RECORDS
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
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East Oregonian
OBITUARIES
FRIDAY
10:14 a.m. — A Subway employee in Boardman called the
police after a woman entered the business, grabbed a straw
and went to the restroom. The employee later found white
powder residue in the restroom.
10:23 a.m. — A shed caught fire on Barclay Lane in Heppner.
11:50 a.m. — A woman in Irrigon asked to speak directly to
the sheriff. She said a man on Eighth Street was using the police
to harass her family.
1:58 p.m. — On Northeast 12th Street in Irrigon, the Mor-
row County Sheriff’s Office separated a married couple after a
domestic disturbance.
3:20 p.m. — The U.S. Post Office on Northwest First Street
in Boardman requested extra patrol through the end of Janu-
ary in response to multiple cases of damage to mirrors on the
mail vans.
5:19 p.m.— A runaway was reported on Southwest Fourth
Street in Pendleton.
9:59 p.m.— On Southwest Fourth Street in Irrigon, a domes-
tic disturbance occurred.
SATURDAY
12:52 a.m. — Pendleton police took a report of an assault at
the Rainbow Cafe.
2:26 a.m. — Pendleton police arrested a drunken driver on
Southeast Court Avenue.
8:54 a.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred on Southeast
Ninth Street.
9:06 p.m. — Police issued a citation to a woman for failing to
maintain her lane of travel following a single-vehicle accident
on Highway 730.
9:15 p.m. — Police responded to a woman with a shotgun
on Southwest Goodwin Lane in Pendleton.
9:34 p.m. — At Green Acres RV Park in Irrigon, someone
asked that a woman reportedly vandalizing the bathrooms be
trespassed from the property. The sheriff’s office is investigat-
ing the situation.
9:51 p.m. — A man reportedly spit on a taxi driver on South-
east Isaac Avenue.
11:06 p.m. — Boardman police were unable to locate a black
car reportedly driving in a soccer field on Northeast First Street
and Boardman Avenue.
11:42 p.m. — An intoxicated woman refused to leave the
Rainbow Cafe in Pendleton. She was arrested.
SUNDAY
12:54 a.m. — A fight occurred at the Rainbow Cafe in
Pendleton.
9:51 a.m. — Someone reported their window damaged by a
BB gun on Southwest Sixth Avenue in Milton-Freewater.
2:27 p.m. — Pendleton police made an arrest in relation to
a fight on Southwest Emigrant Avenue and Southwest 20th
Street.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Friday
•The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Eduardo
Acosta, 36, for driving under the influence of intoxicants (alco-
hol) and reckless driving.
Saturday
•Pendleton police arrested Jordan Ray Brown, 30, on one
count of aggravated assault.
•Pendleton police arrested Codella Marie Beers, 47, on one
count of felony unlawful use of a weapon and one misde-
meanor charge of reckless endangering.
MEETINGS
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
OREGON WATER COALITION/NORTHEAST OREGON WATER
ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING, 8:15 a.m., HAREC, 2121 S.
First St., Hermiston. (Tiffany Harrell 541-449-3272)
ATHENA CEMETERY DISTRICT, 5:30 p.m., Athena City Hall,
215 S. Third St., Athena. (541-566-3862)
IRRIGON CITY COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Irrigon City Hall, 500 N.E.
Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-922-3047)
PENDLETON DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, 6 p.m., Pendle-
ton City Hall, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-1811)
UMATILLA CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, 6 p.m., Umatilla
City Hall council chambers, 700 Sixth St., Umatilla. (Nanci 541-
922-3226 ext. 105)
UMATILLA COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DIS-
TRICT, 6 p.m., USDA Service Center conference room, 1 S.W.
Nye Ave., Suite 130, Pendleton. (Kyle Waggoner 541-278-8049
ext. 138)
EAST UMATILLA COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT, 7 p.m., district
office, 431 E. Main St., Athena. (541-566-3813)
PENDLETON CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall
council chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.
(541-966-0201)
PILOT ROCK CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock City Hall coun-
cil chambers, 143 W. Main St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-2811)
STANFIELD CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Stanfield City Hall council
chambers, 160 S. Main St., Stanfield. (541-449-3831)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22
BUTTER CREEK IRRIGATION DISTRICT ANNUAL ORGA-
NIZATIONAL MEETING, 8 a.m., AgriNorthwest Board-
man farm office, 78415 Poleline Road, Boardman. (Nate Rau
509-820-3231)
ECHO IRRIGATION DISTRICT ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL
MEETING, 8:30 a.m., AgriNorthwest Boardman farm office,
78415 Poleline Road, Boardman. (Nate Rau 509-820-3231)
MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m.,
Bartholomew Government Building upper conference room,
110 N. Court St., Heppner. (Roberta Lutcher 541-676-9061)
IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3:30 p.m., Ione Community School,
445 Spring St., Ione. 3:30 p.m. work session, 4:30 p.m. regular
meeting. (Kim Thul 541-422-7131)
HERMISTON LIBRARY BOARD, 4 p.m., Hermiston Public
Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave., Hermiston. (541-567-2882)
THURSDAY, JAN. 23
WEST EXTENSION IRRIGATION DISTRICT ANNUAL ORGA-
NIZATIONAL MEETING AND REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING,
9 a.m., Irrigon Fire Department, 705 N.E. Main St., Irrigon. An
executive session may be called to discuss union negotiations
and legal issues. (Lisa Baum 541-922-3814)
SALVATION ARMY ADVISORY BOARD, 12 p.m., Salvation
Army, 150 S.E. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-3369)
Melba Crawford Miller
Grace Magdeline (Krause) Gerton
Pendleton
January 21, 1926 — January 17, 2020
Corvallis
October 3, 1922 — January 7, 2020
Melba Crawford Miller due to everything being
passed away Friday, Janu- wrapped in Saran wrap or
ary 17, 2020, in Pendleton, multiple layers of freezer
Oregon, just shy of her 94th bags and twist ties. Melba
birthday. A Mass of Chris- would never admit to being
tian Burial will
the fantastic cook
be held on Thurs-
and baker that
day, January 23,
she was. She also
2020, at 11 a.m. at
had a major dis-
dain for photos of
St. Patrick Catho-
lic Church in Hep-
herself.
pner. Recitation of
Melba is sur-
vived by daugh-
the Holy Rosary
ter
Michelle
will be at 10 a.m.
Burns and her
prior to the ser-
vice. Concluding
husband Don of
Miller
service and burial
Pendleton,
son
at the Heppner
Mark Miller and
Masonic Cemetery will fol- his wife Shannon of Lex-
ington, daughter Nancy
low the Mass.
She was born January Weinke and her husband
21, 1926, in Heppner, Ore- Mike of Pilot Rock, and
gon, the daughter of Wate Steven Miller and his wife
and Mable Phillips Craw- Rhonda of Walla Walla. Her
ford. Melba grew up on the brother Delmer Crawford
family farm north of Ione, lives in Hermiston. Mel-
which remains in the fam- ba’s five grandchildren are
ily today.
Corey Miller, Marcy Wal-
Melba went to school ton, Austin Weinke, Bai-
in Ione, and then attended ley Weinke and Christopher
Oregon State University Weinke. She also has three
for a time. She worked in great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband Tad,
Portland for a phone com-
pany before marrying Tad she is preceded in death by
Miller. The two were mar- her parents, Wate and Mable
ried in November of 1948 Crawford; siblings Vern
and were married until his Crawford, Margaret Mor-
passing in 2014. They lived gan, Sam Crawford, Ruth
on the Miller family farm Voorhees, Rollo Crawford
northeast of Lexington for and Harlan Crawford; and
60 years, raising their fam- son Gregory.
ily there.
Memorial contributions
Tad and Melba had five may be made to the St. Pat-
kids, one of which pre- rick Altar Society, P.O. Box
ceded them in death. Melba 633, Heppner, OR 97836.
had five grandchildren who
Sweeney
Mortuary
spent as much time with of Heppner is in care of
her as possible and could arrangements. You may
not get enough of her toast sign the online condolence
and cookies — although, it book at www.sweeneymor-
was hard to sneak anything tuary.com.
Grace Magdeline (Krause) and the cornerstone of the
Gerton passed away while family. Her interests were
living with daughter Pam her family, bowling, sew-
near Corvallis, Ore., on Janu- ing, crafting, gardening, and
ary 7, 2020. She was 97 years grandchildren. She had a
magnificent gar-
old.
den in Pendleton
Grace was born
and beautiful gar-
October 3, 1922, on
dens while living
a farm four miles
with family mem-
northeast of Echo,
bers in Damascus
Ore. Her parents
and Milwaukie.
were Theodore and
Daughter Shirley
Bessie (Coleman)
provided
lovely
Krause.
plants when vis-
She is survived
iting Grace from
by her brother
Gerton
Pendleton.
John, age 99, of
After her mar-
Tacoma,
Wash.;
son Ron (Judy Biel) of Mil- riage in 1942 she spent most
waukie, Ore.; and daugh- of her life in Pendleton until
ters Shirley (Dick) Hop- she and Marion moved to the
per of Pendleton and Pamela Willamette Valley in 2004.
(Steve) Justus near Corval- She never cooked another
lis. She has six grandchil- meal, not even her family-fa-
dren and 14 great-grand- mous pies or Christmas cook-
children, whom she adored. ies! She did, however, pass on
Additionally,
there
are the recipes.
She will be laid to rest
seven stepgrandchildren, 17
stepgreat-grandchildren and alongside her husband Mar-
three stepgreat-great-grand- ion at Olney Cemetery on
children. Grace held the Friday, January 24 at 11 a.m.
youngest baby, only 6 months Viewing will be available at
old, just before Christmas, Burns Mortuary of Pendleton
which was beautiful to behold the same day between 9:00
and 9:30 a.m.
so close to her passing.
Burns Mortuary of Pend-
Preceding her in death
was her husband of 64 years, leton is charge of arrange-
Marion, in 2008, and seven ments. Sign the online guest-
siblings: Karl, Ralph, Virgil, book at www.burnsmortuary.
Melvin, Viola Capps, Virginia com.
In lieu of flowers, con-
Edmonds, and baby Fran-
ces, who died before Grace sider planting a perennial
was born.
in Grace’s memory in your
Grace was a homemaker garden.
Sylvia Patnode
Ione
September 9, 1933 — December 31, 2019
Sylvia Patnode, former Joe Patnode and wife Cris,
Arlington and Hermiston Mikkalo, Ore.; daughters
resident, was born on Sep- Paulette Wolfe, Cle Elum,
tember 9, 1933, in Yakima, Wash., Peggy Gray and hus-
Washington. She died at band Robert L., of George,
Wash.,
Penny
home in Ione,
Krebs and hus-
Oregon, at the age
band Skye, Ione,
of 86 years.
Ore., and April
She was raised
Aamodt and fian-
and
attended
cee Scott Phares,
school in Center-
ville,
Washing-
Arlington, Ore.;
ton. Sylvia was
son-in-law Dar-
rell Aamodt; sis-
united in marriage
ters Patsy Palmer,
to Orval Patnode
Dyan Catlin and
on November 11,
Patnode
Dawn Thomas;
1949, in Grand-
view, Washing-
sister-in-lawKay
ton. They lived in Washing- Kayser; brother-in-law Her-
ton and Oregon, settling in ald Catlin; 18 grandchil-
Arlington, Oregon, in 1974. dren; 23 great-grandchil-
They ranched in Arling- dren; and many nieces and
ton and Sylvia worked as nephews.
a cook at the grade school
Sylvia was preceded in
until 1994 when they moved death by her husband of
to Hermiston, Oregon. After 64 years, Orval Patnode;
Orval passed she spent time her parents; a granddaugh-
in Ellensburg, Washing- ter, Devin;, a grandson,
ton, and the ranch in Ione, Cayle; brothers Keith, Mark
Oregon.
and Larry Kayser; a sister,
She was a member of Annice Nogle; and a son-in-
the Catholic Church, Altar law, Richard Wolfe.
Society, and the Eagles
Contributions in Sylvia’s
Lodge. Sylvia was a found- memory may be made to
ing mother of the Cayuse the Arlington Booster Club
Junior Rodeo Association, or the Cayuse Junior Rodeo
co-grand marshal of the Association.
Gilliam County Fair with
A memorial mass will
her husband, and a 20+ be held on Saturday, Feb-
year Sherman County 4-H ruary 8, 2020, at 11 a.m. at
St. Francis Catholic Church,
volunteer.
She enjoyed cooking, Arlington, Oregon. A lun-
music concerts, and cher- cheon and time of sharing
ished time with her grand- will follow at the Arlington
children and great-grand- Grade School, Arlington,
children, supporting them Oregon. A private family
in their sporting events, burial will be held at a later
rodeo and all of their activ- date at the Arlington Ceme-
ities. Horse racing was tery, Arlington, Oregon.
Please share memories
her favorite pastime and
she loved a good costume, of Sylvia with her family at
dressing up in one for all burnsmortuaryhermiston.
com.
major holidays.
Burns Mortuary of
She is survived by her
sons Pete Patnode and wife Hermiston, Oregon, is in
Suzi, Selah, Wash., and care of arrangements.
4 p.m.: 6-9-3-7
7 p.m.: 2-6-5-5
10 p.m.: 0-9-3-4
Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020
Powerball
20-24-38-56-68
Powerball: 18
Power Play: 2
Estimated jackpot: $321
million
Megabucks
11-17-34-39-42-46
Estimated jackpot: $1.6
million
Lucky Lines
03-05-11-15-20-22-27-32
Estimated jackpot: $17,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-3-8-4
4 p.m.: 5-3-9-8
7 p.m.: 6-3-2-3
10 p.m.: 1-3-6-2
Win for Life
11-48-55-62
Amy Lynn (Bechler) Gray
Scappoose
June 29, 1966 — December 19, 2019
Amy Lynn (Bechler) Lauri Bechler; and her sister,
Gray, a longtime resident J.Deane Coombs, and broth-
of Scappoose, passed away er-in-law Larry Coombs.
Amy joined her father,
Thursday, December 19,
2019, at the Westside Kai- Charles Bechler, resting in
ser
Foundation
heavenly peace,
Hospital. She was
but she will always
born in Mountain
be here in our
hearts.
Home, Idaho, on
Friends
are
June 29, 1966.
invited to join
Over the years,
Amy’s family for a
Amy served up
memorial celebrat-
many warm smiles
ing her life at the
as a waitress at Ich-
abod’s Restaurant.
Columbia Funeral
Home, 681 Colum-
She enjoyed flow-
Gray
bia Blvd., Saint
ers,
gardening,
Helens, on January
camping and cher-
ishing her family, friends and 25, 2020, at 2 p.m. A grave-
side service will be held at
their beloved dog, Rosie.
Amy was a loving wife, 1 p.m. on Saturday, February
mother, daughter, sister and 1, 2020, at Sunset Hills Cem-
friend. She is survived by etery in Umatilla, Ore. A
her husband, Larry Gray; celebration of life reception
her son, Michael Omstead, will follow the graveside ser-
and daughter-in-law Keely vice at 81765 Westfall Lane,
Omstead; her mother, Nancy Umatilla.
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
Smith; her stepmother, Hat-
tie Bechler; her brother, iston is in care of local
David Bechler; her sister, arrangements.
DEATH NOTICES
Barbara Ann Halladay
Hermiston
Feb. 8, 1933 — Jan. 16, 2020
Barbara Ann Halladay, 86, of Hermiston, died Thursday,
Jan. 16, 2020, at her home. She was born Feb. 8, 1933, in Los
Angeles, California. Arrangements are pending with Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston. Share memories with the family at
www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Janice R. ‘Jan’ Maitland
Hermiston
July 14, 1954 — Jan. 19, 2020
Janice R. “Jan” Maitland, 65, of Hermiston, died Sun-
day, Jan. 19, 2020, at her home. She was born July 14, 1954,
in Sunnyside, Washington. Arrangements are pending with
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Share memories with the
family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
UPCOMING SERVICE
TUESDAY, JAN. 21
No services scheduled
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22
CHEVES, FRAN — Recitation of the rosary at 10 a.m.
followed by a funeral mass at 11 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic
Church, 520 S. Garfield St., Kennewick, Wash. A meal will
follow in the church office building.
LOTTERY
Friday, Jan. 17, 2020
Megamillions
03-25-30-54-70
Megaball: 9
Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $103
million
Lucky Lines
03-05-11-14-20-21-25-32
Estimated jackpot: $16,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 4-8-6-0
A5
Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020
Lucky Lines
04-05-10-14-17-23-27-31
Estimated jackpot: $18,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-7-7-4
4 p.m.: 0-9-7-4
7 p.m.: 9-7-5-5
10 p.m.: 1-6-6-6
Monday, Jan. 20, 2020
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 5-1-8-3
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