Baker City, Oregon Vera Louise Storie Powell, 104, a longtime Baker County resident, died Aug. 15, 2001, at St. Elizabeth Care Center. Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Her great-grandson, Pastor Wayne Hart of Calvary Baptist Church at Xenia, Ohio, will officiate. Interment […]
Durkee, Oregon Alan W. Wyatt, 51, of Durkee, died July 2, 2002, while falling timber on the Durango, Colo., fire. There will be a celebration of his life at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Durkee Grange. The celebration will include a dessert potluck. Alan was born Aug. 28, 1950, at Sacramento, Calif., to Albert and
Durkee, Oregon Lela Sayas, 70, of Durkee, died July 15, 2003, at her home. Her graveside funeral was today at the Durkee Cemetery. Tom Brock of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officiated. There was a reception afterward at the Durkee Grange. Lela was born on June 22, 1933, at San Diego to
Baker City, Oregon Willis Emil Foersterling, 78, a longtime Baker City resident, died March 2, 2004, at his home. His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Private interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. The Rev. Susan Barnes of the First Presbyterian Church will officiate. Masonic Ritualistic
Durkee Cemetery is one of the earliest cemeteries in Baker County. It is located about two miles northwest of Durkee near the railroad and is one-quarter mile off U. S. Highway No. 30, also known as the Old Oregon Trail. The cemetery plot was deeded to the community by the late Mr. T. B. Moore
Durkee, Oregon Anna Serene Hindman, 90, a former longtime resident of Durkee died Nov. 30, 2003 at Los Gatos, California. Rosary for Ms. Hindman will be held on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004 at 11 a.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel with Deacon Jim Watt of St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church officiating. Inurnment
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.
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Sammy Cordell, 69, of Baker City, a former Huntington and Durkee resident, died March 27, 1993, at Sst. Elizabeth Health Care Center. His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co. Pionneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Mike Whitford of the Baker City Christian Church
Baker City, Oregon Erma V. Powell, 94, a longtime Baker City resident, died Dec. 19, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Calvary Baptist Church, 2107 Third St. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a reception afterward at Calvary Baptist Church. Visitations
Baker City, Oregon Ida Belle Kennedy, 82, of Baker City died July 9, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. There will be no funeral. She was born at Durkee on May 5, 1921, to Henry and Almeda Porter. She and her late husband, Carl, were married for 47 years. Ida spent her entire life in
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday at 2 p.m. at The Langrell Mortuary Chapel for William Albert Sorensen, 81. He died Feb. 28, at his home. Sorensen, a native of Burley, Ida., was a retired farmer. He was a member of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He is survived by his widow, Hazel, one
Leanna A. Braswell DuBeau, 74, a former Baker City and Durkee resident, died Aug. 4, 2003, at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland. There will be a celebration of life memorial service at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Lenny Spooner of the First Church of the
Oklahoma Woman Is Killed Near Durkee Second Fatal Accident to Tourists on Old Oregon Trail in This Section Within a Week A second fatal accident occurred on the Old Oregon Trail between Union and Huntington late Saturday afternoon when Mrs. R.C. Schweiger was killed when the car in which she and her husband were driving
Durkee, Baker County, Oregon Durkee Man Is Fatally Injured In Auto Accident Sunday Kirk Baxter, a member of the Durkee ball team was fatally injured and died before reaching a hospital when an automobile containing himself and three others from Durkee left the grade near Pleasant Valley Sunday evening. Tom Moore of Durkee was the
Baker, Oregon Auburn Gale died Friday at his home, following a lingering illness. Mr. Gale was born in Windsor, Canada, in 1865. He came to Baker County in 1882. He has lived since that time near Durkee and Baker. He is survived by a brother, Byron Gale of Baker. Used with permission from: The Record-Courier,
Connie Rae Hayes, 46, of Durkee, May 26, 2005, at her home. Her graveside service will be at 9 a.m. PDT (10 a.m. MDT) Wednesday at the Cambridge Cemetery in Cambridge, Idaho. There will be a celebration of life service at 2 p.m. PDT at the Durkee Grange Hall in Durkee. Connie was born on
La Grande, Oregon Mary Jean Morris, 78, of La Grande died Feb. 19, 2004, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande. A service in celebration of her life was at 11 a.m. today at Mount Hope Cemetery. She was born on May 7, 1925, at La Grande to Easton and Maurine Thompson Metcalf. She spent
Janice Lynn “Jannie” Hindman, 62, a former longtime Durkee resident, died of natural causes on Sept. 25, 2007, at her home in Lincoln City. Her funeral was Sunday at Pacific View Memorial Chapel in Lincoln City. Family and friends are invited to attend a remembrance gathering Tuesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the
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Baker City, Oregon Doris E. Shanley, 85, a long-time Baker City resident, died June 6, 2003, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. Her funeral will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Roger Scovil of Baker City Christian Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount
Union, Union County, Oregon Robert Clinton Sheehy, 79, of Union, died May 15, 2005, at his home in High Valley near Union. There will be a memorial Mass at 11 a.m. Monday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Union. The Rev. Hank Albrecht officiating. Mr. Sheehy was born on April 8, 1926, at Baker
