i Record-Courier
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2015
Frances Eileen
Shurtleff
Aug. 1926 - Jan. 2015
Frances Eileen Shurtleff,
88, of Prairie City died on
Jan. 29, 2015 while at
Blue Mountain Care Cen
ter in Prairie City. A graveside service will be
held for Frances at a later time.
Frances was bom to Fayette Millard Bach
and Edna Maude (Boyer) Bach in Mountain
HOme, Idaho on Aug. 21,1926. She was the
third of six children.
;Her father worked for the railroad so the
faihilymoved often. She went to school in the
Mountain Home and Mullen, Idaho areas. The
year before Pearl Harbor was bombed, Frances
livedwith her oldest sister Catherine and
Catherine's family in Hawaii. In 1943 the Bach
family moved to Haines. Fran was part of the
last graduating class at Haines High School.
Fran went on to attend college in La Grande to
become an LPN.
She married Leslie Perkins and had two
daughters, Linda and Toby. She later married
Donald Brown and had three sons, Kelly,
Wade, and Brock. Fran met and married Lon
nie ® Shurtleff who already had one son, Lon
nig Lee Shurtleff. She and Lonnie had a son,
Jcihn D. Shurtleff.
Lonnie and Fran lived at Rock Creek and
raised cattle until Lonnie's death. Fran was a
gr^at cook and many family dinners were en
Alva Edison
Justus
Oct. 1923 - Feb. 2015
Alva Edison Justus, 91,
of Baker City, died Feb. 3,
2015, Services celebrating
his life were held Satur
day, Feb.'7, at 2 p.m. at Gray's West & Co. Pio
neer Chapel with Pastor Dave Deputy of
Calvary Baptist Church officiating.
Alva was bom Oct. 6,1923 in Rye Valley and
remained an Oregonian his whole life. He was
raised on a farm with five sisters and two
brothers who rode "Old Red", the horse, to
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high school in 1942 ill
Vale. Alva was an athlete, participating in high
school football and basketball, and was on the
boxing team. After graduation, Alva worked
side by side with his father, Tona, on their farm
until he left to serve his country in World War
II. This duty took him to South Korea on oc
cupational duty where he gained experience
and knowledge to operate heavy equipment
with the 13th Engineer Battalion. He was hon
orably discharged from the Army in May 1947.
Alva used' his G.I. Bill benefits to get his
pilot's license at a small airfield in Harper, fly
ing a Cessna 140. He enjoyed flying himself
and his friends around eastern Oregon, Idaho,
and Washington, but after he married his
Marion “Bruce”
Christman
Aug. 1943 - Feb. 2015
Marion "Bruce" Christ
man, yf, of Baker City
died Feb. 1 2015. A Cele-
br’ation of Life service will
beheld Friday, Feb. 20, at the North Powder
Fire Department at 1 p.m. with Pastor Jesse
Whitford of the Baker City Christian Church
officiating. Interment will follow at the North
Pdwder Cemetery. Friends are invited to join
thè family for a reception at the North Powder
Elementary School following the service.
Bruce was bom Aug. 5,1943 in La Grande to
Calvin and Helen Coffee Christman. He at
tended school in North.Powder. In 1961 he en
listed m the U.S. Marine Corps. He served for
six years until he was injured in the line of
duty. He saw action in Vietnam and the Do
minican Republic.
After Bruce’s military service he went on to
work in the logging and construction indus
tries in northern California and later in eastern
Oregon. He worked as a Surveyor, heavy equip
ment operator, and timber faller. After earning
a degree he worked for the Oregon Employ
ment Department. Then he contracted for the
La Grande Observer before his health forced
his retirement in 2006.
Brace married Laura Lynn Morris on June
19,1976 in Dayville. They combined their fam-
joyed over the years. Fran made quilts, loved
to play cards, shoot pool, and go fishing. She
loved all the grandchildren. Throughout all
those years Fran worked outside her home for
the Democrat Herald newspaper, H & R Block
and Senior and Disabled Services in Baker
City.
After Lonnie died, Fran sold the ranch and
moved to North Powder to be close to her
youngest son, John. Because of failing health
she moved to Baker City and lived at Idlewood
Manor and Saint Alphonsus Care Center.
When Saint Alphonsus Care Center closed,
Fran went to Blue Mountain Care Center in
Prairie City.
Survivors are Lonnie and wife Pat Shurtleff
of LaGrande; Linda and husband Dennis
Butenhoff of Barnesville, Minn.; Toby and hus
band Tom Hacker of Haines; Kelly and wife
Georgia Brown of Baker City; Brock Shurtleff
of St. Joseph, Mo.; John and wife Angela
Shurtleff of Haines; sisters Edna and husband
Alvin Gawith of Baker City and Carol and hus
band Andy Anderson of Guide Rock, Neb.; and
numerous grandchildren, great-grandchil
dren, nieces, and nephews.
Frances is preceded in death by her parents;
husbands, Leslie, Donald, and Lonnie; broth
ers William Bach and Gene Bach; sister
Catherine Hoopii; son Wade Brown; grandson
Darrel Hacker; and great-granddaughter
Berlyn Anderson.
Contributions may be made to the Eastern
Oregon Museum through Coles Tribute Cen
ter, 1950 Place Street, Baker City, Ore. 97814.
sweetheart, Norma, he never flew again.
Alva met and married the love of his life,
Norma Jackson all in the same year. They
were married in Vale on Aug. 10,1951. Alva
and Norma were married 63 years, and had
four daughters. He moved his family to Baker
City in 1970, and retired there at the age of 62.
He enjoyed hunting and fishing on the Snake
River.
Alva's career usually always involved heavy
equipment operation and provided an oppor
tunity to raise his four daughters on a farm, to
gether with all the farm animals and
adventures.
Alva was simply a kind gentleman with a big
heart. He worked hard, loved strong, and lived
long. He served his country, provided for his
family, was loyal, humble, selfless, and a
fighteruntilfrfe lastbreath. *•
Survivors include. Alva,’s ,wifex Norma L,
tus; one sibling, Erma Johnson; four daugh
ters: Lynn Miller and husband Bruce of
Vancouver, Wash., Toni Goss and Milo of
Baker City, Jeannie Olson and husband Roger
of Bend, Ore., and Jill Walker and John of
Moses Lake, Wash.; grandchildren: Shane
Giitridge, Kristi Miller DeVoe, Lee Miller,
Bobby Lemmon, Joshua Walker, Jared Olson,
Cody Meiser; and 10 great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
VFW Veteran's Memorial Club through Gray's'
West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.,
Baker City, Ore. 97814.
ilies and had two more sons. Brace, Laura and
their children lived multiple places in eastern
Oregon, before settling in the Baker Valley in
1991, so Brace could attend college in Pendle
ton and later La Grande where he earned a
bachelor of science degree from EOSC in 1998.
That was one of his proudest accomplish
ments.
Brace was a lover of the outdoors and spent
a great deal of time hunting, fishing, and pick
ing mushrooms and huckleberries, all the time
sharing his love and knowledge of the outdoors
with his wife and children, and later his grand
children.
Brace is preceded in death by his parents; a
brother Cedric Christman; and a sister, Janice
Christman Metz.
Survivors include his wife Laura; sister Carol
Wisdom and husband Duane of Nampa,
Idaho; sister Marylin Esquibel and husband
Felix of Nampa, Idaho; sister-in-law Betty
Christman of Lexington, Ore.; daughters Kelly
Kenworthy and husband Robert of Baker City,
and Tina Ingerson and husband Kevin of La
Grande; and sons Cedric and Charles Christ
man, both of Baker City. He also had five
grandsons, three granddaughters and many
nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to the
Wildland Fire Fighter Foundation and/or
Southern Poverty Law Center (Brace's favorite
charities) through Gray's West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, Ore.
97814-
Donald Lee Pringle
Dec. 1932 - Jan. 2015
Donald Lee Pringle of Baker City left his family and friends to a
new life in Heaven on Jan. 9, 2015 at the age of 82 after a battle
with cancer.
Don was bom Dec. 27,1932 in Longview, Wash. He was the son
of Victor and Dorothy Pringle of Kelso, Wash. Don served in the
Korean War on the front lines with the Army Infantry as a Sergeant
for three years. Don was preceded in death by his grandson, Phillip
Pringle.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Beverly Pringle; daughter,
Darlene Johnson of Vancouver, Wash, and son-in-law, Mike John
son; daughter, Char Buxton of Sherwood, Ore.; daughter, Linda
Sterr; eight grandchildren; and 10 great-grand-children.
Don worked for many years in the logging industry, but made a
career in construction building many roads and bridges in the Pa
cific Northwest when he went to work for a Roy Ladd Construction.
In the wilderness, Don found his life's passions: fishing, hunting,
and camping, in addition to his most beloved passion, woodwork
ing.
Don was an active member of the Baker County Sheriffs Posse,
and was voted Posseman of the Year. Don was an active member
of the Elkhorn Muzzle Loaders for the past few years, a 50-year
member of the International Labors Union, a VFW member, and
a volunteer at thé local food bank. He will be remembered for his
humanitarian work and for the significant contributions he made
to all of the hundreds of families around the world that he helped
throughout his life.
A memorial service was held to honor Don's life at 10 a.m. on Fri
day, Jan. 14,2015, at Willamette National Cemetery, 11800 South
east Mount Scott Blvd., Portland, Ore. 97086. The family has
requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made
to Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City,
Ore. 97814.
Donate Life NW Honors Ore. DMV for 40
Years of Saving Lives: Baker DMV Feb. 9-20
98 percent of Oregon's registered organ donors come through the
Oregon DMV.
Donate Life Northwest (www.donatelifenw.org), whose mission
is to save lives and improve health through the promotion of organ,
eye, and tissue donation, is publicly recognizing the work that the
Oregon DMV does every day to ask customers if they would like to
register onto the organ, eye, and tissue donor registry.
“Since 1975, DMV has been the main gateway for organ donors
in Oregon,” DMV Administrator Tom McClellan said. “About 400
DMV employees at 60 offices throughout Oregon are the driving
force behind asking customers whether they would like to register
for the donor registry and place a “D” on their driver license or
identification card.”
This year, Donate Life Northwest will go on tour with the 2014
“Threads of Life” quilt stopping at several locations around Oregon
to thank the DMV for its hard work while sharing local stories of
lives that have been impacted by organ, eye, and tissue donation.
in Baker City, the DMV is goingabpyæyfindbeyoniLïtSicaiiïnfdutyç.
It is also organizing a high school assembly on Wednesday, Feb:
18, at 10:30 with student leaders from Baker High School, to edu
cate the students about this important mission. Sarah Lein, DMV
Regional Manager, will speak about how she was touched by do
nation after hearing one of her DMV employees Shelia, share how
important it was to her to donate her son's eyes after his fatal car
accident a few years ago. Sheila will also speak. A particular high
light will be Baker City’s most grateful family for the work the DMV
does: Stacy Bingham will thank the DMV on Wednesday, Feb. 18
around 8:15 a.m. at the DMV and then go on to Baker High school
to share her family's story on organ transplantation.
Lindsey Bingham of North Powder, is eight years old and suffers
from dilated cardiomyopathy. She was listed on the heart trans
plant wait list on June 20, 2012. After being kept alive by the
Berlin Heart - a mechanical pump - for months, Lindsey finally
received her new heart on Valentine's Day 2013. Lindsey is the
third child of Jason and Stacy Bingham whose oldest daughter,
Sierra, received a heart transplant over six years ago and may need
to go back on the transplant list this year. What’s more, Lindsey’s
brother, Gage, three years old, also suffers from dilated cardiomy
opathy. Last summer he had a pacemaker implanted. He may
need a heart transplant one day too. Her other siblings, Megan,
10, and Hunter, 8, have shown symptoms and are being monitored.
In the Pacific Northwest alone there are over 3,000 people on a
waiting list to receive a life-saving organ. Nationally there are over
120,000 people waiting according to the United Network for Organ
Sharing. Donate Life Northwest encourages everyone to register to
be a donor to ensure that as many lives as possible are saved and
improved each day through the miracle of donation and transplan-
Becoming a registered donor in Oregon is simple. Add the “D”
code on your Oregon driver’s license application when you are up
for renewal or when you are getting your license, permit or ID card
for the first time, go online any time at www.donatelifenw.org to
register, or request a paper form by calling 1-800-452-1369.
Dear Chocolates,
You melt.
We melt her.
Death Notices
Amos Rasmussen, 78, of Baker City passed away on Feb. 8,2015 while at Saint Alphonsus
Hospital. Arrangements are being handled through Gray’s West & CompanjiRoneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, Ore. 97814.
Tonya Marie (Carpenter) Holland, 34, former Richland and Baker City resident, died
■ on Jan. 2,2015 at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho. A Celebration
of Tonya's Life will be held during the summer. For those who wish to make a memorial
donation in memory of Tonya may do so to help defray funeral expenses through Tami's
Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Servies, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, Ore. 97834. On-
. line condolences may be shared at wWw.tamispinevaileyfuneralhome.eom.
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