RECORDS
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
East Oregonian
Page 5A
OBITUARIES
Charles Kay ‘Pat’ Patterson
Michael E. ‘Mike’ Weissenluh
Michael Wayne Knifong
Wilsonville
July 19, 1939-October 16, 2016
Pendleton
January 13, 1949-October 15, 2016
Beaverton
September 14, 1966-October 11, 2016
Charles
Kay
“Pat” U.S. Navy as an electrician’s
Patterson, 77, passed away on mate after high school, then
October 16, 2016, at his home returned to Oregon, where he
in Wilsonville, Oregon, of met Judith, the love of his life.
complications from
They were married
kidney failure. He is
on August 25, 1963,
survived by his wife
in Bend, Oregon.
of 53 years, Judith
They lived variously
Marie
(Hanson)
in Bend, The Dalles,
Patterson and sister
Portland, Lebanon,
Anne Walker, and
Springield, Pend-
by the families of his
leton, and Wilson-
three adult children,
ville, Oregon.
Patrick and Takako
He was always
Patterson of Hono-
an active member
lulu, Hawaii; Eric
of his community.
and Marla Greer
He was a gentle and
Patterson of Keene,
devoted father and
New Hampshire;
husband, and he
and Molly and
found his calling,
Steven Williams of
after a stint as a
Portland, Oregon; Patterson
radio drive time DJ
and six grandchil-
(“Good morning,
dren: Taylor and
bright eyes!”) as a
Kenzie Williams, Thomas newspaperman and publisher
and Kella Patterson, and of the Lebanon Express, the
Matthew and Erin Patterson, Springield Gazette Times, and
who were the light of his life. inally as general manager of
He now joins his parents Lela the East Oregonian Publishing
Mae (Bolton) Caprai and Co. He retired in 2005.
Charles J. Patterson, and older
Most who knew him
brother James Alvin Patterson will remember, when asked
in God’s loving embrace. how he was, his invariable
The funeral will be a private answer: “Just half a shade off
ceremony.
of wonderful!” During his
Born in Muskogee, Okla- retirement he continued his
homa, on July 19, 1939, the community work by volun-
Patterson family moved to teering as a driver for Meals
San Diego, California, where On Wheels. He lived well,
he lost his older brother James loved well, taught his children
to a head injury in 1951, and well, asked much of his
then Crescent, Oregon, where co-workers and employees,
he spent time driving cattle for and gave much in return. He
local ranchers. He joined the was a good man.
Michael “Mike” E. Weis- daughters Kim Weissenluh
senluh of Pendleton, Ore., of Pendleton, Chris (Jackie
loving brother, father, grand- Edmiston) Weissenluh of
father and coach, was laid Pendleton, Anji Weissenluh
to everlasting rest Saturday, (Melissa Bonanno) of La
October 15, 2016. Born in Grande, and Andi Weissen-
Prairie City, Ore., Mike was a luh of Pendleton. Mike was
graduate of Long Creek High a proud and loving grandpa
School. He and his family to Tyson, Mykal, Lexie,
Araya,
Miracle,
remained in Long
Aaden, Eagle and
Creek working on
Brooklyn.
Mike
the family ranch
was also a loving
until 1996, when
uncle to numerous
they moved to La
nieces and nephews.
Grande, Oregon.
He was preceded
Mike had a
into heaven by his
passion for basket-
parents Chuck and
ball and has coached
Carletta (Clete), and
at all levels. Most
his brother Virgil
recently he spent
(Punky).
the past 16 years
There will be a
as the assistant Weissenluh
celebration of life
women’s basketball
at Eastern Oregon
coach for Eastern
Oregon University. He had University Quinn Coliseum
a true love of the sport and Sunday, October 23, 2016, at
the relationships that were 1 p.m.
In lieu of lowers the
fostered through basketball.
Mike was a kind, gentle and family suggest donations to
selless man who would go be made in Mike’s name to
out of his way to help others, the Eastern Oregon Univer-
never expecting anything in sity Women’s Basketball
return; he greeted everyone Team, EOU Athletics, 1
he knew with a warm smile University Blvd., La Grande,
OR 97850.
and friendly hello.
Sign the online condo-
Mike is survived by his
brother, Allen (Juanita) lence book at www.
Weissenluh of La Grande, burnsmortuary.com. Burns
Ore.; sister Lisa Erickson Mortuary of Pendleton
of Ellensburg, Wash.; and handled arrangements.
BRIEFLY
HSD offers student
dental health
screenings
HERMISTON —
Students in the Hermiston
School District will be given
dental health screenings over
the course of the next month.
Advantage Dental
has been contracted to
provide the service through
the Oregon Community
Foundation. Students
with parent permission
can receive an oral health
screening, luoride coatings,
sealants and silver luoride.
The program is an effort
to help meet the requirements
set forth by Oregon House
Bill 2972 to collect dental
screening information for
students under the age
of 8 who are starting an
educational program for the
irst time. New students are
required to have certiication
of a dental health screening
from a qualiied provider in
the past 12 months.
For questions about the
screenings, contact Jon
Mishra, the school district’s
director of special programs,
at 541-667-6020 or via email
at jon.mishra@hermiston.
k12.or.us.
Guardian Angel
Homes offers fall fun
HERMISTON — A kids’
costume contest, food and fun
are planned during the Fall
Festival at Guardian Angel
Homes.
The public is invited to
attend the free event, which
features two “freaky” rooms,
candy and treats, spooky
picture cutouts, pumpkin
decorating, face painting,
cupcake decorating, a bouncy
house, ishing pond game and
a haunted graveyard.
The event is Friday from
5:30-7 p.m. at the assisted
living facility at 540 N.W.
12th St., Hermiston. Food
offerings include chili or hot
dogs, cotton candy, popcorn,
cider and witch’s brew, and
desserts. Cash prizes will be
awarded for irst-third places
in each of four age groups for
the costume contest.
For more information, call
Leilani Pratt at 541-564-9070.
A cappella group
to perform beneit
concert
HERMISTON — An
a cappella quartet formed
nearly two decades ago at
Blue Mountain Community
College is reuniting for a
beneit concert.
Absolutely Nobody,
featuring Rick Pullen, Cory
Cooley, Tom Phelan and
Joe Lindsay, will perform
Friday at 7 p.m. at New Hope
Community Church, 1350
S. Highway 395, Hermiston.
The suggest donation is $10.
The quartet, which hooked
up again nearly two years
ago, performed a beneit
concert for Jeremy Miller,
one of its members. The
1997 Pendleton High School
graduate died from pancreatic
cancer in February 2015.
Since Miller’s death, the
group performed at a class
reunion. Once again, the
members will harmonize for
one of their own during the
fundraising event — Cooley
and his wife, Stacy, are
adopting two children from
Ethiopia.
For more information,
contact follett309@yahoo.
com.
Cora Emma (Deusen) Linder
New Plymouth, Idaho
January 26, 1917-October 16, 2016
Cora Emma (Deusen)
Linder, age 99, of New
Plymouth passed away
Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.
Emma was born to Paul
Frederick Deusen and Cora
Marie (Ehfe) Deusen on Jan.
26, 1917, at home near New
Plymouth, Idaho.
She
attended
Sunnyside School
for two years,
transferring to New
Plymouth where
she graduated in
1936.
She
married
Wheeler
Calvin
Linder on Dec. 24,
1938. They lived
in New Plymouth
until 1941 when
they moved to
Hermiston,
Ore.
Wheeler
passed
away in 1957.
Emma worked at
the Army Depot
Ordnance
from
1959 to 1973. She
then moved to
Boise and worked Linder
at the Veterans
Hospital until she retired in
1979.
Emma enjoyed all kinds
of handiwork, especially
embroidery and crocheting.
She made many afghans and
kitchen towels for family
and friends. She also liked
working in her yards.
In 2004, she moved to
New Plymouth where she
resided until moving in
2016 to an assisted living
facility in Fruitland. Emma
was a member of American
Legion Auxiliary of Herm-
iston, Ore., since 1946, the
New Plymouth Senior Citi-
zens, and the Priscilla Club.
Emma is survived three
sons, Paul Charles (Hyeja)
of Portland, Ore., William
Gary (Judy) of Hermiston,
Ore., and John Calvin
(Deborrah) of Wallowa,
Ore.; eight grandchildren,
Debbie (Victor) Baros,
Robert (Kim) Linder, Lisa
(Scott) Fluckinger, Kim
(John) Furgerson, Kristin
(Sam) Connell, Emily
(Wes) Nash, Charles J.
(Katie)
Linder,
and
Genevieve
(Chris) Methvin;
20
great-grand-
children and 10
great-great-grand-
children, as well as
two sisters, Mary
A. Ziegler and
Helen White, both
of New Plymouth.
Preceding her
in death is her
husband, Wheeler,
in
1957;
her
parents, Paul and
Cora Deusen; two
brothers-in-law,
Guss Ziegler and
Floyd
White;
daughter-in-law
Jennifer
Linder;
and
great-great-
grandson Carrson
Wade Furgerson.
Services will be held at
2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 at
Plymouth Congregational
Church in New Plymouth.
Interment will be at Herm-
iston, Ore., cemetery on
Friday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m.
(PST).
Memorials
in
her
memory may be made to
the New Plymouth Congre-
gational Church or New
Plymouth Senior Center
in care of Shaffer-Jensen
Memory Chapel, P.O. Box
730, Payette, ID 83661.
Arrangements
and
services are under the
direction of Shaffer-Jensen
Memory Chapel, New
Plymouth.
Condolences
may be made to Emma’s
family at shaffer-jensen-
chapel.com.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
MONDAY
2:14 a.m. - A white Chevy car with a
female driver stopped in the middle of the
road in the wrong lane at the intersection
of East Highland Avenue and South
Highway 395, Hermiston, and was waiting
for a “nonexistent light to change.” The
person who reported the incident believed
the woman was intoxicated, but police
couldn’t ind the vehicle.
6:53 a.m. - The driver of a semi
backed his big rig into a fence at Keystone
RV Inc., 4635 N.W. McKennon Road,
Pendleton, which caused signiicant
damage to the fence. The driver, though,
refused to provide a Keystone employee
with insurance information, which
prompted the company to call police.
8:10 a.m. - Pendleton police responded
to the Rainbow Cafe, 209 S. Main St., on a
9-1-1 call about an assault.
9:20 a.m. - Johnson Creek overlowed
into houses in Umapine. One caller
reported the creek looded his grand-
mother’s basement on the 51700 block of
Highway 332.
11:47 a.m. - A woman with a broken
foot told police she fended off a would-be
thief in the Wal-Mart Supercenter parking
lot in Hermiston, 1350 N. First St. She
kicked the person, but it happened so fast
she didn’t remember if it was a man or
woman. The incident took place an hour
before she called police.
12:15 p.m. - A large black yearling bull
ran loose at Bensel Road and Cooney
Lane, Hermiston, prompting a call to 9-1-1.
The caller reported the bull’s owner told
him not to put his hands on the animal.
1:54 p.m. - A woman reported someone
stole her purse out of her shopping cart at
Fiesta Foods, 1875 N. First St., Hermiston,
and she wanted police to respond and
look at footage from the store.
1:58 p.m. - Staff with the Umatilla
County Developmental Disabilities
Program reported “discrepancies in
the inance ledgers for some clients” at
the facility at 1035 S.W. Marshall Ave.,
Pendleton.
3:15 p.m. - The Walla Walla Nursery
Company, 4716 Stateline Road, Milton-
Freewater, reported the theft of a white
1991 Jeep Cherokee.
3:51 p.m. - A caller told the Umatilla
County Sheriff’s Ofice he was at Ferndale
Road and Highway 11, Milton-Freewater,
and found a backpack containing an empty
bag of marijuana, rolling papers, clothing,
and a machete. The caller said he left the
backpack where he found it.
4:51 p.m. - Police made contact
with a woman on East Cherry Avenue,
Hermiston, who said she knew who bit
the inger off a woman at Good Shepherd
Medical Center, Hermiston. She didn’t
want police to come to her house, but she
was willing to talk on the phone.
4:29 p.m. - A Pendleton man reported a
youth got off a bus on Southeast Goodwin
Avenue at 3 p.m. and hit his decorations.
He said he told them to stop and they
came back 30 minutes later, jumped over
his Chevrolet Camaro and left footprints on
his car.
7:34 p.m. - A son calling for his mother
in Pilot Rock reported a Makarov .380-
caliber semi-auto handgun was missing
from her home, but no one knew for how
long.
8:41 p.m. - Someone stole a go-kart
with a Predator motor and four large
shocks from East Bruce Street, Weston.
10:44 p.m. - Staff at the Red Lion Hotel,
304 S.E. Nye Ave., Pendleton, reported
a drunk guest was yelling and causing a
disturbance.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Pendleton police arrested Aurora
Martinez-Lupercio, 55, of Yakima,
and Claudia Roci Camacho, 34, no
address provided, for possession of
methamphetamine.
•Milton-Freewater police arrested Eric
Ross Saunders, 30, of 636 S. Columbia
St., Milton-Freewater, for third-degree
assault.
•Hermiston police arrested Cindy Lee
Fisher, 28, of 810 E. Coe St., Stanield,
for possession of methamphetamine,
possession of Hydrocodone, giving false
information to police, second-degree
trespass and contempt of court.
•Pendleton police arrested Joseph
Lester Wilcox, 46, of Pendleton, for
fourth-degree assault constituting
domestic violence after he struck a woman
in the face.
Michael Wayne Knifong,
Beaverton, Ore., formerly
of Enterprise, Ore., passed
away October 11, 2016, on
Tiger Canyon Road near
Milton-Freewater, Ore., at
the age of 50.
Michael Wayne Knifong
was born September 14,
1966, in Walla Walla, Wash.,
to Ernie and Linda Knifong.
He is the older of two sons.
Mike was raised in
Wallowa County. He grew
up with a love of hunting,
ishing, and the outdoors. He
graduated from Enterprise
High School in 1985. During
his time as a “Savage” foot-
ball player his team won the
state championship in Autzen
Stadium in 1985. He went to
BMCC after graduation and
while in Pendleton he met
his wife, Michelle. They
were married in 1988 and
later Mike graduated as an
electrical technician. They
resided in Pendleton for ive
years.
After Pendleton Mike
and Michelle moved to
Beaverton, where he took
with job with Textronix.
There they started a family
and had two daughters,
Emily (18) and Erika (15).
Mike was employed with
Textronix for 18 years and
later retired from there.
Mike was an avid
water fowler, and a board
member for the Water Fowl
Festival. He enjoyed this
immensely and made many
good friends through this
organization. The family had
many memorable camping
trips to the Snake River,
Wyoming, Yellowstone, and
Lake Takenitch in Florence.
Many of these trips were
joined by Mike’s aunt Jenice
and uncle Larry. Mike spent
15 years hunting the Snake
River Canyon with his great
uncle Don, father Ernie,
and younger brother Ken.
Mike was known for being a
passionate outdoorsman and
storyteller. He always had
an upbeat attitude and was
willing to give of his time to
help anyone.
Mike is survived by his
wife Michelle (Beaverton);
daughters Emily and Erika
(Beaverton); father Ernie
(Vikki) of Wallowa; mother
Linda of Enterprise; brother
Ken (Colby) of Enterprise;
nephews Kennisen and
Kellan of Enterprise; aunt
Jenice and uncle Larry
Gibson of Oregon City; and
numerous other great-aunts,
uncles, and cousins.
A memorial service will
be held on Saturday, October
22, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. at the
Enterprise Baptist Church in
Enterprise, Oregon.
Memorial contributions
can be made to a savings
account set up at Chase Bank
for Mike’s daughters, Emily
and Erika Knifong.
To leave a condolence
online, visit www.munseller-
hodes.com
DEATH NOTICES
Elizabeth A. ‘Beth’ Daniels
Umatilla
Feb. 17, 1930-Oct. 16, 2016
Elizabeth A. “Beth” Daniels, 86, of Umatilla died Sunday,
Oct. 16, 2016, in Hermiston. She was born Feb. 17, 1930, in
Sunnyside, Wash. A private family celebration will be held.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
UPCOMING SERVICES
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19
No services scheduled
THURSDAY, OCT. 20
HARSHFIELD, PAULINE — Funeral services at 2
p.m. in the chapel at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902
S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. Interment will follow at the
Milton-Freewater Cemetery.
LINDER, CORA — Services at 2 p.m. at Plymouth
Congregational Church, 207 Southwest Ave., New Plymouth,
Idaho.
MCLAUGHLIN, HERB — Recitation of the rosary at 7
p.m. at Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E.
Byers Ave., Pendleton.
NEWMAN, JESSE — Celebration of life at 11 a.m. at
511 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton.
OBITUARY POLICY
The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can in-
clude small photos and, for veterans, a lag symbol at no charge.
Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style.
Expanded death notices will be published at no charge. These in-
clude information about services.
Obituaries and notices can be submitted online at www.eastorego-
nian.com/obituaryform, by email to obits@eastoregonian.com, by fax
to 541-276-8314, placed via the funeral home or in person at the East
Oregonian ofice.
For more information, call 541-966-0818 or 1-800-522-0255, ext. 221.
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 19
MORROW COUNTY COURT,
9 a.m., Port of Morrow Conference
Room, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman.
UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m.,
Umatilla County Courthouse room
130, 216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendle-
ton.
MILTON-FREEWATER CEM-
ETERY MAINTENANCE DIS-
TRICT NO. 3, noon, Shelly’s Last
Shot Restaurant, Milton-Freewa-
ter Golf Course, 299 Catherine
Ave.
BOARDMAN
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Boardman
City Hall, 202 N. Main St.
PILOT ROCK SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock High
School library, 101 N.E. Cherry St.
UMATILLA HOSPITAL DIS-
TRICT, 7:30 p.m., Umatilla Medi-
cal Clinic, 1890 Seventh St.
THURSDAY, OCT. 20
HERMISTON
IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, 4 p.m., district ofice
conference room, 366 E. Hurlburt
Ave.
UMATILLA COUNTY SPE-
CIAL LIBRARY DISTRICT, 5:15
p.m., Pendleton City Hall second
loor jury room, 501 S.W. Emigrant
Ave.
PENDLETON
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Pendleton
City Hall council chambers, 501
S.W. Emigrant Ave.
ECHO CITY COUNCIL, 4
p.m., 20 S. Bonanza St.
10/19
Cineplex Show Times
$5 Classic Movie
12:00
HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY
LOTTERY
Monday, Oct. 17
Megabucks
11-24-30-32-45-46
Estimated jackpot: $4.8
million
Lucky Lines
01-05-12-13-FREE-19-24-
27-30
Estimated jackpot:
$34,000
Win for Life
34-61-71-74
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 7-9-8-1
4 p.m.: 2-5-0-9
7 p.m.: 8-5-5-6
10 p.m.: 5-6-9-6
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 8-1-7-2
The Accountant (R)
4:10 7:00 9:50
Deepwater Horizon (PG13)
4:20 6:40 9:30
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children (PG13)
2D 7:20
3D 4:30
Masterminds (PG13)
10:00
The Girl on the Train (R)
4:40 7:10 9:40
The Magnifi cent Seven
(PG13)
4:00 6:50 10:00
Credit & Debit Cards accepted
Cineplex gift cards available
* Matinee Pricing
wildhorseresort.com
541-966-1850
Pendleton, OR I-84 - Exit 216