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Jo” Vernholm, 85, formerly of Baker City, Enterprise and Elgin, died March 27, 2019, at an Emmett, Idaho, assisted living center. At her request, there will be no service. The Potter Funeral Chapel of Emmett, Idaho, was in charge of arrangements. Jo was born on April 30, 1933, at Holy Oak, Colorado. Her parents decided to move to New Plymouth, Idaho, shortly after her birth. So that is where she grew up. She attended all 12 years of school at Fruitland, Idaho. She married Willard “Dale” Vernholm on July 2, 1951. They had three sons: Steven, Gary and Michael. Through the years Jo worked as a nurse’s aide at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Baker City and provided Meals on Wheels. Jo also loved her volunteer work. She was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Baker City. She also enjoyed hunting, fishing, playing cards, bunco, crafts and gardening. Jo always had a beautiful home and garden. Jo was also a member of the Good Sam’s Club and enjoyed the camping trips with her friends. In July 2016 Jo’s health was failing, so she moved into an assisted living center at Emmett, Idaho, to be closer to her son, Steven, and his wife, Kathy. Survivors include her sons and their spouses, Steven and Kathy Vernholm of Emmett Idaho, and Gary and Peggy Vernholm of Wilder, Idaho, and a very special person who she has always called a son, Paul Schon of Baker City; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Linda Robbins of Baker City; and brother-in-law, Ron Vernholm of Dillon, Montana. She was preceded in death, by her husband, Dale; an infant daughter, Jody Lynn; son, Michael; her parents, Frank and Emma Detmer; and her five sisters and two brothers. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Lutheran Church, Community Connection or the Senior Center, all in Baker City. The family expressed appreciation to Encompass Hospice for the care its employees provided Jo. ‘Bob’ Kirkwood Baker City, 1935-2019 Robert C. “Bob” Kirkwood Jr., 83, died March 26, 2019, at his hom...

W. Jean Ferguson, 87, of Rockport, died Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Owensboro Health Regional Hospital. She was born in Penrod, Kentucky, tothe late George Eldon and Anglee Myers Clark.She worked as a CNA and later as a LPN working at Professional Care Home in Hartford and Beaver Dam Nursing Home. She was a baby doll rescuer, enjoyed quilting, she was an avid romantic novel reader, enjoyed cooking, and was a member of McHenry Church of Christ.She was preceded in death by her husband, James Claude Ferguson; two sisters, Linda Hoover and Evyleen Clark; two brothers, John Clark and Alton Clark.Survivors include four sons, James Michael (Angie) Ferguson, of Falls of Rough, Kentucky, Jamie Clark Ferguson, of Louisville, Kentucky, Jeffrey Lee (Sheri) Ferguson, of Rockport, and Joseph Eldon (Mare) Ferguson, of Woodburn, Kentucky; one daughter, Jackie Faye Deno, of Utica, Kentucky; one sister, Betty Maude Moorman, of Baldwin, Missouri; 13 grandchildren; many great- and great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.Funeral services are 11 a.m. Thursday, April 25, at Bevil Bros. Funeral Home in Beaver Dam, Kentucky with Bro. Charlie Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Echols Cemetery near Rockport. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday and from 9 a.m. until funeral time on Thursday at the funeral home.Online condolences may be sent to bevilbrosfuneralhomes.com.Support Our JournalismPlease consider subscribing today and support our work in the community. If you are already a subscriber, thank you very much. Subscribers get access to our daily email newsletter of every headline and obituary from the last 24 hours as well as access to OC Healthy, our new community wide initiative to help Ohio County get healthier.Like this:Like Loading...Other Posts That May Interest You...

Ellis, 73, of Co. Rt. 3, passed away, Friday, April 26, 2019 at Claxton-Hepburn Medical Center, Ogdensburg, NY.Born on September 17, 1945 in Philadelphia, NY, he was a son of James F. and Dorothy M. Diehl Ellis. He attended local schools.Harry married Minnie Savage on July 26, 1966 and she passed away June 6, 1997. Then he married Betty Jo Savage on January 9, 1999 in Redwood, NY.He worked as a farmhand for Ronald Cole Farm, Redwood, NY and Norris Handschuh Farm, Redwood, NY. He also worked at the Oscar Mayer Plant in CA, for a time. He retired due to ill health and had been a patient at the Agarwal Renal Center in Ogdensburg, NY since 2005.Harry enjoyed search a word games, playing cards, boardgames, hunting, fishing, being in the outdoors, having coffee with the neighbors and he was an avid reader of James Patterson novels.Survivors include his wife of 20 years, Betty Jo; a daughter and son-in-law, Regina R. and Harold Brow, Watertown, NY; two grandchildren, Ava Rose Brow and Nathan Keith Brow; a sister, Shirley Stephens, Watertown, NY; numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.His parents, his first wife, Minnie, two brothers, James F. Ellis, Jr. and Charles F. Ellis, and a sister, Joyce Taylor, all died previously.There will be no funeral or calling hours. Arrangements are with Frederick Bros. Funeral Home, Theresa, NY.In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the funeral home by clicking on the Donate Now button (https://frederickbrosfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/676/Harry-Ellis/obituary.html) to the right, to help cover family expenses. Those who donate can write an expression of sympathy for the family which can be found by clicking on the Condolences tab above or one can remain anonymous. We thank you in advance for any and all help in the family’s time of need.Condolences may be made online at www.frederickbrosfuneralhome.com.