HAYNES, Richard Glen

The Record-Courier 27 Dec 2012 Richard Glen Haynes, 89, of Baker City died Dec. 20, 2012, at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 27, at the Baker City Christian Church with Pastors Jesse Whitford and Lennie Spooner officiating. Vault interment will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery. A reception will be held at the church fellowship hall following the services. Richard was born Aug. 12, 1923, Salem, Ore., to Charles and Margaret (Brock) Haynes. Dick grew up in Salem, attended Salem High School and graduated in 1941, attended trade school for three months to work at Boeing in Seattle where he was employed as a journeyman for two years. He entered Oregon State University in the fall of 1943 and graduated in the spring of 1947 with a degree in Agronomy and Agricultural Education. He proposed to Marjorie Belle Prowell on Saint Patrick’s Day in 1947, and they were married Sept. 14 of the same year. After living in Albany and having their first son in 1948, Richard Jr., they moved to Baker, Ore., in 1949. He taught vocational agriculture to veterans from WWII and the Korean War for several years. Their second son, Robert (Bob), was born in 1950. After beginning to farm and ranch himself, Dick began selling seed and farm supplies from their ranch in Baker Valley in 1955. The business continued to grow and Dick Haynes Farmterials, Inc was formed in 1957. By 1960 the business had grown substantially and it had moved to 2239 11th Street. In the 1960’s Farmterials purchased Baker Mill and Grain Building, Fortner Supply and Oregon Wood and Coal. In 1968, the business was relocated to Pocahontas Road with a new facility being built. This location was later developed into the Maxi-Mart shopping center, current home to D&B Supply and Miller’s Lumber and formerly Wilson’s Warehouse Market. While running Farmterials and becoming an Ace Hardware dealer, he served for several years on the national Board of Directors of Ace Hardware in Chicago Illinois. The Haynes’s owned and ran Farmterials until 1989. Always active in real estate he also ran Northwest Properties beginning in 1991 for 10 years. Dick’s biggest passion was anything that promoted Baker County and among his significant contributions to the community included reviving the Miner’s Jubilee, being instrumental in bringing the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, facilitating Marvin Wood Products opening in Baker City, printing the first Baker County Recreation Guide, serving as one of the three original founding members of OTEC, serving numerous terms on City Council and serving on the Board of Vector control. He donated the space for Short Term Gallery, enjoyed his old cronies in ROMEO’s, and served on the St. Alphonsus Hospital foundation Board. Flying, fishing and photography were some of his favorite pastimes along with spending time with his granddaughter, Stephanie. He is survived by his wife Marjorie Haynes; brother, Larry Haynes of Sandpoint, Idaho; sister, Nona Caldwell of Vancouver, Wash.; son, Richard Haynes Jr.; son, Bob Haynes and his wife Linda; former daughter-in-law, Barbara Haynes, all of Baker City and granddaughter Stephanie Dickerson and her husband, Scott of Homer, Alaska. Memorial contributions may be made to the Baker County Family YMCA Building Fund or to the Baker Heritage Museum through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.