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Donald “DJ” James
Hutton
Baker City, 1954-2016
DJ had a knack for grow-
ing the most beautiful
tomatoes, he had a green
thumb and when it came to
tomatoes, he grew the best!
When he wasn’t focusing
on his tomatoes he enjoyed
tending his garden, can-
ning, woodworking (which
he was very talented at!),
and refinishing furniture;
the results were beautiful!
He leaves behind his
wife Shelley Hutton of
Baker City, his daughter
Nicole Fischer of Boise,
Idaho, his son Joe Hutton
of Baker City, Oregon and
another son Mike Hutton
also of Baker City, Oregon.
DJ also leaves behind
two brothers; John Hutton
of Kevin, Montana and
Ron Hutton of Baker City,
Oregon.
DJ is preceded in death
by his parents John and
Shirley Hutton.
Should friends and family
desire, memorial contribu-
tions may be made to
Heart ‘n Home Hospice
through Gray’s West & Co.
Pioneer Chapel at 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City,
OR 97814.
To light a candle or leave
a condolence for DJ, please
visit: www.grayswestco.
com.
Nola May Whitley
Baker City, 1918-2016
Nola May Whitley, 97, of
Baker City passed away at
Settler’s Park Assisted Liv-
ing Facility under the care
of Heart ‘n Home Hospice.
Private family services will
be held in Clovis, Califor-
nia.
On December 5, 1918,
John L. Cunningham and
Nora Thomas Cunningham
welcomed Nola into the
world in Taft, California.
Nola attended high school
at Clovis High School
and then went on to earn
a teaching degree from
Fresno State. She was a
teacher for over 50 years
and taught students at the
Fresno Unified School Dis-
trict as well as basic skill
courses for Blue Mountain
Community College.
Nola married Davis
Prentice Whitley in Clovis,
California on June 7, 1939
and together they had two
sons, Phillip and Steve.
Traveling and seeing new
countries each year, col-
lecting carnival glass and
needle point were some
of her hobbies when she
wasn’t taking care of her
family and teaching stu-
dents. She was affiliated
with the A.A.U.W and the
First Presbyterian Church
in Baker City.
Nola leaves behind her
son Steve and Elain Whit-
ley of Albin, Wyoming;
son Philip and Judy Whit-
ley of Baker City, Oregon;
grandson Chad and Trina
Whitley of Cheyenne,
Wyoming; granddaughter
Lari and Vern Hoffman of
Hamilton,
New Jer-
sey; great
grandson
Wolfgang
Hoffman
of Hamil-
ton, New
Nola May
Jersey;
Whitley
great
grand-
daughter Bronwyn Hoff-
man of Hamilton, New
Jersey; great grandson
Devon Hoffman of Hamil-
ton, New Jersey; grandson
Wayne and April Whitley
of Baker City, Oregon;
great grandson Brett Whit-
ley of Baker City, Oregon;
and great grandson Levi
Whitley also of Baker City,
Oregon.
She is preceded in death
by her husband Davis P.
Whitley; brother Paul Aus-
tin Cunningham, brother
Warren Robert Cunning-
ham; brother John Estes
Cunningham; sister Lula
Edna Ross, brother Wil-
liam Alfred Cunningham,
brother Thomas Henry
Cunningham, and her
grandson Brett Whitley.
Arrangements are under
the care of Gray’s West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel.
To light a candle, leave
a condolence, or share a
memory of Nola, please
visit: www.grayswestco.
com.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
— Obituaries —
Hershel
was a
member
of the St.
Francis
de Sales
Catholic
Church;
Hershel
Baker Elks
Wood
Club of
55 years,
Knights of Columbus of
73 years and the American
Legion of 53 years.
He was preceded in
death by his parents and
sister Ernibe Patton.
Hershel is survived by
his wife Catherine, mar-
ried 73 years; sons Daniel
Wood of Nashville, Ten-
nessee, Timothy Wood of
Baker City, granddaughter
Tayler Wood of Baker
City, sister Freida George,
daughter in-laws Kriste
and Deborah, as well as
several nieces and neph-
ews.
Those who would like to
make a memorial donation
in memory of Hershel may
do so to the St. Francis de
Sales Catholic Church or
Heart n’ Home Hospice
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home & Crema-
tion Services PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
On line condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Jack McCrain
Hershel Wood
Huntington, 1935-2016
Baker City, 1926-2016
Jack
McCrain,
81, passed
away
August
24, 2016
at home
in Hun-
Jack
tington,
McCrain
Oregon.
A memo-
rial service will be held at
the Ontario Seventh-Day
Adventist Church, 322
SW 2nd Avenue, Ontario,
OR ~ 2:00 p.m. (MST) on
Friday, September 2, 2016.
Friends are invited to join
the family for a reception
to be held immediately
following the service at the
church.
Jack was born in Pueblo,
Colorado on January 11,
1935 to Leroy and Nina.
He was their second child.
His sister Marjorie, was 14
years older.
He attended Park View
Elementary School until
5th grade, Fountain School
for 6th and 7th and Park
School for 8th grade. He
remembered staying with
friends in Tabernash, Colo-
rado near Fraser when the
A-Bomb was dropped on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
He was 10 years old at the
time.
During his high school
years, he rode his horse
named Pet, to Pleasant
View High where Jack
graduated in 1953. Shortly
thereafter, Jack started
his first career as a horse
wrangler and ranch hand at
Paradise Inn in Scottsdale,
Arizona.
In 1954 he traveled to
Encampment, Wyoming
where he worked on the
Hershel Wood, 89, died
on August 20, 2016 in
Baker City. A Memorial
Mass will be held at the St.
Francis de Sales Catholic
Church in Baker City on
September 5, 2016 at 10
a.m.
Hershel was born on
September 7, 1926 in
Baker, Oregon to Carl C.
and June Woodcock Wood.
He attended six years
at elementary school in
North Baker. Three years
at Helen M. Stack Middle
School. Three years at
Baker High School gradu-
ating in 1944.
He was inducted into the
Army at Fort Lewis, Wash-
ington. Serving in the
153rd division as a Combat
Engineer in the Philippines
and South Pacific, from
1945 to 1946. Shortly
after he was sent to Japan
first landing of occupation
in Okinawa. He was very
proud to have served in the
military.
Hershel married Cath-
erine Elaine Osborn, they
had two sons Daniel and
Timothy. As a sophomore
in high school he was
released to start work as a
projectionist at the three
Baker theaters and contin-
ued to do so for the next
30 years. He also drove
a wholesale truck for 23
years, and worked for the
5J school district. After re-
tiring Hershel drove for the
State of Oregon Resources
and also for the Volunteer
Veteran’s Van. Hershel
never met a stranger he
didn’t want to tell a story
to, all of which about his
life experiences.
A-Bar-A Ranch as a horse
wrangler and met the love
of his life, Helen Ritchey.
She was a sophomore in
High School at the time,
and worked as the nanny
for the ranch owner’s
children.
Jack enlisted in the Army
in December 1954, and
went to boot camp at Fort
Ord, California. He was
deployed to Germany
where he served as a rifle-
man on an armored person-
nel carrier, and later as a
driver and mechanic. His
company went on NATO
maneuvers into the Black
Forest and surrounding cit-
ies that had been destroyed
during WWII.
After returning to the
states, he and Helen were
married January 1, 1957
at the Four Square Church
in Wickenburg, Arizona.
They moved to Pueblo,
Colorado where he worked
at the Steel Mill. Four
months later, he was hired
onto the Pueblo Police De-
partment where he worked
as a beat cop for a short
time. Next, they moved
to Ft. Collins, Colorado
where Jack attended Colo-
rado State University. He
was a member of Xi Sigma
Pi and graduated in June
of 1961 with a Bachelor’s
degree in Forest-Range
Management.
Jack worked for the Unit-
ed States Forestry Service
from June 1961 to 1986.
His first assignment took
him to Gunnison, Colorado
where he was employed
with the Gunnison Na-
tional Forest. In December
1966, he moved his family
to Meeteetse, Wyoming
where he was the Forest
Ranger of the Greybull
District of the Shoshone
National Forest. During the
next eight years, Jack and
his family shared many
memorable adventures
such as horseback riding
into the Jack Creek wilder-
ness area and summers
spent up at Timber Creek
Ranger Station. In 1974, he
returned to the Gunnison
National Forest and later
transferred to the Uncom-
pahgre National Forest out
of Delta, Colorado where
he retired in 1986 after 25
years.
After retirement, Jack and
Helen, along with their two
youngest children, moved
to Holbrook, Arizona,
where he worked at the
Holbrook Seventh Day
Adventist Indian School
as an agriculture teacher.
Later on, they moved to
Caldwell, Idaho so Retha
and Luke could attend
Gem State Academy. Dur-
ing this time, Jack worked
at Rhodes Bake-n-Serve
Bread, and as a night
watchman at Gem State
Academy.
Then it was on to
Richland & Halfway, OR
where he and Helen had a
Handyman business. Then
a move to Baker City,
OR, where he worked as
a certified nurse’s assis-
tant. During the summers
of 1991 and 1992 Jack
and Helen manned the
Wallowa-Whitman Summit
Point Lookout Tower. In
1993 he and Helen served
a 6 month Mission trip to
Beijing, China where they
both taught English as a
Second Language at the
University of Science and
Technology.
After returning from
overseas, they moved to
Cohutta Springs, Georgia
to be closer to their oldest
grandchildren, Caitlyn
and Courtney. During this
time Jack led horseback
riding trips and overnight
campouts for both summer
campers and adult groups.
After four years they
moved back to the Idaho/
Oregon area. He worked
part time transporting rec-
reational vehicles from the
factory to dealerships all
over the US and Canada.
He logged over a mil-
lion miles on the job. To
say the least, Jack wasn’t
afraid of work or travel. He
took easily to the life of a
nomad.
Jack served as an
ordained elder in the
Seventh-Day Adventist
Church. He taught his
children the value of strong
work ethics, the need to
care for wildlife, and skills
such as hunting, and fish-
ing. He also shared with
them his love of music. He
was an avid harmonica and
jus harp player. He dabbled
with the banjo and Appala-
chian Dulcimer.
Jack was preceded in
death by parents LeRoy
and Nina McCrain, and
sister Majorie Vaughn.
Jack is survived by his
wife, Helen. Four children,
Clark McCrain (Cathy)
of Colorado, Rhonda
Hancock (Al) of Arizona,
Retha Choi (Jongin) of
South Korea, and Luke
McCrain (Kelley) of Colo-
rado and seven grandchil-
dren, Alfred Hancock, III,
Caitlyn McCrain, Courtney
McLachlan (Mark), Isaac
Choi, Hayden Choi, Cole
McCrain and Jace Mc-
Crain.
For those who would like
to make a memorial dona-
tion in memory of Jack,
the family suggests either
Heart n’ Home Hospice
or to your favorite charity
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
On line condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com
We are grateful for the
kindness and love shown
to us by the staff mem-
bers of Tami’s Funeral
Home and Heart n’ Home
Hospice.
Phyllis Jean Hansen-
Hawkins
Baker City, 1935-2016
Phyllis Jean Hansen-
Hawkins, 84, of Baker
City, Oregon passed away
at her residence under the
care of Heart ‘n Home
Hospice on August 27,
2016. A visitation will be
held on Friday September
2, 2016 from 2-6 p.m. and
on Saturday, September 3,
2016 from
10 a.m.
– 12 p.m.
at Gray’s
West &
Co. Pio-
neer Cha-
pel, 1500
Phyllis
Dewey
Hansen-
Ave.,
Hawkins
Baker City,
OR. A
funeral service will be held
on Saturday, September
3, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the
Elkhorn Baptist Church,
3520 Birch St. in Baker
City, Oregon with Pastor
Tim Fisher officiating.
On September 11, 1931,
Phyllis Jean Hansen was
born to Henry McClure
and Tressie (Smith)
McClure in La Grande,
Oregon. She attended high
school in North Powder,
Oregon. In 1950, Phyl-
lis married Harold “Bud”
D. Hansen and together
they had five sons; Dee,
Don, Jerry, Phil, and Roy
Hansen. Phyllis and Bud
were married for 47 years
before his passing. In 1999
she was remarried to David
E. Hawkins and added two
more sons to her family;
Steve and Scott Hawkins.
Phyllis was a stay at
home mom and daycare
provider. She loved bak-
ing cakes, snowmobiling,
motorcycling, water skiing,
hunting, fishing, and any
indoor/outdoor activities
where good times could
be had. Phyllis was proud
to be affiliated with the
Elkhorn Baptist Church, a
charter member of the Blue
Mountain Snowmobile As-
sociation, and a member of
the VFW Auxiliary.
Phyllis is survived by
her husband David E.
Hawkins of Baker City,
sister Reva Calhoun of
Baker City, sister Mazie
Marquez of Savanna,
Illinois, brother Arnold
(Sheila) McClure of
Boardman, Oregon. She
is also survived by four
sons and two step-sons;
Dee Hansen of Baker City,
Don Hansen of Baker City,
Jerry (Carol) Hansen of
North Powder, Phil (An-
nette) Hansen of Cedar
City, Utah, Steve (Lynn)
Hawkins of Baker City,
Scott (Leslie) Hawkins
of Union, Oregon, nine
grandchildren, nine great-
grandchildren and numer-
ous nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death
by her son Roy H. Hansen,
parents Henry and Tressie
McClure, husband Harold
D. Hansen, brother Delmar
McClure, and daughter in-
law Becky A. Hansen.
Should friends and
family desire, memorial
contributions can be made
to the Wounded Warrior
Project or to the Doern-
becher Children’s Hospital
through Gray’s West & Co.
Pioneer Chapel at 1500
Dewey Ave., Baker City,
OR 97814.
To light a candle, share a
memory, or leave a condo-
lence for the family, please
visit: www.grayswestco.
com.
Man arrested in thefts Police talk school safety
Recently there has been
a series of thefts from
motor vehicles primarily
in the center part of Baker
City. In those cases U S
coins were taken from
inside the vehicles. On
August 26, Officer Coleton
Smith observed a suspect
acting suspiciously in an
area where some of those
thefts occurred. Officer
Smith made contact with
the subject however at that
time there was not enough
probable cause to affect an
arrest.
The following evening,
(8/27/16) shortly after
7:30 p.m. Officer Smith
and Reserve Officer Zach
Thatcher observed the
same subject in the same
general area where several
thefts from vehicles had
just been reported.
Officers Smith and
Thatcher made contact
with the individual at
Geiser Pollman Park and
this time probable cause
existed for him to be cited
for Theft III.
The subject cited was
Tyler Arthur, 23 years of
age, who resides at 3311
Place St in Baker City. The
investigation is continuing
in an effort to, if possible,
return stolen property to
the rightful owners.
With school back in ses-
sion, a couple of reminders
to enhance safety: Those
under the age of 16 are
required by law to wear
safety helmets when riding
bicycles, skateboards and
scooters. With a number
of students riding such
devices to school this year
it is important for them
to know what the law
requires. Doing so could
save their life or prevent
serious injury.
Each of our schools has
disabled parking spaces
adjacent to the school. It is
unlawful under both state
law and local ordinances to
park in such spaces unless
the driver displays a DMV
issued disabled parking
placard. That means that
stopping or parking, even
for a brief period of time
to drop off or pick up pas-
sengers, without display
of the placard is unlawful.
Fines are expensive and
our officers are enforcing
this law.
Finally a caution against
double parking. In their
haste to pick up students
some parents double park
in a lane of traffic when
curb side spaces are full.
Doing so is unlawful and
is unsafe for children as it
inhibits their view of the
roadway.