2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2019
O BITUARIES
Carole Ashby
Formerly of Baker City, 1933-2019
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
FRIDAY, DEC. 20
■ Live Music by Keith Taylor: Ragtime piano, 4:30 p.m. to
5:30 p.m., Crossroads, 2020 Auburn Ave.; no charge.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 25
■ Christmas Day
FRIDAY, JAN. 3
■ First Friday Art Shows: Baker City art galleries are open
late to showcase the month’s new artwork; opening times
vary between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
MONDAY, JAN. 6
■ Haines Fire Protection District Board: 7 p.m. at the
Haines Library.
TUESDAY, JAN. 7
■ Local Community Advisory Council (LCAC): 1 p.m. to
2 p.m., Community Connection meeting room, 2810 Cedar
St.; lunch will be provided.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 8
■ Lower Powder River Irrigation District Board: 6 p.m.
at Barley Brown’s, 2190 Main St.
MONDAY, JAN. 13
■ Baker County Library Board: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Riverside
meeting room at the library, 2400 Resort St.
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
December 20, 1969
Christmas means toy buying for many people and
Baker merchants are in the midst of the Christmas buying
season.
“Games like Aggravation and Ants in Your Pants are re-
ally selling this year,” Marion McMurdo of Levinger Rexall
Drugs said. “Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars also are very
popular.”
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
December 20, 1994
Police recovered 22 guns valued at nearly $7,000 after
the Monday arrest of four teen-age boys who have been
charged with criminal trespassing, theft and burglary.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
December 21, 2009
The City Council voted 4-2 Friday to offer the city man-
ager job to Tim Johnson.
Johnson, who splits his time between Portland and
Sacramento, had been the leading contender for the past
month.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
December 21, 2018
Warren Bonds smiles more than anyone you have ever
met, so much so some people even call him smiley.
He has ample reason to grin these days.
For the fi rst Christmas in 14 years, Bonds isn’t home-
less.
At one time all he owned was a Bible, a Popsicle-stick
cross and a truck and camper.
Also Harvey.
Harvey is a rooster.
Bonds found the cross around the time his mother died.
That was more than 15 years ago.
His father died less than three months later.
The cross, like Bonds himself, has been through a lot.
A fi re.
Two explosions.
His two heart attacks and his 14 years of homelessness.
Today the cross hangs on the wall of Bonds’ home.
“It’s still in one piece and so am I, so it’s a miracle,”
Bonds said.
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S ENIOR M ENUS
■ MONDAY: Chicken cordon bleu, parslied red potatoes,
peas, biscuit, three-bean salad, cookies.
■ TUESDAY: Center closed in observance of Christmas Eve.
Public luncheon at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; $4.50 donation (60 and older), $6.75 for
those under 60.
Carole Lee Ashby, 86,
formerly of Baker City, died
peacefully in her sleep on Dec.
10, 2019, at the Blue Moun-
tain Care Center in Prairie
City.
Carole will be
laid to rest with
her husband
at Eagle Valley
Cemetery in
Richland in
Carole
the spring of
Ashby
2020 (date and
time to be an-
nounced).
Carole was born on Aug.
13, 1933, at the family home
in The Dalles to Ernest
(Pat) Moore and Alma Irene
Brooking. She was the third
daughter and sibling to three
sisters and three brothers.
She attended grade school
and high school at Richland,
graduating from Eagle
Valley High in 1950. After
graduation, Carole moved
to Portland where she was
employed as a telephone
operator for NW Telephone
and Telegraph.
Carole married Wilbur
Tracey Ashby on Aug. 8, 1953,
at the home of Judge Lloyd
Rea in Baker City. Together
Carol and Wilbur raised four
children.
Carole worked in various
businesses while in Baker
County. She was employed at
Baker Grocery and Alb-
ertsons. While working at
Albertsons, she was fortu-
nate to wait on and receive
autographs from Lee Marvin,
Clint Eastwood and other ac-
tors for the movie “Paint Your
Wagon,” fi lmed in Baker
County in 1968.
Carole became employed
at the First National Bank
in Baker and then trans-
ferred to the branch in John
Day upon relocating to
Grant County in 1975. Upon
retirement, Carole had been
employed at Quisenberry’s
(Troutman’s) for the previ-
ous six years.
She was baptized and
became a member of St.
Francis Catholic Church in
Baker City in 1961. Later,
after relocating to John
Day, she transferred her
membership to St. Elizabeth
Catholic Church. She was an
active member of the Ladies
of Saint Elizabeth, enjoying
helping with their activities
by providing hand-crocheted
items and home-baked goods
for the annual bazaars and
spaghetti feeds.
Carole loved being with
her children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
She enjoyed fi shing (obtain-
ing her fi rst fi shing license
at the age of 40), cooking,
huckleberry picking, shop-
ping for new clothes, knitting
and crocheting. She loved to
bake and was always trying
out new recipes that she
would fi nd that looked inter-
esting. She continued to knit
and crochet until her hands
became so stiff she couldn’t
hold the needles any longer.
She always had a garden
Curtis was totally engulfed in
fl ames. While on leave he was
told he was reported missing
by fellow shipmates. He was
thought to be still on the ship
when it was attacked.
After leave, he was as-
signed to the Payne, which
was a troop transfer ship.
This was after the war. The
troops were picked up and
brought back to the states.
He then went to the crimi-
nal action trial and was a ste-
nographer for Admiral Nim-
itz. The trial was criminal
charges against the offi cers.
After the trial he was shipped
to Burlington, Washington, to
be discharged from the Navy.
He lacked one day of being in
the service for three years. He
was discharged with a rank of
Yeoman First Class.
After he was discharged
from the Navy, Roy and his
bride, Mable Lee, came to
Baker to visit her sister. The
plan was to visit for a month
and then move to Ohio to
live. After spending a few
days fi shing around Baker,
they decided to stay and go
hunting in the fall and then
move to Ohio. Roy absolutely
fell in love with the moun-
tains, trees, and all the other
beautiful scenery in Oregon
and decided to make it his
permanent home.
His fi rst job in Baker City
was as a painter. He then
went on to work at the Baker
City Airport. While working
at the airport, he received
his pilot’s license and met
Harvey Miller, the inven-
tor of the fl ying car. From
there he went on to work for
the Forest Service, building
roads. Then he worked as
a mail carrier during the
Korean War. After that, Fred
Basche hired him and he
ended up working for Basche
Hardware for 37 years.
Roy was a very loving and
caring man and he meant
the world to his family. His
family feels very blessed to
Roy Conley
have had him in their lives.
Baker City, 1925-2019
Roy is survived by his son,
Roy Lee Conley, 94, of
Patrick Conley of Baker City,
Baker City, died on Nov. 14,
and daughter-in-law, Karen
2019, at his residence in
Conley; his grandchildren:
Meadowbrook Place Assisted Sean Conley, Shane Conley,
Living Community.
Mary Cooley, Julie Rucker,
Roy Conley came into the
Kennith Conley and Jessica
world on Feb. 9, 1925, at Gar- Conley. He is also survived
rett, Kentucky. He lived in
by 15 great-grandchildren
Garrett for the fi rst four years and three great-great-grand-
of his life and then moved to children.
Peebles, Ohio, by horse-drawn
Memorial contributions in
wagon. The family had a
memory of Roy can be made
tobacco farm and also grew
to the Ronald McDonald
corn.
House through Coles Tribute
After Roy graduated from Center, 1950 Place St., Baker
high school, he went into the City, OR 97814.
service at age 18. His basic
To light a candle in
training was at the Great
memory of Roy, or to leave a
Lakes Naval Base in Great
condolence for his family, go
Lakes, Illinois. Roy spent 12
to www.colestributecenter.
weeks in basic training. After com
basic training he went to
Pearl Harbor. From there he George Carroll
boarded a ship to the Gilbert Baker City, 1925-2019
George W. Carroll Jr., 75, of
Islands to help secure the sev-
Baker City, died Dec. 16, 2019,
en islands. His next mission
took him to Guam aboard the at Saint Alphonsus Medical
Curtis. Shortly after the ship Center in Baker City.
At his request, cremation
docked, Roy went on leave.
Soon after he got off the ship, will take place. A family ser-
vice will be scheduled in the
the Curtis was attacked. He
spring of 2020.
turned around and saw the
Mr. Carroll Jr. was born on
Aug. 24, 1944, at Salt Lake
around her, and enjoyed
watching her plants grow and
bloom. She also loved receiv-
ing letters in the mail and
visiting with friends on the
front porch of her home.
Carole is survived by her
four children: Blaiden (the
late Tommie Rose) of McDer-
mitt, Nevada, Trace (Duane)
Andrew, and Adele (Cody)
Wilson, both of Canyon City,
and W. Kevin of Aumsville;
14 grandchildren: Rebecca,
Kristen, Mary, Brant, Joseph,
Adena, Alexandra, Andrea,
Riann, Lucas, Cala, Michael,
Mitch and Malachi; 28 great-
grandchildren: Isabel, Jacob,
Chase J, Cailee and Tanler,
Silas, Ian, Asher and Avery,
Chase, Jared and Tehya,
Jace, Trenton, Trey, Axel,
Adelaide and Easton, Elliott,
Aiden, Jacob Wilbur and
Paisley, Rowdy and Addison,
Ezra and Erelah, Hideki and
Yuuki, Aria Rose, Harper and
Hudson; her sisters, Monirah
(Patricia) of Portland and Ju-
dith (Clark) Crawley of Bend;
her half brother, Tom (Donna)
Moore of Canada; her nieces,
Diana, Rhonda, Jo and Betty,
Nicole and Karen; and her
nephews, Dean, Dee, Damon
and David.
Carole was preceded in
death in 2017 by her husband
of 64 years, Wilbur T Ashby;
her father and mother;
her sister, Milly Mae; her
brothers, Paul and Jerry; her
daughter-in-law, Tommie
Rose; her nephew, Roland;
and her great-grandson,
Elijah.
For those who would like to
make a donation in memory
of Carole, the family suggests
the Altar Society of the John
Day Catholic Church through
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Ser-
vices, P.O. Box 543, Halfway,
OR 97834. Online condo-
lences may be made at www.
tamispinevalleyfuneral
home.com
Baker City Herald
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City, a son of George and
Shirley (Lynch) Carroll Sr.
He graduated from Newport
High School in 1964 and mar-
ried Elizabeth Leone, divorc-
ing in 1977. He served in the
U.S. Army for 16 years attain-
ing the rank of sergeant.
Mr. Carroll Jr. worked as
a security guard and spent
most of his life as a mechanic,
retiring in 2005. His hobbies
were hunting, fi shing and be-
ing a mechanic.
He is survived by his
children: daughter and son-in-
law, Cindy and Mike Daly of
Molalla, son, Billy Carroll III
of Irrigon, daughter, Shirley
Carroll of Clackamas, son,
Richard Carroll of Baker
City; his ex-wife, Liz Leone of
Clackamas; son, Jeremy and
Tom Carroll of Boardman,
and his wife, Becky Car-
roll and stepdaughter, Shilo
Zimmer of Boardman; 13
grandchildren and fi ve great-
grandchildren.
Mr. Carroll Jr. was pre-
ceded in death by his parents,
Shirley and George Carroll
Sr.; and a sister, Mary Jane
Harris.
Those wishing to make
contributions in his memory
may direct them to a charity
of one’s choice, through Coles
Tribute Center, 1950 Place
St., Baker City, OR 97814.
To light a candle in George’s
memory, go to www.colestrib-
utecenter.com
Joan Petry
Baker City, 1939-2019
Joan Petry, 80, a longtime
Baker City resident, died Dec.
17, 2019, at home surrounded
by her family.
A private fam-
ily gathering will
take place at a
later date.
Joan was born
Joan
on Aug. 17, 1939,
Petry
at La Grande
to Archie and
Augusta Searles. Her family
moved to Baker City in the
early 1950s where she lived
her entire life.
Joan met her husband,
Durward Petry in Baker City
and they were married on Nov.
23, 1956.
Joan loved music and in her
in younger days would sing
and play the guitar at local es-
tablishments. She instilled her
love of music in her children.
Joan lived for her family and
always wanted to make sure
they were safe, happy, and
loved. When her children were
younger, she enjoyed going to
the family cabin at Cornu-
copia. Most of her children’s
childhood memories were the
happy memories of spend-
ing time with the family at
Cornucopia.
Joan worked most of her life
and retired from Albertsons
after working there for 21
years. After retirement she en-
joyed going to Parker, Arizona,
with good friends. She loved
dancing and playing pinochle.
Joan was a member of the
Eagles No. 3456. She loved
the outdoors, especially going
mushroom hunting and pick-
ing huckleberries.
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