Washington

Thomas, Myrtis Mrs. – Obituary

Myrtis Thomas, 80, a former Baker City resident, died May 20, 2007, at Puyallup, Wash. There was a private family service. She was born on Aug. 2, 1928, at Jones County, Ga. She was the former wife of Eddie Thomas Sr. and the mother of 11 children who live throughout the United States. She had 14 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. She was quick to smile and loved many things, including working with children to help them with their reading. In her lifetime she traveled to Europe, Asia and throughout the United States. She was a woman of strength, courage, perseverance, … Read more

Obituary of Craig LaVerne Carey

Craig LaVerne Carey, 55, of Baker City died Aug. 10, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Health Services with Tenee, his dearest love present. Visitation will be held today from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. A memorial service will be held Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the McEwen Bible Fellowship Church near Sumpter. Craig was born on April 18, 1953, at the Mountain Home Air Base in Mountain Home, Idaho, to Marion and Marian Carey. He grew up in Grangeville, Idaho, where he attended school and received his GED. After high school, he joined the … Read more

Obituary of William Roy Christie

William Roy Christie went to be with the Lord on July 6, 2008, in Ontario, Ore., at the age of 82. Bill was born Dec 9, 1925, in Colorado Springs, Colo., to Clarence and Sadie (Mittan) Christie, the youngest of five children. The family moved frequently, eventually ending up in Yakima, Wash., when Bill was a teenager. On Oct 29, 1944, he married Sarah “Ruth” Walker and they made Yakima their home. After completing military service in World War II he worked as a painter with his father-in-law and became acquainted with Bud Buele who taught him to repair cars. … Read more

Ransom, Paul E. – Obituary

Former Milton-Freewater resident, Paul E. Ransom, 83, died Aug. 8, 2008, at Rose Cottage, an adult care facility, in Kennewick, Wash. The memorial service will be 2 p.m., Friday, Aug.15, 2008, at Mountain View-Colonial DeWitt, 1551 Dalles Military Road, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Pastor Roger Holden will officiate. A reception will follow at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the New Bridge Church of the Nazarene in New Bridge, Oregon or Tri Cities Hospice through the funeral home. Mr. Ransom was born Sept. 30, 1924, in Walla Walla, to Ernest and Lou Hahn Ransom. He attended elementary … Read more

Green, Charlotte Crystal Canfield Mrs. – Obituary

Charlotte Crystal Canfield Green, 91, died April 15, 2009, at her daughter’s home in Baker City Her cremains will be buried next to her husband Philip’s in the Green family plot on Vashon Island. Charlotte was born in Seattle, Wash., on July 15, 1917, to Emma Meyer Canfield and Virgil David Dewitt Canfield. She grew up on the small island of Vashon, Wash., where she met her cherished sweetheart, Philip, when she was 15. They married in June 1936, and attended the University of Washington in Seattle together. She majored in home economics and he majored in social work and … Read more

Chandler, John Patrick “Pat” – Obituary

John Patrick “Pat” Chandler, 70, of Bainbridge Island, Wash., died March 30, 2009, at the University of Washington Hospital surrounded by family and friends. Friends are invited to a celebration of Pat’s life at the Kiana Lodge, Sandy Hook Road N.E. in Poulsbo, Wash., on April 19, 2009, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Born September 30, 1938, at Baker City to Orville and Bell Armstrong Chandler, Pat was the third of four siblings to grow up on the family cattle ranch in the beautiful foothills of the Elkhorn Mountains. As a youngster, Pat shared in the arduous work of … Read more

Cameron, Mary Wilma Evans Mrs. – Obituary

Mary Wilma Cameron, 97, a former Richland resident, died March 28, 2009, in Spokane Valley, Wash. Her graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Terrace Heights Memorial Park, 3001 Terrace Heights Dr., Yakima, Wash. Mary was born on May 2, 1911, at Richland to George W. and Melissa J. Hartley Evans. She was the youngest of eight children. Mary accepted Jesus at the age of 9 during a revival meeting. She attended high school at Wapato, Wash., and at the age of 17 she married Cecil H. “Swede” Cameron in the Yakima Valley. She and her husband, “Swede,” … Read more

Ingram, Marjory May Muzzy Mrs. – Obituary

May 13 Marjory May Ingram, 87, died May 11, 2009, in an assisted care facility at Richland, Wash., where she had been living for 6 1/2 years. Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Greenwood Memorial Terrace, 211 N. Government Way in Spokane, Wash. Marjory was the youngest of seven children born to Frank and Alma Muzzy at Baker City. Her brothers, Robert, Paul, Vern, and Sidney Muzzy, and one sister, Violet Judd, all died earlier. Marjory attended two years of college at La Grande where she met her future husband, Luther Ingram, who was stationed nearby … Read more

Cassell, April Easter, Mrs. – Obituary

April, 55, passed away peacefully on the morning of May 19 due to complication associated with ovarian cancer. She was born in Aberdeen, Wash. and was the third of five close-knit children. She graduated from Montesano High School in 1972 as class valedictorian and from Washington State University, cum laude, in 1976 with a B.A. in Business Administration and specialty in Accounting. While at WSU she participated in a variety of collegiate activities including membership in Alpha Delta Pi sorority, rowing crew, and working as a teaching assistant. Upon graduation, April became a respected accountant and worked as a CPA … Read more

Anderson, Alan Endre – Obituary

Alan Endre Anderson of Eugene died March 29, 2009 of age related causes. He was 83. A private family celebration will be later. He was born Nov. 21, 1925, in Alpine, Wash., to Endre and Beulah Thompson Anderson. He married Judith Mann on June 21, 1957, in Olympia. Anderson graduated from Enumclaw High School in Washington in 1944. He served in the Army from 1944 to 1946, including service in World War II in the Phillipines and Japan. He attained the rank of sergeant and received the Bronze Star. He worked as an insurance secretary for Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance … Read more

Alder Slope Cemetery, Wallowa County, Washington

AKIN, W.B. 12 Y, 5M, 27D 15 Apr 1885 BAY, Maxine D. BAY, Wilma B. 14 Jun 1914 18-Feb-20 BEECHER, Edna M. 21 Sep 1880 2 Apr 1906 BEECHER, Harry F. 13 Nov 1877 17 Nov 1880 BEECHER, Henry Ward 17 May 1849 13 Mar 1927 BEECHER, Margaret (Wilson) 12 Oct 1853 6 Oct 1913 BLOOM, Andy B. 15 Apr1884 29 Aug 1884 BLOOM, Infant 21 Apr 1899 BLOOM, Marletta E. 6 Apr 1856 18 Oct 1887 BLOOM, Reuben W. 28 Jan 1842 26 Apr 1904 BONER, Birdie 1887 BONER, Frank 1880 1901 BONER, John C. 19 Feb 1846 25 … Read more

Biography of Charles D. Post

Charles D. Post on, whose name is thoroughly identified with the early history of Arizona, and to whom we have had occasion to refer to heretofore, and will, in future volumes record his further activities, was born in Hardin county, Kentucky, April 20th, 1825. He was left motherless when twelve years of age, and soon thereafter was placed in the County Clerk’s office, where he served an apprenticeship of seven years. He was in the office of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville, for the next three years, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar. Upon … Read more

Biographical Sketch of J.T. Willett

Among those who have toiled and continuously wrought for the development of the resources of Wallowa county in the agricultural portion of the population, we may mention the capable and intelligent subject of this sketch, who has demonstrated in the years in which he has been domiciled in our county his fitness to be classed with the representative men of the county and to take rank among the leading ones whose names appear in this compendium of the builders and pioneers of Wallowa County. In Union County, Kentucky, on May 3, 1856, J.T. was born to James M. and Mattie … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Americus V. McAlexander

One of the sturdy, industrious and intelligent agriculturists and stockmen of Wallowa county is named at the head of this paragraph and we essay to outline his career, in which we are pleased to note sound principles, upright life and good abilities manifested, while he has ever labored for the advancement of the interests of the county and has manifested a broad public spirit and a patriotic heart. Mr. McAlexander was born in Lane County, this state, on November 9, 1856, being the son of Andrew and Verlander (Dickey) McAlexander. He remained in the Willamette valley on his father’s farm … Read more

Biographical Sketch of William P. Newby

Enterprising and industrious in all his ways, the subject of this sketch is one of the men that have added materially to the wealth of Wallowa County, developing here, in an excellent manner, the resources with which the county abounds so fully, meanwhile manifesting that continuity of purpose and determination which brook no defeat and stop not at any obstacle, while his moral qualities of genuine worth and high order have shone without intermission, giving him the approbation, esteem, and confidence of all who may have the pleasure of his acquaintance. William Newby was born in Iowa on July 29, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John W. Thompson

It is always a pleasure to outline the career of an honest, upright and progressive man, who has left the more thickly settled portions of the country, pressing out into the regions of wildness to bring them under the sway of civilization’s uplifting influences, spending, meanwhile, sturdy effort and drawing upon an exhaustless store of courage and determination to accomplish this worthy end and so we turn with zest to chronicle the events in the life of the capable and worthy citizen, whose name initiates this paragraph, since he has displayed qualities that are priceless, and manifested virtues and abilities … Read more

Biography of George M. Cannon

Any work which purports to give in review the leading points in the career of the prominent citizens of Wallowa County would be open to serious criticism were there failure to incorporate within it an epitome of the life of the esteemed gentlemen whose name heads this article, and who has labored here constantly from the time of the early settlement of the north part of Wallowa County until the present, manifesting, meanwhile, commendable intelligence, activity and energy, together with uprightness and sound principles, which have commended him to the esteem and confidence of his fellows in every respect, and … Read more

Biography of Lulu May Coverdale

A Short History of the Coverdale Family from 1859 to 1959 by Lulu May (Coverdale) Holmes in 1959. One hundred years ago Zedoc Jackson Coverdale and Rachel Elizabeth Morrison were married in the state of Iowa. He was commonly called “Jack” by everyone except Rachel, to whom he was always “Zed”. Rachel Morrison was born in Monroe, Wisconsin. Her father was a Methodist minister. He died, leaving a young widow, Rebecca Elizabeth, with two small children, Rachel and her brother John James. Both were just old enough to remember how concerned they were when a few days after their father … Read more

Biography of David Diggins

Although the subject of this sketch has not resided in Wallowa County so long as some others, nevertheless, he is one of the earliest pioneers of this section, having braved the dangers and suffered the hardships and deprivations in the fifties to assist in opening this country for the advent of civilization’s march. Mr. Diggins has lived the life of a typical frontiersman and pioneer, and to him and his companions is due the honor and distinction of discovering the leading placer mines of this northwest country, which in fact rivaled any on the Pacific coast, and during these long … Read more

Biography of Hoit, Mary Melvina

Mary Melvina Hoit 1842 – 1916 Biography Mary Melvina Hoit was born in Meigs County, Ohio in 1842. She was one of the two daughters. Her sister’s name was Ruthanar. We do not have the names of her parents but in scrapbook #3 in one of the letters she wrote to newspapers there is come family history. Her father moved from Meigs Co. to Quincy, Ill. In Adams County in 1844. They lived in town until the following spring when they moved to the north line of Adams County and purchased a farm from his brother-in-law, Truman Hocox. This farm … Read more