Marie Klunder, 93, a longtime Baker City resident, died Dec. 24, 2004. Her graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Jack Bynum of the United Methodist Church will officiate. There will be a reception for family and friends after the service at the United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St. […]
Cove, Oregon Guy Hafer, 71, of Cove died unexpectedly at his home Oct. 27. Memorial services will begin at 2 p.m. Friday at Loveland Funeral Chapel, 1508 Fourth St. A dinner will follow at the Cove Sportsmen’s Club on Highway 237. A private burial will be held at a later date. Guy was born on
La Grande, Union County, Oregon Maiva Joseline McFerran, 72, of La Grande died Monday, June 14, 1993, at Grande Ronde Hospital. A private family memorial will be held later. Mrs. McFerran was born Jan. 12, 1921, to Joseph and Verda (Ohms) Gray on Lower Cove Road in Alicel. She attended grade school at Lower Cove
Cove, Union County, Oregon Mrs. Bessie (Conklin) Lay Of Cove Is Dead Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie May Lay, long time resident of Cove who died yesterday at a local hospital, will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Episcopal church in Cove. Rev. Clarence A. Kopp will conduct the service. Mrs. Lay, who
Alvin Wayne Stitt, 90, of Portland and formerly of La Grande died Oct. 1. A funeral service will be held Friday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at 3722 NE Going St. in Portland. Alvin was born July 1, 1917, in La Grande. He moved to Portland in 1937 and served in
Mrs. Filkins, an eccentric character, who has been living with her husband, when she was not living somewhere else and resided in the foothills west of town, disappeared one night two weeks ago and no trace of her has yet been found. Since writing the above Mrs. Filkins’ dead body has been found in the
Ruby Faye Loennig Burial Saturday Ruby Faye Loennig, 59, a resident of Haines, died Tuesday in St. Elizabeth Hospital. Ruby Faye Ledbetter, daughter of Will and Elsie Ledbetter, was born July 20, 1899, at Alicel in Union County. She graduated from Willamette High School and Willamette University and was married to Henry Loennig in Alicel
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Pioneer Henry Ward Beecher Moved to Adair Co., MO when he was 8. At 15 he enlisted in Co. A, 39th Missouri Volunteers and served until 19 July 1865. Saw many battles and skirmishes. In 1867 he accompanied Gen. Marcia, chief inspector of US troops to New Mexico, and encountered several
North Powder, Union County, Oregon Glen Loren Jones, 72, a former North Powder resident, died Jan. 12, 2003, at Bremerton, Wash. After graduating from North Powder High School, he moved to Port Orchard, Wash. He retired from the Bremerton Naval Shipyard after 35 years of service. He loved to roller skate and in his spare
Cove, Union County, Oregon Guy Baker, former Cove resident, died early Sunday morning in the Veteran’s hospital in Walla Walla, where he had been the past three years. He is an uncle of Roy J. Baker. Eastern Oregon Review, January 4, 1946: Contributed by: Holly Vonderohe
W.U. Nelson Killed In Local Yards Telocaset Operator Meets With Terrible Accident While Riding Freight W.U. Nelson, a relief operator on trick No. 2, at Telocaset, was run over by a freight car early Monday morning, and died about fifteen minutes later. The accident took place near the Union Pacific water tank in the North
Frank (Merrell) Childers, 65, 1808 Oak St., died in a local hospital this morning after a two months’ illness. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Snodgrass Funeral home. A railroad conductor, Childers was born at Summerville, July 11, 1888 and had been a resident of Union county all his life. He was a member
Janie Gassoway Barton, 53, of La Grande, and a former Baker City resident, died April 21, 2001, at St. Alphonsus Hospital in Boise. A celebration of her life will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 1702 Sixth St. Pastors Wayne Pickens, Rick McKinley and Frank Wiens officiating. Committal and interment will
Wallowa, Oregon Lois Cowan of Wallowa died May 17, 2006, at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital after a short illness. She was 94. Mrs. Cowan was born Jan. 31, 1912, in Elgin to James Elvis and Bertha Witty Witherspoon. She grew up on the family farm on Cricket Flat and attended the Hindman Country School. She
Annie Beddes O’Neil, 91, of Junction City and formerly of La Grande, died March 13 of age-related causes. A graveside service will begin at 1 p.m. Monday at Lane Memorial Gardens in Eugene. Burial will follow. A visitation will precede from 10 a.m. to noon at Lane Memorial Funeral Home. She was born in Elgin
Island City, Oregon Maurice D. “Ozzie” Asemissen, 82, died March 21 at a local adult foster care home from the effects of a stroke he suffered on Oct. 20. The Island City Lion’s Club will host an informal celebration of life at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Island City City Hall. Pizza will be served.
Union, Oregon Carolyn “Kay” Owens, 89, of Union died April 17 in Madras following a brief illness. A graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. today at the Union Cemetery. Loveland funeral Chapel is handling arrangements. She was born in Coos Bay to Cecil and Elizabeth (Cramer) Brown on May 18, 1917. She married Russell
Mary Genevieve Jones, 87, of La Grande, died Feb. 3. A full obituary will be available later. Loveland Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. The Observer – Obituaries for the day of February 4, 2009
Cove, Union County, Oregon The death of A. A. Belden, at Portland, 11 a. m. Monday, September 5, 1921, at the age of near eighty-four years, was no surprise to his many Cove friends, as his illness had been of long duration. He left two sons and two daughters-Harry, Miles, Pearl and Kathryn. The last
John Howard Harris, 75, of Irrigon died June 15 at his home. At his request there will be no funeral. Burial will be July 2 in the Pioneer Cemetery that was started by his grandfather, Lewis Fisk, in 1882 at the park near Medical Springs. Mr. Harris was born Sept. 17, 1930, to Thomas Howard
