Ernest Leland (Ernie) Scrivner

Ernest Leland (Ernie) Scrivner, 91 of Baker City, died on May 1, 2015 at his residence with his wife of 30 years by his side. Ernie endured years of illness with various cancers and Parkinson's disease.

A visitation is scheduled for Thursday, May 7, 2015 from 3:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Gray's West & Company Pioneer Chapel. His Celebration of Life will be held Friday, May 8, 2015 at 2:00 PM at the United Methodist Church in Baker City with his nephew, Galen Scrivner, officiating. Interment with military honors will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery with a dinner following at the church.

Ernie was born December 30, 1923 in Vale, Oregon to Vollie Arthur Scrivner and Maude Lela Yeager Scrivner. He was the oldest of four children. As a child, Ernie and his brother Everett delivered the local city newspaper for the entire town. He graduated from Baker High School in 1942. In 1943, he and a friend, Layton Baker, went to Portland to enlist in the Army. He served in the Army for the 58th Quartermaster Base Depot in North France, Ardennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. He went to the South Dakota School of Mines for Engineering through the Army and was discharged January 17, 1946.

Ernie married June Fisk of Baker on June 13, 1948 and they raised four children, Kathy, Linda, Steve and Dave. They later divorced. On November 7, 1984 Ernie married Donna Paulsen of Baker in Lake Tahoe, NV. Together they raised three children, Andrea, Jody and Kent.

Ernie worked for the State Highway Department for 28 years. He moved nine times between 1946 and 1968, working on different highway projects. Dooley Mt. Road was one of his first jobs. He also worked on the survey team between North Powder, OR and LaGrande, OR between 1970 and 1973. The freeway leading to the Oregon Zoo in Portland was his last job before moving back to Baker where he worked for Baker Redi-Mix and Blue Mt. Asphalt until 2002.

Ernie enjoyed outdoor activities, fishing, camping and hunting trips with his sons, brothers and nephews. Basketball was one of his loves. He even played Outlaw Basketball for those over 50 for many years. He coached Little League through Babe Ruth Baseball with his brother Everett as they followed their sons through the years. Another passion was riding his motorcycle on long or short trips with his wife, Donna, his brother Virgil, daughters Kathy and Linda and friends.

Ernie is survived by his wife Donna, brother Everett Scrivner and wife LaVelle of Baker City, daughters Kathy Menser of Eagle Creek, OR, Linda Nagle and husband Pat of Estacada, OR, Andrea Paulsen and husband Scott, Jody Lamberson and husband Dan all from Pendleton, OR and sons, Steve Scrivner and wife Vicki of Grants Pass, OR, Dave Scrivner and wife Robin of Clinton, IA, Kent Paulsen and wife Denise of Medford, OR along with 10 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, 2 great-great grandchildren and dozens of nieces and nephews.

Ernie is preceded in death by his sister Helen Knight, his brother Virgil Scrivner, son-in-law Paul Menser and grandsons, Todd and Benjamin Chaves.

Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church or Heart "N" Home Hospice & Palliative Care through Gray's West & Company Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave, Baker City, OR. 97814.