COMMUNITY/RECORDS
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
PUBLIC SAFETY
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
6:48 a.m. — Morrow County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce received a
report of graffi ti tagging May
31 to June 1 on buildings and
vehicles at Irrigon Jr./Sr. High
School, 315 S.E. Wyoming Ave.,
Irrigon. The sheriff ’s offi ce is
investigating.
8:35 a.m. — Pendleton
police responded to a distur-
bance at Banner Bank, 125
S.E. Court Ave.. Police gave a
warning.
8:54 a.m. — A caller at
Burns Mortuary of Pendleton,
336 S.W. Dorion Ave., reported
a male pushed a female while
she was on a bicycle. Police
responded but did not locate
the male.
12:10 p.m. — A caller
reported there were two mal-
nourished kittens on East Fair-
view Way, Heppner. Morrow
County Sheriff ’s Offi ce con-
tacted the caller and provided
options.
1:22 p.m. — Stanfi eld police
responded to South Main
Street, on a report of a domes-
tic disturbance.
1:53 p.m.
—
Umatilla
County
sheriff ’s
deputies
responded to East Birch Creek
Road, Pilot Rock, on a report of
a domestic disturbance.
2:49 p.m. — A resident on
Southeast Wyoming Avenue,
Irrigon, reported a male inter-
ested in buying his Honda
Accord gave a $50 down pay-
ment and took it for a test
drive. But the would-be buyer
has not returned with the car
or the rest of the money.
3:08 p.m. — A caller on
Southeast Green Street, Hep-
pner, reported her parents
“put their hands” on her. A
Morrow County sheriff ’s dep-
uty responded, and the sub-
ject opted to stay with other
relatives.
5:58 p.m.
—
Umatilla
County
sheriff ’s
deputies
responded to North Townsend
Road, Hermiston, on a report of
a domestic disturbance.
6:07 p.m. — Pendleton
police responded to 911 call
about a disturbance on South-
east Byers Avenue. Police
issued a warning.
10:22 p.m. — A 911 caller
at Green Acres RV Park, 80542
Paterson Ferry Road, Irrigon,
reported a male tried to pull a
female out of a trailer by her
hair.
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
2:26 a.m. — Security at Old
Iron Show at Roy Raley Park,
Pendleton, reported someone
may have tried to break into
Dave’s Chevron Pendleton, 220
S.W. 12th St. Police responded
and gave a warning.
2:48 a.m. — A 911 caller on
East College Street, Athena,
reported there is a man who
is either intoxicated or high,
causing a disturbance, yelling
and screaming he is “going to
kill everyone.” Umatilla County
sheriff ’s deputies responded.
6:09 p.m. — Pendleton
police responded to a 911 call
about two males fi ghting in the
grass at Safeway, 201 S.W. 20th
St. Offi cers gave a warning.
7:02 p.m. — A Mor-
row County sheriff ’s dep-
uty received a text message
about a Heppner resident who
was threatening self harm.
Local emergency services
responded, and an ambu-
lance took the person to Good
Shepherd Medical Center,
Hermiston.
10:06 p.m. — A caller on
Kunze Lane, Boardman, com-
plained about a nearby loud
party. Morrow County Sher-
iff ’s Offi ce contacted the party,
which turned down the music.
10:47 a.m. — A 911 caller on
Apple Court, Umatilla, reported
a domestic disturbance. Uma-
tilla police responded.
11:37 p.m. — A caller
reported a fi ght at Space Age
Fuel, 1700 S.W. Emigrant Ave.,
Pendleton. Police responded
and issued a warning.
4:48 p.m. — A 911 caller on
Apple Court, Umatilla, made a
report of harassment. Umatilla
police responded.
9:21 p.m.
—
Umatilla
County
sheriff ’s
deputies
responded to Vincent Lane,
Hermiston, on a report of a
domestic disturbance involv-
ing a 14-year-old tearing up a
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ARRESTS, CITATIONS
June 3
• Pendleton police arrested
Colby Michael Shuman, 31, for
fourth-degree assault.
• Milton-Freewater police
arrested Gabriel L. Bercier, 34, of
Milton-Freewater, for domestic
violence assault, domestic vio-
lence menacing, fi rst-degree
burglary, fi rst-degree criminal
trespass and felon in posses-
sion of a weapon.
June 4
• Boardman police arrested
Devon Margaret Rutherford,
42, for possession of a stolen
vehicle, resisting arrest, aggra-
vated assault, assaulting a pub-
lic safety offi cer, fi rst-degree
theft and on warrants.
• Umatilla County Sher-
iff ’s Offi ce arrested David
Michael Grogan, 41, for driv-
ing under the infl uence of
intoxicants, reckless driving,
reckless endangering and
hit-and-run involving property.
June 5
• Boardman police at
2:24 p.m. received a call about
a male who entered a resi-
dence on Southwest Eagle
Drive uninvited and was not
supposed to be there. Police
responded and arrested Logan
Decoursey, 25, for fi rst-degree
burglary and unauthorized
entry into a vehicle.
• Oregon State Police
arrested McKendra Rose Blue
Thunder, 18, for DUII and reck-
less endangering.
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DEATH NOTICES
UPCOMING SERVICES
Karen E. Church
TUESDAY, JUNE 7
Crysler, Sabra — Visitation, 1-3 p.m. at Pendleton Pioneer
Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton.
Irrigon
Aug. 23, 1940 — June 2, 2022
SUNDAY, JUNE 5
6 a.m. — Boardman police
received a report of child abuse
or neglect.
11:28 a.m. — A caller made
a complaint about loud music
playing for more than an hour
near the Irrigon Jr./Sr. High
School, 315 S.E. Wyoming Ave.,
Irrigon. A Morrow County dep-
uty checked the area and heard
only faint music.
4 p.m. — A caller on Hem-
lock Court, Umatilla, reported
hearing gunshots. Umatilla
police responded.
5:07 p.m. — A caller at Irri-
gon Park & Marina, 510 N.E.
Seventh St., reported she and
others observed a domestic
fi ght but no one still was at the
scene. A Morrow County sher-
iff ’s deputy took a report.
9:14 p.m. — Pendleton
police spotted graffi ti at the
Pendleton Children’s Center,
510 S.W. 10th St. Police took a
report.
11:26 p.m. — A resident on
Mount Adams Avenue, Board-
man, reported gunshots at a
neighbor’s residence.
11:45 p.m. — A resident on
Columbia Lane, Irrigon, asked
the Morrow County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce to send a patrol to her
area because a dark colored
van with three males inside
was parked in front of her
house and this was not the fi rst
time.
East Oregonian
Karen E. Church, 81, of Irrigon, died June 2, 2022, at her
home. She was born Aug. 23, 1940, in Roslyn, Washington.
At her request, there will be no service. Arrangements are
with Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Share memories at
www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Sabra Jean Crysler
Pendleton
April 6, 1946 — June 3, 2022
Sabra Jean Crysler, 76, of Pendleton, died June 3, 2022,
at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla. She
was born April 6, 1946, in Spruce Pine, North Carolina.
A visitation will be June 7, 1-3 p.m. at Pendleton Pioneer
Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton.
Online condolences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com.
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8
Rodarte, Esteban — Funeral service, 10 a.m. at the Zeal
Church, 739 E. Hurlburt Ave., Hermiston.
FRIDAY, JUNE 10
DuPuis, Richard — Graveside service with military
honors, 11 a.m. at Hermiston Cemetery.
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
Cook, Gordon — Celebration of life, 1 p.m. at the Pend-
leton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main St.
Donovan, Shirley — Graveside service, 10 a.m. at River-
view Cemetery, Boardman. A gathering follows at the Board-
man Marina Park Pavilion.
Hickerson, Chuck — Celebration of life, 11 a.m. at
Arlington Cemetery. A potluck will follow at the downtown
river park gazebo.
TUESDAY, JUNE 14
Coronado, Abel — Burial services, 12:30 p.m. at
Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla. A celebration of
life will follow immediately after at College Place Lions
Club, Lions Park, Southeast Larch Avenue, College Place.
Lyle Raymond Greene
March 12, 1952 - May 20, 2022
Corrine Swearingen/Contributed Photo
Members of the Pendleton High School Class of 1953
pose for a photo on May 13, 2022, during a recent reunion
gathering. Front from left: Roberta Lorenzen Steinmetz,
Kathryn Mumm Goodwin, Marilyn Dodg Murray, Corrine
Long Swearingen; back from left: Richard McCellan, Sher-
rill McKee Byers, Don Lieuallen, Antone Minthorn, Gary
Guyll, Anna Hart Prideaux and Arlen Jenkins.
DA Primus to
address dinner
gathering
PEN DLETON —
Umatilla County District
Attorney Dan Primus is
the guest speaker for the
upcoming gathering of
the Round-Up Republican
Women.
He will discuss several
topics, including the impact
of increasing drug-related
crimes in Umatilla County,
rising suicides attributed
to fentanyl, the impacts of
Ballot Measure 110, which
decriminalized some drugs,
and trends in some urban
areas of not prosecuting
crimes.
The dinner event is
Thursday, June 9, in the
Vert Club Room, 345 S.W.
Fourth St., Pendleton. The
meal and social time begins
at 5:30 p.m. Primus will be
introduced at 6 p.m. The
meal costs $17 per person.
Those planning to attend
are reminded to note the
change of venue. The event
is open to the public.
Born and raised in Pend-
leton, Primus graduated
from law school at Willa-
mette University. After
a year in private practice
in Salem, a position came
open in his hometown.
Primus was a Umatilla
County deputy district
attorney for three years
before being appointed
district attorney in August
2011. He was fi rst elected as
the district attorney on Nov.
8, 2011.
Those planning to attend
need to RSVP via email at
rounduprw@gmail.com or
text 541-310-8582.
Classmates gather
for 69-year reunion
PENDLETON — A
reunion of the Pendle-
ton High School class of
1953 was held May 12-13
in Pendleton. The class,
which graduated 69 years
ago, included 101 students.
The May 28, 1953,
ceremony was at the Vert
Memorial Auditorium,
Pendleton.
— EO Media Group
Mary Lou Carpenter
September 16, 1934 - April 14, 2022
Mary Lou Carpenter of Bellevue,
Washington, passed away peacefully on
April 14 at Overlake Hospital. A great loss
for the Carpenter family.
Mary was born in
Pendleton,
Oregon,
to
Congressman Lowell and
Dorcas Stockman. As a
young girl, she grew up
in Washington, D.C. She
attended Merch Elementary
School, Deal Junior High
School, and graduated from
Woodrow Wilson Senior
High School. She was active
in scholastic sports and was
a Cherry Blossom Festival
princess.
During
this
time,
she returned to Oregon
frequently as her father campaigned for
re-election. At Woodrow Wilson, she met
a boy named Max and they began dating
regularly. She graduated from Wilson High
in 1952, the same year that Lowell retired
from Congress.
The family returned to Pendleton
and the wheat ranch. Mary enrolled at
Oregon State College in the fall of 1952.
Max graduated from Wilson in 1953 and
followed Mary to Oregon State College on
a football scholarship the next year. Mary
majored and graduated with a bachelor's
degree in home economics and was a
member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.
They were married in Pendleton on
June 19, 1954, and enjoyed several years
as married students. Their first child,
Kimberly, was born in Pendleton in August
1957. Max graduated with a degree in
forestry and in a separate ceremony was
commissioned a second lieutenant in the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Thus Mary
began her next 28-plus years as an Army
wife.
She lived in Munich, Germany;
Seoul, Korea; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort
Benning, Georgia; Springfield, Virginia;
Rolla, Missouri; Carlisle, Pennsylvania;
and Fort Lewis, Washington. Along
the way daughter, Margery was born in
Munich and son, Max was born in Fort
Belvoir. Very active in Officers Wives
Club at every duty station,
she also taught English to
Korean High School students
and "American Cooking" to
Korean wives in Seoul. She
was a member of the Ladies
Golf League in Seoul and at
Fort Lewis.
Max's last duty was at
Fort Lewis and they happily
returned to their previously
purchased Somerset home
in Bellevue. Continuing her
active lifestyle, she raised
a family, made a wonderful
home, was a Woodland Park
Zoo docent, president of her sorority alumni
chapter, a volunteer at the Seattle-Tacoma
Airport USO, played golf regularly at Fort
Lewis and Mount Si, and tennis at The
Bellevue Club. She especially enjoyed her
membership with the Women's University
Club in Seattle.
Mary played the organ beautifully
and for several years was a member of
a keyboard orchestra that performed at
different venues around the Seattle area.
She enjoyed days at their Seaside, Oregon,
apartment and visits to and by her children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren in
New Hampshire, Montana and California.
She is survived by her husband, Col.
(R) Maxey B. Carpenter Jr.; her children,
Kimberly L. Johnson, (Col. (R)Richard),
Margery Joy Carpenter, Col. (R) Maxey
B. Carpenter III (Isabel); granddaughters,
Carly L. Gartside (Jeffrey), Sabrina J.
Mitchell, Nicole E. Johnson (Ian), Nichelle
M. Carpenter and Cameron M. Carpenter;
and great-grandsons, Dylan M. Gartside,
Tyler R. Gartside and Brantley L. Mitchell;
sister, Margery Guthrie (Frank); and many
cousins, nieces and nephews.
A private, family gathering celebrates
this wonderful person.
Lyle Raymond Greene, 70, of Pendleton, died at his
home on May 20, 2022. A memorial graveside service
will be held at 2 p.m. on June 11, 2022, at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery in Heppner, Oregon.
He was born on March 12, 1952, at Council Bluffs,
Iowa, the son of Donald James and Kathleen George
Green. The family left Iowa and lived in several states
following construction jobs. Lyle started school in
Eagle, Idaho, and attended schools at The Dalles, before
graduating from Pendleton High School in 1970.
Lyle fished several seasons in southeast Alaska
with his friend Jim Olson and drove long-haul trucks
for several years. He worked many years for Pendleton
Grain Growers, driving for Hermiston Agronomy,
Hermiston Trucking Department and the McKennon
Seed Plant. After retiring, he drove in harvest for his
nephew, Jeff Harth.
In 1980, a son, Andrew, was born, and daughter,
Tana, was born in 1988. On June 10, 1995, Lyle married
Jojean Stevens and became stepfather to her son, Kyle
Daley.
Survivors include Lyle’s wife, Jojean, son, Andrew;
daughter, Tana; stepson, Kyle; his mother, Kate Greene;
his sister, Susan Pollock, and her husband, Bob; a
brother, Clint Green, and his wife, Becky; and Cliff
Greene, and his wife, Julie; Mark Greene, and his wife,
Tammy; his father and mother-in-law, Bob and Judy
Stevens; brother-in-law, John Stevens; many cousins,
nieces, nephews and friends.
Lyle’s father, Don Greene, preceded him in death.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of
arrangements. You may sign the online condolence
book at www.sweeneymortuary.com.
Elizabeth Ann Burke
February 22, 1955 - May 28, 2022
Elizabeth “Betty” Burke passed
away from complications associ-
ated with a recent fall on May 28,
2022, at St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton, Oregon.
Betty (Tinethl was her Indian
name) was born on Feb. 22, 1955,
to Margaret and Atway Richard
Burke Jr., she grew up in Mission,
Oregon, as a young girl before
moving to Athena, Oregon. She attended grade school at
Washington Elementary, graduating from Weston-McE-
wen High School in 1973. She attended Eastern Oregon
University, earning her bachelor's degree.
In 1982, Betty gave birth to her daughter, Candice.
She was overjoyed to be a mother and treasured her
relationship with Candice. Her greatest joy in life was
her family and friends. She was an avid fan of Lakers
and Nixyaawii basketball. She enjoyed going to soft-
ball and basketball tournaments throughout the Pacific
Northwest. She was the ultimate fan; she had friends (or
made them) on every reservation she visited.
Betty was an enrolled member of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and resided in
Mission, Oregon. Betty held many interests; she served
on the Indian Health Commission and was one of the
founding members of the BAAD tournament. She start-
ed working for the Tribe in the Education Department
as the Adult Basic Education Coordinator for several
years before moving on to the Johnson O’Malley Indian
Education Coordinator at Washington Elementary. She
considered each Indian child there to be her responsi-
bility and looked out for them like they were her own.
She formed many friendships while at Washington El-
ementary.
Betty is best known for her Indian frybread; she
started on the levy during the Pendleton Round-Up after
Susie Moore and Lucille Quaempts retired. She looked
forward to setting up at the Round-Up year after year.
She traveled to local venues with her frybread and was
well established as “Betty’s Indian Frybread.”
She was a “giver” by nature and always offered to
help. Purple was her favorite color; she had an infec-
tious laugh and loved to dance. She loved to travel and
loved jewelry from the Southwest; her collection of
necklaces, rings, bracelets, etc. is something to behold.
She made bags out of Pendleton wool and traded for
silver and turquoise from Albuquerque/Santa Fe. She
would often jump in the van and go on a moment's no-
tice.
Betty was preceded in death by her dad, Richard
Burke Jr.; paternal grandparents, Lizzy Woods and
Richard Burke Sr., Ellen and Bill Johnson. Survivors
include her mother, Margaret Burke of Pendleton; her
companion of 46 years, Larry Cowapoo; daughter, Can-
dice E. Patrick (Zack); and her beloved dog, Pugsley;
sisters, Becky Burke, Kelly (Gary) George (Quincy,
Dillon, Megan), Julie “Dit” (Jr. & Sophie), Michelle
(Patch) and Tracy Nelson; brothers, Richard “Dude”
Burke (Becky, Triston Smith) and Doug Zunke; many
special nieces, nephews and cousins.
Betty touched so many people; she will be missed
every single day. The memories we have of her will live
within us forever.
