Obituaries: 'Tiny' Jones, Vivian Hook, Cherie Hartwell

‘Tiny' Jones

C.W. "Tiny" Jones, 82, a longtime Baker City resident, died Sept. 7, 2006, at his home.

His funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at the Baker Elks Lodge, 1896 Second St. There will be a reception afterward at the Elks Lodge.

His graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Eagle Valley Cemetery in Richland. Pastor Gordon Bond of the Richland Christian Church will officiate.

Tiny was born on Dec. 27, 1923, at Richland to C.E. "Curly" Jones and Pearl Ritter Jones. He was raised at Richland and graduated from high school there in 1942.

He joined the U.S. Army in 1943 where he flew 27 mission as a tail gunner on a B-26. He was discharged in 1945 and married Phillis Bennehoff in 1946.

He started trucking in 1947, and owned Jones Truck Line for 30 years before he sold the business. Tiny and his wife owned a ranch between Baker City and Haines for many years. Tiny also worked part time for Blatchford Farm and bought and sold cows for Armour & Co. He retired in 2003.

Survivors include his daughter, Kris Jones, and son-in-law, Mark Nelson, of Baker City; his son, Everett Jones of Baker City; and a brother, Ralph Jones of Moses Lake, Wash.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Herchel and Everett.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Susan C. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation or the Multiple Sclerosis Society through Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St., Baker City, OR 97814.

Vivian Hook

Vivian Lee Lovell Hook, 77, a former Baker City resident, died Sept. 12, 2006, at her brother's home at Milton-Freewater.

The rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Friday at the Bollman Funeral Home at Enterprise. Mass will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Katherine Catholic Church in Enterprise. Interment will be at the Enterprise Cemetery.

Vivian was born on Feb. 27, 1929, at Enterprise to Garrett Samuel Lovell and Evelyn Billerbeck Lovell. She attended Hurricane Creek School on Alder Slope and schools at Enterprise and Joseph.

She married Carl Eugene Hook on Aug. 3, 1946, at Baker City. She was a homemaker and ranch wife for many years and helped on two family dairies with her husband, Gene. In her later years, she owned and operated a family-type lounge and bar.

Vivian was dedicated to her family, her faith and her friends. She enjoyed all handcrafts, especially quilting, and gardening. She was very active in politics and sports and she loved a good cup of coffee.

She was a former 4-H leader and had volunteered with senior meals, the March of Dimes and various altar societies through her church.

She was a member of the Baker City Quilters, Gamma Theta Sorority and the Catholic Church.

Survivors include two daughters and their spouses, Sharon and Donnie Glasson of Elgin and Trena and Terry Jones of Lostine; a son, Jerry Hook and his wife, Nancy, of Joseph; two sisters, Lois Malabag and her husband, Sylvester, and Edna Sue Perrin; three brothers, Marvin Lovell, and his wife, Evelyn, of Milton-Freewater, Kyle Lovell and his wife, Donna, of Union, and Skip Lovell; eight grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children or St. Margaret Altar Society of Wallowa through the Bollman Funeral Home.

Cherie Hartwell

Cherie Mae Hartwell, 89, died Aug. 10, 2006, at her daughter's home in Baker City.

At her request, there will be no funeral. There will be celebrations of her life in many locations, to be announced later .

Cherie Mae Hartwell was born to Irene Gray Patrick and Charles Mortimer Hartwell at Buhl, Idaho, on Aug. 2, 1917. The family moved to Oregon two months later.

Her mother and father had been raised on neighboring ranches near Roseworth, Idaho, with nine and 11 brothers and sisters. They moved from there to a home at Sisters and then to a ranch up the McKenzie River, settling on a farm at Riverton.

She attended school there until she transferred her senior year, graduating from Coquille High School with the Class of 1934.

Her love for learning and teaching earned her a Montgomery Ward scholarship to attend Southern Oregon Normal School (now Southern Oregon University) at Ashland. Cherie Mae worked on the family farm, raising award-winning silver foxes. She sold pelts at fur shows in markets as far away as New York.

She earned money and awards to help further her education (at one time family members won five of the top 10 awards in the nation for their show pelts).

She was the first woman to earn a letter in mountain climbing at the college. She graduated on July 16, 1937, with her teaching certificate and later went back to get her bachelor's degree.

Cherie Mae taught in several schools in the Coos County District, the first being at Bridge, then Marshfield, Coquille, and Bandon. In 1957, she transferred to schools at San Rafael, Calif., and then in 1964 to Indio, Calif. She received her life teaching diploma from the California State Board of Education on July 6, 1964.

She went on to receive many honors and grants that helped pay her way to travel to many places in Europe and Africa to see the sites and further her education about many different cultures of the world. She was able to see the 350th performance of "The Passion Play."

She was still teaching underprivileged students when she moved from Rancho Mirage to Baker City in 2001. As a devout Christian and teacher, her hobbies and other activities included such things as camping, fishing and spending summers here with her grandchildren.

As a Campfire leader in Coos County, she made sure that she wrote to each of her girls once a year, sharing her life and embracing theirs. A month prior to her death, she was able to spend a week at the coast with her daughter, Carol, as well as several of her girls and a former colleague.

She also enjoyed rock hounding, and being the editor of the Lik 'n' Lap publication for the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies for which she won many awards.

She was president of the California Teachers Association, president of her chapter of Toastmistresses, chairman of the election board (she was a staunch Republican), president of her homeowners association and reading a good book, plus the Bible.

She married Wayland Laban Buoy on March 17, 1945, at Vancouver, Wash. They were divorced in 1969.

Survivors include her daughter, Carol Irene and her husband, Steve Guthrie, of Baker City; her grandsons, Brandon Levi Guthrie of Salem and Derrick Kyle Guthrie of Baker City; a brother, Miles Mortimer Hartwell, and his wife, Marty, of Salem; nephew, Charles David Hartwell, and his wife, Dianna, and daughter, Heather, of Bandon; and numerous grandnieces, nephews and friends too numerous to count.

She was preceded in death by her brother, Charles Grant Hartwell of Coquille; and a granddaughter, Amy Annette Guthrie of Baker City.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to MayDay or the Baker County Mounted Posse through Tami's Pine Valley Funeral Home, P.O. Box 543, Halfway, OR 97834.