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January 24, 1930 - January 12, 2021
James Oliver âJ.O.â Maxwell, 90, of Haines, Oregon, crossed over into eternal glory on January 12, 2021, in his own home, surrounded by loved ones, after a brief illness.
J.O. was born on January 24, 1930, to Glenn Hand Maxwell and Melva Arvilla Spence Maxwell in his maternal grandparent s farmhouse in the Muddy Creek area, west of Haines, Oregon. He was the namesake of his paternal grandfather, James Oliver Maxwell.
J.O. grew up on the Maxwell Ranch. His first chores included packing wood, gathering eggs and feeding the chickens. Later, he tended sheep and belonged to the 4-H Sheep Club. At 13 years of age, he began working in the hayfield driving a team of work horses pulling a mowing machine, then driving a grain truck from the threshing machine to the farm granaries.