The Hermiston Herald Obituaries

Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon

Notes, not quotes, from obituaries with Sherman County connections.
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/or/umatilla/obits.herm_m.txt

XXXII #47 – 13 July 1939

  • Theo Beletski, 73, born 8 February in Poland; to Wasco County, OR 1898; wife Esther, 1 daughters, 1 brother, 1 sister; buried Wasco, OR.

#42-26 , #46, #47 – 22 June 1950 & 29 June 1950

  • Clemit C. Brock, Hermiston, son of Sam Brock, b. 5 September 1924, Shell Knob, MO; To Hermiston 1941; died veterans hospital in Vancouver, WA 19 June 1950; WW II vet; parents and 4 brothers; buried Hermiston Cemetery.

#33-26 – 15 February 1940

  • Buhman, born 1 October 1867 Dixon, CA; to Wasco County, OR 1895; to Hermiston 1919; married Anna M. Henrichs 1895; 6 children, 3 living; buried Wasco, OR.

#40-43 & 44 – 5 June 1947 & 12 June 1947

  • Anna Henrichs Buhmann, born August 11, 1869 Davenport, IA; married Arnold Buhmann 27 February 1895 Dixon, CA; To Wasco County, OR 1895; he died 11 February 1940; she died 2 June 1947 at Zurich, MT; children Edna and R. W. deceased and Lawrence, Eda and Clarence living; buried Wasco, OR.

#23-27 – 7 March 1929

  • Reinhart William Buhmann, born 15 June 1901 near Wasco, OR; married Ruth Sprague 1921; died College Place, WA; buried Hermiston, OR.

#31-1 – 4 November 1937

  • Melburne L. Burnett, 50, 25 October 1937; telegraph operator at Biggs, OR for 15 years; wife, 2 daughters, 1 son.

#28-48 – 26 July 1934

  • Guy Chamness, 31, 25 July 1934, Hermiston; born Newberg, OR and buried there; lived Hermiston, OR since 1933; husband and daughter.

#49-8 – 27 January 1955

  • Catherine DeMoss born 22 July 1882 Mt. Hope, WA, daughter of George and Phoebe Messinger Cornwall who came to OR 1846 via Applegate Cutoff; granddaughter of Josephus Cornwall, 1st Cumberland Presbyterian minister in the US; married 1st Charles McCaleb 1899 probably at Monmouth, OR; daughter Edna born 3 July 1900 at Moro, OR; Charles drowned 1904 in John Day River; married 2nd John Henry DeMoss 15 June 1906 Sherman County, OR and he died 1953; children Harvey and Don born Gales Creek, WA; to Hermiston, OR 1920; taught 26 years in the Hermiston area, wrote poetry and books. [McCaleb was a Sherman County sheriff or deputy sheriff.]

#47-44 – 8 October 1953

  • John Henry DeMoss born 31 October 1867 Knoxville, IA, son of Peter DeMoss, [which one is?] veteran of Rogue River Indian War; buried Hermiston, OR.

#35-20 – 1 January 1942

  • Lizzie DeMoss Davis, relative of Mr. and Mrs. J.H. DeMoss of Columbia District.

#31-33 – 7 April 1938

  • Susan Gerking died 6 April 1938 Estacada, OR; survived by son Ben of Pendleton, OR.

#30-16 – 10 December 1936

  • Rebecca Ann Gilmore, 83; to near Amity, OR in Yamhill County 1862; leaves 6 children; buried Yakima, WA

#45-38 – 28 August 1952

  • Charles Lester Gray, born 5 June 1904 Tecumseh, MI; married Goldie 1948 Walla Walla, WA; died 14 August 1952 Pendleton, OR; Riverview Cemetery.

#30-38 – 14 May 1936

  • Sarah Huff (Mrs.), Civil War nurse; former resident of Moro, OR; died Spokane, WA.

#30-17 – 17 December 1936

  • Wiley Knighton, born 25 October 1859 Jacksonville, OR; m 28 September 1890 Neva A. Bickford at Mt. Idaho, ID; she died 24 February 1934; he lived Grangeville, ID until 1934; died Irrigon, OR 10 December 1936.

#42-11 – 20 October 1949

  • Archie McFarland, born Oakland, OR 7 January 1880; to Sherman County, OR 1893; to Umatilla County, OR 1905; to Waldport, OR; died 12 October 1949, Portland, OR; wife Minnie, sons Eugene and Milo; buried Portland.

#16-2 – 22 September 1921

  • Infant McFarland, male, son of A. E.; 1921

#51-49 – 7 November 1957

  • Iva McKee, 90, died 24 October 1957, Portland, OR; funeral Grass Valley, OR; buried Odd Fellows Cemetery, __.

#54-36 – 4 August 1960

  • Mary Ann Louise Morehouse; born 26 February 1950, dau of John; survivors include parents, sister Clara; buried Hermiston.

#48-43 – 30 September 1954

  • Leland Fulton Morehouse, born 13 August 1904, Portland, OR; died Havre, MT 21 September 1954; wife Frankie; daughter Lorraine; mother Mrs. C. W. Morehouse of Hermiston and siblings.

#37-10 – 21 October 1943

  • Walter C. Morehouse, born 24 November 1877 Denver, CO; married Martha Alice Gilmore 12 January 1902, Wasco, OR; lived Hermiston; wife, daughter, 2 sons, 1 sister, 1 brother.

#29-50 – 8 August 1935

  • Harry Murchie, born 1860 Nevada City, CA, son of Andrew and Mary Nesbitt Murchie; to Wasco, OR 1880; to Yakima, WA; to Boardman, OR 1919; 8 siblings, all deceased; buried Boardman Cemetery.

#48-6 – 14 January 1954

  • Ray Oviatt, 63, died Ocean Lake, OR 1954, formerly of Hermiston.

#41-9 – 7 October 1948

  • Frederick Calvin Root, born 28 April 1882, Wasco, OR; died 5 October 1948 at Hermiston, OR; buried Clarkston, WA; wife Evelyn, daughter Inez, 3 sisters, 1 brother.

#27-20

  • Louise Rust born 11 March 1884 Springfield, IL; married 1st Charles Grogan June 1901 Webb City, MT; to Heppner, OR August 1912 from Ava, MO; married 2nd W. Rust of Grass Valley; died 17 December 1932; buried Heppner; lived Hermiston; husband, son, daughter and mother.

#28-29 15 March 1934

  • Patrick Siscel, 46, died Bend, OR 1934; lived Hermiston, OR until 1926; to Wasco, later to Redmond; married Goldie Newsome 8 March.

#30-35 – 30 April 1936

  • E. Sink, died at Wasco, OR 1936

#43-13 – 2 November 1950

  • Frank H. Stone, born 14 July 1889 Wasco, OR; WWI veteran; former resident Butter Creek; buried Sunrise Cemetery, Wasco

#30-33

  • Charles Thom, to Oregon 1881, to Wasco County; died 4 April 1936 at Stanfield, OR; buried The Dalles, OR.

#33-34

  • John Thom, age about 80; born Pennsylvania; to Correctionville, IA as a child; to Oregon; unmarried.

#26-33

  • Thomas Thompson, born 1858 Dundas County, Ontario, son of James and Sarah Ann; to Weston, OR 1880; homestead near Pendleton about 1887; married 25 December 1883 Catherine Ginn at Weston, and she died 2 February 1920; 7 children from this marriage; married 2nd Dorothy Wisely, one child; died 1932.