If there is one person more than another to whom the race loves to do honor that person is the pioneer, and especially is this true in double measure when we find one of the character of the worthy subject of this sketch, who has endured all the deprivations incident to pioneer life in this […]
Elgin, Union County, Oregon Funeral Services for Sadie Steers to be Saturday Funeral services for Mrs. Sadie Steers will be held Saturday, July 5, at 2 PM, at the Elgin Church of the Nazarene. Mrs. Steers died Tuesday at a La Grande hospital at the age of 89. She had been in failing health for
Death of Assessor Morton County Assessor J. H. Morton, after a long and painful illness, died Saturday night at 11:30 o’clock, at the Grande Ronde hospital. James H, Morton was a native son of Oregon, having been born in Lane county on June 7, 1856, where he resided until he reached the age of 10
Union, Oregon Todd Dippold Todd Dippold, 31, of Union, died March 10 at his home. A complete obituary will be published at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Daniels Chapel of the Valley. The Observer – Obituaries for the week ending March 17, 2007 Todd M. Dippold Union 1975-2007 Todd Milton Dippold,
The list of Wallowa County’s business men and prominent stock raisers would be quite incomplete were there failure to incorporate in the number that of the prominent and intelligent young man which is the subject of this sketch, and of whom we are pleased to record that he has manifested marked ability in business enterprises
WILLIAM WILSON. – Mr. Wilson was born of Irish parents in 1835. “His father and mother were Irish; and he is Irish still.” His parents secured to him a common-school education; and his father, falling a victim of the cholera in New York in 1848, William assumed the management of his affairs and conducted the
Mrs.. Anna H. Ragsdale Passes In Tacoma, Wash. Word that Mrs.. Anna Hadley Ragsdale, a daughter of one of the early pioneer families of this community, is dead in Tacoma, Wash., where she was making her home with a son has been received here. The body is to be shipped to La Grande for burial
La Grande, Oregon Florestine L. Bowman, 79, of La Grande died Sept. 21 at her home. A celebration of life will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. Burial at Summerville Cemetery will be private. Mrs. Bowman was born Oct. 24, 1926, to Ray and Ida Rich Taylor in Baker
Both Passed Away Death of Two Aged Women, Well Known in Union County Mrs. Mary E. Hamilton, the mother of Sheriff Hamilton, died suddenly at her residence in Baker county on the morning of January 1 Two days following the death of Mrs. Hamilton, her sister Mrs. Nancy Warrenstaff, died at her home in La
La Grande, Oregon Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Willard K. “Bill” Carey, 71, of La Grande, died May 17, 2001, of lung cancer at his brother’s home in Lake Oswego. A memorial service with full military honors will be Saturday at noon at the La Grande National Guard Armory, 404 12th St. Mr. Carey was born Nov.
Union, Oregon Marlon Howard Maples, 50, formerly of La Grande and Union, died July 27 in Valdez, Alaska. Private family services were held July 31 at the Cremation Society of Alaska. Jim Lamson officiated. Memorial services will begin at 3 p.m. Sept. 7 at Valdez Glacier Campground. Phil Merioles will officiate. Marlon’s cremated remains will
Clifford Charles McDaniel, 92, of Elgin, died Monday, December 14, 1992, at Grande Ronde Hospital. A service will be held at 1 P.M. Thursday at the Elgin Nazarene Church with the Rev. Marshall Vaughn of the La Grande First Church of the Nazarene officiating. Private interment will be at the Summerville Cemetery. Mr. McDaniel was
La Grande, Oregon Phillip LeRoy Daken, 72, of La Grande, died April 8, 2001, at the Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. At his request, there will be no public service. Arrangements are under the direction of the Daniels Chapel of the Valley. Mr. Daken was born on Aug. 10, 1928, at St. Joseph, Mo.
There is a special pride that we can take in tracing the career of one of the sons of Oregon, who has gained his education and training in this section and who has wrought out a success for himself that manifests him as a man of ability and business force. Such a one is the
Norbert ‘Nibs’ O. Hinzpeter Formerly of La Grande 1919-2009 Norbert “Nibs” Otto Hinzpeter, 89, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande, died of a heart attack Oct. 22 at St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City. A celebration of his life will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Community Connection/Baker Senior Center, 2810 Cedar
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Lloyd Leland Fisher, 72, died Feb. 8, 1999, at his home in Hillsboro following a lengthy illness. Born Nov. 3, 1926, in Enterprise, he was one of five children born to James Edward and Vera Kyle (Draper) fisher. Lloyd was raised and schooled in Enterprise. He left school before the end
La Grande, Union County, Oregon Heart Attack Brings Death To Frank H. Dekalb Frank H. Dekalb, 76 year old retired engineer who made his home at 1804 Washington Avenue, died at his home Monday, July 29, following a heart attack. Born in Larned, Kansas, on November 17, 1880, Dekalb had made his home in La
La Grande, Oregon Edith Laurel Shanks Roberts, 77, of La Grande died Sept. 19. At her request, there will be no funeral. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Roberts was born June 11, 1929, in La Grande. She worked for the Oregon State Police in La Grande for many years before transferring
John Roberts, aged 25, died in La Grande Wednesday night, after a two week illness. The deceased leaves a wife and father and mother. The funeral will be held at Joseph. North Powder News Saturday August 2, 1919
Elgin, Oregon Rosetta Eckstein Rosetta Eckstein, 76, of Elgin, died Oct. 22 at the Evergreen Rehabilitation and Retirement Center in Milton-Freewater. A graveside service will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the Elgin Cemetery with Pastor Steve Gilmore officiating. Mrs. Eckstein was born July 20, 1930, in La Grande to Ernest and Lillian Knight. She
