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Joel Aaron Bierman, 34, a former Baker City resident, died May 11, 2001, at his home in Portland.
There will be a memorial service for him at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 2177 First St. There also will be a gathering of his friends and family at his favorite beach in La Jolla, Calif., in early June.
After graduating from Helix High School at La Mesa, Calif., in 1985, Mr. Bierman traveled in Europe and upon his return moved to San Francisco, where he worked as a professional waiter. In 1993, he moved to Baker City, and then to Portland in 1996.
He will be remembered in part for his love of his amphibious pets, ocean swimming, keeping aquariums, photography, cross-country skiing, bicycling, classical music, his dog Jack, film, travel and Elizabeth Taylor. He had a keen eye for people-watching, was a great cook and had a unique, unforgettable sense of humor. He will be dearly missed by a large extended family.
Survivors include his parents, Lynda Renee and Arthur F. Horvath of Baker City and John A. Campbell IV of Eagle Point; his sister and brother-in-law, Jennifer and Patrick MacCrone of Bend and his niece, Georgia Rose; his grandparents, Flora and Stanley Forqueran of San Diego; his favorite cousins, Carlos Franco, Jared Grogan and Evie Franco-Birmingham of San Diego; two uncles, John Davis of Englewood, Colo., and Robert Graham of Pinetop, Ariz.; an aunt, Susan Grogan of San Diego; his wife, Mary Jo DeGuiseppi of Portland; and many loving friends in Baker City, Portland and San Diego.
Memorial contributions may be made to CASA, 2100 Main St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Beulah Gililland
Beulah Beatrice Davis Gililland, 99, of Baker City, died May 14, 2001, at her home on Auburn Road.
Gililland-Watson Funeral Home in Hereford, Texas, is in charge of arrangements, and burial will be in Hereford next to Guy S. Gililland, her husband of 56 years.
Mrs. Gililland was born Oct. 14, 1901, at Graham, Texas, to Henrietta Carr Davis and Dempse Martin Davis. Her family spent her early years in Oklahoma and Texas. She was the middle child, with an older brother and sister, Claude Davis and Jesse Beck, and a younger brother and sister, Virgle Davis and Ouida Steward. She was lovingly called Jack by her father and went with him whenever possible.
Mrs. Gililland graduated from high school in Hereford, Texas. Her father died while she was a senior there. She attended college at Canyon, Texas, and the University of Texas at Austin, and later at the University of California at Los Angeles.
She married Guy S. Gililland on Sept. 21, 1929, at Clovis, N.M., then moved to California, where the couple had two daughters. They moved back to Texas in the early fall of 1941 for the health of one daughter.
When World War II started, both Mr. and Mrs. Gililland went into civilian defense work. They worked first in Lubbock, Texas, transferred to Colorado Springs, Colo., and later to San Bernardino and Victorville, Calif. They bought desert land in Lucerne Valley and developed it into an alfalfa ranch. After retiring they moved to a walnut grove in Red Bluff, Calif.
As Mr. Gililland’s health deteriorated, Mrs. Gililland became a capable and devoted caregiver until he died in 1985. A year later she moved to Baker City to be near her daughters.
Mrs. Gililland loved to garden and kept her family and many neighbors and friends in fresh garden produce.
She is survived by one sister, Ouida Steward of Cheyenne, Wyo.; two daughters, Betty Jo DeVeny and her husband, Bill, of Riggins, Idaho, and Bobby J. Copley and her husband, Melvin, of Baker City; six grandchildren, Charles and Michelle Bush, Donn and Rachel Copley, Janet DeVeny, Bryan and Sandy DeVeny, Craig and Patty DeVeny and Mike and Carol DeVeny; 10 great-grandchildren, Ben and Sherry Bush, Eric and Jordon Copley, and Dana, Nick, Glenn, Katie, Chelsey and Nicholas DeVeny; and three great-great-grandchildren, Skylar, Hunter and Austin Copley.
Mary Caroline White
Mary Caroline White, 62, a longtime Ontario resident, died May 14, 2001, at Holy Rosary Medical Center in Ontario.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Monte Loyd of Baker City Christian Assembly will officiate. Vault interment will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Visitations will be until 7 o’clock tonight at the funeral home.
Mrs. White was born Jan. 15, 1939, at Cherryvale, Kan., to Everett and Mary Knight Jacobs. She was raised at Nampa, Idaho, and Ontario, receiving her education in those areas. She married Floyd White on March 8, 1956, at Winnemucca, Nevada.
She had many hobbies, including crocheting and collecting dolls. Being the grandma that she was, the newest addition to the family was always given a beautiful crocheted blanket made with love. She was a generous person who gave and never expected anything in return. Her greatest love was her family. “She has touched our lives and will remain forever in our hearts, ” family members said.
Survivors include her mother, Mary Jacobs of Las Vegas, Nev.; her husband, Floyd White of Ontario; her children, Floyd White Jr. of Ontario, Larry White of Boise, Margaret Bowlsby of Ontario, and Loretta Stitch and her husband, Dave, of Baker City; brother, Joe Jacobs of Las Vegas, Nev.; sisters, Lois Myers of Baker City and Linda Jacobs of Simi Valley, Calif.; grandchildren, Holly Bowlsby, Leanne White, Chenelle White, Jason White, Melody King, Steven Wardrip, Joseph Magnifico, Bobby White, Danny White, Donna Marie White, and Floyd R. White III; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father, Everett Jacobs; and her brother, Everett Jacobs Jr.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice through Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, Ore. 97814.
Garn Brady
Garn Anderson Brady, 79, of Baker City, died May 8, 2001, at his home of natural causes.
His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Visitations will be until 7 o’clock tonight at Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., and preceding the funeral on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the church. Vault interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded by Baker City Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3048, and the Oregon Army National Guard.
Mr. Brady was born on Nov. 21, 1921, at Buhl, Idaho, the third child of Lehi Hugh and Flossie Anderson Brady. He was born into a loving home in which the principles of honesty and hard work were lived and taught, and they became the hallmarks of his own life.
He spent most of his early years in Virginia, Idaho, where he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He remained a faithful member throughout his life.
As a young man, he progressed through several ranks of Boy Scouts, and his Scouting experiences helped develop his creativity, resourcefulness, and ability to work with his hands. Throughout his life, he was always observing, learning, and figuring out how to make things better.
He attended Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) and Brigham Young University before enlisting in the Naval Air Corps during World War II. He was commissioned an ensign and trained as a torpedo bomber pilot.
He met Marian Stratford Hyde of Washington, D.C., on Christmas Day 1945. They were married on July 9, 1948, at the LDS temple in Logan, Utah. They became the parents of five children: Suzanne, Ruth, Scott, Robert, and Rebecca.
Except for two years in California, the Bradys lived and farmed in Idaho and Oregon, settling in July 1960 in Baker City, where they opened the first Arctic Circle Drive-In in Oregon.
The drive-in (Happy Burger since 1981) has been in continuous operation in the family for nearly 41 years, affording the Brady children, and now some of the grandchildren, an opportunity to learn to work and interact with the public.
In addition to the drive-in, Mr. Brady also was engaged in farming — work which he loved and from which he never retired.
Mr. Brady was preceded in death by his parents, a baby sister, and an infant grandson.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 53 years; their five children; 21 grandchildren; and his two older sisters and two younger brothers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Benson Agricultural Institute at Brigham Young University, which teaches improved farming techniques to people in third-world countries, through the Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Gordon Wilson
A memorial service for Gordon E. Wilson, 76, a former Baker City resident, was May 7, 2001, at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Portland. Burial was at the Willamette National Cemetery in Portland.
Mr. Wilson was born in Baker City on Dec. 14, 1924, to Leo and Marvelle Wilson. He was a 1942 Baker High School graduate. He enlisted in the military during World War II to serve his country in the Medical Corps as a surgical technician in New Guinea.
He was a 1950 graduate of the University of Oregon at Eugene where he earned bachelor’s degrees in business administration and hospital administration. His career as an epidemiologist and hospital administrator took his young family through several states. He was baptized at First Presbyterian Church at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in 1951.
His marriage to Ailene Wendt of Baker City brought them common interests in their love of cribbage, golf, music and deep faith. Mr. Wilson was profoundly generous and gave freely of his time and resources to his family, church and community agencies.
He leaves a legacy of love, laughter and kindness, according to his family.
Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Ailene; a daughter, Brenda; a son, Craig; and grandchildren, Amanda, Andre and Marina.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Carmen.
Arrangements were under the direction of Portland Funeral Alternatives.
Dan Elkins
Dan Garrison Elkins, 84, a former longtime Haines resident, died of a stroke on May 10, 2001, at Yakima, Wash., where he had moved to be near his family.
There will be a family gathering at his favorite fishing hole near Haines on June 16. His ashes will be returned to the Earth as he requested.
Mr. Elkins was born on April 27, 1917, at Plainview, Texas, to Arthur Thomas and Ethel Bowman Elkins. He spent his younger years moving between Texas, California and Arizona where he developed a love for the desert and a taste for jackrabbit stew.
He loved traveling and had many interesting jobs along the way, including working in the lettuce sheds, loading railroad cars with gravel in Montana, roofing buildings for the 1939 Treasure Island World’s Fair in San Francisco, mining for gold and building a water reservoir in Arizona while in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
While serving in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, his tour of duty took him to Australia, New Guinea, Japan and the Philippines. After his honorable discharge, he worked for Western Asbestos and then earned his private pilot’s license. He used a plane to round up wild horses.
He and the horses decided that he might make a better farmer, so he bought a 40-acre ranch in Nevada and joined the Carpenter’s Union, which eventually took him to Oregon.
He met his future wife, Diane Hazelbaker Weeks, when he hired her and her boys to harvest a hay crop. They were married on Dec. 29, 1966, at Reno, Nev., and made their home at Haines. He worked on the construction of Hells Canyon Dam and Interstate 84 between Baker City and La Grande.
He became “Dad” to the first of 42 foster children. In addition to his devotion to his family, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and being outdoors. To touch so many lives takes a special man and he is deeply missed, his family said.
Survivors include his wife, Diane, of Yakima, Wash.; daughters, Donna Davis of Medford, Dawna and her husband, Jerry Glenn, of Yakima, Wash., and Barbie Heilman of Baker City; sons, Steven Weeks of Kooskia, Idaho, and Larry Weeks and his wife, Dee, of Lewiston, Idaho; sisters, Jimmie Ruth McCrae and his special twin sister, Beth Sample, both of California; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Charlie and Thomas; and sisters, Stella and Edith.
Garn Brady
Garn Anderson Brady, 79, of Baker City, died May 8, 2001, at his home of natural causes.
His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2625 Hughes Lane. Visitations will be until 7 o’clock tonight at Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., and preceding the funeral on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the church. Vault interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Military rites will be accorded by Baker City Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3048, and the Oregon Army National Guard.
Mr. Brady was born on Nov. 21, 1921, at Buhl, Idaho, the third child of Lehi Hugh and Flossie Anderson Brady. He was born into a loving home in which the principles of honesty and hard work were lived and taught, and they became the hallmarks of his own life.
He spent most of his early years in Virginia and Idaho where he was baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He remained a faithful member throughout his life.
As a young man, he progressed through several ranks of Boy Scouts, and his Scouting experiences helped develop his creativity, resourcefulness, and ability to work with his hands. Throughout his life, he was always observing, learning, and figuring out how to make things better.
He attended Utah State Agricultural College (now Utah State University) and Brigham Young University before enlisting in the Naval Air Corps during World War II. He was commissioned an ensign and trained as a torpedo bomber pilot.
He met Marian Stratford Hyde of Washington, D.C., on Christmas Day 1945. They were married on July 9, 1948, at the LDS temple in Logan, Utah. They became the parents of five children: Suzanne, Ruth, Scott, Robert, and Rebecca.
Except for two years in California, the Bradys lived and farmed in Idaho and Oregon, settling in July 1960 in Baker City, where they opened the first Arctic Circle Drive-In in Oregon.
The drive-in (Happy Burger since 1981) has been in continuous operation in the family for nearly 41 years, affording the Brady children, and now some of the grandchildren, an opportunity to learn to work and to interact with the public.
In addition to the drive-in, Mr. Brady also was engaged in farming — work which he loved and from which he never retired.
Mr. Brady was preceded in death by his parents, a baby sister, and an infant grandson.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 53 years; their five children; 21 grandchildren; and his two older sisters and two younger brothers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Benson Agricultural Institute at Brigham Young University, which teaches improved farming techniques to people in third-world countries, through the Coles-Strommer Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Roy Hanson
Roy E. Hanson, 88, of Baker City died May 12, 2001, at Settler’s Park Assisted Living Center.
His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Agape Christian Center, 650 Highway 7. Rod Dickison will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the church.
Mr. Hanson was born on Dec. 4, 1912, at Decatur County, Iowa. As a young man, he farmed with his dad in South Dakota until the Depression came and they lost almost everything.
He married Rose Fox at Rockham, S.D., in 1934 and shortly afterward, the family moved to Nampa, Idaho, where he and his wife farmed. They had three children while living at Nampa: Bonnie, Nancy and Roger.
In 1953, the family moved to Rice, Wash., where they continued farming and logging and where Nancy and Roger finished school.
After retiring from farming at Rice, they moved to Colville, Wash., where Mr. Hanson worked as a carpenter. He always found a lot of odd jobs to do for others and he was always willing to give a helping hand.
He and his wife also had an interim home for children of distressed families and were foster parents for more than 400 children. Many of those children have remained in touch and will remember Mr. Hanson kindly for the good home he and his wife offered.
Mrs. Hanson died of a heart attack in 1971. Mr. Hanson married Dessa Hall in 1973. She died of cancer in 1977.
He and Agnes Tschirgi were married in 1980. They lived at Colville until moving to Baker City in 1988, where they retired.
Mr. Hanson loved music and played the accordion by ear. He performed at many church gatherings, nursing homes and during his travels to Yuma, Ariz., with retired friends.
He was moved to the Settler’s Park Alzheimer’s Unit in 2000. The family is thankful for all those who served him there.
Survivors include his wife, Agnes, and her children, Cliff and Judy Tschirgi, of La Grande, Peggy and Jim Galyen of Baker City and Ginger and Roger Strawn of Fruitland, Idaho; his daughter, Bonnie Clowser of Spokane, Wash.; his son, Roger Hanson and his wife, Jennie, of El Paso, Texas; a sister, Edna Einhelig of Caldwell, Idaho; a brother, Carl Hanson of Weiser, Idaho; son-in-law, John Hedrick, and his wife, Mary; eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
He also was preceded in death by his daughter, Nancy, in 1981.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Pathway Hospice through Gray’s West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
‘Bob’ Forsea
Robert O. “Bob” Forsea, 82, a longtime Richland resident, died May 9, 2001, at his home.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Carrol McIntosh of the Nazarene Church at Redmond will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mr. Forsea was born on Sept. 25, 1918, at Home. He married Mary Vandecar on July 24, 1948, at Weiser, Idaho.
He was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 3048, and a life member of the Baker Elks Lodge, No. 338.
He was a Baker County rancher his entire life, working beside his father, Dan, and his brother, Walt. They began business on the Snake River and then moved to Richland in 1958.
In his later years, he enjoyed having lunch with friends and family at a restaurant in Richland. Many times recently he mentioned that he missed doing the irrigating on the ranch. According to Mr. Forsea, irrigating was a good job. This quiet, sweet, gentle man will be missed by many.
Survivors include his brothers, Harold Forsea of Sacramento and Walter Forsea and his wife, Norma, of Richland; a sister, Pearl DuMars and her husband, Vern, of Richland; a daughter, Karen Ghrist, and her husband, Richard, of Baker City; a son, John R. Long; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dan and Blanche Forsea; his wife, Mary; and a sister, Margaret.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Eagle Valley Ambulance or EMTs through Gray’s West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
