This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Keller, Debban Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3601 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, April 12, 1967 Lewis Keller Rites Held Here Tuesday Services for Lewis Keller jr., 26, of Payette, who died Saturday from a self-inflicted shot gun wound, were conducted Tuesday at the Chapel of the Roses here. The Rev. Floyd Cummings, pastor of the Nazarene church officiated. Vault interment followed in the Garden of Melody at Rosedale Memorial Gardens here. Born July 2, 1940, in Scottsbluff, Neb., he married Judy Debban May 14, 1960, in Las Vegas, Nev. He was in the Armed Forces in 1958-59. He had lived in Payette for the past two years, coming here from Emmett. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Judy Keller, Payette; one son, Danny Keller and two daughters, Brenda Keller and Rebecca Keller, all at home; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Keller, Sr., Modesto, Calif.; four brothers, Donald Keller, Payette, Bruce Keller, Fruitland, Eugene Keller, Little Rock, Ark., and Warren Keller of Santa Anna, Calif.; and a grandfather, Floyd Peak, of San Bernardino, Calif.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scott, Starks Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3600.2 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, December 5, 1929 BODY IDENTIFIED The body of an unknown man, found last week by Mr. Coughanour in one of his vacant houses near the cannery, has been identified as Charles Edson Scott of Portland. A letter from his sister Mrs. H. C. Starks of Portland, received by Sheriff Stewart, giving a complete description including unusual scars on the body is conclusive evidence. The body is still being held at the Peterson Funeral home awaiting further instructions. Note: Charles Edson Scott is buried at Riverside Cemetery, Payette in an unmarked grave. ch

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scott Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3600.1 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 28, 1929 BODY FOUND IN VACANT HOUSE BELIEVED TO BE VICTIM OF HARD LUCK -- BODY BEING HELD FOR IDENTIFICATION The body of an unknown man was found in a small vacant house near the Idaho Cannery, belonging to W. A. Coughanour, on Monday afternoon by Mr. Coughanour, who went there to look over the property. The body which was poorly dressed, was found lying on a pile of straw beside a dilapidated suitcase which contained a knife, fork and spoon, also some writing material. Coroner I. H. Adair, Sheriff J. C. Stewart and Dr. J. C. Woodward, county physician was called and a thorough examination was made which revealed but little evidence as to the identity of the man. It is believed that he had been dead for several days. On a scrap of paper in the suitcase was written, C. E. Scott, Portland, Ore. The Portland authorities have been notified and the body is being held at the Peterson parlors pending information from Portland. It is believed, however, the man is a "drifter" and probably will not be identified.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Scott Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3600 Message Board Post: The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 28, 1929 MAN FOUND DEAD IN VACANT HOUSE STRANGER ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD DIED ON A STRAW BED EVIDENTLY A NATURAL DEATH. About 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, November 25, the dead body of a man was found in a vacant house, belonging to W. A. Coughanour, one block west of the O. S. L. depot, by Fred Frickle, living in a house about 200 feet south. County Coroner, I. H. Adair, and Sheriff Stewart were notified and investigation showed that the man died of natural causes as he was lying on a straw bed with an old quilt over him. The body was removed to the Peterson Furniture home and a description taken. The man was about 60 years old, height 5 feet 9 inches, weight 160 pounds, red brown hair, bald in front, blue eyes, sandy complexion, beard mixed with gray, three teeth missing and others badly decayed, large scar on pit of stomach, evidently from a burn. He wore a ring with three green stone settings and on an inside pocket was a label of the Brownsville Woolen Mills, tailors of Portland, made for C. E. Scott, Portland, Oregon. There was also an envelope of the Big Four Transfer Co. of Portland. S. C. McGee at the Commercial Hotel says he met the man at La Grande about three months ago and that he had been around Payette for three weeks. Mr. McGee said he was without funds and told him he had no relatives. O. W. Hull, night man, said he had also seen the man around for about three weeks. Efforts to locate friends or relatives have so far failed.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Breckon Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3599 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 28, 1929 PAYETTE VALLEY PIONEER DIES AT TWIN FALLS W. F. Breckon one of the early settlers of the Payette valley dies Monday evening at a hospital in Twin Falls after a lingering illness of several months. Mr. Breckon popular business man and splendid citizen. He moved from here about ten years ago to Kimberly, Idaho, where he engaged in business. He has served as county commissioner of Twin Falls county for four terms and was serving in that capacity at the time of his death. His wife died at Kimberly about three years ago.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wiseman, Hubert Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3571.3 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 7, 1929 CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank the many kind friends for the many words of sympathy and assistance during the illness at the death of my dear son. I wish to especially thank the lodge brothers here and at Caldwell for their kind assistance when it was so much needed. MRS. MARGARET HUBERT AND FAMILY

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cortner, Lowery Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3598 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 7, 1929 OBITUARY OF H. J. CORTNER Henry Joseph Cortner was born May 3, 1854, near Farmland, Ind. He was next to the youngest of a large family, all of whom have passed on except two brothers, Rev. J. R. four years older and Levi two years younger, both residing in Indiana. Three brothers and three sisters preceded him in death. They were of a sturdy pioneer stock that hewed their way through the forests and helped to build the great commonwealths of Indiana and Minneapolis. Mr. Cortner's first marriage was of a few short years, having one son that lived a short time. His second marriage was blessed with six children, three daughters dying in infancy. A son Mearl M. lives in Detroit, a son LaVern in Blackfoot and a daughter Mrs. C. R. Lowery resides near Boise. There are seven grandsons and two granddaughters who with his bereaved companion and many other relatives and friends will miss him for his was a strong character for righteousness and he was beloved by all. He was a high-school professor until about thirty years of age, when because of failing health he changed from the damp climate of Indiana to that of Minnesota. He purchased one of the most fertile farms in the big woods of the Mississippi valley, 125 miles northwest of Minneapolis. By continued hard work in the 18 years residing there he cleared 100 acres of heavy oak, iron and basswood land so that a binder could be used over the land. After residing there 18 years his health again failed and another change of climate was sought. That section of Idaho known as "God's Country" was the place selected. For 15 years he lived on a farm near Payette. He liked his new home in the farther west and seemed to have obtained a new lease on life. In 1917 he sold his farm and purchased property in the Boise and Hagerman valleys, having made his home in the latter place the greater part of the time since. His health seemed to be even better in Hagerman valley, with its health filled spring water and drier climate. He often said he was willing to spend the remainder of his life here, which he did. After completing a full day's labor, at the dawn of the first day of October, without even a struggle he quietly slipped away to join the throng he so much loved to sing and talk about. The slumber was peaceful and the waking must have been happy. Those who knew him are familiar with his strong convictions for right thi! ngs. He became a Christian early in life and always maintained his strong faith in God and the work of the kingdom. He, with his family were member so the Christian church, but for convenience united with any Evangelical church that might be near, having been members of the Congregational and Presbyterian churches. He was ordained an elder of the Presbyterian church of Payette in 1905, and had been teacher of the Methodist Bible class most of the time since he came to the Hagerman valley. His greatest delight was in Christian service. He was the oldest person actively engaged in farming in Hagerman valley, farming the 40 acre farm where he lived at the time of his death. Mr. Cortner was buried in Morris Hill cemetery, Boise, after funeral services by Rev. Crosby Ross, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, where Mr. Cortner held his church membership. Services were also held at home at Hagerman by Rev. Earl Officer, pastor of the M. E. church where Mr. Cortner worshiped and taught the adult Bible class almost all the time since going to Hagerman. -- Gooding Leader.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McDonald Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3597 Message Board Post: Payette Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 7, 1929 HARRY LEE McDONALD Harry Lee McDonald was born in Oskalooska, Iowa, November 19, 1879, died at the Ontario hospital October 29, 1929. He leaves a wife and three children, all of this place. Funeral services were held from the Landon Funeral Parlors on Thursday. Services were conducted by Rev. L. G. Frasier, pastor of the Baptist church of Payette. Music was in charge of Earl Bull of Ontario. Pall bearers were all old time friends and workmen of Ontario. Note: Burial at Riverside Cemtery, Payette. ch

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Davis Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3596 Message Board Post: The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 28, 1929 KILLED NEAR ONTARIO As the result of an automobile accident near Ontario Saturday, John Davis, aged 9, of Boise was killed outright and his brother Carl, aged 14, was taken to the Ontario hospital in a dying condition, passing away later. The care was driven by John Davis, 19, a cousin of the other boys, who turned to look at some sheep jumping through a fence and lost control of his car which went into a ditch.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hesse Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3595 Message Board Post: The Payette Independent Payette, Idaho Thursday, November 28, 1929 CON W. HESSE DEAD Constance W. Hesse, of Boise, proprietor of a number of jewelry stores in Idaho, one of which is in Payette, passed away suddenly at a Boise hospital following a heart attack. Mr. Hesse has been a prominent figure in Idaho business circles for many years and was well known in this section of the state. He leaves a wife and son, Ernest G. Hesse, the latter having taken an active part in the management of his business and in looking after the branch stores for several years.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: White Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3594 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, January 29, 1992 FAITH ALEXANDER WHITE "Faith A. "F. A." White, 100, Ontario, formerly of Fruitland, died Jan. 23, at an Ontario nursing home. Services were 10 a.m. Jan. 28 at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, Fruitland. Burial followed at Park View Cemetery, New Plymouth.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schmidt Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3593 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, January 29, 1992 DONNA L. SCHMIDT Donna L. Schmidt, 61, Payette, died Jan. 27 at home of natural causes. Vigil services will be 7 p.m. Thursday at the Holy Family Catholic Church, Payette. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Holy Family Catholic Church. Vault burial will follow in Rosedale Memorial Gardens, Payette, under the direction of Payette Chapel of the Roses.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brown Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3592 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, January 29, 1992 IONA BROWN Iona Brown, 75, Payette, died Jan. 28 in a Nampa care center. Srevices pending, Payette Chapel of the Roses. Note: Burial At Rosedale Memorial Gardens. ch

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Deuel Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3591 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, February 5, 1992 Frances C. Deuel Frances C. Deuel, 75, Cornelius, Ore., formerly of Payette, died Jan. 30 in a Portland hospital. Services were 10 a.m. today at the Fruitland Free Methodist Church. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery, Payette, under the direction of Ontario's Lienkaemper Chapel.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Huff Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3590 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, February 5, 1992 Eleanor M. Huff Eleanor M. Huff, 71, New Plymouth, died Jan. 31 at an Ontario hospital. Services were 2 p.m. Feb. 4 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, New Plymouth. Dedicatory services followed at Park View Cemetery, New Plymouth, under the direction of Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, New Plymouth.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pittz Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3589 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, February 5, 1992 Anthony F. Pittz Anthony F. Pittz, 81, Payette, died Jan. 29, in a Payette nursing home. Graveside services were 2 p.m. Feb. 1 at Riverside Cemetery, Payette, under the direction of Ontario's Lienkaemper chapel.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Miller, Einspahr, Mooney Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3588 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, April 12, 1967 Rites Saturday For Miller Infant Eddy Leon Miller, two-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Miller of Payette, died in a Nyssa hospital last Wednesday. Besides his parents, he leaves three brother, Melvin, Jimmy and Johnny, and three sisters, Ema, Ann and Carol, all at home; and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Einspahr, Payette. Graveside services were conducted Saturday at Rosedale Memorial Park in Payette by Howard Mooney. Shaffer Memory chapel handled arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mitchell, Forbes, Homsher, Jones Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3587 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, April 12, 1967 Moses Hawkins Succumbs at 80 Moses Hawkins Mitchell, 80, Payette, died Sunday in an Ontario nursing home after a lengthy illness. He was born February 1, 1887, in La Grande, Ore. After living for 25 years in Klamath Falls, Ore., he moved in 1961 to Payette, where he had lived since. Survivors include two nieces, Mrs. Olathe Forbes of Payette and Mrs. Maxine Homsher of Ontairo, and a nephew, William D. Mitchell of Springfield, Ore. Graveside services were conducted Tuesday at Riverside cemetery in Payette by the Rev. Wesley G. Jones of the Ontario Presbyterian church. Shaffer Memory chapel handled arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Harrison, Toole Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3586 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Wednesday, April 12, 1967 LeRoy Wilson, NP Resident Since ’24 Dies NEW PLYMOUTH-LeRoy Wilson, 80, New Plymouth, died Sunday in a Payette nursing home after a lengthy illness. Born March 16, 1887, in Joplin, Mo., he lived a short time in Iowa, and moved with his parents to Bellevue, where they operated a farm and later a livery stable. When automobiles first became available, the family started one of the first automotive garages in Idaho, and they operated it for several years. He married Hannah Elizabeth Toole on March 12, 1910, in Wendell. After a brief time in Wendell, they moved to Weiser, where he was in the garage business with his brother, Clyde. After living in Weiser and Arena Valley, they came to New Plymouth in 1924. Mrs. Wilson died last March 27. Mr. Wilson was also preceded in death by a brother, John. He was a member of the Payette County Fifty-year club, and he served as deputy assessor of Payette county for several years. Surviving him are four sons, Charles L. Wilson of Modesto, Calif., John S. Wilson of Payette, Leonard R. Wilson of Boise, and Harold L. Wilson of Belmont, Calif., a brother, Clyde Wilson of Weiser; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Harrison of Boise; and six grandchildren. Services were conducted today (Wednesday) at the New Plymouth Shaffer Memory chapel by the Rev. Richard England of the Congregational church of New Plymouth. Interment will follow at Park View cemetery in New Plymouth.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Whitman, Mason, Lane, Marks, Eastman Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5d.2ADI/3585 Message Board Post: Independent Enterprise Payette, Idaho Thursday, February 22, 1940 PIONEER PATRON PASSES MONDAY Mrs. Lizzie Underwood Dies In This City; Funeral Wednesday Mrs. Lizzie Mason Underwood, Idaho pioneer, died here late Monday. She was born in Como, Ill., July 12, 1856, spent her early life in Como and Sterling, Ill., where she married John L. Underwood on February 12, 1876. They moved to Idaho, first to Paris and later to Soda Spring and Montpelier. Mrs. Underwood and her husband were pioneer settlers of eastern Idaho in a true sense of the word, having come to Soda Springs from Evanston, Wyoming, the western terminus of the railroad with a team of horses and a buckboard. The early years of her married life were saddened by the death of her first children, two little boys, who died of diphtheria within a week of each other. The Underwoods moved from Soda Springs to Montpelier where Mr. Underwood was postmaster for fifteen years and deceased acted as his assistant. It was here that Mrs. Underwood began her amazingly active life of working for the community in which she happened to live. She was one of the early founders of the Presbyterian church in Montpelier. She helped the choir, played the organ and taught a Sunday school class. She was a charter member of the Civic club, Maccabees and the Rebekahs of that town. After the death of Mr. Underwood on February 14, 1914, Mrs. Underwood lived in Salt Lake with her daughter, Mrs. Geo. Marks, until she came to Payette in 1918 to make her home until death, with her daughter, Mrs. Bernard Eastman. Mrs. Underwood was an active member of the Portia club, taking part in a program of last November, 1939. She was also very active in D. A. R. work, becoming first a member of the Spirit of Liberty chapter in Salt Lake and was later a charter member of Dorion chapter of this city. Mrs. Underwood had been historian and press correspondent since the chapter’s organization, and kept her records and papers with meticulous care. Mrs. Underwood had many distinguished ancestors one of whom was Col. William Turner who had been active in forming the first law-making bodies of the Thirteen Original States. She was also a kinswoman of Dr. Marcus Whitman, the well known pioneer missionary doctor who has been credited with saving the Oregon Territory for the United States. Mrs. Underwood was to have been an honored guest at the forthcoming annual state conference of the D. A. R. to be held in Payette March 15 and 16 of this year. To pay just tribute to this fine honorable woman who was above the pettiness of life, and who undoubtedly had a great influence wherever she lived, seems impossible, and one can only say that the world is better for her having lived and that it is a privilege to have known her. Three of her four children preceded her in death. Two sons, Phillip and Frank, died in infancy, and a daughter, Mrs. Esther Marks, died at her home in Los Angeles in 1936. Survivors besides Mrs. Eastman, are three grandsons, Boyd Marks and Phillip Eastman, of Los Angeles, and Bernard Eastman, Jr., Nyssa, Ore., and one great-grandson, Michael Geoffrey Eastman, of Nyssa. Other survivors are two brothers, Henry B. Whitman, of Montpelier, Edwin D. Whitman of Soda Springs, and a sister, Mrs. Carrie B. Lane of Houston, Texas. Funeral services were held at the Payette Methodist church Wednesday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. E. R. Kaemmer officiating and Landon’s funeral home in charge. The body was then sent to Soda Springs for burial.