Lela Mae Fordice
Herbert Hulse
Dee Petralia
Ruby Sloan
Roy Robert Saul
Lela Mae Fordice
(Oct. 12, 1917—April 6, 2010)
Lela Mae Fordice, 92 passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at Settlers Park Assisted Living Facility in Baker City.
Graveside services were held Saturday, April 10, 1:30 p.m. at the North Powder cemetery with a reception following at the Wolf Creek Grange in North Powder.
Lela was born Oct. 12, 1917, at Elgin, Ore., to John and Erma (Scott) Gray. She attended school in the local area. On Feb. 23, 1934, Lela married Willard D. Fordice in the Methodist Parsonage at Wallowa. Willard and Lela homesteaded in the Lost Prairie area then moved to a ranch on the Grande Ronde River near Troy. They moved to North Powder in 1948. The couple were married 62 years when Willard passed away in 1997.
Lela was a member of the Wolf Creek Grange and the Red Hat Club. She gave many years of service to the local community. She enjoyed quilting, loved to work in her garden and flowers. Lela was a homemaker, seamstress and an excellent cook. She was well known for her apple pies and enjoyed having big family dinners.
Survivors include her son Keith of Hermiston, Ore.; daughters, Myrna Hale of Dillon, Mont., and Sandra Sanders of Burns, Ore.; eight grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren; brothers Gerald Gray, Clark Gray; sisters Leona Scott, Beulah Tally, Lillian Newton and Marilyn McIntyre.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Willard , son Kenneth Fordice, daughter Donna Crabill and grandson Mike Fordice.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heart-N-Home Hospice or the Wolf Creek Grange through Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Avenue, Baker City, OR 97814.
Herbert Hulse
(Dec. 10, 1924 - Jan. 2, 2010)
Herbert Charles Hulse, 85, a resident of Pasco, Washington died Jan. 2, 2010 at his home. Memorial services for Herb will be Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 1 p.m. at Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway, Oregon. Military rites will be accorded Halfway V.F.W. and the Oregon National Guard Honor Guard. Everyone is invited to the reception that will follow the ceremony at the V.F.W. Hall.
Herb was born in Halfway Oregon to L. Charles and Josie (Bassett) Hulse on Dec. 10, 1924. He was raised in the Wallowa Mountains of Halfway Oregon. He grew up on a dairy, orchard farm and attended and graduated from Pine Valley High School.
He met the love of his life, JoAnn Krigbaum in Halfway and after many love letters sent back and forth while he was in the army during World War II, Herb and JoAnn were married on May 28, 1949. They were married for 58 years. Herb and JoAnn started their family and continued to work on the family farm while also working on the Brownlee and Oxbow Dam. The Hulse family moved to Burbank Washington in May 1959. They acquired a 150-acre farm, located in Block 3 under the Homestead Act. In 1971, they moved to a new farm and farmed in Block 17, until he retired from farming and continued to work with the South Columbia Irrigation District for another 20 years. Herb and JoAnn loved to go fishing and walking together to find many treasures (agate rocks, and lost tools).
Herb is preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn, his sisters, Mamie Jones, Vivian Ginther, Virgene Payton Fugit, and brother Daryle Hulse.
Herb is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, John and Cynthia Hulse, Renton, Wash.; daughters and sons-in-law, Kay and Rick Tosto, Kennewick, WA; Joanie and Scott Thorne, Pasco, Wash., and Kristie and Mel Vaughn, Coos Bay, Ore. Eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews. Sister-in-law, Corene Hulse, brother-in-law, Phil (Mardi) Krigbaum, and sister-in-law, Lana (Jim) Sloan.
We love you, dad, the “Herbert look will always be missed”.
To honor our father, please make memorial donations to: VFW - POST 7847, PO Box 742, Halfway, Oregon 97843.
Dee Petralia
(Feb. 27, 1923-April 8, 2010
Dee Petralia of Baker City died Thursday, April 8, 2010, at St. Elizabeth Hospital.
Her memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Friday, April 16, 2010 at Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Avenue, followed by burial at Mt. Hope Cemetery with Pastor Scott Knox officiating.
Dee was born Feb. 27, 1923, in Baker to Albert and Nettie Morin. As the second of eight children, she played an important role in the family, even assisting in the birth of her youngest brother at the age of 14.
The Morin family moved from Baker to Sandy, Oregon in 1937 and then relocated to Coos Bay, Ore., where Dee began working and discovered her flair for fashion which she demonstrated throughout her life.
Dee moved to California with her first husband and sons in 1946. Later, she married Charlie Petralia and lived in California for many years before the family returned to Oregon. Dee and Charlie were married for 34 years before his death in 1984.
Dee was well known for her culinary skills and was a talented seamstress. She was an avid lifelong reader and loved to dance. Later in life she was able to pursue her great interest and artistic ability through ceramics, doll-making and various arts and crafts.
Survivors include Dee’s sons, Glen and Dale Ripper and their wives and John Petralia; grandchildren, Travis Ripper and Tracy Johns; her sisters, Lona Crask and Esther Clark; her brother, Ted Morin; 2 great-grandchildren; 17 nieces and nephews and numerous friends and other family members who loved her dearly.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Nettie Morin; her son, Larry Ripper; her brothers, Gordon Morin, Warren Morin, Ray Morin, Bert Morin; and her husband, Charlie Petralia.
Friends are invited to join the family for a reception at the Baker City Christian Church, 675 Hwy 7, following the services.
Roy Robert Saul
(April 24,1933—April 3, 2010)
Today we lay to rest Roy Robert Saul, 76. He passed on April 3, 2010 after a good life. A celebration of life will be held from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m., Saturday, April 24, 2010 at the Baker County Show Barn, 2600 East Street, Baker City.
Roy was born to William and Katie (Sweep) Saul in Homedale, Idaho, April 24, 1933. He was preceded in death by infant Katie Ellen his sister, Leo - his brother; Dorthy Spense, sister; Gene Saul, brother, both parents and grandparents.
Those left to carry on Roy’s heritage, wife Alice Saul of Baker, son Kenneth Fox and Laurie of Haines, Oregon, Chris Kohl and John of Union, Bill Saul and Arlene of Baker, Cliff Fox and Kathy of North Powder, AK Moss and Tracy of Canyon City, Kimbie Dawn Brock and Wes Dexter of Baker, numerous grandchildren and one great grandchild. Also sisters Mabel Dreher, Baker, Ruth Ward, Eagle, Flora Perrin, Boardman, His favorite Aunt Polly and husband Red of Horseshoe Bend, Idaho.
Roy attended one-room grade school houses on Hwy 7 toward Sumpter and the Haines School. He attended the class of 1952 at Baker High School. Roy then decided to join the navy during the Korean conflict and served honorably for six years. Roy also attended business collage but followed his heart to his true calling — breaking horses and being a cowboy that could ride anything and a farmer that could run water up hill.
Roy met and married Alice Bunce on Oct. 15, 1973, and became a father of five. A year later it became six, all in a two-bedroom house. He worked hard all his life for local ranches; Wards, Bill and Dan Schaan Cattle Co. & Dean Klugh, just to name a few. Also worked Baker Livestock Exchange. He pulled green chain at Ellingsons Mill and drove carrier, road construction building on Mason Dam, ran demolition crews and construction on the freeway when he fell off an overpass and broke his back. He sheered sheep, rode for cattle, fixed fence, chased wild horses and a few coyotes and wild women. He shoed kids horses for free and for entertainment rode his horse into our local Stockmans for a drink.
Roy rode many horses, often folks called him to ride the un-rideable. And he did. Roy had a natural talent with horses. Some say he was half horse. His hands were strong as eagle talons when they had to be, but with his family, his wife horses and kids, Roy’s hands were gentle, loving, and kind. Roy loved the outdoors, fishing, hunting, high lakes.
The Sauls upgraded to the “Big Place” and opened their home up to many foster kids, foreign exchange students, and to any other kid that needed a boost in life to learn the value of hard work, making an honest dollar, and the value of family. He led by example. Roy always worked and played hard. Honest as the day is long and quite a prankster in his day. Roy always loved a good joke and to tell stories with his cat eating grin. One was never quite sure if they’d been had or not till later and sometimes not at all. He loved to sing songs and whistle some tunes. Roy (AKA “Pops”) lives in our hearts as the man in the continental suit. His spirit lives on in the hearts of his family knowing he’s in a special place in Heaven wearing his Stetson hat, boots with his special horse and his special dog with his favorite fishing pole.
Roy’s life touched so many. He never knew a stranger with a friendly tip of the hat and a helping hand to anyone who needed it.
Roy spent a lot of time in the mountains panning for gold with Carlin McBroom using his old green Ford with racks full of everything from wood to horses and kids. Roy will always be remembered as an honest, hardworking, loving man that has the greatest accomplishment of the most wonderful family. During his last days he was surrounded by family, he gave each one of us the greatest gift of all — the courage to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps and go on with life. He said, “When it’s my time don’t feel bad for me, I will be free. I’ve led a good long life and couldn’t ask for more.”
So as we shed tears for our father, husband, friend, and man that has touched our hearts so deep we are grateful he’s running free with the horses watching down over all of us.
Memorial contributions may be made to the O.H.S.U. Foundation, with a note on the memo line on your check showing “Parkinson Center of Oregon.” Contributions can be made through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.
Ruby Sloan
(Jan. 27, 1913 - March 15, 2010)
Ruby Sloan was born Jan. 27, 1913, in the Wolf Creek area, close by North Power, Ore. She was the third daughter of four daughters and three sons of Matts and Rosella (Tally) Nice. She died March 15, 2010, at Fairacres Manor in Greeley, CO.
Ruby married Ralph Speelman 1930 in Haines, Ore. They had one daughter Kathryn Rose and one son David Ronald. David died as an infant. Ralph died 1943 in Portland, Ore.
She and Coen Sloan were married 1953 in Baker, Ore. She enjoyed traveling and joined her husband while he worked for the Coast and Geodetic Survey mapping the western states. After Coen retired in 1979, they settled in Jamestown, Calif. Coen died 1991 and Ruby stayed there until 2002 when she moved to Greeley, CO to be close by her daughter.
Ruby loved her family, making apple pies, cooking for friends and family, reading, music, hiking and rock hounding. She was a kind and caring lady and will be missed.
She is survived by her daughter Kathryn Stewart and granddaughter Anna Stewart of Greeley, Colo., two grandsons Steven Stewart of Tulsa, Okla., and Mike Stewart of Denver, Colo., a great grandson Cody Stewart of Enid, Okla. Her brother Paul Nice and sister-in-law Leora Nice of La Grande, Ore., eight nieces and two nephews and first Cousin Virginia Henderson of Baker City, Ore.
Services will be held at a later date.
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