DEATHS

Gregory Feldmeier: 71, of Baker City, died Sept. 25, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his family. Arrangements are under the direction of Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services. Online condolences can be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.

Donna Virginia Coble: 79, of Baker City, died Sept. 25, 2023, at the La Grande Post Acute Rehab Center. Her urn will be interred in Canyon Hills Cemetery in Caldwell, Idaho, in the near future. To leave an online condolence for Donna’s family, go to. www.grayswestco.com.

FUNERALS PENDING

Jim Lissman: As Jim would have been 90 soon, his family will celebrate his life on Sept. 30 at 1 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 1995 Fourth St. in Baker City. They will serve German chocolate cake, his favorite, a request he made just days before he passed. For those who would like to make a donation in Jim’s memory, the family suggests Best Friends of Baker, where Jim and Betty got their beloved Tinker Bell, through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834. Online condolences can be shared at www.tamispinevalleyfuneralhome.com.

Ralph Earl Ward: Memorial service will be Saturday, Oct. 21 at 10 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 1995 Fourth St., with Pastor Cyndi Wunder officiating the service. Interment will be at Mount Hope Cemetery with military honors immediately following the church service. A reception will follow the graveside portion of the service, back at the First Presbyterian Church. To leave an online condolence for Ralph’s family, go to www.grayswestco.com.

Accident reports

Wednesday, Sept. 27, 12:46 a.m. on Interstate 84, Milepost 296 westbound; noninjury accident.

Tuesday, Sept. 26, 11:48 a.m. in the 1700 block of Valley Avenue; noninjury accident.

Monday, Sept. 25, 6:19 a.m. on Highway 30 near Farewell Bend State Park; a commercial truck traveling west drifted across the eastbound lane and crashed into a fence. According to an Oregon State Police report, the driver, Mitchell Dee Armstrong, 58, of Salinas, Kansas, had a “medical event” which caused the crash. Armstrong was taken by air ambulance to a Boise hospital.