RECORDS
Wednesday, May 22, 2019
East Oregonian
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OBITUARIES
DEATH NOTICES
MONDAY
Stella M. Johnston
Charles H. Wohlcke
Hermiston
April 5, 1940 — May 18, 2019
Pendleton
Feb. 2, 1932 — May 20, 2019
8:22 a.m. — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a
complaint about theft at Mj’s Labor Services, 81822 Highway
395, in Hermiston.
9:32 a.m. — A resident on Walla Walla Street, Umatilla, com-
plained about the neighbor dogs barking for about an hour.
9:56 a.m. — A Pendleton resident told police someone
racked up a $250 charge on their bank card at a Best Buy.
1:21 p.m. — A Hermiston resident asked to speak to an offi-
cer about someone following him. He said the person followed
him about a year ago and started following him again on Friday.
1:57 p.m. — A woman told Pendleton police she bought
an item off eBay, but the seller sent the item to an out-of-state
address, and she can get no response from the seller.
10:58 p.m. — Pendleton police found graffiti at Stillman
Park, 413 S.E. Byers Ave.,
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
SUNDAY
•Umatilla Tribal Police arrested Silas Daniel Lamberson, 60,
of Pendleton, for reckless driving and driving under the influ-
ence of intoxicants (alcohol).
Stella M. Johnston of
Hermiston was born April
5, 1940, in Newfoundland,
Canada, the daughter of
George and Claire (Davis)
Tulk. She passed away in
Hermiston on Saturday,
May 18, 2019, at the age of
79.
Stella grew up and
attended her schooling in
Newfoundland. She moved
to the United States in 1958
and had resided in Hermis-
ton since 1976. She attended
beauty college and worked
as a beautician and a beauty
instructor for several years.
In Hermiston, she worked in
production for Lamb Weston
until retiring in 2002.
Stella enjoyed going to
the casino and working with
ceramics and pottery.
She married William
“Bill” Johnston in Lewiston,
Idaho, in January of 1961.
He preceded her in death in
1999. She was also preceded
in death by a sister, Lorraine
Parsons; and a grandson,
Shawn Dyer.
She is survived by her
son, Mark (Velma) John-
ston; grandchildren Lind-
sey (Sam) Johnston, Angela
Miller and Jason (Carla)
Dyer; five great-grandchil-
dren: Darrin, Dalton, Tyler,
Leanne and Paige Dyer; five
brothers, Leo, Gordon, Gil-
bert, Lloyd and Terry Tulk;
and many nieces and neph-
ews and extended family
members.
No services will be
held. Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of
arrangements.
Family suggest memorial
donations be made to Alz-
heimer’s Research.
To leave an online condo-
lence for the family please
go to www.burnsmortuary-
hermiston.com
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
AP Photo/Douglas L. Benc Jr.
This May 15, 2000, file photo, shows Pulitzer Prize-win-
ning author Herman Wouk in Palm Springs, Calif. Wouk
died in his sleep early May 17, 2019, according to his liter-
ary agent Amy Rennert. He was 103.
Author Herman
Wouk dies at 103
Despite success,
Wouk was often
on the outside in
literary world
By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
NEW
YORK
—
Herman Wouk was a
prize-winning,
mil-
lion-selling author never
quite in fashion.
He was a religious
Jew among secular peers,
a respecter of author-
ity in a field of rebels. He
didn’t brag like Norman
Mailer and was spared the
demons driving the mad-
ness of Philip Roth’s “Port-
noy’s Complaint.” After a
Pulitzer early in his career
for “The Caine Mutiny,”
he was mostly ignored by
awards committees and
was often excluded from
anthologies of Jewish liter-
ature. Gore Vidal praised
him, faintly, by observing
that Wouk’s “competence
is most impressive and his
professionalism awe-in-
spiring in a world of lazy
writers and TV-stunned
readers.”
But Wouk, who died
Friday 10 days shy of his
104th birthday, was a suc-
cess in ways that resonated
with critics and readers,
and with himself. He cre-
ated at least one immor-
tal fictional character, the
unstable Captain Queeg
of “The Caine Mutiny.”
He was praised for the
uncanniness of his histori-
cal detail in “The Winds of
War” and other books. He
was among the first mod-
ern Jewish writers who
appealed to the general
public and had an envi-
ably large readership that
stayed with him through
several long novels, many
of which dramatized the
conflicts between faith and
assimilation.
He was working on a
book until the end, said his
agent, Amy Rennert.
Wouk’s long career
included gag writing, fic-
tion and a musical co-writ-
ten with Jimmy Buffett.
His two-part World War II
epic, “The Winds of War”
and “War and Remem-
brance,” was adapted by
Wouk himself for a 1983,
Emmy Award-winning TV
miniseries starring Rob-
ert Mitchum. “The Winds
of War” received some of
the highest ratings in his-
tory and Wouk’s involve-
ment covered everything
from the script to commer-
cial sponsors.
Heads of state read
him and quoted from
him, but Wouk shied from
talk of greatness, telling
one reporter he was not a
“high stylist.” In “War and
Remembrance,” a writer
notes in his journal, “I
could contribute nothing
new; but writing as I do
with a light hand, I might
charm a few readers into
pausing, in their heedless
hurry after pleasure and
money, for a look at the
things that matter.”
From Ernest Hem-
ingway to James Joyce,
major authors of the 20th
century were assumed
either anti-religious or at
least highly skeptical. But
Wouk was part of a smaller
group that included C.S.
Lewis, Chaim Potok and
Flannery O’Connor, those
who openly maintained
traditional beliefs. He con-
tended that among writ-
ers, anti-conformity was a
kind of conformity.
“It seems curious,” he
wrote in “Aurora Dawn,”
his first novel, “that life
‘as it really is,’ accord-
ing to modern inspira-
tion, contains a surprising
amount of fornication, vio-
lence, vulgarity, unpleas-
ant individuals, blas-
phemy, hatred, and ladies’
underclothes.”
“Marjorie
Morning-
star,” published in 1955,
was one of the first mil-
lion-selling novels about
Jewish life, and two nov-
els, “The Hope” and “The
Glory,” were set in Israel.
One of his most influen-
tial works was “This Is
My God,” a careful, but
firm defense of faith that
could be found in count-
less Jewish households.
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BUTTER CREEK IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 8 a.m., via telephone
conference, 28790 Westport Lane, Hermiston. (Bonnie Kyger
509-820-3202)
ECHO IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 8:30 a.m., via telephone con-
ference, 28790 Westport Lane, Hermiston. (Bonnie Kyger
509-820-3202)
MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Bar-
tholomew Government Building upper conference room, 110 N.
Court St., Heppner. (Roberta Lutcher 541-676-9061)
HERMISTON LIBRARY BOARD, 4 p.m., Hermiston Public Library,
235 E. Gladys Ave., Hermiston. (541-567-2882)
EASTERN OREGON REGIONAL AIRPORT COMMISSION, 6 p.m.,
airport terminal administrative office conference room, 2016 Air-
port Road, Pendleton. (Erica Stewart 541-276-7754)
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Charles H. Wohlcke, 87, of Pendleton, died Monday, May
20, 2019, at his home. He was born Feb. 2, 1932. Burns Mor-
tuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Sign the
online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com.
Marilyn G. Lieuallen
Adams
Jan. 25, 1926 — May 19, 2019
Marilyn G. Lieuallen, 93, of Adams, died Sunday, May
19, 2019, at a Walla Walla care facility. She was born Jan. 25,
1926. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrange-
ments. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.
com
Alice Barkhurst
Hermiston
Sept. 16, 1945 — May 19, 2019
Alice Barkhurst, 73, of Hermiston, died Sunday, May 19,
2019, in Hermiston. She was born Sept. 16, 1945, in New
York, New York. At her request, no service will be held.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements.
Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuary-
hermiston.com.
Kris Kelley
Boquete, Panama
Nov. 4, 1955 — Nov. 2, 2018
Longtime Pendleton resident Kris Kelley, 62, of Boquete,
Panama, died Nov. 2, 2018, in Boquete. He was born Nov.
4, 1955, in Pendleton. A celebration of life with hors d’oeu-
vres and no-host bar will be held Friday, May 31, 2019, from
4-7 p.m. at the Pendleton Country Club.
UPCOMING SERVICES
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22
DEMOS, NICHOLAS — Recitation of the rosary at
12:30 p.m. followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 1 p.m.
at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, 565 W. Hermiston
Ave., Hermiston. Burial with military honors will follow at
the Hermiston Cemetery.
THURSDAY, MAY 23
No services scheduled
THURSDAY, MAY 23
WEST EXTENSION IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 9 a.m., Irrigon Fire
Department, 705 N.E. Main St., Irrigon. (Lisa Baum 541-922-3814)
SALVATION ARMY ADVISORY BOARD, 12 p.m., Salvation Army,
150 S.E. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-3369)
MILTON-FREEWATER LIBRARY BOARD, 4 p.m., Milton-Free-
water Public Library, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave., Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-5531)
UMATILLA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m., Uma-
tilla County Justice Center, 4700 N.W. Pioneer Place, Pendleton.
(541-278-6252)
FRIDAY, MAY 24
No meetings scheduled
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MONDAY, MAY 27
CASON’S PLACE CHILDREN AND FAMILY GRIEF RECOVERY
CENTER BOARD, 6 p.m., Cason’s Place, 1416 S.E. Court Ave., Pend-
leton. All those interested in volunteering are encouraged to
attend. (Matt Terjeson 503-720-1620)
MILTON-FREEWATER CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Milton-Freewater
Public Library Albee Room, 8 S.W. EIghth Ave., Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-5531)
HERMISTON CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall council
chambers, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. (541-567-5521)
IRRIGON COMMUNITY PARKS & RECREATION DISTRICT,
7 p.m., Irrigon Fire Station, 705 N. Main St., Irrigon. (541-922-3047)
TUESDAY, MAY 28
UMATILLA-MORROW COUNTY HEAD START, 11:30 a.m., Head
Start boardroom, 110 N.E. Fourth St., Hermiston. (Monina Ward
541-564-6878)
IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3:30 p.m., Ione Community School, 445
Spring St., Ione. (Kim Thul 541-422-7131)
MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT, 6 p.m., Pioneer Memo-
rial Hospital conference room, 564 E. Pioneer Drive, Heppner.
6 p.m. provider dinner, 6:30 p.m. board meeting. (Tonia Adams
541-676-2942)
UMATILLA PLANNING COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m., Umatilla City
Hall, 700 Sixth St., Umatilla. (Brandon Seitz 541-922-3226 ext. 103)
MORROW COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Bar-
tholomew Government Building upper conference room, 110 N.
Court St., Heppner. (541-922-4624)
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ashes, guts to dirt.
Gov. Jay Inslee signed
legislation on Tuesday mak-
ing Washington the first
state to approve composting
as an alternative to bury-
ing or cremating human
remains.
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ties to offer “natural organic
reduction,” which turns
a body, mixed with sub-
stances such as wood chips
and straw, into about two
wheelbarrows’ worth of soil
in a span of several weeks.
Loved ones are allowed
to keep the soil to spread,
just as they might spread the
ashes of someone who has
been cremated — or even
use it to plant vegetables or
a tree.
“It gives meaning and use
to what happens to our bod-
ies after death,” said Nora
Menkin, executive director
of the Seattle-based People’s
Memorial Association.
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say
the
method is an environmen-
tally friendly alternative to
cremation, which releases
carbon dioxide and partic-
ulates into the air, and con-
ventional burial, in which
people are drained of their
blood, pumped full of form-
aldehyde and other chemi-
cals that can pollute ground-
water, and placed in a coffin,
taking up land.
“That’s a serious weight
on the earth and the envi-
ronment as your final fare-
well,” said Sen. Jamie Ped-
ersen, the Seattle Democrat
who sponsored the measure.
He said the legislation
was inspired by his neigh-
bor: Katrina Spade, who was
a student at the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst,
when she began research-
ing the funeral industry. She
came up with the idea for
human composting, model-
ing it on a practice farmers
have long used to dispose of
livestock.
She tweaked the process
and found that wood chips,
alfalfa and straw created a
mixture of nitrogen and car-
bon that accelerates natural
decomposition when a body
is placed in a temperature-
and
moisture-controlled
vessel and rotated.
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