‘Bink’ Lewis

Charles Binkie andquot;Binkandquot; Lewis, 77, a longtime Baker City resident, died Aug. 29, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Health Services.

His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Jack Pittman will officiate. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Family and friends are invited to a reception afterward at the Masonic Lodge Hall, 2191 Main St. Visitations will be Monday from noon to 4 p.m. at Coles Funeral Home.

Bink was born Aug. 4, 1929, at Wheatridge, Colo., to Charles Blaine Lewis and Gertrude C. Hunt Lewis. He spent his boyhood and early grade school years in Empire, Colo. Bink graduated from high school in Idaho Springs, Colo, in 1947.

After his service in the Army, he visited his brother, LaVerne andquot;Vernandquot; Shipman in Baker City. He liked Baker Valley so well he decided to stay and work with his brother at the Richfield Station on Bridge Street. In 1954 the brothers opened their automotive repair business on 10th Street. They were in business for 50 years. Upon Vern’s death, Ken Myers became Bink’s business partner and the dearest of friends.

Bink married Glenabell Morin at the First Christian Church on May 20, 1967; they were married for 39 very, very happy and devoted years.

Bink was a very warm, kind, gentle and loving man, very giving and helpful toward others. He loved life and faced it with humorous stories, jokes, and always with a smile. Bink so enjoyed a recent trip to Mobile, Ala., with Glenabell, who is grand representative of Alabama in Oregon for the Order of the Eastern Star. While there Bink sang andquot;You Are My Sunshine,andquot; and the whole session merrily joined in singing with him in warm friendship and humor. While in Alabama Bink enjoyed the novelty of wading in the Gulf of Mexico, and the experience of what good grits really taste like. His unique, irreplaceable spirit will be ever-present in the memories of the family and friends he leaves behind.

Bink served in the U.S. Army during the Berlin Airlift. He was a bassoonist in the Army Band. He was allowed to play with and take lessons from the head bassoonist of the Berlin Philharmonic. He was an active member of the Wingville Grange (now combined into the Elkhorn Grange), county deputy for the Oregon State Grange, and master of the Baker District Pomona Grange. He was a member of the Baker City Lodge No. 25, Independent Order of the Odd Fellows, and he served as the noble grand many times. He was past master and secretary of the Baker City Mason Lodge No. 47 (now, Blue Mountain Lodge No. 34). He served as grand master of the Cryptic Masons in Oregon in 1983, grand lecturer of the Grand Royal Arch Masons of Oregon, member of the Knights of the York Rite Cross of Honour, the Al Kadar Shrine, the Baker County Shrine Club, Scottish Rite Masons-Baker Valley-32nd Degree Member, Blue Mountain Council of Allied Masonic Degrees, and Worthy Patron for the Order of the Eastern Star, many times. He served on the boards for Demolay, Rainbow Girls and the First Christian Church. Additionally, he was a member of the Baker Elks Lodge No. 338 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Baker City Post, of which he was a life member.

Survivors include his wife, Glenabell; his mother-in-law, Edith Morin; his sister, Elleen Shadduck of East Moline, Ill.; his niece, Alice Knapp, and her husband, Vern, of Baker City; uncle by marriage, Truscott Irby, and his wife, Dorothy; cousins by marriage, Lenora, and her husband, Richard Way, son, John and daughter, Lisa, and Rod and his wife, Susan Irby and daughters, Krystal and Heather, Zona Irby and her fiancee, Mick Hiatt, and Carolyn Irby and her husband, Stu Davis.

He was preceded in death by his parents; brother and sister-in-law, LaVerne and Emma Shipman; nephews, Lee and Keith Shipman; nieces, Barbara and Verna Shipman; and aunts, uncles and cousins.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Eastern Star Charities, which are: Cancer Research, Home Endowment, Estarl and Special Projects, or to The Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland Unit, through Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.

Donald Goodrich

Donald Spencer Goodrich, 79, a former Baker City resident, died Aug. 3, 2006.

His memorial service was Aug. 13 at the United Church of Christ at Sun City, Calif.

Don was born on Jan. 14, 1927, at Olympia, Wash., to Charles Spencer Goodrich and Hazel MacPherson Goodrich. The family moved to Baker City in 1935. Don was a 1945 Baker High School graduate.

After serving in the U.S. Navy on the USS Iowa, Don attended Oregon State University at Corvallis where he earned a degree in forestry. While in college, he met Donna J. Drake. The couple were married for 57 years.

Don and Donna lived their lives with the U.S. Forest Service, moving to diverse areas of Oregon (including Baker City), Utah and Idaho. After 32 years with the Forest Service, Don retired in 1983 as timber administrator on the Salmon National Forest.

Survivors include his wife, Donna of Sun City, Calif.; daughters, Gail Evans of Boise and Jill Williams of Fruitheights, Utah; son, David Goodrich of Butte, Mont.; a sister, Meredith Wilson and her husband, Jack, of North Powder, and their family; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Dallas Dean

Dallas Dean, 81, died on Aug. 26, 2006, at his home with his family at his side, ending a three-year battle with cancer.

There will be a celebration of his life from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at his son’s home at 44431 Anthony Lakes Highway in Haines. A light buffet will be served. Friends and relatives are invited.

Dallas was born on July 1, 1925, at Keating to Marvin Dean and Edith Hodgkins. He was the couple’s second son, joining a brother, James.

He lived in Baker and Union counties. His family settled in the Pondosa area and he attended school at Union. He was a 1943 Union High School graduate.

In February 1944, he entered the U.S. Army during World War II and fought in the Hurtgen Forest Campaign. During the intense Battle of the Bulge, he was disabled with frozen feet.

Hospitalized for several months overseas and in Colorado, he was discharged in July 1945, receiving the EAMC and Combat Infantry citations, Bronze Star and unit citations.

Returning to Baker City, he married Beverly White in 1946. They had a son, Michael, and a daughter, Rhonda. Beverly died just before the couple’s 44th anniversary. They both were active in the community for many years.

As a young man and father, Dallas worked for Silven Cleaners and Lew Bros. Tire Service. He also became owner of the Shell Service Station at Main Street and Auburn Avenue. He later bought the Shell jobbership from Lloyd Wells.

His daughter accompanied him on oil deliveries for many summers. Throughout an early retirement, he worked for Levinger Rexall Drug Store and Bandamp;K Chevrolet and Best County car dealerships. He finally took full retirement in 1990.

Dallas was a great sports fan, following his son’s high school track activities. Always he remained a loyal fan of the New York Yankees. A highlight was meeting and talking with Yogi Berra. He saw the Yankees play in Seattle last fall.

Dallas always loved the beauty of Northeastern Oregon and was able to take advantage of all it offered. He was an avid hunter and fisherman.

He married Charlene Lee Moffit in 1990. The couple maintained a winter residence at Indio, Calif., for 12 years, enjoying all that Southern California offered.

They settled back in La Grande in 2003 and had recently returned to Baker City. After his illness, his one passion was to watch the activities at his son’s horse ranch at Haines, where he spent many hours of enjoyment.

Survivors include his wife, Charlene; his son, Michael, and his wife, Anna, of Haines; his daughter, Rhonda, and her husband, Tim Culley, of Baker City; a stepson, R.J. Larsen of Umatilla; and 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

He also was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, James.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Heart ‘n Home Hospice Foundation through Heart ‘n Home, 1435 Campbell St., Baker City, OR 97814.

Margaret Smith

Margaret Anna Smith, 83, of Baker City, died Aug. 24, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center.

Visitations will be today from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Gray’s West andamp; Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Her graveside service will be Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Mount Hope Cemetery. Jack Pittman of the Baker City Christian Church will officiate.

Margaret was born July 10, 1923, at Klondike in Sherman County to William G. and Pansy Gwynne Seehafer.

She started school at Helix and in the fourth grade the family moved to Lena, where she attended a country school, and then went to Heppner. As a freshman she went to school in Ione.

She was a member of the Christian Church, the Legion Auxiliary, the VFW Auxiliary and an honorary member of the Elks Lodge.

Margaret worked for many years and retired from Levinger’s Rexall Drug Store.

She enjoyed her family, her home and garden, and flowers. She also loved to fish, and enjoyed the mountains and wildlife.

Survivors include her children, Jo Ann Hayes and her husband, Ken, of Woodland, Wash., Elaine Johnston and her husband, Guy, of Elko, Nev., John Gaarsland and his wife, Amy, of Baker City, and Melvin Gaarsland and his wife, Terri, of Elko, Nev.; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Jane Tye of Enterprise, Billie Ballweg of Fort Worth, Texas, and Mildred Tavares of Eagle, Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray W. Smith, who died in November 1987; her parents; and her sisters, Eulenna Vaughan and Gladys Holderman.

Memorial contributions may be made to Community Connection of Baker County through Gray’s West andamp; Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.

Edythe Pratt

Edythe Augusta Pratt, 91, of Prairie City, died Aug. 23, 2006, at Blue Mountain Nursing Home in Prairie City.

Her graveside service will be Friday at 1 p.m. at the Haines Cemetery, with Pastor Frank Humber officiating. There will be a reception afterward at the Haines Baptist Church. Visitations will be Friday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Gray’s West andamp; Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.

Edythe was born on Aug. 8, 1915, at Baker City to Robert and Leilath Boyce. She had three brothers and five sisters.

She married Louis Franklyn Pratt in 1933 and was married for 53 years. They had two children.

She had nine grandchildren, plus four adopted grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren. She dearly loved them all.

Edythe lived on the North Powder farm until 1961, when they moved to Haines so she could care for her father-in-law. From then on she cared for several relatives in their homes and also went to work at Cedar Manor Nursing Home.

Edythe had traveled to Canada and Hawaii. She lived in Alaska for several years. She enjoyed shopping, reading, painting, crocheting, quilting, sewing, playing cards, watching TV, camping, and huckleberry picking.

Edythe was a 4-H leader for more than 10 years. She enjoyed the home extension meetings and entertaining. She worked at the Haines Museum and worked very hard on its cookbook. She was a member of the First Baptist Church at Haines.

Edythe was always there when anyone needed help, always thinking of others before herself. She never had a bad word about anyone. Her saying was, andquot;If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say it at all.andquot;

She had a great sense of humor until her death, and everyone loved her.

Survivors include her daughter, Wanda, and her husband, George, and their children, Jeanie Gover, Twila and Jon Stenik, and Jody and Aaron Erikson; Larry’s children, Jim and Connie, Ray and Julie, Curt and Judy, Scott and Kathy and Shawn and Wade; daughter-in-law, Clara Lemley, and her family; ex-daughter-in-law, Freda Wallace; and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her son and all of her brothers and sisters.

Junia Love

Junia Shields Love, 99, a former Baker City resident, died July 28, 2006, at Oregon City.

She is interred at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Eugene alongside her husband, Frank; her sister- and brother-in-law, Richard and Lola Lanyon; and her brother-in-law, Raymond Love.

She was born on Oct. 19, 1906, at Sumpter. She was the eldest child of John Thomas Shields and Carrie Pearl Foster. She married Frank Bennett Love on May 28, 1928. The couple lived in Baker County for many years.

Junia was a schoolteacher at Homestead, Goose Creek near Keating, and at other country schools. In 1944, she started teaching in the Baker school system and taught at South Baker School until moving to Ketchikan, Alaska.

The Loves moved to Alaska in 1955 where Junia again was a teacher. She taught for a total of 41 years. She found teaching to be a very rewarding, challenging and satisfying career. She was a lifelong member of many educational organizations.

Survivors include her sons, Donald and Kenneth of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Richard andquot;Dickandquot; of Mulino; sisters, Gertrude of Pasco, Wash., and Lavina of Baker City; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank; her sister, Faye; and brothers, Foster and Jack.

Al Hudson

Albert Lee Hudson, 89, a Baker City native, died Aug. 18, 2006, at the home of his daughter in Wilder, Idaho.

A celebration of life service was held Saturday at Coles Funeral Home in Baker City.

Albert was born July 15, 1917, in a little clapboard ranch house on Missouri Flat to Nadine and J.E. (Ned) Hudson. He was the second of two children.

Endowed with a bright mind and a serious nature, it was no surprise that he was commended for being able to repeat from memory the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, the 23rd Psalm, the Lord’s Prayer and the books of the Bible at age 4.

As a boy, he worked on his Grandma Hudson’s dairy and did milk deliveries, earning $3 a week. When reminiscing recently he said, andquot;That was big money in those days. I bought most of my own clothes and bought my very first bicycle. I was pretty independent and I liked that!andquot;

He took his schoolwork seriously and since he had to share a bedroom in the little house, when he got in junior high school he decided he needed a place of his own. He laid claim to the old granary shed beside the ranch house and made it his, complete with a pot-bellied stove, his Grandma Hudson’s roll top desk and his own self-made darkroom to develop pictures. He loved it.

Albert graduated from Baker High School in 1934. He was delighted to be able to attend Walla Walla College, where he majored in theology. A battle with rheumatic fever put an end to his student days at Walla Walla, but he loved to learn and continued challenging his mind with various studies all his life.

While working on the bridge crew out of John Day, Albert met and married Wreatha Cole in 1938. After short stays in Kansas and Texas, they came back to the valley they loved and lived in Baker City for 50-plus years.

After working with his father in Baker City at Hudson Printing Company for a number of years, he took ownership of that shop in 1957 and remained in the business until his daughter and grandson, Lyndell and Tony Anderson, took over the business in December 1995.

Albert inherited the andquot;inventorandquot; gene and was often busy inventing various gadgets to help make some job easier. In 1954 he built his own camera for burning plates for the printing press using a German lens that was top of the line at that time. The camera remained in use for 38 years until modern technology made updating necessary. How he hated to see that camera go!

In the late 1950s he bought 40 acres in the mountains above Haines on Rock Creek. To make building a cabin more economical, he tackled the job of tearing down a house next door to Baker City Hall. Using the salvaged materials, he then built a little cabin perched on the mountainside overlooking Rock Creek. Many happy times were spent there and his kids and grandkids use the cabin as a welcome retreat to this day.

Albert was a lifelong member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Although he tried on several hats in the vocation arena, it was his desire to understand Adventist theology that drove him. He studied and researched extensively and over the years he wrote and then published a number of papers and booklets. He was dedicated, devoted and faithful to his beliefs.

Albert is survived by his wife, Wreatha Hudson of Wilder, Idaho; his son, Larry Hudson of College Place, Wash.; his daughter and son-in-law, LaVelle and Dick Ernest of Wilder, Idaho; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Lyndell.