RECORDS
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
East Oregonian
DEATH NOTICES
Jinni Lee Ann Burns
Howard Dean Taylor
Pearl E. ‘Penny’ Burley
Weston
February 9, 1978 - October 31, 2017
Hermiston
February 10, 1934 - October 25, 2017
Walla Walla
Jan. 22, 1923 – Nov. 10, 2017
Pearl E. “Penny” Burley, 94, of Walla Walla died Friday,
Nov. 10, 2017, at her home. She was born Jan. 22, 1923.
Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in
charge of arrangements.
Dean E. Clark
Pendleton
Sept. 11, 1941 - Nov. 10, 2017
Dean E. Clark, 76, of Pendleton died Friday, Nov. 10,
2017, at his home. He was born on Sept. 11, 1941, in
Oregon. Arrangements are pending with Pendleton Pioneer
Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condolences may be sent to
www.pioneerchapel.com
Ronald Lee ‘Ron’ Jensen
Milton-Freewater
Dec. 12, 1939 - Nov. 11, 2017
Ronald Lee “Ron” Jensen, 77, of Milton-Freewater
died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in Milton-Freewater. He was
born Dec. 12, 1939. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in
MIlton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Douglas Marquardt
Pendleton
July 29, 1959 - Nov. 10, 2017
Douglas Marquardt, 58, of Pendleton died Friday, Nov.
10, 2017. He was born July 29, 1959, in Heppner. A service
will be held Saturday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. at the First Chris-
tian Church in Pendleton. Burns Mortuary is in charge of
arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at www.
burnsmortuary.com.
J. Merle Mathwich
Athena
Aug. 16, 1930 - Nov. 9, 2017
J. Merle Mathwich, 87, of Athena died Thursday, Nov. 9,
2017, at his home. He was born Aug. 16, 1930. Munselle-
Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of
arrangements.
Ronald McKenzie
Pendleton
April 20, 1954 - Nov. 13, 2017
Ronald McKenzie, 63, of Pendleton died Monday, Nov.
13, 2017, at a local care facility. He was born April 20, 1954,
in Pendleton. Arrangements are pending with Pendleton
Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condolences may
be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com
Meacham
Jan. 22, 1939 - Nov. 11, 2017
Former Hermiston resident Donna “Sharon” Peck, 78,
of Meacham died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, in La Grande.
She was born Jan. 22, 1939, in La Grande. No services will
be held. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of final
arrangements.
Pearl Geraldine Reed
Pendleton
March 7, 1923 - Nov. 12, 2017
Pearl Geraldine Reed, 94, of Pendleton died Sunday,
Nov. 12, 2017. She was born March 7, 1923, in Herbert,
Saskatchewan, Canada. Arrangements are pending with
Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condo-
lences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com
Luona Thompson
Pilot Rock
April 20, 1938 - Nov. 11, 2017
Luona Thompson, 79, of Pilot Rock died Saturday, Nov.
11, 2017, at her home. She was born April 20, 1938, in St.
Louis, Missouri. Viewing will be held Thursday, Nov. 16
from 3-7 p.m. at Burns Mortuary of Pendleton. A service
will be held Saturday, Nov. 18 at 10 a.m., also at Burns
Mortuary. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of
arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at www.
burnsmortuary.com.
Monte Whitbeck
Hermiston
July 14, 1931 - Nov. 10, 2017
Monte Whitbeck, 86, of Hermiston died Friday, Nov. 10,
2017, at his home. He was born July 14, 1931, in Modesto,
Calif. A celebration of life gathering is pending. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the
online condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
Ulises Zavalza
Pendleton
July 29, 2011 - Nov. 10, 2017
Ulises Zavalza, 6, of Pendleton died Friday, Nov. 10,
2017. He was born July 29, 2011, in Pendleton. Visitation
will be held Monday, Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
followed by recitation of the rosary at 7 p.m., at Burns
Mortuary of Pendleton. Mass of Christian Burial will be
held Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church in Pendleton. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in
charge of arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at
www.burnsmortuary.com.
MEETINGS
TUESDAY, NOV. 14
BUTTER CREEK/ECHO IR-
RIGATION DISTRICTS ELEC-
TION, 7 a.m.-8 p.m., River Point
Farms pack plant office, 28790
Westport
Lane,
Hermiston.
Members will vote on a proposal
to reduce the number of direc-
tors. (Bonnie Kyger 509-820-
3202)
PENDLETON PARKS &
RECREATION COMMISSION,
12 p.m., Pendleton City Hall
community room, 500 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. (541-
276-8100)
PORT OF UMATILLA COM-
MISSION, 1 p.m., Port of Uma-
tilla offices, 505 Willamette Ave.,
Umatilla. (541-922-3224)
HERMISTON CEMETERY
DISTRICT, 3 p.m., Burns Mor-
tuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave.,
Hermiston.
PENDLETON
FARMERS
MARKET BOARD, 5:30 p.m.,
Pendleton Early Learning Cen-
In May 2016 she was
diagnosed
with
breast
cancer, and after a long and
hard fought battle, she was
called to join her Savior.
Jinni loved the outdoors,
especially going to the
mountains, snowmobiling,
boating and camping at Hat
Rock Park. She
also loved trips
to the beach. She
attended
Adams
Community
Church and was
active in local
Bible study. Jinni
touched the lives of
everyone she knew
as a loving wife,
devoted mother and
everlasting friend.
Even during her
battle against cancer, she
remained positive and
continued to beam as a ray
of sunshine. She will be
loved and missed by all.
She is survived by her
husband
Tyrel
Burns;
daughter Hailie Burns;
parents Mike and Brenda
Ainslie; brother Jason
Ainslie; sister-in-law Stacy;
mother and father-in-law
Tawn and James Burns;
nephews Brenden, Kelden
and Cheyten; brother Levi
Ainslie; sister-in-law Misty;
niece Cecilia and nephew
Dylan;
brother-in-law
Austin Burns; and nephews
Trysten, Bentley and Lane.
She was preceded in
death by her son Broc Reed
Burns and grandfathers Don
Ainslie and Charlie Fulcher.
To leave a condolence
online visit www.munseller-
hodes.com
James ‘Jim’ Mayes
Elk Grove, Calif.
April 4, 1932 - November 5, 2017
Donna ‘Sharon’ Peck
For a complete listing
of regional events, visit
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Jinni Lee Ann Burns,
Weston, Oregon, passed away
October 31, 2017, at her home
at the age of 39 years. Memo-
rial services will be Saturday,
November 18, 2017 at 11:00
a.m. at the Weston-McEwen
High School gymnasium in
Athena, Ore., with Pastor
Duane Geyer offici-
ating.
Memorial
contributions may
be made to Ty and
Hailie Burns C/O
HAPO Community
Credit Union in
Weston, Ore.
Jinni was born
February 9, 1978, in
Hillsboro, Oregon,
to Mike and Brenda Burns
(Fulcher) Ainslie.
In her younger years, she
was very active in dance and
ballet, while in high school
she was active in cheer-
leading and began working at
Burger King for a short time
then at Hank’s Thriftway in
Hillsboro. This led to a career
culminating in the position of
bookkeeper for Albertson’s in
Walla Walla, Wash.
She moved to Athena,
Ore., in 2003 with her
friend Katie, where she met
and married Tyrel Burns
on August 25, 2007. They
lived in Klamath Falls, Ore.,
while Tyrel attended O.I.T.
and she began her career
with Albertsons. In 2010
they returned to the Athena/
Weston area, settling in
Weston, Ore. Here she once
again began touching the
lives of everyone she met.
She was always encouraging
and upbeat.
ter, 455 S.W. 13th St., Pendle-
ton. (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 Pub-
lic 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)
James Mayes of Elk Grove, Cali-
fornia, born in 1932 in Gotebo, Okla-
homa, former Hermiston resident and
Umatilla Army Depot employee, died
Nov. 5, 2017, at his home in Elk Grove
with his wife Marilyn at his side at the
age of 85.
Graveside service at Sacramento
Valley National Cemetery in Dixon,
California on Nov. 22, 2017.
Mayes
Kristofer Lee Webber
Pendleton
July 10, 1989 - November 6, 2017
Kristofer Lee Webber of
Pendleton was born in Pend-
leton, Oregon, on July 10,
1989, to Michael and Linda
Webber. He passed
away at home in
the early morning
hours of November
6, 2017, at the age
of 28.
Kris
attended
Hawthorne,
Sunridge
Middle
School and Pend-
leton High School,
graduating in 2007.
He participated in
baseball from Little
League up through
Babe Ruth. He
also participated in
soccer, wrestling, Webber
track and football.
He went to state
with the PHS track team. He
loved to skateboard around
town with his friends.
Kris joined the National
Guard in 2008 and served a
tour in Iraq. During that time
he was able to tour parts of
Europe with a friend for two
weeks on vacation. When he
came home he reunited with
former friends and worked
several jobs. He loved
working out with weights and
keeping physically fit.
Kris was a kind and living
spirit and made friends easily.
He had a quick mind and
when very young, he would
watch Scooby-Doo cartoons
and come in to tell us what
happened and recite word for
word what was said. At the
age of four he threw a spiral
football to his father to our
amazement. He could also
throw a baseball as far as you
could see. He once kicked a
Comfort
Food at Hamley
Steakhouse
soccer ball from three-quar-
ters down the field into the
net, right over the head of the
goalie. You could have heard
a pin drop as we all
watched the ball sail
through the air.
Kris is survived
by his parents, sister
Emily Webber and
Alberto Romero,
and brother Raphael
Johnson. He had five
nieces and nephews,
Zoe,
Zayden,
Destini, Demitrius
and Yanelli. He was
preceded in death
by his maternal
grandparents Robert
and Isabel Fritts
and Joan Graham,
his paternal grand-
parents Georgene
and Glenn Webber and Alvin
Jones, and a good friend from
high school, Kyle Burnside.
If anyone has a friend in
need, be there for them. We
do not know each other’s
thoughts, but a kind heart will
listen and offer help to the
broken-hearted. We will see
Kristofer in the resurrection
to a paradise earth in the near
future, and we will welcome
him back with open arms.
If in crisis, contact
Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK
(8255) or 1-866-343-4473.
Burns Mortuary is in
charge of arrangements. Sign
the online condolence book at
www.burnsmortuary.com.
Howard Dean Taylor, age
83, passed away October 25,
2017, after a long battle with
cancer, at home surrounded
by his loving family.
He requested no
services at this time.
There will be a
memorial picnic in
his honor at a later
date.
Howard
was
born in Mountain
Home, Arkansas, on
February 10, 1934.
He was the sixth
child of 10 born to
Everett and Annie
(Watts) Taylor. He
attended school in
Mountain Home.
After school he Taylor
joined the Army
and spent his service time in
Korea.
He worked for Union
Pacific Railroad for 41 years.
His real love of life was
playing and singing country
music. He played lead,
rhythm and bass guitars, and
drums. He was a lead singer.
He played by ear and could
not read music from the time
he was a small child. He
could remember thousands
of songs by heart, and played
in public and private clubs all
over Oregon and Washington.
He also played behind many
well-known famous country
singers.
He was preceded in death
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by his parents, brothers Roy,
Don and Vaughn Taylor,
and sisters Opal (Taylor)
Robertson, Wilma (Taylor)
Marler, Jo Francis
(Taylor) Green and
Marilyn Taylor.
He is survived by
his loving wife of
many years, Sandy
of
Hermiston,
Ore.; son Robert
Piper of Portland,
Ore.;
daughters
Terryl
(Taylor)
and Vic Aichele of
Hermiston, Ore.,
and
Charmaine
(McKee)
Busler
(Ernie Thompson)
of Richland, Wash.;
sister
Bobbie
(Taylor)
Pickett
(Gary) and brother Earl
Ray Taylor (Barbara), all of
Kansas City, Kan.; and three
grandsons, Jeff (Kathleen)
Aichele of Hermiston, Ore.,
Jon (Youngrae) Aichele of
Saudi Arabia, and Stephen
Busler of Phoenix, Ariz. He
also has four great-grandsons,
Cooper, Jackson, Hayden and
Logan Howard Aichele, and
numerous nieces, nephews
and cousins.
Contributions may be
made to the Vange John
Memorial Hospice of Herm-
iston in his name.
Please sign the online
condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com
Harold Stephen ‘Deke’ Stensrud
Milwaukie
August 7, 1930 - November 8, 2017
Harold Stephen Stensrud, found a way to achieve due
known to many as Deke, to his inventive and diligent
passed away peacefully at The nature.
His
caregivers
Springs at Clackamas Woods described him perfectly as the
on Wednesday, November sweetest, kindest man who put
8, 2017, surrounded by his the needs of others above his
children.
own. He truly has been a gift
Deke was born August 7, to all who knew him, and he
1930, in Moorhead, Minn., will live on through the many
lives he touched.
to parents Henry
Deke is preceded
and Lillie Stenrsud.
in death by his twin
His family moved
sister, Lois Haatia,
to Oregon during
and his wife, Theresa
his
childhood,
Stensrud. He is
where he graduated
survived by his wife,
from Astoria High
Dorothy Stensrud,
School. Deke took
and five children:
a number of classes
Elaine
Stensrud,
at Blue Mountain
Mark
Stensrud
Community College
(wife
Cheryl),
to earn certification
Douglas
Stensrud
as an electrician.
Stensrud
(wife Jacqueline),
As a career
Christopher Sten-
employee of Union
Pacific Railroad, Deke enjoyed srud (wife Cheryl), and Stacy
craftsman and handyman Simpson (husband Jason).
work both as a profession and Deke is also survived by
as a personal hobby. He even nine grandchildren, and nine
designed and constructed the great-grandchildren.
Donations may be made
Hermiston home in which he
and his wife Theresa lovingly in Deke’s memory to the
raised five children. Deke, an Alzheimer’s Association and
active member of the Elks and Housecall Providers.
A graveside memorial
Eagles clubs in Hermiston,
also enjoyed woodworking service was held at Forest
and a number of adventures Lawn Cemetery in Gresham,
Oregon,
on
Monday,
outdoors with his family.
Deke will be remembered November 13, 2017, at 2:00
first and foremost as an p.m. followed by a gathering
incredible dad, grandfather at McMenamins Edgefield
and friend, someone of the Power Station Pub.
A celebration of life
caliber that few experience
in their lifetime. He cracked will be held at the Maxwell
clever jokes in a not-so-ob- Event Center, 145 N. First
vious way, rather witty in Place, Hermiston, Ore., on
fact. He was a talented man December 11, 2017, at 3:00
full of curiosity, which led to p.m. All family and friends are
ambitious goals he always welcome.
UPCOMING SERVICES
TUESDAY, NOV. 14
No services scheduled
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 15
No services scheduled
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WILLIAM WEINKE
T Sgt • Army Veteran
Thank you
for serving
our country.
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