Baker City, Baker County, Oregon
Ada M. Cowles, 83, a former Baker City resident, died January 9, 1999, at St. Louis, Mo.
Private vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Cowles was born Feb. 13, 1915, at High Valley to Frank Leslie and Elva Virgie Ross Burford. She married Charles C. Cowles in Cove on December 31, 1936, and moved to Baker City in 1949.
Mrs. Cowles was a homemaker and had lived in Missouri for the past 15 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband and a son.
Survivors include her niece, Margaret Shinoki of California: a nephew, Leslie Connell of Portland; and a great-niece, Amy Fae Shinoki.
Memorial Contributions ay be made to a charity of one’s choice through the Coles-Strommer-Monroe Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Contributed by: Margaret Shinoki