Obituary of Laura Jane (Bulkley) Wade, 2001; Baker Co., OR
Surnames: Wade, Bulkley, Sewell, Holloway, Brewer, Baggerly, Litchner, Barber,
Denton

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Laura Wade 

Laura Jane Wade, 83, of Baker City died Jan. 20, 2001, at her home in Union. 

Her memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Gray's West & Co. Pioneer
Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave. Her longtime friend and neighbor, Pastor Ralph
Holcomb, will officiate. 

Mrs. Wade was born on April 16, 1917, at Salt Lake City to Charles W. Bulkley
and Nellie Sewell Bulkley. She was raised at Boise where she attended school. 

She moved to Baker City in 1942 where she met and married Thomas W. Wade. She
worked at St. Elizabeth Hospital from 1963 until her retirement in 1982. She
was an excellent seamstress and was always sewing for her family. She also
enjoyed crocheting, gardening, hunting and fishing. 

Survivors include her daughters and their husbands, Barbara and Don Baggerly
of Baker City, Roberta and Jim Litchner of Hermiston, Sandra and Ken Barber of
Hermiston and Ronda Denton of Albany; stepson, Dennis "Whitey" Wade of Tye
Valley; 20 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and nine
great-great-grandchildren. 

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Tom Wade; a son,
Linford "Buck" Wade; a daughter, Mildred Holloway; and a stepdaughter, Shirley
Brewer. 

Memorial contributions may be made to a charity of one's choice through Gray's
West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, P.O. Box 726, Baker City, Ore., 97814.