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Karrels, Lorene Gorham Mrs. – Obituary

Lorene Karrels, 77, of La Grande, a former North Powder resident, died Feb. 4, 2001, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Island City Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dedication of the grave and interment will be at the North Powder Cemetery. Visitations will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Daniels Chapel of the Valley and from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Friday at the church. Mrs. Karrels was born on June 27, 1923, at North Powder to Stonewall Jackson and Allie Gorham. … Read more

Huckins, Mary Ellen Ramsey Taylor Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Mary Ellen Huckins, 96, a longtime Baker City resident, died Feb. 5, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. Her funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Interment will follow at Rock Creek Cemetery west of Haines. Visitations will be today until 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Huckins was born April 14, 1904, at Lookout Mountain near Durkee to Ezard G. and Addie (Sinclair) Ramsey Jr. She was the first of eight children. She married David Henry Taylor on Dec. 8, 1923. They were later divorced. They had … Read more

Guyer, Cecille Spence Mrs. – Obituary

Cecille Spence Guyer, 72, of Weiser, Idaho, a former Baker County resident, died Feb. 8, 2001, at a Boise hospital. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the Thomason Funeral Chapel at Weiser. Burial will be at the Hillcrest Cemetery in Weiser. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Thomason Funeral Chapel. Mrs. Guyer was born on Feb. 24, 1928, at Haines to Fred V. and Melvina Heard Spence. She attended the first three years of school at the Muddy Creek School near Haines. Her family then moved to Baker City where she … Read more

Marcum, John Jacob “Jake” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon John Jacob “Jake” Marcum, 20, of Baker City, died Feb. 6, 2001. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Baker City Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. Interment will be at the Haines Cemetery. Mr. Marcum was born Sept. 29, 1980, at Oregon City to John and Laurie Marcum. He attended Park Place Elementary and Grace Christian schools at Gladstone as a little boy and was active in Oregon Junior Baseball where he pitched for the state championship team as a 10-year-old. He and his family moved to Baker City when he was … Read more

McCord, Juanita Srack Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Juanita McCord, 75, a lifelong Baker City resident, died Feb. 23, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Services. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Dennis Hickman of the First Lutheran Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. McCord was born April 24, 1925, at Baker City to Lee and Minnie Estes Srack. She attended Baker City schools and then went to work at the Baker Hotel as a desk clerk. She later worked as a Title I secretary and then was … Read more

Eddy, Ludora Laughlin Mrs. – Obituary

Ludora Laughlin Eddy, 95, died at Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 19, 2006, after a brief illness. Born at the family ranch on the Clover Creek ranch north of North Powder, Union County, Ore., in 1911, to Harley Wade Laughlin and Mabel Cronise Laughlin, she was the third of four children: Virginia, Kevin, and Robert who preceded her in death. She was born into pioneer families that established the eastern part of Oregon, at the end of the Oregon Trail. She married her high school sweetheart, Harry Leslie (Pat) Eddy in 1930. They had many adventures, as Pat … Read more

Dima, Don Marion – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Don Marion Dima, 67, of Baker City, died July 9, 2006, in the Wallowa Mountains. His graveside funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Pastor Gordon Bond of the Richland Christian Church will officiate. He was born on Dec. 17, 1938, at Morgan Creek on the Snake River to John and Eunice Dima. As a young child, he lived with his parents, older sisters and brother on the Snake River. After various moves, the family settled in Baker Valley on Pocahontas Road. These two places are where Don’s fondest memories … Read more

Hudson, Albert Lee “Al” – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Albert Lee Hudson, 89, a Baker City native, died Aug. 18, 2006, at the home of his daughter in Wilder, Idaho. A celebration of life service was held Saturday at Coles Funeral Home in Baker City. Albert was born July 15, 1917, in a little clapboard ranch house on Missouri Flat to Nadine and J.E. (Ned) Hudson. He was the second of two children. Endowed with a bright mind and a serious nature, it was no surprise that he was commended for being able to repeat from memory the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, the 23rd Psalm, the … Read more

McCullough, Barbara Verell Jordan Mrs. – Obituary

Barbara Verell McCullough, 93, a former longtime Haines resident and Baker County teacher, died Aug. 14, 2006, at her home in Elma, Wash. Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to share memories and sign the family’s online guest book at www.whitesidefamilymortuaries.com. Barbara was born Jan. 6, 1913, at Montrose, Colo., to Loring Wesley and Mable Schee Jordan. After the death of her mother, Myrtle May became Barbara’s stepmother when she was 3 years old. She graduated from Roseburg High School and then went on to earn her teaching … Read more

Love, Walter, J. – Obituary

Keating, Oregon Walter J. Love, 87, of Baker City, a longtime Keating resident, died Aug. 7, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. His memorial service will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Michael Thompson will officiate. Walt was born on Oct. 17, 1918, at Baker City to Clarence and Ethel Love. He attended Baker County schools and was a 1936 Baker High School graduate. He joined the Army Air Corps on July 15, 1940, and served in Africa, Italy, Corsica and France during World War II after several stateside assignments. He … Read more

Pearson, Elva Elizabeth Stickney Mrs. – Obituary

Elva Elizabeth Pearson, 90, died July 16, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. It was Elva’s wish to have a marker for herself on her mother’s grave. There will not be a service. Elva Elizabeth was born to an early pioneer family, Lester and Ethel Ingram Stickney in a little house near the creek at Carson on Dec. 9, 1915. She lived at Copperfield on the Snake River until the age of 5. The family mined, farmed and herded sheep. They later moved to the Union Mine, to Cornucopia and they also lived and worked at the Baker Mill. During … Read more

Hess, Virginia “Ginger” N. Mrs. – Obituary

Virginia “Ginger” N. Hess, 84, of Port Orchard, Wash., died in Port Orchard on May 14, 2006, due to natural causes. Funeral Mass will be said on Friday, July 28, 2006, 9 a.m. at St. Francis desales Cathedral, Baker City, Ore., with graveside services immediately following at the Haines Cemetery, Haines, Ore. Virginia’s family is having a luncheon for family and friends at the Haines United Methodist Church after the graveside services. Virginia was born April 9, 1922, in Haines, Ore. She married Larry Hess June 19, 1943, in Portland, Ore., He died in 1976. She graduated from Muddy Creek … Read more

Thompson, Julia Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Julia Thompson passes away Monday. Julia Scarbrough was born in Rock Creek, Raleigh County, West Virginia, May 6, 1858, and passed away at her home in Wallowa on March 2, 1931, at the age of 72 years, 9 months, and 26 days. She was the youngest child of a family of eleven children and the last remaining one. She was married to Perry H. Thompson on May 20, 1879. To this union were born eleven children; E.Z., Joe, Al, John and Willie of Wallowa; Mrs. Belle Trump of Milton, Oregon; Ed and Clownie of Enterprise, Ore.; E.S. of La … Read more

Chandler, Daniel Scott – Obituary

Daniel Scott Chandler, 71, of Bozeman, Mont., a former Baker City resident, died Sept. 28, 2006, at Bozeman after a long illness. His service will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Valley View Golf Club at Bozeman, Mont. Dokken Nelson Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Dan was born on May 6, 1935, at Baker City to Orville and Bell Armstrong Chandler. He attended the Muddy Creek Grade School. He graduated from high school at North Powder where he played all-state football. He earned a degree in agricultural education from Oregon State University at Corvallis. He … Read more

Fleming, Glenn Martin – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Glenn Martin Fleming, 85, died Sept. 15, 2006, at his home in Baker City after a 15-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 12, at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 42171 Chico Road. There will be a dinner afterward. After the dinner, weather permitting, all who would like to are invited to join the family in a horseback ride or hike at the Virtue Flat Ranch to spread his ashes on top of a hill where he wants to wake up on Resurrection Morning. The hike/ride will be abut one … Read more

Brown, Ila L. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Ila L. Brown, 69, died Sept. 28, 2006, in Baker City after a long battle with cancer. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Presbyterian Church in Halfway. Interment will be at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Friends are invited to join the family after the service for a reception at the Presbyterian Fellowship Hall. Ila was born on Dec. 1, 1936, at Caldwell, Idaho. She was the second daughter of Irvin and Edith Wingerd. She attended grade school at Bellevue and high school at Hailey, Idaho. Ila was married to Robert “Bob” Brown … Read more

Rush, Frances Freda Polley Mrs. – Obituary

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 … Read more

Foust, Roenna Bee McBride Walton Mrs. – Obituary

Roenna Bee Foust, 75, of Eugene, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 18, 2006. Her memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Fairfield Church of the Nazarene. Inurnment will be in Baker City. She was born on Oct. 15, 1931, at Pocatello, Idaho, to Loren and Hazel Stiff McBride. She worked as a church secretary at the Myrtle Creek Church of the Nazarene and owned Vic-Tone Cleaners at Myrtle Creek. She also worked in home care as a nurses aid in Baker City. She married John Walton at Baker City in 1950. They were divorced in … Read more

Rogers, Bruce Wesley – Obituary

Bruce Wesley Rogers, 95, a longtime Baker County resident, died Dec. 8, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City. At his request, there will be no funeral. Bruce was born on Jan. 16, 1911, on Pleasant Valley Road in Baker to William T. Rogers and Mattie Jane Myers Rogers. He was the third of four children. Bruce was raised and educated in Baker County. In 1937, Bruce married Elsie Dalton, the daughter of Grant and Alice Dalton of North Powder. She died just 12 years later. In 1960, he married Florence Rose, who died in a motor vehicle … Read more

Stoor, Ada Roop Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Ada (Roop) Stoor, 87, of Baker City, died Oct. 23, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her funeral will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Roger Scovil of Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Burial will be at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. A reception will follow at Jim and Tonie Hambelton’s home. Visitations will be today from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home. Ada was born July 17, 1919, at Boulder Flat, in Pine Valley near Halfway, to George Paris Roop and Lou Anna (Cox) Roop. … Read more