Carol Adams
Josephine ‘Jo’ Akers
Fannie May Blank
Don Dodson
Florence Calvert
Kody Robert Cosby
John Lindley
Judith Ann Marr
Beulah Peeples
J.R. Warnock
Carol Adams
(Nov. 18, 1966 - Nov. 6, 2008)
Carol Ann Adams, 41, died Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008, at her home in Baker City.
Visitation was held Thursday, Nov. 6, 2008, at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. A Memorial Service was held 2 p.m., Friday, Nov. 7, 2008 at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel with an inurnment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. A reception will follow at the home of Thelma Chandler. Pastor Lennie Spooner will officiate.
Carol was born Nov. 18, 1966 to Bill and Betty Major in Salem. She graduated from Madras High School in 1985. She was married to Robert Adams on May 24, 1987, in Reno, Nev.
Carol enjoyed her children, mushrooming, yard sales, reading, writing poems, the outdoors, playing computer games and horse riding. She was a loving mother to her children, sister, daughter to her family, and wife to her husband.
Carol Ann Adams is survived by her husband Robert Adams of Baker City; children Sara Adams of Beaverton, William Adams of Baker; mother Betty Major of Madras; siblings Tarry Picard of Madras, Thelma Chandler and husband Mike of Baker and Earl Major of Baker.
She was preceded in death by her grandmother Hattie Major and father Bill Major.
Memorial contributions may be made to Relay For Life, in care of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave, Baker City, OR 97814.
Josephine ‘Jo’ Akers
(Dec. 1, 1916 - Oct. 26, 2008)
Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother Josephine "Jo" Akers passed away on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008, at the age of 91 in Baker City, Ore., due to complications associated with a stroke.
Graveside funeral service was at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Hermiston Cemetery with a small gathering following at the Hermiston Eagles Lodge for family and close friends.
Jo was born on Dec. 1, 1916, in Waitsburg, Wash., to Vilda and Clay Atkinson. Jo had two sisters, Mae and Nellie, and one brother, Robert. Her early life was not always an easy one, but it was filled with love and caring. Jo’s grandfather (Napolean Bonaparte Atkinson) always said he would get to choose a granddaughter that he would name "Josephine" and upon her birth, when he saw her, he chose to bestow that honor upon her. And what an honor it was for Josephine as she repeated this story many times to many friends and loved ones.
After graduating from high school in Washington she moved to Oregon and liked what she saw and the people she met, so she stayed. Jo spent most of her adult life in Hermiston, Ore., where she was a long-time member of the Hermiston Eagles Auxiliary #2909 and served as State President for one year. What a great day for the Eagles - what a worker!! She went through the chairs of her auxiliary, serving on many committees. Seemed her favorite spot was the kitchen as she put on numerous banquets for the Eagles as well as many other civic organizations. She served her auxiliary, endlessly, she was the drill team captain, Golden Eagle chairman and was very active in ritual work. She was a member of the Emblem Club for over 25 years, serving as President for one year. She was also a Charter member of the Daughters of the Nile Club where she worked raising money for the Shriners Hospital in Portland.
In her younger years, Jo was also a very talented performer as a proud member of the Prairie Chickens, a musical group, which performed at various social events including a television performance and a trip to Washington DC.
Jo loved to travel with her husband, Floyd Akers, who preceded her in death. They went on a Caribbean and Alaskan cruise, rode a Gold Wing motorcycle long distances and made an annual camping trip to Depot Bay with their grandchildren.
Jo currently resided at Meadowbrook Place in Baker City, Oregon with her "second family" of compassionate caregivers, fellow residents and special friends.
Josephine "Jo" Akers was preceded in death by her son, Michael Trainor; sisters, brother and husbands. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Dick Gushman; a grandson and wife, Richard and Annette Gushman and their children, Jackie, Natalie, Alex and Bobbi Jo; a granddaughter, Linda Haseman and her children, Alicia and Rachel. A daughter and son-in-law, Linda (Knight) and Fred Collier along with grandchildren Danielle Hickman and Thomas Lydall and their families.
Jo was considered a perpetual fountain of youth. She always seemed to have an endless supply of strength and energy. Her outgoing personality and concern for others were endearing to all as she never met a stranger. Josephine (Atkinson) Akers was truly a "lady" and she will be held forever in the hearts of those who were graced with knowing and loving her!
Remembrances may be made to "Meadowbrook Place Residents‚ Council Activity Fund" in memory of Josephine Akers.
Fannie May Blank
(May 15, 1913 - Nov. 10, 2008)
Fannie May Blank passed away, Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Ore. A Traditional Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, 2 p.m. at the Richland Christian Church. Interment at Eagle Valley Cemetery. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception following the interment at the Richland Christian Church.
Fannie May Blank was born in a little settlement in Gate City (Yuma), Virginia on May 15, 1913, to Hugh Maxson Coston and Josiphine Elizabeth (Moore Winiger) Coston.
Fannie moved from Virginia when she was 2-years-old to Brownlee on the Snake River. They later moved to Robbinette where she attended school through the eighth grade.
She began working with her mother who cooked and cleaned for two ol’ bachelors John Sass and John Scnauw. John Sass and John Scnauw ran a huge ranch, many meals consisted of feeding 10 men or more at a time. Fanny met Elmer Blank on the Sass and Scnauw Ranch in Richland and they later married on Aug. 31, 1931. They were married 55 years.
Fanny and Elmer raised four children on a ranch along the Powder River in Richland, Ore., a son, Alvin, daughter, Shirley Marie. When Fannie’s sister Ethel passed away, she left two small children Maxson and Joan. Fannie and Elmer took them in and raised the children as their own.
Fannie loved riding horses, the mountains, huckleberry and family gatherings at the Grange. Fannie also enjoyed her religious conventions in Oregon and Idaho and Bible studies in the home. She was baptized in the Snake River during a Parma, Idaho, Convention in 1944.
After they sold the ranch, Fannie and Elmer moved on North Pine Creek and lived in the little schoolhouse on North Pine while they built their home in Richland, in 1965. Fannie said, “All the tough times and all the hard times escape from memory because I enjoyed the life I was living.”
Fanny is survived by her children Shirley Marie and husband Milton Barron, son Alvin Elmer Blank, nephew Maxson Henry and niece Joan Seevers 11 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and 19 great-great grandchildren, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Elmer (July 1988), three sisters Ethyl Irene Henry, Myrtle Wells and Maggie Wells, a brother Charlie Winiger; a daughter-in-law Bonnie Blank, a great-grandson and grand daughter-in-law.
Those who would like to make a memorial contribution in memory of Fannie may do so to the Richland Christian Church or the Richland EMT’s/Ambulance through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home, PO Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.
Florence Calvert
(April 24, 1910 - Nov. 1, 2008)
Florence “Flo” Rose Calvert, 98, of Mesa, Ariz., died Nov. 1, 2008, at her daughter’s home in Baker City.
Her cremated remains will be taken to Arizona for inurnment at a later date.
Florence was born April 24, 1910 in Winlock, Wash., to Alvin Bert Fuller and Catherine Rose (DePoe) Fuller.
On April 3, 1929, she married Norwood “Nord” Lyle Calvert in Montesano, Wash. They lived in Washington and Montana before settling in La Grande in 1944. They owned and operated the Royal Café in La Grande until 1958 when they moved to Baker City, owning and operating the Rainbow Café until 1973. They then moved to Mesa, Ariz.
Florence and Nord raised five children, four girls and one boy. Her husband passed away in 1975.
Florence loved to oil paint, read and dance. She lived to dance after she moved to Mesa. She could be found at any of the major dances for seniors several times a week and was known to one and all as “Flo.”
Survivors include her children: Darlene Eales of Sun Lakes, Arizona, Norda Lee Warren and husband Ray of Salem, Pat Valentine and husband Roy of Baker City, Dennis Calvert and wife Ronnalee of Mesa, Ariz.; sister Rose Blakley of Washington, and brother Lloyd Fuller of Washington; 14 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, several siblings, and daughter Geraldine.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heart n’ Home Hospice, or to a charity of ones choice, in care of Gray’s West & Co Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave, Baker City, OR 97814.
Kody Robert Cosby
(Oct. 2, 1989 - Nov. 4, 2008)
Kody Robert Cosby, 19, of Baker City died Nov. 4, 2008, in Pendleton, Ore. A celebration of his life was held 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, at the First Church of the Nazarene in Baker City, with Pastor Matt Cook of Pleasant Valley Fellowship officiating.
Kody was born Oct. 2, 1989, in Baker City to Lance R. Cosby and Jennifer L. (Johnston). He graduated from Baker High School in 2008. While in high school, he was a member, then president of the Baker High School Rodeo Club. He was also an FFA member and proudly wore his FFA jacket while riding a saddle bronc horse at State Convention this year.
Kody was an outdoor person. He loved to hunt deer and elk with his family and enjoyed hunting ducks and birds with his friends and his little brother Dally. He recently went bow hunting with his uncle Charlie in Montana.
He was also a fine horseman and rode horses and started colts for people. While being on horseback, roping was a true talent that he had. He was an excellent roper and had many people envious of his ability to swing a loop. Kody loved ranch life and had worked for many ranchers, lending a hand or a rope if needed. He was studying livestock production and wanted to be a rancher.
Kody was a saddle bronc rider. He lived to get on a good bucking horse and had won a lot of buckles. He qualified for State High School Finals all four years and National High School Finals the last three years. He recently competed at the ICA Finals in Nampa, Idaho.
Kody was an excellent cowboy and made friends wherever he went. There was always a friend behind the bucking chutes to cheer him on. He was well liked and a very respectful young man and will be missed in the sport of rodeo. Kody was a Christian and a member of Pleasant Valley Fellowship. He knew he was going to be in the arms of the Lord. He was a beautiful individual.
He is survived by his parents, Lance Cosby and wife Kadie of Baker City and Jennifer Zoon and husband Bruce of Victor, Colo.; siblings, Katy, Landen and Dally Cosby of Baker City and Samantha and Hannah Zoon of Victor, Colo.; Grandparents, Doug and Linda Cosby of Baker City, Kent and Beverly Justus of Baker City, Beverly (Tootie) Johnston of Baker City and Wally and Vickie Zoon of Brownsville, Ore.
Kody was preceded in death by one grandfather, Tom Johnston.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kody Cosby memorial fund through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, Ore. 97814.
Don Dodson
Don Patrick Dodson a former Baker City resident died at his home in Westport, Wash., he was 69.
Don was born to Lloyd Franklin Dodson and Vera Helen Buker in Baker City on Aug. 2, 1939.
He graduated Baker High School 1957 and served in the U.S. Army October 1961 to October 1964.
Don was employed locally as a truck driver until 1973 when he moved to Alaska staying until 1988. He was also an recreational pilot.
Don is survived by his children: Patrick L. Dodson, Clackamas, Ore.; Eric S. Dodson, FT. Worth, Texas; Heidi E. Dodson, Troutdale, Ore.; April L. Dodson, Gig Harbor,Wash.; Cassie A. Wenner, Mt. Home, Idaho; Campbell W. Dodson, New York City. Stepchildren: Meike E. Coutts, Home Hill, QLD. Australia; Lisa Moothart Baker City, Ore. Companion Tammy Sue Thompson, Westport, Wash.
He was preceded in death by his parents, infant brother Scott, brother John B. Dodson and sister LaVonne Raines.
Disposition by Cremation. Cards or letters can be sent to Dodson Family P.O.B 163 Troutdale, OR 97060.
John Lindley
(Feb. 26, 1941 - Oct. 26, 2008)
John A. Lindley, 67, of Salem, Ore., died Oct. 26, 2008 from ALS. There was a celebration of his life at the Queen Peace Church.
John was born on Feb. 26, 1941, at Pendleton to Farrell and Hildreth Lindley. He was the oldest of four children. John was raised in Baker City.
He was a 1963 graduate of the University of Portland. John spent two years in the U.S. Army, then returned to Portland and worked for PP&L, as an accountant. Soon after that he started his career in business and healthcare administration.
He worked at Holiday Park Hospital, was vice president of fiscal services (CFO) for Salem Hospital, chief financial officer and director of Administration Services for Emmanuel Hospital. He then returned to Salem working as the administrator/business manger for the Salem Emergency Physicians, where he retired in November 2004.
John was a member of the Oregon Seniors Golf Club, Illahe Country Club, American Heart Association Open Heart Committee, past president of the Oregon Health Care Financial Management Association and served on the board of the Catholic Community Services.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Mary Ann (Turley); daughter, Beth Tinseth and her husband, David; grandsons, Jonah, Jacob and Jonathan Tinseth all of Salem; brothers, David Lindley of Baker City, Larry Lindley and his wife Rhonda, of Eugene; and sister, Ann Boyd and her husband, Stan, of Eagle, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and his daughter, Michelle Lindley.
Memorial contributions may be made to Catholic Community Services, P.O. Box 20400, Salem, OR 97307 or ALS Association, 310 S.W. Fourth Ave., Suite 630, Portland, OR 97204.
Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Judith Ann Marr
(Sept. 30, 1937 - Nov. 7, 2008)
Judith Ann Marr, born Judith Ann McCanse, married in 1955 to Wayne Young and again in 1984 to Dick Marr, died at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 7, 2008, in her Baker City home, surrounded by her family. She was 71 years of age. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at the Haines United Methodist Church with Sally Wiens officiating.
Judy was born on Sept. 30, 1937, approximately 4 miles west of North Powder, Ore.; except for a few years in Moscow, Idaho, where her first husband Wayne attended the University of Idaho, she lived her entire life between North Powder and Baker on ranches until 1995 when she and her second husband, Dick Marr, moved into Baker. She was the second-youngest of eight children born to her parents, Delbert Arthur McCanse and Ophelia Bernice West.
Judy attended North Powder Elementary and High Schools, graduating in 1955. During her Senior Year in 1954 she met her first husband, David Wayne Young, a local boy in his first year at the University of Idaho after two tours of duty in the army of occupation in Germany; they married in August of 1955 and moved to Moscow until 1963, when they moved back to the Haines/North Powder area. The couple had three children, Grant, Mark and Bonnie. Wayne passed unexpectedly in 1982.
In 1984 Judy married again, to Richard Marr, an old family friend. The couple spent the next 11 years on the ranch, but elected to give up the farm and move to Baker in 1995, where they continued their adventure by developing and selling three homes on a large piece of property on the west side of town. Dick passed in January of 2005, and Judy continued to live in Baker.
Judy was a light and a rock to her family and friends. She was a bubbly, happy person who radiated her positive outlook on life to all who knew her, passing the incredible gift of knowing when things were good, to her children, who dearly loved her.
She was a friend of cats and horses, fierce enemy of ranch dogs digging in her flowerbeds and a cow hand supreme that also drove truck and fixed the most excellent lunches possible for the harvest crew. With her photographs Judy captured her love of the great open spaces, riding hell for leather across the sagebrush hills, ramroding trucks from field to storage, her family and friends and all the beauty and wonder of this country. She developed her photography into a small business later in life, and her prints grace the walls of St. Elizabeth Hospital and other businesses and homes in this area.
Her friends say she was first to greet a new face and make them feel welcome; first to speak a kind word or express her sympathy; first to find something good in any situation; and last to give up on anything. She bent in the wind, but like the willow, remaining standing until now. She will be greatly missed.
Judy was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters and both of her loving husbands. She is survived and remembered with love by her immediate family, children Grant, Mark and Bonnie; and, her bonus children, Candace Wade, Carol Phillips and Richard Marr Jr., from her second marriage to Dick.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Haines United Methodist Church, Crossroads Arts Center, or Christian Children’s Fund through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. The family also requests that, in her memory, all who knew her take time in their daily lives, every day, to appreciate some little or great thing during the course of each day, and to acknowledge “when things are good.”
Beulah Peeples
(Sept. 6, 1922 - Oct. 31, 2008)
Beulah L. Peeples, 86, died Oct. 31, 2008, at her home near Haines.
A memorial service was held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008, at the Elkhorn Fellowship, Baker City Foursquare Church on the corner of 3rd and Court.
Beulah was born Sept. 6, 1922, to James William and Lily Mae Swisher in Burley, Kansas.
She married Clifford Adam Seiber in 1940 in Joplin, Mo., and together they had seven children. She worked hard for most of her life as a farm laborer and raising her children. Clifford died in 1976. Beulah was then married to Clarence Peeples in 1980. They were married for 11 years when Clarence died in 1991.
She loved the Lord and her family and friends. An avid reader she read good Christian books. She would read her Bible and copy the Scriptures on notebook paper. She was a testimony of God’s love and patience to her family while listening without judgment to their problems. She had health issues that limited her activities, but she helped out in any way she could. Family gatherings were very special to her.
Beulah crocheted many afghans, vests and home decorations. She loved crafts and especially decorating and wearing hats. Beulah also enjoyed making her own jewelry. She worked solitaire puzzles and word find books. She was a member of the Four Square Church and the Women’s Home League.
Beulah is survived by her children and their spouses: Lillie Johnson of Haines, Ferna and Gene Saunders of Haines, Jewel and Gilbert Lopez of Baker City, Darrell and Hazel Seiber of Mehama, Ore., Herman and LaVerne Seiber of Salem; 26 grandchildren, 64 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren; and her church family, the Elkhorn Fellowship of the Baker City Foursquare Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands and two daughters.
We will especially miss her keen sense of humor and beautiful smile.
Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society in care of Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
J.R. Warnock
(Jan. 10, 1948 - Nov. 1, 2008)
J.R. Warnock, 60, of Echo, Ore., died Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. J.R. passed quickly of a cerebral brain aneurysm at the age of 60. A celebration of life was held Friday, Nov. 7, 4 p.m. at the Pendleton Country Club exit 209 off of Interstate 84, 7 miles south of Pendleton on Highway 395.
J.R. is survived by his wife Mary Ann Warnock, Echo, Ore.; brother Jack Ingram, Arlington, Ore.; sister Sandy Warnock, Joseph, Ore.; daughter, Sheri Wanous Pendleton, Ore.; son Steve Warnock, Stevensville, Texas; step-sons Bryan and Jason Broadfoot, Hermiston, Ore., Jerod Broadfoot, Pendleton, Ore.; and seven grandchildren.
J.R. was born in Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 1948, to Freilan and Helen Reece Warnock. They returned to Wallowa County where J.R. went to school thru first grade then moved to Hermiston, Ore., where he attended school and graduated in 1966. In 1968 J.R. joined the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash., where his daughter Sheri and then son Steve were born. Sheri was the light of his life and Steve his pride and joy.
J.R. ended up in the timber industry as an owner/operator of his own logging truck for many years during which time he competed in log truck driving contests and was the World Champion Log Truck Driver. J.R. became General Manager of Busy Bee Trucking in 1980 and was an extraordinary salesman. He then went on to Woodpecker Truck where he again excelled in truck sales and made many lifelong friendships with his clients. He also served as President of the Oregon Log Truckers Association. During this time J.R. asked Mary Ann out on a date. Little did they know that this date would lead to the next and happiest chapter in both of their lives. J.R. then became General Manager of the Eagle Freightliner truck dealerships in Hermiston and La Grande where he took the business and made it very successful under his leadership.
J.R. was very involved in Junior and High School Rodeo and served as President of the Western States Rodeo Association. He was very proud of his son Steve who competed and won several national tiles. J.R. enjoyed roping in his arena and even managed to rope a buck deer in the woods.
J.R. and Mary Ann first dated when they were teenagers, but didn’t reconnect until later in life. J.R. and Mary Ann Broadfoot were married on Nov., 20 1999, in Kona, Hawaii. Their lives have been filled with joy, laughter and love ever since. They thoroughly enjoyed golfing in couples tournaments, traveling in their motor home, fishing in Alaska and spending time with family. They were the kind of best friends that come along only once in a lifetime if you are lucky. Together they built their home in Echo, Ore., and hosted anyone and everyone J.R. could think to invite over for a good time. Even if Mary Ann wasn’t in the loop until minutes before (or after). J.R. and Mary Ann loved each other with every fiber of their being. Mary Ann will even miss his snoring.
J.R. was passionate about family, hunting, fishing, golf, work and most of all — fun. If you ever had the chance to meet J.R. you never forgot him and he never forgot you. J.R. was the nicest, most honest loving man, and will be dearly missed by all. He always had a joke for you and a smile on his face. We love you J.R.
In lieu of flowers the family requests you make a contribution to one of the following causes:
Safari Club International Hunter Defense Fund, 501 2nd St. NE, Washington, D.C. 2002; or OHSU Oregon Transplant Center, payable to OHSU Foundation, 1121 SW Salmon St. St. 200 Portland, Oregon 97205.
Please put in the memo line "In Memory of J.R. Warnock" for either contribution.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
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