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RECORDS Wednesday, September 20, 2017 PUBLIC SAFETY LOG East Oregonian OBITUARIES MONDAY 7:05 a.m. - Milton-Freewater police received a report of someone breaking into a vehicle and stealing items on the 100 block of Sykes Boulevard. 9:19 a.m. - A Heppner resident on East Fairview Way asked the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office for a cat trap after a male cat that was hanging around her place bit her. She also said she called the county health department first, which suggested she call the sheriff’s office. 9:47 a.m. - A Hermiston man asked to speak to police about fraud on a vehicle he purchased. 10:10 a.m. - Umatilla police served a restraining order on a person at Two Rivers Correctional Institution, Umatilla. 10:27 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office took a report of a vehicle theft that occurred at Stateline Road and Highway 11, Milton-Freewater. 10:47 a.m. - A Boardman man told the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office he made a mistake with an online trade and sent a man the wrong item, and now the man is threatening him. The caller said he is trying to straighten out the problem and wanted law enforcement aware of the situation. 12:26 p.m. - The Boardman ambulance responded to the office of Threemile Canyon Farms, 75906 Threemile Road, Boardman, for a woman who suffered a broken leg and cuts to her face in an accident. The ambulance took her to Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston. 3:54 p.m. - Hermiston police received a report from Northwest Samantha Street of a white man in black shorts and a green T-shirt walking with a compound bow in his hand. 4:06 p.m. - A caller on the 100 block of South Main Street, Milton-Freewater, told police someone keyed their vehicle. 5:32 p.m. - A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy asked other agencies to check on the welfare of five children who have not been in school and could be with their parents camping at the remote Divide Well Campground in the Umatilla National Forest. Nancy Lynn (James) Briggs Nampa, Idaho April 24,1955 - September 14, 2017 Nancy was born April 24, 1955, in La Grande, Oregon, to Byron and Bonnie James. She died September 14, 2017, in Nampa, Idaho. She loved spending time with her husband and best friend of 38 years, Mike Briggs. She loved bowling and had just became president of her women’s league. She also enjoyed her beautiful flowers, watching hummingbirds, playing cards and Briggs of course her three dogs (fur babies). Nancy is survived by her husband of 38 years, Mike Briggs; her stepdad Earl Langley; children Linn Edwards, Julie Edwards-Arellano and Crystal (Briggs) Flanagan and spouse Sean Flanagan; siblings Sherrie James-McArthur, Joe James, Jerry James and Billy James; stepsister Tammy Allen and foster sister Matillda Pierre; eight grand- children and two great-grandchil- dren; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by her father, Byron James, and mother Bonnie Langley. Nampa Funeral Home is in charge of the arrange- ments, which are pending. ARRESTS, CITATIONS Narcisa De La Cruz •Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Richard Danial Lemmon, 21, of Pendleton, for domestic violence felony assault, reckless endangering, second-degree disorderly conduct, harassment and reckless driving. Hermiston November 14, 1927 - September 18, 2017 Monday Tuesday •Oregon State Police arrested Dane Michael Schell, 27, of Enterprise, for driving under the influence of intoxicants. DEATH NOTICES Ryder L. Heidenrich Milton-Freewater Feb. 23, 1972 - Sept. 17, 2017 Ryder Lee Heidenrich, 45, of Milton-Freewater died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in Walla Walla. He was born Feb. 23, 1972. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Betty J. Marsh Hermiston July 18, 1931 - Sept. 18, 2017 Betty J. Marsh, 86, of Hermiston died Monday, Sept. 18, 2017, in Hermiston. She was born July 18, 1931, in Palisades, Neb. A private family burial will be held at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrange- ments. Sign the online condolence book at burnsmortuary- hermiston.com George Daniel ‘Dan’ McLaren Pendleton Nov. 27, 1929 - Sept. 16, 2017 Narcisa De La Cruz of daughter Juanita Arellano Hermiston, Oregon, was and her husband Hector, born on November 14, 1927, Hermiston, Ore.; grand- in Mexico to parents Manuel children Eddie Jr., Eloy, Olivares and Petra Trevino. Alex, Jessica, Melissa, Alba, She died on September 18, Kassandra and Hector Jr.; and 2017, in Hermiston, four great-grand- Oregon, at the age children. of 89 years. Narcisa was Narcisa was preceded in death raised in Mexico by her parents, and and married Celso seven siblings. De La Cruz on A funeral December 31, 1958. service will be They moved to held Wednesday, Hermiston, Oregon, September 20, in 1976 where they 2017, at 5:30 p.m. have lived since. at Burns Mortuary Narcisa worked De La Cruz chapel, Hermiston, as a trim line Oregon. A grave- operator for JR Simplot until side service will be held retiring in 1991. She enjoyed Thursday, September 21, cooking, flowers, singing 2017, at 11 a.m. at the Herm- and most of all time with iston Cemetery, Hermiston, her family, especially her Oregon. grandchildren. Please sign the online She is survived by her condolence book at burns- husband, Celso De La Cruz, mortuaryhermiston.com Hermiston, Ore.; son Eddie Burns Mortuary of Herm- De La Cruz and his wife iston, Oregon, is in care of Gloria, San Antonio, Texas; arrangements. George Daniel “Dan” McLaren, 87, of Pendleton died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, at a local nursing facility. He was born Nov. 27, 1929, in Eugene. Burns Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Sign the online condolence at www.burns- mortuary.com MEETINGS For a complete listing of regional events, visit easternoregonevents.com WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20 BUTTER CREEK IRRIGA- TION DISTRICT, 8 a.m., River Point Farms conference room, 28790 Westport Lane, Hermiston. (Bonnie Kyger 509-820-3202) ECHO IRRIGATION DIS- TRICT, 8:30 a.m., River Point Farms conference room, 28790 Westport Lane, Hermiston. (Bon- nie Kyger 509-820-3202) MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road, Boardman. (541-676-9061) UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Umatilla County Courthouse room 130, 216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendle- ton. (Doug Olsen 541-278-6208) STANFIELD IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 12 p.m., district office, 100 W. Coe Ave., Stanfield. (Tiffa- ny Harrell 541-449-3272) INTERMOUNTAIN EDUCA- TION SERVICE DISTRICT, 5 p.m., IMESD office, 2001 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton. (888-437-6892) EASTERN OREGON RE- GIONAL AIRPORT COMMIS- SION, 6 p.m., Pendleton UAS Range Mission Control & Innova- tion Center, 1901 N.W. 56th Drive, Pendleton. (Erica Stewart 541- 276-7754) BOARDMAN PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Boardman City Hall, 200 City Center Circle, Boardman. (541-481-9252) PILOT ROCK SCHOOL DIS- TRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock High School library, 101 N.E. Cherry St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-8291) UMATILLA HOSPITAL DIS- TRICT, 7:30 p.m., Umatilla Medical Clinic, 1890 Seventh St., Umatilla. (541-922-3104) rigation District office conference room, 366 E. Hurlburt Ave., Herm- iston. (541-567-3024) UMATILLA COUNTY SPE- CIAL LIBRARY DISTRICT, 5:15 p.m., Pendleton Center for the Arts boardroom, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton. (Erin McCusker 541- 276-6449) FRIDAY, SEPT. 22 EASTERN OREGON TRADE & EVENT CENTER AUTHORI- TY, 7 a.m., EOTEC main building, 1705 E. Airport Road, Hermiston. (541-289-9800) MONDAY, SEPT. 25 ASPEN SPRING HOSPITAL PUBLIC MEETING, 1:30 p.m., Hermiston Conference Center Ro- tary Altrusa Room, 415 S. Highway 395, Hermiston. Oregon Health Authority Certificate of Need Program will accept public com- mentary on the proposed 16-bed psychiatric hospital to be located in Hermiston. Everyone welcome. (Jana Fussell 971-673-1108) LOTTERY Monday, Sept. 18 Megabucks 01-02-15-29-35-42 Estimated jackpot: $7.4 million Lucky Lines 04-08-09-15-FREE-17-22- 26-29 Estimated jackpot: $11,000 Win for Life 32-34-60-70 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 0-7-3-0 4 p.m.: 9-5-8-2 7 p.m.: 2-9-2-3 10 p.m.: 1-4-9-4 THURSDAY, SEPT. 21 ECHO CITY COUNCIL, 4 p.m., Echo City Hall, 20 S. Bonanza St., Echo. (541-376-8411) HERMISTON IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 4 p.m., Hermiston Ir- Tuesday, Sept. 19 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 8-3-4-7 Monty Rex Hixson Scottsdale, Ariz. December 4, 1947 - September 17, 2017 Monty Rex Hixson passed away in the early hours of Sunday, September 17, 2017, after a long battle with kidney cancer. He was born on December 4, 1947, to George Rex Hixson and Evelyn Prue (Meyers) Hixson in La Junta, Colorado. After grad- uating high school in 1966 at Crowley County High School, he attended college at Southern Colorado State College in Pueblo. In 1968 he moved to Long Creek, Oregon, with his parents and younger brother Bret. Pendleton, Oregon, became his home in the mid-1970s and is where he met his current wife Jeannine (Soule) Hixson. Together Monty and Jeannine created a small family business, Hixson Construction. In the early years, Hixson Construc- tion operated as a logging company that also specialized in road building and excava- tion. In 1996 Hixson Construction broke into the renewable energy industry by performing the road building, foundation excavation and Linda C. McRae Pasco, Wash. Junge 28, 1936 - September 17, 2017 Hermiston May 10, 1949 - September 16, 2017 Our beloved mother and grandmother Bertha Gomez passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2017, at age 81 to join our heavenly father. A longtime resident of Hermiston, Ore., of 44 years, Bertha recently moved to Pasco, Wash., at the time of her depar- ture. Mother spent quality time raising her family and that dominated most of her time. Bertha is survived by seven of her eight chil- dren: Gloria, Frank (Jr.), Johanna, Victor, Orlando, Gomez Priscilla and Eliz- abeth (Lisa). Preceded in death by her husband Frank who passed on September 17, 2013, and her eldest son Rene who passed in 1976. Bertha has 15 wonderful grandchildren and 10 amazing great-grandchildren. Bertha enjoyed life to the fullest; she loved playing Bingo and socializing with family and friends. Bertha especially enjoyed spending time with her family talking around the kitchen table at every opportunity that was provided. She had the ability, as mothers do, to sense if everything was good. She loved spending time with her grandchildren. She lived a full and happy life, and will be missed very much by all that knew her! God bless you, Mother. Mass of Chris- tian Burial will be held at the Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Hermiston, Ore., on Saturday, September 23, 2017, at 10 a.m. Graveside services will follow from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Hermiston Ceme- tery. Please sign the online condolence book at burns- mortuaryhermiston.com Burns Mortuary of Herm- iston, Oregon, is in care of arrangements. UPCOMING SERVICES WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20 COOK, JEAN — Celebration of life at 1 p.m. at the Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 438 S. Main St. DE LA CRUZ, NARCISA — Funeral service at 5:30 p.m. in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston. THURSDAY, SEPT. 21 CAVAGNARO, PAM — Funeral mass at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 800 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton. DE LA CRUZ, NARCISA — Graveside service at 11 a.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery. Linda C. McRae of Herm- iston, Oregon, was born on May 10, 1949, in Pendleton, Oregon, to parents Hubert and Mary LaRue Clark Senn. She passed away on September 16, 2017, in Hermiston, Oregon, at the age of 68 years. Linda was raised in Irrigon, Oregon, and graduated from Riverside High School in Boardman, Oregon, in 1967. She attended Blue Mountain Commu- nity College, taking business class for two years. Linda was united in marriage McRae to James Robert “Bob” McRae on September 7, 1968, in Irrigon, Oregon. They lived in Corvallis, Ore., Concrete, Wash., Superior, Mont., and again in Corvallis before settling in Eureka, California, for 30 years. She was a graphic designer at Humboldt State University in Native American Studies for many years. They moved to Hermiston, Oregon, in 2007 where they have lived since. She enjoyed gardening, flowers, bowling, her dogs and traveling. Linda was a loving wife, mom, grandma, sister, aunt and friend who thrived on taking care of everyone. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Bob McRae, Hermiston, Ore.; daughter Kristina McRae, Connell, Wash.; brothers Cloyd (Paula) Senn, Elkton, OBITUARY POLICY OPEN HOUSE DENTAL Itsuratce MOFE HD CHANNELS, FASTEF INTEFNET AND UNLIMITED VOICE. Physiciats Mutual Itsuratce Compaty A less expetsive way to help get the dettal care you deserve • Speeds up to 60Mbps • Unlimited data – no data caps SPECTFUM INTEFNET™ If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for about AS LOW AS $1 a day* 29 99 $ Keep your own dentist! 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Their daughter, Kathryn, also joined the company after completing her college education and worked alongside Monty in several wind industry projects. Monty is survived by his mother, Evelyn Hixson, who currently resides in Pend- leton, Oregon, as well as his brother, Bret Hixson, who is a veterinarian in Corvallis, Oregon. Both Jeannine and Kathryn Hixson reside in Scottsdale, Arizona, where Monty spent much of the last few years of his life enjoying the Arizona sunshine. Monty is also survived by daughter Tina Simmons from a previous marriage, as well as many kind and generous friends that treated him like family. A Celebration of Life gath- ering will commence at 2:00 p.m. in the Let ’er Buck Room on Saturday, November 18. Bertha Gomez The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include small photos and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. 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