All Obituaries

Scott Abernethy, 80, of Elgin, Oregon died at his home on Monday, November 16, 2020. A Memorial Service  "Virtual Service on Zoom" will be held on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.  Due to covid restrictions, the service at the church will be family only.  To view the live zoom broadcast you will need to email the Imbler Christian Church at imblerbc@gmail.com prior to December 4 for instructions on how to log on to the service.    Arrangements are...

Betty Haugland, 85, of Baker City, passed peacefully in her home with her family at her bedside, on November 9, 2020.   Betty was born on July 15, 1935 to Harley and Amelia Pero, at home near Eatonville, Washington and was the youngest of eleven children. She married Ed Haugland on March 18, 1956 in Bozeman, Montana. Betty loved anything outdoors, especially riding horses and the ranch life. She spent many hours with her grandchildren and when they got “scuffed up”, her...

  Viola Millman, 87, of Richland, Oregon died at her home on Monday, November 9, 2020. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. (date and time to be announced) Viola Angeline was born on August 20, 1933 to Edward and Polly (Clifford) Land in Elgin, Oregon. During her growing up years the family moved a lot, but for a time she went to school in Enterprise.  Later in life she moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.  It was there she worked for the Casino Industries for 14...

Richard "Dick" Hopper, 75, of Pendleton, died on Sunday, November 8, 2020 at Oxbow.  Arrangements are under the direction of Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services.  Online condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com  

Henry Spivey, 87, of Baker City, made his final cast November 7, 2020. “If others wonder why I’ve gone missing, just tell em’ all I’ve gone fishin”.   James “Henry” Spivey was born March 23, 1933 in Baker City, OR, the 9th out of 10 children.  He attended school at Tiedemann (south baker) grade school; Helen M Stack (Jr High School) and Central Bldg. which was the high school.  He left school in March 1951, and...

Dorothy Peer, 82, died on Friday, November 6, 2020 at her home in Pine Creek, Oregon. A memorial service will be held Friday, November 13, 2020 at the VFW Hall in Halfway, Oregon at 2:00 p.m. Lillian Dorothy was born on December 28, 1937 to John and Ruth (Hunt) Kelly in Payette, Idaho. She was raised in Emmett, Idaho and attended schools in Payette and Meridian, Idaho. Dorothy was swept off of her feet by her high school sweetheart, Jerry L. Peer. They wed on November 24, 1956...

    Elizabeth "June" Halley, 80, of Richland, Oregon died at her home surrounded with love, on Sunday, November 1, 2020.  A Celebration of June's Life will be held at a later date (date and time to be announced)      June Halley, 80, died at her home on November 1, 2020.  A Celebration of June's Life will be held at a later date.  (date and time to be announced)       Elizabeth June was...

Loy C Smith, 85, of Baker City, often said that she would die in the same place she was born. While it wasn't the same building, it was the same town.  She was born on May 24th, 1935 in Baker City to parents Raymond and Ellen "Polly" Pauline (Boyd) Fossum and passed in the early morning hours of October 27th, 2020 in Baker City. Loy (named after Loy Wisdom of the Baker Wisdom House) lived a full life, forever calling Oregon her home.  Most of her time was spent...

Marie Carol Kowalski, 85, of Huntington, Oregon passed peacefully at the home of her granddaughter in Haines, Oregon, surrounded by family who loved her dearly on Saturday, October 24, 2020. Marie was born on March 24, 1935 in Hitchcock, South Dakota, to Eric Anderson and Elsie Anderson, nee Nammany. She married Joe Kowalski in San Diego December 17, 1951, while he was stationed in the Navy.  They raised four children on a farm in Boring Oregon, where she became a 4H Horse Club leader...

     Barbara Lee Perez, 75, formerly of Halfway, Oregon passed away October 20,2020 at an Assisted Living Center in Meridian, Idaho.  A Memorial will be held at a  later date. Her resting place will be dedicated on Nov. 11, 2020 at 1:00 at Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland, Oregon.      Barbara was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She enjoyed helping in the nursery on Sunday,  with the three year olds and...