Texas

Sipes, Bonnie Boesch Mrs. – Obituary

Bonnie B. Sipes, 44, Dies at Dallas Bonnie Lee Boesch Sipes, 44, a native of this valley, passed away in Dallas, Texas, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1979. She was born January 1, 1935 in Haines, Oregon to Ferdinand and Bertha Warfield Boesch. She attended school in Muddy Creek and graduated from North Powder High School in 1953. She was active in 4-H for nine years. She was employed at the Record Courier in Baker for one year as a secretary and in art and type composition design before moving to Portland, Oregon where she was employed at the Oregon Woolen Mills. … Read more

Long, Carrie Elizabeth Shock Mrs. – Obituary

Funeral serviced for Elizabeth C. (Lizzie) Long, 92 of 2215 2nd St., a long time Baker and Haines resident will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24 at Grays West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Rev. Gerald C. Nelson of the United Methodist Church in Baker and Haines will officiate. Interment will follow in the family plot at the Haines Cemetery. Mrs. Long died Monday evening at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home following a long illness. She was born April 2, 1886 in Weatherford, Texas, the daughter of George and Mary Wallace Shock. She first came to Baker County when she … Read more

Emmons, Charlie – Obituary

Charlie Emmons, 98, a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 25, 2005, at the McAllen Medical Center in McAllen, Texas. His family was planning a special memory 99th birthday party for Charlie on Sept. 9, and he was really looking forward to it. The family will play a video of his life at his memorial service and hope he will be pleased. Charlie was born on Sept. 9, 1906, at Greenville, Texas. He married Erma McCormick in 1926, and they were married for 70 years. When they married she was 16 and he was 19. Erma was the love of … Read more

Davis, Jack Burton “Ripper” – Obituary

Jack Burton “Ripper” Davis, 54, of Hermiston, a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 31, 2005, at his home. There will be a celebration of his life later. His wish was to be cremated and to have his cremains placed in Crater Lake. Jack was born on March 6, 1951, at Silsbee, Texas, to Virgil Victor and Ruth Magdalene Park Davis. He was raised at Honey Island, Texas. He loved hunting and fishing in the piney woods of east Texas and especially at the hunting club at Hardin County. His parents owned and operated barbecue restaurants, which Jack and his … Read more

Gould, Jay E. “Gene-O”

Jay E. (Gene-O) Gould, 63, died Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at the Portland Veterans Medical Center due to complications from surgery. His memorial service will be held Saturday, September 10, 2005, at 2:00 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home. Military rites will be accorded by Baker City Amvets Post 1874. Gene was born November 10, 1941, in Los Angeles, California, to Stanley and Rena Gould. He attended a boys Catholic school during his youth until he entered the U.S. Army. He served his country for nine years. He lived most of his life throughout Texas and Oklahoma. He married the love … Read more

Critchlow, Donald E., Rev. – Obituary

Rev. Donald E. Critchlow, PhD., 75, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2004, in Houston Texas. Funeral Mass was celebrated Friday, July 31, 2004, at St. Peter’s Catholic Church. Interment followed in the Calvary Catholic Cemetery. Services were under the direction of the Hernandez, Lopez and Sons Northside Chapels. Fr. Critchlow retired as pastor of St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Laredo in 1998. He cared deeply for all of the parishioners that he served, but the people of St. Peter’s always held a special place in his heart. Fr. Critchlow was ordained as a late in life vocation. Prior … Read more

Huff, Rory – Obituary

Richland, Baker County, Oregon Rory Huff, 27, of Richland, died May 29, 2005, as a result of a motor vehicle accident on Eagle Creek Road. There will be a celebration of his life at 2 p.m. Friday at the Richland Lions Community Park. Friends are invited to join the family for a potluck after the service. Rory was born on Oct. 15, 1977, at Council, Idaho. Rory grew up at Richland, attended school at Pine-Eagle High School and Stanfield. He later was a 1996 graduate of Cambridge High School where he played football, basketball, baseball and participated in high school … Read more

Rosales, Manuel G. – Obituary

Manuel G. Rosales, 80, of Vancouver, Wash., a former longtime Baker County resident, died June 5, 2005. His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Evergreen Staples Funeral Chapel, 4700 N.E. St. Johns Blvd., at Vancouver, Wash. Manuel was born on Feb. 22, 1925, to Ben and Savina Rosales at Merkel City, Texas. He grew up in Anadarko, Okla., and attended school there. He entered the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Oklahoma in 1941. In December 1943 he married his beloved wife of 61 years, Mary L. Castillo. They lived at Oklahoma City and then moved to Durkee … Read more

Harmon, H.D. – Obituary

Baker City, Baker County, Oregon H.D. Harmon, 71, of Baker City, died Jan. 29, 2005, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise from lymphoma bone cancer. At his request, there will be no service. H.D. Harmon was born on May 28, 1933, at Las Cruces, N.M. He was raised at Marfa, Texas, and various places throughout New Mexico. He worked all of his life building roads and doing heavy construction. He had been an Oregon resident for more than 40 years. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. Survivors include his wife of 27 years, Norma … Read more

Waldo, Joel F. – Obituary

Joel F. Waldo, 45, of Baker City, died Oct. 22, 2004, at his home with his devoted wife, Cindy, his mother-in-law, Phyllis, and his minister by his side. He was diagnosed with lung cancer on Oct. 16, 2003, even though he had never smoked a day in his life. His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, 1995 Fourth St. Pastor Susan Barnes will officiate. Joel was born on Aug. 19, 1959, at Sioux City, Iowa. He worked very hard all his life and was constantly learning new things so he could do it himself. … Read more

Stevens, William Odell – Obituary

William Odell Stevens, 54, of Baker City, died July 2, 2004, at his home. His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Bishop Thomas Brock of the Valley Ward will conduct the service. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be until 7 o’clock tonight at Coles Funeral Home. Bill was born July 29, 1949, at McNary, Ariz., to Robert Odell and Geneva R. Pettyjohn Stevens. He married Nancy Jefferies on Nov. 9, 1974, at Phoenix, Ariz. They moved to Baker City in 1981 from Abilene, … Read more

Tarango, Manuel – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Manuel Tarango, 80, of Baker City and a former longtime resident of Stanfield, Ariz., died Sept. 20, 2004, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center. A memorial Mass for him will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday at the St. Elizabeth Health Care Center chapel, 3325 Pocahontas Road. The Rev. Robert C. Irwin will celebrate the Mass. Another memorial Mass will be celebrated Oct. 8 at Casa Grande, Ariz. Manuel was born on June 2, 1924, at Fort Davis, Texas, to Encarnacion and Alejandra Magallanes Tarango. Manuel was raised and educated on the family cattle ranch at Aldama, … Read more

Hurd, Maurice Charles – Obituary

Baker City, Oregon Maurice Charles Hurd, 86, of Lindsay, Texas, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 3, 2004, at his home. His graveside funeral with honors will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Pastor Billy Ledbetter of the First Baptist Church of Muenster, Texas, will officiate. Maurice was born on March 1, 1918, at Ekalaka, Mont., to Wallace and Hazel Kinsey Hurd. He married Marcella Mae Dotson on March 26, 1950, at Sidney, Mont. The couple had three daughters: Susan, Maureen and Laurie. In his youth, Maurice worked on his father’s ranch herding … Read more

Biography of Thomas Jefferson Wood

Thomas Jefferson Wood is one of the earliest pioneers of Riverside and has been identified with Riverside city and colony since, and even before, the first soil was turned, or the first nail was driven in the building improvements. In 1870 Mr. Wood was living near San Bernardino, engaged in farming, and also at his trade as a carpenter and builder. In September of that year at the solicitation of Judge North and Dr. Greves he came to the lands now occupied by Riverside and erected the first building ever built upon the Riverside colony lands. This building was the … Read more

Biography of Carroll L. Swarts

Carroll L. Swarts. During his dignified and successful career as a lawyer in Kansas, covering a period of over thirty years, Judge Swarts gained distinction by his long and capable service on the district bench and had made his profession a medium of important service to several communities in the state. His name is of German origin, but the family had been identified with America since colonial times. His ancestors were prominent people in Maryland. Judge Swarts’ grandfather, Abraham D. Swarts, was born near Abingdon, Maryland, in 1782. He married Ann Bond Carroll, of the prominent Maryland family of that … Read more

Biography of Albert P. McBride

Albert P. McBride. In the oil and gas districts of the Southwest no name had a greater significance as an operator, developer, and as a vitalizer of the resources and industries covering several states, than that of Albert P. McBride of Independence. Mr. McBride began his operations as an oil well contractor and producer more than thirty-five years ago. He had supplied enthusiasm, faith and much of the material means necessary to develop the oil and gas resources of Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Associated throughout practically all his career with C. L. Bloom, he bore the brunt of responsibilities in … Read more

Biography of Thomas Watson Roach

Thomas Watson Roach, for twenty-one years president of Kansas Wesleyan Business College, and a former president of Kansas Wesleyan University at Salina, had not merely found but had made for himself a distinctive place in educational history of the Sunflower State. He came to Kansas more than forty years ago. His name is closely associated with several progressive movements in Kansas educational affairs. He was the pioneer worker for the consolidation of country school districts. He also did the first practical work toward procuring uniformity of text books throughout the state. But even more important than all this he will … Read more

Biography of John B. Tays

John B. Tays is one of the early settlers and enterprising and progressive citizens of Ontario. He is the owner of forty acres of land in that colony and has for years been building up the horticultural industries of his section. His place is located on the south side of Thirteenth Street, east of Euclid Avenue. Mr. Tays purchased this land in 1883 and immediately commenced its improvement, planting trees and vines. He is justly ranked among the pioneer horticulturists of Ontario, and has produced one of the representative places of his section. He now has twenty acres in citrus … Read more

Biography of Edward Lester

Edward Lester was born at Covington, Kentucky, in 1829. His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Holmes) Lester, were natives of Yorkshire, England. They came to the United States in 1818 and settled in Indiana and later located in Covington. There his father was engaged in building, and later as an employee in the first cotton factory that was ever erected west of the Alleghany Mountains. In 1830 Mr. Lester’s parents settled in Hamilton County, Ohio, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. There the subject of this sketch was reared and schooled. His schooling was such as could be obtained in the common … Read more

Attacapan Family

Attacapan Family. A linguistic family consisting solely of the Attacapa tribe, although there is linguistic evidence of at least 2 dialects. Under this name were formerly comprised several bands settled in south Louisiana and northeast Texas. Although this designation was given them by their Choctaw neighbors on the east, these bands with one or two exceptions, do not appear in history under any other general name. Formerly the Karankawa and several other tribes were included with the Attacapa, but the vocabularies of Martin Duralde and of Gatschet show that the Attacapa language is distinct from all others. Investigations by Gatschet … Read more