Funeral services for Ethel A. Maxwell, 80, a life time Baker County resident and a senior resident of St. Elizabeth Nursing Home for the past few years were conducted at 2:00 p.m., Monday, Feb.5, at Greys West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. The Rev. Gerald C. Nelson of the United Methodist Church officiated. Vault interment followed in the family plot at the Haines Cemetery.
She leaves four grown children. Mrs. Maxwell was born May 27, 1892 in Haines, the daughter of David Monte and Alice Case Cartmill. She had her schooling in Rock Creek, and lived in Haines her entire lifetime until retiring and moving to Baker. She passed away Thursday morning at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital after a sudden illness. She was a long time member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Maxwell is survived by two sons, Thomas Maxwell and James Maxwell, both of Baker; two daughters, Mrs. Gifford Parker of North Powder and Mrs. Gerard Turgeon of Seattle; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Source: The Record Courier, Baker City, Oregon, February, 1973
Contributed by: Belva Ticknor