Last Updated on October 15, 2011 by Former Resident Passes March 30 The passing of Ellen Long Perkins on March 30, 1987, at Woodburn, Oregon was announced here this week. She was the wife of Hardin K. Perkins. Mrs. Perkins was born in Haines in 1895, the daughter of Charles and Ida Long. She resided […]
Last Updated on August 2, 2011 by Baker City, Oregon Marjorie Bethene Dye Churchill, 90, a longtime Baker City resident, died March 18, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Interment will be April 9 in Grants Pass. Marjorie was born on Feb. 18, 1914, in Arcadia, Neb., to Arthur Simeon and Millicent Pearl Vincent Dye.
Last Updated on May 31, 2011 by Alice Antoinette Warnock, 94, died Aug. 16, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Hospital after a brief illness. Private burial was at the Sumpter Cemetery. There will be a memorial celebration of her life at 3 p.m. Sunday at the McEwen Community Church in Sumpter Valley. Pastor Bill Cox will
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Last Updated on August 1, 2011 by Baker City, Oregon Ivan Russell Edwards, 83, of Woodburn, Oregon, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 25, 2003. At his request, there was no funeral. Mr. Edwards was born on Feb. 4, 1919, at Baker City. He worked as a boilermaker, retiring in 1981. He was a
Last Updated on November 18, 2011 by La Grande, Oregon Susan Jane Harsin, 67, of La Grande, died June 30 in Woodburn. A memorial mass will begin at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church. Mrs. Harsin was born Aug. 22, 1938, to Jim and Elizabeth Nolten Gooding in Salem. She
Last Updated on December 5, 2011 by Nellie Frances Gray, 91, formerly of Union County, died Tuesday, May 25, 1993, of natural causes in Spanaway, Wash. A funeral service will be held Wednesday at Unger Funeral Chapel in Silverton. Interment will follow in Belle Passi Mausoleum in Woodburn. Mrs. Gray was born Sept. 25, 1901,
Last Updated on August 2, 2011 by Stella E. Treat Jennings, 80, of Woodburn, a former Huntington resident, died June 7, 2008. There will be a private service. She was born on Feb. 26, 1928, at Nature, Okla. She married Buddie Jennings in 1945. He died in 2007. She was a homemaker and had lived
Last Updated on October 13, 2011 by Norman E. Morin, 82, of Woodburn, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 16, 2005, at Woodburn. His memorial service will be Feb. 5 at Cornwell Funeral Home in Woodburn. Mr. Morin was born on May 20, 1923, to George D. and Dottie Roseberry Morin. He served in
Last Updated on July 20, 2012 by Funeral services were held June 9 at Zacher Mortuary for William (Bill) J. Lee, 74, retired Lone Pine rancher, who died in the night June 4 [1970] at home. Officiating at the 2 p.m. rites was Rev. George Chase and music was by Bill and Judy Simmons. Mr.
Last Updated on December 5, 2011 by Mary Alma (Miller) Gray of Woodburn, a former resident of the Lower Cove area, died in Woodburn Jan. 4 following an extended illness. She was 89. Funeral services will be held at Dempsey’s Funeral Chapel in La Grande at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 7, the Rev. Cyril A.
Last Updated on November 9, 2011 by La Grande, Oregon Donald Virgil Stitt, 92, of Woodburn and formerly of La Grande, died June 18 at the Cascade Park Retirement Home in Woodburn. Funeral services were held June 27. Donald was born June 9, 1915, the third of six children, to Charles and Annie Stitt in
Last Updated on October 4, 2011 by Halfway, Oregon Donald Leslie “Don” Marshall, 78, of Halfway, died Sept. 30, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There was a celebration of his life today at the Pine Baptist Church in Halfway. Don was born on Sept. 10, 1926, at Drake, N.D., to Laurence Franklin Marshall and
Last Updated on May 30, 2011 by J.T. HUNSAKER. – This pioneer of 1846, one of the most substantial and upright men of one state, who has borne his full share of the burden and heat of the day in building up Oregon, was even from the first upon the advanced wave of American civilization,
Last Updated on June 1, 2011 by Hester M. French-Laird, 87, of Oregon City, a former Baker City resident, died March 5, 2006. Her funeral Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke’s Catholic Church at Woodburn. Interment will be at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Portland. Visitations will be until 5
Last Updated on July 20, 2012 by James M. Calavan, a resident of this section for about eight years; died at the Willamette Sanitarium, Salem, Saturday evening, August 20th [1921]. He was aged 71 years, the husband of Mrs. Maggie Calavan and father of J. M. Calavan, Downs, Washington; J. L. Calavan of Silverton; R.
Last Updated on November 18, 2011 by La Grande, Oregon Georgeanna Marie Bruch, 89, of Hillsboro and formerly of La Grande died Aug. 4. A memorial service was held today in Hillsboro. Burial at Fir Lawn Cemetery in Hillsboro will be private. Fir Lawn Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Bruch was born Nov.
Last Updated on December 5, 2011 by Former Union County resident, Ernest M. Gray, 84, of Woodburn, died Thursday at a hospital in Oregon City. Mr. Gray was born March 18, 1903, in Lower Cove to George M. and Mary (Miller) Gray. He married Nellie Lemon on May 28, 1921, in La Grande. Survivors include
Last Updated on May 21, 2011 by J.H. SETTLEMIER. – Mr. Settlemier was born on the 5th of February, 1840, in Jersey county, Illinois. In 1849 his parents, George and Elizabeth Settlemier, becoming imbued with the restless spirit that possessed all the pioneers of the Pacific coast, and, selling their home, turned their faces towards
Last Updated on February 9, 2013 by Dennis Lewis “Dude” Morin, 80, of Woodburn, died Aug. 29, 2009, at Woodburn. His memorial will be at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Woodburn. Lewis was born on Feb. 1, 1929, at Hagerman, Idaho, to George and Dottie Morin. He and his wife, Eleanor, were owner/operators of Woodburn Auction
