RECORDS
Thursday, January 27, 2022
PUBLIC
SAFETY
MONDAY, JAN. 24
10:05 a.m. — A Morrow
County sheriff’s deputy initi-
ated activity at Green Acres
RV Park, 80542 Paterson Ferry
Road in Irrigon and contacted a
juvenile who has been stealing
from school and broke a stu-
dent Chromebook.
10:31 a.m. — A woman
came into the Umatilla Police
Department and reported
she was being harassed and
threatened.
11:22 a.m. — Hermiston
police took a report of a bur-
glary on Northwest 11th St.
12:33 p.m. — An Irrigon res-
ident on Southeast Division
Street called 911 and reported
she and her husband were in an
argument. Deputies arrested
the man for domestic violence
harassment.
2 p.m. — Police took a
report in Milton-Freewater for
graffiti that occurred at Brit-
tany Farming Company, 1116
N. Columbia St.
4:22 p.m. — Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office received a report
of vehicle theft at Hermiston
Chrysler Dodge Jeep, 81143
Highway 395, Hermiston.
4:32 p.m. — Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office received a
report from someone with
child welfare requesting con-
tact in regards to a juvenile who
had marijuana. Deputies found
the juvenile and issued a cita-
tion for minor in possession of
marijuana.
6:37 p.m. — A 911 caller
reported a 43-year-old man on
Southwest Marshall Avenue,
Pendleton, was drinking exces-
sively for five days, not eating
but was hallucinating and act-
ing strange and had bloody
stool.
7:38 p.m. — Local law
enforcement responded to a
911 call reporting shots being
fired on West Orchard Avenue
in Hermiston.
TUESDAY, JAN. 25
12:02 a.m. — Pendleton
police responded to the area of
Southwest 30th Street on a call
about gunshots. Police did not
find any shooter.
8:23 a.m. — Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office took a report for
graffiti at the junction of Mid-
way Road and Helix Highway,
Adams.
12 p.m. — A man came into
the Hermiston Police Depart-
ment lobby to speak with an
officer about a nice dog he
found at Field of Dreams at the
corner of Diagonal Boulevard
and East Hooker Road.
12:12 p.m. — A person
asked to speak to a Hermiston
police officer about any conse-
quences for someone taking a
dead person’s phone, access-
ing it and changing the pin and
using the social media accounts
on the phone to make posts.
12:33 p.m. — A mother
reported her son at Sand-
stone Middle School, Hermis-
ton, took the bus home and a
girl on the bus spat in this face
and smeared lipstick on his
jacket. She said she reported
this to the bus company, which
is doing nothing about it, and
told the school principal, who
told her told her to speak to
police.
1:29 p.m. — A 911 caller on
Northeast 10th Street, Hermis-
ton, reported her landlord was
there, causing a disturbance.
She said that he was pounding
on her door and threatening
her. Police responded.
LOTTERY
Monday, Jan. 24, 2022
Megabucks
7-11-13-37-41-47
Estimated jackpot: $8.7
million
Lucky Lines
1-6-10-13-17-21-27-31
Estimated jackpot:
$11,000
Win for Life
4-6-38-42
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 4-4-9-7
4 p.m.: 7-3-3-6
7 p.m.: 9-7-9-9
10 p.m.: 7-1-1-8
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022
Mega Millions
3-12-38-53-58
Mega Ball: 13
Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $396
million
Lucky Lines
2-8-12-16-17-22-28-31
Estimated jackpot:
$12,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-6-3-6
4 p.m.: 4-7-3-1
7 p.m.: 9-9-5-4
10 p.m.: 8-4-3-7
DEATH NOTICES
Michael Lee ‘Mike’ Pearsall
Pendleton
Aug. 18, 1967 — Jan. 22, 2022
Irrigon
Oct. 7, 1943 — Jan. 23, 2022
Maria L. Barajas, 54, of Pendleton, died
Jan. 22, 2022, at a Portland hospital. She was
born Aug. 18, 1967, in Michoacan, Mexico,
the daughter of Juan Barajas and Maria De
los Angeles Aranda. The memorial service
will be Feb. 5, 11 a.m. at Burns Mortuary of
Pendleton. Arrangements are with Burns
Mortuary of Pendleton. Sign the online
guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com.
Michael Lee “Mike” Pearsall, 78, of Irri-
gon, died Jan. 23, 2022, at his home. He was
born Oct. 7, 1943, in Coupeville, Washington.
Services are pending. Arrangements are with
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Share memo-
ries at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Umatilla
Jan. 21, 1957 — Jan. 22, 2022
James Eugene Giusti, 65, of Umatilla,
died Jan. 22, 2022, at his home. He was
born Jan. 21, 1957, in Lovelock, Nevada.
Arrangements are with Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston. Share memories at www.
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Etta Lennon-Price
Jean A. Porter
Ukiah
Sept. 14, 1925 — Jan. 23, 2022
Jean A. Porter, 96, of Ukiah, died Jan.
23, 2022. She was born Sept. 14, 1925, the
daughter of John W. Joerger and Alta May
Myers. A graveside service will be Saturday,
Jan. 29, 11 a.m. at Skyview Memorial Park,
Pendleton. Arrangements are with Burns
Mortuary of Pendleton. Sign the online
guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com.
Orpha M. ‘Senie’ Reed
Hermiston
May 11, 1942 — Jan. 19, 2022
Pendleton
Sept. 21, 1929 — Jan. 25, 2022
Etta Lennon-Price, 92, of Pendleton, died
Jan. 25, 2022, at a local care facility. She was
born Sept. 21, 1929, in Providence, Rhode
Island. Arrangements are with Pendleton
Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condo-
lences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com.
Orpha M. “Senie” Reed, 79, of Herm-
iston, died Jan. 19, 2022, at her home. She
was born May 11, 1942, in Robinette. A
celebration of life will be at a later date.
Arrangements are with Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston. Share memories at www.burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com.
UPCOMING SERVICES
THURSDAY, JAN. 27
Salvation Army Advisory Board, noon, Salvation Army,
150 S.E. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-3369)
Umatilla County Special Library District Board, 5:30 p.m.,
via Zoom or by calling 971-247-1195; visit www.ucsld.org for
login information. (Erin McCusker 541-276-6449)
MONDAY, JAN. 31
Columbia Development Authority, 10 a.m., Port of
Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman. Regular board meeting
and executive session. Agenda available via www.columbiade-
velopmentauthority.com. (541-481-3693)
Morrow County Health District, 6:30 p.m., Pioneer
Memorial Clinic, 130 Thompson St., Heppner, or via Zoom For
agenda, visit www.morrowcountyhealthdistrict.org. (541-676-
2942)
TUESDAY, FEB. 1
Pendleton School District work session, 8 a.m., district
office, 107 N.W. 10th St. (541-276-6711)
Umatilla Morrow Radio & Data District, 1:30 p.m., via tele-
conference by calling 351-999-4544. (Shawn Halsey 541-966-
3774)
Stanfield City Council, 6 p.m., 150 W. Coe Ave. (Ben Burge-
ner 541-449-3831)
Umatilla City Council, 7 p.m., Umatilla City Hall, 700 Sixth
St. (Nanci Sandoval 541-922-3226)
Pendleton City Council, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall, 500
S.W. Dorion Ave. (Donna Biggerstaff 541-966-0201)
Boardman City Council, 7 p.m., Boardman City Hall, 200
City Center Circle. For Zoom link, visit www.cityofboardman.
com. (Karen Pettigrew 541-481-9252)
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 2
Blue Mountain Community College Board, 6 p.m., BMCC,
2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton, or via Zoom. For login and
agenda, visit www.bluecc.edu. (Shannon Franklin 541-278-
5951)
Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District, 7 p.m., Umatilla
Fire Department, 305 Willamette Ave. (541-922-2770)
JAN. 26-27
services with military honors and interment
follows at the Weston Cemetery.
FRIDAY, JAN. 28
SATURDAY, JAN. 29
John Ambrosio Virgil
Porter, Jean — Graveside service, 11 a.m.
at Skyview Memorial Park, Pendleton.
Miller, Irene — A celebration of life,
2-4 p.m. at the Harkenrider Senior Activ-
ity Center, 255 N.E. Second St., Hermiston.
January 27, 1933 - January 20, 2022
No services
Allen, Wayne — Graveside service,
1 p.m. at Grandview Cemetery, La Grande.
Schiewe, Ken — Funeral service,
1 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church, 209 S.W.
First Ave., Milton-Freewater. Concluding
IN BRIEF
Hermiston man
involved in crash,
injures three
GRANDVIEW, Wash.
— Washington State Patrol
reported a Hermiston man
was speeding early Wednes-
day, Jan. 26, near Grandview
when his pickup crossed the
median and hit another vehi-
cle. The crash sent three
people to a hospital.
Jose Tenebazan, 38, of
Hermiston, was driving a
2009 Chevrolet Silverado
pickup westbound on Inter-
state 82 at milepost 75, near
the city limits of Grandview,
according to Washington
State Patrol, when at about
4:15 a.m. he lost control
of the vehicle. The pickup
crossed the meridian, rolled
onto the eastbound lane and
collided with a 2007 Ford
Edge.
Tenebazan and his
passenger, Elvia Guar-
dadoramirez, 40, of Pasco,
were injured, along with the
driver of the Ford, Jillian
Martin, 41, of Benton City,
Washington. The state patrol
reported ambulance took all
three to Astria Sunnyside
Hospital, Sunnyside, Wash-
ington.
The crash totaled the
Chevrolet. State patrol also
reported Tenebazan received
a citation for driving too fast
for the conditions.
— EO Media Group
Irene L. Dames
August 25, 1942 – January 6, 2022
Irene L. Dames died Jan. 6, 2022.
She lived in Pendleton for more than
35 years and spent the last two years
in assisted living in Hood River, Or-
egon.
Irene was born Aug. 25, 1942, in
Berlin, Germany. She was married
to Michael P. Dames.
She is survived by her six chil-
dren, seven grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren.
Kenneth Ray Schiewe
July 13, 1929 - January 21, 2022
Kenneth Ray Schiewe was 92 when
he passed away on Friday, Jan. 21, 2022.
Ken was a local rancher in the Columbia
Basin area, living on the home place for
eight of his nine decades.
He was born in Walla Wal-
la, Washington, to Bill and
Pearl Schiewe, as the young-
er brother to Keith Schiewe.
The two boys grew up on
Weston Mountain and went
to school at the Weston
Mountain School House un-
til Ken turned 10. The fami-
ly then moved to Little Dry
Creek in the Weston area
and started a dairy. Attend-
ing Weston High School,
Ken played baseball, helped
milk cows and worked for
many ranchers in the area, plowing, plant-
ing and haying much of the farm ground in
the area. He hunted with friends, packing
into the Wenaha River, and has told many
stories about their camp experiences.
He and his friend Ward Warner joined
the Air Force in October of 1950, and Ken
served as a Maintenance Crew Chief on a
Douglas C-124 Globe Master cargo plane,
flying all over the world transporting gear
and forces wherever needed. He then went
to Oregon Technical Institute in Klamath
Falls to become a welder/metal fabricator.
While there at OTI, now known as OIT, he
joined the rodeo team and rode bareback
broncs and traveled around the area as a
handsome young cowboy. Soon he met
his beautiful bride to be and married Ida
Sohrakoff Schiewe, his wife of 56 years.
It’s not possible to share Ken’s story
without talking of Ida. They were a team.
They started their family in a tiny trailer
in Harrisburg, Oregon, and then bought
a home in Halsey, Oregon, when Ken
got a job with Morse Brothers of Harris-
burg. He built post tension bridge beams
and many other fabrication projects. Soon
they moved back to the Weston area when
Ken started work for Ready Mix Sand and
Gravel of Milton-Freewater, Oregon. They
settled on property adjacent to the home
ranch, and Ken then helped his father ex-
pand the cattle herd. He and Ida ranched
hand in hand with Bill and Pearl for many
years.
Ken loved the ranch life. He loved
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MEETINGS
Maria L. Barajas
James Eugene Giusti
East Oregonian
working with cattle and horses and having
a trusty dog at his side. He loved being able
to be outside and get things accomplished.
He was able to enjoy just about any proj-
ect, chore or farm task. He
could fix and build just about
anything needed on the
ranch and built many farm
items rather than purchase
a stock product. He and Ida
grew a huge garden and
with their care they provid-
ed a wonderful place to raise
their children. They enjoyed
watching their children
grow, participate in sports
events and music concerts,
learn to ride horses, drive
tractor, milk cows and every
other sort of ranch task.
Ken took each of the three kids (Dianna,
Joe and Donna) on their own backcountry
horse pack trip into the wilderness during
their senior year, giving them a taste of the
wild beautiful country and making special
memories.
When Ida passed away, his daughter
Dianna and her husband came to live with
him, so he was able to stay on the ranch.
Ken was a quiet, gentle, persevering and
tender-hearted man who loved his family.
He was faithful in how he worked hard to
support his family and make life on the
ranch a wonderful place to live. He lived
the life he wanted to live. He instilled
wonderful traits in his children and will
be missed until they all find each other in
Christ, our eternal home.
Ken is survived by his children, Dian-
na (Schiewe) Ohlson and Vincent Ohlson;
Joe and Linda Schiewe and their children,
Tyler, Meghan and Jonah; and Donna
(Schiewe) Mattson and Curt Mattson and
their children, Will and Kenneth Luke.
Ken was preceded in death by his par-
ents, Bill and Pearl Schiewe, and his broth-
er, Keith Schiewe.
Funeral services will be held Friday,
Jan. 28, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Bethel Baptist
Church, 209 SW First Ave., Milton-Free-
water, Oregon 97862. Concluding services
and interment will follow at the Weston
Cemetery with Military Honors.
To leave an online condolence, vis-
it www.munsellerhodes.com.
John Ambrosio Virgil of
Pendleton (formerly of Hermiston)
was born Jan. 27, 1933, in Sterling,
Colorado, the son of Louis and
Mary (Sandoval) Virgil. He passed
away in Pendleton on Thursday,
Jan. 20, 2022, at the age of 88
years.
John grew up and attended
schools and graduated from high
school in Sidney, Nebraska. He
joined the National Guard after high school where he
obtained the rank of corporal and served for several
years. In 1968, he moved to Hermiston, Oregon, where
he lived for over 40 years. He resided in Eastern Oregon
for the past 54 years, and the last six were in Pendleton.
John worked as a mechanic for Campbell’s Motors in
Hermiston for over 17 years. He later managed Leathers
Oil Service Stations in Hermiston and Pendleton. After
retiring, he missed being busy and took a job with
ODOT where he worked in maintenance for several
more years.
John enjoyed telling a good joke and playing bingo
whenever the opportunity arose. He had a strong faith
and belief in God and had read his Bible many times
from cover to cover. He had a deep love of his family,
especially his grandchildren.
John married Mary Herrera on Sept. 1, 1951, in
Lyman, Nebraska. She preceded him in death on Oct.
15, 2015. He was also preceded in death by a son, Mike.
He is survived by four sons, Gary Virgil, Bruce
Virgil, Gabe Virgil and Rodney Virgil; 13 grandchildren
and many great-grandchildren; and several brothers and
sisters and extended family members.
A graveside service was held on at 2 p.m. on Monday,
Jan. 24, 2022, at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.In
lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations
be made to Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, P.O. Box
289, Hermiston, OR 97838, to help defray final costs.
To leave an online condolence for the family please
go to www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Irene G. Miller
October 11, 1921 - January 17, 2022
Irene G. Miller was born Oct.
11, 1921, on a farm outside Mon-
te Vista, Colorado, the daughter of
Ora and Edna (Timblin) Elwood,
the middle child between two
brothers, the only girl in the fam-
ily. She passed away in her home
in Hermiston, surrounded by her
three daughters, on Monday, Jan.
17, 2022, at the age of 100 years.
Irene lived in Monte Vista, Col-
orado, in a home with an artesian
well of constantly streaming cold water that served
as their refrigerator! She graduated from Monte Vista
High School in 1939 and studied secretarial skills at
Blair College in Colorado Springs.
During World War II, she worked at Consolidated
Aircraft helping to build B24s in San Diego, California.
She could have been Rosie the Riveter! This was the
Big Band era, and she met Harold Miller at a dance.
They were united in marriage on Aug. 7, 1942, in
San Diego, California. The couple lived in Colorado for
a short time until Harold’s military service and work
required several moves. In 1951, the couple moved to
Hermiston, Oregon, where she has resided since. In
Hermiston, Irene worked as a mother to her young fam-
ily and was a mentor for many young girls as Campfire
Girls leader and 4-H club leader. Her family hosted two
foreign exchange students through American Field Ser-
vice, one from Greece and another from Guatemala. In
1962 when her children were older, she began her bank-
ing career at First Federal Savings and Loan as a teller
and a loan officer in Hermiston. She retired in 1978 to
work in her husband's insurance office part time.
Irene also became even more active as a volunteer
for many organizations in the community: the Hermis-
ton Senior Center, Agape House, Habitat for Humanity,
Hermiston Eagles Lodge and the Hospital Auxiliary.
She taught Sunday school and served as treasurer at
the Hermiston United Methodist Church. She enjoyed
playing cards and bingo and has traveled all over the
world. She was preceded in death by her husband, Har-
old; an infant son, David; her parents; and two brothers.
She is survived by her daughters, Judy Hill Lovins,
Tara Edna Miller and Kathy Crowley; her foreign ex-
change daughter, Libby Quintana DeRamos; plus four
grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life is planned for Jan. 29
from 2-4 p.m. at the Harkenrider Senior Center.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrange-
ments. In lieu of flowers, family suggest memorial
donations be made to the Hermiston Senior Center,
435 W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston, OR 97838.
To leave an online condolence for the family please go to
www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.