Baker City, Baker County, Oregon
Patricia R. “Patsey” Conner, 70, of Union, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 18, 2005, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande.
Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Patsey’s brother-in-law Forrest Turner will officiate. There will be a reception at the family home after the service.
Visitations will be from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Patsey was born on April 18, 1934, at Halfway to Lawrence Albert and Alberta Holcomb Conner. In 1942, the family moved to Pondosa where she attended Union schools. Patsey moved to Baker City in 1950, where she lived until she moved to Union in 2001.
She enjoyed crocheting tablecloths and bedspreads.
Survivors include her twin sons, Jason and Justin Judkins of Baker City; her stepchildren, Barbara Davis of Ontario, and Gary Judkins of Juneau, Alaska; her brother Verlin Conner of Tygh Valley; her sisters, Nellie Turner and Rosmary Howerton of North Powder and Shirly Stoddard of Union; and two granddaughters, Adrianna Marie Simonson and Ashlee Renae Judkins.
She was preceded in death by her ex-husband, George Judkins; her mother, Alberta Conner; her father, Albert Conner; three brothers, Daryl Conner, Daniel Conner and Don Ray; and a sister, Alberta Walker.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family to help with Patsey’s services through Gray’s West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, January 21, 2005
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor