FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2016
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 9
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Luda Pauline Geiskop-
Brown-Weaver-Sutton
Should friends and fam-
ily desire, memorial contri-
butions may be made to as-
sist the family with Luda’s
headstone lettering, please
send donations to Michelle
Brown PO Box 1426 New
Town, ND 58763. To light
a candle, share a memory
or leave a condolence for
Luda please visit: www.
grayswestco.com.
Eleanor Anita
Ferguson
Baker City, 1922-2016
Eleanor
passed
away
peacefully
of natural
causes on
August
3, 2016
Eleanor
at Set-
Ferguson
tler’s Park
in Baker
City, Oregon. She was 93
years old. Family members
surrounded her with much
love.
Born October 12, 1922
in Dorris, California to
Charles and Ethel Owen.
The family lived on the
State Line Ranch since the
1850’s and their house was
an Ore-Cal Stage Coach
stop. Though the original
house at State Line Ranch
was in Oregon, Eleanor’s
father built another house
on the California side,
(just yards away) when
she was ready to enter
school, so that she and
her two younger brothers
could avoid having to go to
school in Klamath Falls, 20
miles away. She graduated
from Butte Valley High
School.
Eleanor lived at the ranch
until her marriage to John
(Jack) Gilbert Ferguson
on February 8, 1941 in
Carson City, Nevada. They
traveled to White Sands,
New Mexico where Jack
trained on a B-29 and then
to Stockton, California,
before he went to the Pa-
cific Theater. Eleanor went
back to the ranch , that she
dearly loved, until the war
was over.
They then moved to
Seattle, Washington where
she worked at King Street
Station until the earthquake
in 1950. They returned to
the ranch, until the family
moved to Halfway, Oregon
and bought the Pine Mer-
cantile from Harry Alex-
ander, with Jack’s brother
Dewitt (Buck) Ferguson
and his with Idabelle, in
1959. They all worked at
the store until it was sold
in 1973 to Terry Vaughn.
Now retired, they took
winter trips to Arizona for
a few years, where they
enjoyed golfing and ...less
snow.
Eleanor loved to sew,
bake, garden, can, and
quilt. She was a talented
seamstress and through
the years she made clothes
for all of the family and
herself. She made beautiful
quilts for all of the family,
and they are very much
cherished. She was a great
cook and loved to feed
people. Picking huckleber-
ries and hunting for mush-
rooms with friends was a
joy. Going on picnics was
at the top of her list, while
Jack and the boys fished.
She enjoyed visiting and
spending time with her
many friends. She enjoyed
playing Pinochle, Crib-
bage, and board games
with Jack and her children.
She was a wonderful
mother who lived for her
children.
She also enjoyed Bas-
ketball and dutifully kept
up on the players. But the
best of all was watching
her children participate in
sports at school. She would
be there cheering them and
their friends on. She was
very involved in PTA and
other school activities, and
a Boy Scout den mother.
In 2007, when she
became confined to a
wheelchair and was no
longer able to stay at the
family home in Halfway,
she moved to Settler’s Park
in Baker City. She made
many friends at Settler’s
park and enjoyed a more
social environment than
staying at home would
have allowed. She was a
gambler!, and did not miss
any opportunity to Bingo,
Bango, Twenty-One, or
any game that was being
played. She loved getting
her nails done, her hair
fixed at the beauty shop
there, and doing ceramics
and other crafts. She tried
to go on all the outings
that Settler’s Park offers,
her last one was in July
to Anthony Lakes, where
daughter Susan and grand-
son Tate met with her for
a picnic lunch . She made
friends with many of the
staff, and made ceramic
banks for their children,
they were like family. El-
eanor’s children all moved
back to the area in recent
years and this made her
very happy.
Eleanor was preceded
in death by husband Jack,
parents Charles and Ethel
Owen, and brother Wesley
and his wife Corky Owen.
Eleanor is survived by sons
John Ferguson, Ron and
Shirley Ferguson, daughter
Susan Ferguson Dugger,
granddaughter Amburre
Stafford, grandson Tate
Vasey and great-grandchil-
dren Amanda Glossen and
Courtney Ottmar; brother
Ellis and his wife Joan
Owen. Eleanor loved her
many nephews and nieces
like her own;
A graveside service will
be held at Pine Haven
Cemetery in Halfway,
Oregon at 11:00 am on
Friday, August 26th, 2016.
Food and refreshments will
follow at the VFW Hall in
Halfway. Those who wish
to make a memorial dona-
tion in memory of Eleanor
may do so to either the
Eagle Valley Ambulance
Service or Pine Haven
Cemetery Beautification
Fund through Tami’s Pine
Valley Funeral Home and
Cremation Services, PO
Box 543, Halfway, OR
97834. Online condolences
may be shared at www.
tamispinevalley funeral
home.com.
A special thanks to the
wonderful staff at Set-
tler’s Park Assisted Living
Center and Tami Waldron
and Stephanie Brown, at
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home.
Machelle K. Leggett
Baker City, 1964-2016
On
August
1st, 2016
Machelle
K. Leggett
was called
to our Lord
Jesus. She
Machelle
is very
Leggett
much-
loved, and
will be greatly missed.
Machelle was born in
Long Beach, Ca. in 1964.
She finished high school
in Orange County, Ca. She
took great pride in own-
ing a condo by age of 22.
Machelle was married to
Frank Stefanec for a short
time and together they had
their daughter Kristina.
She then met her first
love Karl Bernardy and to-
gether they had Machelle’s
second daughter Stepha-
nie. They lived in Orange
County before moving to
Riverside, CA. Karl and
Machelle also lived for
a short time in Big Bear,
CA. In 2004 they moved to
Baker City and Machelle
started working at Safe-
way where she became
acquainted with almost
everyone.
Karl was diagnosed
in 2009 with cancer and
passed away a short time
later in 2010.
Machelle contacted
me (Rick) later that year
because she knew I did
yard work; she asked me
if I needed a lawn mower.
I told her I did need a
mower and I would like to
maintain her yard in ex-
change. I asked her out on
a date but she said no and
that it was too soon.
In November I asked
again, but this time I asked
her if she would like to go
get firewood with me and
she said yes. From that
day on we were almost
inseparable. As we got
to know each other we
found we had the same
dreams and goals for our
lives. Machelle and I were
married August 4th, 2015.
One of our dreams was to
purchase a little piece of
property, and we had just
accomplished this goal
before her passing.
She was preceded in
death by; her mother Rose-
mary Hamilton, Brother
Matthew Hamilton,
husband Frank Stefanec,
husband Karl Bernardy.
She is survived by;
father Stanley Hamilton,
brother Mike Sexton,
husband Rick Leggett,
daughter Kristina Shel-
ton, daughter Stephanie
Bernardy, grandchildren
Karlie, Bentley, Lucas,
Adrian, Brayden. Machelle
also leaves behind numer-
ous aunts’, uncles’, nieces
and nephews.
I want to thank everyone
who has been a part of our
lives. There will be a cel-
ebration of life on the new
property at a later date.
To us forever and ever, I
love you.
Arrangements have been
in the care of Gray’s West
& Co. Pioneer Chapel at
1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, OR 97814.
To light a candle, share
a memory or leave a
condolence for Machelle,
please visit: www.gray-
swestco.com.
BTI hires new coordinator
Baker Technical Institute
(BTI) has hired Tammy
Pierce as a Program
Coordinator. Pierce’s re-
sponsibilities will include
program coordination,
grant writing, and business
development.
Pierce has 20 years of
progressive public sec-
tor experience, and most
recently was Community
Development Coordina-
tor in Baker, Union and
Wallowa Counties for the
Oregon Department of Hu-
man Services.
The Littles’ crossword puzzle
Across
60- Customer;
1- Doctrines;
5- 1998 Sarah McLach-
lan hit;
9- Refuse;
14- Final Four org.;
15- Jamaican exports;
16- Alleviates;
17- Largest tarsal bone;
19- Dukes;
20- Put ___ fight;
21- Trawler equipment;
22- Hawaiian dances;
23- Hold back;
25- Granny;
26- Concurs;
27- Sacred place;
30- Of great breadth;
31- “Silas Marner”
author;
32- Permit;
34- Reindeer herder;
35- New Zealand native;
36- Addition column;
37- Green prefix;
38- Islamic decree;
39- Cool!;
40- Values highly;
42- Chou En-___;
43- Four-star review;
44- Deceive;
48- Ill will;
50- Tibetan priest;
51- Rap’s Dr. ___;
52- Horn-shaped struc-
ture;
53- Expression of dis-
content;
55- Bellowing;
56- Sandusky’s lake;
57- End in ___ (draw);
58- Fine fur;
59- Can’t do without;
Down
1- Not curable;
2- Persistent rascal;
3- Inappropriate;
4- Pouch;
5- “Gunsmoke” star;
6- Songs for two;
7- Don of talk radio;
8- Horse-like animal,
term of insult;
9- Extinct;
10- Inveigh against;
11- Greek peak;
12- Complete collec-
tions;
13- Draft org.;
18- On ___-to-know
basis;
22- Capital of Vietnam;
24- Cut the crop;
25- Monetary unit of
Nigeria;
27- Reduces speed;
28- It parallels a radius;
29- Run into;
31- Words on a Wonder-
land cake;
33- General on Chinese
menus;
35- “Circle of Friends”
author Binchy;
36- Trompe l’___;
38- Any part of the face;
39- Twangy, as a voice;
41- Threefold;
42- Walked lamely;
44- Jackie’s predeces-
sor;
45- Prepares for publica-
tion;
46- Army leader?;
47- Prevent;
48- Marsh bird;
49- No ___!;
50- Knowledge;
52- ___ in Charlie;
53- 100 yrs.;
54- Non-pro sports org.;