Robert Charles Morehead

Robert Charles Morehead, 80, died Sept. 22 at his ranch near Burns.

A memorial service will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at LaFollette's Chapel in Burns.

Robert was born to Charles and Madeline Morehead in Heppner. The family lived on Buttercreek until Bob was 5, then moved to Kittitas, Wash., for seven years. Then they moved to Ellensburg, Wash., for one year before moving to

La Grande, where Bob graduated from La Grande High School in 1947.

After working on family farms for a short time, he joined the Army and was stationed in Korea. After his return he worked for an inventive farmer, Champ Bond, near Haines and drove the newly designed rotary snowplow clearing the road to Little Alps Ski Area in the Elkhorn mountains.

He began farming and ranching on his father's homestead near Soda Springs, Idaho, adding a place near Grace, Idaho, and then Bancroft, Idaho, before moving to Harney County and ranching there for the remainder of his life. He was active in the Oregon Farm Bureau and the American Legion.

He is survived by his sisters, Delpha and Doris; and five nieces and a nephew. His parents and his brother, Glenn, preceded him in death.

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