Baker City, Oregon
Beulah May Flint, 95, a long-time resident of Nye Road near Baker City, died April 23, 2004, at her home.
Her funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Ralph Holcomb will officiate. Private vault interment at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Visitations will be until 7 o’clock tonight and from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday at the funeral home.
Beulah was born Jan. 19, 1909, at Roberts southeast of Prineville to Granville and May Connett Nye. Her early years were spent at Sweet Home, Klamath Falls and Wilbur near Roseburg.
In 1946, Beulah moved to Baker City with her parents to join her brother, Everett, who operated an electric shop in Baker City. The family members wanted to be close to each other. Beulah and her parents bought a small farm east of town on what is now Nye Road, named after the family.
Beulah married Earl Flint on July 1, 1957, and he joined the family on Nye Road.
Beulah worked at Oregon Lumber Co. where she pulled green chain, at the Ranch Motel, the Oregon Trail Motel and at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Beulah had been a member of First Christian Church for many years.
Beulah and Earl had many good years of traveling in their travel trailer with friends Alan and Mary Sigler.
Survivors include her first cousins, Lloyd Coffey and his wife, Rosemary, and Faye Selmer all of Portland, Marie Dominquez of Eureka, Calif., and Pat Connett of Moscow, Idaho; stepniece, Penny Chamberlain of Pendleton; and numerous second and third cousins, stepnieces and nephews; friends, Alan and Mary Sigler; and many other good friends and wonderful neighbors.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl, in 1994; her father, Granville, in 1962; her mother, May, in 1967; and her brother, Everett, in 1969.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pathway Hospice through Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, April 30, 2004
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor