June Basman
Harry L. Campbell, Jr.
Roy Eugene Morris
June Basman
(July 3, 1919 – Dec. 27, 2007)
June Basman, 88, died on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007, at Island Health and Rehabilitation Center in Merritt Island, Fla.
June Dorothea Basman was born on July 3, 1919, to Eli and Bertha Matheny Ankrom in Augusta, Ill. June was raised and educated in Grosse Pointe, Mich. Following graduation she went to work for Lincoln Motors making parts for tanks during the war. In 1944, she married Cyril Louis Basman in St. Augustine, Fla., and again in Las Vegas, Nev., (just to be sure it was legal). They lived in Bakersfield for 33 years and their children were raised there. After June’s husband Louis retired, they traveled the Northwest, settling down in Richland, Ore.
June loved to sew and made most of the family’s clothes. She enjoyed reading, gardening and tending to her beautiful rose bushes.
She is survived by her daughter Sandra Storme Kramer of Cocoa, Florida, her son Christopher Reid Basman of Marteniz, Calif.; grandchildren Ryan and Sara.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Louis; son Mark; sister Geneve Steward and brother Ed Ankrom.
Donations in memory of June may be made to the Salvation Army or Pathway Hospice through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.
Harry L. Campbell, Jr.
(Feb. 4, 1924 – Dec. 27, 2007)
Harry Lee Campbell, Jr., 83, Baker City, Ore., passed away Dec. 27, 2007, at Meadowbrook Place in Baker City.
A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, Jan.4, 2008, at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Bishop Ernie Collard of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will officiate.
Mr. Campbell was born Feb. 4, 1924, in Baker County to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Sr. and Pearl Alma (Watt) Campbell.
Harry served in the US Navy and the US Marine Corp. during World War II. He worked many years for the Great Northern Railroad. Later in life, he enjoyed working on numerous ranches with the love of his life, his wife Mae. They loved traveling between ranches, sometimes traveling over 500 miles in a weekend.
Mae passed away Aug. 31, 2006, at the couple’s home in Kalispell, Mont. Soon after, Harry returned to Baker City after living many years away.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Mae Guffey Campbell; children, Norman Livengood and Peggy Dwiggins; two grandchildren, Lynn Livengood and Thelma Livengood Korb; his parents, three brothers and two sisters.
Harry is survived by his four grandchildren, Judy Mae Hickey, Bonnie Farrar, Connie Souza and Edward Livengood; 12-great-grandchildren; 11 great-great-grandchildren; sister, Charlotte Hockert; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contribution can be made to the Meadowbrook Residents' Fund in care of Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Roy Eugene Morris
(April 16, 1937 – Dec. 15, 2007)
Roy Eugene “Gene” Morris, 70, a lifelong resident of Baker City, Ore., passed away at St. Elizabeth Health Services in Baker City on Dec. 15, 2007.
His memorial will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, at the First Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. Pastor Lennie Spooner will officiate. There will be a potluck dinner in the Fellowship Hall after the services.
Gene was born to Mack and Leta Morris on April 16, 1937, in Baker City.
Gene loved hunting, fishing and just being in the mountains as a kid; he carried that love over into adulthood. His father Mack, was a conductor on the old Sumpter Railroad. Being an outdoor person just came naturally to Gene. His lifelong friends were David Hale and Babe and Eldon Deardorff. There is a story about Gene riding his motorcycle down the halls of Baker High, but that’s a close family secret. Another one of Gene’s endeavors was learning, or trying to learn, to play the guitar with his good friend and cousin, Bert Medlin. They would get together and jam? However, people would remember that it was a sound that was only Gene and Bert’s.
He worked in the wood industry and logging for many years. He loved being around people and never met a stranger. Gene will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Gene married Edith E. Curtis on April 16, 1976. They made their home here in Baker City for most of their married life.
Gene was preceded in death by his parents, Mack and Leta Morris and his friend David Hale.
Survivors include his wife Edith of Baker City; daughters, Balinda Dixon and her husband Brant of Banks, Ore., and Brenda Morris of Baker City; sons, James Morris of Woodburn, Ore., and Jason Curtis and his wife Brittany of Silverton, Ore.; grandchildren, Terry Dixon, Dalton, Khaitlyn, Braden and Lexy Curtis; sister Clara Kempton and her husband Darwin of Hubbard, Ore.; cousins, Bert and Christine Medlin and family of Baker City, Ore., and all the kids who knew him as “Pops.”
Memorial contributions can be made to the family to help with services in care of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
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