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)
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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,
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was
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her parents Hubert
and Mary LaRue
Clark Senn.
A funeral service
will be held on
Friday, September
22, 2017, at 11 a.m.
at Burns Mortuary
chapel, Hermiston,
Oregon. Burial will follow
at Desert Lawn Memorial
Cemetery, Irrigon, Oregon.
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utility trenching for the
Vancycle Ridge wind energy
project. From there, Hixson
Construction grew to become
a key player in the devel-
opment of numerous wind
energy projects throughout
Oregon, Washington and
Idaho.
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
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