Skillings

Skillings, Marcella – Obituary

Marcella Lucinda Skillings, 80, died Dec. 2 at Wallowa Memorial Hospital. The funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Dec. 10 at Bollman Funeral Home, 315 W. Main St., Enterprise. Mrs. Skillings was born June 20, 1924, to John and Eva DeClue in St. Louis, Mo. She lived in Alaska and California before coming to La Grande. She married Raymond Benjamin Skillings on May 21, 1955. She earned a nursing degree in 1968 and worked at Hot Lake for a while before settling in Wallowa. She enjoyed hunting, fishing, quilting and being with her husband and family. Survivors include her children, … Read more

Skillings, Ransom Jacob – Obituary

Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Ransom Jacob Skillings was born in Fairbank, Iowa, on November 8, 1881, and died at his home in Wallowa on December 7, 1936, after a long and lingering illness. He was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Skillings. With his parents he came to Oregon in 1894 settling in Union where they spent one winter and the next.. Rest of article missing Source: Enterprise Record Chieftain, Enterprise, Oregon, December 17, 1936 Contributed by: Sue Wells Transcribed by: Belva Ticknor

A History of Peaks Island Maine and its People

A History of Peaks Island and Its People

A history of Peaks Island and its people: also a short history of House Island, Portland, Maine. In presenting this history of two of the best known islands in Portland Harbor, it has been the intention of the author to give only the story of the early days of those islands, and of the families who have contributed to their history.