FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016
THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 9
Local & Entertainment
— Obituaries —
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Frances Carol
Smithson
She was
preceded in
death by her
mother Edra
“Bobby”
Dangerfield
and her
uncle’s Leroy Frances
and Francis
Smithson
Billings.
For those who would
like to make a memorial
donation in memory of
Frances, the family sug-
gests Heart and Home Hos-
pice through Tami’s Pine
Valley Funeral Home &
CS - PO Box 543 Halfway,
Oregon 97834. On line
condolences may be shared
at www.tamispinevalleyfu-
neralhome.com.
Cyril Albert Stevens
Baker City, 1954-2016
Rev. Cyril Albert Stevens
was born October 18, 1931
to Albert James and Doro-
thy Maude (Fitzgerald)
Stevens in Balham (Lon-
don), England. He died
at his home in Christmas
Valley, OR, May 27, 2016.
He attended schools in
London during WWII,
enduring the Blitz, and
served in the British Army
for two years. He attended
art school in South Wales
and studied the Bible with
veteran ministers.
On October 30, 1954, he
married Rene Cheer Rob-
erts and they have three
children; Sharon (Umple-
by), Paul Stevens and
Judith (Heckenberg). Cyril
and Rene were full time
pastor and wife of various
churches,
moving the
family to the
U.S. in 1969.
Pastor Ste-
vens served
several
churches:
Cyril
Newtown
Stevens
Baptist
Church in England;
Lakewood Baptist Church,
Tacoma, WA; First Baptist
Church, La Grande, OR;
First Baptist Church, Wat-
sonville, CA; First Baptist,
Molalla, OR and Christmas
Valley Community Church
in Christmas Valley, OR.
He was a much sought
after speaker for camps
and special meetings. At
La Grande, he encouraged
the church to open Heidi
Ho Christian Kindergarten
which is still operating. He
also enjoyed hunting for
elk, climbing mountains,
backpacking and riding
horses.
Cyril’s greatest passion
was preaching and sharing
the Gospel of Jesus with
others and instructing
them in Biblical principles
for living. Spreading
the Gospel took him to
various mission fields
such as Brazil, India and
Latvia, Europe. He first
became acquainted with
Americans at the Air Force
bases in Upper Heyford
and Croughton in England,
which led to the move to
Tacoma. He had a great
vision to have the Word
of God proclaimed over
the radio airs. While in
Chesham, he would take
the sermons in a large tape
recorder that he would
transport in the baby buggy
and push it around town
for the sick or shut-in
members to hear. During
the ministry in La Grande,
the morning worship
service was aired live on
the local radio station and
in California, a weekly ser-
mon was aired. Recently
the program “Saints for
Jesus” has been aired on
KLGN, Bend, OR.
Cyril is survived by his
wife of 61 years, Rene,
his three children and
spouses, Sharon & Lyle
Umpleby, Paul & Joyce
Stevens and Judith &
Gene Heckenberg; 10
grandchildren: Adam &
Stephanie Umpleby, Aaron
& Kati Umpleby, Andrew
& Janelle Umpleby, Alex
Umpleby, Nathan Stevens,
Isaac Stevens, Timothy
Stevens, Peter Heckenberg,
Heidi Heckenberg, & Jesse
Heckenberg; and 7 great
grandchildren. Cyril was
preceded in death by his
parents and his brother,
John Stevens.
A graveside service will
take place at 10:00 am,
Friday, June 10, 2016 at
the Grandview Cemetery,
La Grande, OR, followed
by a Memorial Service at
1:00 p.m. at First Baptist
Church, Sixth & Spring,
La Grande, with a sec-
ond Memorial Service at
Christmas Valley Com-
munity Church on June 18,
2016 at 2 p.m. In lieu of
flowers, memorial contri-
butions may be made to
the Gideon’s or Heidi Ho
Christian Kindergarten
through Tami’s Pine Valley
Funeral Home PO Box 543
Halfway, Oregon 97834.
Online condolences may
be shared at www.tamispi-
nevalleyfuneralhome.com.
Bebe’s word search
The Littles’ crossword puzzle
PEO scholarship given
PEO Chapter AX an-
nounces Scholarship
Recipients for 2016-2017
Chapter AX of PEO has
awarded two local schol-
arships totaling $1900
and assisted seven other
women to receive $14,
385 for the school year of
2016-2017.
The 2016 scholarship
of $1000 was awarded to
Samantha Sextant attend-
ing North Powder High
School. The Gertrude
Fortner-Rose Haskell
Scholarship was named for
two charter members of
Chapter AX who strongly
believed in higher educa-
tion for women.
The 2016 scholarship
of $900 was awarded to
Joyce Clark of Baker High
School.
The students who were
awarded funds for the
2016-2017 school year are
as follows: Scholarship
Student Award Cottey Col-
lege: Tanya O’Neal $6000
Marguerite Taylor Nelson
$1365 Marguerite Lillian
Wood $ 1135 full year,
$500 Summer Marguerite
Elizabeth Hull $ 1330
Oregon Alexandra Colton
$1385 Oregon Erin Parker
$1185 Oregon Corrine Al-
len $1485.
Across
1- Kiln for drying hops;
5- Biblical birthright
seller;
9- Pro follower;
13- Greek portico;
14- Not quite right;
16- Actor Guinness;
17- Immature herring;
18- Wave-related;
19- Lacking color;
20- Take ___ from me;
21- Fr. holy woman;
22- Comes up;
24- Mayberry lad;
26- Ardent;
27- Comic DeGeneres;
29- Unnecessary;
33- Actress Garson;
34- Needy;
35- Pull abruptly;
36- Summer mo.;
37- Amusing;
38- Golly!;
39- Thom of footwear;
41- Mil. addresses;
42- Acquired relative;
44- Legendary island;
46- Eight Days ___;
47- Chinese weight;
48- Rider’s command;
49- Conviction;
52- Comic Margaret;
53- Windshield option;
57- Mtn. stat;
58- Doorkeeper;
60- Memorable times;
61- Latin being;
62- Dens;
63- Actress Thompson;
64- Trawler equipment;
65- Dagger;
66- Rip;
Down
1- Greek peak;
2- Squabbling;
3- Arias, usually;
4- Frog baby;
5- Dines at home;
6- Strike;
7- Helper;
8- Mex. neighbor;
9- Quickly;
10- Ah, me!;
11- Prefix with confer-
ence;
12- Deck quartet;
15- Bondage;
23- Purge;
25- Apiece;
26- Ages;
27- Belch;
28- Juridical;
29- They’re taboo;
30- Bird of prey, score
in golf;
31- Move stealthily;
32- Distort;
33- Explorer Vasco da
___;
34- Student;
37- Portentous;
40- Indigenous inhabit-
ants;
42- ___ Jima;
43- Most orderly;
45- Dundee denial;
46- Riding;
48- In what place;
49- “It’s ___ real”;
50- Otherwise;
51- ___ we forget...;
52- Lower jaw;
54- Dies ___;
55- Nothing, in No-
gales;
56- Romanov ruler;
59- Airline to Oslo;