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OBITUARIES
Barbara Jean Haines
Spokane, Wash.
January 28, 1935 - January 9, 2018
Barbara Jean Haines,
82, of Spokane, Wash.,
passed away in Spokane
on Tuesday, January 9,
2018, surrounded by family
and friends. She was born
on January 28, 1935, in
Nampa, Idaho. She was a
long time resident
of Pendleton and
Hermiston, Oregon,
before spending time
in Portland, Oregon,
and Spokane, Wash-
ington, to be near
her children.
Barbara
was
raised
by
her
parents,
George
and Callie (Perkins)
Benson, in Marsing, Haines
Idaho, where she
attended high school. She
and Jerry lived in Jordan
Valley, Oregon, before
moving to Pendleton and
Hermiston, Oregon, where
they spent the majority of
their adult lives raising their
two children.
Barbara was a devout
member of Our Lady of
Angel’s and St. Mary’s
Catholic churches.
Barbara was preceded in
death by her husband, Jerry
Franklin Haines, on April 3,
1991, in Portland, Oregon,
at age 58. Jerry and Barbara
were married on December
22, 1951, in Kamiah, Idaho.
Jerry was the love of Barba-
ra’s life, and their marriage
was commonly described
as a “storybook relation-
ship.” Frequently, people
expressed a desire to have a
lasting and loving marriage
like Barbara and Jerry.
Barbara was a dedicated
and skilled administrative
assistant who worked long
periods at Blue Mountain
Community College in
Pendleton, and finished
her career at the Hermiston
School District before
retiring. She was a loving
wife, mother and grand-
mother. Her humor, loyalty,
unconditional love, and
zest for life and family was
enjoyed by all who worked
with her or spent time with
her. The best times of her life
were spent surrounded by
family and friends, and the
Haines home was frequently
the place where
everyone gath-
ered for food and
laughter.
Barbara
is
survived
by
her
daughter,
Michele “Micki”
Stanhope
of
Spokane,
and
her son, Michael
Haines
of
Portland
and
Kahana, Maui;
three
granddaughters:
Lindsay and Courtney
of Spokane and Eryn of
Camas, Wash.; and five
great-grandchildren: Cade,
Kellen and Sosie Jane
Washington of Camas, and
Katelyn Ebersole and Joel
Paul in Spokane.
In lieu of flowers,
memorial donations can be
made in Barbara’s memory
to the Ronald McDonald
House of Charity, 1015
West 5th Avenue, Spokane,
WA 99204 or www.rmhcin-
landnw.org
A graveside blessing and
committal service will be
held on Monday, January
15, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. at
the Hermiston Cemetery.
A graveside memorial is
pending for April of 2018,
for those friends and family
who are unable to travel due
to winter weather. A service
notice with day and time
will run in the East Orego-
nian and will be updated at
burnsmortuaryhermiston.
com or by family members.
Please sign the online
condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon, is in
care of arrangements.
Dolores Jeanette Swagger (Pummel)
Walla Walla
December 7, 1930 - January 8, 2018
Dolores
Jeanette Browning, her husband of
Swagger
(Pummel), 50 years, Perry Pummel,
formerly
of
Adams, and her second husband
Milton-Freewater, Herm- of seven years, Howard
iston and Irrigon, Ore., Swagger.
She is survived by two
passed away on January
8, 2018, in Walla Walla, sons and two daughters:
Darrel Pummel
Wash.
of Oregon City,
Dolores
was
Ore.,
Rick
born on December
Pummel
of
7, 1930, to the
Walla
Walla,
late Jack and Nell
Wash., Donna
Browning,
just
Anderson
of
prior to their move
Hermiston,
to Irrigon, where
Ore., and Anita
Dolores was raised.
Baisley of Forks,
She graduated from
Wash. She is
Irrigon High School
also
survived
in 1949 and married
by 10 grand-
Perry Pummel in Swagger
children and 25
1950. She became a
member of the Seventh-day great-grandchildren.
A memorial service
Adventist Church in 1975,
attending in Irrigon, Herm- will be held at the Irrigon
Adventist
iston and then Umapine. Seventh-day
Dolores retired as a cook in Church, 205 Tumbleweed
1992 from Morrow County Blvd., Irrigon, Ore., at 4
p.m. on Saturday, January
School District in Irrigon.
Dolores was preceded in 20, 2018. Flowers may
death by her brother Robert be sent to Rick Pummel,
Waters, her father Jack 821 E. Chestnut St., Walla
Browning, her mother Nell Walla, WA 99362.
UPCOMING SERVICES
SATURDAY, JAN. 13
EHRMANTRAUT, CAROL — Graveside memorial
service at 11 a.m. at the Lexington Cemetery. A bereavement
lunch will follow at the Lexington Odd Fellows Lodge.
GIBBS, ALTHEA — Celebration of life at 1 p.m. at the
Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main St.
GUTIERREZ, GIL — Funeral mass at 4 p.m. at St.
Andrew’s Mission, 48022 St. Andrews Road, Mission. A
potluck reception will follow at the church.
HICKS, NICK — Memorial services at 1 p.m. at the
First Church of God, 712 S.W. 27th St., Pendleton.
JENSON, BOB — Memorial service at 1 p.m. at Peace
Lutheran Church, 210 N.W. Ninth St., Pendleton.
SUNDAY, JAN. 14
No services scheduled
MONDAY, JAN. 15
ANDERSON WINN, PATTY — Celebration of life
service at noon at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints, 850 S.W. 11th st., Hermiston.
HAINES, BARBARA — Graveside blessing and
committal service at 1 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery.
HICKS, NICK — Graveside services at 2 p.m. at
Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Vancouver, Wash.
TUESDAY, JAN. 16
GAY, RICK — Celebration of life at 4:30 p.m. in
Wildhorse Resort and Casino’s Palouse-Tucannon Room,
46510 Wildhorse Blvd., Pendleton.
Saturday, January 13, 2018
RECORDS
‘Mississippi Burning’ KKK leader dies in prison at 92
JACKSON, Miss. (AP)
— Edgar Ray Killen, a
1960s Ku Klux Klan leader
who was convicted decades
later in the “Mississippi
Burning” slayings of three
civil rights workers, has
died in prison at the age of
92, the state’s corrections
department
announced
Friday.
Killen was serving three
consecutive 20-year terms
for manslaughter when he
died at 9 p.m. Thursday
inside the Mississippi State
Penitentiary at Parchman.
An autopsy was pending, but
no foul play was suspected,
the statement said.
His conviction came 41
years to the day after James
Chaney, Michael Schwerner
and Andrew Goodman, all
in their 20s, were ambushed
and killed by Klansmen.
The three Freedom
Summer workers had been
investigating the burning
of a black church near
Philadelphia, Mississippi. A
deputy sheriff in Philadel-
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File
In this Jan. 2005 file photo, Edgar Ray Killen sits in
court in Philadelphia, Miss. Killen, a former Ku Klux
Klan leader who was convicted in the 1964 “Mississip-
pi Burning” slayings of three civil rights workers, died
in prison at the age of 92.
phia had arrested them on a
traffic charge, then released
them after alerting a mob.
Mississippi’s then-governor
claimed their disappearance
was a hoax, and segrega-
tionist Sen. Jim Eastland
told President Lyndon
Johnson it was a “publicity
stunt” before their bodies
were dug up.
The slayings shocked
the nation, helped spur
passage of the landmark
Civil Rights Act of 1964
and were dramatized in the
1988 movie “Mississippi
Burning.” The movie title
came from the name of the
FBI investigation.
Killen,
a
part-time
preacher and lumber mill
operator, was 80 when a
Neshoba County jury of nine
white people and three black
people convicted him of
three counts of manslaughter
on June 21, 2005, despite his
assertions that he was inno-
cent. Prosecutors said Killen
masterminded the slayings,
then went elsewhere so he
would have an alibi.
Killen was the only
person ever to face state
murder charges, and even
then, it was the lesser charge
of manslaughter that put
him in state prison.
“It wasn’t even murder.
It
was
manslaughter,”
David Goodman, Andrew’s
younger brother, observed
Friday.
COMING EVENTS
E. Main St., Athena. Open to all
knitters, crocheters and lovers of
needle work. (541-566-2470)
AN EVENING TO REMEM-
BER WITH MARTIN LUTHER
KING JR., 7-9 p.m., Great Pacific
Wine & Coffee Co., 403 S. Main
St., Pendleton. Music and spoken
word to honor the legacy of Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Free. (541-276-
1350)
For a complete listing
of regional events, visit
easternoregonevents.com
SATURDAY, JAN. 13
PAPER MACHE FOR KIDS,
12:30-2 p.m., Pendleton Center for
the Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendle-
ton. Learn the techniques and pos-
sibilities of paper and paste sculp-
tures, including pinatas, masks and
more. Drop-in class for ages 7-12,
cost is $10 per session. (Kaisa Hill
541-278-9201)
COUNTRY HOEDOWN, 1-4
p.m., Milton-Freewater Neighbor-
hood Senior Center, 311 N. Main
St., Milton-Freewater. Live music,
dancing and singing. Admission
$2, refreshments available for pur-
chase. (541-938-3311)
REV.
DEACON
CHUCK
BARNES ORDINATION, 1 p.m.,
St. John’s Episcopal Church, 665
E. Gladys Ave., Hermiston. Barnes
will be ordained to the Sacred Or-
der of Priests by the Rt. Rev. Pat-
rick Bell. A reception will follow at
Hermiston United Methodist/Grace
and Mercy Lutheran Church, 191
E. Gladys Ave. Everyone welcome.
(Chuck Barnes 541-567-6674)
CABIN FEVER CONCERT, 6
p.m., Hermiston Conference Cen-
ter, 415 S. Highway 395, Herm-
iston. John Wambeke & Friends
provide an evening of music and
humor. Tickets are $15 for the
show only, $38 for dinner and the
show, limited tickets available for
Dutch oven dinner, available at
Cottage Flowers.
DANCING WITH HERMIS-
TON STARS, 7 p.m., Hermiston
High School fine arts auditorium,
600 S. First St., Hermiston. Locals
Ashley Seibel, Cameron Bendix-
sen, Erik Juarez, Josh Burns, Tricia
Mooney and Erica Sandoval will
pair with professionals to vie for the
Mirror Ball Trophy and raise money
for the Desert Arts Council. Audi-
ence voting decides the winner.
Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for
students, available from the Desert
Arts Council, Hermison Chamber
or the Hermiston Parks & Rec of-
fice. (Mary Corp 541-667-5018)
SUNDAY, JAN. 14
KIDS KLUB, 9:30 a.m., First
Christian Church, 518 S. Main St.,
Milton-Freewater. For children of
all ages. Includes arts, crafts, mu-
sic and more. Free. (Janet Collins
541-938-3854)
SPECIAL NEEDS OPEN
GYM, 12-1:30 p.m., Pendleton
Recreation Center, 510 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Free for
special needs children and fami-
lies. (541-276-8100)
OLD FASHIONED FIDDLERS,
2:30-4 p.m., Sun Terrace Assisted
living and Retirment Community,
1550 N.W. 11th St., Hermiston.
Old time fiddlers will perform. Free.
(Jennifer Hook 541-564-2595)
LOTTERY
Thursday, Jan. 11
Lucky Lines
01-06-09-16-FREE-20-22-
28-32
Estimated jackpot: $18,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 4-4-3-4
4 p.m.: 6-3-8-7
7 p.m.: 1-1-5-8
10 p.m.: 8-4-3-7
Friday, Jan. 12
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 5-9-5-6
HONORS
Milton-Freewater
alum named
to honor roll
SPOKANE — Leslae
Brewer of Milton-Freewater
was named to the fall 2017
honor roll list at Spokane
Falls Community College.
To receive honor roll status,
students must be full time (12
credits or more) and earn a 3.0
grade point average or higher.
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TUESDAY, JAN. 16
EO file photo
Umatilla County Commissioner Bill Elfering performs
with his partner, Allysa Baccus, during last year’s
Dancing with the Hermiston Stars. This year’s event is
Saturday, 7 p.m. at Hermiston High School.
ADULT OPEN GYM, 6:30-8:30
p.m., Pendleton Recreation Cen-
ter, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pend-
leton. Half-court basketball. Adults
only. (541-276-8100)
MONDAY, JAN. 15
WALKING FOR WELLNESS,
8:30-9:30 a.m., Pendleton Recre-
ation Center gymnasium, 510 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Good mu-
sic, new friends and indoor walking
for health. Free. (541-276-8100)
TOT TIME, 10-11 a.m., Pend-
leton Recreation Center, 510 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. For chil-
dren ages 0-5, $1 per child. (541-
276-8100)
DAY OF SERVICE, 10 a.m.-
12 p.m., Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton.
Community members age 12 and
older are invited to help spruce up
the arts center for another year of
providing art and music to all ages.
Materials and supplies will be pro-
vided; bring work clothes, close-
toed shoes and earbuds if desired.
A complementary pizza lunch will
be served at noon; RSVP to direc-
tor@pendletonarts.org to ensure
enough food for everyone. (Rober-
ta Lavadour 541-278-9201)
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME,
10:30 a.m., Athena Public Library,
418 E. Main St., Athena. For ages
birth to 6. (541-566-2470)
PEACE WALK AND MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. PROGRAM,
11 a.m., First United Method-
ist Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston. A Peace Walk begin-
ning at the church will travel to
the front of Hermiston City Hall for
the national anthem and a short
speech. The group will return to
the church for keynote speakers, a
youth choir and more. Free. (John
Carbage 541-701-7073)
PENDLETON SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12-1 p.m., Pendleton
Senior Center, 510 S.W. 10th
St., Pendleton. Costs $3.50 or
$6 for those under 60. Pool, puz-
zles, crafts, snacks, Second Time
Around thrift store 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For Meals On Wheels, call 541-
276-1926. (541-276-7101)
ICE CARNIVAL, 12-3 p.m.,
Roy Raley Park ice rink, 1205 S.W.
Court Ave., Pendleton. Free skat-
ing, games and prizes for ages 10
and over. (541-276-8100)
SPROUT FILM FESTIVAL,
1-2:30 p.m., Wildhorse Cineplex,
46510 Wildhorse Blvd., Pendle-
ton. Eight short films all include a
person who is intellectually or de-
velopmentally disabled, including
comedies, dramas and inspiration-
al films. Guest speakers include
local employers and employees
who have found employment
opportunities through Umatilla
County and Tribal Vocational Re-
habilitation. Free. (Lon Thornburg
541-966-6616)
ART STUDIO, 4-5:30 p.m.,
Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214
N. Main St., Pendleton. Free class
for ages 7-12 to develop skills and
encourage art exploration. (Rober-
ta Lavadour 541-278-9201)
ATHENA CITIZEN OF THE
YEAR BANQUET, 6 p.m., Sa-
cred Hearth Catholic Church,
North Fifth and College streets,
Athena. Citizen(s), youth and busi-
ness of the year awards will be
announced. Includes dinner, live
music entertainment, raffles (tick-
ets $5 each) and guest speaker
Rep. Greg Barreto. Tickets are
$15 per person. (Katie Zmuda or
April McKenna athenachamber@
gmail.com)
ATHENA KNITTERS GROUP,
7 p.m., Athena Public Library, 418
WALKING FOR WELLNESS,
8:30-9:30 a.m., Pendleton Recre-
ation Center gymnasium, 510 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Good mu-
sic, new friends and indoor walking
for health. Free. (541-276-8100)
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME,
10:30-11 a.m., Stanfield Public Li-
brary, 180 W. Coe Ave., Stanfield.
(541-449-1254)
HERMISTON SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12 p.m., Our Lady
of Angels Catholic Church par-
ish hall, 565 W. Hermiston Ave.,
Hermiston. Cost is $4 for adults,
free for children 10 and under,
$4 for Meals on Wheels. Extra
50 cents for utensils/dishes. Bus
service to parish hall by donation.
(541-567-3582)
BOARDMAN SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12 p.m., Boardman
Senior Center, 100 Tatone St.,
Boardman. Cost is $4 for seniors
55 and over or $5 for adults. (541-
481-3257)
PENDLETON SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12-1 p.m., Pendleton
Senior Center, 510 S.W. 10th
St., Pendleton. Costs $3.50 or
$6 for those under 60. Pool, puz-
zles, crafts, snacks, Second Time
Around thrift store 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
For Meals On Wheels, call 541-
276-1926. (541-276-7101)
CRAFTERNOONS, 4:15 p.m.,
Pendleton Public Library, 502 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Drop in for
a group or individual craft project.
All ages. (541-966-0380)
PENDLETON EAGLES TA-
COS AND BINGO, 6 p.m., Pend-
leton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main
St., Pendleton. Regular packet
$10, special packet $5. Proceeds
donated to local charities. Public
welcome. (541-278-2828)
INSIDE OUTSIDE THE LINES
ADULT COLORING, 6-7:30 p.m.,
Irrigon Public Library, 490 N.E.
Main St., Irrigon. Materials provid-
ed. Bring snacks to share. (541-
922-0138)
PENDLETON
KNITTING
GROUP, 6 p.m., Prodigal Son
Brewery & Pub, 230 S.E. Court
Ave., Pendleton. (541-966-0380)
STORY AND CRAFT TIME,
6:30 p.m., Milton-Freewater Pub-
lic Library, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave.,
Milton-Freewater. For elementary
school-age children. (541-938-
8247)
EASTERN OREGON FO-
RUM: LEGAL MARIJUANA IN
PENDLETON ONE YEAR LAT-
ER, 7 p.m., Blue Mountain Com-
munity College room ST-200,
2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pend-
leton. Panel discussion featuring
Brandon Krenzler, partner/owner
of Kind Leaf; Steve Hardin, man-
ager of emergency services, CHI
St. Anthony Hospital; and David
Conanct-Norville M.D., child and
adolescent psychiatry, Pendleton/
Hillsboro. Cost is $5 at the door,
students free. (Karen Parker 541-
966-3177)