John W. Custer, 89, died Saturday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Nancy Ormsby, 412 Big Horn. He had been in failing health for the past several months. Mr. Custer was a retired farmer and had lived with Mrs. Ormsby the past five years. He lived on a farm near Deadwood, S.D. for […]
Katherine Etta “Katie” Hayes, 81, died Aug. 9, 2005, at St Elizabeth Health Services after a knee replacement operation. Her graveside memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Katie was born at Salina, Kan., on Aug. 21, 1923, to Nathaniel Creager Harris, a not-so-tall Texan, and Mary Margaret Shank. The
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Funeral services for William (Bill) Ferguson, age 71, well known Enterprise and Baker, Ore., business man were conducted Friday, Feb. 27, in Gray’s West and Company Pioneer Chapel. The Rev. Richard K. Toll of St. Stephens Episcopal Church officiated. Burial followed in the family plot in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Ferguson died Wednesday, Feb. 24,
Isla Pearl Ferguson, 84, a long-time resident of Baker City, Oregon died June 24, 1991 at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Her funeral was at 10:00 a.m. June 27, at the Pioneer Chapel at Gray’s West and Co Internment was in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Pastors Steve and Linda Toth of the First Presbyterian Church officiated. Mrs. Ferguson
Funeral services for Adelyn W. Lord, 69, 2250 4th Street will be conducted a 11 a. m. Tuesday, April 28, at the Beatty Chapel. The Rev. Merle W. Burres will officiate with internment in Hillcrest Cemetery, at La Grande, Oregon. Mrs. Lord was born July 8, 1896, at Columbus, Nebraska, the daughter of George S.
Willard Dale Vernholm, 73, of Baker City, died Sept. 25, 2005, at Idlewood Manor. At his request there will be no services. Cremation by Eastern Oregon Pioneer Crematory. Dale was born on Feb. 11, 1932, in York, Neb., to Carl Willard and Lois Louetta Middleton Vernholm. When Dale was about 4 years old the family
Funeral services for Bruce L. Thomas, 88, will be conducted at 1:30 Tuesday, September 19 at Langrell Mortuary Chapel. The Rev. Clarence Kopp of the Episcopal Church will officiate. Interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Bruce Thomas was born July 27, 1879 at Swan County, Illinois. He spent his young life in the
Katherine Mary Lott, 53, of Baker City, died Nov. 3, 2005, after a very courageous and long battle with cervical cancer. Her memorial service was Sunday at the Eagles Lodge. Kathy was born on Sept. 28, 1952, to Ervin and Virginia Burch at North Platte, Neb. She married John Leon Lott Sr. on Dec. 4,
Haines, Oregon Keith Gayle Schuchardt, 71, of Haines, died Dec. 3, 2004, at his home. A private family memorial will be scheduled later. Keith was born on Sept. 19, 1933, at Elgin, Neb., to Raymond David and Ada Marie Keiser Schuchardt. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. More than anything,
Wanda O’Grady, 77, died Feb. 9, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Clifford Cole of Baker City will officiate. Wanda Roberta O’Grady was born on April 15, 1927, at Stockville, Neb., to Elizy and Florence Powell Wollam. Her early
George J. Charlesworth, M. D., one of the prominent professional men of Riverside, who is a Canadian by birth, dating that event at Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, in 1858. His parents, George and Ann (Scott) Charlesworth, were natives of Yorkshire, England, who immigrated to Canada about 1833. His father was a prominent civil engineer, employed
Ethelda Sears “Buddy” Phillips, 83, died Oct. 27, 2004, at the Phillips Ranch on Pine Creek. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be until 7 o’clock
Milo Eugene Davis, of San Bernardino, was born in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1841. His father, Asa M. Davis, was a Vermont Yankee, and married a French lady by the name of Salinas. When Eugene was a lad of twelve years, they moved from Ohio to Nebraska, then a wild frontier territory, and
Anton Diebolt, Jr., cashier of the Piqua State Bank in Woodson County, is one of the younger bankers of Kansas and had studied and practiced banking with a varied experience in different institutions ever since reaching manhood. He is a native of Kansas and represents a family that have had an important share in business
Charles W. Fleming, editor and proprietor of the Phoenix, one of Riverside’s enterprising journals, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1858. He started in life’s work when about fifteen years of age, as an apprentice in a printing office at Mt. Holly Springs, and served an apprentice-ship of three years. When eighteen years of
James Stewart, a prominent citizen near San Bernardino, was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1837, the youngest of seven sons of Archie Stewart. He left his native state at the age of eighteen, for Nebraska, where he homesteaded and proved up on 160 acres of Government land, and to this added eighty acres more.
Sumpter, Oregon Keith Lavern Remington, 73, of Fruitland, Idaho, and Sumpter, died April 28, 2004, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at West Valley Free Methodist Church in Fruitland. Pastor Don Brown will officiate. Visitations will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the Shaffer-Jensen
Baker City, Oregon Harold “Junior” Gilliland, 73, a longtime Baker City resident, died June 8, 2004, at his niece’s home near Baker City. His funeral will be Monday, June 14 at 2 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Roger Scovil of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Vault interment will follow
Baker City, Oregon Gene D. Grove Sr., 68, a longtime resident of Elma, Wash., died Dec. 29, 2003, at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash. At his request, there will be no funeral. Mr. Grove was born on Feb. 28, 1935, at Holdrege, Neb., to John and Helen Grove. He married Jean Hendricksen in
John Calvin Christy, one of the leading members of the San Bernardino Bar, and Court Commissioner of the County, was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1839. He was educated in his native State, attending college from 1855 to 1859. Coming west to Illinois, in 1859, he located in the southern part of the
