2 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2016
Local
— Community Calendar —
SUMPTER FLEA MARKET
Friday, May 27 through Monday, May 30. 150
Booths and vendors - Food, antiques and collect-
ibles. Blue Mountain Old Time Fiddlers - Satur-
day, two shows, afternoon and evening. Bingo,
Friday and Saturday. Ride the Sumpter Valley
Railroad! Visit the Dredge! Watch for event signs.
3D SHOOT FOR A CURE
Saturday, May 28, 8:00 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Wash-
ington Gulch Archery Range in Baker City. Call
541-519-2483 for information.
HARVEST CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY GRADUATION
Sunday May 29 at 3 p.m. at Harvest Church 3720
Birch Street.
MEMORIAL DAY AT THE
BAKER HERITAGE MUSEUM
Monday, May 30, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. “Honor-
ing Those Who Have Served” Past and Present
Servicemen and their families free admission to
museum.
— News of Record —
tion Violation.
Hensen, James Robert. 5.24. Pa-
role and Probation Detainer for
Probation Violation and cited and re-
leased the subject on a Baker County
Justice Court warrant for Contempt
of Court.
Lahey, Xysis Silk Duane. 5.24.
Improper use of 911.
Montiel, Kim Elizabeth. 5.21.
Contempt of Court.
Sypherd, Crystol Morgan. 5.20.
Baker County Parole and Probation
Detainer for Post-Prison Violation.
Cornett, Jeremy Russell. 5.20.
Criminal Trespass II.
Montiel, Kim Elizabeth. 5.20. Con-
tempt of Court.
LeBlanc, Jesse Pierre. 5.19. Con-
tempt of Court.
Hamm, Todd Jeffrey. 5.19. Two cite
and release warrants for DWS and
Probation Violation.
JAIL ROSTER
HENSEN, James
DUREN, Patrick
HARDING, Jestin
FISCHER, Jacob
SYPHERD, Crystol
FAIRALL, Cody
LEBLANC, Jesse
PURKEY, Danielle
SCHELL, Colten
SCHLAHT, Nathan
BRESHEARS, Brent
SUITTER, Desiree
SCHULTE, Michael
MCNAIR, Frank
BROWN, Geoffery
WALKER, Jacob
BAXTER, Benjamin
MULDER, Antoine
LATTYMER, Melissa
CLARK, Dexter
DEHERRERA, Kyle
GRAY, Robert
SCOTT, Austin
WITTER, Robert
HODEL, Cody
MYERS, Anthony
POLICE LOG
Hatfi eld, Amy Marie. 5.25. Proba-
DEATH / FUNERAL NOTICES
Frances Carol Smithson, 69, of
Grants Pass and Sparta died at her
home in Sparta on May 23, 2016.
Arrangements are under the direction
of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home.
HUNTINGTON CATFISH DERBY
May 28-30. Enter in the Catfi sh tournament and
see if you have what it takes to catch the biggest
catfi sh for the day or the entire event. The fun
starting on Friday with the sign up for the catfi sh
tournament then on Saturday starts the fun. Come
and join The Hookers and Cookers Catfi sh Cook
off. Take a walk through the fl ea market. Want to
sit for a while and meet fun and interesting people,
try your luck with bingo, or help judge the cook
off, sit and listen to the music. Want to kick up
your heels, the get in on the street dance and grab
a partner and dance till you drop. Lots of prizes to
win in many events like the Duck Derby, Bingo,
The Catfi sh cook off, Catfi sh tournament. Getting
hungry? After the cook off you can try out the food
from the contestants of the cook off, or go to the
VFW and enjoy their steak feed.
BHS HONORS NIGHT
The Baker High School Honors and Awards
Night will be Wednesday, June 1, at 7 p.m. at the
BHS auditorium.
RICHLAND - PANFISH TOURNAMENT
Saturday, June 4. Again this year we will offer
four divisions of fi shing opportunities: Adult and
Kids Boat & Adult and Kids Shoreline (Shoreline
fi shing is within the Hewitt- Holcomb parks shore-
line area only, explained at registration) Registra-
tion and Fish Check in will be at the registration
table located at Hewitt Park Registration and Par-
ticipant Check in starts at 5:30 a.m. on June 4th. All
participates pre-registered or those registering the
morning of the 4th may start fi shing after checking
in. All buckets and live wells must be checked by
a tournament offi cial before fi shing begins. All fi sh
must be presented to a tournament offi cial at the
registration table by 5 p.m. June 4th.
BHS GRADUATION
Baker High School graduation will be held Sun-
day, June 5, 2 p.m. at the stadium.
EAGLE VALLEY DAYS
Eagle Valley Days will be Saturday, June 18.
The event will kick off with a parade at 10 a.m. in
downtown Richland. Then on to opening ceremo-
nies at the grange park and kids games. There will
be art in the park and there are still vendor spaces
available at $5 per space. Crafty people, antiques,
collectables, shabby chic and other sellable items
can be part of this event by calling 893-6292 to
reserve a space. There will be a pie auction at 1:30
with great prizes. Bring pies to the grange kitchen
by noon. The kitchen will open in the park at 11
a.m. with burgers, hot dogs, nachos and shortcake.
Music and entertainment will begin at 2 p.m. Call
893-6292 or 893-6026 for more information.
On line condolences may be shared
at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.
com.
Rae Cecil “Bud” Stewart, 85, of
North Powder, Oregon passed away
on May 22, 2016 at his home. A Cel-
ebration of Life Service will be held
Friday at the Haines Steakhouse at
4:00 p.m. His graveside service will
be Thursday, June 2, 2016 at 10:00
am MST at Taylor Cemetery in Idaho
Falls, Idaho. Memorial contributions
may be made through Gray’s West
& Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, OR 97814. To light a candle
in memory of Bud please visit: www.
grayswestco.com.
Stephanie Ann Kinzel, 47, of Baker
City passed away May 23, 2016 at
her home. Arrangements are under
the direction of Gray’s West & Com-
pany. To light a candle in memory
of Stephanie, please visit: www.
grayswestco.com.
Corina Zarkouski, 35, of Baker City
passed away May 23, 2016 at her
home. Arrangements are under the
direction of Gray’s West & Company.
To light a candle in memory of Co-
rina, please visit: grayswestco.com
— Obituaries —
Helen Belle Wirth
Baker City, 1928-2016
Helen
Belle Wirth,
88, of Baker
City, Or-
egon passed
away at St.
Alphononsus
Medical Cen-
Helen
ter in Baker
Wirth
City, Oregon
on May 18,
2016. A visitation was held
Monday May 23, 2016
from 2:00 PM to 6:00
PM at Gray’s West and
Company Pioneer Cha-
pel at 1500 Dewey Ave.,
Baker City, Oregon. A
funeral service was held on
May 24, 2016 at the First
Lutheran Church in Baker
City, Oregon at 11:00 a.m.
Helen was born in Baker,
Oregon on February 15,
1928 to Marjorie Roxanne
(McConnell) Sipp and
William Charles Sipp. She
attended high school at
the Baker High School,
graduating in 1947. Helen
received training through
Pacifi c Northwest Bell and
worked for 20 years as a
telephone operator. She
also worked as a home
health secretary for St.
Elizabeth Hospital.
On March 4, 1950, Helen
married Joseph Harold
Wirth Jr. in Klamath Falls,
Oregon. They were mar-
ried 42 years before his
passing on December 11,
1992.
Reading, music, camp-
ing, working on cross-
word puzzles, visiting
with friends, and loving
animals are a few of the
things Helen enjoyed. She
was a member of the First
Lutheran Church, Lydia
Circle, VFW Auxiliary,
and various clubs during
her time in high school.
She had many accomplish-
ments through her life but
her proudest accomplish-
ments were raising her
three children, spending
time with her two grand-
children, and rescuing
and adopting numerous
animals.
Helen is survived by
her daughter Linda Wirth
Haynes of Baker City,
Oregon, daughter Christie
Wirth Zerfi ng of Garibaldi,
Oregon, son Karl Wirth of
Baker City, Oregon, grand-
son Adam Wirth of Baker
City, Oregon, granddaugh-
ter Victoria Wirth Tarter of
St. George, Utah. She is
also survived by numerous
and dearly loved in-laws.
She is preceded in death
by her husband Joseph
Harold Jr. and her siblings.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Best
Friends of Baker through
Gray’s West & Company,
1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, Oregon 97814.
To light a candle in
memory of Helen, please
visit: www.grayswestco.
com.
Billee Huff
Howard
Halfway,
1921-2016
Billee Huff
Howard,
94, a Pine
Valley native,
Billee
passed away
Howard
on May 4
2016. Billee
was born October 31, 1921
in the fi rst log house (two
room) ever built in the
valley, located in the lower
end of the valley. She was
the granddaughter of the
Oliver family who were
original homesteaders in
1878. Her mother Gladys
and father Bert Huff were
rugged pioneers.
She was the youngest of
fi ve children and she grew
up running the hills and the
Hooker Flat ranch, bare-
footed and free. She said,
“You jumped the snakes.”
Billee rode her horse to
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Halfway, and told of gal-
loping down main street on
her way home from school.
Billee married Wm.
( Bill ) Joseph and they
worked in the ship yards in
Portland during the second
world war. Billee was
a welder. She and Bill
had four children; Allen,
Denise, Keith and Paul.
She later married Warren
Epps and had a daughter,
Edrie. With the passing of
Warren she married Robert
Howard. On the passing of
Robert, Billee lived alone
for many years.
Billee loved to dance
and was an avid reader.
She was a great quilt-
maker and spent many
years making custom
rodeo shirts, for cowboys.
She liked to garden and
was always busy. In the
1980s Billee bought the
tavern now know as “Wild
Bills’ and turned it into
a full-service restaurant
and bar. She worked hard
to remodel, built the bar
addition and managed to
get the fi rst liquor license
issued in eastern Oregon,
in 17 years. She called it
‘Billee.” She loved the
business, the music and
fun but most of all the
people.
Many years were spent
with Billee managing the
Pine Valley Fair.
She raised the money to
buy the picnic tables, we
still use today and to pour
the concrete fl oor in the
exhibit hall that was still
dirt and sawdust. She was
very proud of the fair and
the community.
Billee is survived by
four of her children, eight
grandchildren and many
great and great great
grandchildren. She is
greatly missed but she told
us all, she was ready to go.
There will not be a
service, but for those who
would like to make a me-
morial donation in memory
of Billee, the family sug-
gests donations earmarked
for Fencing Material for
the Panhandle Fair and
Rodeo through Tami’s Pine
Valley Funeral Home, PO
Box 543 Halfway, Oregon
97834. Online condolences
may be shared at tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Geralean Sneddon
Halfway, 1935-2016
Geralean passed away on
April 22, 2016 in hospice
care after a six month ill-
ness. A Graveside Memo-
rial Service will be held at
Pine Haven Cemetery in
Halfway, Oregon on Satur-
day, May 28, 2016 at 11:00
a.m. Friends are invited to
join the family for a recep-
tion to be held immediately
following
at the home
of her sister
Grace Gu-
lick.
Geralean
loved the
aunt Mabel
Geralean
that she was Sneddon
named after,
but preferred to go by her
middle name. East of the
Cascades she is known as
Geralean and on the west
side “Gerry.” Geralean
was born to A.Niles Sr.
and Emma M. Goodwin
at home in Cornucopia,
Oregon on July 13, 1935.
the youngest daughter
of 5 children. The fam-
ily later moved to the Jim
Town area of Pine Valley,
where she attended the
Jimtown school through
the 8th grade. She attended
high school at Pine Valley
Union High School in
Halfway, Oregon, Where
she picked out her future
husband.
The family moved to the
ranch above Jimtown and
in the 1940’s purchased
the Endrupp sawmill that
became the Goodwin
sawmill on what is now
called “Goodwin Sawmill
Lane”. Geralean became
the last of the Goodwin
girls to deliver wood in
the “29” Chevrolet wood
truck delivering slab wood
around the valley.
She had one music les-
son at the age of six, taught
herself to read & transpose
music, played for church
at the Halfway Christian
Church at the age of 13. In
later years, she acquired
several pianos, much to the
chagrin of her husband and
sons. Her aunt, Jessiemae
Martin left her Hammond
organ to Geralean when
she passed, Geralean
played organ for Reedsport
Christian church, as well
as for many funerals and
weddings. She married
Blair Sneddon on July 7,
1953 at “Baker” Oregon,
they would have celebrated
their 63rd wedding anni-
versary in July of this year.
The Sneddons moved
from Baker County to
Florence, in October of
1955. Moving to Reed-
sport, Oregon in 1985
and back to Florence in
October of 2016. Over
the years she worked in
retail and as a restaurant
hostess, at the same time,
acting as the dispatcher
for Blair’s Appliance Parts
and Service in Florence,
as well as working in the
family’s coin laundry. In
addition she did child care
in her home for some boys
and one special honorary
granddaughter.
SEE OBITUARIES
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