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Newspaper Page TextFRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2016 THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS — 11 Local & Entertainment Bebe’s word search — Obituaries — CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2 Dona Gene Storie Sheehy She is survived by her children and their spouses: Robert and Patty Sheehy, Thoiry, France; Katy and Whitey Bloom, Halfway, Oregon; Dan and Meleah Sheehy, LaGrande, Oregon; John and Sandy Sheehy, Union, Oregon; Rosie and Kim Edd, Coos Bay, Oregon; Dwight and Terry Page, Custer, Wisconsin; Dona and Mark Servid, Baker City, Oregon; Bitsy and Brent Gyllenberg, Baker City, Oregon; Jim and Sally Sheehy, Union, Oregon; Tim and Gloria Sheehy, Union, Oregon; Kevin and Susie Sheehy, Union, Oregon; Steve and Susan Sheehy, Union, Oregon and special family friends Abel and Sherri Mendoza, Haines, Oregon. She was always so proud of her grandchildren, Brian Sheehy, John Sheehy, Sam Sheehy, Quinn Bloom, Orion Bloom, Cody Bloom and Cassie Bloom/Porth, Molly Sheehy/Urich, Casey Sheehy, Brennan Sheehy, Larne Sheehy, Troy Edd, Trevor Edd, Tara Haga/ Simonson, Sarah Page/ Brandt, Daniel Page, Amy Servid, Sarah Servid and Alexa Servid/Jones, Justin Gyllenberg, Dani Gyllen- berg, Laura Gyllenberg/ Marcum, Thomas Sheehy, Margaret Sheehy, Kathryn Sheehy, Savannah Sheehy, Elizabeth Sheehy, Colin Sheehy, Riley Sheehy, Emma Sheehy, Matthew Sheehy and Patrick Sheehy and 18 great grandchil- dren Mateo, Aliya, Ame- lia, Annie, Adalin, Milo, Teagan, Sonja, Ethan, Mallory, Sheldon, Mason, Max, Lacey, Taylor, Talon, Delaney and Wesley. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. In lieu of ﬂowers dona- tions can be made to the Bobcat Foundation, Union School District, P.O. Box K, Union, Oregon 97883. Jean Merrick Baker City, 1932-2016 Born on January 11, 1932 in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to Ervin and Maisie Harding, Jean died on Sep- tember 3, 2016 at Ashley Manor in Baker City at the age of 84. A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, October 22, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. at the United Method- ist Church in Baker City. Inurnment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery with a reception following at the United Methodist Church. Jean married B. Leroy Merrick on November 20, 1948, her husband of 67 years. She worked several jobs while also being a homemaker for her family. Those jobs were Daryl Thompson Meat Cutting, Safeway, a local veterinar- ian, the school district, The Merc, Neuberger & Heil- ner, Western Bank, Land Title, Johnson’s Jewelry, and Dan Mack Jewelry. Jean was involved and active in the Oregon Trail Tenders, a member of the United Methodist Church, the Senior Center, the Snowmobile Club, the Lady Elks and the VFW. She also enjoyed many years of bowling and par- ticipating in the Crazy 8’s square-dancing club as a charter member. She enjoyed many years of snowmobiling and huckleberrying and she shared her passion with her husband, family and close friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and her siblings. She is sur- vived by her sons Steve and Craig, her daughter Becky and Jean seven grand- Merrick children and ten great grandchildren. In lieu of ﬂowers, dona- tions in memory of Jean may be made to the United Methodist Church through Coles Tribute Center at 1950 Place St. Baker City, OR 97814. To light a candle in memory of Jean, please visit: www.colestribute- center.com. Joe “Shorty” Daniel Nichols Halfway, 1936-2016 Joe was born on leap day February 29, 1936 to Ann and Cleatus Nichols in St Helens, Oregon. He passed in Halfway, Oregon on October 3, 2016. Joe had spent the last 60 years com- ing over to Halfway area to either hunt, or ﬁsh down on the Snake River. He spent his childhood in Oklahoma and California before settling for good on the northwest coast of Or- egon. He did spend some of his later teenage years wandering through Alaska trapping and hunting. He married Jacqueline Buchanan on July 22, 1955 and had one amaz- ing daughter and then Jon. Joe worked at Pt. Adams Cannery in Hammond, Del Bodie’s Service Station in Warrenton, and then started his 41 year career with Oceanview Cemetery when he was 18 years old. He started as a caretaker and eventually became the supervisor before retiring from the cemetery at 59 years old. He was also a volunteer ﬁreman for many years in Warrenton. Joe loved the outdoors and looked forward to hunting season each year. Heck, he went hunting and ﬁshing for just about anything he could get the family to eat. The family went camping as often as possible. He taught his son, Jon, how to trap, hunt and ﬁsh. He traveled to Alaska several times, pretending to visit his daughter only to go hunting and clam digging as much as he could get away with. Joe and Jacquie went to Eastern Oregon every year they could and enjoyed the company of the other hunters at the camp. This was the year he did not return from hunting camp. In the 1960’s he was an avid CB Radio fan – Snoopy was his handle and they traveled as far as Edmonton, Alberta Canada to CB Breaks. He was also a founding member of the Sons of the Beaches Jeep Club and the family went on many Jeep Runs over the years. The Jeep Club started one of the ﬁrst beach clean-up efforts. Joe liked to hang out with Jon (and his yellow dog, Puppers) in his shop and help him build boats. He did this mostly in exchange for going out in the boats that Jon made for himself. Sturgeon ﬁshing on the river was great fun for him and the entire family. To be honest, just about any kind of ﬁshing or hunting was exactly what he wanted to be doing. Whether it was deer, elk, antelope, rattlesnake, grouse, salmon, smelt, sturgeon, trout, crab, clam digging…the list is endless! He also liked to have beer time with his friends. He loved his fam- ily, and was kept amused by the antics of all his grand- children Joe and was Nichols even brave enough to take his 14 year old great-granddaughter out for driving lessons. As he grew older and slower, you could ﬁnd him sitting in the garage enjoy- ing a glass of wine watch- ing cars going by or going for a “tour” of the area— this included going down to the Hammond Basin, the Jetty or Peter Iredale, by the cemetery, over to the Warrenton Basin and back home, always on the look- out for elk. Many times they would be right in his yard when he returned. He is survived by his wife, Jacquie; daughter, JoLynn (Cagle) (children Jared and Kristina); and son, Jon (children Kimberly and Sarah); 5 great grand- children and Peanut; sister, Barbara Dunn, “out-laws” Bettie Rubens, Mary and David Silver, and Patricia Smith, along with many nieces and nephews. There will be a celebra- tion of Joe’s life at Jon’s house Saturday October 15, 2016 at 1:00pm. It’ll be a casual event so bring your camp chair, favorite food and beverage. In lieu of ﬂowers, please make a donation to your favorite charity. The Littles’ crossword puzzle Ernie Walton Gruenzner Halfway, 1943-2016 Ernie Walton Gruenzner Jr., died on September 18, 2016, at his sister’s home in Halfway, Oregon. He died exactly one year to the day that his father Ernie Walton Gruenzner Sr, died, September 18, 2015. A Celebration of Ernie’s life will be held on Sat- urday, October 15, 2016 at the New Bridge Naza- rene Church at 11:00 a.m. Friends are invited to join the family for a reception immediately following the service at the church. Ernie was born on Febru- ary 10, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois to Ernie Walton Sr. and Marguerite (Lib- bey) Gruenzner. Ernie was born into a Military family, which meant that he attended many schools in the United States and Africa. During his school years and a few years after, he enjoyed rodeo, which he participated in bull riding. He volunteered driving an ambulance for a time, and also went in to a trailer that was on ﬁre, to rescue those inside. Ernie went to work for Paciﬁc Gas and Electric in California and retired from them 38 years later. He enjoyed camping, ﬁshing, tricking out trucks. He loved his life living in his motor home traveling while working for PG & E in all regions of Califor- nia. He had a love for his community and cooking. His favorite dinners to cook were beef stew or spaghetti. Ernie is survived by his wife Sandi; two sons, Ricky Gruenzner and Gary Gru- enzner; ﬁve grandchildren; brothers Greg and James Gruenzner; sisters Sandra Wheeler and husband Ken of Halfway, Oregon; Susan Iames of Pahrump, Nevada. For those who wish to make a memorial donation in memory of Ernie may do so to Best Friends (Animal shelter and care in Baker County) through Tami’s Pine Valley Funeral Home. 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