2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015
Local
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— Community Calendar —
Mining meeting
The Eastern Oregon Mining Association will meet
Friday, January 2, 6 p.m. at City Hall in the Council
Chambers.
Boy Scout tree pickup
Saturday, January 3, 8:30 a.m. Don’t know what
to do with your crispy Christmas tree? Set it on the
curb in the early morning and the local Boy Scouts
will pick it up for you. Tips accepted. Just leave an
envelope on your door.
Ski conditioning seminar
Tuesday, January 6, as part of our free community
educational seminars at the Baker County YMCA,
6:30-7:30 p.m. Wear workout clothes.
Boardman to Hemingway
transmission line, public meetings
Thursday, January 8, 2015 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the
Best Western Sunridge Inn in Baker City.
Friday, January 9, also from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., at the
Durkee Community Hall.
JAIL ROSTER
STRITMATER, Blaine
COOK, Kristopher
DEMARIS, Cody
CAMPBELL, Casey
DARNELL, Jason
ELKSHOULDER, Ida
MASZK, Caleb
MUNSELL, Emily
RICCI, Carrie
BELL, Kimberly
COLE, Michael
WHITMORE, Richard
CULLEY, Andrew
EFIRD, Debra
FISCHER, Jacob
HELLMAN, Kenny
FINE, Tamara
SYPHERD, Crystol
ENTERMILLE, Forrest
DESHIRLIA, Cory
DUNLEAVY, Chance
SULT, Jeff
MCBRIDE, Steven
WHITLOW, Jonathon
PETERSON, Linda
KITCH, Roberto
COMBS, Brian
Eldercare discussion
Thursday, January 8, 2015, 1-3 p.m. at Community
Connection in Baker City. This month’s topic is “5
Most Requested Services for the Elderly in Baker
County.”
County Commission session
The next Board session is scheduled for Wednes-
day, January 9, at 9 a.m.
Community Dance
Saturday, January 10, 2015 at Crossroads Art Cen-
ter, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Featuring the live string band
“HouseBlend” and caller Mark Lewis. $5 per person
or $2.50 for any Crossroads member. Please bring
a snack to share. Coffee, tea, and water will be pro-
vided. Sponsored by the Elkhorn Swingers Square
& Round Dance Club. Contact Richard Rubicam at
503-560-9005 with questions.
Business Round Tables
Wednesday, January 14, 8 a.m., at The Little Bagel
Shop, and Thursday, January 15, at The Little Pig
restaurant.
2015 Chamber Awards Banquet
Saturday, January 17. No-host social hour 5-6:30
p.m. Program starts at 6:30 p.m. Dinner starts at 7:00
p.m. “Back to the Future” is the theme. Sponsorships
are still available. Contact the Chamber.
SWCD annual dinner meeting
Tuesday, January 23, 2015. Baker County Soil
and Water Conservation Districts will holding their
Annual Dinner Meeting at the Sunridge Inn. There
will be a “no-host” social hour beginning at 5:30
p.m. and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. $15 per
person. Call 523-7121, ext 100 or ext 109.
Mining and natural resources
conference
Tuesday, January 27, noon till 4 p.m. with a
reception from 4-5 p.m. at the Baker County Events
Center.
A Night at Old Auburn
Saturday, February 28. The Friends of the Mu-
seum 6th annual Casino Night Fund raiser are now
available for sale at the museum. At only $28, tick-
ets to this fun event make great holiday gifts! You
can also get museum membership gift certificates for
the 2015 season.
Betty Jones
Richland, 1915-2014
Betty
Jones, 99,
died on Tues-
day, Decem-
ber 23, 2014,
at home in
Richand,
Oregon.
Betty
There
Jones
will be a
viewing on
Friday, January 2, 2015 at
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home from 3 to 6 p.m. A
Traditional Funeral Service
will be held on Saturday,
January 3, 2014, 11:00
a.m. at the Eagle Valley
Grange (which is in the
newly remodeled Richland
Elementary School, corner
of Main and Moody Road)
in Richland. Interment at
Eagle Valley Cemetery.
Friends are invited to
join the family for a pot-
luck reception to be held
immediately following the
interment at the Eagle Val-
ley Grange.
Lois “Betty” Adelle
was born on May 22,
1915 in Adams, Oregon to
Frank and Zelma (Lewis)
Henry. The family moved
to Catlow Valley by train
when Betty was 1 1/2
years old. They lived in a
dugout until lumber could
be brought in by wagon to
build a house. School days
were spent in a one room
schoolhouse and the Crane
Boarding School. Her
parents raised the children
with all the joys of the out-
doors, including trapping
jack rabbits for five cents
a pair of ears. She was
so proud she could buy
clothes and a saddle with
her own earnings.
Betty loved horses and
loved to tell her many tales
of riding through the hills
of the Steens, Wallowa’s
and more. She loved help-
ing others, including lead-
ing a 4H riding club for
young people. Her days
were filled with laughte ,
fishing and her great coo -
ing.
On May 25, 1936, Betty
married Henry T. Bunyard
in Burns by the Justice
of the Peace. They made
their first home at Crane,
Oregon and owned a gas
station in Ashland, Oregon.
It was in Ashland that they
had their first child, a son
Jim. They later moved to
to St. Johns Woods (which
was in Portland) in 1942,
and they both went to work
for Kaiser shipyard, Betty
worked as a welder on the
Victory Ships. The next
child, daughter Gayle was
born in Portland. The fam-
ily moved to Elgin in 1947,
son Gene was born several
HAMM, Todd
TREANOR, Kevin
BRINEY, Justin
NICHOLS, Robert
GRIGGS, Corey
LEWIS, Neil
ANDERSON, Gillian
PAULSEN, Nathan
RICCI, Devin
PARKAY, Samantha
MCLEAN, Jeremy
SCHISLER, Chet
BROMLIE, Scott
TAYLOR, Gene
BOWMAN, Chad
SCOTT, Chancy
MACK, Dale
FREEMAN, David
12/29. Attempted UUMV.
Demaris, Cody James. 12/29.
Assault IV Domestic.
Stritmater, Blaine Alan. 12/30.
Probation Violation, Multnomah
County.
POLICE LOG
Ricci, Carrie Jean . 12/26. Out
of County Detainer.
Hendrikson, Carmon Deon.
12/26. Baker County Justice
Court Cite and Release warrant.
Munsell, Emily Alicia. 12/26.
Conspiracy to Commit a Crime.
Cook, Kristopher Michael.
Charlie Hood, 55, of Richland,
died at his home on Tuesday,
December 23, 2014. There will
not be a service. Arrangements
are under the direction of Tami’s
Pine Valley Funeral Home. On
line condolences may be shared
at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral-
home.com.
— Obituaries —
years later. While in Elgin
they ranched, raised horses
and sheep.
Betty’s husband Henry
followed construction
during 1956 through 1959,
then relocating the fam-
ily to Richland, March 9,
1959. While in Richland,
Henry started a land level-
ing business. Betty always
felt slighted that they
didn’t have a real wed-
ding ceremony, so on their
50th Anniversary, in 1986,
Henry and Betty renewed
their marriage vows on
horseback at the Halfway
fairgrounds . Henry passed
away March of 1987.
Betty later married Her-
schel Jones in December
of 1989. Herschel passed
in 2001.
During Betty’s life
she worked as a welder,
waitress, cook, bartender,
housewife, sold Avon and
Sarah Coventry jew-
elry. She belonged to the
Eastern Star, Eagle Valley
Grange, Fair Board, Re-
becca’s, was Grand Mar-
shall of the Baker County
Fair, Grand Marshal of
Eagle Valley Days in 2014
and member of the New
Bridge Nazarene Church.
She was preceded in
death by her husband’s
Henry and Herschel, two
sisters Norma Myers and
her twin sister Peggy
Cockrell in 1988, step-son
Butch Jones, step daughter
Nona Jones Burr.
Betty is survived by her
son Jim Bunyard and his
wife Sandi, daughter Gayle
Haga and husband Bob,
son Gene Bunyard and his
wife Bonnie; step-children
Clifford Jones, and Nona
Jones Burr, deceased, 15
grandchildren, numerous
great grandchildren, great
great grandchildren, niec-
es, nephews and cousins.
For those who would
like to make a memorial
contribution in memory of
Betty may do so to either
the Eagle Valley Grange
or the Eagle Valley EMT’s
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Donna Mae Kelley
Bording Curts
Baker City, 1922-2014
Donna Mae Kelley Bor-
ding Curts, 92, of Baker
City, died December 26,
2014,
at her home, with her son
and daughter-in-law at her
side. Her funeral will
be at 10 a.m., Saturday,
January 3, 2015, at Gray’s
West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.
FUNERALS PENDING
Joyce Short, 83, of Baker City,
died at her daughter’s home in
Baker City. There will not be a
service. Arrangements are under
the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Cremation Ser-
vices. On line condolences may
be shared at www.tamispineval-
leyfuneralhome.com.
Bishop Park-
er Ussery, of
the L.D.S.
church will
officiate
There will
be a view-
ing at Gray’s
Donna
West & Co.
Curts
the day be-
fore, Friday, January
2, 2015 from 2 p.m to 7
p.m.
Donna was born June 2,
1922, at Elko, Nevada, to
Otto John Kelley and Pearl
McBride Kelley. Being the
daughter of a Union Pacific
railroad engineer, Donna
grew up near Union Pa-
cific s rail line, completing
grammar school in Elko,
Nevada, High School in
Winnemucca, Nevada, and
Nursing School in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Donna married Le-
Roy Bording, the love
of her life, June 1942, in
Winnemucca, Nevada. Roy
died 1 year later in a plane
crash during WWII. Donna
supported the war effort,
first while in Chicago
manufacturing K rations,
and later in Salt Lake City
as a member of the U.S.
Cadet Nurse Corps.
After completion of Nurs-
ing School in Salt Lake
City, in 1946, she worked
as a Registered Nurse at
Salt Lake City General
Hospital.
Donna married Paul
Curts, May 1948, in
Winnemucca, Nevada, then
moved to Baker, Oregon,
where she worked at both
(old and new) St. Elizabeth
Hospitals in Baker, Or-
egon. Their marriage pro-
duced 4 children, Bruce,
Diane, Gail and Keith.
Donna and Paul divorced
in 1993.
Through the years,
Donna worked as a Medi-
cal, Surgical and ER nurse,
but her passion was deliv-
ering babies. Many times
through the years she, or
her family, were stopped
on the street by mothers
she helped through deliv-
ery, always thanking her
for the extra care, compas-
sion and advice she offered
them. Donna volunteered
for Red Cross blood drives
for many years and served
a stint as President of
Baker County’s Oregon
Nurses Association.
Donna was active in the
L.D.S church, active in ge-
nealogy, and loved to help
at the Family History Cen-
ter in Baker City.
Survivors include her
son, Keith Curts, and his
wife, Pim, of Baker City;
daughter, Diane Robeck,
and her husband, Steve, of
Tonasket, Wash.; daughter,
Gail Worthen of Taylors-
ville, Utah; and numerous
grandchildren and great-
grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by both
husbands, a son, Bruce
Curts; her parents; a grand-
daughter, Kirsten Robeck;
her brother, Terrence
Kelley; and sister, Darlene
Kelley.
Memorial contributions
may be made to MayDay,
Inc. of Baker City, through
Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave,
Baker City, Ore., 97814.
William “Buck”
Alderson
Baker City, 1930-2014
William H. “Buck”
Alderson 84, a resident
of Baker City, OR died
December 18, 2014 at St.
Alphonsus Medical Center,
Baker City.
Memorial services for
“Buck” will be held Sat-
urday, January 3, 2015 at
2:00 p.m. in the Seventh-
day Adventist Church,
42171 Chico Rd. Baker
City, OR. Pastor Tony
Brandon will officiate. A
private family burial was
held at Mt. Hope Cem-
etery.
“Buck” was born August
12, 1930 in Arapaho, Okla-
homa, a son of Moses H.
& Fay Lucille (Harris) Al-
derson. He graduated from
Baker High School and
attended college for a time.
He served in the US. Army
for two years and held the
rank of Corporal (acting
Sergeant). During his tour
of duty in Korea, one spe-
cial event stood out. That
was when “Buck” was
selected for special guard
duty for Generals Mark
Clark & Matthew Taylor,
the supreme commander
and adjutant of the entire
Korean campaign at that
time.
“Buck” married Doris
“Dimp” Ridenour in 1955
in Baker City, OR. Before
beginning his career as a
mechanic, “Buck” worked
as a bookkeeper and a tele-
phone company lineman.
He attended many John
Deere Service Schools
working as an Ag and
heavy equipment mechanic
working for Jones & Son,
Baker-Union Tractor, US
Forest Service and Baker
Sanitary Service.
“Buck” was a dedicated
husband, father and friend
who never turned his back
on anyone’s needs. All
anyone had to do was call.
He will be greatly missed
by all. He was a active
member of the Baker Val-
ley Seventh-day Adventist
Church.
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