Homer B. Clark
Doris Dorothy Hunt
Carole June Kenworthy
Helen Margaret Rogers
Eleanor Ruth Ross
Homer B. Clark
(Oct. 27, 1930 - April 5, 2008)
Homer B. Clark, 77, passed away at home on April 5, 2008.
Homer was born Oct. 27, 1930, in Torrington, CT to Homer and Marie Haas Clark. During his high school years he broke horses for a local riding stable, including training them to jump fences in preparation for the sport of fox hunting. After graduation he traveled west, finding work at the 3J Ranch in Clayton, NM as a horse trainer.
After serving in the United States Marine Corp. as an aircraft armament mechanic, Homer married Mary Lou Lester in Litchfield, CT. They moved to Davis, Calif., where he attended UC Davis for two years to study animal husbandry. This led to a position as Assistant Foreman at the Alvord Ranch in Harney County, Ore. There he acquired his first plane and his lifetime love and hobby of flying and building/remodeling home built and experimental aircraft.
Homer was later hired by the BLM as a range technician and was sent to his first assignment in Baker City. He and Mary Lou fell in love with Baker City at first sight. They raised their three children on a small ranch on Pocahontas Road. The family enjoyed riding horses, motorcycles and flying airplanes off Homer’s dirt runway. The last several years of his time were spent with rotor craft. He was very proud of the RAF 2000 he built and then converted to a Groen Bros. Sparrow Hawk. He so enjoyed visiting with his friends, the fellow pilots who would drop by his hangar to chat.
Homer is survived by his wife of 53 years, Mary Lou; daughters, Robbie Thompson and husband Henry of Portales, N.M. and Nancy Smurthwaite and husband Steve of Boring, Ore.; son, David of Pendleton, Ore.; grandchildren, Ben and Amber and Candra Clark, Kelsey and Chad Smurthwaite and his beloved Welsh Corgis, Poncho and Rusty.
At Homer’s request, there will be no service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Best Friends of Baker through Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, OR 97814.
Doris Dorothy Hunt
(Nov. 24, 1920 - April 5, 2008)
Doris Dorothy Hunt, 87, it is with deep sadness that we announce that our mother, grandmother and great grandmother passed on April 5, 2008. She passed with care at St. Elizabeth Health Services knowing her family and friends loved her.
Visitations were held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9 at Gray’s West & Company.
Funeral services are at 11 a.m. on April 10 at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, followed by a private interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at the Baker Elk’s Lodge following the service.
She was born Nov. 24, 1920, to Charles and Lottie Rohner and attended grade school in Wingville. She graduated from Baker High School. She was a proud citizen of Baker City, born and raised here.
Doris married Heber Hunt and raised five children. Her biggest accomplishment was her family.
Doris was a warm caring person. She took pride in the flowers she grew and the large yard she maintained. She enjoyed the garden club and inviting over neighbors and friends to watch the evening primroses bloom and the moths fly to them.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Heber Hunt and daughter, Marcia.
Doris is survived by her sons, Timothy and Raymond Hunt; daughters, Judy Sherwood and Jan Hunt; granddaughters, Deana Hunt and Lisa Walters; grandson, Tyler; step-grandson, Chris; and brother, Charles Rohner.
Memorial contributions can be made to Community Connections in care of Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Carole June Kenworthy
(March 4, 1934–April 1, 2008)
Carole June Kenworthy, 74, of Baker City passed away April 1, 2008, at Meadowbrook Place.
Visitation was held on Tues., April 8 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel.
A graveside memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Carole was born March 4, 1934, in Ontario, Ore., to Ganelle (Wilburn) and Kenneth LaVern Jeffries. She was raised on her grandparent’s Crane Creek homestead ranch near Ontario where her father was a partner with her grandfather, Tom Wilburn. She loved to recount stories about riding her pinto pony for hours on lazy days and the carefree adventures that she enjoyed with her sister Peg, brother Gary, and the many cousins that also lived at the ranch. When she was 11 or 12 her dad came to Baker to help out a friend on his ranch, the two week project evolved into all the family relocating here.
She married the “love of her life,” Leonard Kenworthy on Nov. 12, 1949. They enjoyed 55 years of married life and four children together.
Carole was known for her talented decorating skills and fashion sense. She could tell one the name of nearly any gemstone or fabric known. Her four children especially benefited from her good organizational skills and work ethic. She taught them lifelong lessons in this area of living. She will be greatly missed by her family who was by her side during her final two year struggle with emphysema.
She is survived by her four children: Marge Garrett and her husband John of Baker City, Ore., Richard Kenworthy and his wife Joni of Montrose, Colo., Gina Harris and her husband Mike of Albany, Ore., and Julie Cunningham and her friend Jerry Hubbard of Baker City, Ore.; sister Peg Watterson of Redmond, Ore.; brother Gary Jeffries and his wife Dorothy of Idaho Falls, Idaho; brother in law Merle Kenworthy and his wife Margo of Baker City, Ore.; step father Edward Fitzgerald of Baker City, Ore.; 11-grandchildren: Merrilee Catt and her husband Jason, Paul Garrett and his wife Rhianna, Casey Garrett and his wife Heather, Travis Harris and his wife Ruby, Krista Cleveland and her husband Chad, Mandy Macy and her husband Bari, Aimee Kenworthy, Kellie Kenworthy, Lindsey Byers and her friend Eric Howell, Shyanne Cunningham, and Sierra Cunningham; 9-great grandchildren: Kelsey Catt, Sam Catt, Molly Garrett, Austin Garrett, Natalie Garrett, Khail Kenworthy, Addison Macy, Briana Harris and Michael Harris; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Carole was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Kenworthy, mother Ganelle Fitzgerald and father LaVern Jeffries.
Memorial contributions can be made to the American Lung Association in care of Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, Ore. 97814.
Helen Margaret Rogers
(Oct. 25, 1922 - March 29, 2008)
Helen Margaret Rogers, 85, of Baker City passed away March 29, 2008 at St. Elizabeth Care Center.
Visitations were held at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel on Friday, April 4, from 2-8 p.m.
There was a gathering of friends at the Sunridge Inn, One Sunridge Ln., on Saturday, April 5, from 2-4 p.m.
Helen was born Oct. 25, 1922, in Nucla, Colo., to John A. and Margaret (Biglin) Galley. She lived in Nucla and attended Colorado A&M University where she was the first woman to receive a degree in Forestry.
Helen married John L. Rogers on Feb. 22, 1943. Before Helen became ill with Guillian Barre and Multiple Sclerosis she enjoyed an active lifestyle and liked to swim, golf, bowl and host large bridge parties. She continued to enjoy the game of bridge to the end.
She is survived by her children: Karen Meredith of Salt Lake City, Utah, John “Jake” Rogers of Wasilla, Alaska, Robert “Joe” Rogers of Tualatin, Ore., and Judy Rogers-Moore of Pinehurst, Idaho, and several grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Baker County Library Fund in care of Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Eleanor Ruth Ross
(July 26, 1924 - April 6, 2008)
Eleanor Ruth Ross, 83, of Baker City died April 6, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Health Services. A celebration of her life was held 2 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, at Coles Funeral Home with Pastor Monte Loyd of the Harvest Church officiating. A visitation took place from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. on Wednesday, prior to the service. Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Eleanor was born July 26, 1924 to Otto H. and Bernice E. (Kenyon) Schmidt in Cleveland, Ohio. She graduated from Brush High School in South Euclid, Ohio in 1942. She worked in insurance offices in Cleveland before marrying Adam R. Chisholm on Oct. 5, 1957. The couple then moved to Marmora, Ontario, Canada where she worked as a secretary at Marmora High School for five years.
They later moved back to Painesville, Ohio, and she worked as a secretary at St. James Episcopal Church from 1962 to 1978.
In June of 1978 she moved to Cottonwood, Ariz., and on July 18, 1981 married Marshel M. Ross. They remained in Arizona until moving to Baker City in 2001.
Eleanor was a member of the Harvest Church Assembly of God in Baker City. She loved being in church.
Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents, Otto in 1962 and Bernice in 1992 and two husbands, Adam R. Chisholm, May 6, 1979, and Marshel M. Ross, Feb. 11, 1997.
She is survived by her brother, Donald Schmidt and wife Phyllis of Baker City; three nephews, Donald “Charlie” Schmidt, David Schmidt and wife Nancy of Goodyear, Ariz., John Schmidt and wife Sherrie of Nampa, Idaho; several cousins and great nieces and nephews and she leaves many friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to the mission fund at the Harvest Church through Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814. Eleanor has been interested in foreign missions since she was very young.
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