Ernest Fullmer

Ernest Mantz Fullmer, 90, of Helvetia, Ore., and a former Baker City resident, died Jan. 3, 2010.

 A Memorial Mass took place Jan. 7, preceded by the recitation of the Rosary at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Portland.

Ernie was born on Feb. 27, 1919, in Pontiac, Mich., one of seven children of Alfred and Verna Fullmer. He graduated from Roosevelt H.S. in Keego Harbor, Mich., in 1936 and headed to Chicago to work and attend college.  In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and became a Staff Sergeant.

He was married on Feb. 11, 1943, to Albina Mary Pavlinac; they were married for 36 years until her passing in 1979. They had eight children: Ernie Jr., Douglas (deceased), Donna (Crace), Ted, Tom, Mike, John, and Anne (Chin).

In 1980 Ernie married Marilyn (Chaves) Brown who had four children, Dustin, Melody, Randy and Scott. Together they were amazing parents and grandparents to 12 children, 55 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Robert Thomas

Robert J. Thomas, 85, a longtime Baker County rancher, died Jan. 5, 2010, at his ranch home.

His graveside service will be at noon Saturday at Mount Hope Cemetery. There will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Baker City Church of the Nazarene, 1250 Hughes Lane. Doug Connelly, the husband of one of his granddaughters, will officiate both services.

Robert J. “Bob” Thomas was born on July 8, 1924, to Merton and Martha Thomas in a farmhouse in Crawford County, Iowa. He was one of six children.

Bob was involved in agriculture even as a young man. He graduated from Dow City High School in 1943 and joined the U.S. Army. He was stationed at Iwo Jima and Saipan until the end of World War II.

Roger Wilson

Roger Wilson, 63, of Baker City, died Dec. 26, 2009, in Baker City with complications from Wegener’s Granulomatosis.

A funeral service is planned, with arrangements pending at Coles Funeral Home.

Roger was born Dec. 20, 1946, in St. Paul, Minn., to Jack and Elizabeth Wilson. Roger served in the Army during the Vietnam War and he was honorably discharged in May 1968 with a Purple Heart. He attended the University of Minnesota, where he graduated with a degree in forestry.

On June 22, 1973, Roger married Mary Helen Swayne in Rapid City, S.D. Roger and Mary made their home in the Eugene area until they moved to Baker City in 2006. Roger worked for the Bureau of Land Management for 33 years in the Eugene District.