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A6 RECORDS East Oregonian DEATH NOTICES Nora Lee Colbray Hermiston Feb. 7, 1941 — Dec. 27, 2020 Nora Lee Colbray, 77, of Hermiston, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, in RIchland, Washington. She was born Feb. 7, 1941, in Conroe, Texas. A public graveside service follow- ing state guidelines will be held Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021, at 1 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. Patricia E. Karr Maple Valley, Washington Feb. 5, 1922 — Dec. 29, 2020 Former Milton-Freewater resident Patricia E. Karr, 98, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, in Maple Valley, Washing- ton. She was born Feb. 5, 1922. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Tom F. Orton Milton-Freewater April 25, 1940 — Dec. 27, 2020 Tom F. Orton, 80, of Milton-Freewater, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, at his home. He was born April 25, 1940, in Bakersfield, California. A private family burial will be held at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. Deana M. Taylor Pendleton Aug. 14, 1965 — Dec. 26, 2020 Deana M. Taylor, 55, of Pendleton, died Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, at her home. She was born Aug. 14, 1965, in Modesto, California. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of the arrangements. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com. Thomas W. Taylor Pendleton Oct. 22, 1926 — Dec. 29, 2020 Thomas W. Taylor, 94, of Pendleton, died Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, at a local care facility. He was born Oct. 22, 1926, in Myrtle Creek. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of the arrangements. Sign the online guest- book at www.burnsmortuary.com. James Ray Trottier Milton-Freewater Sept. 16, 1971 — Dec. 24, 2020 James Ray Trottier, 49, of Milton-Freewater, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, in Walla Walla, Washington. He was born Sept. 16, 1971. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Wayne Trumbull Milton-Freewater July 26, 1933 — Dec. 29, 2020 Wayne Trumbull, 87, of Milton-Freewater, died Tues- day, Dec. 29, 2020, at his home. He was born July 26, 1933. Arrangements are pending with Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater. Martha Elizabeth Warberg Pendleton Nov. 14, 1928 — Dec. 27, 2020 Martha Elizabeth Warberg, 92, of Pendleton, died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, at a local care facility. She was born Nov. 14, 1928, in Portland. Arrangements are with Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online con- dolences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com. PUBLIC SAFETY MONDAY 3:16 p.m. — Police responded to the report of shots fired on Hurst Lane in Milton-Freewater. 3:31 p.m. — Police responded to a reported burglary on Brownell Boulevard in Umatilla. TUESDAY 2:45 a.m. — Police conducted a death investigation at Sun- ridge Adult Care II on Southwest Olson Avenue in Pendleton. 3:12 a.m. — Police responded to a reported burglary on North First Street in Hermiston. 8:02 a.m. — Police responded to a report of the unautho- rized entry of a motor vehicle on Southeast Kirk Avenue in Pendleton. ARRESTS, CITATIONS •The Hermiston Police Department arrested Nelson Ulises Farias, 28, on eight counts, including felony counts of failing to appear in court (2 counts), violating parole, first-degree theft exceeding $1,000, possessing a weapon as a convicted felon, unlawful possession of methamphetamine, and possessing a Schedule II controlled substance. •The Umatilla Police Department arrested Rafael Rene Garza, 40, on two felony counts, including unlawful possession of methamphetamine and failure to appear in court, and one mis- demeanor count of possessing a weapon as a convicted felon. •The Oregon State Police arrested Teeman Eli Jackson, 28, on two counts, including one felony count of driving under the influence of intoxicants with three or more convictions in the past 10 years, and one misdemeanor count of reckless driving. LOTTERY Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 Megabucks 05-27-30-31-34-38 Estimated jackpot: $6.3 million Lucky Lines 04-06-11-14-20-23-27-32 Estimated jackpot: $67,000 Win for Life 21-24-52-53 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 7-9-9-4 4 p.m.: 1-8-6-2 7 p.m.: 3-2-0-6 10 p.m.: 8-2-7-7 Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 Mega Millions 01-31-35-48-62 Mega Ball: 19 Megaplier: 3 Estimated jackpot: $376 million Lucky Lines 02-05-12-13-20-21-26-32 Estimated jackpot: $68,000 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 1-5-2-8 4 p.m.: 1-0-3-9 7 p.m.: 2-7-4-6 10 p.m.: 0-2-8-6 Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 9-8-0-3 Thursday, December 31, 2020 OBITUARIES Carolyn Schroeder Cogswell Lura O. (Odessa) Trott Athena October 18, 1943 — December 18, 2020 Umatilla August 24, 1922 — December 22, 2020 Carolyn Schroeder Reading, playing the flute, Cogswell, precious wife, and growing flowers in her mother and friend, was yard were a few of many welcomed into the arms of hobbies Carolyn enjoyed. Jesus on Dec. 18, 2020. Her family and commu- nity benefited Carolyn was from her talents born on Oct. 18, as a seamstress 1943, to Quentin and cook as well. and Agnes Schro- eder. A city girl Anyone who tried in her early years, her spaghetti or she attended ele- her favorite choc- mentary school in olate cake always Van Nuys, Cali- asked for more. fornia. Following All who knew her father’s dream Carolyn appreci- Cogswell ated her quiet, yet of being a farmer, strong and wise in 1957 she moved with her family to a farm spirit. Carolyn walked val- in Crawfordsville, Oregon. Carolyn graduated from iantly through difficult Sweet Home High School times with dementia in her as salutatorian of her class final years. She focused on 2 Corinthians 4:17: “For in 1961. She attended Western our present troubles are Oregon University where small and won’t last very she studied elementary long. Yet they produce for education and met the love us a glory that vastly out- of her life, Dan Cogswell. weighs them and will last The two were married on forever.” Carolyn is survived by Sept. 19, 1964. Dan’s teach- ing career brought them to her husband of 56 years, Athena, Oregon, in 1970 Dan Cogswell; her chil- Todd (Shelley), where they settled and dren, raised their family. Car- Katrina (Henry), and Sara olyn focused on her fam- (Craig); grandchildren, ily at home, though being Jon, Kaitlin and Jasmine an excellent teacher, she Cogswell, America, Jew- also worked as a substitute elisa and Jessenia Alconz, teacher in the local school and Emily, Rebekah (Joel), district for several years. Jubilee and Timothy Tay- She was passionate about lor; and one great-grand- caring for her family, and child. She is also survived made many sacrifices for by brothers, Ted Schroeder them. She continued her (Charo), Harvey Schro- stellar skills as a mother eder (Estelle) and Charlie into grandmotherhood. She Schroeder (Judy), and sis- weekly set aside time for ter, Mary Chalk (Steve), as each grandchild, and they well as numerous extended members and all felt special and loved by family friends. her. The family will cel- In her later years she worked as an elementary ebrate her life on Jan. teacher and principal at 3, 2021, at Athena Bap- Blue Mountain Christian tist Church at 3 p.m. An Academy in Pendleton. She optional online attendance also served students as a will be available for all paraprofessional in the Ath- loved ones who would like ena-Weston School District to join us; search Athena before her retirement. Baptist Church on YouTube Carolyn was a faithful or enter this link: https:// member of Athena Baptist youtu.be/kRm1AKr_cRc. Church for 50 years. She Floral arrangements used her organizational and can be made through Cal- teaching skills to serve the ico Country Designs in church in countless ways; Pendleton. Donations can she especially enjoyed be made to Athena Baptist working with the children. Church in her memory. Lura O. (Odessa) Trott children, performed com- of Umatilla, Oregon, munity volunteer work, passed away peacefully and volunteered for the at her Umatilla home on American Red Cross at Tuesday, December 22, various Air Force base hos- pitals in Wash- 2020, shortly ington, Califor- after 10 p.m. with nia, and Arizona her son David at (Tucson). In more her side. She was recent years she preceded in death and her daugh- by her daughter ter did volunteer Kathleen (2019), work in Umatilla, her son Richard until her arthritis (2017), and her made her more husband Gregg home-bound. (1981). Trott Lura’s favor- Lura was born ite weekly activ- in Bellaire, Ohio, on August 24, 1922; she ity for many years was Sat- was 98 years young on her urday breakfast or lunch last birthday. Lura was with her daughter and son one of 12 siblings born to at the Hermiston, Oregon, Thomas E. Robson and McDonald’s. She loved Clara “Renee” Davis. the McDonald’s staff and Lura was the final surviv- was known by all of them. ing member of her family. Lura was an accomplished Both of her parent were seamstress, collected hum- mingbird ornaments, and born in the mid-1880s. Lura came to Umatilla devoted to her five cats with her daughter Kath- (Jax, Abbey, Marty, Mil- leen in 1997, moving from lie, and Mo). She never Tucson, Arizona, where left her house without first they had spent many years. assuring that the cats were Lura also lived in Ken- happy, and assuring them newick, Spokane, and she would always be right Tacoma, Washington, back. She and her daugh- along with other places while her husband Gregg ter valued the friendship served in the Air Force. of their neighbor Joaquin Lura and her daughter had and his family. Joaquin always lived and traveled helped them with their out- side yard work and was a together in recent years. Lura leaves a son David frequent talking partner, and daughter-in-law Sheila always coming to see how of Umatilla, Oregon; she was doing, bringing granddaughter Rachel Car- food, and just being a valu- ter Trott of San Francisco, able part of her family. California, and Rachel’s Final arrangements are three grandchildren, Del- being handled by Burns aney, Callum and Hadley; Mortuary in Hermiston, grandson Stephen Trott Oregon. At Lura’s request, of Kennewick, Washing- she asked to be cremated. ton; nieces Monique Trott A celebration of life will of Kennewick, Washing- be scheduled at a later ton, and Carol Robson of time, to include that for Modesto, California, and her daughter Kathleen, nephew William LaRo- the COVID-19 virus being che of Cardington, Ohio; the mitigator for service and other nieces and neph- arrangements. ews living in Ohio and Anyone who wishes to Oklahoma. remember Lura in a spe- Lura worked as a gov- cial way, she requested that ernment employee during a remembrance donation WWII, in Army intelli- be made to your favorite gence. Her first husband Native American charity, was killed in a Jeep acci- or the Disabled American dent several weeks after Veterans. Some of Lura’s their marriage and during ancestral heritage traces the invasion of Normandy. back to the Algonquin She married her second Indians. Please share memories husband, Gregg H. Trott, of Lura with her family at on July 1, 1949. Following her marriage burnsmortuaryhermiston. to Gregg, she raised their com. Barbara Carol (Bahl) Obrist Pendleton June 21, 1946 — December 26, 2020 Barbara Carol (Bahl) Obrist, age 74, went home to our Lord on December 26, 2020. She is survived by her sister, Charlotte Ann (Bahl) Mills, brother-in-law, Frank Mills, two nieces and a nephew and their fami- lies. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin Eugene Obrist of Pendleton, Oregon. She was born in Wash- ington, D.C., on June 21, 1946, to Margaret Earl (Jordan) Bahl and Francis Gerard Bahl. She had a degree from the University of Maryland. She also worked at the uni- versity’s library from 1964 until she moved to Oregon in 1999, when she married Alvin Obrist. She had various jobs in Pendleton until she was hired at Walmart in 2000. She continued to work there until her stroke in 2019. She enjoyed her time at Walmart and the people she worked with. Please remember her as a well-loved greeter at the Pendleton Walmart. Barbara loved working on ancestry and has done a tremendous amount of research into her family’s lineage. She has also done family trees for some of her friends. Barbara will also be remembered at the warming station in Pendleton, Ore- gon. She volunteered there often and will be missed. Due to the current pan- demic, there will be no memorial. In lieu of flowers, memo- rial donations may be sent to the Seventh-day Adven- tist Church in Pendleton, Oregon. Share condolences with the family at www.pioneer- chapel.com. UPCOMING SERVICES THURSDAY, DEC. 31 CAREY, JIM — Service at 1 p.m. at the Life Church of Pilot Rock, 222 S.W. Third St., followed by burial at the Pilot Rock Cemetery. A reception will follow the graveside service at the Life Church. DICK, SUSAN — Graveside service at 11 a.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery. FRIDAY, JAN. 1 No services scheduled SATURDAY, JAN. 2 COLBRAY, NORA — Graveside service following state coronavirus guidelines at 1 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery. HAMBY, VAUGHN — Celebration of life at 1 p.m. at the Hamby Ranch shop on Highway 395 South through Pilot Rock (big shop on the right across from Yellow Jacket Road). Masks can be worn at personal discretion. SUNDAY, JAN. 3 COGSWELL, CAROLYN — In-person (for immedi- ate family) and online celebration of life (for friends and loved ones) at 3 p.m. at Athena Baptist Church, 413 N. Fifth St., or via https://youtu.be/kRm1AKr_cRc. Robert F. Nycz Hermiston December 26, 1935 — December 24, 2020 Robert F. Nycz he retired. Robert enjoyed of Hermiston fishing, hunt- was born Dec. ing, photography, 26, 1935, in West drawing, being a Allis, Wisconsin, CB radio opera- the son of Bruno tor and watching and Ruby (Ben- nett) Nycz. He cartoons. He was passed away at his a member of Our home on Dec. 24, Lady of Angels Catholic Church. 2020, at the age of He was pre- 84. ceded in death by Robert grew his wife, Daph- up and attended ene, on July 12, school in West 2020; his par- Allis, Wisconsin. ents; son, Brian; Nycz He then served brother, Fred; and in the U.S. Army in Korea for three years. a sister, Carol. He is survived by his After his discharge from the Army, he traveled to children, Teresa Mathia, Portland, Oregon, to visit Julie Evans, RoxAnne a family member. While (Steve) Wynne, Karen in Portland, he met Daph- (Dennis) Borman, David ene Carper Horton and the (Koi) Nycz and Michael couple was united in mar- Nycz; 25 grandchildren; riage in Wallowa, Oregon, 15 great-grandchildren; on Aug. 6, 1957. and many extended family Robert then joined the members. A funeral mass will be Air Force and was stationed in New Mexico, France and held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Kansas. He served a total of Jan. 5, 2020, at Our Lady eight years before his hon- of Angels Catholic Church. orable discharge. He then Burial with military honors returned to Oregon with his will follow in the Hermis- family, then back to Wis- ton Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of consin. Then in 1978, his family moved to Hermis- Hermiston is in care of ton, Oregon, where he has arrangements. To leave an resided since. online condolence for the He worked as a guard at family, please go to www. the Umatilla Army Depot burnsmortuaryhermiston. until the depot closed and com.