Emele

Emele, Elmer A. Obit

Elmer Emele Of Baker Succumbs Former Farmer Employed By City for Last 16 Years. Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Elmer A. Emele of Baker died yesterday afternoon at his home on tenth Street after a long illness. Born October 24, 1889, in Rosendale, Missouri, Mr. Emele crossed the plains with his parents when was but four years of age. The family camped here in September 17, 1873 and later moved to Big Creek, which is now known as Medical Springs. Mr. Emele purchased the Ross homestead in that region and lived there much of his early life, engaging in farming … Read more

Emele, Elsie – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Mrs. Elsie C. Emele, 82, 220 Bridge Street, died early Wednesday morning in the St. Elizabeth Hospital after a long illness. Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the Beatty Chapel with the Rev. Robert Oestreich officiating and burial will follow in the family plot in Mt. Hope Cemetery. The daughter of J. B. and Anna Keiser Sams, she was born Dec. 26, 1877, at Medical Springs. She married Elmer A. Emele in Baker June 2, 1894. They lived several years at Medical Springs then moved to a ranch on Lower Power. She … Read more

Emele, Edith V. – Obituary

Edith V. Emele, 82, 2320 Estes St., a lifetime Baker resident, died Sunday, Nov. 23, 1980, at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Her funerral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Grays West and Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., with the Rev R. Peter Anderson of the First Lutheran Church officiating. Private interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Emele was born on Feb. 22 1898, in Baker to John and Ada Brown Erwin. She attended schools in Keating and in Baker and was married to Harry Emele in Baker on January 22, 1918. She was a homemaker and a … Read more

Emele, Bernon Allen – Obituary

Vernon Emile Dies Suddenly Ex- Army Engineer, Was Native of Baker Vernon Allen Emele, 35, of Baker died suddenly today at noon at his home, 2306 Church Street. Born January 20, 1906 in Baker. Mr. Emele served in company E. sixth engineers, Fort Winfield Scott, California in the United States Army for a time, being discharged in 1929. He had lived in Baker many yearsand for the last seven had been employed by McKim and Son. Mr. Emele is survived by his widow, Odessa; two sons, Elmer and Vernon, Jr. of Baker; his mother, Mrs. Elsie Emele of Baker; three … Read more

Emele, B. D. – Obituary

Muddy Creek, Baker County, Oregon B. D. Emele Dies at Farm Home Position in Haines Commercial Company Filled for 29 Years Benjamin David Emele died Sunday night at his farm home in Muddy Creek after a long illness. Born February 25, 1881 at Medical Springs, Mr. Emele accepted employment with the Basche- Sage Hardware Company as a traveling salesman after finishing school and business college here. He resigned five years later to become connected with the Haines Commercial Company, where hw worked for 29 years. He resigned a year and a half ago because of ill health. He was a … Read more

Emele, W. D. – Obituary

W. D. Emele, 84, died Friday night in Baker after an illness of six months. Three daughters and two sons survive. Ben Emele of Haines was a son of the deceased. Funeral services were held Monday in Baker. North Powder News Saturday, December 26, 1925

Emele, Laura – Obituary

Mrs. Laura Emele, 76, of 2005 Grove Street, died Saturday morning at St. Elizabeth Hospital. Mrs. Emele was born on April 19, 1882, to Lambert and Emily Hough at Memphis, Scotland County, Missouri. She came to Oregon with her family in 1900 and settled in Barker. She attended her last year of high school in Baker, then taught school for three years in Baker county. She was married to Ben D. Emele in Baker on October 9, 1907. They moved to Haines in 1908 where she lived until she moved back to Baker in 1955. She was a member of … Read more

Emele, Harry – Obituary

Harry Emele, 90, who owned Cook & Emele Sheet Metal more than 50 yeaars, died Tuesday, May 26, 1987, at the Delamarter Care Center in Pendleton. A graveside service for Mr. Emele will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Roger Kinkead of the First Lutheran Church will officiate. Mr. Emele was born Dec. 17, 1896, in Baker to Elmer and Elsie Sams-Emele. He married Edith Erwin in Baker January 22, 1918. Mrs. Emele preceded him in death in November 1980. Mr. Emele was educated in Baker County. Beside his sheet metal business, he and his … Read more

Emele, Dorothy Beryl Mrs. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Mrs, Dorothy Beryl Emele, 38, 2515 11th Street, died this morning at her home after a long illness. She was born Dec. 9, 1915, in Richfield, Idaho, the daughter of Jay and Minnie May Dixon. She lived most of her life in Baker and attended school at St. Francis Academy. She was married April 14, 1934, in Baker to Donald Franklin Emele. Mrs. Emele was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles auxiliary and a member of the Catholic Church. She is survived by her husband; son, Richard D. Emele, Baker; mother, Mrs. Minnie … Read more

Emele, Donald Franklin – Obituary

Funeral services for Donald “Don” F. Emele, 2750 Myrtle Street, 54, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 25, at The Beatty Chapel. The Rev. James Berentson will officiate with concluding services in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mr. Emele was born May 30, 1914, at Baker, Oregon, the son of Elmer A. and Elsie Sams Emele, and attended schools in Baker. After his schooling, he worked for the Union Pacific R. R. Co., was a truck driver for a Co-op in Walla Walla, Washington, worked in the shipyards in Portland, Oregon, during World War II, and had been an employee … Read more