Margaret H. Milford, 89, of Bend, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Sept. 13, 2002, at a Bend adult foster home.
Disposition was by cremation. Her funeral will be scheduled later.
Margaret was born at Pleasant Valley on Aug. 19, 1913, to Otto and Velma Lammert. She later married James Milford at Seattle, Wash.
She owned and operated the Coffee Cup restaurant for a while. After selling it she worked as a cook at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City. Upon her retirement, she kept active by doing volunteer work for seniors.
Survivors include her two sisters, Eva Holland of Seattle, Wash., and Frieda Ringer of Bend; four brothers, Ray Lammert of Pleasant Plains, Ill., Arthur Lammert of Oregon City, Robert Lammert of Medford and Eugene Lammert of Gold Beach; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James Milford; her parents, Otto and Velma Lammert; two sisters, Peggy Satterburg and Geri Weise; and two brothers, Alfred and John Lammert.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Lutheran Church in Baker City or the Bend-La Pine Hospice through Gray’s West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, September 20, 2002
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor
