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RECORDS Tuesday, September 12, 2017 East Oregonian OBITUARIES DEATH NOTICES Sally Jean McDevitt Roger Kenneth Kooch Robert Dale Hilling Milton-Freewater April 24, 1934 - September 8, 2017 New Plymouth, Idaho November 8, 1941 - September 9, 2017 Milton-Freewater July 1, 1939 - Sept. 8, 2017 Sally Jean McDevitt, 83, and faith — and it was her of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Catholic faith that brought her passed away peacefully in her a devoted and fun circle of life- family home, surrounded by long friends, known fondly as her seven children. “The St. Judies.” These ladies Sally was born need no excuse for to Joseph and good times together, Rose Mahoney, on but they are equally April 24, 1934, in ready for any crisis or her grandmother’s heartache, including home near comforting Sally Columbus, North and her family in her Dakota. Sally fi nal days. graduated from St. In November Francis Academy 2016, Sally was in Baker, Oregon, preceded in death by in 1952. After her husband Larry. high school, she She is survived by followed her older McDevitt her seven children sister, Margie, to St. and their spouses: Anthony School of Nursing Liz McDevitt, Anne and Ken in Pendleton, Oregon. Moore, Terry and Rick During that time, Sally Diamond, Margie and Rusty was introduced to Pendleton Reece, Mike and Dana native, Larry McDevitt, who McDevitt, Peggy McDevitt had recently returned from and Dan and Michelle the Korean War. The couple McDevitt. Grandma Sally was married on Thanksgiving has 14 grandchildren and six Day in 1955, and Sally gradu- great-grandchildren. ated from nursing school that Recitation of the Holy same year. Rosary will be Wednesday, Eventually, they settled September 13 at 7:00 P.M. in Milton-Freewater to raise at the Munselle-Rhodes their growing family. Above Funeral Home in all, Sally was a mother and Milton-Freewater. Funeral nurturer. As a young girl, she Mass will be said she wanted to work in an September 14 at 1:00 p.m. orphanage — and a love for at St. Francis of Assisi Cath- babies was a theme in both olic Church in Milton-Free- her home and work life. water. When her children were Memorial contributions old enough to be in school, may be made in Sally’s name Sally went back to work as to the Milton-Freewater an RN at St. Mary Medical Special Olympics through Center in Walla Walla. She the funeral home. Another trained to become an inten- way to honor our beloved sive care nurse for newborns, mother would be to do a kind and spent many hours tending deed—take care of someone to vulnerable little ones and in need, snuggle a little one, her own grandchildren. visit an elderly friend or call Sally cherished her family your mom. Joyce L. Collins Hermiston December 24, 1934 - September 8, 2017 Joyce L. Collins, 82, of Hermiston passed away on Friday, September 8, 2017. Joyce was born December 24, 1934, in Weiser, Idaho, the daughter of James and Della (Macrae) Hancock. She lived in Huntington, Oregon, as a child where she attended school and grad- uated from high school. Joyce married William Fuzi on July 28, 1951, in Baker, Oregon. From this union Collins two sons, Bill and Tim, were born. The couple later divorced. Joyce lived in many locations before moving to Hermiston in 2008 to be closer to her family. She attended the First Christian Church in Hermiston. She is survived by two sons, Bill Fuzi of Hermiston and Tim Fuzi of Irrigon; three grandsons and two grand- daughters; and four great-grandsons and two great-grand- daughters. A graveside service will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, September 15, 2017, at the Hermiston Ceme- tery. Burns Mortuary of Herm- iston is in care of arrange- ments. MEETINGS TUESDAY, SEPT. 12 PENDLETON PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION, 12 p.m., Pendleton City Hall commu- nity room, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-8100) PORT OF UMATILLA COM- MISSION, 1 p.m., Port of Umatilla offi ces, 505 Willamette Ave., Uma- tilla. (541-922-3224) HERMISTON CEMETERY DISTRICT, 4 p.m., Burns Mor- tuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston. PENDLETON FARMERS MARKET BOARD, 5:30 p.m., Pendleton Early Learning Cen- ter, 455 S.W. 13th St., Pendleton. (541-969-9466) WESTON CEMETERY BOARD, 6 p.m., Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main St., Weston. (541- 566-3313) PENDLETON LIBRARY BOARD, 6 p.m., Pendleton Public Library meeting room, 502 S.W. Dorion Ave, Pendleton. (541-966- 0380) LEXINGTON TOWN COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Lexington Town Hall, 425 F St., Lexington. (541-989- 8515) WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13 UKIAH SCHOOL DISTRICT, 8 a.m., Ukiah Community School, 201 Hill St., Ukiah. (541-427-3731) MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Ir- rigon Public Library, 200 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-676-9061) M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 3, 12 p.m., Mil- ton-Freewater Golf Course restaurant, 301 Catherine St., Mil- ton-Freewater. (541-938-5531) STANFIELD IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 12 p.m., district offi ce, 100 W. Coe Ave., Stanfi eld. (Tiffa- ny Harrell 541-449-3272) PORT OF MORROW COM- MISSION, 1:30 p.m., Port of Mor- row, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman. (Dori Drago 541-481-7678) RIVERSIDE SITE COUNCIL, 5:30 p.m., Riverside High School library, 210 N.E. Boardman Ave., Boardman. (541-676-9128) WESTON CITY COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main St., Weston. (541-566-3313) ATHENA PLANNING COM- MISSION, 6:30 p.m., Athena City Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athena. (541-566-3862) CONDON PLANNING COM- MISSION, 7 p.m., Condon City Hall, 128 S. Main St., Condon. (541-384-2711) CONDON SCHOOL DIS- TRICT, 7 p.m., Condon Grade School, 220 S. East St., Condon. (541-384-2441) HERMISTON PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. (541-567-5521) STANFIELD SCHOOL DIS- TRICT, 7 p.m., Stanfi eld School District offi ce, 1120 N. Main St., Stanfi eld. (541-449-3305) UMATILLA COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 1, 7 p.m., Fire Station 21, 320 S. First St., Herm- iston. (Reta Larson 541-567-8822) HELIX SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7:30 p.m., Helix School library, 120 Main St., Helix. (541-457-2175) THURSDAY, SEPT. 14 U M AT I L L A - M O R R O W COUNTY FARM BUREAU, 12 p.m., TBA, TBA, Pendleton. (Julie Spratling 541-457-8045) BOARDMAN RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, 1 p.m., Boardman Fire Department, 300 S. Wilson Lane, Boardman. (541- 481-3473) HERMISTON PARKS & REC- REATION COMMISSION, 5:30 p.m., Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. (541- 567-5521) ATHENA CITY COUNCIL, 6:30 p.m., Athena City Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athena. (541-566-3862) UMATILLA SCHOOL DIS- TRICT, 7 p.m., Umatilla School District offi ce, 1001 Sixth St., Umatilla. (541-922-6500) PENDLETON PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall council chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (Jutta Haliewicz 541-966-0240) FRIDAY, SEPT. 15 No meetings scheduled Roger Kenneth Kooch, 76, passed away in his home in New Plymouth, Idaho, on September 9, 2017, after a three-year battle with lung cancer. He was born in Enterprise, Oregon, on November 8, 1941, to Kenneth Burl Kooch and Roanna Locke Kooch. He attended all grades at the Enterprise School, graduating high school in 1959. He attended EOSC in La Grande, Oregon, for two years before Kooch transferring to U of I in Moscow, Idaho. Roger married Julie Davis in August 1964. They both attended U of I where they graduated June 1966. He served in the Army Reserves. Following college graduation, Roger took a job with Farmers Home Administration in Ontario, Oregon, where he worked until the following March (1967), at which time he took the position of assistant manager/grain buyer for the farm Co-Op (Wallowa County Grain Growers) in Enterprise where he worked until 1978. After that he ran the ranch on Joseph Creek. Two children were born to the marriage: Kurt Roger Kooch (Nampa, Idaho) and Katrina LaRee Johnston (New Plymouth, Idaho). In 1985, Roger moved to the Hermiston, Oregon, area where he spent the majority of the remainder of his life. For many years he then worked at Pendleton Grain Growers while running his Irrigon October 15, 1943 - August 19, 2017 Marie Patricia “Pat” Earle, of Irrigon, Oregon, was born on October 15, 1943, in Carbondale, Penn- sylvania, to parents John and Muriel Giblin. She died on August 19, 2017, in Hermiston, Oregon, at the age of 73 years. She was raised and attended schools in Mary- land. Pat was united in marriage to William “Bill” Earle on October 23, 1965, in Silver Springs, Maryland. Earle They moved to Corvallis, Oregon, and Pat earned her bachelor’s degree in microbiology. In 1967, they settled in the Hermiston, Oregon, area where they have lived since. Along with raising their three children, Pat tended to the farm and livestock and delivered farm fresh eggs to several area vendors. Pat worked at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Herm- iston, Oregon, from 1998 until retirement in 2009. She enjoyed sewing, crafts, traveling, gardening and fl owers. Pat loved to make special gifts for her family and friends. She was one of the pioneers in estab- UPCOMING SERVICES TUESDAY, SEPT. 12 STANTON, CURTIS JR. — Visitation from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Burns Mortuary, 336 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 13 MCDEVITT, SALLY — Recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m. at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. 101 o� Pa�o Co�ers Pergolas · Sunrooms · Solar Shades · Solar Screens· Awnings & More! Sale Expires - 9/30/17 www.mybackyardbydesign.com 102 E Columbia Dr. Kennewick, WA 99336 own herd of cattle. Roger was passionate about anything related to livestock. He was an extremely involved 4-H and FFA member in his youth and continued to be a huge advocate of both programs his entire life. He thoroughly enjoyed going for drives, attending fairs, rodeos, and livestock auctions. Roger was preceded in death by his grandpar- ents and parents. He is survived by his two younger brothers Reid (Linda) of Enterprise and Ross of Prineville, Ore., as well as two nieces and four nephews. He is also survived by his son Kurt; daughter Katrina (Gary) Johnston; granddaughter Jessica Kooch of Pendleton, Ore.; and two grandsons, Clancy and Caleb Johnston, who both attend Boise State Univer- sity. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, September 16th at the Enter- prise First Baptist Church. A graveside will follow at the Alder Slope Cemetery. A potluck will be held for all friends and family following the services at the home of Julie Kooch, 83349 West Dorrance Lane, Enter- prise. Table service, drinks, sandwiches, and chips will be provided. Donations in lieu of fl owers can be made to: Enterprise FFA, 201 S.E. Fourth St., Enterprise, OR 97828. Marie Patricia ‘Pat’ Earle Improving the way you live outdoors 545-720-0772 ��EE Es�ma�es! lishing a chapter of the ARC in Eastern Oregon where she served as president and as an offi cer for many years. She was an active member of the Country Church, and had served on the Eastern Oregon Mental Health Board. Pat was very industrious with a unbelievable work ethic. She is survived by her husband Bill Earle, Irrigon, Ore.; daughter Camille Earle, Milwaukie, Ore.; son Clint Earle, Goleta, Calif.; sister Jeanne Tester, Annapolis, Md.; and grand- children Luke, Annalise and Angelique. Pat was preceded in death by her parents and a daughter, Annette Earle. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, September 16, 2017, at 1:00 p.m. at the Country Church, 32742 Diagonal Road, Hermiston, Oregon. Those who wish may make contributions in Pat’s memory to the Country Church. Please sign the online condolence book at burns- mortuaryhermiston.com Robert Dale Hilling, 78, of Milton-Freewater died Friday, Sept. 8, 2017, at his home. He was born July 1, 1939. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Nadine ‘Natty’ Turner Enterprise Jan. 14, 1928 - Sept. 7, 2017 Former Milton-Freewater resident Natalie Nadine “Natty” Turner, 89, of Enterprise died Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Enterprise. She was born Jan. 14, 1928. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Margaret Beakler Umatilla Sept. 9, 2017 Margaret Beakler, 84, of Umatilla died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Hermiston. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of fi nal arrangements. Paul Boschee May 25, 1928 - Feb. 4, 2016 Nancy Jean (Williams) Boschee April 6, 1931 - July 11, 2017 Olympia, Wash A graveside service for Paul and Nancy Boschee will be held Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the Milton-Free- water Cemetery. Paul was born May 25, 1928, in McClusky, N.D., and died Feb. 4, 2016, at their home in Olympia, Wash. Nancy was born April 6, 1931, in Walla Walla and died July 11, 2017, in Olympia. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is handling arrangements. Alva L. Worley Stanfi eld Sept. 10, 2017 Alva L. Worley, 94, of Stanfi eld died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of fi nal arrange- ments. Nicholas Alan ‘Nick’ McCoy Weston March 22, 1949 - Sept. 9, 2017 Nicholas Alan “Nick” McCoy, 68, of Weston died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017, in Milton-Freewater. He was born March 22, 1949. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Dale Garrett Wheeler Milton-Freewater July 10, 1950 - Sept. 10, 2017 Dale Garrett Wheeler, 67, of Milton-Freewater died Sunday, Sept. 10, 2017, at his home. He was born July 10, 1950. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Susan G. Johnston Heppner Sept. 11, 2017 Susan G. Johnston, 67, of Heppner died Monday, Sept. 11, 2017, at her home. Funeral mass will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Heppner, with burial to follow at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements. Jeffery R. Fulbright Creswell, Ore. Sept. 2, 2017 Former Pilot Rock resident Jeffery R. Fulbright, 51, died Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017, in Creswell, Ore. A graveside memo- rial service will be held Friday, Oct. 20 at 11 a.m. at Skyview Memorial Park near Pendleton. Gary B. Powell Umatilla Sept. 9, 2017 Gary B. Powell, 74, of Umatilla died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2017. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. at the Westside Church of Christ in Hermiston. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of fi nal arrangements. OBITUARY POLICY The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can in- clude small photos and, for veterans, a fl ag 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 offi ce. 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