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Howard Ray Bair

10 Dec 1907 – 3 Oct 1988

Birth	10 Dec 1907
Death	3 Oct 1988
Cemetery	Hilltop Memorial Cemetery Nyssa , Malheur County , Oregon , USA
Added by	R.I.P. on 15 Mar 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38409430

Bio

Howard Bair Howard Ray Bair, 89, of Nyasa, a retired farmer, died Monday, Oct. 3, 1988, at his home of natural causes. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Nyssa Stake Center, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with Bishop J. Burdette Pratt conducting. Burial will follow in the Nyssa Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Nyssa's Lienkaemper Chapel. Howard was born Dec. 10, 1907, the son of Joseph F. and Eliza R. Moss Bair, and was raised in Alpine, Utah. He married Nell Betts Parkin, April 11, 1929, in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple. The couple moved to Colorado where they lived until 1940 when they returned to Utah. In 1942 the family moved to Nyssa where they built up a dairy on Columbia Avenue. Howard was active in the LDS church, serving in many positions including a full-time church mission to the west central states (1951-53) and bishop of the Nyssa 2nd Ward for seven years (1959-66). He and Nell served as missionaries from 1973 until her death Oct. 18, 1986. He married Sharon Albertson June 9, 1987, in the Boise LDS Temple. Howard, one of 12 children, is survived by his wife, Sharon Albertson Bair of Nyssa; a daughter, Joyce Turner of Greenleaf; two sons, Cecil Bair of Nyssa and Carl Bair of San Diego, Calif.; three stepdaughters, Deronda Lallaten of La Grande, Ore., Laura Murphey of Nyssa and LeeAnn Johnson of Rexburg; four brothers, Elmer Bair of Carbondale, Colo., Harold Bair of Manti, Utah, Golden Bair of Glenwood Springs, Colo., and Elwood Bair of Roosevelt, Utah; 17 grandchildren; 33 great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, three sisters and four brothers. Idaho Press-Tribune, Thursday, October 6, 1988 — 10A [contributed by R.I.P. (#47339884)]

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Family

Parents

• Joseph Elmer Bair 1862–1957
• Eliza Rushton Moss Bair 1871–1943

Spouse

• Nell Betts Parkin Bair 1911–1986 FaG
• Sharon Lenore Albertson Bair 1943–2015 FaG

Siblings

• Daniel Henry Bare 1891–?
• Joseph LeRoy Bair 1892–1974
• Wilford Clyde Bair 1893–1918
• Irene Bair 1896–1896
• Eugene Moroni Bair 1897–1949
• Elmer Owen Bair 1899–2002
• Harold Moss Bair 1901–1994
• Neva E Bair 1903–1922
• Leila Iris Bair Jensen 1905–1985
• James Golden Bair 1909–1998
• Gladys Bair 1912–1912
• Elwood Freeman Bair 1913–2002

Children

• Cecil Ray Bair 1930–2018 FaG
• Joyce Nell Bair Turner 1931–2016 FaG
• Carl J Bair 1934–2024 FaG

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