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East Oregonian
PUBLIC SAFETY
DEATH NOTICES
6:07 a.m. — A caller in Boardman reported she was checking
Facebook and found what she believed was a suicide note. Law
enforcement took a report.
12:08 p.m. — A caller on North First Street, Hermiston, reported
her two daughters were in a drive-thru the previous night around
11 p.m., when a girl who was trying to fight her daughters arrived.
The girl brought her aunt with her, the caller reported, and they
were both yelling and cursing at her daughters and threatened “to
run them over with her truck.” The caller asked what her options
are.
6:34 p.m. — A caller reported the theft of her purse while her
vehicle was at the Shell Station at 300 S.E. Highway 730, Irrigon.
9:47 p.m. — Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office reported an assault
at Umatilla County Jail, 4700 N.W. Pioneer Place, Pendleton.
2:06 p.m. — Local emergency services responded to Highway
207 in Lexington for a vehicle that crashed. One person refused an
ambulance ride to a hospital.
2:43 p.m. — A caller asked emergency medical services to
check on the welfare of a child in a vehicle leaving Boardman and
entering Interstate 84 westbound because of a domestic distur-
bance in the vehicle.
7:31 p.m. — A caller reported six people fighting at the Board-
man Splash Pad on Front Street Northeast, Boardman. Police
responded and took a report.
7:58 p.m. — A resident on Southwest Wyoming Avenue, Irrigon,
reported his dog killed his neighbor’s chickens.
9:32 p.m. — A 911 caller at Wildcat Electric, LLC, 32224 Bax-
ter Road, Hermiston, reported a grass fire. Emergency agencies
responded.
THURSDAY, JULY 14
ARRESTS/CITATIONS
8:34 a.m. — A caller in Heppner reported someone used her
credit card for a bogus $5 purchase and tried to use it again for
a $187 purchase. She said she canceled the card. Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office took a report.
11:16 a.m. — Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a call
from Californian Lane, Irrigon, about a wife abusing her husband
and pushing people.
12:13 p.m. — Pendleton police received a call about a burglary
on the 2700 block of Northeast Riverside Avenue.
July 13
• Pendleton police arrested James Michael Carlson Art, 26, for
two counts of first-degree theft.
• Pendleton police arrested Jed Wayne Ball, 35, for possession
of a stolen vehicle, second-degree theft, conspiracy and on proba-
tion violations.
July 14
Boardman police arrested Neptali Anchez Gomez, 30, for driv-
ing under the influence of intoxicants and on warrants.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 13
The following sentences were have
been filed in Umatilla County Circuit
Court (interest, court costs and fees not
listed):
William Brooks Bergstrom, 35, of Pend-
leton, pleaded guilty to 2018 charges of
second-degree sexual abuse and third-de-
gree sexual abuse; sentenced to three
years of probation, $200 in fines and fees.
Paul Stanton Pfenning, 35, of Umatilla,
was convicted on 2022 charges of
harassment and fourth-degree assault;
sentenced to 20 days of incarceration and
two years of probation, $400 in fines and
fees.
Jeffrey Todd Rice, 50, of Stanfield,
pleaded guilty to a 2021 charge of driv-
ing under the influence of intoxicants;
sentenced to 10 days of incarceration, three
BIRTHS
CHI ST. ANTHONY
HOSPITAL, PENDLETON
JULY 5, 2022
AMES — Clara Rose
Sexton-Funk and Andrew
Norman Ames of Irrigon: a
girl, Stella Louise Ames.
JULY 11, 2022
NEZ — Enid Louise
Miller and Aaron Loujan
Kane Dodge of Pilot Rock:
a boy, Ezekiel Loujan Nez.
JULY 14, 2022
BOND — Danika Rae
Bond and Shane Daniel Bond
of Pendleton: a boy, McIn-
tosh Jared Bond.
GOOD SHEPHERD
MEDICAL CENTER,
HERMISTON
JULY 7, 2022
THOMASY — Alexis
Garcia and Brandon Thom-
asy of Hermiston: a boy,
Samuel Allen Thomasy.
SAVAGE — Samantha
Savage and Marcus Savage
of Irrigon: a boy, Anakin
Savage.
PEREZ — Eva Barrera
Calachij and Rolando Perez
Perez of Hermiston: a girl,
Lucy Barrera Perez.
UPCOMING
SERVICES
SATURDAY, JULY 16
Cook, Don — Celebra-
tion of life service, noon at
Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second
St., Pendleton.
Glenn, Ed — Celebration
of life, 2-4 p.m. at the Board-
man Senior Citizen Center,
110 Tatone St.
Herburger, Scott —
Celebration of life at the
family home. Contact the
family for information.
Meade, Bill — Graveside
service, 10 a.m. at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Stanfield.
Wilson, Butch — Memo-
rial service, 6 p.m. at the Pilot
Rock Softball Field.
THURSDAY, JULY 21
Dalton, Pauline — Laid
to rest, 1 p.m. at Willamette
National Cemetery, Portland.
Harvey, Hallie — Cele-
bration of life, 4-7 p.m. in the
Roy Raley Room at the Pend-
leton Round-Up Grounds,
1205 S.W. Court Ave.
Taylor, Joe — Celebra-
tion of life, 1 p.m. at Heppner
Elks Lodge, 142 N. Main St.
A potluck will follow.
FRIDAY, JULY 22
Bafus, Vicki — Entomb-
ment, 1 p.m. at Olympic
Memorial Gardens, Tumwa-
ter, Washington.
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years of probation, suspended driver’s
license for one year, $1,600 in fines and fees.
LAWSUITS
The following lawsuits have been
filed in Umatilla County Circuit Court
(interest, court costs and fees not
listed):
Harvey Parisien of Pendleton vs. John
Sullivan, A-1 Fence and Deck, Marcine Sulli-
van, all of Pendleton; seeks $3,142.26.
MEETINGS
MONDAY, JULY 18
Echo School District, 6 p.m., staff room, 600
Gerone St., Echo (Mandy Palmateer, 541-376-
8436).
TUESDAY, JULY 19
Pilot Rock City Council, 7 p.m., city hall, 143
W. Main St., Pilot Rock (541-443-2811).
Umatilla City Council, 7 p.m., city hall, 700
Sixth St., Umatilla (Nancy Sandoval, 541-922-
3226 ext. 105).
Vicki Bafus
Colorado Springs
Dec. 16, 1941 — July 7, 2022
Vicki Bafus, 80, of Colorado Springs, died July 7, 2022,
at her home in Colorado Springs. She was born Dec. 16,
1941, in Pendleton. Vicki will be entombed July 22, 1 p.m.
at Olympic Memorial Gardens, Tumwater, Washington.
Steven W. Deinhardt
Pendleton
May 17, 1950 — July 11, 2022
Steven W. Deinhardt, 72, of Pendleton, died July 11,
2022, at a local care facility. He was born May 17, 1950, in
Walla Walla. Arrangements are with Burns Mortuary of
Pendleton. Sign the online guest book at www.burnsmor-
tuary.com.
Lois Ellen Giger
Athena
Nov. 11, 1933 — July 13, 2022
Lois Ellen Giger, 88, of Athena, died July 13, 2022, at St.
Mary Medical Center, Walla Walla. He was born Nov. 11,
1933. Arrangements are with Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home of Milton-Freewater.
Carolyn K. Kight
COURTS
SENTENCES
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Pendleton City Council, 7 p.m., council
chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton
(541-966-0201).
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport
Commission, 6 p.m., Old World War II Hangar
Conference, 4529 N.W. A Ave., Pendleton. Call
in instructions will be on the agenda that is
sent out (Erica Stewart, 541-966-0291).
Union Historic Preservation, 6 p.m., Union
City Hall, 342 S. Main St., Union (541-562-5197).
Heppner
May 16, 1956 — July 11, 2022
Carolyn K. Kight, 66, of Heppner, died July 11, 2022,
in Walla Walla. She was born May 16, 1956, in San Diego.
Arrangements are with Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner.
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Pauline Lucille Dalton
June 9, 1940 - July 6, 2022
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Vicki Bafus
Pauline Lucille Dalton (former
resident of Hermiston) passed
peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday,
July 6, 2022, to be with the Lord.
She lived the past 26 months in
Eugene to be close to her daughter.
Pauline resided for 50 years in
Northeastern Oregon. She survived
her husband, Floyd Ramon Dalton,
in 1988.
She loved gardening, crocheting, camping, her
church family and making her famous Christmas fruit
cakes.
Pauline is remembered by her family, daughter,
Patricia Sims of Phoenix, Arizona; daughter, Teresa
Vromans and husband John of Leaburg, Oregon;
son, Floyd Weston Dalton of Upland, California;
granddaughter, Lindsay Shahan, husband Stuart, and
two great-grandsons, James and Benjamin of Ontario,
California; granddaughter, Rachel Manriquez and
husband Matthew of San Jacinto, California.
She will be laid to rest with her husband, Ray, on
July 21 at 1 p.m. at Willamette National Cemetery in
Portland, Oregon. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in
care of arrangements.
To leave an online condolence for the family, please
go to www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
December 16, 1941 - July 7, 2022
With great sadness, we report Victoria
Nystrom Pearson Bafus died suddenly of
natural causes at her home in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, Thursday, July 7, 2022.
She was born Dec. 16, 1941,
to LaVerne Enoch Pearson
and Martha Theodora Swaf-
ford Pearson in Pendleton,
Oregon.
The youngest of three
girls, Vicki lived her ear-
ly life at home at 303 N.W.
Furnish Ave., in Pendleton.
She attended grade school
and high school at Pendle-
ton, making many valued
and permanent friends. The
day before her death, she
was planning on a trip with
several friends from high school.
With her siblings, she worked with her
dad at the Pearson Juniper Canyon sheep
and cattle ranch on the Columbia River rid-
ing horseback herding cattle and helping
brandings. She participated in the Pearson
eight-day cattle drive each year herding the
cattle from Juniper Canyon to the summer
ranges above Palmer Junction in Union
County. This revered event was popular
with many of the locals who helped. It was
one of the last of the authentic cattle drives
of its time.
As a top cowgirl and stunningly attrac-
tive, in 1959 Vicki overcame all competi-
tion to win queen of the Pendleton Round-
Up and after that, Miss Rodeo Oregon.
Topping that, she was the first Oregonian
to win the title of Miss Rodeo America.
She is not listed as during her reign she
forfeited her title by marriage.
In 1959, Vicki entered the University
of Washington and pledged Delta Gamma.
Dropping out of school, she married Phil
Beman April 16, 1960, and lived in many
different areas of the U.S. They had one
son, Michael. After she divorced in 1971,
she moved to California where she lived
with her sister and studied film directing
and voiceover at Foothill College in Los
Altos Hills.
On Oct. 3, 1974, she married Robert
G. Bafus. They lived many
years on the Bafus ranch
outside Pendleton. During
those years she worked at
the Byers Avenue Medical
Clinic and Eastern Oregon
Correctional Institution in
Pendleton. Later they moved
to Pullman, Washington.
Robert G. Bafus died Aug.
5, 2016. In the last several
years, she lived in Colorado
Springs, Colorado, with son,
Mike.
Vicki
dearly
loved
her son, stepchildren, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
She frequently visited with them as a friend
and confidante in deep conversations. Like
others of the Pearson family, she was not
hesitant to fully express her opinions. She
also dearly and protectively loved her an-
imals.
Vicki was preceded in death by her par-
ents and her two husbands. She is survived
by her two sisters, Joan Pearson Corley,
Linda Pearson (Robert) Mautz; and numer-
ous Leland and Mautz nieces and neph-
ews; son, Michael Beman; grandchildren,
Brittany (Jeremy) Dantoni, Amy (Travis)
Paulk, and Jacob Beman; and greatgrand-
child, Madison Dantoni. She is also sur-
vived by her stepchildren, Kathi (Steve)
McMillan, Kim (Mike) Welling, and Rob
(Renae) Bafus; and numerous step-grand-
children and step-great-grandchildren.
Finally, Vicki is survived by her animals
Gay, Nelson and Hissy.
Vicki will be entombed at Olympic Me-
morial Gardens in Tumwater, Washington,
July 22, 2022, at 1 p.m. Remembrances
and donations to The Oregon Humane So-
ciety.
Joe William Taylor
December 17, 1932 - June 22, 2022
Joe Taylor, a true old-time
cowboy and longtime resident of
Heppner, Oregon, passed away
June 22, 2022, in Portland Oregon,
at the age of 89. A celebration of
life will be held at The Heppner
Elks Lodge on Thursday, July 21
at 1 p.m.; potluck to follow.
Joe was born in Filer, Idaho, to
Hedwig Kaeser and Joe H. Taylor.
Joe spent his growing-up years in Bruneau, Idaho, with
his parents and sister, Barbara. He always had high
interests in guns, rodeos, anything to do with cowboys
or the wild west. In fact, when he was a teenager he
and a friend were playing quick draw and Joe got shot
in the arm.
During and after high school, he worked as a
farmhand until he enlisted in the Army in 1953. He
spent two years in the Army; in Boise Idaho, then
stationed at Hanford. After being discharged from
the Army, he spent 30-plus years as a ranch hand in
the Heppner area and in his free time spent his biggest
interest riding bareback and saddle bronc in rodeos
across the United States and had much success.
During that time, he married Janet McGowan
in 1979 and had a child together, Crysti Taylor. In
1990, he got a job with the Morrow County Road
Department, which he then spent 20 years working for
until he retired. After retirement, he spent his free time
relaxing, traveling, camping, hunting, gold mining
and anything to do with rodeoing. He won his last belt
buckle for bareback champion in Nevada at the age of
76! He was always an active participant when it came
to helping out at the Round-up yearly and never missed
walking in the Westward Ho! Parade. Until about five
years ago, he was known for walking 7-10 miles every
day, rain or shine, in his cowboy boots and cowboy hat!
Joe is preceded in death by his wife, Janet; mother
and father; and sister, Barbara.
Survivors include his daughter, Crysti Taylor; and
granddaughters, Elissa and Ariona; and other family
and friends.
Those wishing to make memorial contributions in
Joe’s memory can be made to the Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo or Morrow County Fairgrounds.