Wilma Ann Butts-Oliveira, 72, died April 12, 2008, at her home in Baker City.
At her request, there will be no service. Her cremated remains will be inurned at Mount Hope Cemetery in Baker City.
Wilma Ann was born on July 7, 1935, in the old town of Pine near Halfway to Sanford L. and Dorothy A. Beach Butts. She was born into two homestead families, the Koopman family from Halfway and the Butts family from Unity.
Early on, her family moved across the state to Tillamook where she was raised and attended Sacred Heart Academy. After high school, Wilma worked for a year at Tillamook Public Utility District before going to college at Oregon State University at Corvallis.
After a year of college, she moved with her children to California and went to work for Conoco. Wilma retired from Conoco in 1992 and returned to Baker City.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Sanford and Dorothy Butts; and a brother, George Skelton.
Survivors include her children, Raymond Oliveira of Sisquoc, Calif., and Caleen Nale of Santa Maria, Calif.; brothers, Calvin Butts of Baker City and Charles Skelton of Troutdale; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pathway Hospice through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, April 15, 2008
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor