tarleton Timbrell. She graduated from Paso Robles High School in 1950, and on Sept. 9, 1950, she married John Robert Price in Hood River. The couple lived in Vancouver, Kennewick and Tacoma, Wash., and St. Helens, Astoria and Aloha. She graduated from … Read more

Nelson, Harlan, Capt. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Capt. Harlan Nelson, 86, who served with The Salvation Army in Baker City from 1974 to 1978, died Feb. 8, 2006, at the Glisan Care Center in Portland. There was a service of celebration at the Portland Tabernacle Corps. Maj. Dale Hill officiated. Harlan was born on Oct. 9, 1919, in Glenrock, Wyo. After graduating from high school, he married Sybil Putnam. For several years, Harlan co-owned two restaurants in Spokane and then moved to Portland where he opened an appliance repair shop. Later he and Sybil moved to Beaverton where he owned and operated … Read more

Biographical Sketch of A. B. Robley

A.B. ROBLEY. – The figures which express the business of the Eastern Oregon shipping points are instructive and almost startling. Thus, by the record of Mr. Robley, Centerville shipped in 1888 seventeen thousand tons of wheat and seven hundred tons of barley. The average yield of wheat per acre of a belt of the country extending twelve miles around Centerville is about thirty bushels. The other grains and the vegetables are grown to advantage; and the fruit is a good crop. Centerville has excellent railroad facilities, being on the direct line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company’s road, which … Read more

Biography of Charles W. Shaff, M. D.

Holding marked prestige as a member of the medical profession of Idaho is Dr. Charles W. Shaff, of Lewiston, now the honored president of the State Medical Association. In the learned professions advancement depends upon the man, his talents, his skill and his ambition. The physician’s power is especially his own; not by purchase, by gift or by influence can he gain it. He must commence at the very beginning, learn the very rudiments of medicine and surgery, continually add to this knowledge by close study and earnest application, and gain reputation by merit. If he would gain the highest … Read more

Biography of Rev. Cushing Eels, D. D.

REV. CUSHING EELS, D.D. – Dr. Eells was born at Blandford, Massachusetts, February 16, 1810, and was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Warner) Eells. He was descended from Samuel Eells, who was a major in Cromwell’s army, and who came to America in 1661. Cushing Eells was brought up at Blandford, became a Christian when fifteen years old, prepared for college at Monson Academy, Massachusetts, entered Williams College in 1830, and graduated four years later. The distance from his home to college was forty-five miles. Twice he rode the entire distance, – when he entered and after he graduated, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Louis La Brache

LOUIS LA BRACHE. – Mr. La Brache was born in Illinois in 1847. His father was at that time a partner with Stephen A. Douglas in the lumber and wood business, taking large contracts. In 1862 he became a citizen of Washington Territory, locating at Walla Walla, and engaging in freighting to the mines. Three years later he was packing from Wallula to Montana. In 1866 he accompanied his father in a tramp throughout the mining districts of Eastern Oregon, and the next year was engaged as government packer in a Nez Perce war. He also served the government in … Read more

Odell, Mabel Esther Wheelock – Obituary

Mabel E. of Beaverton; mother of Charles and Ralph; 3 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren. No services will be held at the request of the deceased. Private inurnment Portland Memorial Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, contributions maybe made to the Tucker-Maxon School for the Deaf. Portland Memorial Funeral Home. Oregonian, September 4, 1978 Contributed by: Shelli Steedman

Biography of Dr. Wilson Bowlby

DR. WILSON BOWLBY. The office of the physician is one of such primary importance in society, that one who worthily sustains that character for a long time in one place becomes one of the fundamental pillars of the community. If the character of a wise and influential public officer and politician and public-spirited citizen be added to the requirements of the skilled physician, we have a life of the highest usefulness. Such in a general way has been the career of this pioneer physician of Washington county. Though now well advanced in a very busy and wearing life, Doctor Bowlby, … Read more

Bonebrake, Charles Oren Jr. – Obituary

A funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, March 30, 2006, in Skyline Funeral Home for Charles Oren Bonebrake Jr., who died March 23 at age 83. Mr. Bonebrake was born July 1, 1922, in Coos Bay. During World War II, he served in the Army in the South Pacific. After the war, he moved to Beaverton and was a truck driver for Delta I-5 Truck Lines. He moved to Aloha in 1953. In 1944, he married June Frost; she died in 1986. Survivors include his daughters, Lucille M. Bursell and Barbara L. Thorsen; sons, Charles O. III and Robert … Read more

Champ, Elvira ‘Ella’ Ackley – Obituary

Mrs. Ella A. Champ, 73, resident here for 30 years, died Saturday night at a local hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Champ was born at Hillsboro, Oregon, and had resided for a time at Winlock before coming to Aberdeen. The family home is at 308 West Market Street. Surviving are her husband, Willis Champ, at the residence, two sons, Clifford Champ, Tacoma, and Jay C. Champ, Aberdeen; daughters, Mrs. Elmira Curtis, Aberdeen; Mrs. Mae Olsen, Aberdeen; Mrs. Retha Lonquest, Portland; Mrs. Florence Leland, Seattle; Mrs. Goldie McCoy, San Francisco, and Mrs. Geraldine Folkins, Spokane; sisters, Miss Jennie Ackley, Winlock, … Read more

Fowler, William Thomas – Obituary

Funeral services for William Thomas Fowler, 81, who died at this home in Forest Grove Monday morning, were held at the Chapel of the Forest Grove Undertakng Company at 2:00 Wednesday afternoon, the Rev Arthur M. stook officiating. Burial was made in the Forest View Cemetery. Mr. Fowler, who was born in Schuyler County, Illinois, February 26, 1848, crossed the plains in 1864 with an ox team, walking most of the way. He settled on a farm near North Plains and has lived in this county practically ever since. He married Mary Frances Wilson near Greenville 4 October 1871. Mr. … Read more

Paton, Ellen S. Keller Mrs. – Obituary

Ellen S. Paton, 96, of Forest Grove, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 28, 2006, at the Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro. There will be a celebration of Ellen’s life at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Jennings-McCall II Assisted Living Center, 2221 Oak St. in Forest Grove. Pastor Robert Reichen will officiate. Lodge rites will be conducted by the Order of Eastern Star, Home Star Chapter No. 187 in Forest Grove. Private interment will be at the Forest View Cemetery in Forest Grove. Ellen Sarah Paton was born on May 8, 1910, in Elbe, Wash., to Robert H. … Read more

Wilson, T. J. – Obituary

T. J. Wilson of Greenville, formerly county assessor for Washington County died on Monday last at the Good Samariton Hospital in Portland. Mr. Wilson has been in poor health for several years and had to submit to surgical operations at different times, his constitution finally giving way to the strain. Mr. Wilson was a native of Washington County and was well known throughout the county. Besides a large number of friends he leaves a wife and several children behind to mourn his loss. He was buried Wednesday by Montezuma Lodge I.O.O.F. of Hillsboro, assisted by about 20 of the Forest … Read more