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Tuesday, June 27, 2017
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OBITUARIES
David Robert Lazinka
George John Luciani
Sandra Northrup
Pilot Rock
March 2, 1965-June 22, 2017
Echo
October 2, 1925 - June 23, 2017
East Wenatchee, Wash.
June 15, 2017
David Robert Lazinka
died June 22, 2017. He was
born in Pendleton, Oregon,
on March 2, 1965, to Robert
and Sandra Lazinka.
David attended
Pilot Rock Elemen-
tary and High
School, and BMCC
in
Pendleton,
Oregon. He spent
most of his working
life on the cattle and
wheat ranch that his
parents
operated
in Umatilla and
Morrow County.
His favorite work Lazinka
responsibility was
the trucking of hay and cattle
on the ranch operation. He
also spent many days horse-
back, moving cattle with a
good cow dog to help him.
When the ranch was sold,
David worked a short time at
the Pilot Rock mill and for
area farmers and ranchers.
David is survived by his
wife Laura Reedy Lazinka;
son Shane Royce Lazinka;
daughter
Aimee
Kay
Lazinka; parents Sandra
and Bob Lazinka; brother
Mark Lazinka; sister Cathy
Dietz; nieces Maggie Dietz
and Kayla Lazinka Wood;
nephew Casey Dietz and
grandnephew
Everett
Wood; father- and moth-
er-in-law
Roger
and Alta Reedy;
stepdaughter
Jennifer McLean;
stepgrandchildren
Dylan Harwood,
Gavin
Mclean
and Kara Herbert;
and special young
friends
Brayden
Fix and Kaylee
Kaneaster.
Visitation will
be held on Friday,
June 30, 2017, from noon
to 4:30 p.m. at Pendleton
Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-
Bishop. A graveside service
for family and friends will
be at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday,
July 1 at Olney Cemetery in
Pendleton.
Donations may be made
to Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College Foundation,
P.O. Box 100, Pendleton, OR
97801.
Online condolences may
be shared with the family at
www.pioneerchapel.com
DEATH NOTICES
Nicholas L. ‘Nick’ Phillips
Hermiston
Jan. 31, 1941-June 22, 2017
Nicholas L. “Nick” Phillips, 76, of Hermiston died
Thursday, June 22, 2017, at his home. He was born Jan.
31, 1941, in Baker City. A celebration of life service will be
held Saturday, July 1 at 1 p.m. at Burns Mortuary chapel in
Hermiston. Burial with military honors will follow at the
Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care
of arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com
Ruby Mae Crewse
Milton-Freewater
Jan. 2, 1928 – June 24, 2017
Ruby Mae Crewse, 89, of Milton-Freewater died Saturday,
June 24, 2017. She was born Jan. 2, 1928. Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Billy Joe Reed
Pendleton
June 25, 2017
Billy Joe Reed, 84, of Pendleton died Sunday, June 25,
2017. Memorial services will be held Friday, June 30 at 10
a.m. at Sun Ridge Assisted Living, 2801 S.W. Nye Ave.,
Pendleton. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of
arrangements.
UPCOMING SERVICES
TUESDAY, JUNE 27
No services scheduled
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28
LUCIANI, GEORGE — Funeral service at 11 a.m. at
Trinity Lutheran Church, 485 W. Locust Ave., Hermiston.
Burial with military honors will follow at 2:30 p.m. at the
Echo Cemetery.
MEETINGS
TUESDAY, JUNE 27
UMATILLA COUNTY FIRE
DISTRICT NO. 1 SPECIAL
MEETING, 9 a.m., Fire Station
21, 320 S. First St., Hermiston.
Discussion of a personnel issue
and the contract for Community
Leasing Partners. (Reta Larson
541-667-5126)
WEST UMATILLA MOSQUI-
TO CONTROL DISTRICT, 3 p.m.,
West Umatilla district office, 3005
S. First St., Hermiston. (Janie
Cuellar 541-567-5201)
IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
4:30 p.m., Ione Community
School, 445 Spring St., Ione. (541-
422-7131)
MORROW COUNTY PLAN-
NING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Port
of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 Ma-
rine Drive, Boardman. (Stephanie
Loving 541-922-4624)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28
MORROW COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m.,
Bartholomew Government Build-
ing upper conference room, 110
N. Court St., Heppner. (Roberta
Lutcher 541-676-9061)
UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS, 10:30
a.m., Umatilla County Courthouse,
216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton.
(Doug Olsen 541-278-6208)
HERMISTON
LIBRARY
BOARD, 4 p.m., Hermiston Public
Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave., Herm-
iston. (541-567-2882)
MONDAY, JULY 3
STOKES LANDING SENIOR
CENTER BOARD, 6 p.m., Stokes
Landing Senior Center, 195 N.W.
Opal Place, Irrigon. (Karen 541-
922-3137)
HEPPNER PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 7 p.m., Heppner City
Hall, 111 N. Main St., Heppner.
(541-676-9618)
WESTON PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 7 p.m., Memorial Hall,
210 E. Main St., Weston. (541-
566-3313)
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
PLANNING COMMISSION, 7
p.m., Milton-Freewater Public Li-
brary Albee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth
Ave., Milton-Freewater. 6:30 p.m.
study session, 7 p.m. regular
meeting. (541-938-5531)
George John Luciani, 91,
of Echo, Oregon, passed
away peacefully at his home
on Butter Creek surrounded
by his family on
June 23, 2017.
George was born
in Echo, Oregon,
in a Union Pacific
section house on
October 2, 1925,
to Giovanni “John”
Luciani and Rosina
Dimico
Luciani.
George was raised
and
attended
school in Echo
where he excelled
at basketball. He
graduated
from
Echo High School
in 1943, and a year
later he enlisted in
the United States
Army.
During
that
time George met
the love of his life,
Beatrice Haugen, a
sweet Norwegian
girl from South
Dakota whom he
was
introduced
to by his sister Luciani
Carmelita and her
husband Fiore Borghese.
After basic training at Camp
Roberts, he and Beatrice
were married February 4,
1945, in Pendleton, Oregon.
He served in the Philippines
at an Army hospital and later
was sent to Japan where he
achieved the rank of staff
sergeant. Shortly after he
was honorably discharged
and returned to Echo.
George’s love of farming
started 70 years ago working
for local farmers. A lease
partnership was formed with
Leo Ashbeck at Pine City
until he purchased his own
farm in 1965, which is still
located on Butter Creek.
Committed
to
the
community, George was
active in many activities and
organizations over the years
including Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Board where
George was honored as grand
marshal in 1990. George was
involved in various commu-
nity activities including:
member of the Echo School
Board, an Echo Quarterback
Club founding member,
life member of the VFW
and Heppner Elks Lodge,
Oregon Wheat Growers
Association, Morrow County
Grain Growers, McNary
Yacht Club charter member
and longtime member of the
Lutheran Church.
His
hobbies
included
being
a rock hound,
and he enjoyed
motorcycles,
fishing, hunting and
boating.
George
lit up whenever
friends and family
would visit, the
hospitality
was
abounding
no
matter who walked
into the room.
He
absolutely
cherished
time
with his family
and supported the
numerous activities
of his children and
grandchildren.
He is survived
by his devoted
wife of 72 years,
Beatrice
“Bea”
Luciani, Echo, Ore.;
daughters
Karla
Anderson (Doug),
Sheila Cozad (Bob)
and Patty Matheny,
and son John H. Luciani
(Karen); 10 grandchildren;
21 great-grandchildren with
one more to come any day;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
George was proceeded in
death by his parents; three
sisters, Carmelita Borghese,
Dorothy Brown and Marion
Hibbard; beloved niece
Pam Haugen Fishman; and
son-in-law David Matheny.
A funeral service will be
held on Wednesday, June 28,
2017 at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity
Lutheran Church, 485 W.
Locust Ave., Hermiston,
Oregon. Burial with military
honors will follow at 2:30
p.m. at the Echo Cemetery,
Echo, Oregon.
Those who wish may
make
contributions
in
George’s memory to the
Echo Historical Society
or Vange John Hospice
Veterans Honor Program c/o
Burns Mortuary, P.O. Box
289, Hermiston, OR 97838.
Please sign the online
condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston, Oregon, is in care of
arrangements.
Jane Pahl Meek
Blaine, Wash.
February 9, 1932-June 21, 2017
Jane Pahl Meek, 85,
passed away June 21st, 2017.
Jane was born in Pend-
leton, Oregon of February
9th, 1932, to Hans and Helen
(Mumm) Pahl, and
was later raised by
Alice
(Handley)
Pahl, after her
mother passed and
her father remar-
ried.
She was born
and
raised
in
Pendleton, Oregon.
She
attended
college at both the
U of O in Eugene Meek
and Oregon State
College and then returned to
Pendleton. She left in 1963
when she met and married
her late husband Ray Meek
and they moved to the
Tri-Cities, Wash., and began
a family.
Jane had been living in
Blaine, Wash., for the last
10 years and had spent the
last year with wonderful staff
at Stafholt. She
enjoyed
reading,
cribbage, travel and
spending time with
friends, and only
missed the Pend-
leton
Round-Up
recently when her
health
wouldn’t
allow travel. She
will be greatly
missed by family
and friends.
She is survived
by daughter Marilyn (Meek)
LaCasse, husband Paul
LaCasse and one grandson,
Bryce LaCasse.
No services will be held,
at her request.
If you haven’t yet heard system. At LINK, she fit
the news from friends or right in, absorbing her new
family or chance encounters role as community relations
among strangers that Sandy specialist with that same
Northrup passed away, don’t enthusiasm and commit-
worry. You will. It’s
ment.
Helping
inevitable. A person
the elderly, the
as wise and caring
disabled, and the
and funny and
impoverished
dedicated as Sandy
use the bus was a
doesn’t
weave
labor of love that
herself into North
continues to pay
Central Washington
dividends to this
with such devotion
day. Nothing could
without everyone
keep Sandy from
eventually hearing
making the world
about our loss.
around her a better
Our loss. With Northrup
place. Not even
Sandy, our loss
cancer.
is not ours. Yes, we grieve
She enjoyed a healthy
in private as husband and retirement for 12 years,
sons, brothers and sisters, revitalizing her commitment
nieces and nephews, cousins to serve her community,
and friends. But our loss exploring new adventures as
is your loss. Our grief is a grammie and enjoying new
your grief. We cry for her friendships with her neigh-
as a family, but we don’t bors in Mazama, Wash. But
cry alone. An entire swath unlike Sandy, breast cancer
of the Pacific Northwest is is an old hag that doesn’t care
in mourning, from the dry about the world around it or
plains outside Pendleton, who it hurts. Cancer spent
to the vibrant community the past 16 months trying
where the Wenatchee River to kill the spirit of Sandy
meets the Columbia, to the Northrup. The closest it ever
quiet mountain skies of got was killing her body on
Mazama. There and here and June 15, 2017, as she slept
everywhere in between, we quietly in her home in East
all remember her.
Wenatchee.
That’s what happens
Sandy is preceded in
when you dedicate your life death by her parents, Lois
to the people around you. and Ford Robertson of Pend-
People tend to remember.
leton, Oregon, and survived
She made her presence by Gordi, her husband of 52
felt from her earliest years, of Wenatchee, Wash-
years. Whether putting on ington; son Brad (Aimee,
a rope spinning display for Emma and Jacob) of Nine
tourists by the age of ten, Mile Falls, Washington; son
enjoying time with sisters Craig (Trinity and grandson
Cindee and Linda, or terror- Dawson) of Salt Lake City,
izing her younger brother Utah; sister Linda (Bob) of
Lance, Sandy was a young Cove, Oregon; sister Cindee
Oregonian woman who of Eugene, Oregon; brother
entranced everyone she met. Lance (Sarah); and five
That included a young nieces and nephews.
man from Milton-Freewater,
But more importantly,
Ore., named Gordi. The Sandy leaves behind a
two were wed in 1964 legacy of compassion to
and
remained
happily others and commitment to
ever after. They moved to her community. People are
North Central Washington enjoying a small park in East
and raised two sons, Brad Wenatchee because she and
and Craig. After a while, a handful of volunteers took
Sandy decided she would a summer planting seed and
lose her entire collection landscaping soil. Doctors and
of marbles if she spent one staff are helping patients in a
more solitary minute with wing of Central Washington
her weirdo kids, and that Hospital that exists because
she needed a well-deserved she raised community funds
break and some peace and to make it happen. A legion
quiet in her life. So she went of kids from Wenatchee High
to work at Wenatchee High grew up to live better, more
School. For 15 years, Sandy prosperous lives because she
served as career counselor dedicated her time and sweat
at both the high school and and soul to them. Sandy
Wenatchee Valley College, lived her life trying to help
helping a generation of everyone around her. She
young people discover their believed in the importance
own paths as they navigated of community, of compas-
the world ahead.
She sion, of coming together to
touched the lives of thou- build something greater than
sands of students. Whether herself. She leaves behind a
preparing for the SATs and challenge to us all to do the
ACTs, choosing the right same, footsteps that are easy
college and maneuvering to follow but impossible to
through the application fill.
process, practicing for job
A Celebration of Life
interviews, or developing will be held at 5:30 p.m.
basic life skills, students on August 18th at Ohme
leaned on Sandy because she Gardens in Wenatchee,
was always eager to help the Wash.
children and young adults
In lieu of flowers, please
of Wenatchee succeed. She send any gifts to Cancer
led fundraisers, worked Care of North Central Wash-
with boosters, dedicated ington, 1708 Castlerock
her energy, and sacrificed Ave., Wenatchee, WA 98801.
her time to help students (www.cancercarencw.org/
in any way she could. She donate.php).
continued her devotion to
Arrangements are by
the Panthers even after she Telford’s Chapel of the
left the School District to Valley, East Wenatchee,
go to work for the local bus Wash.
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