Memorial notices chronicle deaths across Wallowa county in 1940
A long obituary list records residents and former residents of Wallowa county who died in 1940. It lists birthplaces and dates, arrival years, burial places, and cemeteries such as Enterprise, Lostine, Alder Slope, Prairie Creek, Flora, and Wallowa, with many interments noted in Enterprise cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
J. P. Averill
Brownsville
Los Angeles
Calif
Wallowa County
R. C. Hammond
Wilmington County
Penn
William McCormack
Laurel County
Kentucky
Alder Slope
Hulda Beidler
Bismark
North Dakota
la Grande
Lostine
Henry A. Seabrook
Greencastle
Clem Marks
Sweet Home
Oregon
Immaha Home
Freescout
Laura V LaRoche
Bremerton
Wash
L. H. Brown
Wallowa
Imbler
Clifford E. Jewell
Cove
Robert H Galloway
Oregon City
West Plains
Missouri
Benjamin M Feal
Elgin
Joseph
Prairie Creek
William Barton
Arkansas
Bend
C A Whitman
la Crosse
Irene Hammack
Jameson
Ontario
John 8. Hodgin
Wallows County
Enterprise Mbrary
North Carolina
George M Gray
Indiana
Morrelton
Joseph William Smith Tripp
Chicago
Meridian
Idaho
John H Baker
Beaver Creek
Enterprise Cemetery
Cheney Byrnes Russell
Morris H Russell
Geo P Cheney
Seaside
Walla Walla Waah
Walla Walls
Sarah LeGore
Cumberland County
England
Plains
J W Ryan
Virgil City
Frank Alderman
Wyoming County
West Virginia
Union
Virgil Brinea
Ionots
Walla Walla
Thomas K. Johnson
Jones County
Iowa
Ruth Winings
Cowisiy Armintia A. Sturm
Boonesville
Paradise
Nina Candace Pettry
R. H. Pettty
Diamond Prairie
George Oscar
Doc) Cussina
Beatrice
Neb
Julia J Warren
Anna Lavena Curry
Tolt
Artesia
Cal
Flora
Clara Early
Garnet
Kansas
Nashville
Indian Valley
Bert Sprague
Symco
Wisconsin
Fred C Becker
Portland
June Harris
Santiam
Jefferson
W O Ward
Nebraska
Henry Hironimous
Highfe
Ralph M Erwin
Multnomah
Bur
Ohio
Nicholas Musty
Caldwell
F X Musty
Mabel Scott Creighton
Union County
Salem
J L Roe
Huntington
Hillsboro
Donald H Huffman
Imnaha
Harry M Ogan
Delbert Homan
Burt County
Thomas W Shevlin
Modesto
Modasto
Roland E. Marvin
Summerville
Tacoma
Frank Klein
Germany
Roseburg
Baker
Klein
Bert Hammack
Medford
Charles W. Chandler
Dallas
Effie Tippett
Morrow County
Jennie Richards
Pleasanton
Oliver Collinsworth
Weiser
Buriel
Roy J Chasteen
Clarkston
Nez Perce
Maggie Doak
la Peer County
Michigan
George Bornstedt
Mra Delia Roberts
Mary Frazier Knight
Lewiston
Leroy Parsons
Seattle
Valley
Walla Walla Wash
J H Newnan
Glen Eden Ontario
Valentine
Jack Watson
Greeneville
South Carolina
Arley Murrill
Troy
David Jackson
Charlie Rae Breshears
Evans
Arthur Bott
Bartlett
Hettle G Applegate
James McNeill
Pomeroy Wash
East
Grouse Flat
Stephen A Knutson
Genesee
Maud Osborn
C W Mumford
John R
Jack) Lowry
Feyette
William Dey
Tayat Prairie
el Cerrito
Dora E Becker
Bummerville
Dora Childers
Eva Adair
D B Reavis
H Reavis
Olympia, Wash
Wallowa Valley
Fred Dorrance
Mra W . Dorrance
Watsonville
Crow Creek
Prairia Creek
James Johnson
Rebecca MaeCubbin
Loutine
Dale
Pendleton
Buttercreek
Sarah West
Defiance
Puyallup
Christmas Socials Dot Imnaha Community Notes
IMNAHA reports a well attended basket social by Imnaha Grange with baskets selling well and a free dance. Christmas guests included Ace and Alice Neely Opal Porter and Ellis Kemp at the Bridge. A Christmas program with tree Santa Claus gifts and candy was held last week at the Bridge. Mr and Mrs Everett Ward visited Enterprise for Christmas. Erma Thompson stayed with her sister Mrs Vern Warnock then returned to Enterprise with Buck Thompson and his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Katherine Wilde
Ace
Alice Neely
Opal Portere
Ellis Kemp
Imnaha Grange
Bruce Lydell
Edna
Fannie
Bridge
Everett Ward
Enterprise
Erma Thompson
Vern Warnock
Buck Thompson
Christmas Visitors Reach Minam and Nearby Towns
Mr and Mrs Lynn Johnson of Minam arrived Monday evening to spend Christmas with relatives. Mr and Mrs Robert Martin of Enumclaw Wash spent Christmas with his parents. Hilbert Murrill shopped in Enterprise. Brady Botts from lower Buford Ridge spent Christmas with his parents. Bill Bork and Macie Poole returned to Walla Walla after visiting. Others visited family in Enterprise and Lostine areas, with several taking meals and attending Sabbath school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Johnson of
Minam
Robert Martin
Enumclaw, Wash
Woot Martin
Hilbert Murrill
Enterprise
Brady Botts
Lower Buford Ridge
Berne Botts
Bill Bork
Macie Poole
Walla Walla
Marvin Butner
Bill Curry
Leonard Bork
Walla Walla Rey
Mra Coburn
Wiese
la Grande
Melvin Martin
Lou Nedrow
Mrs Nedrow
James Weatherman
Azure Weatherman
Claude Cole
Ervin Mays
Charlotte Frasier
Lostine
Loyd Nedrow
Alta Murrill
Bill Fordice
Cora Hackett
Gertrude Holloway
Lorlene Conrad
Bus Curry
LeVerne Budd
Greetings From Ex-Wallowa Resident In Prineville
Edna Wray Lynch, formerly of Wallowa, now in Prineville, sends warm greetings to county friends. She notes 1929 relocation, winter weather, rain and wind, and wishes a happy 1941 to all, with mentions of family ties and local changes. Also reports a minor highway accident near Enterprise involving three cars at Prairie Creek bridge and injuries to Dick Reece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wray Lynch
Wallowa
Prineville
Pertora
Dick Reece
Enterprise
Enterprise and Joseph
Prairie Creek Bridge
Weaver Family Visit For Christmas in Washington
Mr and Mrs Paul Weaver and their son of Pasco Washington visited Christmas at the home of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Don Pinkley. Mr Weaver works with engineers on river dredging at Pasco. Their son attends the University of Idaho in Moscow and was home for the Christmas vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Weaver
Pasco Wash
O Law
Don Pinkley
Weaver
Pasco
University of Idaho At
Moscow
Burleigh N Office Takes Charge as Father Reels From Flu
Burleigh from La Grande has arrived to run his father J A Burleighs law office while the elder Burleigh rests at home with the flu. The son fears solitary work would hamper the fathers recovery and return to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SH Burleigh
la Grande
J A Burleigh
Mrs Howard J Moore Visits For New Year’s Holiday
Mrs Howard J Moore arrives Saturday from Kinzua to spend the New Year with her mother Mrs F J Rinehart and relatives. Mr Moore cannot accompany her to Enterprise due to steady mill orders and will return home Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J Moore
Kinzua
F J Rinehart
Roosevelt high student Ted Gent vacationing with parents
Notice reports Ted Gent of Roosevelt High School Portland on vacation with Mr and Mrs Bil Gent and plans to return by week’s end. An unrelated insurance ad appears amid the notice text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Gent
Roosevelt High School
Portland
Bil Gent
Local notices and church schedule from Fossil area
Mrs Albert Cale teaches at Fossil and visits her husband for the holidays. Shaylon Cale of Enterprise visits Lost Prairie during vacation. Sunday school attendance was 39 last time. Preaching at 11 am and 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prise
Albert Cale
Fossil
Halidays
Shaylon Cale
Enterprise
Lost Prairie
Community Notes From Hazen and Vicinity
Mr and Mrs Wallace Conrad and son and Louis Sumdum attended Hazen on Monday while men chopped grain. Christmas day visits included the Aldela Hazen family and other relatives at the Vigne home. Guests at Hazen’s included Sanford Thorpe, William Kellerman and family, Lewis Kerr and daughter, Dave Young, and William Vanassche with sons Wayne and Leman, Barney Donahue, Speed Trump. Vern Johnson visited Hazen on Thursday. Kenneth Vanasshe and family stayed in town for a few days. Vanasshe ill with flu. Leland Conrad has been ill with the fly. Sunday gatherings included William Kellerman, Barney Donahue, and Wallace Conrad with son at Sanford Thorpe’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Conrad
Louis Sumdum
Hazen
Jim Lewis
Jewell
Aldela Hazen
Vigne
Sanford Thorpe
William Kellerman
Lewis Kerr
Dave Young
William Vanassche
Wayne and
Leman
Barnney Donahue
Speed Trump
Vern Johnson
Hazen's
Kenneth Vanassche
Vanassche
Leland Conrad
Estate of George E Young Admin Objections Filing Date
J A Burleigh as administrator of the estate of George E Young requests any objections to be filed with the Clerk of the County Court of Wallowa County Oregon by December 24 1940. Attorneys Burleigh and Burleigh 4415.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallowa County
State of
Oregon
J A. Burleigh
George E Young
Burleigh & Burleigh
Executor's Sale of Cora A White Estate Real Property
Arthur M Pace as executor will sell at private sale for cash the South half of Lot 4 and the North 48 feet of Lot 2 in Block 12 Gardner Addition to Enterprise Oregon. Sale after January 24 1941 subject to court confirmation with Burleigh & Burleigh handling the deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Enterprise Wallowa
Oregon
Arthur M Pace
Cora
Burleigh & Burleigh
Notice of Haring of Final Account in Brines Estate
Nellie Zumwalt administratrix of the Virgil Brines estate files the final account with the county court. A hearing is set for January 18 1940 at 10 oclock in the forenoon. Objections must be written and filed by the date to be considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George FE Young
George Young
Rose Marie Berland
Hazel Berland
Joseph A Berland
State of
Oregon
Vireil Brines
Han
Nellie Zumwalt
Virgil Brines
Charlotte McCormack
William L Shay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ervin Berland
Charles A Ault
Plattsburg
Percy W Thomas
Promise
Livermore
California
Elmer Applegate
Paradise Cemetery
Raymond David Jacob
Mra
Mace Young
Julia Ann Parker
Brwnsville
Lawiston
Culdesac
Trout Creek
Ellen M Knapper
Ludwig Knapper
Henry County
Dlinois
Charles E. Lewis
Anna Macy
Guy Oliver
B. B. Oliver
Lower Valley
Wallowa Methodist Church
Charles Allen Cannon
George M Cannon
al Nedrow
Hulda Alice Montgomery
Enterprise Hospital
Pennsylvania
Martha Jane Ward
Bina Whitman
Fin Enterprise
Martha Ellen Thompson
Waterloo
Wayne Shuster
J J Miller
Wyoming
Anna M Joerger
A W Haggerty
Luzerne
Switzerland
Burleigh
W. HM. Platzceder
THE
Buttes
Barney Donahue
Son
Joseph A. Berland
Robert W Chrisman
Elmer V Applegate
Geo. BE. Richarda
Y Applegate
Elmer W Applegate
Geo. H Miner
W H Bohnenkamp
Hettle Applegate
Jeon Miller
L. McCormack
the Batsle of Chariotts
McCormack
G Curry
Cornal
Gotter
Opticians
DR. 0. M. Heacock
Foster Road
Swayze
Robert B. Stone
HM & M
Fred Whitaker
Office Litch Building Enterprise
Rollin E. Baker
D. M
First National Bank Building— Enterprise
Clarence L. Booth
Attorneys-at-Law
James A. Burleigh
la Grands
Interior Department
Washington, D. C
Sylvester H. Burleigh
Wesat-Jacobsom Bldg
Grauue, Oregon
X Ray Laboratory
DR. O. W Castle
Natl Bank Bh
Robert V. Chrisman
Court House
George E. Richards
Litch Building Enterprise