RECORDS
Thursday, May 20, 2021
East Oregonian
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OBITUARIES
Michael Joseph Halfmoon
Mariko ‘Mars’ Hanami
Edwin Louis Brown
Spokane, Washington
March 22, 1952 — May 15, 2021
Hermiston
February 25, 1921 — May 10, 2021
Hermiston
April 10, 1950 — May 16, 2021
Michael Joseph
Big Mike loved
Halfmoon, born
cars, classic rock &
roll music, and the
March 22, 1952,
died May 15, 2021,
open road. He was
in his home at
a proud veteran of
Spokane, Washing-
the Marine Corps
ton.
and proud of his
Michael, known
Native heritage and
by many as “Big
family history as a
Halfmoon. He was
Mike” or “Mr.
proud to work hard
Man” to others,
was born to Carolyn
to provide for his
Halfmoon in Pend-
children.
leton, Oregon.
He is preceded
Mike was raised
in death by his
on Mt. Hood, in
mother Carolyn,
Halfmoon
Zig Zag, Oregon,
younger brother
by Ed and Betty
“Lit tle M i ke”
Ferraris. He attended school Summers, daughter Karla
in Sandy, Oregon. In 1970, at Halfmoon, and former part-
the age of 18, he enlisted in the ner Jackie Van Pelt.
United State Marine Corps,
He is survived by his sons
completed basic training at Jake Ferraris (Jessie), Delbert
Camp Pendleton and was Halfmoon and Robert James
stationed in Puerto Rico for the Van Pelt, as well as grandchil-
duration of his service. He was dren Keisha, Emily, Halee
honorably discharged in 1972. and Jacob Jr. Ferraris, Leah,
He married Jenny Annis Sophie and Quentin Van Pelt,
on May 20, 1973. They had a and Joseph Halfmoon. He
son, Jake, later that year. The is also survived by brother
family lived together in Port- James Halfmoon and sisters
land. Mike and Jenny were Cindy Halfmoon and Peggy
later divorced.
Summers.
Mike later met and had
Honorary pallbearers
two children with Jacqueline are Father Mike Fitzpatrick,
Van Pelt: a daughter, Karla Ronald Halfmoon and family,
Halfmoon, and another son, Harold Halfmoon and family,
Delbert Halfmoon. Mike also the Kalama family, his lifelong
raised Jackie’s son, Robert friend Gary Anderson, and his
James, as his own. They lived many friends made out on the
on the Umatilla Indian Reser- road, both building it and driv-
vation in Pendleton, Oregon.
ing it.
Many people know and
Rosary and memorial mass
remember Mike due to his will take place on Saturday,
many years developing himself May 22, 2021, at 9 a.m. at St.
as a skilled construction Andrews Church. Grab and
worker and heavy equipment go lunch will be provided at
operator. Some of his proud- Kateri Hall following Saturday
est accomplishments include service. Private cremation will
the results of his significant be held with family only, and
contribution and craftsman- his ashes will be placed with
ship on the Fremont Bridge in his daughter Karla Halfmoon
Portland, as well as thorough at the BIA Agency Cemetery
and detailed excavation of the at his children’s discretion.
tribal fishing sites along the
Burns Mortuary of Pend-
Columbia River. He was also leton is in charge of the
employed for a period of time arrangements. Sign the online
as a truck driver, making big guestbook at www.burnsmor-
tuary.com.
hauls around the region.
Mariko “Mars” Hanami had left to go to college. She
died May 10, 2021, in Herm- was an active member of the
iston at the age of 100. She VFW Auxiliary and she and
was born February 25, 1921, her husband attended many
to Shoji and Matsumi Ishii state conventions throughout
Idaho. They also
Kumasaka in
attended many
Seattle, Washing-
ton. She attended
Army reunions
Oly mpic View
of the Cannon
and Lincoln High
Company of the
School, Class of
442nd Regimen-
tal Combat Team
1939.
In her growing
in Las Vegas, Los
up years she helped
Angeles, Seattle
in the family green-
and Hawaii. They
houses and garden.
traveled through-
out the West-
As a teenager she
Hanami
ern states to the
was active with
the Green Lake Fieldhouse reunions of the 148th Field
basketball team and Green Artillery.
Lake softball and basketball
In 2005 they moved to
teams of the Japanese Courier Hermiston to be near her
Leagues.
daughter, Jan. Mars was busy
In 1940 she went to Japan with her garden, canning,
with a group of girls spon- sharing her produce and dish
sored by the Japanese Baptist cloths and scrubbers. She
Church. They traveled started bowling in the 1960s
together for three months and in Rexburg and since Octo-
she stayed for a year when ber 2005 in Hermiston, she
her sister May joined her and had bowled twice week with
they traveled to scenic spots seniors until she was 96.
and visited relatives. They
The highlight of her 100th
returned to America in Febru- birthday was the visits from
ary 1941.
the Hermiston Police Depart-
She was attending Wilson ment and the Hermiston
Business School when the Fire and Emergency Service
evacuation of all Japanese of Department. They held a soft
the West Coast was ordered. spot in her heart.
In April 1942 she was incar-
Mariko is survived by her
cerated with her family in the son, Mark Minoru Hanami
Puyallup Assembly Center of Mountain Home, Arkan-
(Puyallup Fairgrounds). sas; daughters Janice Kiku
In August 1942 they were Hanami of Hermiston,
sent to the Minidoka Relo- Oregon, and Gail Asa Shen-
cation Center in the desert field (Floyd) of Omaha,
of south-central Idaho. In Nebraska; grandchildren
September she went to the Heather Hanami, Corpus
Rexburg area of eastern Christi, Texas, Erika Murchi-
Idaho with her brother Akira son-Blake (Matthew), Chapel
and his family on the work-re- Hill, North Carolina, Bran-
lease program to help with the don Shenfield, Ft. Collins,
harvest of potatoes and sugar Colorado, and Christie Shen-
field, Omaha, Nebraska; and
beets.
In the fall of 1943 she great-grandson Amir Makai
went to Chicago and then to Murchison-Hanami, Chapel
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to Hill, North Carolina.
marry Takeshi “Tug” Hanami
She is preceded in death
on December 18, 1943. When by her parents; her husband
he was sent to Europe with the of 68 years, Takeshi “Tug”
442nd Combat Team in May Hanami; son Jon Y. Hanami;
1944, she returned to Chicago brothers Akira Kumasaka,
and worked at the Edgewa- Haruo “Ham” Kumasaka and
ter Beach Hotel. Upon Tug’s Roland Shozo Kumasaka; and
return and his discharge in sisters Mitsuko Furuyama,
November 1945, they went May Fujioka and Mutsuko
back to the Rexburg area and Kumasaka.
A private family burial
raised their family. For many
years she worked at radio will be held.
station KRXK, Part Service
Please share memories of
and Rexburg Floral. She was Mars with her family at burns-
a member of the community mortuaryhermiston.com.
Presbyterian Church.
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
In 1972 they moved to iston, Oregon, is in care of
Caldwell after the children arrangements.
Edwin Louis
well driller and
Brown was born
pump installer in
the Northwest.
April 10, 1950, in
On July 4, 1999,
Eugene, Oregon,
Ed married Chris-
to John and Olive
(Clark) Brown. He
tina Faye Moses
grew up in Sweet
in Las Vegas,
Home, Oregon, and
Nevada.
graduated from
E d e njoye d
Sweet Home High
hunting, fishing,
School, Class of
snow and water
skiing, and trav-
1968. It was there
that he met his first
eling. He also
wife, Bonnie Lee
enjoyed family
Ramey. They were
trips to the Oregon
married December
Coast’s sand dunes
27, 1969.
Brown
where he drove
Af ter high
sand rails. He
school, Ed served in the held a lifelong faith in God.
U.S. Navy as an electron- Ed was an amazing father,
ics technician aboard the husband, brother and friend
USS Hancock for six years. to so many. He was a hard
During this time his daugh- worker and strived to help
ter Jamie and son Brandon others succeed. He will be
were born. In 1976, after Ed missed by all who knew him
was out of the Navy, he and and never forgotten.
his family moved to Eastern
Ed is survived by his
Oregon where they resided in wife, Christina; daughter
Hermiston and raised their Jamie (Chris) Brown; son
children. Ed was awarded Brandon (Megan) Brown;
the National Defense Service grandchildren Bali, Loic and
Medal; participated in Viet- Josey; brother Doyce (Jackie)
nam Evacuation April-May Brown; sisters Joyce Gadek
1975; and received First and Joan (Jim) Senner;
Good Conduct, awarded for and many extended family
the period ending September members. He was preceded
26, 1973, during his time in in death by his parents and a
the Navy.
sister, Geri Morris.
After his move, he and
A service will be held
his father operated Brown & at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May
Brown Well Drilling together 22, 2021, at the Hermiston
for several years throughout Cemetery Veterans Shelter.
Eastern Oregon. In 1988, Ed
Family suggest memorial
began Water Well Devel- donations in Ed’s memory
oping & Surveys, which he be made to the Northwest
operated until 2016 when Rett Syndrome Association
his son and daughter-in-law (nwrettsyndrome.org) on
bought the business. Ed was behalf of his granddaugh-
a third generation water well ter Josey, who has Rett
driller and was well-known Syndrome.
for his helpful nature, well
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
drilling knowledge, and iston is in care of arrange-
his never-quit attitude. The ments. To leave an online
well-camera business he condolence for the family,
operated allowed him to please go to www.burnsmor-
meet and help nearly every tuaryhermiston.com.
DEATH NOTICES
Anne T. Chase
Walla Walla, Washington
March 31, 1956 — May 16, 2021
Anne T. Chase, 65, of Walla Walla, Washington, died
Sunday, May 16, 2021, in Walla Walla. She was born March
31, 1956. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Freewa-
ter is in care of arrangements.
Catherine V. Galenbeck
Pendleton
Aug. 4, 1925 — May 17, 2021
Catherine V. Galenbeck, 95, of Pendleton, died Monday,
May 17, 2021, at her home. She was born Aug. 4, 1925, in
Pendleton. Services will be held at a later date. Burns Mortu-
ary of Pendleton is in charge of the arrangements. Sign the
online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com.
Shirley A. Howard
Milton-Freewater
Jan. 22, 1928 — May 16, 2021
Shirley A. Howard, 93, of Milton-Freewater, died Sunday,
May 16, 2021, in College Place, Washington. She was born Jan.
22, 1928. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Freewa-
ter is in care of the arrangements.
Priscilla Kathleen Knudeson
Portland
May 24, 1925 — May 18, 2021
Former Hermiston resident Priscilla Kathleen Knudeson,
95, of Portland, died Tuesday, May 18, 2021, in Portland. She
was born May 24, 1925, in Spiro, Oklahoma. Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
Muriel J. Porter
Warrenton
Jan. 25, 1928 — May 15, 2021
Longtime Stanfield resident Muriel J. Porter, 93, of Warren-
ton, died Saturday, May 15, 2021, in Portland. She was born
Jan. 25, 1928, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. A graveside
funeral service following state guidelines will be held Sunday,
May 23, at 1 p.m. at the Echo Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with
the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
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Elizabeth Jane ‘Beth’ Hughes
Hermiston
January 25, 1935 — May 15, 2021
Elizabeth Jane (Beth) great-grandchildren.
Hughes of Stanfield was born
Beth loved doing yard
in Heppner, Oregon, on Janu- work and could always be
ary 25, 1935, to Archie and found from sunup to sundown
Doris (Mahoney) Ball. She in her yard. In 2020, due to
health issues and
passed away May
15, 2021, in Herm-
losing Clarence,
iston, Oregon,
Beth moved to
surrounded by her
Hermiston and up
family celebrating
until two weeks
Beth’s life, as she
ago was still doing
had instructed them
the things she
to do.
loved.
Beth graduated
Beth
was
from Heppner High
preceded in death
School in 1953 and
by her husband,
Hughes
was princess for the
parents, and
Morrow County
siblings Bobby
Fair and Rodeo the same year. Ball, Laurel Van Marter,
Beth married Charles Eileen Steiger and Harriet
Flack in 1955, resulting in Hall. She is survived by her
three daughters: Donna Van sister Nancy Ekstrom and
Dis (Fred) of Roseburg, brother Archie Ball.
Oregon, and Rene Gutier-
Beth was dearly loved and
rez (Kent) and Doreen Quick will be terribly missed. She
has now been reunited with
(Gary), both of Hermiston.
On July 24, 1991, Beth Clarence.
A private family gathering
married Clarence Hughes,
gaining four bonus children: will be held at a later time.
Renee Pollick (Jim Davis) of
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
Hermiston, Michael Hughes iston is in care of arrange-
(Yvonne Michel) of Kenne- ments. To leave an online
wick, Washington, Larry condolence for the family,
Brower (Teresa) of Hermiston, please go to www.burnsmor-
and Lori Varnum (Patrick) of tuaryhermiston.com.
The family would like to
Prineville, Oregon.
Beth was a very devoted thank Vange John Memorial
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18 grandchildren and 24 at this difficult time.
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Willa ‘Dee’ Hendricks
Irrigon
April 6, 1934 — May 13, 2021
Willa “Dee” Hendricks various jobs, her primary
of Irrigon left this earth on focus was always on rais-
May 13, 2021, to be with our ing the six kids they had in
heavenly Father. She had just nine short years. They later
turned 87.
adopted their granddaughter
She
was
as their own. Dee
was a very loving,
preceded in death
devoted, rule-en-
by her loving
forcing mom.
husband Theo-
dore Hendricks
Dee had a
of 65 years, sons
passion for the
Michael and Paul
arts. She loved
Hend r icks and
painting and had
great-great-grand-
a talent for it; she
son Jasper McKen-
even attended art
zie. Dee is survived
school. She loved
by five children,
Hendricks
fishing and trav-
eling with her
Teddy Shattuck,
David Hendricks, Tracey family. She spent most of
Hendricks, Philip Hendricks her life traveling the coun-
and Julie Holloway, and try. Dee always took in stray
over 70 grandchildren and animals and loved them like
great-grandchildren.
they were her children. Dee
Dee was born on April 6, kept her feisty fiery spirit till
1934, in Los Angeles, Cali- the end.
fornia to Zeke and Evelyn
A graveside service will
Walker. Her family traveled be held for Dee on May 22,
all over the U.S. and Canada. 2021, at the Irrigon Cemetery
When she was 16 she met and at 2 p.m.
later married Theodore in
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
Fairbanks, Alaska, when he iston is in care of arrange-
was stationed there during his ments. To leave an online
service with the U.S. Army.
condolence for the family,
While she did work please go to www.burnsmor-
outside the home doing tuaryhermiston.com.
UPCOMING SERVICES
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 20-21
No services scheduled
SATURDAY, MAY 22
BROWN, ED — Service at 1 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery
Veterans Shelter.
HALFMOON, MICHAEL — Rosary and memorial mass at 9 a.m. at
St. Andrew’s Mission, 48122 St. Andrews Road, Mission. A grab and
go lunch will be provided at Kateri Hall following the service.
HENDRICKS, DEE — Graveside service at 2 p.m. at the Irrigon
Cemetery.
POTTER, TROY — Graveside service following state guidelines at
1 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery.
ROSENBERG, LISA — Celebration of life service at 2 p.m. at
Walchli Farms (Blue Sheds), 32697 E. Loop Road, Hermiston.
SUNDAY, MAY 23
PORTER, MURIEL — Graveside funeral service following state
guidelines at 1 p.m. at the Echo Cemetery.
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