Obituaries

Marjorie "Margie" Lee (Evans) Acock, 91, born in Condon, Oregon October 25, 1933. She passed away peacefully on October 20, 2025 at her residence in Portland, Oregon with her family by her side.
Margie was a cherished mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She will be remembered by her contagious laugh, kindness,...

Edward "Ed" Monroe Akers, 85, of Prairie City, Oregon, passed away on June 29, 2025, at his residence.
Ed was born to Oleta & Dale in 1940 in Heppner. He attended grade school in Hamilton, where Oleta was a teacher. After the family moved to Union, he attended Union High School, graduating in 1958. He met Nancy...

William A. Albee passed away March 15, 2025 at his home in Walla Walla, Washington at the age of 84. A celebration of life is planned for this spring and date/time will be posted on the Munselle Rhodes Funeral Home website (https://www.munsellerhodes.com) at a later date.
Memorial contributions can be made to the...

Mary C. Alexander died peacefully at home on Wednesday, March 5 in Albany, Oregon at the age of 70 after a long back and forth with cancer. Mary is survived by her husband, Richard Guggenbickler; siblings Martha, Tom, Kevin, Pat, Teresa, Chuck; sons Matthew, David, and Aaron; and grandchildren Arman, Elina, Alex,...

Ted Anderson, 94, of Stayton, OR passed away peacefully on August 7, 2025.
Born on Feb. 2, 1931 in North Platte, NE to Verda (Lindberg) Anderson and Charles Anderson, Ted moved to La Grande with his parents and sister in 1948. A 1949 graduate of La Grande High School, he attended Eastern Oregon State College before...

Elizabeth Ann Arends, 77, of Baker City, Oregon, passed away on August 5, 2025, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, just one day before she and her husband, Robert, would have celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary.
A graveside service was held on Friday, August 15, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Mt. Hope...

Harvey Dale Askew was welcomed by his parents Claud O. (Joe) Askew and Vera Baker Askew on October 22, 1958 in Happy Camp, California. On September 11, 2024 he grew tired and left this world.
Harvey came to Mt. Vernon, Oregon during his grade school years and graduated from Mt. Vernon High School. While in...

Karen K. Bailey (née Suksdorf) of John Day, Oregon passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 9, 2025 aged eighty-two (82). Karen was born in Ontario, OR to Calvon Suksdorf and Clementine Suksdorf (née Fenn) and grew up in Eastern Oregon, particularly around John Day and Baker. She graduated from Baker High School...

Carol Ann Baker, aged 78, of Pendleton, OR, passed away peacefully in her sleep on December 26, 2025.
Carol was born September 1, 1947 to Leslie Eugene Thompson and June Carolyn (Jardot) Thompson, the first of five children.
In 1969, she married the love of her life, Robert Lee Baker, and together they had one...

Larry Gene Bass, 81, of Prairie City, OR, put on his metaphorical shoes and walked out of this realm on August 10, 2025, leaving behind years of unopened or unused holiday gifts from his family.
Larry was born to Benjamin Harvey Bass and Madalyn Dillon on October 4, 1943, in
Alturas, CA. In his teens, Larry began...

Samuel Vincent Baxter Sr., 78, passed away on November 21, 2025, in Hermiston, Oregon, surrounded by family and friends. He leaves behind a legacy of love, adventure, quiet strength, and unwavering devotion that will forever echo in the hearts of all who knew him. He was born on April 2,1947, in Polson, Montana, to...