Parents: George Hankins and Nora Hopper Hankins; h-Joseph Henry "Hank" Guernsey, mar. 1929
RETA ELLYN GUERNSEY
June 17, 1905 - Aug. 9, 2002
Lifetime Grant County resident Reta Ellyn Guernsey, 97, died Aug. 9, at Blue Mountain Nursing Home in Prairie City.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at Driskill Memorial Chapel. Interment will be at Canyon City Cemetery. A reception potluck will follow at the John Day United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Guernsey was born June 17, 1905, the fourth child born to George and Nora (Hopper) Hankins at their homestead in Silvies Valley.
She attended a one-room school in Silvies with her oldest brother, Floyd, and sisters Ethel and Erma. She graduated from grade school in 1919, and attended John Day High School. In 1923, she graduated from Harney County High School, then took several business courses at Oregon Normal School in Monmouth.
On April 4, 1929, she married Joseph Henry "Hank" Guernsey at the Baptist Parsonage in Canyon City. They lived and worked in Seneca for Edward Hines Lumber Company. Hank was a cat skinner and Reta cooked for the crew at Camp 1. Later, when they moved to John Day, Hank managed the Elks Lodge and Reta worked at Knox's and Pearl's dress shop.
They lived south of Canyon City for several years. In 1993 after her husband's death at the age of 98, she relocated to John Day and then lived at Valley View Assisted Living Residence until recently.
Mrs. Guernsey is survived by nieces and nephews, Aurelia Francis of Hohenwald, Tenn., Ronald Hankins of Detroit, Mich., Ellen Dagostino of Dundee, Mich., Ermalee Oard of Baker City, Gaylen Cawlfield of Seattle, Wash., Bill Gohring of Sumpter and James Gohring of Coos Bay; cousins, Darrell Hopper, Iris Woods and Henry Hankins of John Day, and Helen Winters of Vancouver, Wash., and numerous other relatives and friends.
Driskill Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
(Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, Grant, Oregon)
RETA ELLYN GUERNSEY
June 17, 1905 - Aug. 9, 2002
Lifetime Grant County resident Reta Ellyn Guernsey, 97, died Aug. 9, at Blue Mountain Nursing Home in Prairie City.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at Driskill Memorial Chapel. Interment will be at Canyon City Cemetery. A reception potluck will follow at the John Day United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Guernsey was born June 17, 1905, the fourth child born to George and Nora (Hopper) Hankins at their homestead in Silvies Valley.
She attended a one-room school in Silvies with her oldest brother, Floyd, and sisters Ethel and Erma. She graduated from grade school in 1919, and attended John Day High School. In 1923, she graduated from Harney County High School, then took several business courses at Oregon Normal School in Monmouth.
On April 4, 1929, she married Joseph Henry "Hank" Guernsey at the Baptist Parsonage in Canyon City. They lived and worked in Seneca for Edward Hines Lumber Company. Hank was a cat skinner and Reta cooked for the crew at Camp 1. Later, when they moved to John Day, Hank managed the Elks Lodge and Reta worked at Knox's and Pearl's dress shop.
They lived south of Canyon City for several years. In 1993 after her husband's death at the age of 98, she relocated to John Day and then lived at Valley View Assisted Living Residence until recently.
Mrs. Guernsey is survived by nieces and nephews, Aurelia Francis of Hohenwald, Tenn., Ronald Hankins of Detroit, Mich., Ellen Dagostino of Dundee, Mich., Ermalee Oard of Baker City, Gaylen Cawlfield of Seattle, Wash., Bill Gohring of Sumpter and James Gohring of Coos Bay; cousins, Darrell Hopper, Iris Woods and Henry Hankins of John Day, and Helen Winters of Vancouver, Wash., and numerous other relatives and friends.
Driskill Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
(Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, Grant, Oregon)
Parents: George Hankins and Nora Hopper Hankins; h-Joseph Henry "Hank" Guernsey, mar. 1929
RETA ELLYN GUERNSEY
June 17, 1905 - Aug. 9, 2002
Lifetime Grant County resident Reta Ellyn Guernsey, 97, died Aug. 9, at Blue Mountain Nursing Home in Prairie City.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at Driskill Memorial Chapel. Interment will be at Canyon City Cemetery. A reception potluck will follow at the John Day United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Guernsey was born June 17, 1905, the fourth child born to George and Nora (Hopper) Hankins at their homestead in Silvies Valley.
She attended a one-room school in Silvies with her oldest brother, Floyd, and sisters Ethel and Erma. She graduated from grade school in 1919, and attended John Day High School. In 1923, she graduated from Harney County High School, then took several business courses at Oregon Normal School in Monmouth.
On April 4, 1929, she married Joseph Henry "Hank" Guernsey at the Baptist Parsonage in Canyon City. They lived and worked in Seneca for Edward Hines Lumber Company. Hank was a cat skinner and Reta cooked for the crew at Camp 1. Later, when they moved to John Day, Hank managed the Elks Lodge and Reta worked at Knox's and Pearl's dress shop.
They lived south of Canyon City for several years. In 1993 after her husband's death at the age of 98, she relocated to John Day and then lived at Valley View Assisted Living Residence until recently.
Mrs. Guernsey is survived by nieces and nephews, Aurelia Francis of Hohenwald, Tenn., Ronald Hankins of Detroit, Mich., Ellen Dagostino of Dundee, Mich., Ermalee Oard of Baker City, Gaylen Cawlfield of Seattle, Wash., Bill Gohring of Sumpter and James Gohring of Coos Bay; cousins, Darrell Hopper, Iris Woods and Henry Hankins of John Day, and Helen Winters of Vancouver, Wash., and numerous other relatives and friends.
Driskill Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
(Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, Grant, Oregon)
RETA ELLYN GUERNSEY
June 17, 1905 - Aug. 9, 2002
Lifetime Grant County resident Reta Ellyn Guernsey, 97, died Aug. 9, at Blue Mountain Nursing Home in Prairie City.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 15, at Driskill Memorial Chapel. Interment will be at Canyon City Cemetery. A reception potluck will follow at the John Day United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Guernsey was born June 17, 1905, the fourth child born to George and Nora (Hopper) Hankins at their homestead in Silvies Valley.
She attended a one-room school in Silvies with her oldest brother, Floyd, and sisters Ethel and Erma. She graduated from grade school in 1919, and attended John Day High School. In 1923, she graduated from Harney County High School, then took several business courses at Oregon Normal School in Monmouth.
On April 4, 1929, she married Joseph Henry "Hank" Guernsey at the Baptist Parsonage in Canyon City. They lived and worked in Seneca for Edward Hines Lumber Company. Hank was a cat skinner and Reta cooked for the crew at Camp 1. Later, when they moved to John Day, Hank managed the Elks Lodge and Reta worked at Knox's and Pearl's dress shop.
They lived south of Canyon City for several years. In 1993 after her husband's death at the age of 98, she relocated to John Day and then lived at Valley View Assisted Living Residence until recently.
Mrs. Guernsey is survived by nieces and nephews, Aurelia Francis of Hohenwald, Tenn., Ronald Hankins of Detroit, Mich., Ellen Dagostino of Dundee, Mich., Ermalee Oard of Baker City, Gaylen Cawlfield of Seattle, Wash., Bill Gohring of Sumpter and James Gohring of Coos Bay; cousins, Darrell Hopper, Iris Woods and Henry Hankins of John Day, and Helen Winters of Vancouver, Wash., and numerous other relatives and friends.
Driskill Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
(Blue Mountain Eagle, John Day, Grant, Oregon)
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Beside her husband Joseph Guernsey, mar 4 Apr 1929
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