Obituaries: Mable Farrar, Lulumae Pfel, Kate Jackson

Mable Farrar

Mable Ann Farrar, 90, of Baker City died Sept. 21, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center.

Her service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. There will be reception in her honor afterward. Interment will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway. The 23rd Psalm will be read there.

Visitations will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today and Wednesday at the funeral home.

Mable Farrar was born on April 22, 1916, at Boulder Flat to Louanna and George P. Roop. After her primary education in the Halfway area, Mable went to work at a boarding house at the Cornucopia Gold Mine where she met her future husband, Bert Farrar.

They were married in October 1939 at Weiser, Idaho. They had one son, Bert L.J. Farrar, born in 1946 at Kellogg, Idaho, where Bert Sr. worked at the famous Sunshine Silver Mine.

While Bert fought in the Pacific during World War II, Mable joined countless other women working in the wartime industries. She also worked as a waitress at Vancouver, Wash. After the war ended, she was a homemaker for the family while Bert worked on several large construction projects and in the mining industry.

By the time the Korean War broke out, the family was established in Baker (now Baker City). Mable was the construction manager for several homes that she and Bert built on the west side of Baker. She continued to work at several tasks until she was in her 70s.

Mable will always be remembered for her love of life and for her stories of growing up during the Depression and war years. Her family said all who knew her felt enriched by the moral code she lived by and for her famous saying, "You have to take the bitter with the sweet." She was a member of the First Christian Church.

Survivors include her son, Bert L.J. Farrar; and two sisters, Sadie Davidson and Ada Stoor.

Mable was an avid gardener; the family suggests flowers as a fitting remembrance.

Lulumae Pfel

Lulumae Pfel, 85, of North Powder, died Sept. 24, 2006, at St. Elizabeth Care Center.

Her graveside funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the North Powder Cemetery. Visitations will be from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.

Lulumae was born on April 29, 1921, to Frank and Lola VanOrder Wiglesworth. She was raised at Ramo Flat, graduating from Union High School. She married Louis W. Pfel on Aug. 26, 1938, at La Grande.

She moved to North Powder in 1946, where she lived until 2005 when she moved to St. Elizabeth Care Center.

She loved camping, fishing and long rides. She also enjoyed sewing, reading and spending her time with her grandkids.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Margie Pfel; daughters, Linda Hall and Lois Rorden; 13 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; and 18 great-great-grandchildren.

Kate Jackson

Kathryn Ann "Kate" Jackson, 47, of Baker City, died Sept. 14, 2006.

Her memorial Mass was celebrated Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. Father Julian Cassar was the celebrant. There was a potluck reception afterward at the Eagles Lodge.

Kate loved to laugh and was so full of life, her family said. "We will miss her boisterous laugh as you usually heard her before seeing her when you walked into a room," they said.

Kate loved to cook and throw dinner parties. She also loved to sew and play video games. Her favorite hobby was fishing and she always had a tackle box in her hand if she heard someone was going fishing.

She moved to Baker City in 1991 and then she and her son moved to Conklin, Mich., in 2002. She returned to Baker City in 2005.

"Kate was a very special mother, daughter, sister, aunt, sister-in-law and friend. She will be missed very much," her family said.

Survivors include her son, Brandon J. Jackson of Ravenna, Mich.; her parents, William "Bill" Callow and Barbara Twohig Callow; brothers, Bill Callow Jr. of San Mateo, Calif., Patrick Callow and his wife, Vena, of Baker City, Kevin Callow and his wife, Janet, of White Salmon, Wash.; sister, Michelle Paoletti, and her husband, Eric, of Baker City; and her special niece, Meagan Paoletti of Baker City.

Memorial contributions may be made to Gray's West & Co. Pioneer Chapel to help with the expense of funeral arrangements.