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Page 6A RECORDS East Oregonian Saturday, February 25, 2017 Alice Mae (McCann) Alexander Earl Falconer Arlene Claire Sorenson Hermiston March 6, 1937-December 15, 2016 Milton-Freewater June 23, 1931-February 18, 2017 Hermiston April 1, 1934-February 20, 2017 Alice Mae (McCann) suited to the unconventional Alexander, 79, of Hermiston structure of the alternative died December 15, 2016, in program, expressing that the Hermiston. smaller class sizes enabled her Alice Mae McCann was to make more of a difference born on March 6, 1937, in in her students’ lives. Alice New Rockford, N.D., to was always delighted to Parley and Agnes McCann. run into her former students Her father worked for the rail- around town. road and mother as When her daugh- a teacher and child- ters were little she care provider. Alice chaperoned various was the middle school field trips, child, with older and assisted with brothers Jim and numerous school Gerald, a younger science projects sister Martha, and and plays. Over the a younger brother years she was active John. Their home at the United Meth- was modest, but full odist Church and of love, good food, generously donated a full bookcase and Alexander her time and many discussions of resources to causes ideas — and even a such as Agape pet rabbit. House, Habitat for Humanity, Alice attended a couple of Open Table, Hospice and the terms of college before taking Humane Society. her first teaching job at 19. It She loved the great was a challenging but enjoy- outdoors, folk music, tending able one, teaching grades 1-6 to her garden, and valued in a one-room schoolhouse quiet moments of contem- in a township a few miles plation. She appreciated the from home. She later returned “dry desert air” of Eastern to college, graduating from Oregon, and was drawn to Mayville State College in architecture — old churches June 1960 with a Bachelor of and castles in particular. She Science in education, and a was also a storyteller. When minor in library science. She her daughters were little, also participated in drama and the Alexanders held annual speech clubs. Halloween parties that were Alice’s next adventure was well-known among all of the teaching in the “Iron Range” kids on the street, where Alice of Minnesota. She spoke would tell the ghost story of wistfully of those years, living “Lavender” while the kids in an old brick apartment with gathered around. She also adjoining rooms with some loved Christmas carols and other young teachers who was known for her delicious became her friends. homemade bread she would She later moved to Casper, make for communion and Wyoming, where she met gifts. She always had a soft Dick Alexander through spot for animals, living with mutual friends. They married an assortment of cats and dogs and moved to Cheyenne, throughout most of her life. Wyo., where they had three She often joked that people daughters, Alexis, Angie and sooner or later began to look Allison. Dick then transferred like their pets, and vice-versa. to Villisca, Iowa, where they She will be dearly missed by both worked for the Good many. Alice is survived by Samaritan Nursing Home, with Dick as the administrator daughters Angie Shepard and Alice as a social worker. A and Allison Alexander; few years later, Dick accepted brothers Jim and John grandchildren a position as the administrator McCann; at Good Samaritan Nursing Reese, Stephen, Matthew Home in Hermiston, Oregon, and Maressa Shepard; several and where they made their final great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews Cindy home. Alice obtained her master’s Tag Nygord, Tim McCann, degree in education through Dan McCann, Steve McCann, Eastern Oregon University, Mike McCann, Joan McCann and returned to her passion, Bechtold, Denise McCann teaching. She worked as a Hays David McCann. She was preceded in death substitute teacher for several years before accepting the by her parents, husband Dick position as teacher for the Alexander, and daughter alternative school with the Alexis. A Celebration of Life will ESD, where she met her good friend Terry Palmer, be held Saturday, March 11th who she remained close with at 11 a.m. at the United Meth- throughout the years. Alice odist Church in Hermiston. Burns Mortuary of Herm- later transferred to the alterna- tive school in Umatilla before iston is in care of arrange- retiring in 2001. She felt well- ments. Earl Falconer of Milton-Freewater passed away on February 18, 2017, at Providence St. Mary Medical in Walla Walla at the age of 85 years. A celebration of life will be held on Friday, March 3rd at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Milton-Freewater with Pastor Roland Shanks officiating. Inurnment will follow at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. The family suggests any donations be made to the charity of your choice that would help the homeless. Earl was born in Corning, Iowa, the son of Charles (Charlie) Falconer and Velma (Corbin) Falconer. His early childhood was spent on the farms of Iowa, particularly his grandfather’s Falconer and namesake, he loved him so. The family moved to Oregon in 1941, moving first to Lostine and in 1943 to Boardman. Earl on his mandolin and sister Reba on her guitar would perform for the troops stationed at the Umatilla Army Depot as well as performing in the Lostine area. The family moved back to Wallowa County in 1945 when Earl’s father Charlie herded sheep with his cousin Fred Falconer. Earl graduated from Enterprise High School in 1949, then enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War, serving in the 18th Fighter Wing. He married Arthene Rose in 1953 and added three children to the family, Melinda, Terria and Bernard. For many years he was in business with his broth- er-in-law Elmer Storm, with the Richfield/Arco service station in Enterprise. Earl married Phyllis Kirkland in 1967 and we added Lori to our sibling family, later moving to Pendleton working for the state of Oregon. In 1981 he met his match when he was married to Marilyn (Zigman) Krein and with this union added Zane, Shelli, Kim, Lisa and CJ to the sibling family. All nine of his kids can agree, as said by daughter Lisa, “He was quick to give advice, sometimes you didn’t want to hear it, but in the end he was usually right.” Earl started working as a guard at the Umatilla Army Depot in 1981 and remained there until his retirement. He and Marilyn opened an antique store in Hermiston as he loved refin- ishing old furniture. They spent many wonderful times traveling for their business and enjoying their life together, living in Hermiston for 23 years before moving to Milton-Freewater in 2004. Earl took up painting on saws, particularly painting pictures of old barns, he enjoyed this as long as his health allowed. Earl belonged to the VFW, Eagles, Elks and attended the First Baptist Church in Milton-Freewater. Earl is survived by his wife of 35 years, Marilyn Falconer of Milton-Freewater, Ore.; children Melinda (Falconer) Whittimore of Meridian, Idaho, Terria (Falconer) Wallace of Pacific City, Oregon, Bernard Falconer of Vancouver, Washington, Lori Ferris of Texas, Zane Krein of Van Nuys, California, Shelli Fullen of Walla Walla, Washington, Kim Perry of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Lisa Partney of Milton-Free- water, Oregon, and CJ Krein of Las Vegas, Nevada; sister Norma Clough of Milton-Freewater, Oregon; sister-in-law Lou Mae Falconer of Milton-Free- water; 19 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews. Earl was predeceased by sister Reba Falconer Storm and brother Otto Falconer, and grandsons Adam McNeilly and Jeremy Fullen. OBITUARY POLICY The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can in- clude small photos and, for veterans, a flag 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 office. For more information, call 541-966-0818 or 1-800-522-0255, ext. 221. HONORS Middle school names Bronc Pride Award winners PENDLETON — Sunridge Middle School recently named its Bronc Pride Award winners for January. Recipients these special awards are either consistently modeling high expectations related to read- iness, respect and responsi- bility, or have recently expe- rienced recognizable growth in one or all of these areas. Sixth Grade: Maria Alvarez-Barroso, Thomas Carlos, Jayce Cecil, Andrew Demianew, Becca Edmonds, Sydnee Enright, Christian Garcia-Magana, Esteban Gomez, Mersayus Hart, Billy Higheagle, Simon Johnson, Madison Kludt, Isaac Larios, Memphis Marking, Caleb Picken, Erin Picken, Brooke Newsom, Adam Smith, Mekhi Spencer, Malaya Stanger, Scott Train, Dawson Tremper, Damian Vaquero, Samantha Wilks, Anton Williams and Dilubch Yaoch. Seventh Grade: Oscar Barajas, Madeline Breiling, Melinda Cramp, Emma Coleman, Jacob Griffin, Sarah House, Sam Jennings, Lennox Lamone, Caden U M AT I L L A - M O R R O W COUNTY HEAD START, 11:30 a.m., Head Start office, 110 N.E. Fourth St., Hermiston. (Kerry Tassie 541-564-6878) NIXYAAWII COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD, 4:30 p.m., Nixyaawii Community School, 73300 July Grounds Lane, Mis- sion. (541-966-2680) UMATILLA BASIN WATER- SHED COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Eastern Oregon Higher Education Center, 975 S.E. Columbia Drive, Hermis- ton. (541-276-2190) ODOT/AREA COMMISSION ON TRANSPORTATION VIDEO PUBLIC MEETING, 6 p.m., Blue Mountain Community College Em- igrant Hall room 128, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton AND Blue Mountain Community College, 300 N.E. Front St., Boardman. North East and South East Area Commission on Transportation and ODOT will provide information and take comment on the Draft 2018-2021 Statewide Transporta- tion Improvement Program for the Eastern Oregon area. Meetings will be linked by video; if you can- not attend the meeting it may be viewed remotely at https://zoom. us./join. Enter meeting ID 175- 119-566 and password odotstip (Tom Strandberg 541-963-1330) MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT, 6 p.m., Pioneer Memo- rial Clinic conference room, 130 Thompson St., Heppner. Feb- ruary: provider’s dinner will run concurrently with meeting. (541- 676-9133) HERMISTON CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall council chambers, 180 N.E. Sec- ond St., Hermiston. (541-567- 5521) MILTON-FREEWATER CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Milton-Freewa- ter Public Library Albee Room, 8 S.W. EIghth Ave., Milton-Freewa- ter. (541-938-5531) IRRIGON COMMUNITY PARKS & RECREATION DIS- TRICT, 7 p.m., Irrigon Fire Station, 705 N. Main St., Irrigon. (541-922- 3047) TUESDAY, FEB. 28 WEST UMATILLA MOSQUI- TO CONTROL DISTRICT, 3 p.m., distric office, 3005 S. First St., Hermiston. (Janie Cuellar 541- 567-5201) IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3:30 p.m., Ione Community School, 445 Spring St., Ione. 3:30 p.m. work session followed by 4:30 p.m. executive session. Regular meeting to follow. (541- 422-7131) MORROW COUNTY PLAN- NING COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m., Port of Morrow Riverfront Cen- DEATH NOTICES Gordon Bissell Walla Walla May 1, 1929-Feb. 13, 2017 Gordon Bissell, 87, of Walla Walla died Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in College Place, Wash. He was born May 1, 1929, in Torrington, Wyo. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, March 4 at 3 p.m. at Heubach Chapel, University Church, in College Place, Wash. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. UPCOMING SERVICES SATURDAY, FEB. 25 HOLDEN, RUTH — Viewing at 10 a.m. followed by a funeral service at 11 a.m. at Einan’s Funeral Home, 915 Bypass Highway, Richland, Wash. MCMULLEN, JEAN — Graveside service at 11 a.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery followed by a lunch get-together at 1 p.m. at the Carousel of Dreams, 2901-F Southridge Blvd., Kennewick, Wash. PERKINS, BILL — Celebration of life from 1-5 p.m. at the Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main St. SUNDAY, FEB. 26 No services scheduled MONDAY, FEB. 27 No services scheduled COMING EVENTS Mathison, Elsie McKay, Sofia Mendoza, Kendall Moore, Lucy Oyama, Trae Phelps, Andreana Roark and Kody Sloan. Eighth Grade: Tristin Armstrong, Kadyn Baldwin, Brynn Cody, Kiara Craw- ford-Templin, Mallory Daum, Angela Fang, Adilia Hart, Hope Harwood, Kaydon Higheagle, Erik Johnson, Griffin Jones, Daniel Lamont, Victoria Lovell, Elle Marsh, Ian McClendon, Shayna Medrano, Natalie Neveau, Perla Ortega, Grady Phelan, Leighton Redcrane, Dean Schiller, Lillian Star, Billy Turner and David Welch. MEETINGS MONDAY, FEB. 27 Arlene Claire Sorenson (Becky), daughter Bonnie passed away on February 20, Gracia (Dave) and son Steve 2017. (Maureen); sisters Jean Arlene was born to Eldon Bellamy, Carol Poulson and (Shorty) and Goldie Jaeger Winnie DeJanevich; brother on April 1, 1934, in Kellogg, Jim Jaeger; seven grandchil- Idaho, one of five children. dren; seven great-grandchil- She grew up and attended dren; and numerous nieces schools in Kellogg, gradu- and nephews. ating from Kellogg Arlene was High School in a beloved wife, 1952. In 1954, she mother, sister, aunt, married the love grandmother and of her life, William friend. She will be (Bill) Sorenson, greatly missed by and together all who knew her. they raised three Arlene’s family children: Marc, wishes to extend Bonnie and Steve. our sincere grati- Arlene’s family tude to Dr. Jones, was the center of nurses, volunteers her life. Their goal Sorenson and the entire staff was to rear their of the Chaplaincy children to become Hospice House in compassionate, educated and Kennewick, Wash., to the contributing citizens. Brookdale Torbet memory Arlene lived her first 50 care facility in Richland, years in Kellogg, where she Wash., and to Dr. Joseph developed a love for golf. Gifford of Hermiston, Always competitive, she Oregon, for their excep- honed her golf skills winning tionally kind treatment and numerous tournaments and professionalism. several club championships Arlene’s memorial mass over the years. She also will be held at Our Lady of loved playing cards with Angels Catholic Church, friends and sharing a laugh Hermiston, Oregon, on with friends and family. March 18, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. She and Bill moved to Inurnment will be held later Hermiston, Ore., in 1983 in Kellogg, Idaho. and spent the next 15 years In lieu of flowers those working side by side at their who wish may make contri- namesake store, Arlene’s butions in Arlene’s memory Hallmark, before retiring in to Chaplaincy Hospice, Shri- 1998. She and Bill greatly ners Hospital, or Our Lady of enjoyed their retirement Angels Catholic Church. years together, which Please sign the online included many memorable condolence book at burns- trips with family and friends. mortuaryhermiston.com Arlene is survived by Burns Mortuary of Herm- her devoted husband of iston, Oregon, is in care of 62 years, Bill; son Marc arrangements. ter, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman. (Stephanie Loving 541-922-4624) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Bartholomew Government Build- ing upper conference room, 110 N. Court St., Heppner. (541-676- 9061) HERMISTON AIRPORT AD- VISORY COMMITTEE, 4 p.m., Hermiston Airport lounge, 1600 Airport Way, Hermiston. (541-567- 5521) LOTTERY Thursday, Feb. 23 Lucky Lines 02-05-12-13-FREE-19-21- 27-31 Estimated jackpot: $49,000 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 2-8-5-3 4 p.m.: 6-9-5-8 7 p.m.: 7-2-8-9 10 p.m.: 9-9-2-5 Friday, Feb. 24 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 6-3-9-9 SATURDAY, FEB. 25 IMAC FUNDRAISER BREAKFAST, 7:30-10:30 a.m., Stokes Landing Senior Center, 195 N.W. Opal Place, Irrigon. Cost is $4.50 per person. Pro- ceeds benefit the Irrigon Multicul- tural Arts Center project. (Peggy Price 541-567-3806) PARKING LOT SALE, 8:30- 11:30 a.m., Agape House, 500 W. Harper Road, Hermiston. Clothing (inside) is 3 items for $1 (adult) and children’s clothing is free for the first 5 items, 3 for $1 balance. Bikes, books and furni- ture (outside, weather premitting) priced as marked, knick-knacks you name the price. Proceeds benefit Agape House. (Dave Hughes 541-567-8774) FREE FOR ALL, 9:30-10:15 a.m., Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton. Free art classes for children up to age 12. Children under 8 should be accompanied by an adult. (Ro- berta Lavadour 541-278-9201) FAMILY HISTORY WORK- SHOPS, 10 a.m., Church of Je- sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 850 S.W. 11th St., Hermiston. Workshops, photo scanning and more. (Stephanie Blackburn 541- 567-6251) SATURDAY CRAFT TIME, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Hermiston Pub- lic Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave., Hermiston. Free craft projects for children in 5th grade and young- er. (541-567-2882) HIP & HANDMADE, 11 a.m.- 12 p.m., Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton. Free drop-in project class for adults. (Roberta Lavadour 541- 278-9201) HEARTS IN MOTION, 11:30 a.m., Pendleton High School Warberg Court, 1800 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. Local dance teams will perform their routines, including PHS’s Rhyth- mic Mode, which will perform their 2017 state routine” Fear, the Mindkiller” toward the end of the competition. Doors open at 11:30 a.m., grand march of teams be- gins at 12:45 p.m. and competi- tion begins at 1 p.m. Admission is $9 per person. Concessions will be available for purchase. KCUW 13TH ANNIVERSA- RY OPEN HOUSE, 1-6 p.m., CTUIR Public Safety Building | KCUW Studio, 46400 Timine Way, Mission. KCUW 104.3FM celebrates 13 years of broadcast- ing with an open house celebra- tion. DJ training and signups to host your own radio program or learn to edit digital audio. Enter- tainment, raffle and door prizes. (Jiselle Halfmoon 541-429-7611) VFW BINGO NIGHT, 1-4 p.m., Enterprise VFW Hall, 800 N. River St., Enterprise. Open to everyone. Come join the fun. (George Ballard 541-263-1427) MAGIC: THE GATHERING, 1 p.m., Pendleton Public Library, 502 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Meeting event, not a tournament. Games and prizes designed to appeal to new and younger play- ers as well as longtime players. Free. (541-966-0380) IRRIGON PROUD CELE- BRATION, 3 p.m., downtown Irri- gon, North Main Ave., Irrigon. Pa- rade from A.C. Houghton through town to City Hall, everyone en- couraged to decorate their vehi- cles (removable paint available), honk horns and bring noisemak- ers; essay and poster contest winners, 60th birthday cake and reception at City Hall includes guest speakers, rock painting and poster silent auction; balloon release at 4 p.m. followed by bon- fire at Marina Park from 5-7 p.m. Food available for purchase. Free admission. (541-922-6259) THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA, 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Herm- iston Conference Center, 415 S. Highway 395, Hermiston. The classic children’s story comes to life with the Missoula Children’s Theater and local performers. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for students, available at the Herm- iston Chamber of Commerce, Hermiston Parks office or online at www.desertartscouncil.com (Larry Fetter or Phyllis Shovelski 541-667-5007 or 541-379-6992) CCT PRESENTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNI- COLOR DREAMCOAT, 7:30-9 p.m., Bob Clapp Theatre, Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 NW Carden Ave, Pendle- ton. Feb. 23 is pay-what-you-can preview night; other performanc- es $20/adults, $10/students. Pur- chase tickets at the theatre box office in Pioneer Hall or call 541- 278-5953. SUNDAY, FEB. 26 FAMILY BREAKFAST, 8:30- 9:15 a.m., First Christian Church, 516 S. Main St., Milton-Freewa- ter. Cost is by donation. Everyone welcome. (541-938-3854) TRANSFIGURATION SUN- DAY, 10 a.m., Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, 241 S.E. Sec- ond St., Pendleton. Palms bless- ed during previous Palm Sunday services will be burned, with the ashes mixed with oil and used for Ash Wednesday. (541-276-3809) SPECIAL NEEDS OPEN GYM, 12-1:30 p.m., Pendleton Recreation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Free for special needs children and fami- lies. (541-276-8100) FIDDLER’S NIGHT, 2 p.m., Brookdale Assisted Living, 980 W. Highland Ave., Hermiston. Join the jam session or just listen. (541-567-3141) CCT PRESENTS: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNI- COLOR DREAMCOAT, 2-3:30 p.m., Bob Clapp Theatre, Blue Mountain Community College, 2411 NW Carden Ave, Pendle- ton. Feb. 23 is pay-what-you-can preview night; other performanc- es $20/adults, $10/students. Pur- chase tickets at the theatre box office in Pioneer Hall or call 541- 278-5953. ADULT OPEN GYM, 6:30 p.m., Pendleton Recreation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Half-court basketball. Adults only. MONDAY, FEB. 27 ADULT OPEN GYM, 6 a.m., Pendleton Recreation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Half-court basketball. Adults only. WALKING FOR WELLNESS, 8:30-9:30 a.m., Pendleton Rec- reation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-8100) TOT TIME, 10-11 a.m., Pend- leton Recreation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. For children ages 0-5. Costs $1 per child per session. (541-276-8100) PRESCHOOL STORY TIME, 10:30 a.m., Athena Public Library, 418 E. Main St., Athena. For ages birth to 6. (541-566-2470) PENDLETON SENIOR MEAL SERVICE, 12 p.m., Pend- leton Senior Center, 510 S.W. 10th St., Pendleton. Costs $3.50 or $6 for those under 60. Pool, puzzles, crafts, snacks, Second Time Around thrift store 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. For Meals On Wheels, call 541-276-1926. (541-276-7101) ART STUDIO, 4-5:30 p.m., Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton. Free class for ages 7-12 to develop skills and encourage art exploration. (Ro- berta Lavadour 541-278-9201)
