Willow Creek Oregon

Taylor, Balam Alonzo (Lon) – Obituary

Balam Alonzo “Lon” Taylor, 94, 1336 Valley Ave. a longtime Baker Valley rancher, died Wednesday June 1, 1988, at his home. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. The Rev. Greg Eicher of the United Methodist Church will officiate. A concluding service and interment will follow at the Haines Cemetery. Mr. Taylor was born June 20, 1893 at Willow Creek, in Baker County to Thomas Isaiah and Delila Ann Phillips Taylor. His father moved to the Rock Creek area in 1952. Mr. Taylor was married to Dorcy Aurora Higgins. … Read more

Maxwell, Adele – Obituary

Adele Maxwell Died at Age 95; Noted School Teacher 50 Years Adele Powell Maxwell 95, whose life was school teaching in the small communities of this Eastern Oregon region, but whose later years were on a ranch near Vale, died March 17, 1991, at the Columbia Basin home in The Dalles. Graveside service was held Thursday at Haines Cemetery, with her grandson, Rev. Dan Grady of Portland, the pastor. Her death closed a long chapter in the history of this country dating back to 1835 in the East when her father was born. But her life was Burnt River Valley … Read more