Baker City, Oregon
Frances Freda Rush, 87, a longtime Baker City resident, died Nov. 1, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
Her graveside service was Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Jack Bynum of the Baker United Methodist Church officiated.
Frances was born on Aug. 22, 1919, near Haines to Ira and Nora Polley. She grew up on a farm in the Rock Creek area of Baker County and was a Haines High School graduate.
Although she lived most of her adult life in Baker City, she also worked in Washington State for a brief period during World War II as a welder in the shipyards and as an assistant manager of a Safeway store.
After marrying and raising her two children in Baker City, she worked making pies for several restaurants. She also was a cook at Brooklyn School. After she retired, she volunteered as a hostess for the senior lunches and at the Oregon Trail Regional Museum.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard M. Rush.
Survivors include her son, Michael James Rush, grandsons, Joshua, Nicholas and Christopher Rush, and great-grandchildren, Ashton and Aiden Rush, all of Baker City; a daughter, Karen Castillo, and son-in-law, Enrique, grandsons, Adrian and Gustavo Castillo and great-grandson, Gustavo Castillo of San Jose, Calif.
Used with permission from: Baker City Herald, Baker City, Oregon, November 6, 2006
Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor