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East Oregonian
Saturday, May 28, 2016
OBITUARIES
Mark Reasoner
Neil Parker Read
Angela Kay Burnside Goad
Pendleton
March 13, 1928-May 21, 2016
Pendleton
November 18, 1951-May 18, 2016
Pendleton
November 6, 1963-May 23, 2016
Pendleton resident Mark Dayville Merc as a longtime
Reasoner, 88, died Saturday, friend Arnold Hoselton
May 21. Per his request there suggested. Mark was one of
are no services.
the last great cowboys and
Mark Reasoner
he was never seen
was a perfect name
without his boots,
for the man who
cowboy hat, and
embodied reason
western shirt. He
and
humanism.
bought a horse and
He was born on
started team roping
March 13, 1928,
and became the
in an old robber’s
mayor of Dayville.
roost in western
He moved with
Colorado that his
his wife to Pend-
father Horace had
leton, Oregon, in
purchased not long
1997 to be closer
after the Old West
to their daughter
was tamed and just
Shelley and her sons
before the start of
Markus and Mason
the Great Depres-
Murphy.
Mark
sion. He grew up
served as a close
with the toughest Reasoner
mentor and teacher
of cowboys and
to his grandchildren
he learned that
and taught them
“you’ve gotta be tough when how to be tough and still
you live out west.” As a kid he treat others with kindness.
would play a game with the He helped with his daughter’s
other children: Each would cattle ranch at Skip Farms
carve a branch into a club and and helped brand and raise
kill rattlesnakes at the nearby cattle. He also built numerous
prairie dog town and collect dog houses, chicken equip-
the rattles — the losing team ment, and other items that
bought the winning team a made other people’s lives a
ten cent hamburger.
little easier. He ixed all the
He farmed the Midwestern tools that his grandchildren
lands with horse and plow, managed to break and
and raised cattle alongside worked diligently in his
his brother, Loren, and sister, garden to produce a surplus
Carrie; both preceded Mark of fruits and vegetables that
in death. He left home at 17 he was always giving away.
years old and avoided the He made an appearance at the
irst round of the draft by Pendleton Round-Up every
heading up to Alaska where year over the last 40 years.
he worked as a train engineer, He was very organized and
and met and mentored young maintained his property until
Melvin Bowen who remained his death.
his “pal” until Mark’s death.
In his inal moments he
He left Alaska for Port- was surrounded by his chil-
land, Oregon, to help his dren and grandchildren and
father, Horace, build a house felt the love that he had given
but was instead drafted into for the 59 years that he was
the U.S. Army during the married to Elaine.
Korean War. “They asked
Mark is survived by his
where I wanted to volunteer loving wife and longtime
for and I knew it didn’t partner of 59 years, Elaine
matter so I told them, to their Reasoner; his three daughters
surprise, to put me on the Shelley and husband Michael
front line,” he said. He served Murphy, Lisa and husband
on the front lines alongside Adali Kelly, and Sharon and
longtime friend and comrade husband Don Havig; his son
Jack Romero, operating the
Dennis Reasoner; his
radio to call in mortar ire at grandchildren
Brittany,
Heartbreak Ridge and the Brooke, Allysa, Mason,
Punchbowl. Mark was a true Markus, Corey, Christine and
humanist — he befriended a Tim and several stepgrand-
shipload of Colombian men children, and their many chil-
that had served in the Korean dren; and his nephews Clyde
War at a time when skin color Carson and Steve Carson.
and language formed a nearly
A special thanks to the
impenetrable boundary for staff at CHI St. Anthony
others. He was honorably hospital for their kindness
discharged from the service and attentiveness. A very
in 1952.
special thanks to Kathy
Mark married Elaine Fisher and Chrissy Kitchen;
Gray in Portland, Oregon, Mark’s visits to the hospital
when he was 29 years old. often were accompanied by
They adopted three children, a feeling of apprehension
from oldest to youngest, muddled with the excitement
Lisa Kelly, Shelley Murphy, that he would get to talk with
and Dennis Reasoner. They these two very special people
moved from the hectic Port- that he enjoyed so much.
land city life to the quiet town
His inal words were “Be
of Dayville, Oregon, in 1972. good and don’t work too
They bought a store called the hard.”
UPCOMING SERVICES
SATURDAY, MAY 28
BOHANAN, CHARLES — Celebration of life service
with military honors at 2 p.m. at the Family Worship Center,
330 N.E. Eighth St., Irrigon.
CAMPBELL, DON — Memorial services at 1 p.m. in the
chapel at Burns Mortuary, 336 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton.
A celebration of life will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the Pendleton
Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main St.
COPELAN ROSS, VIRGINIA — Memorial service at
10 a.m. at the Vert Club Room, 345 S.W. Fourth St., Pendleton.
SUNDAY, MAY 29
FORD, MARJORIE — Celebration of life at 12 noon at
McNary Dam Park (across from the road the nature trails are
on), Umatilla.
STRONG, WAYNE — Memorial service at 6 p.m. at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1035 S.E. Ninth
St., Hermiston.
MONDAY, MAY 30
No services scheduled
TUESDAY, MAY 31
READ, NEIL — Graveside service t 2 p.m. at Olney
Cemetery, Pendleton. A celebration of life will follow at the
Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub, 230 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton.
Neil Parker Read, 64,
of
Pendleton,
Oregon,
passed away in his home on
Wednesday, May 18th, 2016.
He was born on November 18,
1951, and raised in Pendleton
by his parents, Earnest Armon
Read and Marion Arminda
Fox.
Neil
attended
Sherwood Elemen-
tary, John Murray
Junior High and
Pendleton
High
School, graduating
with the Class of
1970. After gradu-
ation, Neil attended
Northwest Nazarene
College in Nampa,
Idaho,
receiving
his
bachelor’s Read
degree in business
administration. He
then worked for Tektronix
in
Beaverton,
Oregon,
while earning his Masters of
Managerial Accounting from
Portland State University. He
worked for Tektronix for 14
years and loved to travel the
world on their dollar. He also
enjoyed taking his parents on
adventures and spoke often
of their trips to the Bahamas,
Alaska, and Hawaii. In 2002,
he retired at age 50 after
working with Read & Bose
CPAs in Pendleton for 14
years.
Neil was a dedicated
accountant and had extraordi-
nary mathematical skill. As a
little boy, Neil would go to the
grocery store with his mother
and, as the clerk would take
the groceries out of the basket,
Neil would add the prices up
in his head. Before the clerk
MEETINGS
MONDAY, MAY 30
No meetings scheduled
TUESDAY, MAY 31
PORT OF MORROW
COMMISSION
SPECIAL
MEETING, 10 a.m., Port of
Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, Board-
man.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
MORROW
COUNTY
COURT, 9 a.m., Bartholomew
Building upper conference
room, 110 N. Court St., Hep-
pner.
HERMISTON AIRPORT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 4
p.m., Hermiston Airport lounge,
1600 Airport Way.
BLUE
MOUNTAIN
BOARD OF EDUCATION,
6:30 p.m., TBA
PENDLETON
FACADE
COMMITTEE, 3:30 p.m.,
Pendleton City Hall adminis-
trative council room, 502 S.W.
Dorion Ave.
CONDON CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Condon City Hall, 128
S. Main St.
UMATILLA RURAL FIRE
PROTECTION
DISTRICT,
7 p.m., 305 Willamette Ave.,
Umatilla (McNary).
HELIX SCHOOL BOARD,
7:30, Helix School library, 120
Main St.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
PENDLETON
DOWN-
TOWN ASSOCIATION, 7 a.m.,
Pendleton City Hall community
room, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave.
ADAMS
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m., Ad-
ams City Hall, 190 N. Main St.
PENDLETON PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Pend-
leton City Hall council cham-
bers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
No meetings scheduled
LOTTERY
Thursday, May 26
Lucky Lines
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Estimated jackpot:
$32,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 4-0-5-6
4 p.m.: 0-6-4-8
7 p.m.: 9-8-6-6
10 p.m.: 8-4-2-2
Friday, May 27
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-8-8-5
"Scramble for
Scholarships"
Friday,
June 10th
1pm Shotgun Start
Big River Golf Course - Umatilla
Golfers of all skill levels are being invited to participate in the 23 rd annual
"Scramble for Scholarships" golf tournament. Four person teams can sign
up together or individuals pairings can be made by the tournament
committee. Your $70 entry fee covers green fees, a box lunch at noon, and
BBQ at the end, plus makes a charitable donation to the foundation to use
in awarding scholarships for local health care students.
Join us for a fun afternoon of golf for a good cause by calling 541-667-3405.
Entry deadline is June 8th.
Great prize holes and Hole-in-one on #1 wins a Ford Fusion sponsored by Tom Denchel Ford
hit total, they would ask Neil
and he would be correct to the
penny. Neil was an avid sports
historian and statistician,
quick to rattle off a team’s
record or roster from any
period of time. During retire-
ment, he spent most of his
time watching sports, tracking
the stock market,
and visiting with his
friends on Facebook.
His favorite time of
year was football
season and watching
the University of
Oregon with his
Duck crew, thanks
to Patti Johlke and
friends.
Neil is survived
by his two brothers
Max (husband of
Sallie) Read of
Houston, Texas, and Lonnie
(husband of Vickie) Read
of Pendleton, Oregon, as
well as nieces and nephews
Jolynn Corthell, Tami Read
Stierna, Steven Read, Kelli
Bullington, and Jeffrey Read.
He was preceded in death by
his parents.
A graveside service will
be held on Tuesday, May
31st, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Olney
Cemetery in Pendleton. A
celebration of Neil’s life will
follow at The Prodigal Son.
All those who knew Neil are
invited to attend.
In lieu of lowers, memo-
rial contributions can be made
to the Pendleton Foundation
in care of Pioneer Chapel, 131
SE Byers Avenue, Pendleton,
OR 97801. To leave condo-
lences for the family online go
to www.pioneerchapel.com.
Angela Kay Burnside
Goad, a resident of Pend-
leton, died Monday, May 23,
2016, in Walla Walla, Wash-
ington, following a brief
illness. She was 52 years old.
Mass of Christian burial
was celebrated Wednesday
morning, May 25, 2016,
at St. Andrew’s
Catholic Church in
Mission, and was
followed by burial
at St. Andrew’s
Cemetery. Sign the
online condolence
book at www.
b u r n s m o r t u a r y.
com.
Burns
Mortuary of Pend-
leton is in charge of
arrangements.
Goad
Angela
was
born
November
6, 1963, to Robert D. and
Joan (Penny) Burnside at St.
Anthony Hospital in Pend-
leton, Oregon. She attended
Washington
Elementary,
John Murry, Helen McCune
and Pendleton High School
in Pendleton. She was
involved with FFA and the
Eagles Lodge. Angela was
a member of St. Andrew’s
Catholic Church.
She was a character; a
crazy, funny person. Her
children Shannon, Markus
and Brentton served in the
military, and Angela was
very proud of this. She didn’t
believe in war, and during
Veterans Day she would call
into the radio station and
request the song
“War.” She enjoyed
sewing, gardening,
ishing and hunting.
She is survived
by: her husband
Tim Goad; her
children
Brandy
Dunfee, Brentton
Dunfee,
Markus
Dunfee
and
Shannon Dunfee;
grandchildren
Araileya Toledo,
Ira
Toledo,
Nizhoni Toledo, Brentton
Dunfee Jr. and Audry
Dunfee; her parents Bob
and Joan Burnside; brothers
William Shawyawy, Marvin
Shawyawy and Rob Burn-
side; and sisters Teresa
Crane, Gloria Williams,
Rena
Coccran,
Dara
Burnside, Katrina Burnside
and “Sugar Bear” Eugena
Staconea.
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BRIEFLY
Wolf attack conirmed in UmCo
PENDLETON — Wolves from the Walla Walla
Pack are responsible for killing a lamb on private
land near the South Fork Walla Walla River in
Umatilla County.
On May 20, a sheep herder went out to investigate
a disturbance in a band of sheep he was supervising,
where he discovered the dead lamb and four
wolves. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
investigated the next day, and conirmed the attack.
Two days later, ODFW looked into another
report of wolf depredation on livestock, this time
on a 6-week-old calf in the Mud Creek drainage of
Wallowa County. Though GPS coordinates showed
two wolves from the Shamrock Pack were in the
area, the department determined there was no clear
evidence the predator was a wolf and the attack was
ruled as “probable.”
So far in 2016, ODFW has conirmed eight wolf
attacks on livestock across the state.
Hansell appointed to Transient
Lodging Tax Work Group
Sen. Bill Hansell (R-Athena) has been appointed
to the Transient Lodging Tax Work Group.
The work group is tasked with studying issues
related to the state’s transient lodging tax and regional
tourism, particularly relating to House Bill 4146.
HB 4146 increased the tax from 1 percent to 1.8
percent through June 2020, at which time it will be
reduced to 1.5 percent. The original intent of the
bill was to fund Track Town, a program coming
to Eugene in 2020. But the inal version of the bill
spreads the revenue throughout the state.
Hansell said in a statement that he accepted the
invitation to serve on the work group in order to give
Eastern Oregon a voice in the process.
“Although I was a no vote when this lodging tax
bill went to the loor, I feel I have an opportunity to
help craft the program to be beneicial to those of
us in rural Oregon, not just larger Oregon cities,”
he stated. “The last thing we want is for rural and
Eastern Oregon to be left out of the conversation.”
SCHOLARSHIPS
Hermiston Basketball
Club awards inaugural
scholarships
HERMISTON — The Hermiston
Basketball Club announced its irst
ever college scholarships awarded
by the group. Dillon Zimmerly and
Jansen Edmiston each will receive
$1,500
to
be used in
the
2016-17
academic year.
Zimmerly is
a 2015 graduate
of Hermiston
High School.
He
played
basketball for
HHS all four Edmiston
years, and was
on the irst team
ever registered
in the Herm-
iston Basketball
Club.
He
is
currently
studying nuclear
engineering at
Oregon State
U n i v e r s i t y. Zimmerly
He
believes
basketball helped him develop three
qualities that he will carry into the
work force: diligence, trust, and drive.
Edmiston is currently a senior at
HHS. She played varsity basketball
for four years for the Bulldogs. She
will be heading to Lewis Clark
State College in Lewiston, Idaho, to
continue her basketball career at the
college level. Basketball has helped
her overcome shyness, develop new
friendships, and stay focused on her
future.