Obituaries for June 29, 2009

Jason Pound

Jason Christopher Pound, 45, of Pendleton, a former Haines resident, died June 21, 2009, at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton.

There will be no service.

He was born on April 11, 1964, at San Gabriel, Calif., to John F. and Beverly Thames Pound. He attended school at Oregon City.

After moving to Haines in 1978, he went to work at the Circle H Restaurant with his mother and stepfather. He then moved to California and worked construction with his dad. After that, he came back to Oregon, settling in Pendleton where he worked at the trailer factory.

Survivors include his sons, Justin Cutshall and Anthony Cutshall, both of Union; his mother and stepfather, Beverly and James Jones of Haines; sisters, Cathy Boyd of Baker City, Kurt and Connie Pound-Lewis, and Roberta Stehle, of Haines, and Rick and Crystal Smith of Umatilla; brothers, Brian Pound of Portland and John T. Pound of Haines; his loving companion, Kay; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, John F. Pound.

Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop is in charge of arrangements.

Berdene Tidwell

Ellen Berdene Tidwell (Bloom), 71, of Baker City, died June 26, 2009.

Berdene was born Sept. 28, 1937, in Oregon. She married Charles H. Tidwell in 1963 and raised a family in the South, returning to Baker City to retire.

She most loved being a mother and grandmother, and spending time with her family and friends.

She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Patti and Lloyd Shaver; her son and daughter-in-law, Mike and Audrey Tidwell; her grandchildren, Rachel and T.L., Mike, Jean, Cliff and Charlie; and her great-grandchildren, Nykole, Aaron and Chianne.