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Katheryn Braswell, 90, of Baker City, died April 8, 2002, at Ashley Manor Care Center.
Her graveside funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. The Rev. Lennie Spooner of the First Church of the Nazarene will officiate. There will be a reception afterward at the home of Pat and Bobbie Braswell.
Visitations will be until 6 o’clock tonight at Gray’s West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave.
Mrs. Braswell was born on April 5, 1912, at Baker City to A.P. and Lulu Sullivan. She attended Baker schools and was a 1930 Baker High School graduate. She was the editor of the 1930 yearbook.
She was a graduate of Southern Oregon State Normal School with a lifetime teaching certificate. She was active in Baker County education for many years as were her sister, Mabel Erickson, and her son, Patrick Braswell.
Her brother, Edward Sullivan, served several years on the Baker County School Board and her brother, Stewart Sullivan, established a scholarship fund for Baker County students.
She taught school for several years in Baker County schools at Little Lookout, Sparta, Carson and New Bridge and later served as a member of the first school board for the reorganized Pine-Eagle School District.
She married Allen Braswell on Feb. 22, 1935. They lived at New Bridge until 1942 when they moved to Sparta. There she helped her husband operate a general store, post office and ranch. She took care of two young sons, ran the general store and was appointed acting postmaster during her husband’s military service during World War II.
In 1952, the family moved back to New Bridge. After retiring from teaching, she helped her husband run an upholstery business for 17 years. She was quite active in the New Bridge Grange and was frequently involved with decorating the grange booth at the Baker County Fair and keeping the Grange notebook for state competitions for community service.
She donated significant time to the community by putting together and then maintaining the Eagle Valley Cemetery records in much better order during the 20-plus years her husband served on the Eagle Valley Cemetery Maintenance Board.
Survivors include two sons, Dennis Braswell of Renton, Wash., and Patrick Braswell of Baker City; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; all eight of her siblings, Mabel Erickson of Baker City, Edward Sullivan of Hereford, Mayme Lonzway of San Diego, Ethyl Hill of Opportunity, Wash., James Sullivan of Orange County, Calif., Stewart Sullivan of Baker City, William Sullivan of Baker City and Alden “Pat” Sullivan of Arlington, Va.; her husband, Allen Braswell, who died in August 2000; and two sons, Michael, who died in August 1993, and Timothy, who died in July 1947.
Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one’s choice through Gray’s West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
Susie Lewis
Susie Lucille Lewis, 86, of La Grande, and a former Union and Imnaha resident, died April 6, 2002, at a local care facility.
Her funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Bollman Funeral Home, 315 W. Main St. in Enterprise. Interment will follow at the Enterprise Cemetery. Visitations will be Thursday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lewis was born Jan. 13, 1916, at North Powder to Frank and Olive Adeline Davis Pearson. She attended elementary and high schools in North Powder. Her family were pioneers of North Powder.
She married Manuel Leslie Wisdom, and after his death in 1937 in a logging accident she married Garrett Samuel Lovell on Oct. 3, 1937. He died in 1975. She married Chet Lewis on July 6, 1979, in Joseph. He died in 1996.
Mrs. Lewis is survived by her children, Skip Lovell of Toledo, Kyle Lovell of Prairie City, Marvin Lovell of Joseph and Edna Perrin of Union; grandchildren, Gary Ray, Jackie Marie, Samuel Garrett, Rhonda Sue, Tammy Kay, Douglas Kyle and Timothy Greg; numerous great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; her sisters, Grace Viola Rowett of North Powder, Barbara Jean Baker of Baker City, and Phyllis Nadine Fettig of North Powder; a brother and sister-in-law, Henry Davis “Pete” and Edna L. Pearson of Baker City; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by four brothers, Elmer Vernal, Emery Frank, Calvin Lavern and Alvin Pearson; and by five sisters, Ruby Arletta Butler, Dorothy Marie Tiffany, Peggy Ann Spence, Lois Larose Campbell and Alta Mae Coates.
Contributions in Mrs. Lewis’ memory may be made to a favorite charity in care of Bollman Funeral Home.
Clarice Street
Clarice Eunice Street, 92, a longtime Baker City resident, died March 27, 2002, at Elkhorn Village.
Her funeral was April 1.
Clarice was born Jan. 3, 1910, near Cherokee, Okla., to Eunice McDowell Wells and Joseph Ellsworth Wells. She lived in a two-story home her father built over a spring so they could have running water in the home. In 1916 Clarice left Oklahoma with her parents; her three sisters, Ollia, Lulla and Daisey; and her two brothers, Joe and Dan. The family drove in a Model T Ford to Ontario, where they operated a dairy farm.
Clarice moved to Long Beach, Calif., in 1927, where she worked in her Aunt Amanda’s restaurant. She met and married Robert K. Street Sr. in 1928. She and Robert moved with their three-month-old son, Robert Jr., to the Street Ranch in 1930.
Clarice loved people. She often had numerous church outings, sledding parties, corn roasts, lawn games, outdoor church and potluck dinners at the Street Ranch. She loved going to church. She was a Dorcus Leader, visited homes, passed out Thanksgiving baskets, Gathered, and worked in children’s departments decorating and cleaning. She had a knowledge of healing using rest, fresh air and natural remedies which she applied to her own life as well as helping others.
Clarice is survived by her sons, Robert K. Street and his wife, Alice, of Baker City, and William D. Street and his wife, Kathy, of Portland; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three sisters and two brothers.
Contributions in Clarice’s memory may be made to the charity of one’s choice in care of Gray’s West & Co., P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
June Brown
June Lucille Grant Brown, 82, loving wife and mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died April 7, 2002, at Portneuf Valley Nursing Home in Pocatello, Idaho.
A celebration of her life will be held Friday at 11 a.m. MDT at the Century Ward Chapel on Fourth and Fredregill in Pocatello. The family will visit with friends from 9:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. prior to the service at the church. Burial will follow at Myers Evergreen Memorial Park in Ogden, Utah. Arrangements are under the direction of Colonial Funeral Home in Pocatello.
June was born June 17, 1919, in Dietrich, Idaho, to Charles Henry Grant and Sarah Inez Nelson. She married Ray A. Brown of Baker City on Oct. 5, 1940, in Boise. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls Temple in 1954. June was a lifetime active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She and Ray served a church mission in Texas from 1974 to 1976. She served in many positions of the church such as Relief Society President, Sunday School teacher and District Relief Society President, and she worked in the Young Women, District Missionary, and anywhere else there was a need.
She was a beautician from 1938 to 1974. Many of those years she worked out of her own shop in The Dalles, where she and Ray lived for 22 years.
June and Ray served many years in the Ogden Temple after moving there in 1978. They managed the Cutlery World Store in the Ogden Mall for five years.
June is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Ray A. Brown of Pocatello; her sons, Robert C. Brown of Mapelton, Utah and Richard G. Brown of Arlee, Mont., and a daughter, Kathleen Stephens of Pocatello; 13 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Lola Harsin
Lola Jennivee Harsin, 87, a long-time Baker City resident, died April 6, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center.
At her request, there will be no funeral. Burial will be Wednesday at Mount Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Harsin was born March 7, 1915, at Pomona, Mo., to William Mairott and Carrie Bell Deacon Mairott. On July 24, 1930, she married Theodore M. Hogg. Mr. Hogg passed away after moving to Baker City. On Sept. 8, 1958, she married Vernon F. Harsin at Carson City, Nev. Mr. Harsin passed away May 11, 1993.
Mrs. Harsin was a member of the First Christian Church of North Platte, Neb., and the V.F.W. Auxiliary of Baker City. During her life she was a bookkeeper for many firms, with three years for State Farm Insurance and 17 years for the Phillips 66 Oil Co.
She is survived by her sons, Clarence W. Hogg and his wife, Norma, of Santa Maria, Calif., and Ronald L. Hogg and his wife, Evelyn, of Baker City; a stepson, Paul W. Harsin and his wife, Emily, a stepdaughter, Wendy Smatlan and her husband, Edward; and three grandchildren.
Contributions in Mrs. Harsin’s memory may be directed to the charity of one’s choice in care of Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
Robert Carroll
Robert J. Carroll, 51, of Baker City, died April 5, 2002, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Boise after a long illness.
His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis Catholic Church, First and Church streets.
He was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He will be greatly missed by all.
Survivors include his wife of 24 years, Dolores; his daughters, Kathleen Arenas, and her husband, Antonio, Laura Carroll, and her fiance, Saul Gaeta; his sons, Robert Carroll Jr., and Austin Carroll, all of Baker City; three grandchildren, Hilary, Marissa and Johnathan; his parents, George and Mary Carroll of Baker City; brother, James Carroll of San Diego; and sister, Maggie McGuire, and her husband, Ken, of Emmett, Idaho.
He was preceded in death by his brother, George Carroll.
‘Chet' Holman
Henry Chester "Chet" Holman, 84, of Hood River, died Sept. 19, 2002, at his home.
His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Anderson's Tribute Center in Hood River. There will be a graveside service at 2 p.m. Friday at Juniper Haven Cemetery in Prineville. Visitations will be today at Anderson's Tribute Center.
Henry "Chet" Holman was born March 8, 1918, at Prineville to Henry Chester and Agnes Frison Holman. Chet was raised by his foster mother, Ida Wilson, of Prineville and was a graduate of Crook County High School.
He worked for various employers in Prineville such as the Civil Conservation Corps, machinist for Alexander Yaukey Lumber Co., and master mechanic for Crook County Roads.
During World War II Chet served in the U.S. Army as a staff sergeant. He was part of the Air Transfer Command. Mr. Holman was an airplane mechanic and worked on two of our former presidents aircrafts. Toward the end of Chet's service in the military he went overseas and served at Okinawa. Mr. Holman was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1945.
After the war, Mr. Holman returned to Prineville and married Ina Hardenbrook. Together Chet and his wife lived at Los Alamos, N.M., where he worked for the University of California in its science lab. In 1960, Mr. Holman and his wife moved from New Mexico to Bonneville. In Oregon Chet worked for the Army Corps of Engineers. Chet put time in at both the Bonneville and The Dalles dams as a machinist. The couple moved to Hood River in 1965 where they had lived since.
Chet enjoyed hunting and boating, but most of all he just loved to spend time with his family no matter what they were doing.
Survivors include his wife, Ina Holman of Hood River; sons, Phillip Holman of Washougal, Wash., and Richard and his wife, Vikki Long Holman. of Albuquerque, N.M.; daughters, Sheila Holman of Haines, and Juli and her husband, Ken Twidwell, of The Dalles; grandchildren, Stephani and Ranay Twidwell and James, Erika, Christine, Sidney, Allison and Hannah Holman.
Mr. Holman was preceded in death by his son, Sidney Holman.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Crook County Historical Society through Anderson's Tribute Center, 1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR 97031.
Dorothy A. Renz
Dorothy Annette Saunders Renz, 76, a former Baker County resident, died Sept. 22, 2002, at Ashley Manor Care Center in Redmond.
Her graveside memorial service will be Saturday, Sept. 28, at 1 p.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Dennis Hickman of First Lutheran Church will officiate. Disposition will be by cremation.
A reception will follow at the Sumpter Junction Restaurant.
Dorothy was born in New Bridge on March 25, 1926, to Merritt and Eva Saunders. She lived with her parents, and two younger brothers, Stan and Bud, on a beautiful ranch in Richland for the next 18 years.
Dorothy lived her life as a kind and gentle person. She never met a stranger, ate chocolate at every opportunity, and was always ready for the next adventure. Her laugh and smile will be carried in the hearts of all who knew her.
Dorothy was valedictorian of her graduating class at Eagle Valley High School. She was very proud of her achievement and often shared her pride with her son and daughter as she encouraged them to pursue a quality education. Following her high school graduation, she left Richland for Yakima, Wash., to attend business college. She worked in a local movie theater while attending school, one of those adventures about which she liked to reminisce.
Dorothy moved back to Baker and married Howard Donald Renz in 1947. Dorothy and Don had two children, Lynn and Mike. Don passed away in 1993.
Dorothy used her business college training and secured positions of responsibility with the State of Oregon Highway Department, the Pine-Eagle School district and the job she loved best, caseworker for the State of Oregon Social Services Department. Dorothy was always happiest when she could help others.
The musical talent, famous in the Saunders family, didn't skip Dorothy. She played the violin, loved to sing in community choirs, and always sang along when any music was playing.
Dorothy is survived by her children, Mike Renz and Lynn Renz Brogan; and two granddaughters, Hillary and Megan.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Redmond, Sisters and Grant County Chapter, in care of Gray's West & Company, P.O. Box 726, Baker City, OR 97814.
‘Fritz' Clapp
Katheryn Frances "Fritz" Clapp, 80, died Thursday, September 19, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.
Her graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Mount Hope Cemetery. Pastor Lura Kidner-Miesen of the United Methodist Church will officiate. Visitations will be Tuesday until 7 o'clock tonight at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St.
Mrs. Clapp was born Nov. 30, 1921, to Walter and Orpha Kelley Shryack at Eagle, Colo. She had one brother, Jack Shryack. The family moved to Haines in 1937 from Melba, Idaho. She attended grade school and freshman year at Melba, graduating in Haines in 1940.
She joined Weiss Brothers Furniture from 1942 to 1946. On April 2, 1946, she married Eldon Clapp at Pendleton. During a period in 1946, she worked at Ryder Brothers for Bob Bratt.
In 1947, they moved to Rapid City, S.D., where she worked at Dureks Furniture from 1947 through 1949. She demonstrated with sales, window displays, color coordinator and drapery measurements traveling in western South Dakota and Wyoming.
She moved with her husband, Eldon, to Paterson Air Force Base at Colorado Springs, Colo.; March AFB, Riverside, Calif.; Elmendorf AFB, Anchorage, Alaska; McClellan AFB, Sacramento, Calif., and Paine AFB, Everett, Wash.
In 1992, they moved to Baker City to help care for her mother, Orpha, until she died in 1996. During their married life they were know by close friends as Fritz and Ec.
Survivors include her husband Eldon of Baker City; her brother and sister-in-law, Jack and Betty Shryack of Spokane, Wash.; a nephew, Jan Shryack, and special friend, Tina, of Spokane, Wash.; a niece, Barbara Smith, and her husband, Mike, of Colbert, Wash.; and sister-in-law, Shirley Clapp of Baker City.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Eastern Oregon Museum through Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.
‘Opal' Dielman
Byrdie "Opal" Dielman, 85, died Sept. 12, 2002, at St. Elizabeth Care Center, where she had been a resident for three weeks.
Her memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at the United Methodist Church, 1919 Second St..
Opal, the first of six children of Robert David and Hazel Viola Fox Shropshire, was born on Jan. 14, 1917, at the family farm near Ashland, Kan., 50 miles south of Dodge City. She obtained her education there graduating as valedictorian of the Ashland High School class of 1935.
She married Raymond "Ray" Charles Dielman, who also grew up in Ashland, on April 18, 1936. That summer the couple, along with another newlywed couple, Tom and Beth Window, migrated together in Ray's Model A Ford to Boise, Idaho, where the couple's first two children were born.
In January 1943, the family moved to Baker City, where Ray had taken a job with the Railway Postal Service. In 1945, Ray shipped out to the South Pacific and Opal went to work for C. C. Anderson, a large department store in the 2100 block of Main Street.
In 1951, she left the work force to have a third child, returning to work in 1956 as a timber resource clerk for the U. S. Forest Service until her retirement in 1975.
Opal was a member of the United Methodist Church from her arrival in Baker City in 1943 until her death, serving many years as church treasurer. In the early 1950s Opal volunteered as an aircraft spotter atop Antlers Hotel as part of a nationwide early warning system designed to detect a Russian air attack. She also was a member of St. Elizabeth Hospital Auxiliary for many years.
Opal was preceded in death by her parents; an infant sister, Bonnie; and her brother, Kenneth, who died in 1958 at age 19 in a military aircraft crash.
She is survived by her children, Gary Dielman of Baker City, Chari Moser of Bellevue, Wash., and Cindy Carlson of Gresham; siblings in California, John Shropshire of Tarzana, Louise Shank of Westminster, and Betty Mattocks of San Luis Obispo; grandchildren, Katrina, Jeff, Nels, Greg, Chris, Kella, and Kate; and great-grandchildren Anya, Chrysta, Monica, Ashli, Garon, Kyle, Ariel, and Lars.
Contributions in lieu of flowers in memory of Opal may be made to the Baker Family YMCA or to the charity of one's choice through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.
