Goldie Ann Chaney
Vivian Clare McGrath Davis
James N. Richmond
Virgel R. Scrivner
Oris Mark Turner
Goldie Ann Chaney
(Jan. 24, 1906 – Jan. 5, 2008)
Goldie Ann Chaney, 101, passed away Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, at her home in Baker City, Ore.
At her request, there will be no services. Cremation by Eastern Oregon Pioneer Crematory.
Goldie Ann was born Jan. 24, 1906, to Samuel and Gertie (Quimby) Hunt in a small cabin on Moscow Mont., in Moscow, Idaho. On the day she was born, the wind was blowing the snow into the cabin onto the bed where Goldie was born. She grew-up on the Mountain and went to Hunts School through 8th grade. Her family moved from Idaho to Montana and then to California.
In California, Goldie met her husband, Julious H. Chaney. The couple had four children: 3 boys and a daughter. Goldie was primarily a homemaker and mother but occasionally took agricultural jobs to help supplement the family’s income.
In 1954, Goldie and Julious moved to Estacada, Ore., along with two of their children. After Julious’ death, Goldie began relying on her daughter for help with chores and care. Her daughter eventually moved in with her, where she stayed for 20 years. In 2005, the family moved to Baker City, Ore.
Goldie was very active in the LDS Church when she was younger and in good health. She also enjoyed spending time with her family on camping trips. She went everywhere with her family, even later in life she would travel across the state with her children.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sons, Ronald and Dawn Chaney; grandchildren, Tamara Allen and Edward Horn; brother, Gerald Hunt; sister, Ruby Hess; and half brother, Orlee Hunt.
Goldie is survived by her son, John Chaney and his wife Carol of Baker City, Ore.; daughter, Utahna Weiland and her husband Gerald of Baker City, Ore.; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren: half brothers, Byran Hunt and Verlan Hunt; sister, Lila May Way; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions can be made to the LDS Church Humanitarian fund in care of Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Vivian Clare McGrath Davis
(Sept. 28, 1907 – Jan. 2, 2007)
Vivian Clare McGrath Davis passed away Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, at her home in Spokane, Wash.; she was 100 years old.
A graveside funeral service will be held in North Powder, Jan. 18, 2007, at 1 p.m. Thornhill Valley Funeral home in Spokane is handling arrangements.
Through this century Vivian touched many lives and helped many people. Whether it was helping out on the family farm or playing music, she was always there to please.
Born Sept. 28, 1907, in North Powder, to Walter Vincent and Leila Marquerite Gardner McGrath, Vivian spent 72 years of her life there. Being a natural musician, she played drums in the family quartet at dances in the Union and Baker counties which consisted of her brother Kenneth on saxophone, her mother on piano and her father on trombone (prior to the 1940’s); During the 1920’s Vivian would play piano for silent films in North Powder and Haines making $1.50 a week, $.75 in each town. Even when she could no longer read the music, Vivian could play over one hundred songs from memory and played a couple of days a week before the evening meal.
When growing up and a stay with her maternal grandparents at the Columbia Mine near Sumpter, Vivian became very ill with appendicitis and was rushed to Baker’s St. Elizabeth Hospital. Because her appendix had ruptured the doctors did not have high hopes for her survival but performed the operation anyway, which saved her life. When Vivian was 13 years old, her father decided to move to Union to help on the family farm, however her mother did not like Union very much, a year later they moved back to North Powder. Vivian’s father, a coal dealer, served as mayor of North Powder for over 35 years. Davis is the descendant of two early pioneer families in Union and Baker counties, those of her grandparents, Patrick and Mary McGrath and Alfred and Ida Sisley Gardner.
On Sept. 12, 1925, she married William Ernest Davis at St. Francis De Sales Catholic Cathedral in Baker and they made their home on the John W. Davis ranch four miles west of North Powder. They lived on the ranch until 1937 when they purchased what was originally Sanders Ranch from their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Holmes. She loved the outdoors and worked with her husband and in later years her son, William F. Davis, on the family ranch—harvesting the hay, working the cattle and enjoyed gardening and canning. She was also a very talented cook and would prepare amazing meals for her family and the crew that helped on the ranch.
Vivian joined the Powder Valley Chapter #170 Order of Easter Star on May 15, 1948 and served as Worthy Matron for two consecutive years (1974-75 and 1975-76) and later transferred to the Alpine Chapter in 1978. She was mother advisor for the Rainbow Girls for three years and also worked on the election board in North Powder for several years.
Vivian has been a resident at Rose Pointe Assisted Living in Spokane, Wash., for 28 years. She taught the aerobics class “fitness and fun over fifty” three times a week for 18 years until 2005 when she fell and broke her hip. When her eyesight permitted her, Vivian made a latch hook rug for every one of her grandchildren. Just as her coffee cup will tell you, Vivian Davis truly was an “ageless wonder.”
Surviving family members include, her four children, Betty Jean and her husband, Kenneth Myers of McMinnville, Jeannette and her husband, Robert Kellar of Colorado Springs, Colo., Jessie Lou Cox of Spokane, Wash., and William Fred and his wife, Marilee Davis of Nampa, Idaho; grandchildren, Carol Lynn and her husband, Roger Hildebrandt, Martin Davis and his wife, Anne Myers, Scott Jerome and his wife Tamara Myers, Michelle Ann and her husband Bruce Vinson, Kimber Lee and her husband Michael Haley, Kelly Klingbeil, Sue Peplinski, Lucinda and her husband Tony Higley, Jeffrey John Davis, and Debra Kay Davis; great grandchildren, Jason Brian and his wife Sue Myers, Casey Scott and his wife Lesley Myers, Nichole Ann and her husband Zack Leonard, Mathew Peplinski, Jonathon Hildebrandt, Kellye Hildebrandt, Jennifer Nicole Myers, Kelsey Dawn Higley, Breanna Marie Davis, James Edward Higley, Allan Robert Klingbeil, Kaitlyn Jean Myers, Robert George Beamish, Eric Coyote Davis Myers and Kambraya Renee Beamish; four great great grandchildren, Jordan Savana Myers, Blaine Micheal Leonard, Jackson Parker Myers and Garrett Edward Leonard: four nieces, Merry and her husband, Richard Emlaw, Jane Rabe, Diane and her husband Gary Wilson and Marianne Green.
Family members who preceded her in death were an infant son, Walter John Davis; brother, Kenneth and his wife Chris McGrath; sister, Maxine and her husband Russell Williams and son-in-law, Edward Cox.
James N. Richmond
(Oct. 27, 1935 – Jan. 12, 2008)
James Norris Richmond 72, a resident of Sumpter, Ore., died Jan. 12, 2008, after a long battle with cancer.
At his request cremation was held and a memorial service will be announced at a later date
Mr. Richmond was born Oct. 27, 1935, in Detroit, Mich., although his roots were in Tennessee. He was a son of Russell S. and Rubby Lee (Essary) Richmond.
After serving in the U.S. Army and being stationed in Germany where he learned the language, he went on to be successful at the endeavors he chose. He had a body shop, built a long home and sailed down the West Coast to Panama on a boat that took him three years to build. He developed the Richmonville tin shop in which he re-created the historically correct tin ware for which he became well known. Long respected, his work can be found in the Smithsonian, museums and historical sites, in the movies and in the packs of many a reenactor. He was an avid fan of black powder shooting and muzzle loading. He loved history and had a near perfect memory for all he had learned.
He is survived by his wife, Gail Richmond of Sumpter, Ore.; son, James Richmond of Baker City, Ore.; four daughters, Rebecca Bell, Eva Francis, Tanya Neel and Elaine Reynolds; three brothers, Ken Richmond of Dahlonega, Ga., Ron Richmond of Riverside, Calif., Robert Richmond of Ariz., and a sister, Sharon Humes of Virginia.
Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Virgel R. Scrivner
(Dec. 30, 1929 – Jan. 10, 2008)
Virgel Ray Scrivner, 78, of Ontario, Ore., passed away Jan. 10, 2008, at his home in Ontario, after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Jan. 15, 2008, at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel in Baker City, Ore. Visitation was held on Monday, Jan. 14, at Gray’s West & Co from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Virgel was born Dec. 30, 1929, in Austin, Ore., to Vollie and Maude Scrivner. He was the youngest of four children. Virgel attended school in Baker graduating from Baker High School in 1948. He married Betty Wolfe in 1949 and together they had three children; later they divorced. His employment history included long-time employment with Cosgriff Advertising and the circulation department at the Democrat Herald.
Virgel had a passion for sports and the outdoors. He loved to camp and fish and loved the hunting trips with his brothers, son, and nephews each fall at Clark’s Creek. One source of enjoyment for Virgel was the long motorcycle rides he used to take with his brother Ernie on their Honda Goldwings.
Until he was overcome by poor health, Virgel enjoyed playing golf, tennis, basketball, and softball. When not playing, he was involved in coaching and officiating. For many years, Virgel coached his son’s Little League, Babe Ruth, and American Legion baseball teams. A long-time member of the Northeast Oregon Official’s Association, he officiated football, basketball, and baseball. During those years he worked a state championship game in football and officiated the state basketball tournament at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
Virgel is survived by his three children, Ina and Gary Syphers of Ontario; Galen (Caren) Scrivner of Yuba City, Calif.; Kyra Jones of Eugene; grandchildren, Emily (Brian) McClure, of Reno and Carrie Syphers, of Boise, Julie (Ty) Hodson, of Eugene, Amber (Eric) Mayberry, of Eugene, Corinna Scrivner, Cliff Scrivner, Caleb Scrivner, and Elizabeth Scrivner all of Yuba City, Jeff Query, of Lacey, Wash., and Ryan (Janell) Query, Eugene; 12 great-grandchildren; brothers, Ernie (Donna) Scrivner and Everett (LaVelle) Scrivner all of Baker City; sister, Helen Knight of Portland, Ore.; along with many nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his loving stepson Jeff (Rachael) Miller of Troutdale and their children Jacen and Greta Jane.
Donations can be made in his name to Heart and Home Hospice in care of Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Oris Mark Turner
(July 21, 1919 – Dec. 19, 2007)
Oris Mark Turner was called home by God on Dec. 19, 2007, in Sierra Vista, Ariz.
He was born in North Powder, Ore., to Mark Anthony Turner and Lizzie Newman Turner on July 21, 1919. After graduation from North powder High School in 1938, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1940. He was assigned to the Signal Corps and later to the Adjutant General Corps.
A veteran of World War II, Korean War, the Cold War and the Vietnam War, his duty stations included Fort Warren, Wy.; Headquarters Far East Command, Tokyo; Fort Monmouth, N.J.; another tour in Japan; Fort Huachuca, Ariz., as Post Personnel Sergeant Major; SHAPE Headquarters in Paris, France, as Sergeant Major U.S. Army SHAPE; and retired in 1967 at Fort Lee, Va., where he served as Sergeant Major Combat Developments Command.
Upon retirement, he relocated to Fort Huachuca, where he worked Civil Service in Greely Hall until his retirement from government service in 1981. During his career, he married Lena Floriano of Hermansville, Mich., at Fort Warren, and was active in the PTA, Boy Scouts, Sierra Vista Riding Club, ELKS, VFW, DAV, and the NRA.
His hobbies included horse back riding, hunting and fishing, and spending quality time with his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Lena. He is survived by his son, Donald M. Turner, of Las Vegas; daughter, Cheryl Meade of Yuma, Ariz.; grandsons, Theodore M. Turner, Daniel J. Turner and Matthew D. Meade; granddaughters Melissa A. Meade and Christina M. Turner; great-granddaughters Katherine J. Meade and Carolyn A. Meade; sisters, Arneta Lonzway of Oregon and Loretta Webb of California.
Interment will be at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial cemetery in Sierra Vista near his beloved wife, Lena.
Mass of the Christian burial was held Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008, at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church, Sierra vista. Graveside services with military honors were at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
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