Obituary of Russell Frank Hyatt, 2002; Baker Co., OR
Surnames: Hyatt, Larsen, Holcomb, Mendive, Begley

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Russell Hyatt 

Russell Frank Hyatt, 89, of Fruitland, Idaho, a former Baker City resident,
died Jan. 15, 2002, at Holy Rosary Medical Center at Ontario. 

His funeral was Friday at Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel at Fruitland. Interment
was at Parkview Cemetery in New Plymouth, Idaho. 

Russell was born on Feb. 11, 1912, at Union to Lloyd Burk and Ida E. Hyatt. He
attended Baker City schools and was a 1931 Baker High School graduate. He
continued his education at Oregon State University at Corvallis where he
graduated in 1940 with a degree in animal husbandry and range management. 

He worked for the U.S. Forest Service from 1928 to 1941. He married Wilma
Larsen of Baker City at Boise on Nov. 10, 1941. 

He enlisted in the Navy and joined the Seabees in 1941, serving until 1945.
After his discharge from the military, the couple farmed and ranched on their
Fruitland acreage. He also was a Payette County tax assessor. 

Russell was a lifetime member of the Ontario Elks Lodge, No. 1690. 

Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Wilma; their two sons and
daughters-in-law, Michael and Jana of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Keith and Donna
of Fruitland; four grandsons, Tony of Anchorage, Todd and his wife, Melissa,
of Seattle, Wash., Jared and his wife, Doreen, of Elko, Nev., and T. Jay, also
of Elko; two granddaughters and their husbands, Marci and Mike Holcomb of
Meridian, Idaho, and Amanda and Shannon Mendive of Elko, Nev.; 10
great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; a sister, Jerry, and her
husband, Cub Begley, of Beaverton; and several nieces and nephews. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; and his sister, Marjorie. 

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Elks Foundation 1690 through
the Shaffer-Jensen Memory Chapel, P.O. Box 730, Payette, Idaho 83661.