Margaret Burchtorf

Margaret Ann Olson Burchtorf, 78, died May 9, 2008 at her home.

Her graveside service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at North Powder Cemetery.

Margaret was born on May 6, 1930, at Haines. In her early years, she lived at Nyssa and then moved back to Haines with her family.

Margaret was a 1948 St. Francis Academy graduate and then graduated from nursing school in 1952. She was a registered nurse who worked in Pendleton, Portland, Salem and Baker City.

Margaret married dentist Dr. John Rogers andquot;Jackandquot; Burchtorf on March 3, 1956, at Winnemucca, Nev. She was a devoted wife and mother who enjoyed time with her family. She loved the mountains, riding horses, picking berries, hunting mushrooms, and camping.

Singing and dancing came easily to Margaret, whose father was a trombone player in a family jazz band. She also enjoyed relaxing at home with a good book. She loved nothing more than spending time with her family and watching her children and grandchildren play sports, her family said.

Margaret focused on polio patients in her early nursing career. After she was married to Jack, she worked as a nurse at the Baker Clinic. When her children were born, Margaret worked in the dental clinic with Jack until they retired in 1992.

Survivors include her loving husband, Jack Burchtorf; sister, Mary Bowen; children, Julie Hudson, and her husband, Geoff, Kim Burchtorf, Dana Taylor and her husband, Tim, and Tracy Sams and her husband, Duane; grandchildren, Cali Taylor, Lance Parrish, Cody Taylor, Jack Burchtorf, Kyle Hudson, Kacie Sams, Marc Burchtorf and Brody Sams; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Eva Olson, and her father, Olaf Olson; her sister, Marcia Blakely; and her brother, Roger andquot;Peteandquot; Olson

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association through Gray’s West andamp; Co., 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.

Clifford Murray

Clifford G. Murray, 83, of Pendleton, a former Baker City police chief, died May 8, 2008, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton.

His memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Faith Center Church, 108 S. Main St., in Pendleton.

Cliff was born on April 14, 1925, at Perry to Levi Garrett Murray and Zrietta Morris Murray. He was the youngest of four children.

He moved to Pendleton after his parents divorced. He was raised and educated at Pendleton. After a few years, his mother married Fred Kofford. They had a son, Jerry, giving Cliff a younger brother whom he loved and teased.

On June 4, 1942, Cliff joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17. After his training, he served in the South Pacific on the USS Barnes.

While on Eniewetok Island, he was injured when a load of bombs exploded. He was discharged from the military on Jan. 12, 1946, and returned home to attend college at La Grande.

Cliff met Wana Mae Williamson and they were married on Jan. 1, 1947, at Pendleton. He soon joined the Pendleton Police Department where he was employed for eight years.

He then moved to Baker City where he hired as the police chief. After three years in Baker City, he interviewed for the same position at San Clemente, Calif., where he became the youngest police chief in California in 1955.

Cliff attended the FBI National Academy and Secret Service training and worked with the Secret Service in providing protection for President Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger and other dignitaries who stayed at San Clemente at the Summer White House.

After two open heart surgeries, he took a medical retirement and began working for the C.J. Seagerstrom South Coast Shopping Center and business complex as director of security. At that time, South Coast Plaza was the largest shopping center in the United States.

His wife, Wana, died in 1983. He married Micki Evans in 1985 and they returned to Pendleton to care for his parents.

Cliff enjoyed working with people and he loved his children, Steven and Paula, stepson, Eric, and son, Skyler, and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He loved the Lord, family, friends, flying, traveling and fishing at Troy with the Whalen family.

andquot;He was a dedicated loving husband and father relishing quiet times at home, candlelight dinners and reading,andquot; his family said.

Survivors include his wife, Micki, and son, Skyler, both of Pendleton; his brother, Jerry Kofford of Pleasant Grove, Utah; four granddaughters; five grandsons; seven great-grandchildren, with one on the way; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

Memorials contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or to the Kidney Dialysis Foundation through Burns Mortuary of Pendleton, P.O. Box 389, Pendleton, OR 97801.

Clara Cooper

Clara E. Cooper, 84, of Columbus, Ga., a former Huntington resident, died May 2, 2008, at Vista Care Center at Franciscan Woods at Columbus.

Mrs. Cooper was born on Aug. 21, 1923, at Tie Siding, Wyo., to Floyd and Martha Holly. He had lived at Columbus for the past 14 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, James B. Cooper.

Survivors include one son, Kenneth Crawford of Dayton, Wash.; two daughters, Vicki Darrow of Baker City and Pauline Kennedy of Columbus, Ga.; a brother, Floyd L. Holly of Bar Nun, Wyo.; two sisters, Ester Frazier of Overton, Nev., and Carolina Ellsworth of Charleston, S.C.; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Gloria Rohwer

Gloria Joy Rohwer, 67, of Baker City, died May 10, 2008, at her home.

Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Gray’s West andamp; Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.

Gloria was born on Aug. 21, 1940, at Alturas, Calif., to William and Della McNew.

She enjoyed living in the country, her puppies, her flowers, and spending time with her family.

Survivors include her husband, Don Rohwer; children, Russell Rohwer, and his wife, Dusty, of Rock Springs, Wyo., Bill and Val Rohwer of Summerduck, Va., Dale and Teresa Rohwer of Myrtle Creek and Donna Rohwer of Caldwell, Idaho; 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society through Gray’s West andamp; Co., 1500 Dewey Ave, Baker City, OR 97814.