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Herman R. Dopp
Baker City, 1928-2017
Herman R.
Dopp, 88,
passed away
on January
12, 2017 at
St. Alphon-
sus Hospital
Herman R.
in Ontario,
Dopp
Oregon after
hip surgery.
He resided at Settler’s
Park Nursing Home in
Baker City, Oregon for
the past year due to his
advanced Dementia Al-
zheimer’s condition.
At Herman’s request
there will be no services,
his family will honor him
privately.
Herman Ryder was born
to Herman Claussen &
Irene Arabelle (Ryder)
Dopp on September 6,
1928 at Auburn Park Hos-
pital in Chicago, Illinois.
He was baptized Oc-
tober 7, 1928 at Drexal
Park Church in Chicago,
Illinois.
When his grandfather,
John C. Dopp died in 1937,
his father moved the family
back to the farm at Ettrick,
Wisconsin to manage the
dairy farm.
His outstanding memory
of living in Chicago was
watching the baseball
games with his father and
seeing Babe Ruth point his
bat and hit home runs.
Because of his love of
baseball at an early age,
when his son Wayne was
old enough to play ball
he volunteered as a coach
throughout his entire
school years.
His favorite team was
the Atlanta Braves and of
course his favorite football
team was the Green Bay
Packers.
Herman grew up in
the Ettrick area and later
attended high school in
Galesville, Wisconsin.
After high school he went
to Chicago and worked for
a while, then returned to
Wisconsin and he accepted
a position of Assistant
Engineer for the Wisconsin
Highway Department.
In 1948, when working
in the Black River Falls
area, he met his future wife
The
Eleanor Kuenzel. They
were engaged in November
of 1948 and married on
March 5, 1949 at the Evan-
gelical Lutheran Church in
Black River Falls, Wis-
consin.
After marriage he ac-
cepted a position as a
Dairy Farm Manager on
the Dopp family farm
near Ettrick, Wisconsin.
Herman and Eleanor lived
there for one year, and
then he chose to go on to
construction work. He was
a heavy equipment opera-
tor on dam site construc-
tion in Montana, Missouri,
Arkansas and Idaho.
His wife and two daugh-
ters joined him after his
time spent in Montana,
moving until the ended up
in Redmond, Oregon when
he was between jobs. He
accepted a job with the
US Department of Soil
Conservation in 1952 and
transferred to Baker City,
Oregon.
On February 17, 1956,
two fl iers from Kennewick,
Washington were rescued
in the Blue Mountains with
an experimental snow trac-
tor, a Frandee “Snoshu”
assigned to the Burnt River
Soil Conservation District
driven by Herman Dopp.
The headline in the
newspaper said “Deep
Snow no Obstacle for
“Snoshu” Tractor Driven
by Dopp of Baker.”
The day before Herman
drove “Snoshu” to the
rescue, fi ve men attempted
to reach the stranded fl iers
but were unsuccessful.
When the Northwest/EI-
Pasco natural gas pipeline
came through Baker, he
went to work as a shift
engineer at the local plant
for a few years before
returning to work for the
federal government at the
US Forest Service, retiring
September 8, 1990 with
more than 30 years of
federal service.
While working in the
engineering department,
he was selected to design
and survey the Union
Creek campground at Phil-
lips Lake, as well as the
Whitney-Tipton Highway.
Later he transferred to the
soils department and then
to the road crew, where
he built the large rock
monuments that hold the
Wallowa Whitman Na-
tional Forest entrance and
Headquarters signs.
Herman was an avid
fi sherman and hunter, who
thought life ended when he
was unable to hunt or fi sh
anymore.
He tied his own fl ies and
some of his fi shing lures.
Herman also reloaded all
ammunition for his shot-
guns, rifl es, and pistols.
His favorite time of year
was when he would camp
out and hunt or fi sh.
He was a lifetime
member of the National
Rifl e Association, Oregon
Shooters Association
and the Baker Trap Club.
He was also a longtime
member of the Powder
River Sportsman’s club.
He and B. Brooks created
the original survey for the
Virtue Flat shooting range.
Herman was preceded in
death by his parents, two
sisters and brother in-laws;
Carol (Dopp) and Vince
Oliver, Joyce (Dopp) and
Harold Server. He was
also preceded in death by
his nephew Rick Server.
He leaves behind his
wife Eleanor of 67 years;
his daughters Eileen
Hiedeman (Don) Rohus,
Monica Brown (John)
Collins and son Wayne
(Melody) Dopp; brothers
John F. Dopp of Ettrick,
Wisconsin and Richard L.
Dopp of Canby, Oregon.
He also leaves behind his
grandchildren; Crystal
(Hiedeman) Rhodes, Brian
Brown, Julie (Brown)
Gholson, Gina (Col-
lins) Levin, Cory Dopp,
Matthew Dopp and Kury
Rohus, eight great-grand-
children and fi ve great-
great grandchildren along
with numerous nieces and
nephews.
Should friends and fam-
ily desire, memorial contri-
butions may be made to the
Powder River Sportsman’s
Club, National Rifl e As-
sociation, or to a charity of
your choice through Gray’s
West & Co. Pioneer Chapel
at 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker
City, OR 97814.
To light a candle in honor
of Herman, please visit:
www.grayswestco.com.
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