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RECORDS
East Oregonian
Saturday, June 10, 2017
Joan Lee Crane Freeman
Robert R. ‘Bob’ Smith
Tommie Ruth Gardner Temple
Terrebonne
December 8, 1938-May 10, 2017
Weston
April 15, 1926-February 24, 2017
Pendleton
October 11, 1928-June 1, 2017
Joan Lee Freeman died
May 10, 2017, in Terre-
bonne, Oregon, of complica-
tions from pancreatic cancer.
She passed peacefully at
home surrounded by family.
Born December 8, 1938,
in Long Beach, California,
she was the second daughter
of Cecil and Jarvis Crane.
Joan grad-
uated from
Long Beach
Polytechnic
High School
in 1956 and
attended
Long Beach
City College,
going on to
attend Cal
Poly in San
Luis Obispo,
California.
She was in
the first class
of women
admitted to
the school
and
grad-
uated
in Freeman
1965 with a
degree in elementary educa-
tion. It was there she met
the cowboy from Eastern
Oregon, Riley Freeman, who
she married. She followed
him to the Northwest.
Joan taught second grade
at McKay Creek School
in Pendleton, Oregon, for
several years. Retiring from
teaching, she became a
ranchers’ wife, helping her
husband run the Bar C Bar
Ranch in the Sumpter Valley
of Oregon. Joan was an avid
sportswoman who water,
snow, and cross-country
skied, snowmobiled, rode
horseback, shot skeet, and
was up for most any adven-
ture.
After the death of her
husband 1993, Joan lived full
time in Sun Valley, Idaho,
enjoying skiing, reading,
and socializing with friends.
She traveled internationally.
She successfully invested in
the stock market and in real
estate, buying, decorating
and selling beautiful homes.
A devoted mother, she
raised four children, making
sure that they
all received
a
good
education,
learned their
manners,
and
were
well dressed
and
made
their
bed
e v e r y d a y.
All children
are in the arts
reflecting
her innate
creativity
and design
talents.
Her four
children
survive her:
daughters
Janet Freeman of Portland,
Oregon,
and
Patricia
Freeman Martin of Terre-
bonne, Oregon, and sons
John Freeman of Agua
Dulce, California, and
Paul Freeman of Touchet,
Washington. Also surviving
are seven grandchildren:
Weston
and
Alberta
Chapman, Miguel Martin,
Riley and Mary Rose
Freeman, Sammie and Levi
Freeman; her sister Carol
Marriner; her niece Cynthia
Marriner of Boulder, Colo-
rado; and four grandnieces
and -nephews.
She is dearly missed. Her
ashes will be laid to rest in a
celebration of her life in the
Sumpter Valley (date to be
determined).
DEATH NOTICES
Gladys York Kelly
Simi Valley, Calif.
July 13, 1950-May 8, 2017
Former Milton-Freewater resident Gladys York Kelly,
66, of Simi Valley, Calif., died Monday, May 8, 2017, at her
home. She was born July 13, 1950. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home in MIlton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Robert R. “Bob” Smith of
Weston, Oregon, passed away
February 24, 2017, at his
home at the age of 90 years.
Memorial services will be
Saturday, July 17, 2017 at 11
a.m. at the Weston Commu-
nity Building. Memorial
contributions may be made
to the Weston Community
Church.
Bob was born
April 15, 1926, in
Prineville, Oregon.
He was nearly 91
years old when he
passed away. He
married Donna in
his early 20s and
raised four children
in Prineville.
Bob
was
a
carpenter/ Smith
contractor all of
his life, building his first
house before he was able to
get his contractor’s license at
21. He has been active with
cattle and horses since he
was a boy. He loved camping
horseback with his family
and had his pack and guide
license for several years. Bob
was a member of the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association and
was active in team and calf
roping in Prineville and Walla
Walla.
Wrestling
was
an
important part of his high
school years, earning two
letters. Bob’s three sons
were wrestlers in high school
and his grandson Ryan was
Oregon state champion while
in high school. Bob was
on the board of directors of
Gish House in Pendleton for
the treatment of alcoholism
and drugs. Last year he was
the grand marshal
for Pioneer Days
in Weston. Bob
has been active in
community affairs
both in Prineville
and Weston.
In 1979 he
married
Valerie
Bauch and was
married until the
time of his death.
Bob died peace-
fully at home with
his three dogs and two cats in
bed with him.
He is survived by his wife
Valerie Smith at home; two
sons, Ken (Denise) Smith of
Prineville, Ore., and Kelly
Smith of Mosier, Ore.; a
daughter, Toni Costa-Smith
of Charleston, Ill.; a daugh-
ter-in-law, Kathy Smith
of Parkdale, Ore.; seven
grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by a son, Terry Smith.
UPCOMING SERVICES
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
CROW, DWIGHT — Memorial services at 3 p.m. at
Lighthouse Christian Church, 88786 Dellmoore Loop Road,
Warrenton.
GREENLAW, RAY — Memorial service at 3 p.m. at the
Heppner Seventh-day Adventist Church gym, 560 Minor St.
HOLMES, CECIL — Graveside service at 10 a.m. at
Olney Cemetery, Pendleton. A celebration of life will follow
at the Shaw barn, south of Pendleton.
KUYKENDALL, JIM — Celebration of life at 2:30 p.m.
at Peace Lutheran Church, 210 N.W. Ninth St., Pendleton.
SUNDAY, JUNE 11
REED, GERALD — Recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m.
in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 336 S.W. Dorion Ave.,
Pendleton.
MONDAY, JUNE 12
REED, GERALD — Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.
at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 800 S.E. Court Ave., Pend-
leton, followed by burial at the Athena Cemetery. A reception
will follow the services at the Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 428
S. Main St.
OBITUARY POLICY
Nancy A. Thompson
Hermiston
Sept. 4, 1947-June 5, 2017
Nancy A. Thompson, 69, of Hermiston died Monday, June
5, 2017, in Kennewick, Wash. She was born Sept. 4, 1947,
in Oakland, Calif. Arrangements are pending with Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston. Sign the online condolence book at
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
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SCHOLARSHIPS
Rockets hold annual
awards night
Madril
Bradley
Mikel
Kendrick
Wolotira
Gonzalez
Ducks alumni award
local scholarships
The University of Oregon Let
’er Duck Alumni Association has
awarded three $1,000 scholarships
to local students. These scholarship
are awarded to students who orig-
inate from and graduate from high
schools in Umatilla, Morrow, Union
or Wallowa counties.
Celina Taylor is a third-year
student at the U of O and is studying
sociology. Frederick Gonzalez is a
graduate of Hermiston High School,
and is entering the U of O in the fall
and plans to study business adminis-
tration. Elias Siltanen is a graduate
of La Grande High School and is an
undeclared student.
For more information, call Lisa
Kopetski at 541-377-7106.
MEETINGS
MONDAY, JUNE 12
IRRIGON FIRE DISTRICT, 7 a.m.,
Irrigon Fire Department, 705 N.E. Main
Ave., Irrigon. (541-922-3133)
UMATILLA COUNTY FIRE DIS-
TRICT NO. 1 SPECIAL MEETING, 9
a.m., Fire Station 21, 320 S. First St.,
Hermiston. Meeting will discuss a per-
sonnel issue and will include an exec-
utive session. (Reta Larson 541-667-
5126)
PENDLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT,
6 p.m., Pendleton School District office,
107 N.W. 10th St., Pendleton. (541-276-
6711)
HERMISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT,
6:30 p.m., district office, 502 W. Stan-
dard Ave., Hermiston. (541-667-6000)
MILTON-FREEWATER
SCHOOL
DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m., Central Mid-
Street Cowboys. In 2003
she was honored with a
Happy Canyon Apprecia-
tion Award for her many
years performing in Happy
Canyon, most notably for
singing the Indian Love
Call and playing the bass
drum in the Hick Band.
Tommie wrote and
directed the annual
Kiwanis Kapers,
played Mrs. Claus
at the Altrusa
Holiday Bazaar,
and was active in
numerous
other
groups, including
Eagles Auxiliary,
Emblem
Club
and Oregon East
Symphony.
In
1986, she was
named
Pendle-
ton’s Woman Citizen of the
Year.
Some of Tommie’s
favorite activities were
playing cards with her
“May I” group, gardening,
arranging
flowers
for
friends, playing Bingo at
the Eagles, working cross-
word puzzles and traveling,
especially with her kids.
Tommie was genuinely
loving and nonjudgmental,
lived in the moment (“go
with the flow”), and thought
every day was a beautiful
day
Mommy Tommie is
survived by her loving
children: Toni (and Larry)
Langston of Tulsa, Okla-
homa, Patti Tucker (and
Mike)
of
Springfield,
Oregon, Mary Gardner of
Creswell, Oregon, grand-
sons Marty and Steven,
many nieces and nephews,
and stepson Rennie (and
Dianne) Temple and son
Matthew. She was preceded
in death by her husband Bill
Temple in 1990, as well
as her son Tom Gardner
in 1998 (who is probably
throwing a party for her
right now!).
A celebration of her life
will be held on Saturday,
June 24, at 12:00 at First
Christian Church. We will
continue the celebration
afterward at the Pendleton
Eagles Lodge. No need to
be formal or wear black:
be comfortable and help us
celebrate the life of Mommy
Tommie!
Memorial contributions
may be made to Pendleton
First Christian Church or
to Pendleton Eagles Ladies
Auxiliary #28.
HONORS
Pendleton Rotary
awards Fossatti
scholarships
PENDLETON — The Rotary
Club of Pendleton has awarded its
2017 Don Fossatti Scholarships
in the amount of $2,000 each to
graduating Pendleton High School
students Raeana Mikel, Avery
Madril, Haley Bradley, Jonathan
Wolotira and Hailey Kendrick.
The scholarships were awarded in
recognition of the students’ academic
qualifications and demonstrated
ability to achieve success in their
chosen field of study, financial need,
and a reflection of the Rotary motto
of service before self in the students’
lives.
For more information on Don
Fossatti scholarships, contact Rob
Collins at 541-276-3320.
Tommie Ruth Temple
(aka Mommy Tommie)
passed away during surgery
on June 1, 2017, in Pend-
leton, Oregon. She was
known for her smile and her
joyful acceptance of anyone
she met.
Tommie
was
born
October 11, 1928, in Tulsa,
Oklahoma,
to
Thomas and Imo
Shaw, the youngest
of six children.
While attending
Central
High
School in Tulsa,
she was active in
drama and music
groups and helped
produce the annual
Tulsa
Easter
Pageant.
Temple
After attending
Phillips University in Enid,
Oklahoma, for one year,
Tommie went on to graduate
from the University of Tulsa
At TU, she was active in the
theater and radio depart-
ments, winning the Best
Actress award three years in
a row, as well as performing
regularly in Tulsa Little
Theater productions. She
starred in a weekly live tele-
vision show, appearing as
Cinderella. After teaching
for three years at Mark
Twain Elementary School,
she returned to TU to teach
speech and direct the Chil-
dren’s Theater and earn her
master’s degree in drama.
In 1963 she moved
with her four children to
Torrance, California, for
three years, then Redondo
Beach for four years. She
taught English and speech
at North High School in
Torrance for those seven
years.
When Tommie decided
to move closer to family in
1970, she chose the Eastern
Oregon town of Pendleton.
She always said Pendleton
was good to her and she was
good to Pendleton! As an
English, speech and drama
teacher at Pendleton High
School for 20 years, she
directed the plays and musi-
cals. Her “church family”
at First Christian Church,
where she was an elder and
choir director, was very
important to her.
And she loved the Pend-
leton Round-Up! She threw
an annual Round-Up party,
rode on the calliope as a
Sidesaddler and received
the 1988 Tenderfoot of the
Year Award from the Main
dle School, 306 S.W. Second St., Mil-
ton-Freewater. (541-938-3551)
HEPPNER CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m.,
Heppner City Hall, 111 N. Main St., Hep-
pner. (541-676-9618)
MILTON-FREEWATER CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Milton-Freewater Public Li-
brary Albee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave.,
Milton-Freewater. (541-938-5531)
PILOT ROCK FIRE DISTRICT, 7
p.m., Pilot Rock Fire Department, 415
N.E. Elm St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-4522)
HERMISTON CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., Hermiston City Hall council cham-
bers, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston.
(541-567-5521)
ATHENA-WESTON SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Weston Middle School li-
brary, 205 E. Wallace, Weston. (Kim Thul
541-566-3551)
PILOT ROCK — Awards
Night recipients during Pilot Rock
Jr./Sr. High School’s annual cere-
mony include:
Pilot Rock Junior High:
Boy and Girl of the Year (Citi-
zenship): Natalie Lankford, Tel
Thacker; Social Studies: Jacque
Kerns and Elena Rigby; Fitness:
MacKenzie Bennett and Kody
Johnson; Science: Kegan Bronson
and Elena Rigby; Math: Rylee
Bray and Ian Gambill; English:
Natalie Lankford and Elena
Rigby; JH Ag: Madyson Moffit
and Cameron Smith; Performing
Arts (Theatre): Jada Atkins and
Brooke-Lynne Basye; Performing
Arts (Band): MacKenzie Bennett
and Kevin Price; Performing
Arts (Choir): Emily Lambert and
Joleah Jeffers; Science Elective:
Vanessa Winks and Rylee Bray;
Study Hall: Makaylen Lillie and
Christina Humphrey.
Athletics: Most Improved
Boy and Girl: Anthony Fitzgerald
and Emily Lambert; Sports-
manship Boy and Girl: Caden
Thornton and Joleah Jeffers;
Outstanding Athlete Boy and
Girl: Ian Gambill and Brooke
Howland; Scholar Athletes:
Jade Atkins, MacKenzie Bennett,
Jacque Kerns, Madyson Moffit,
John Nelson, Rylee Bray, Tanner
Corwin, Samuel Kerns, Elena
Rigby, Tel Thacker, Caden
Thornton, Riley Waggoner.
Pilot Rock High School:
Freshman Cup: Kylie Gaines;
Charles Martin Memorial:
Christopher Weinke; Kenny Dick
Memorial: Brielle Howland and
Logan Weinke; Lowell Rugg
Memorial: Rachel Willingham
and Devin Hasher; Athletic
Citizenship: Jacey Wilson and
Braydon Postma; Bill Massey
Award: Rebekah Roe and
Christopher Weinke; Tim Fetzer
Memorial
Award:
Rachel
Willingham, Devin Hasher and
Braydon Postma; Supporters
of the Year: Mike Weinke and
Aaron Kerns; Annual Dedi-
cation: Brenda Bensel; Class
Cup: Seniors; Boy and Girl of
the Year (Citizenship): Riley
Lankford and Jacey Wilson;
Special Service Awards: Blair
Aichele, Rylee Bray, Madison
Lunzmann, Brooke Howland,
Austin Drake, Maranda Drake,
Tayler Hendrickson, Irina Makha-
yeva, Rhyanne Oates, Jacob
Headley-Porter and Jacey Wilson;
Citizenship: Jade Atkins, Cadney
Bacon, MacKenzie Bennett,
Jacque Kerns, Emily Lambert,
Natalie
Lankford,
Madison
Lunzmann, Madyson Moffit,
Brooke-Lynne Basye, Rylee
Bray, Tanner Corwin, Brooke
Howland, Christina Humphrey,
Joleah Jeffers, Kathlene Kinney,
Elena Rigby, Nicole Shattuck, Tel
Thacker, Caden Thornton, Riley
Waggoner, Erin Zacharias, Kylie
Gaines, Abigail Grimes, Jessica
Hendrickson, Brielle Howland,
Sarah Lambert, Eli Nash, Ember
Russell, Andrea Tabor, Jaron
Teeman, Mireya Atkins, Grace
Austin, Billy Brendible, Kaitelyn
Evans, Christian Haskell, Jacob
Headley-Porter, Arron Smith,
Bryson Thornton, Megan Van
Pelt, Olivia Warner, Maranda
Drake, Beau Glynn, Siobhan
Holman, Riley Lankford, Irina
Makhaveya, Rhyanne Oates,
Abby Rigby, Marissa Sutherland,
Levi Thieme, Christopher Weinke,
Sara Weinke, Kyler Carter, Tehya
Ostrom, Braydon Postma, Trevor
Riedmann, Isaac Rigby, Rebekah
Roe, Sarah Walker, Cody Watson
Jacey Wilson; Oregon Athlete
Scholars: Kyler Carter, Devin
Hasher, Braydon Postma, Rebekah
Roe, Cody Watson and Jacey
Wilson; Scholarship Cup: Kyler
Carter and Braydon Postma; Back
Stage Award: Nya Van Pelt; Thes-
pian Award: Trevor Riedmann
and Jason Fritz; Most Improved
Theatre
Student:
Keeley
Coiner; Nation Choir Award:
Isaac Rigby; Most Improved
Choir: Siobhan Holman; Most
Improved Band: Deven Spence;
The Director’s Award for Band:
Kathleen Kinney; John Phillip
Sousa Band Award: Olivia
Reynolds; Robert Schumann
Award: Nicole Shattuck; Gus
Hinger Art Award: Arron Smith;
Outstanding Artists: Grace
Austin, Fancy Russell, Christian
Haskell, Arron Smith, Irina
Makhayeva, Trevor Riedmann,
Rachel Willingham and Megan
Van Pelt; Judges Choice Trophy:
Arron Smith; People’s Choice
Trophy: Arron Smith; Sherry
Johnson Photo Award: Abby
Rigby; Outstanding Photog-
raphers: Megan Van Pelt, Irina
Makhayeva, Kylie Gaines and
Abby Rigby; Judges Choice
Trophy: Abby Rigby; People’s
Choice Trophy: Megan Van Pelt.
Academic
Excellence
Awards: Math: Abby Rigby;
Fitness: Kyler Carter; English:
Trevor Riedmann; Science:
Marissa Sutherland; Agricultural
Sciences Technology: Cody
Watson; Social Science: Riley
Lankford; Visual Arts: Abby
Rigby and Arron Smith; Foreign
Language: Abby Rigby; Theater:
Isaac Rigby; Health: Jacey
Wilson; Robotics: Levi Thieme;
Performing Arts (Choir): Tehya
Ostrom; Band: Dakota Fortner;
Academic Excellence: Kyler
Carter and Braydon Postma;
Academy of Scholastic Excel-
lence: Braydon Postma, Trevor
Riedmann, Jacey Wilson.
Athletic Hall of Fame
Inductees: Braydon Postma,
Tehya Ostrom, Rebakah Roe,
Rachel Willingham and Devin
Hasher.
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