Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Rhoda Minerva Walls was born in Raleigh County, West Virginia, Nov. 13, 1865. She departed this life 7:30 a. m. Feb. 8, 1931, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. W. Henderson, at the age of 65 years 2 months and 26 days. She was united in marriage to J. […]
Last Thursday morning Perry H. Thompson, one of the old pioneers of Wallowa county, passed away at his home at his farm 4-1/2 miles north of Wallowa, after an illness of a few weeks from stomach trouble. He was a man of sterling qualities and will be missed in the community. Funeral services were held
Ivan Richard Bork, 84, a resident of The Dalles, since 1966, died at a local care center on Saturday, July 21, 2001. He was born May 30, 1917, in Flora, Oregon, the oldest of eight children to Ira H. and Lora (Moys) Bork He was the grandson of early Wallowa County pioneers, Rudolph and Bertha
Enterprise, Oregon Mr. Bunnell As we go to press we learn that the old gentleman Bunnell residing near Enterprise died last night at 6 o’clock. The cause of his death was principally old age. The Aurora, February 8, 1895
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon Three Enterprise Boys Lose Lives In Battle Harry C. Beeson, Peter Bue and August Lunquist Give Lives in Service Of the Flag. Telegrams were received Saturday evening from the war department announcing the death of August Linquist and Harry C. Beeson and Peter Bue in action on the field of battle
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
The following collection of Wallowa County Oregon obituaries has been compiled together by Judy White over several years. A Surnames: Ackerman, Ruth – Obituary Ackley, Charles – Obituary Action, Jennie Martha – Obituary Adams, Bert – Obituary Adams, Mary Margaret Bickel Mrs. – Obituary Adams, Mary Mrs. – Obituary Adams-Capps, Ivia Joan Rucker – Obituary
Kate Gastin Laid To Rest Here Wednesday Funeral services for Kate May Gastin were held Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church in Wallowa with the Rev. Floyd E. White of Joseph in charge. Burial was at the Wallowa cemetery beside her husband, James B. Gastin, who died in1924. Mrs. Gastin was 81 years of age.
Imnaha, Oregon Jay H. Stanley, 95, hillbilly, cowboy, bachelor and hero, died early November 9 at Danielle’s Adult Foster Care home in Tigard, OR. Mr. Stanley was born February 2, 1906 in a log cabin 3-mi south of Joseph, OR. Jay, the second son of Charles and Elsie (Beecher) Stanley, whose parents were both early
Hearts that were brave and true and hands that were strong wrought out the development of our beloved county, making here the abodes of civilization from the wilds of nature and the haunts of the savages, and among this worthy number, must be mentioned the subject of this sketch, who, although he was not among
Wallowa, Wallowa County, Oregon Memorial Rites Held Wednesday For Geo. Brooks George Glenn Brooks, of Wallowa, who had been in ill health for several years, passed away Sunday, March 21, 1971, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient for three days. He was a retired lumber mill foreman. Mr. Brooks was born
beginning of article missing (on page 1) her at 8 o’clock, Wednesday evening, January 28. Mary Margaret Bickel was born at Lake Mills, Portage county, Wisconsin, April 12, 1855. Died at her home on Prairie creek, January 28, 1931, at the age of 75 years, 9 months and 16 days. She was united in marriage
Lostine, Marion Hammack Is Called To His Rest Marion Hammack died at the Enterprise hospital Wednesday, February 28, 1940. He had not been strong for several years and had been helpless since he was struck by an automobile May 6, 1938. Funeral services were held in the Christian church at Lostine, Friday, and were attended
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon L.G. Seaton received a telegram on Tuesday, telling of the death of his mother, Mrs. Mary Larkins, in Portland. She was in Enterprise and later in Wallowa during this year, and left two months ago for Portland with her daughter, Mrs. George Scheufield, who remained with her to the last. At
Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon Claud was the eldest child of Maud Ruthanar Burnap and Robert Lindford Cole. He was born at Prairie Creek, Oregon on August 24, 1888. Claud’s name sake was his paternal grandmother Catherine Lindford, 3rd wife of Rev. William Person Cole, AKA Wiley P. Cole Sr. His elementary schooling was started there
Joseph, Oregon Frank Edward Conley, 63, died at home in Joseph on June 30, 2005. He was born May 22, 1942 to Merrell and Isabel Heger Conley in Cove and had lived in Joseph for the past 30 years. Mr. Conley graduated from Cove public schools and attended Oregon State University, the University of Oregon,
Arthur Delbert Rose, 87, died Friday, Sept 30, 1994, at the Grande Ronde Retirement Residence, La Grande, after an extended illness. A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Enterprise Cemetery with the Rev. Ed Morrison officiating. Bollman Funeral Home of Enterprise is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Rose was
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon The oldest boy of Mr. and Mrs. John Lyons died today of diphtheria. Some of the other children are dangerously sick. Enterprise Record Chieftain, Wallowa County, Oregon, August 24, 1911 Contributed by Charlotte Carper
Harley Floyd Caudle was born Dec. 23, 1904, in Lostine, and died on April 23, 1997, in Enterprise at the age of 92. Harley was the son of Berkley V. and Carrie Viola Hammack Caudle. As a youngster he attended Lostine school until the age of 10 when he left home to go to work.
