2A — BAKER CITY HERALD
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2020
O BITUARIES
B AKER C OUNTY C ALENDAR
TUESDAY, OCT. 13
■ BAKER CITY COUNCIL: 7 p.m. at City Hall, 1655 First St.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 14
■ BAKER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS: Work
session, 9 a.m.; the public is encouraged to attend using
the Zoom link available at https://www.bakercounty.org/
online/meetings.html
T URNING B ACK THE P AGES
50 YEARS AGO
from the Democrat-Herald
October 13, 1970
At a recent meeting of the Little League and Babe Ruth
Baseball Board, the members decided to expand the
board to include two sub-boards, one each for each age
group in the baseball program.
25 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 13, 1995
The Crawfi sh fi re died as it was born — at the behest of
nature.
The U.S. Forest Service declared the 516-acre pre-
scribed natural fi re out Thursday, said Steve Snider, fi re
management offi cer for the Burnt-Powder Fire Zone. For-
est Service employees last saw smoke — from a smolder-
ing log — several days ago.
10 YEARS AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 13, 2010
The Baker City Council opted Tuesday to wait until it
has more information before councilors decide whether to
approve a change in the sidewalk design ordinance.
During the ordinance codifi cation process that the
Council fi nished in March, the sidewalk rules were
changed.
Now, sidewalks on Main Street in the historic down-
town district must have two-foot squares scored in the
surface.
ONE YEAR AGO
from the Baker City Herald
October 14, 2019
It’s not every day you can watch a helicopter land in the
middle of Second Street and then see a car’s roof cut off.
And nobody was hurt in either case.
But dozens of kids, and not a few adults, had a chance
to experience both events, and several other fun activities
besides, on a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Baker City
Fire Department.
The open house was the culmination of National Fire
Prevention Week.
Among the highlights was the arrival of a Life Flight
helicopter from La Grande.
Pilot Micah Budge set down the Agusta 119 chopper
in the center of Second Street in front of the Fire Depart-
ment.
With the aircraft’s four-bladed rotor motionless, children
began to clamber around the shiny blue machine.
Flight paramedic Robert Feik made sure the trio of Char-
lie Baunsgard, 7, and CeCe Baunsgard, 4, visiting from
Stayton, and Izzie Conklin, 3, of Baker City, each had a
helicopter sticker as they climbed down from the aircraft.
O REGON L OTTERY
MEGABUCKS, Oct. 10
1 — 10 — 16 — 30 — 38 — 45
Next jackpot: $3 million
POWERBALL, Oct. 10
5 — 18 — 23 — 40 — 50 PB 18
Next jackpot: $72 million
MEGA MILLIONS, Oct. 9
5 —11 — 25 — 27 — 64
Mega
13
Next jackpot: $69 million
WIN FOR LIFE, Oct. 10
5 — 24 — 49 — 75
PICK 4, Oct. 11
• 1 p.m.: 0 — 9 — 5 — 4
• 4 p.m.: 3 — 2 — 1 — 1
• 7 p.m.: 7 — 2 — 0 — 8
• 10 p.m.: 3 — 5 — 3 — 3
LUCKY LINES, Oct. 11
4-8-9-13-18-22-26-32
Next jackpot: $11,000
S ENIOR M ENUS
■ WEDNESDAY: Chicken cordon bleu with hollandaise
sauce, rice pilaf, carrots, bread, fruit ambrosia, cake
■ THURSDAY: Beef pot roast, parslied red potatoes, mixed
vegetables, roll, gelatin with fruit, lemon bar
■ FRIDAY: Breaded chicken strips, potatoes and gravy, cream
corn, bread, cottage cheese with fruit, cinnamon rolls.
■ MONDAY (Oct. 19): Chicken ala king over a biscuit, mixed
vegetables, fruit cup, brownies
■ TUESDAY (Oct. 20): Barbecued ribs, au gratin potatoes,
green beans, roll, broccoli-bacon salad, apple crisp
Lunches at the Senior Center, 2810 Cedar St., 11:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.; $4.50 donation (60 and older), $6.75, under 60.
Meals must be picked up; there is no dining on site.
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Copyright © 2020
Cathy Swain
years.
In 2013 Bob and Clarice
Cathy Swain, 63, of Baker moved to Baker City to be
City, died on Oct. 2, 2020, at
closer to their daughter. While
her home.
living in Baker City, Bob
Per her request, there will joined the Eagles and Baker
be no funeral.
City VFW. He also enjoyed
Cathy Ann Simonis made
hunting, fi shing, camping,
her dramatic
woodworking, and collecting
arrival on Dec.
and shooting guns.
11, 1956, on a
Bob is survived by his
gurney in the
wife, Clarice J. Stevens of
hallway of a
Baker City; his son, Phillip
hospital at Port-
A. Stevens (Chris) of Baker
Cathy
land. Her dad
City; his daughter, Tammy
Swain
disputed paying
L. Smietana (Mike) of Baker
the full hospital
City; his grandchildren,
bill as he was the one who
Stacey Dunley and her family
delivered her.
in Wyoming, Jeremy Stevens
Cathy’s brother was in the and his family in Nebraska,
military and she spent her
special granddaughter,
childhood moving around to
Andrea (Josh) Kennedy and a
wherever he was stationed.
special great-granddaughter,
She spent her working career Cameron Woll, both of Herm-
as a CNA at St. Elizabeth
iston; and numerous nieces
Hospital. She enjoyed taking and nephews.
care of people and treated
He was preceded in death
everyone with love and kind- by his father, George Stevens,
ness.
and his mother, Catherine
Cathy loved to travel with McCall; two brothers, Donald
her best friend and compan-
Stevens and Richard “Dick”
ion, Harold Milner Jr. They
Stevens; and a sister, Betty
were together 34 years before Stevens.
he passed away in May of this
Memorial contributions
year.
may be made to Best Friends
As a child, her daughter
of Baker City through Gray’s
Kay would bring Cathy
West & Co., 1500 Dewey Ave.,
bouquets of dandelions. This Baker City, OR 97814. To
was a fond memory and
leave an online condolence
reason that dandelions were for Bob’s family, go to www.
her favorite. She liked the
grayswestco.com
color blue and adored her cat,
Tabatha, that she and Harold Robert Gilkison
Baker City, 1929-2020
cared for. Cathy was a Trek-
Robert Tally “Bob” Gilki-
kie. She enjoyed watching the
X-Files and Star Trek and she son, 90, died quietly on the
morning of Sept. 4, 2020. At
believed in aliens.
the time of his death, he lived
In August, she and her
at Settler’s Park Retirement
daughter had fun splashing
in the ocean waves, laughing, Community in Baker City.
Robert suffered from demen-
and taking in the moment
together. More than anything, tia.
His graveside service will
Cathy loved her family and
take place on Saturday, Oct.
taking care of them.
17, at 1 p.m. at the Haines
She is survived by her
Cemetery.
daughter, Kay Talley of
Robert was
Baker City; her brother, Ron
born on Oct. 20,
Simonis; her sister, Connie
Ragsdale; her grandchildren, 1929, at Red-
wood City, Cali-
Michael and Shawn Delve,
and Anthony Talley; and four fornia, to Robert
Robert
Earl and Velma
great-grandchildren.
Gilkison
Tally Gilkison.
Cathy was preceded in
death by her partner, Harold He joined his
Milner Jr; her parents, Elvin brother, Elwood, and sister,
Veetra. In 1929 the times
and Eloise Simonis; and her
were tough, and the family
brother, Butch Ragsdale.
The family suggests memo- lived in several cities while
Robert’s dad worked for the
rial contributions to Best
Pacifi c Fruit Express. They
Friends of Baker through
ended up at Visitacion Valley,
Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral
Home & Cremation Services, California. Robert’s dad found
a fruit ranch in the Santa
P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR
Cruz Mountains, and during
97834. Online condolences
the summer, the family would
can be made at www.tamis
move there and harvest fruit
pinevalleyfuneralhome.com
Baker City, 1956-2020
‘Bob’ Stevens
and package it and sell it to
the stores in Visitacion Valley.
When Robert started high
school, the war had broken
out, and things were not
going well. He lost interest in
school, and to keep him out of
trouble his folks let him move
back to North Powder where
he lived with his Uncle Gene
and Aunt Zella. Robert went
to North Powder High School
and played football, basket-
ball and baseball. In the sum-
mers, he worked hard on his
uncle’s farm, bucking hay and
taking care of animals.
His dad got transferred
from California to the Ice
Plant in Sparks, Nevada.
Robert moved back home
and worked at the ice plant,
but because his dad was the
manager, they would not
allow him to work. He got a
job with the Southern Pacifi c
Railroad servicing the rail
cars going east. His dad then
got transferred to Bakersfi eld,
California, and Robert went
with him.
In 1951, Robert got his let-
ter telling him to report to the
army base in San Francisco
for a physical. He entered
the Army on March 1, 1951.
After boot camp, he had two
weeks’ leave and then was
loaded on a ship called the
Breakingridge and set out for
Guam for an 8-hour layover
and then on to Japan. Robert
said they were there long
enough to sight in their guns,
and then they were shipped
off to Korea. He served for 1
year and 8 months with the
25th infantry division (Tropic
Lightning). He was dis-
charged in October 1952.
After his discharge, he went
to work for Bethlehem Steel
for 2 years and then worked
for Standard Oil in their ser-
vice stations, which he did for
17 years. While working for
Standard Oil, Robert worked
in several stations where he
was made a manager and
ended up at the Fisherman’s
Wharf station. He would
take his vacations to Haines,
where he met the sister of
two of his friends, Larry and
Rod Toney. Claudia Toney and
Robert were married on April
10, 1955.
Robert took Claudia back
to Visitacion Valley while
he worked for Standard
Oil. Soon Visitacion Val-
ley became a hot spot with
rioters in the early 1970s so
Robert and Claudia moved
back to Haines. After return-
ing to Haines, Robert owned
the service station on First
and Broadway Streets in
Baker City. When supplies of
gasoline moved out of Oregon,
Robert tried to get Standard
Oil to supply the gas, and
when he could not get them
to supply it, he decided that
wasn’t what he wanted to do.
Robert went to work for the
City of Baker. He decided to
retire after having both of his
knees replaced.
Robert contributed to
many organizations in Baker
County. He was a volunteer
and caretaker at the Eastern
Oregon Museum in Haines,
where he did many jobs,
including building displays,
partitions, working inside
and outside of the building,
and repairing many of the
museum’s farm equipment
displays. He was a member
of the Elks and a member of
the Haines Fire Protection
District when Rod Toney was
the fi re chief.
In 2012, Robert was given
the honor of being the Grand
Marshal of the Haines Fourth
of July parade. He was very
proud of his achievement,
and his family was there to
cheer him on. Robert was an
avid golfer and a member of
the Baker City Golf Course
and a hunter, fi sherman, and
woodworker. He loved doing
all these things when he had
time.
Robert and Claudia never
had children of their own, but
they were substitute parents
to their many nieces and
nephews for several genera-
tions.
Robert is survived by his
sisters-in-law, Marge Toney
and Colleen Toney; and
numerous cousins, nieces and
nephews.
Robert was preceded in
death by his parents; his
brothers, Elwood and Delbert;
and his sister, Veetra. His
wife, Claudia, passed in No-
vember of 2009.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Eastern
Oregon Museum in Haines
through Coles Tribute Center,
1950 Place St., Baker City,
OR 97814. To leave an online
condolence for Robert’s family,
go to www.colestributecenter.
com
News of Record on Page 3A
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Baker City, 1935-2020
Robert LeRoy “Bob” Ste-
vens, 85, of Baker City, and a
former resident of Hermiston,
died on Oct.
7, 2020, at his
residence.
Bob was born
on July 13, 1935,
at Libby, Mon-
Bob
tana, to George
Stevens
Allan Stevens
and Catherine
Adell Milner. Bob was in the
United States Navy from
1952 to 1956 and was ranked
damage control second class.
During his time in the Navy,
Bob received several awards.
In 1960, Bob received his
GED at Pendleton. He also
received training for physical
security. After leaving the
service, Bob worked at the
Umatilla Army Depot from
1956 until 1975 and received
several accommodations for
outstanding service in his
position. In 1975 Bob went to
work for DM Carroll Truck-
ing and Fredrickson Trucking
until his retirement in 1995.
On June 19, 1957, Bob
married Clarice June Car-
roll at Hermiston. Together
they raised two children,
Tammy and Phillip. Bob was
a resident of Hermiston and
Umatilla County for 55-plus
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