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East Oregonian
Saturday, May 15, 2021
DEATH NOTICES
OBITUARIES
John ‘Rod’ Best
Bruce Craig Campbell
Hermiston
Oct. 28, 1959 — May 9, 2021
John “Rod” Best, 61, of Hermiston, died Sunday, May 9,
2021, at his home. He was born Oct. 28, 1959, in Baker. A cele-
bration of gathering will be held at a later date. Burns Mortu-
ary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories
with the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Troy Dean Potter
Irrigon
Aug. 7, 1969 — June 20, 2020
Troy Dean Potter, 50, of Irrigon, died Saturday, June 20,
2020, in Hermiston. He was born Aug. 7, 1969, in Yakima,
Washington. A graveside service following state guidelines
will be held Saturday, May 22, at 1 p.m. at the Hermiston
Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrange-
ments. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortu-
aryhermiston.com.
UPCOMING SERVICES
SATURDAY, MAY 15
BLACK, RUSTY — Celebration of life at 1 p.m. at the Pendleton
Round-Up Grounds Roy Raley Room, 1205 S.W. Court Ave., Pend-
leton.
ESSELSTYN, RON — Graveside service at 3 p.m. at Olney Ceme-
tery in Pendleton.
LINDSEY, SHIRLEY — Graveside service at 11 a.m. at Olney Ceme-
tery in Pendleton.
RITZ, FRANK — Memorial mass at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic
Church, 800 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton.
WENDLER, GLENN — Celebration of life from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
the Pilot Rock Community Center, 285 N.W. Cedar Place. Everyone
welcome.
SUNDAY, MAY 16
ROGERS, CHRISTOPHER — Celebration of life service at 1 p.m. at
the Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main St., Pendleton. Refresh-
ments will be served at his mother’s home following the service.
MONDAY-TUESDAY, MAY 17-18
No services scheduled
PUBLIC SAFETY
WEDNESDAY
5:01 p.m. — Police responded to a report of the unauthorized
entry of a motor vehicle on Adams Road in Pendleton.
THURSDAY
4:25 a.m. — Police responded to a reported burglary on Sixth
Street in Umatilla.
10:15 a.m. — Police responded to a reported burglary on South
Highway 395 in Hermiston.
4:57 p.m. — Police responded to a reported burglary on South-
east Third Street in Pendleton.
5:06 p.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred on Follett Lane
in Hermiston.
5:56 p.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred at Harvest Foods
on Sixth Street in Umatilla.
6:22 p.m. — Police responded to a reported assault at Umatilla
PD on Sixth Street in Umatilla.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•The Umatilla County Jail arrested Moises Ayala Flores, 21, on
one felony count of assaulting a public safety officer.
•The Pendleton Police Department arrested Tarandeep Chohan,
25, on three misdemeanor counts of violating a restraining order.
•The Hermiston Police Department arrested Heather Dawn
Evans, 41, on two counts, including one count of fourth-degree
assault and one count of harassment.
•The Umatilla Police Department arrested Kenneth Roy Scott,
50, on seven counts, including two felony counts of first-degree
theft over $1,000, one felony count of the unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle, two felony counts of identity theft, one misde-
meanor count of violating probation and one misdemeanor count
of failing to appear in court.
•The Pendleton Police Department arrested Brandy Jaeann
Herkshan, 29, on one felony count of assaulting a public safety offi-
cer, one misdemeanor count of interfering with a peace officer, and
one misdemeanor count of second-degree disorderly conduct.
BIRTHS
ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL, PENDLETON
MAY 4, 2021
HARSHMAN — Kenzie Fuhrman and Chris Harshman of Pendle-
ton: a girl, Knoxley Bryant Harshman.
ROMERO — Edeina Y. Ortiz Rivera and Luis A. Romero of Pendle-
ton: a boy, Adriel Andres Romero.
MAY 6, 2021
DYER — Sadie F. Hasbell and Darrin G. Dyer of Heppner: a girl,
Gracee Rose Dyer.
HAYES — Bailey E. Hayes and Jacob C. Hayes of Milton-Freewater:
a boy, Ryker Leo Hayes.
MATTHEWS — Shelby E. Matthews and Donald G. Matthews of
Heppner: a boy, Wren Robert Matthews.
MAY 11, 2021
YATES — Megan Simmons of Pendleton and Michael Yates of
West Richland, Wash.: a boy, August Michael Allen Harvey Rio Ben
Yates.
MAY 12, 2021
MULLAY — Jessica M. Mullay and Daniel Kim Mullay of Hermis-
ton: a boy, Kyler Gun Soo Mullay.
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Friday, May 14, 2021
Pick 4
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Milton-Freewater
March 1, 1937 — May 10, 2021
’Twas 1937 that a
mid-Febr uar y blizzard
blocked the 12 miles of
road between Cove and La
Grande, Oregon.
Edward Harvey Camp-
bell, who was serving as
superintendent of the Cove
School District, and his
wife, Carmen Olive Celes-
tine Touvenel Campbell,
were expecting their first
child. Mrs. Proctor, the
Cove postmaster, organized
a brigade of farmers and
ranchers to open one lane of
the road to get Mrs. Camp-
bell to the Grande Ronde
Hospital in La Grande.
They got there but, no
baby appeared. Not liking
that cold bumpy ride in
mid-February, I decided to
wait until there was warmth
and sunshine, which there
was on March 1. Such was
the weather when I made my
debut to the world. I think
spiliyay taught me that trick.
At the beginning of
World War II, my father
accepted a position as direc-
tor, organizer and instruc-
tor of war training classes
in Baker (now Baker City),
Oregon. While in Baker, I
had some exciting experi-
ences. Some of my favorites
were horseback riding and
accompanying my father on
packing treks and to hunt-
ing camps in the Elkhorn
Mountains. One of my most
favored memories was how
much fun it was to follow
the Baker water meter
reader. He would lift the
heavy lids and let me catch
the tiny frogs that inhabited
those cool damp places in
the hot summer months.
Our family left Baker
when my father accepted the
position of public informa-
tion officer for Oregon State
Forestry. He worked on
the “Keep Oregon Green”
campaign — that meant a
move to Salem. My mother
look a position with the Ladd
& Bush Bank in the State-
ment Department; It was the
war years. We lived in two
different rental houses and
two different apartments
in Salem. During my first
five years of grade school,
I attended four different
schools. Bubble gum was in
short supply. Picking beans
and hops provided funds for
a bicycle. We were told the
striped dressed men in the
next bean field were actually
German prisoners of war.
Also, during this time,
one of my favorite activ-
ities was participating in
the talent shows on Satur-
day mornings at the Capi-
tol and Elsinor theaters. For
performing in the talent
show, you were given ten
cents, a bag of popcorn
and a ticket to the matinee,
usually a Western. I sang
a lot of Perry Como songs.
To prepare, I would go to
the music store downtown
where they had booths you
could use to play a record
to see if you wanted to
purchase it. I would prac-
tice there, then buy the sheet
music and memo-
at the Randolf
rize the lyrics.
Air Base, as I had
been selected to
The drug store
attend the Air
across the street
For c e of f ic e r
from the music
store had a lunch
training program.
c o u n t e r. Yo u
In 1961, I was
could get a grilled
selected to serve
tuna sandwich for
as one of the
15 cents, a coke
first Peace Corps
volunteers from
for 5 cents and
leave 5 cents for a
Oregon. Follow-
ing training at
tip. A great lunch
for a quarter.
the Penn State, I
While
in
was assigned to
Salem, my father
teach English as a
earned his CPA
Campbell
second language
and became an
and to introduce
auditor with the state of science to the elementary
Oregon Tax Commis- curriculum at Kinalansan,
sion. In those days, the Tax San Jose, Camarines Sur,
Commission would assist Philippines.
you in completing your tax
Following two years of
forms for free. Eventually, service in the Peace Corps,
he convinced the powers I accepted a position teach-
that be they needed an audi- ing high school science and
tor stationed in Eastern business classes in Cove,
Oregon. Pendleton was the Oregon, for one year. I
site selected.
then served two years as an
As rental housing was adult education specialist
scarce in Pendleton, the with the Bureau of Indian
move there was made via Affairs at the Fort Hall
a brief stay in Condon, my Indian Reservation in Idaho.
mother’s home town. I spent I was then recruited by the
the first month of sixth grade Indian Health Service as a
at Condon Grade School.
health education special-
In Pendleton, I attended ist assigned to the Umatilla
Lincoln Grade School, Indian Reser vation in
Pendleton Junior High and Oregon. While serving in
graduated from Pendle- this capacity, I was tempo-
ton High School in 1955. rarily assigned to serve as
During junior high, I was assistant director of training
able to work as a “soda for the Peace Corps South
jerk” during the noon hour Korean Health Auxiliary at
and weekends at Scharns Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
across the street from the My contingent had its field
junior high. The summer training on the Hopi Indian
following high school grad- Reser vation at Keams
uation, I was employed by Canyon, Arizona.
Union Pacific Railroad as a
The Korean IV Peace
kitchen aid (dishwasher) at Corps volunteers were a
their Sun Valley Lodge in remarkable crew. One of
Sun Valley, Idaho.
the group’s major priori-
Highlights of my fresh- ties was the eradication of
man year at the University tuberculosis. I think they
of Oregon included serving were also some of the seeds
as a moderator for a poetry that led South Korea to be
reading by Robert Frost so well equipped to handle
and being a cast member the Public Health initia-
of “Macbeth,” which tives during our current
included Ken Kesley. I was pandemic.
but a lowly messenger and
During my 20-plus years
servant in the production.
of tenure on the Umatilla
A transfer was made my reservation, in addition to
sophmore year to Whitman assisting the tribes estab-
College in Walla Walla, lish their first outpatient
Washington. In addition to clinic on the reservation,
regular studies at Whitman, the Yellowhawk Commu-
I participated in the Whit- nity Health Center, lifelong
man theater, the varsity friendships were made and
debate team, and “Roo many, many memories of
Rating” in the Wallula good people and good times
Gap area. I also served as are forever treasured.
president of the Sigma Chi
Retiring from the Indian
Fraternity my senior year. Health Service in 1990, the
During the summer months, immediate following years
I worked on the brush and were spent serving as a
fire crew for the Umatilla health management consul-
National Forest at Ukiah, tant to the Tribes throughout
Oregon, and was stationed the Northwest.
at the Frazier and Pearson
The move from Pendle-
guard stations.
ton to Milton-Freewater was
Following my graduation made in 1995.
from Whitman in 1959 with
Among my activities as
a degree in economics and a youth and beyond, over
business administration, I 20 years were spent partici-
worked as a night bartender pating in the Happy Canyon
at the Pendleton Country show during the Pendleton
Club while attending classes Round-Up. Roles included
at Eastern Oregon College the husband and wife act,
(now University) to qual- foot quadrille, Lewis and
ify for my teacher certifi- Clark party, the opening
cation. At the same time, I introduction with Clarence
was waiting for a placement Burke and walking the trail
with Veva Bill. Also, in
collaboration with Robin
and Mary Lou Fletcher, I
designed the Happy
Canyon souven i r
program. Other volun-
teer Round-Up activities
included ushering, the first
aid area crew, and bartend-
ing in the Let ‘er Buck
Room.
Other community activi-
ties have included, Umatilla
County Jail Monitoring
Committee, Human Rights
Committee for the Eastern
Oregon Training Center,
two terms on the Oregon
State Public Health Advi-
sory Board, chair of the
Umatilla County Demo-
crats, Pendleton Vision
Quest Committee, which
established the School-
Based Health Clinic, Blue
Mou ntain Com mu nit y
College Board of Directors,
Milton-Freewater Cham-
ber of Commerce Board,
Milton-Freewater, Rotary,
Milton-Freewater Planning
Committee, Milton-Free-
water Cemetery Audit
Committee, Eastern Oregon
Health Education Board,
the original committee to
establish the Tamastslikt
Cultural Center. Member-
ship was held in the Elks,
Eagles and the Pendleton
Round-Up Hall of Fame,
Gamma Epsilon of Sigma
Chi and the Boy Scouts of
the Philippines.
An honorable discharge
from the U.S. Air Force was
received on March 20, 1966.
As, I am sure, others
my age have experienced
a sharper vision and/or
memories of their life expe-
riences. It seems my life
was a mystical electronic
stream that collected all
the elements of my life. It
began with the chromo-
somes, genes, and DNA
given to me at birth by my
parents. From that point, it
collected all the external
experiences, some chosen,
some imposed, that became
my life. Those experiences
melded all the gifts of
Mother Earth including the
mountains, streams, rivers,
lakes, deserts, weather, fire,
water, rain and sunshine.
It mingled my pets and my
friends. (As an only child, I
perhaps thought of my pets
as substitute siblings?) A
great part of that stream are
people who have shared a
part of their lives with me to
make what has been my life.
I wrote this to thank all,
living and deceased, be they
a small thread in my life
tapestry or a major thread.
It is you who have given me
a beautiful life.
Thank you.
At my request, no
services are planned. Final
arrangements are being
provided by Munselle-
Rhodes Funeral Home, 902
S. Main, Milton-Freewater,
Oregon. Burial will take
place at the Milton-Free-
water Cemetery. To leave
a online condolence visit
www.munsellerhodes.com.
Joy Hilton George
LeEtta H. Wineland
Pendleton
March 13, 1928 — May 9, 2021
Hermiston
October 24, 1936 — May 10, 2021
Joy Hilton George was ming instructor and Red
born in Outlook, Washing- Cross volunteer. She was
ton, to Eric S. and Beatrice also employed by Oregon
Holman Hilton, and died State University as a nutri-
at the age of 93 on May 9, tion aide. In 1972, she was
2021, at a local
selected as Pend-
nu rsing care
leton’s Woman of
home.
the Year.
Sh e g r e w
She is survived
by her husband
up in Bend,
Gordon; her chil-
O regon, a nd
dren Phil George,
graduated
Ci ndy G e orge
from Bend
High School in
Bailey
and
1946. In 1948,
Steve George;
she m a r r ie d
si x g ra ndch il-
Gordon George
George
dren; and seven
in Bend and
great-grandchil-
they had three children. dren.
They lived in several cities
A private burial will
before moving to Pendle- take place at a later date.
ton in 1961, where they
Share online condo-
lences with the family at
have resided since.
She was an active swim- www.pioneerchapel.com.
LeEtta H. Wineland of ceramics, quilting, sewing,
Hermiston was born Octo- fishing and camping. She was
ber 24, 1936, in Emmett, a past member of the Eagles
Idaho, the daughter of Edwin and Moose lodges.
and Blanche (Wimer) Norris.
She is survived by her
She passed away
husband of 67
at her home with
years, Ronald;
her family by her
daughters Rhonda
side on Monday,
Mundy and Mela-
nie Roberts; sons
May 10, 2021, at
the age of 84.
Ronald Wi ne -
land Jr. and Brian
LeEtta moved
Wineland; nine
to the Herm-
iston area as a
g r a ndch i ld re n;
seven great-grand-
child where she
children; and four
attended school.
Wineland
great-great-grand-
Sh e m a r r ie d
Ronald Wineland
children.
on January 6, 1954, in Steven-
She was preceded in death
son, Washington. The couple by her parents; 12 brothers
traveled for several years and sisters; daughter Debra;
following Ron’s construction and a grandson, Kevin
work. In 1972, they settled Roberts.
A private family gathering
back into Hermiston where
they have lived since.
was held.
LeEtta worked at Good
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
Shepherd Hospital in the iston is in care of arrange-
laundry department for over ments. To leave an online
21 years. She retired in 1999. condolence for the family,
She enjoyed working please go to www.burnsmor-
in her yard, working with tuaryhermiston.com.
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