Mardell McCauley

Baker City, 1943-2018

Mardell S. McCauley, 75, died Nov. 3, 2018.

There will be a family interment at Mount Hope Cemetery on Sunday, Dec. 16, at 11 a.m. Friends are invited to join the family for a Celebration of Life luncheon at noon on Dec. 16 at the Baker City Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 2005 Valley Ave. Friends are invited to stop by to share a bite to eat, a story, and a laugh.

Mardell was born on July 22,1943, at Baker to Don and Pauline Sheppard. She graduated from Baker High School in 1961, and married her high school sweetheart, Bill McCauley, on Jan. 12, 1962. They were married for 54 years.

After she married Bill, Mardell got a job working at The Merc in downtown Baker. In 1963 Bill and Mardell started their family.

She was a housewife for the first 10 years of her marriage, chasing around three young boys while Bill worked two jobs. Mardell started working for A-1 Realty in 1972 as a bookkeeper and tax preparer until she took over management of Oregon Trails RV Park where she retired in 2017.

Mardell was the matriarch of the RV park and enjoyed all of the people she came in contact with throughout the years. She enjoyed decorating the park with the change of each season and making her customers feel at home.

As her family grew, Mardell supported her three boys in all of their athletic events and volunteered countless hours with the Baker Wrestling Program, Little League Baseball and Babe Ruth Baseball.

She never missed a sporting event of her sons’ or grandchildren and always had words of encouragement for everyone involved.

Mardell loved to travel. Her favorite destinations were Dollywood and Branson, Missouri. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and spoiling them at Christmas. She was a thoughtful and generous lady who supported every BHS fundraiser, baked goodies for everyone and she loved decorating her house for the holidays.

Mardell was preceded in death by her husband, Bill McCauley; parents, Don and Polly Sheppard; and her sisters, Paula Sue and Nelda.

Survivors include her boys and their families: Doug and Treasa McCauley, Alan and Michele McCauley and Travis and Darcy McCauley; her sisters and husbands; Donola and Nils Thornberg and Shirleen and Bill Dunn; sister in-law Janice McCauley; brother in-law Vic Retherford; grandchildren, Jarrod Carter, Trisha Holcomb, Riley McCauley, Jasmine McCauley, Darryn McCauley, Dani McCauley, Shane McCauley and Sam McCauley; seven great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Creating Memories through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543 Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com

Lyndelle McCoy

Baker City, 1935-2018

Lyndelle Marie McCoy, 83, of Baker City, died Nov. 5, 2018, at Beehive Homes, where she had lived for the past 20 months.

At Lyndelle’s request there will be no funeral service.

Lyndelle was born on April 5, 1935, in Oroville, California, to Robert Claude McCoy and Eunice Vera Weaver McCoy. She was the middle child of three girls.

Her early years were spent in California, till the age of 6 when her family moved to Oregon for work. She graduated from St. Marie’s in Portland and soon after joined the Air Force. She spent part of her life in El Paso, Texas, Durham, North Carolina, and the last 20 years in Baker City after reconnecting with her nephews.

Sister Joan remembers Lyndelle had a beautiful singing voice and a love of music. She studied the violin and piano.

Lyndelle enjoyed writing and debating on topics she felt passionately about. She spent many hours on the computer doing research to back up those debates.

Lyndelle’s home always had a small dog to share life with. She enjoyed spring and summer when she and her dog could get outside to enjoy the blue skies.

Lyndelle lived life her way and she did not mind telling you her opinion. She liked people to mind their own business and not mess in hers.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a niece, Kellie Winchester; and a nephew, Dean Townsend.

Survivors include her sisters Joan Fujii, Eleanor Winchester; brother, Dan (Darlene) Skeels; nephews, Paul (Debbie) Townsend, Doug Townsend and Brian Winchester; nieces, Julie Warrington and Colleen Halverson; and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Baker City Ambulance or Baker City Fire Department through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences may be made at www.tamispinevalleyfuneral home.com