‘Nibs’ Hinzpeter

Hazel Masters

Hazel Belle Masters, 93, a longtime Baker City resident, died Oct. 17, 2009, at St. Elizabeth Health Care Center after a battle with cancer.

There will be a celebration of her life at 1 p.m. Saturday at Coles Funeral Home, 1950 Place St. Jack Pittman will officiate.

Hazel was born on Jan. 17, 1916, at Durkee to William Alfred and Henrietta Julia. She started working at the age of 19 at Lowe’s Café where she worked for 13 years. She also worked at the Baker Café for several years, where she met her first husband, Cecil Freitag, a commercial artist. They were married in 1946 at Baker City and were together for 11 years before Cecil died.

‘Andy’ Pevelek

Antone J. “Andy” Pavelek, 90, of St. Helens, a former Baker City resident, died Sept. 28, 2009, at a Portland hospital.

His graveside service and vault interment will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Columbia Memorial Gardens at St. Helens. Visitations will be from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at Columbia Funeral Home in St. Helens.

Antone was born on Jan. 20, 1919, at Donald to Anton and Antonia Visela Pavelek. He was educated at Woodburn and was a 1937 Woodburn High School graduate. He graduated from Oregon State University at Corvallis in 1941.

He married Bernice Widman on Oct. 9, 1947, at Baker City where they lived until moving to St. Helens 50 years ago. Antone was a district conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 32 years, retiring in 1975.