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i Record-Courier Obitüß/iM/J\ltM,— — Gerald John Lequerica Mary Alice Williams Carroll June 1938 - Aug. 2015 Aug. 1926-Aug. 2015 * Mary Alice Williams Carroll, 88, ¿died on Aug. 6,2015 in Baker City. »She was bom on Aug. 17, 1926 in ■'Baker to John B. and Margaret William. Most of her early »childhood was spent in lumber camps around Bates, Austin ¿and Whitney. Her father worked for the Oregon Lumber ¿Company. The family lived year round in camp until her ¿brother John started to school. Then they came to Baker ¿where they lived on 15th Street. She and John went to ¿Churchill School through the 6th grade except for the 4th ¡grade when they went to school in a one room schoolhouse ¿.in Whitney. She remembers this year as the best time of all ¿her happy childhood. Her father came home every night and ¿they were all together. Probably the most important people Tin her life as a child were her brothers; John was 16 months ¿older than she and was the fount of all her knowledge. ¡■Berley was 21 years older and she adored him. When they ¿came to Baker from camp, he took her on his knee and they coagulated paint charts and she was allowed to choose the color he would paint the equator that week. She took this re sponsibility very seriously. The equator had to be painted often because "it is hot." • Mary went to Helen M. Stark Junior High School and grad uated from Baker High in 1944. On Feb. 17,1946 she mar ried her childhood friend George L. Carroll. They were married in the old Christian Church on the comer of 4th and Church Street. They spent most of their early married life in Baker. George worked as a meat cutter. They had three sons and a daughter. In 1954 George re-inlisted in the Navy and the family moved around quite a lot. George left the service in 1961 and they settled in Esparto, Calif., where they raised their family and lived for over 30 years. They returned home to Baker City in 1992. * Mary enjoyed doing needlepoint and many a home has her work hung on the wall. She also knitted slippers and dish 'cloths, all year to give as Christmas gifts. r She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, George who died in 2002, sons James, George Jr. and Robert. < Mary is survived by her daughter Maggie and her husband .Ken McGuire of Baker City; Delores Carroll of Vacaville, .Calif.; grandchildren Kathleen and her husband Levi Schomberg, Robert Carroll, Laura Carroll all of Baker City; .Kristen Glenn and husband Austin of Vacaville, Calif.; Stephanie Slavich and mate David Sanders; Austin & Cassie Schomberg of Baker City; great-grandchildren Hilary Rose, Marissa, Emily, Kelsey, Jonathan, Jasmine, Jax, Kenyan and Brodee Schomberg all of Baker City, Angelina & Abel of Vacaville, Calif.; nieces Joyce Raybom and her husband Bruce; Roberta Peterson and her husband Dennis, John 'Williams and his wife Rosa and their son J.R.; many won derful friends - David Burris was like a son to her; good ■ neighbors Bettie and Marvin Schmidt who did so many kind ■things for her through the years; Julie and her son Nick Bouchard who kept her lawn mowed, hedge trimmed, ■painted her krtchen and other things too numerous to men tion; Bev Coleman with whom she enjoyed many a ham burger, shared holidays and was a good friend; Sunny and .Jack Lillard of Roseburg, Ore., who called her Aunt Mary .and enjoyed a longtime close and loving relationship. Last but not least, her companion and much loved dog "Blossom Buttercup." Judy Chamard and John Powell have welcomed .Blossom Buttercup into their home, Mary was at peace with this kind gesture. She also leaves numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and extended family. . There will be a Memorial Service at Mt. Hope Cemetery at a later date for family and friends. Date and time will be announced. Julie made a beautiful box at Mary's request for ¿her cremains - it was much admired and appreciated. One thing that Mary always said and was, "I have to live with myself, and so I have to be nice for myself to know." A huge thank you to Heart & home Hospice especially ■Seth, Erica, Ben & Lettye. God bless you all for your kind ness and compassion. Those who would like to send condolences or make a memorial donation in memory of Mary may do so to an Animal Shelter of your choice through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services PO Box 543 Halfway, OR 97834. On line condolences may be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com A Free Market The community is invited to a free market hosted by the ■ Baker City LDS Church on Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. Back to school items such as clothes, shoes, »backpacks, etc. will be the em phasis, but all good, usable ¿items will be accepted. Dona tions of your gently used, func tioning items are most ¡welcome. The LDS is located i'pn Hughes Lane. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13,2015 Seethe Record-Courier website: therconline.com Phone: 541.856.3615 Gerald John Lequerica, 77, of La Grande, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015 at Grande Ronde Hospital. A casual dress Graveside Service was held at the Union Cemetery on Sunday, Aug. 9 at 1:30 p.m. A Celebration of Life reception followed at the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show Club House at 2 p.m. Gerald was bom June 27,1938, in Winnemucca, Nev., to John and Eloise (Mendeita) Lequerica. He grew up in Arock and Jordan Valley, Ore., McDermitt, Nev., Emmett, Idaho and Pondosa where he attended Pondosa Elementary and graduated High school in Union. After high school, he married Linda Baum on June 15, 1956. He then attended Eastern Oregon College graduating with a degree in Second ary Education for Math and Science. Gerald's love of trucking came from many summers as of age 4 in McDermitt, Nev., with his Papa Jo, Jaca Trucking Company. He formed a partnership with Tufty Bowman Trucking called LBow Trucking hauling logs in Eastern Oregon. He later continued to haul logs with his own truck ing business. Gerald also worked in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and for Eagle Truck Weaver Construction and Mike Becker Construction all of La Grande. Gerald was an avid lover of the outdoors from huckleberry picking to the many pack trips he made to the high country of Eastern Oregon. Many of those horseback trips were shared with his son Las and many other friends to hunt elk in the wilderness. If you were a mushroom, berry or elk and Gerald was around, you better hide. One of his other ventures was ownership with his partners of a dock on Brownlee Reservoir where they had countless days of fun and frolic as well as fishing. He worked hard and loved his off time as well. For many years, this crew sponsored and event called the Pig & Jig. Gerald is survived by his partner, Rayetta Thomas; his children, Las Lequerica (Shar), Joni Lequerica (John Coote) and Daren Lequerica; sisters, Eleanor Wood and Jonelle Krakau; brother, Tim Lequerica; grandchildren, Brianne, Rachelle, Nic, Cale, Cali, DJ and Karin as well as 13 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his brother, Kenneth Smith. April 1961 - July 2015 Mary Kay Williamson, 54, of Baker City died July 31, 2015 in Meridian, Idaho. A celebration of life is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 8,2015 at 1 p.m. at the New Begin nings Fellowship Church, 1820 Estes Street, Baker City. John Jeffries will be officiating. A reception is also sched uled following the service. Mary was bom in Baker City on April 17,1961 to Bruce McMurren and Joarnje Duncan McMurren. After graduat ing from high school, Mary attended Blue Mountain Com munity College and received a degree in accounting. She put her education to good use by working at the Credit Union and an audiology office. Mary loved going to Halfway with her Aunt Nancy to spend Easter and Thanksgiving with Randy and Dana Sim- rell each year. During the early years before her illness, she would hold an open house that was lavishly decorated and had lots of home made specialty goodies. Survivors are her husband, Russell Williamson, her daughter and son-in-law Courtney and Aaron Moses of Springfield, Ore., her four grandchildren: Theron Russell Springer, Mark Emmanuel Springer, Bella Marie Moses and Regina Marie Moses, all from Springfield;her mother and father-in-law, Caron Williamson and James Ward of Baker City, her sister, Jody Califf, her aunt and uncles: Nancy Simrell and Polvi of Baker City, Norval and Mar garet Byron of La Grande, Larry and Pat Byron of Nampa, Idaho. She is preceded in death by Lewis Williamson, her par ents, Joanne Duncan and Bruce McMurren and her grand parents, Carl and Millie Byron. Memorial contributions may be made to New Beginning Fellowship Church through Gray's West & Company Pio neer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814. Death Notice Patricia Williamson, 81 of Baker City passed away on August io,. 2015 at her residence. There will be a rosary and funeral mass Thursday, Aug. 13 beginning at 10 a.m. at St. Francis DeSales Cathedral in Baker City. Urn interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery with a luncheon following at St. Francis DeSales Parish Hall. Arrangements are being handled through Gray’s West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Baker City, OR 97814 Service Notice Charles D. Davis, 77, a resident of Baker City died Sunday Aug. 9,2015 in Jerome, Idaho. Fu neral services for Mr. Davis will be held Tuesday Aug. 18, 2015 at 11 a.m. in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Pastor Monte Wood of the church will officiate and interment will follow the services at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Visitation for Mr. Davis will be held Monday Aug. 17,2015 from 1-7 p.m. at Coles Tribute Center. Donations maybe made to either the American Diabetes or the Kidney Foundation/ This maybe done through the Coles Tribute Center, 1950 Place St. Baker city, OR 97814. Funding Available to Oregon Ranchers for Sage Grouse Habitat Conservation Apply by Aug. 28 for this year’s funding USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has financial and technical assistance now available to help Oregon ranchers improve sage grouse habitat in Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur and Union counties. The funding will help landowners perform a variety of rangeland health conservation practices, such as removing invasive juniper trees and other conifers, treating exotic annual grasses, and addressing other threats to stabilize or improve rangeland ecological conditions. The funding is available to landowners interested in pursuing a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances, or CCAA. CCAAs offer protection from future regulatory requirements should the greater sage grouse be listed under the Endangered Species Act. NRCS conservation programs give landowners the tools and financial assistance they need to success fully implement the conservation measures identified in their site-specific plans,” said Kevin Conroy, NRCS basin team leader. ‘Together, NRCS and its partners will work closely with private landowners to plan and design conservation treatments to improve sage grouse habitat and overall rangeland health.” Funding is limited to landowners within sage grouse habitat areas. Interested landowners should submit applica tions to their local USDA Service Center by Aug. 28 to be considered for this current round of funding. This funding is part of a new five-year project selected for funding this year though USDA’s highly- competitive Regional Conservation Partnership Program. Collectively, this project aims to improve sage grouse habitat across 3.4 million acres of privately-owned lands in Eastern Oregon. NRCS will invest $9 million in the project over the next five years, and partners are matching that invest ment dollar-to-dollar, for a total investment of $18 million. The lead partner for this project is the Oregon Association of Conservation Districts. Other collabo rating partners include: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Bureau of Land Management; Oregon State Univer sity; USDA Agriculture Research Service; Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board; State of Oregon Governor’s Office; Oregon Department of Agriculture; The Nature Conservancy; Baker Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD); Crook County SWCD; Ft. Rock-Silver Lake SWCD; Harney SWCD; Lake view SWCD; Burnt River SWCD; Eagle Valley SWCD; Grant SWCD; Keating SWCD; Malheur County SWCD; and the county courts of: Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Lake, Malheur. For more information, contact a local USDA Service Center in the following counties: Oregon USDA Service Centers within Sage Grouse Core Habitat Areas: • Baker County: Misty Bennett, District Conserva tionist, 541-523-7121. Misty.Bennett@or.usda.gov ' • Grant County: Lorraine Vogt, District Conserva tionist, 541-575-0135. Lorraine.Vogt@or.usda.gov • Union County: Mike Burton, District Conservation ist, 541-963-4178. Mike.Burton@or.usda.gov A left-right combination Making Sense ¡of Madness Training Offered n Baker School District 5J is ►pleased to announce an exciting I professional development op portunity coming to Baker City, ¡Oregon. Jeff Noble, is coming to ’Eastern Oregon as part of his *2015 North American Tour "Mak ing Sense of the Madness." Jeff »and his organization, Noble Ini tiatives, provides hope and edu cation to people caring for those ¿living with Fetal Alcohol Spec trum Disorders (FASD). ! Jeff’s training is highly interac tive, entertaining and filled with ¿lightbulb moments’ of discovery. *• Please join us Sept 14 at the ¿North Baker Education Center, ¡2725 7th Street in Baker City ¿from 8:30-4 p.m. for this enlight- ¿ening experience. Following is ¿the link for further information ¿and the required registration ¿form: http://goo.gl/forms/Lj7o ¿LouvJe. Registration deadline is ¿Sept. 3,2015. There will be light "breakfast offerings and a no-host lunch; however, the event is free. Mary Kay Williamson M ichael R ushton , DPM P odiatric P hysician and S urgeon Get The Relief You Need From Foot Pain! • Treatment and Surgery of the Foot and Ankle • In-grown nails • Bunions • Warts • Gout • Coms & Callouses Diabetic Foot Screening Foot Odor, Athletes Foot Treatment for pain in feet, shins, heels, knees, lower back Custom-molded Orthotics That’s a knockout flash! Dr. Rushton is a Medicare participant and Preferred Provider for Lifewise and Blue Cross/Blue Shield Baker City 2830 10th Street • 541-524-0122 Wednesdays in La Grande 1002 Spring Ave, Suite 1 • 541-963-3431 The Doctor speaks Spanish - el doctor habla Espanol. JEWELERS 1913 Main St. • Baker City • 541-524-1999
