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Ira Wilson Jr., 94, of Portland, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 29, 2005, at Portland.
There will be no service.
Mr. Wilson was born on Aug. 18, 1910, at Roseburg. He and his wife, Sylvia, were married in 1945. She died in 1977.
He attended Tigard High School and served in the U.S. Army from Feb. 25, 1942, to Oct. 8, 1945. He lived in Baker City from 1947 to 1978 where he worked in the sawmill.
Survivors include his nieces, Hope Wilson, Dawn Wilson Stricklin, Becky Wilson Freeman and Marsha Wilson, all of Portland; a nephew, Steven Wilson of Portland; and sister-in-law, Lucille Wilson of Portland.
Dr. ‘Bill' Karg
Dr. William Franklin "Bill" Karg, 75, of Eagle, Idaho, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 7, 2004, at his home.
The family had a private service to celebrate his life.
Bill was born on April 18, 1929, at Baker City to Otto and Margaret "Pat" Karg. His father was a former Baker City fire chief.
Bill attended Baker High School and then Pacific University at Forest Grove. He graduated with a degree in optometry on May 25, 1952. During college, he worked for the Forest Service where he was a firefighter.
He married Ruby Lowe at Baker City on Dec. 27, 1950. His parents moved from Baker City to Idaho Falls when his father was named fire chief for the Atomic Regulatory Commission. Bill moved to Idaho Falls to be near his parents when he began his optometry practice.
He married Norma Jean Holley at Idaho Falls on Jan. 19, 1964. He retired from optometry after a 40-year career and he and Norma began to winter in Arizona before settling at Boise.
Hobbies of his earlier years included hunting, tennis and snow skiing. At the age of 50 he climbed Mount Borah. He later enjoyed extensive world travel, golf, walking, bicycling and meetings friends for coffee.
Bill knew no strangers. He had a smile and wave for anyone he passed. He remained the apple of his 96-year-old mother's eye.
From 1965 to 2004 he was a member of AA and helped establish the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Association at Idaho Falls. He also helped start the Eastern Idaho Mental Health Center and was involved in organizing the CARES group, which coordinated community services to help people with alcohol or drug abuse problems.
He was preceded in death by his grandson, Jacob Boyle; and his father, Otto Karg.
Survivors include his wife, Norma; his mother, Margaret Karg; five children, Curt Karg, Roxanne Boyle and Karen Radford, all of Idaho Falls, Susan DiGrazia of Boise and Lisa Lassner of Phoenix; 14 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a cousin, Jean Dawson of Washington; and a good friend and "almost brother, " Larry Gilmore of Eagle.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Alcoholic Rehabilitation Association (ARA) Center, 163 E. Elva St., Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401.
Virginia Van Ocker
Virginia Mary Wilson Van Ocker, 90, of Baker City, died Jan. 29, 2005, at Boise after a long illness.
Her memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Pastor Ralph Holcomb will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the funeral home.
Virginia was born at Seattle, Wash., on June 3, 1914, to Otis and Hulda Wilson. She was the second of five children. At the age of 2, she moved with her family to Milton-Freewater. She attended all 12 years of school at Milton-Freewater, graduating from Mac-Hi in 1932.
She married Elmer Van Ocker on Sept. 30, 1933, at Walla Walla, Wash. They lived at Milton, Adams, and Athena before moving to Haines in 1955 where she was employed at the post office. In 1971, they moved to Baker City where she was employed by the Baker County Education Service District in the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program as the coordinator of youth employment.
Her job was to encourage students to stay in school and to complete their education through work/study programs in the community. She retired in 1985 at the age of 70.
As devoted parents and grandparents, Virginia and Elmer enjoyed many camping trips and teaching all the grandchildren how to fish.
It was said, "Virginia could outfish the best of them!" Her home was always open to her family and friends. She loved cooking, and sewing, especially her handcrafted sweatshirts and beautiful quilts.
Survivors include two sons, Garry Van Ocker and his wife, Joan, of Athena, and Steve Van Ocker and his wife, Barbara, of Boise; daughter, Joan Rice of Athena; grandchildren, Mark Van Ocker and his wife, Allison, of Milton-Freewater, Megan Peterson and her husband, Bryan, of Gig Harbor, Wash., Scott Van Ocker and his wife, Tracy, and Amber Van Ocker, all of Boise, and Jim Rice and his wife, Lori, of Sanford, Fla.; great-grandchildren, Kailey and Camden Van Ocker of Milton-Freewater, Ainsley Peterson of Gig Harbor, Wash., Paige and Demi Van Ocker of Boise, and Clay and Jake Rice of Sanford, Fla.; and a sister, Margurette Smith of Spokane, Wash.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2001; her parents; two brothers, Ray Wilson and Dale Wilson; and a sister, Donna Bline.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Senior Center through Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Donna Hickerson
Donna May Hickerson, 70, of Baker City died Jan. 26, 2005, at her home.
At Donna's request, there will be no service.
Donna May Hickerson was born on July 13, 1934, at Bend to Ira and Evelyn Crowley Pontius. She was raised at Mount Vernon. Donna married Bill Hickerson in 1950; they divorced in 1962.
She was an excellent cook and worked in various restaurants in John Day and Baker City. At one time she ran the Geiser Grand Restaurant.
Donna loved to cook for her family. She was a great canner. Her specialties were pickles and jellies. She enjoyed playing cards with her neighbors, and will be missed by all.
Survivors include five children and their spouses, Laurel and Alfred Johnson of Redmond, Keith and Barbara Hickerson of Colorado Springs, Colo., Billy and Lori Hickerson of Canyon City, Cindy Hickerson of Vallejo, Calif., and Echo and Javier Milanez of Boise; her special friend, Alan Hickerson of John Day; her friend and caregiver, Fern Shell of Spokane, Wash.; 11 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
The family suggest memorial contributions to Pathway Hospice through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
Warren Johnson
Warren Eldon Johnson, 65, of Suwanee, Ga., died on Jan. 28, 2005.
His funeral will be Wednesday at Wages & Sons Gwinnett Chapel, 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Mr. Johnson was born on Sept. 7, 1939, at Nampa, Idaho, to Idella Marie and Fred Edward Johnson. He attended schools at Nampa.
He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1976 as a master sergeant after 20 years of service. He then worked for Honeywell/HFSI, retiring in 1994. He was an avid sports fan and gardener.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara; his brother, Max Johnson; two sisters, Wilma Lenz and Karen White; five children, Randy Johnson, Cathy Haase, Stephen Jones, Candice McKim and Theodore Johnson; and nine grandchildren.
Anna May Ryder
Anna May Ryder, 84, a lifetime Baker City resident, died Jan. 27, 2005, at Idlewood Manor.
Her funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Pastor Tony Brandon of the Baker City Seventh-day Adventist Church will officiate. Vault interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Visitations will be until 8 o'clock tonight at Gray's West & Co.
Anna May Ryder was born on June 5, 1920, at Baker City to Horace B. and Edna Maude Ryder. She was the oldest of five children.
She attended St. Francis Academy. She worked many years for her father and his brothers, Mel and Frank Ryder, at Ryder Bros. printing shop, which they founded. The name later was changed to Ryder Bros. Stationery.
She went on to work for Bob and Katherine Bratt, who purchased the family business. Later she worked for her brothers at Ben's Transfer and Storage.
Anna May took great pride in her home and her yard. She had many talents, including cake decorating.
She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers, John, Jim and Ben.
Survivors include her brother, Joe, and his wife, Donna, and their children, Wayne, and his wife, Jeanie, and Thomas, all of Baker City; nieces, Christy Ryder and Vanessa Ryder of Baker City, Angela Aldrich and her husband, Robert, of Pasco, Wash., Joy McAndie and her husband, Donald, of Island City, and their children, Kyle and Todd, and Carol and Keith Harris, and their daughter, Jennifer, of Salem; and a nephew, Eric Ryder of Gilbert, Ariz.
Memorial contributions may be made to Pathway Hospice through Gray's West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
Maria Jacobsen
Maria Riggs Jacobsen, 80, of Portland, a former Baker City resident, died Dec. 25, 2004, at Portland.
Friends gathered to honor her life on Jan. 9 at the Tualatin Elks Lodge.
Maria Helena Riggs was born on June 2, 1924, at Lisbon, Portugal. She moved to Baker City as a child and graduated from Baker High School in 1942. She later moved to the Portland area where she had lived for 50 years.
Maria was a homemaker and volunteered at the Meridian Park Hospital for more than 23 years. She will be remembered for her ready smile and jovial countenance. She returned to Baker City intermittently over the years for class reunions.
In 1956, she married Elvin Jacobsen, who survives her. She also is survived by her daughter, Diana Gerba, and two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice.
Cornwall Colonial Mortuary was in charge of arrangements.
Mayme Garrett
Mayme Thelma Garrett, 86, of Baker City, died Jan. 27, 2005, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Gray's West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave. Friends and relatives are invited to a celebration in her memory at the Eagles Lodge, 2935 H St., after the service.
Mayme was born on June 17, 1918, to Perly O. and Flora Temple Devaney Hacker. She was christened with the name of Mayme Thelma Hacker. She married Harlin Lawrence Garrett in Morgan County, Tenn., on Nov. 9, 1935.
The couple started a family on a small 600-acre farm. At the time, they didn't know that the farm would be better at growing rocks and children than it was at growing crops.
Over the next 16 years, Harlin worked as a coal miner in Tennessee, at a car manufacturing plant in Detroit and at the atomic bomb plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., during World War II. Mayme stayed on the farm and raised the couple's expanding family.
In the spring of 1951, Mayme and Harlin traded the 600-acre farm for a 1950 two-ton flatbed Chevrolet truck, and built a camper on the back. Into the camper they loaded their family, now consisting of nine children and headed for a beautiful little placed called Baker Valley in Oregon.
They bought a modest home on Colorado Place that was overfilled with children and love. Mayme devoted the next 50 years to raising her children and numerous grandchildren and any other child who needed a home. She had a place in her heart and at her table for all children.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harlin; and sons, Clifford and Jimmy.
Survivors include her children, Eunafaye McAdams and her husband, Hank, Ray and his wife, MaryAnne, Bobby Lee and his wife, Kate, Jack and his wife, Colleen, daughter-in-law, Jean Garrett, John and his wife, Marge, Thelma Elliott and her husband, Dan, Lynetta Rasmussen, and her husband, Pat, Kenneth and his wife, Arlene, Debi Harris and her husband, Ernest, and Amber Emery and her husband, Doug; grandchildren: Mike, Fred, Bridgette and Max McAdams; Brad and Pat Garrett, Brandon, Shawn and Tyree Garrett; Jeff, Christina and Marlow Garrett, Mayme, Michelle, Christina, Jim and Mandy Garrett; Harley, Justin, Grover Garrett and Carolyn; Terrie, Merilee, Paul and Casey Garrett; Tiffany, Jennifer and Shannon Elliott; Heather Mack and Jessica Rasmussen; Ryann and Michael Garrett; Randy and Jason Darnell and Danielle Burch; Chewie Emery and Chester; 44 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; numerous stepgrandchildren; and her wonderful best friend, Eloise Colton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association through Gray's West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
Norman Morin
Norman E. Morin, 82, of Woodburn, a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 16, 2005, at Woodburn.
His memorial service will be Feb. 5 at Cornwell Funeral Home in Woodburn.
Mr. Morin was born on May 20, 1923, to George D. and Dottie Roseberry Morin. He served in the Civilian Conservation Corps when he was a kid and then worked at Irby's Dairy. He joined the U.S. Navy during World War II.
He operated a second-hand store in Salem for a while and then spent the rest of his life at the Woodburn Auction. He will be missed by a lot of people.
Survivors include his wife, Beverly, and her daughter and family; his faithful and loving brother, Lewis Morin, and his wife, Elnore, and their sons, Steve and Stan, and their families, all of Woodburn; sons, Eddie, Kenny and Ron; a sister, Mary Edith Plummer, and her husband, Don, of Richland; a sister, Donna Rae, and stepsister, Clarice Jones of Albany; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother; and his brothers, Harold E. Morin and Roy E. Morin.
Lois Bateman
Lois Mae Bateman, 80, of Junction City, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 13, 2005, at her home.
At her request, there will be no funeral.
Lois was born on July 1, 1924, at Monument. She moved to Richland when she was a small girl and had moved to Junction City from Baker City about 25 years ago.
She enjoyed fishing, the outdoors and any kind of puzzles. She was a loving mother and sister.
Survivors include her four children and seven grandchildren, Garry Molyneaux of Junction City and his children, Garry Jr. and Jeannette of California, Carolyn Mehlhorn of Baker City and her children, Darla Curtis of Boise and Jeff Buxton of Fairplay, Colo., May Colerick and her husband, Wayne, and their children, Fred and Michelle, all of Baker City, and Betty Logan and her husband, Butch, and their son, James of Monroe; two brothers, Floyd Simonis and his wife, Teena, of Baker City, and Lloyd Simonis and his wife, Juanita, of Darlington, Idaho; two sisters, Ruth Fox of Baker City and Jean Croxin and her husband, Tom, of Umatilla; and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry; her parents, Alex and Susie Simonis; and two brothers, Harold and Harlan Simonis.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
‘Patsey' Conner
Patricia R. "Patsey" Conner, 70, of Union, a former longtime Baker City resident, died Jan. 18, 2005, at Grande Ronde Hospital in La Grande.
Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Patsey's brother-in-law Forrest Turner will officiate. There will be a reception at the family home after the service.
Visitations will be from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Patsey was born on April 18, 1934, at Halfway to Lawrence Albert and Alberta Holcomb Conner. In 1942, the family moved to Pondosa where she attended Union schools. Patsey moved to Baker City in 1950, where she lived until she moved to Union in 2001.
She enjoyed crocheting tablecloths and bedspreads.
Survivors include her twin sons, Jason and Justin Judkins of Baker City; her stepchildren, Barbara Davis of Ontario, and Gary Judkins of Juneau, Alaska; her brother Verlin Conner of Tygh Valley; her sisters, Nellie Turner and Rosmary Howerton of North Powder and Shirly Stoddard of Union; and two granddaughters, Adrianna Marie Simonson and Ashlee Renae Judkins.
She was preceded in death by her ex-husband, George Judkins; her mother, Alberta Conner; her father, Albert Conner; three brothers, Daryl Conner, Daniel Conner and Don Ray; and a sister, Alberta Walker.
Memorial contributions may be made to the family to help with Patsey's services through Gray's West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
