Obituary

Willcock, Stanley Gene – Obituary

Stanley Gene Willcock, 72, a longtime resident of Baker City, Ore., passed away Nov. 8, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Care Center in Baker City. At his request, there will be no services. His cremated remains will be placed with his mother’s remains at a later date. Stanley Gene was born Oct.13, 1935, in La Grande, Ore., to Claude Russell and Juanita Anne (Spencer) Willcock. He was preceded in death by his parents, Claude Willcock in 1969 and Juanita Willcock in 1997; brother-in-law, Claudino Padilla in 2005. Stanley is survived by his sister, Yvonne Padilla of Medford, Ore.; brother, Wayne Willcock … Read more

Schuchardt, Kenneth D. – Obituary

Kenneth D. Schuchardt, 74, of McMinnville, Ore., a former longtime Baker County resident, died Nov. 2, 2007, at the Willamette Valley Medical center in McMinnville. He had lived at Oakwood Country Place care home for almost a year before entering the hospital. Arrangements for cremation will be by Crown Memorial Center in Tualatin. At his request, there will be no funeral. Ken was born in September 1933 at Oakdale, Neb., to Raymond and Ada Schuchardt. His family moved to Oregon when he was small. He was barber at Lafayette for several years and then moved to Sumpter. He operated Ken’s … Read more

O’Neil, Auburene M. Welter Mrs. – Obituary

Auburene M. O’Neil, 93, went home to be with the Lord, Nov. 10, 2007. She spent the last two months of her life at St. Elizabeth Care Center where she received loving care from the nurses and staff. Visitation will be held at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel on Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 from 2 to 8 p.m. A Graveside service will be held at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland, Ore., on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, at 11 a.m. Pastor Mel Harris of the First Lutheran Church in Baker City will officiate. A memorial in celebration of her life … Read more

Logsdon, Kertry Lyle – Obituary

Kerry Lyle Logsdon passed away at his home in Milwaukie, Ore., on Nov. 11, 2007, surrounded by his loving family and friends after a long and courageous battle with congenital heart disease. All family and friends are invited to the celebration of Kerry’s life to be held on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2007, at the Elks Lodge in Baker City, Ore., from 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Kerry was born on June 13, 1966, in Baker City, Ore., where he graduated high school in 1984. Kerry worked with his dad in construction and then began his own construction company. Even near his death, … Read more

Koopman, Norman – Obituary

Norman Koopman, 82, of Halfway Ore., passed away peacefully with family by his side on Nov. 6, 2007, in La Grande, Ore. A Celebration of Norm’s Life will be held this next spring with a gathering of family, friends and a picnic. Date, time and place to be announced. Norm was born Oct. 1, 1925, to Charles and Esther Koopman of Halfway. He spent most of his career teaching Vocational Agriculture at La Grande and Pine Eagle High Schools before retiring in 1993. Once retired he and wife Jewel enjoyed winters on the Southern Oregon Coast and summers in Halfway. … Read more

Jordan, Oren C. – Obituary

Oren C. Jordan, 91, of Baker City died Nov. 8, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Health Services. At his request, there will be no funeral service. Oren was born July 8, 1916, in Baker City to Clifford and Julia Craig Jordan. He was the youngest of there children, a sister Ruth and a brother Craig, preceded him in death, as did both his parents. Oren attended Baker Schools, Oregon Normal School at Monmouth, Ore., and the University of Oregon where he earned his teachers certificate and Bachelor of Science degree. Oren taught school where he made a difference in the lives … Read more

Jacks, Bruce Corbit – Obituary

Bruce Jacks 83, died on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 at Syringa General Hospital in Grangeville, Idaho, surrounded by his family. A Funeral Service was held Friday, Nov. 9, 2007 at 2 p.m. at the Pine Valley Presbyterian Church. Gordon Bond of the Richland Christian Church officiated the service. Interment at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. Friends joined the family for a reception that was held following the interment at the Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. Bruce Corbit Jacks was born to Walter and Lena Jacks on May 22, 1924 on the family ranch at Willow Creek near Paddock Lake in Idaho. … Read more

Metlen, Robert William (Bob) – Obituary

Robert (Bob) William Metlen died Oct. 31, 2007. Bob was born in Townsend, MT and raised in Pocatello, ID. At 17, he joined the Airforce and was shot down on his 5th mission as a ball turret gunner on a B-17. He walked from Belgium to Gilbralder with the underground and was incarcerated in England until he could be positively identified. The war ended the day he was to fly from California to the Pacific as a radioman on a B-36. After the war he went to the University of Idaho where he met and married the bride of his … Read more

Hansen, George Alften – Obituary

George Aften Hansen, 90, a long-time resident of Pine Valley passed away quietly Nov. 1, 2007 at St. Elizabeth Nursing Home in Baker City, Oregon. A Traditional Funeral Service will be on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007, 2:00 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Halfway Branch followed by a Vault Interment at Pine Haven Cemetery. There will be a reception for friends and family at the L.D.S. Church following the services. George was born Dec. 21, 1916 to John Peter and Dora A. Hansen, in Lawrence, Utah. He lost his mother when he was two years old. … Read more

Darrah, Jack Irwin – Obituary

Jack Darrah, 70, died on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 in Richland, Ore. A Memorial Service – Celebration of Jack’s Life was held on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, at the Reasoner Retreat where Jack had resided this past year. Jack Irwin Darrah was born on Oct. 4, 1937 in Cody, Wyo., to Harrison and Mable Dix Darrah. He was raised and educated in Cody, Wyoming. In 1953 Jack joined the United States Navy and served during the Korean Conflict until 1958. Jack began working early in his life. He started driving horse teams hauling logs when he was 9 years old. … Read more

Gross, Marjorie Allstead Mrs. – Obituary

Marjorie Gross, 97, a long time Pine Valley, Ore., resident went to meet her Heavenly Father on Oct 16, 2007. A Memorial Service and Celebration of Marjorie’s life will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, 11 a.m. at the Pine Baptist Church in Halfway. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception to be held following the service at the VFW Hall in Halfway. Marjorie was born on Sept.26, 1910, to John (Jack) Allstead and Grace Forman Makinson Allstead in Copperfield, Ore., (known now as Oxbow). She attended schools in Cornucopia and Halfway. In the fall of … Read more

Pearson, Ambrose Paul “Slim” – Obituary

Ambrose Paul “Slim” Pearson, 85, of Baker City passed away Oct. 13, 2007, in Boise, Idaho. Visitations were held Friday, Oct. 19, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. on Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, followed by interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Ambrose Paul (Slim) Pearson was born April 11, 1922, in Grove Springs, Mo., to the late Samuel A. and Dora Mae (Buttram) Pearson. He served in the Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II. He reentered the Army serving … Read more

Nedrow, Florence “Flip” – Obituary

Florence “Flip” Nedrow, 78, longtime Eagle Valley resident, died at home in Richland, Ore., Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. A Graveside service was held on Friday, Oct. 19, at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland, Ore. Florence “Flip” Lottie Nedrow was born on April 26, 1929, to Wesley Cyril Nedrow and Myrtle Helen Blank Nedrow in Richland, Oregon. She attended school in Richland and graduated in 1947 from Eagle Valley High School. Following high school Flip moved to Colorado Springs for a short time, and then moved to Portland, Ore. She worked for American Can Company until it closed, then went … Read more

Sargent, Mary Hallock Wells Mrs. – Obituary

Mary Sargent died Sept. 3, 2007. She was born in 1922, in Baker, Ore., the solitary, much-indulged, much managed child of Blaine and Lillian Spencer Hallock. She went to local schools except for three high school years at Helen Bush School in Seattle, Wash. She graduated from Baker High School. She attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., where she earned a bachelor’s degree in education. After college she taught second grade in Portland, Ore. In 1945, she married Ross E. Wells, a petroleum geologist. They lived in several Rocky Mountain states, finally settling in Denver, Colo. They had four children, … Read more

Brinton, Timmy Frank M.D. – Obituary

Timmy Frank Brinton, M.D., 88, of Eugene, Ore., died Oct. 3, 2007, from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. He was born Jan. 17, 1919 in Fessenden, N.D. to Charles M. and Elizabeth R. (Mueller) Brinton. Tim was a resident of Lane County for 56 years. He married Evelyn I. Nelson in 1945 in Seattle and they had two children, Barbara and Scott. In 1974 he married Marion G. Higgenbottom in Eugene. They both preceded him in death. Tim served in the U.S. Army. He attended Eastern Oregon College of Education from 1937-1940, the University of Oregon from 1941-1943, and the … Read more

Huff, Bethel Illean Goodwin Mrs. – Obituary

Bethel Illean Goodwin Huff, 80, passed away at home in Halfway, Ore., Sept. 29, 2007. Bethel was born on Sept. 13, 1927, in Baker, Ore., to A. Niles ‘Shorty’ Goodwin Sr. and Emma Marie Sanders Goodwin. Bethel married her high school sweetheart Jimmy Huff on Christmas Eve, 1947 in Baker, Ore., and would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at Christmas this year. She was raised and attended grade school in Cornucopia and Jimtown, graduating from Pine Valley Union High School in Halfway in 1946. She and one brother and three sisters later moved to the Ranch above Jimtown, then … Read more

Leggett, Billy Robert – Obituary

Billy Robert Leggett, 89, of La Grande passed away Sept. 11, 2007, at Valley Creek Adult Foster Home in La Grande, Ore. Visitation will be held on Fri., Sept. 14, at Coles Funeral Home from 4 p.m. – 8 p.m. Funeral Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, at Coles Funeral Home, followed by interment at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Juanita Bergacker of the United Methodist Church of Baker City will officiate. Billy Robert Leggett was born April 26, 1918, in Seattle, Wash., to Robert Lee and Mary Virginia (Shaver) Leggett. He was raised in Seattle … Read more

Painter, Leola Gover Mrs. – Obituary

Leola Gover Painter, 86, of Baker City, Ore., left to be with the Lord on Sept. 4, 2007, at St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City. Visitation was held from Noon – 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9, at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. Funeral Services was held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 10 at Gray’s West & Co., and reconvening at 1 p.m. for interment at Pine Haven Cemetery, Halfway, Ore. Pastor Jon Privett of the First Church of the Nazarene officiated. She was born May 22, 1921, in the Richland and Newbridge area to Olen A. … Read more

Vaughan, Teresa Ann Lewis Mrs. – Obituary

Teresa Ann Lewis Vaughan began her next great journey on Sunday, Aug. 5, 2007, surrounded by family and friends. Teresa was born July 2, 1955, in Ontario, Ore., to Keith and Fern Lewis. She lived in Ontario until the summer of her 17th year when her father’s promotion with the Oregon State police moved the family to Baker City. Teresa always had a great love for animals. She learned to ride horses at a young age and became a skilled horseman and rodeo competitor. Her specialty was barrel racing. She eventually went on to be crowned Miss Oregon High School … Read more

Hesus, Carol Andrea McKim Mrs. – Obituary

After an aggressive four-month battle with throat cancer, Carol Andrea Hesus, supportive wife and fun-loving mother, joined her grandmother in heaven on Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at 3:30 a.m. Andrea was 50 years old. Carol Andrea McKim was born in Baker, Ore., in 1957. Andrea attended schools in Baker and graduated from Pine Eagle High School in Halfway, Ore. She met Frederick Hesus while attending Eastern Oregon State College. They married in 1978 and moved to Halfway, Ore., to be close to Andrea’s family. In 1985, Andrea and Fred moved their family to Ponapei, and then to Guam where Andrea … Read more