Burnaugh

Burnaugh, J. M. Mrs. – Obituary

Summerville, Union County, Oregon Mrs. J. M. Burnaugh passed on at her home yesterday noon following a brief illness. She is survived by her husband, three children: Willena, Walter, and Margaret; three brothers, John and Oliver Kerr, of Summerville and Jesse Kerr, of La Grande; and six sisters, Mrs. Etta Logue, Mrs. Oliver Daron and Mrs. G. L. Garrett all of La Grande, Mrs. Edith Miller of Wyoming, Mrs. Laura Graham of Portland and Mrs. Elsie Wisdom of Elgin. The body is at the Bohnenkamp chapel and the funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 o’clock at the chapel … Read more

Burnaugh, Joseph Merrill – Obituary

Summerville, Union County, Oregon Native of Union County Dies Joseph Merrill Burnaugh, 63-year-old farmer of Summerville, died Sunday, Dec. 26, at a local hospital following a long illness. He was born Feb. 25, 1880, at Elgin, and had lived in Union county all his life, and was a member of the Christian church. Among survivors are his widow, Emma, two daughters, Mrs. E. W. Marks of Darrington, Wash., Mrs. Arthur Furman of Imbler and one son, Walter, USN, six grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Brook Galloway of Elgin and one brother, Lewie Burnaugh of Portland. Funeral services will be held … Read more

Burnaugh, Dorothy Lillian McGowan – Obituary

Enterprise, Oregon Dorothy “Dottie” Lillian McGowan Burnaugh, 96, died March 16, 2004, in Eureka, Calif. She was born Aug. 4, 1907, in Enterprise to Claude A. and Olive (Boswell) Lockwood. While growing up in Enterprise, favorite childhood memories included entertaining the neighborhood by playing the piano with Orva and Bernice McFetridge on violin. She also won the Charleston dance contest in high school and played piano for the silent movies. After high school she attended Oregon Agricultural College (now Eastern Oregon University) in La Grande to study music followed by a return to the Portland area to study to become … Read more

Burnaugh, Emma Mrs. – Obituary

Mrs. Emma Burnaugh, 76, died Saturday in a La Grande hospital following a long illness. Funeral rites will be held in the Summerville chapel tomorrow morning at 10:30, under auspices of the Snodgrass Funeral home, Rev. Gene Robinson officiating. Mrs. Burnaugh was born near Summerville, Dec. 3, 1875, and had lived all her life in Union county. She was a member of the Frances Brown auxiliary to the Pioneers association. Survivors are a sister, Allie, and a brother, George Slack, both of La Grande; two nieces; Mrs. Harry Billerbeck, Summerville, and Mrs. Kenneth Kirby, Prineville; a nephew, Lyle Slack, Summerville. … Read more

Burnaugh, Samuel L. – Obituary

Portland (UPI) – Funeral was to be held today for Samuel L. Burnaugh, 91, a former mayor of Enterprise and ex-state representative from Union and Wallowa counties. He died Friday. Burnaugh, a 1903 graduate of Oregon State, was in the pharmacy business in Enterprise and Portland. La Grande Observer Tuesday, August, 8, 1967 Front Page Burnaugh, Samuel L., 4128 NE Going; father of Lyle; brother of Nellie Galloway; grandfather of Ross McGowan, Mrs. Terry Sue Meyers; 2 great grandchildren, Cindy and Kristrin Meyers. Services Tuesday, Aug 8, 3 p.m., at 48th and Sandy. Friends invited Mt. Hood Lodge No. 157 … Read more

Burnaugh, Andrew – Obituary

Elgin, Union County, Oregon Andrew Burnaugh, who was operated on Wednesday evening of last week for a bad case of appendicitis, died Saturday evening, notwithstanding the fact that his physicians did everything possible for him. Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church Monday morning, the discourse being delivered by Elder Mayfield. The body was then taken to the Summerville cemetery and buried by the side of his mother. Andrew Jackson Burnaugh was the youngest son of S.L. Burnaugh, and was born on his father’s farm on Clarks Creek, Jan. 18, 1882, and was therefore 22 years, 2 months and … Read more