Union County Obituaries - GEER

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Addie (Bell) GEER

Fred H. Geer

Judd GEER

Mary (Holtby) GEER


ADDIE (BELL) GEER

Addie Geer, 93, a retired homemaker from Cove, died Sept. 12 at a local nursing home following an extended illness.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Cove Seventh Day Adventist Church, with elder Al Heitzmann officiating. Burial will follow at the Cove Cemetery.

Mrs. Geer was born at Gordon, Tex., on March 12, 1880. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and resided in Union County for 77 years.

Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Vernon (Fay) Erkenback of La Jolla, Calif., a sister, Mrs. Myrtle Fulp of Cove; two brothers, Roy Bell of Cove and Lang Bell of Prineville; and two grandchildren.

Friends may call at Dempsey's Funeral Chapel Thursday evening and until 12 noon on Friday.

The Observer
La Grande, Oregon
Thursday, September 13, 1973
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Fred H. Geer

Funeral services for Fred H. Geer, 51, ex-Portland resident, who died in Tacoma Thursday, will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Lincoln Memorial cemetery.  Services were held at Tacoma yesterday.

Mr. Geer was a son of ex-Governor T. T. Geer.  He was born at Cove, Or. He lived here many years.  For the last 16 years he was connected with the American Express company.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha Geer, and a sister, Mrs. Theodore Little of San Francisco.

The Sunday Oregonian
June 26, 1927
Page 19


DEATH TAKES JUDD GEER

Prominent Pioneer Resident of Cove, Passes at Hot Lake Yesterday; Funeral Sunday

Judd Geer, a prominent resident of Cove for the greater portion of his life, passed on at four o'clock yesterday at Hot Lake at the termination of a long illness. His remains were forwarded to La Grande and funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the Snodgrass and Zimmerman funeral service parlors at one o'clock. Interment will take place in the I. O. O. F. cemetery.

Mr. Geer, who was 55 years, 11 months and 6 days of age, is one of the pioneer residents of Union county and his death is mourned by a host of friends all over Union county.

He was born February 18, 1868. He was married in 1888 and to this union was born four children, two of whom survive him - Mrs. Claud Puckett and Mrs. Philip Lockwood of La Grande. He also leaves his widow; two brothers - T. T. Geer, of Portland and Blaine Geer, of Walla Walla, Wn., and one sister, Mrs. Joseph James of San Francisco, California.

La Grande Evening Observer
Friday, January 25, 1924
Front Page


MRS MARY GEER DIES TODAY AT DAUGHTER'S HOME

Mary Holtby Geer died unexpectedly today at noon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Philip Lockwood, of heart disease. The body is at the Snodgrass and Zimmerman mortuary and funeral arrangements have not been completed.

Mrs. Geer was the widow of Judd Geer, who died several years ago. She was a pioneer resident, coming to Union county 47 years ago which she made her home until death.

She was born in Rome, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1862 and was 72 years, seven months and 25 days of age. She was a life long member of the Episcopal church.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Claude Puckett, of La Grande, a sister, Mrs. E. E. Evans, of Rome, N. Y., and five grandchildren.

La Grande Evening Observer
Monday, October 15, 1934
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