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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.
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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.