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David Gover Was Eagle Valley Farmer
Seven of Nine Children Survive; Dies at 87

Services for David S. Gover Sr., 87, of Richland, were conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, July 26, 1971 at the Methodist
Church in Richland.

The Rev. Russell Booher of Halfway officiated with interment following in the family plot at Eagle Valley Cemetery
under the direction of the Beatty Chapel. Mr. Gover passed away early on Friday morning, July 23 at St. Elizabeth
Community Hospital after a short illness.

Mr. Gover was born on Feb. 20, 1884 at Bates County, Mo. the son of William Louden and Rebecca Allen Gover.
He came to Eagle Valley with his parents when a small baby and lived in Eagle Valley since that time where he had
engaged in the farming business. On Nov. 7, 1907 he was united in marriage to Pearl Leno Thorp at Baker.

He is survived by four sons: Ronald H, of Summerville, David S. Jr., of Alicel, Clifford L, Jordan Valley and William
L. Gover of Richland; three daughters: Mrs. Marvin (Mary L.) Cropp of North Powder, Mrs. Walter (Mattie)
Dethloff of Rainier, and Mrs. Melvin (Lura Jane) Heggie of Santa Ana, Calif.; one sister: Mrs. Joe (Reba)
McPartland of Vale; 35 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren, and two great great-grandchildren, and by
numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by one daughter: Evangeline E. Thomas, by one son:
Vester Gover and by his wife Pearl Leno Gover.

He was a member of the New Bridge Grange for many years.

The Record Courier; Baker City, OR;
Thursday, 29 July 1971; Page 2.

Delora F. Gover
Delora F. Gover, 79, a former Imbler and Baker County resident who taught school for many years in Eastern
Oregon, died Thursday in Provo, Utah.

A graveside funeral for Mrs. Gover will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Eagle Valley Cemetery at Richland.

Visitations for Mrs. Gover will be until 9 o'clock tonight at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.,
Baker.

Mrs. Gover was born on Feb. 15, 1910, in Imbler to William Arthur and Zelma Annie Westenskow Funk. She
spent her childhood and attended school in the Baker area.

She attended college at the University of Utah and Eastern Oregon State College, receiving her lifetime teaching
certificate on June 10, 1930. On Nov. 18 1933, she married Vester William Gover in Weiser, Idaho. He died in June
1957.

Mrs. Gover lived with her family at Wingville from 1936 to 1960 when she moved to Utah to further her education,
graduating with a bachelor's degree in education in 1961. She taught school in Rock Creek, Muddy Creek,
Sunnyside, Wallowa and Haines. After completing her education in 1961, she spent many years teaching
remedial reading in the Utah school systems.

She was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She enjoyed studying and
gardening.

Survivors include three daughters, Zelma Louise Maness, of Baker, Bonnie Jean Cole, West Jordan, Utah, and
Donna Kay Johnson, Orem, Utah; sons, Eugene Franklin Gover, Lehi, Utah, Howard Dean Gove [Gover], Torrance
Calif., and Donald Ray Gover of Pleasant Grove, Utah; brothers, William Funk, Baker, and Robert Funk, Bend; 23
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two sisters, her twin brother, an infant grandson and an infant great-grandson.

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice. That may be done through Gray's West &
Co. Pioneer Chapel.

The Observer; La Grande, OR;
15 May 1989.

Vester W. Gover, 47
Services Friday

An illness of only a few days Tuesday afternoon claimed the life of Vester William Gover, 47, farmer of the
Wingville district for 20 years.

Mr. Gover was stricken with what was later diagnosed as a rupture of a major artery which caused abdominal and
circulatory complications.

He was born Sept. 17, 1909 in New Bridge, the son of David S. and Pearl L. Thorp Gover. He attended schools at
the Baker Academy, at Sunnyside and Richland high school. He was married Nov. 18, 1933 at Weiser to Delora
Funk.

Mr. Gover had farmed at Wingville for the past 20 years and had also been an employee of the Oregon Lumber
Co., for the past 14 years.

He is survived by his widow Delora; by daughters Zelma Louise Gover, Portland; Bonnie Jean Gover and Donna
Kay Gover, Baker; sons Eugene F. Gover with the U.S. Air Force in Tuscon [Tucson], Ariz., Howard D. and
Donald R. Gover, Baker; his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. David S. Gover, Forest Grove; sisters, Mrs.
Evangaline [Evangeline] Thomas, Hillsboro, Mrs. Mary Louise Croop [Cropp], North Powder, Mrs. Mattie E.
Dethloff, Gaston, Calif.; brothers, Ronald H., Haines; David S. Jr., Clifford L., William L., Richland; numerous
nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Beatty chapel with Bishop Lawrence Hislop officiating.
Interment will be in the Eagle Valley cemetery at Richland.

The Record Courier; Baker City, OR;
Thursday, 6 June 1957; Page 12.

Wilford L. Gover Jr.
Wilford Lovell Gover Jr., 66, Halfway, a longtime Pine Valley rancher, died Thursday, July 1, 1982, at St. Elizabeth
Community Hospital.

A private family mass will be at 1 p.m. Monday in the St. Winifred Catholic Church in Halfway. The Rev. Richard
Groves of St. Winifred Catholic Church will officiate. A graveside service with friends invited will follow in the
Pine Haven Cemetery in Halfway.

Mr. Gover was born on Jan. 7, 1916, in Baker to Lovell and Nell Love Gover. He was reared in Pine Valley and in
Eagle Valley. He married Helen Densley on Oct. 5, 1936, in Baker.

Mr. Gover was a Pine Valley rancher until his retirement in 1979. He was an honorary member of the Future
Farmers of America and past president of the Baker County and Pine Valley fairboards. He was a school board
member in 1964 and held offices on the Foothill and Posey Valley Ditch Co. boards.

Survivors include his wife, Helen of Halfway; three sons, Daniel of Enterprise, Gary of La Grande and George of
Halfway; a half-sister, Barbara Barton of Halfway; his stepmother, Velma Gover of Halfway; and five
grandchildren.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Halfway Ambulance Fund through Grays West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.

The Baker Democrat Herald; Baker City OR;
Saturday, July 3, 1982; Page 2.

WILFORD L. GOVER, SR.
Wilford Lovell Gover, Sr., 67, a resident of Pine Valley, died Tuesday night at his home.

Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church in Halfway with the Rev. Arthur Harriman and the Rev. Ed
Neuenfeldt officiating. Burial will be in Pine Haven Cemetery.

Friends may call at the church from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday as the casket will not be opened at the service.
Mr. Gover, son of William and Rebecca Gover, was born in Richland, Ore., Jan. 31, 1893, attended schools in
Eagle Valley and business college in Salem. He moved to Pine Valley in 1921 and operated his ranch there.
He was married to Velma Estes in Baker on Sept. 18, 1922.

Survivors are his widow; a son, Lovell Gover, Jr., and a daughter, Barbara Barton, both of Halfway; two brothers,
Walter of Walla Walla, Wash., and David of New Bridge; a sister, Reba McPartland of Richland; three grandsons;
one great granddaughter; several nieces and nephews.

The Democrat-Herald; Baker OR;
Thursday, May 12, 1960; Page 3.
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William Gover, Sr. Lifetime Resident Passes June 27

Funeral services for William Louden Gover, Sr., 55, of Richland, Ore., will be conducted at 11 a.m., Friday, June 30,
1972 at the Methodist Church in Richland. The Rev. Carroll McIntosh of Redmond and Rev. Russell Booher of
Halfway, will officiate, with interment following in Eagle Valley Cemetery under the direction of the Beatty Chapel.
The family suggests that in lieu of flowers those who desire may make memorials to the Oregon Heart Fund or to
the First Methodist Church of Richland, which can be done through the Beatty Chapel. Mr. Gover passed away
at St. Elizabeth Community Hospital on Tuesday, June 27 after a short illness.

Mr. Gover was born on Nov. 17, 1916 at Sparta, Ore., the son of David S. and Pearl L. Gover. He attended Rock
Creek and Sunnyside grade schools, and was graduated from Eagle Valley High School. He was united in
marriage on Nov. 17, 1938 in Weiser, Ida, to Mary Anna Saunders. Mr. Gover was a prominent stockman and
rancher and had lived in Baker County for his entire lifetime.

He is survived by his wife: Mary Anna Gover of Richland, Ore.; 3 daughters, Nancy Carol Gover of Richland, Julia
Ann Woods of Baker, and Elizabeth (Beth) Pearl Windhan [Windham] of La Grande; one son, William Louden
Gover, Jr. of Richland; three sisters, Lura Jane Heggie of Santa Ana, Cal., Mary Cropp of North Powder and
Mattie Dethloff of Rainer, Ore.; three brothers, Ronald Gover, Sr. of Summerville, Ore., David S. Gover, Jr. of
Alicel, Ore., and Clifford Gover of Jordan Valley, Ore.; three grandchildren, Lori and Darin Woods of Baker and
Brice Windhan of La Grande; two step-grandsons, Marc and Morgan Windhan of La Grande and numerous
nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death of his parents, one brother and one sister.
The Record Courier; Baker City, OR;
Thursday, 29 June 1972; Page 9.