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Naomi VanSickle, 'Bill' Beam, Mark Wishard, Margaret Karg, Mary Garrick, Mildred DeShaw Naomi VanSickle Naomi M. VanSickle, 95, a former Baker County resident, died June 25, 2009, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston.Her graveside funeral was Monday at the Hermiston Cemetery. Naomi was born on May 20, 1914, at Alsea to William and Tressa Goodman Warfield. She was raised at Alsea where she attended schools. She later moved to Eagle Valley and then to the Baker City area where she lived for many years, working as a nurses assistant at St. Elizabeth Hospital. She moved to Hermiston in the mid 1970s. She enjoyed her family, reading and traveling. She is survived by her son: Edward Hensley of Grangeville, Idaho; daughter: Marjorie Tibbets, Rufus; 16 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Naomi was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Betty Red; three brothers, Andrew Warfield, Ralph Warfield and Walter Warfield; a sister, Harriet Zimbleman; and two grandsons, Donald Love and Daniel Colton. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
William Benjamin “Bill” Beam Jr., 83, died of natural causes at his Baker City home on June 12, 2009. At Bill’s request, there were no services. Disposition was by cremation. Bill was born on Sept. 21, 1925, at Muskogee, Okla., to William Benjamin Beam and Harriet Lambdin Beam. He attended the University of Oklahoma at Norman, where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He earned a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering. Bill enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II, but was discharged after a plane crash. He returned to civilian life, where he embarked on a distinguished career in residential, commercial, and industrial construction. In 1978, Bill made Baker City his permanent residence as construction manager for the Ash Grove Cement Plant in Durkee. Among the other projects to which Bill contributed expertise as construction manager were the Oregon State University administration building; Valley River Center at Eugene; the Weyerhaeuser complex at Springfield; bulk mail processing center at Federal Way, Wash.; Trojan Nuclear Power Plant at Rainier; the grain storage facility at Longview, Wash.; Champion International paper mill at Missoula, Mont.; Boeing’s 747 wing riveting machines at Seattle, Wash.; and oil drilling and processing module projects at Tacoma, Wash., and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. His final project prior to retiring in January 1989 was an oceangoing fish processing facility in Tacoma, Wash. Over the years his employers included Manhattan Construction in Oklahoma; CH2M Hill in Corvallis; Hoffman Construction in Portland; and Wright-Schuchart-Harbor Construction in Seattle. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Dorothy; and brother, Richard. His wonderful stories will be missed by his son, Sidney L. Beam of Corvallis, and his wife, Anna Marie; two daughters, Lowrey Beam Colomb of Corvallis and Shanti Beam of Beaverton; four grandchildren, Jesse, Adam, and Sadie Beam and Alex Colomb, all of Corvallis; and good friends from Baker City, Randy and Mary Ellen Daugherty and their children, Gretchen and Kathryn.
Mark Rand Wishard, 60, of Prairie City, died June 26, 2009, at his home after a valiant fight against cancer. At Mark’s request, there will be no memorial service. He was born on April 7, 1949, at Prairie City. He attended all his elementary and high school years in Prairie City schools and graduated in 1967. Mark also attended Treasure Valley College at Ontario. His main love and goal in life was always to be a truck driver, family members said. He also loved his children and fishing, boating and camping in the forests of Eastern Oregon and Idaho. The family firmly believes that he is now driving that big rig in heaven on those streets of gold with his beloved cat, Kitty at his side. “Mark is in a better place now,” family members said. They expressed appreciation for the calls, visits, cards and e-mails of support and concern about Mark’s progress in his cancer battle. He touched the hearts of innumerable people. “Thank you all for the compliments, care and support for Mark in the battle of his life,” they said. Mark drove for May Trucking, United Hauling Service, and then returned home to run Wish Poultry and start his own hauling service. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles; his mother, Clarabelle; and his first wife, Linda. Survivors include his special friend and confidante, Ann Wood of Prairie City; daughters Darcy Howard (Mathew) of Alexandria, Va., Jennifer Dolton (Todd) of Portland, Tracy Cline (Dan) of Sand Hollow, Idaho, and Leah Fleharty (David) of Ontario; former wife, Marlene Wishard of Ontario; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild; a brother, Kreg Wishard (Sharon) of Kennewick, Wash.; a sister, Nancy Riggs (Ron) of Sun City West, Ariz.; brother Bard Wishard (Sheryl) of Prairie City; and a special cousin, Roxie Lissman (Hank) of John Day. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family suggests memorial contributions to St. Luke’s Mountain States Tumor Institute at Fruitland, Idaho, through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. The people at MSTI were very special to Mark because of all the care and support he received from them, his family said.
Margaret Karg, 100, a former Baker City resident, died June 27, 2009, at the Idaho Falls Care and Rehabilitation Center, where she had been a resident for 10 years. There will be a joint memorial service for Margaret and her husband, Otto Karg, at 2 p.m. Friday at Wood Funeral Home, 273 N. Ridge Ave., Idaho Falls. There will be a visitation time afterward. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery. Her maiden name was Margurite Maria McCarty. She was born on Nov. 30, 1908, at Woodland, Wash., to Riley and Addie Chandler McCarty. She was the third of four children. Her family ran a livery stable and her dad, who died of pneumonia when she was 10 years old, worked in the mill at Cornucopia. The first winter at Cornucopia, their family lived in two tents until houses were built. She had a happy childhood that included sledding, fishing, long horseback rides to church, and 12-mile holiday trips to her grandfather’s house in a horse-drawn sleigh (heated rocks were used to keep them warm during the trip). When she was ready to enter the fourth grade, her family moved to Baker. She was a 1927 Baker High School graduate. She married Otto Frank Karg at Baker on Aug. 4, 1928. They were married for 72 years. Margaret and Otto began their marriage during the Great Depression. Otto was fortunate to have a job on the Baker Fire Department.
Margaret was a wonderful wife, mother, and homemaker, family members said. She enjoyed reading, playing bridge, getting together with friends, participating in a women’s study group, camping, hunting trips and crocheting. One day when Bill was about 7 years old, while he and his mother were coloring Easter eggs, they had a fire upstairs in their house. Margaret called Otto at the fire department to report the fire. He said “Will you repeat that?” because he didn’t recognize her voice or his own home address. She told him, “Come home. Your house is on fire!” Margaret and Otto moved to Idaho Falls in May 1950, when Otto accepted the position of fire chief, to organize the fire department for the Atomic Energy Commission at the National Reactor Testing Station (now the Idaho National Laboratory). Bill followed them to Idaho Falls and established an optometry practice. Otto died on Aug. 9, 2000. Margaret attended the Christian church in her younger years and believed in Jesus. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother; two sisters; her husband, Otto; her son, Bill; a great-grandson, Jake Boyle; and a great-great-granddaughter, Aderah Karg. She had one son, five grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and 10 great-great-grandchildren. Condolences may be sent to the family online at www.woodfuneralhome.com.
Mary A. Garrick, 70, a former resident of Western Washington County and Baker County, and most recently of Oregon City, died June 28, 2009, at her home. Her Celebration of Life Service will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Hillsboro Church of the Nazarene, 1390 N.E. 21st Ave., in Hillsboro. The Rev. Ernie McNaught of the Church of the Nazarene (retired) will officiate. Family and friends are invited to a reception immediately after the service at the church. Concluding rites and vault interment will be at Skyline Memorial Gardens, 4101 S.W. Skyline Blvd. in Portland. Mary Agnus Garrick was born on July 8, 1938, to Joseph and Lillian Burns. She was raised and educated at East Detroit, Mich. After high school, she graduated from the School of Beauty in 1957. She married Daniel A. Garrick Sr. on Oct. 28, 1960, in Detroit, Mich. After their marriage, they resided and raised three children at Aloha, until 1998, when they moved to Baker City. They separated in 2004 and Mary moved to Oregon City to live with her son, John, and his wife, Jennifer. She had worked for several years as a receptionist at the Metropolitan Family Service in Hillsboro. Mary later worked as a receptionist and hairstylist for the Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home at Forest Grove for several years. She was a longtime active member of the Church of the Nazarene at Hillsboro, Baker City and Oregon City. Among her special interests, she enjoyed card making, sewing, spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, women ministries, tea parties, playing games with family (especially hand and foot). She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Lillian Burns; and by her sisters, Phyllis and Judy. Survivors include her three children and their spouses, Daniel A. Jr. and his wife, Jena Garrick, of Baker City, Valerie Garrick of Lake Oswego; and John and Jennifer Garrick, of Oregon City; her brothers and sisters-in-law, Joseph Burns Jr., Patrick and Rita Burns and Keith and Anna Burns of Detroit, Mich.; her sisters and brothers-in-law, John and Gwendolyn Kulwicki and Jeanette Burns Dorling of Detroit, Mich.; grandchildren and their spouses, Nathaniel and his wife, Jessica Garrick, of Gold Beach, Amanda of Baker City, Nicholas Garrick of Baker City, Benjamin Garrick of Tualatin, Alysa, Leslie and Samuel Garrick of Oregon City and Justin Garrick of Lake Oswego; and her great-grandchildren, Anna, Ryan and Tessa Garrick of Gold Beach; and several nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Mary A. Garrick Memorial Fund through Eternal Impact, P.O. Box 250, Oregon City, OR 97045, www.eternalimpact.org, in her memory. To sign the online guest book or to send a condolence to the family go to www.fuitenrosehoyt.com. Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home of Forest Grove is in charge of the arrangements.
Mildred Donna Brackin DeShaw, 80, of Baker City, died June 29, 2009, at her home. No funeral is planned at this time. Mildred was born on Oct. 21, 1928, at Drumright, Okla., to Fred and Anna Grogan Brackin. The family moved to Baker City when Mildred was about 10. She married Eugene DeShaw in 1953. She worked at Wilson’s Market for more than 20 years. She was an avid bowler and bingo player and she loved her gambling trips. She was loved by all and will be greatly missed by her family and many friends, family members said. Survivors include her husband, Eugene; daughter, Rayetta Clark, and her husband, Dennis; son, Gary, and his daughter, Debra, of Baker City; four grandchildren, Jeff Matthews, Rebecca Murrill and her husband, Logan, and Michael and Deanna DeShaw; four great-grandchildren, Marcus, Matthew, Abigail and Avery Murrill; a sister, Joanna Reed of Tuscon, Ariz.; a sister-in-law, Donna Brackin of Baker City; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sisters Betty, Dorothy, Irene and Colene; and brother, Charlie. Coles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. |