Pdge 8
January 26, 2011
Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Births
Howlak Tichum
Paul Roderick Miller, 1989-2011
Paul Roderick Miller, resi
dent o f W arm Sp rin gs,
passed away on January 15,
2011, as the result of a car
accident. He was 21.
Paul was born on August
31, 1989 in Madras to Ro-
maine Miller Sr and Alexan
dria Henry. Paul was a life
tim e resid en t o f W arm
Springs, as well as an enrolled
m ember o f the Confeder
ated Tribes of Warm Springs.
He w o rk ed w ith the
W arm Springs Fire Camp
crew, with Work Force De
velopment, and most recently
in w e ath eriz a tio n w ith
Workforce Development.
He earned his GED on April
16, 2010 in Warm Springs.
He was Baptized in 1999 at
the W arm Sp rin gs Shaker
Church.
He is survived by parents Ro-
maine Miller Sr., of Bend,
and A lexandria Henry, of
W arm Springs; and Leah
H enry o f W arm Springs,
who raised him; brothers
D elvis G eorge, C h arles
Scott, B ruce M iller, Ro-
maine Miller Jr., all of Warm
S p rin gs; Step h en and
Jeremiah Miller, both of Kla
m ath F a lls; and sister
Theyliah Suppah of Warm
Springs.
Dressing ceremonies were
held Ja n u a ry 19 at the
Agency Longhouse. Burial
was held Thursday, January
20 at Low er Seekseequa
Cemetery.
monsters. She was able to un
derstand both Spanish and
Ichishkiin.
She is survived by her chil
dren: Graciela Estrada, Victor
M arcelo B ecerra Jr., L eticia
Beatriz Becerra, Antonio Videl
Becerra, Jaime Enrique Becerra,
Bianca Geneva Becerra. She
also helped to raise Diana
Laverne Frank-Felix. Her
grand-children include: Carlos,
C ecily, A n d rea, T ristin e,
C hloe, A ndrew , M o nika,
Yadira, Amario, Armondo Jr.,
Elizabeth, and Vallejo.
M arlen a’s sisters are:
Priscilla Frank, Myrna Frank,
A nnette A rce, Carol Para,
Lillian Cuevas.
Her brothers are: Delbert
Frank Jr. and Charles Frank.
Marlena was preceded in
death by her father, Delbert
F rank Sr., and her son,
Armando Fidel Becerra.
Services were held at the
Warm Springs Shaker Church
on January 14, with her burial
at the Simnasho Cemetery the
following day.
Agnes Arthur, 1959-2011
Agnes Arthur passed away and a mother. Mrs. Arthur was
at her home in Warm Springs a lifetim e resident o f W arm
on January 12, 2011. She Springs.
was 51 years old.
She is survived by her hus
Mrs. Arthur was born on band, K endrick A rthur; her
O cto b er 3, 1959 in brothers Stacey and D aniel
Redmond to parents Gale Lawrence; her sisters Valerie
and
M arilyn
(D ick) . F u iava and C aro lyn R ose
Lawrence; and her granddaugh
Lawrence.
She was a hom em aker ter Kera Lawrence.
Benicio Wyatt Alonso
M atthew K. A lonzo and
Alicia A. Gordon of Madras are
pleased to announce the birth of
a boy, Benicio Wyatt Alonso,
born Jan. 8, 2011.
Paternal grandparents are
Pedro Alonso of Warm Springs.
M aternal grandp aren ts are
Wanda Folks and Marc Gordon,
of Placerville, Calif.
Carla May Wainanwit
Charlie Stan Wainanwit and
Antoinette Wainanwit, both of
Warm Springs, are pleased to
announce the birth of a girl,
Carla May Wainanwit, on Jan. 13.
She joins two brothers, ages
7 and 8.
Alexia Castillo
A lberto
C astillo
and
M argarita Gutierrez, both of
Culver, are pleased to announce
the birth of a girl, Alexia Castillo,
born on Jan. 11, 2011.
She joins two brothers, ages
5 and 8.
Paternal grandparents are
N abor C astillo and M aria
M acias, o f M exico, D.F.
Maternal grandparent is Trinidad
Gutierrez.
G reat-grand parents are
Narciso Gutierrez and Antonia
Famirez.
Howlak Tichum
M arlena M. Becerra “L ip atk ”, 1954-2011
Marlena was born on De
cember 5,1954 in Redmond,
O regon to her p aren ts,
D elbert Frank and Cecilia
McKinley. She passed away
at St. Charles in Bend on
January 11, 2011 at the age
of 56. Her Indian name was
“Lipatk”, inherited from her
grandmother on her father’s
side.
She lived most of her life
in Warm Springs, having also
lived a short time in Mexico.
Marlena enjoyed listening
to music, watching movies
and reading.
In the past, she also en
joyed painting ceramics, pick
ing xamsi and working with
flowers. She knew many sto
ries of the traditional legends
of Sasquatch, Atatatlia, Stick
Indians, Uluts and the lake
Brielle Eorna Wheeler
Valerie P. Wheeler of Warm
Springs is pleased to announce
the birth of a girl, Brielle Lorna
Wheeler, born Jan. 6, 2011.
M aternal grandparents are
Kim W heeler and Marlon A.
LeClaire.
Elena Eorraine Isabell Hart
Aaron Hart and Melinda Billy
are pleased to announce the birth
of a girl, Elena Lorraine Isabell
Hart on Dec. 2, 2010 at the St.
Charles Hospital in Redmond.
Agnes was preceded in
death by her parents, and her
daughter, Danni Lawrence.
Dressing ceremonies were
held Ja n u a ry 13 at the
A gency Longhouse. Her
burial was on January 14,
2011 at the Agency Cem
etery.
M ernie C. Polk, 1946-2011
Springs and Madras.
She was employed as a sec
retary for the Warm Springs
Tribes.
Mrs. Polk is survived by her
children: Angela Wells, MartiRai
Ramsey and Cecilia LeClaire.
Her brother is Je ff Sanders, and
her sister is Jo Ann Bryant of
M ernie C. Polk passed
away at St. Charles in Bend
on January 11,2011. She was
64.
Mrs. Polk was born on
Ju n e 11, 1946 in W arm
Springs to Martin and Edna
(Smith) Sanders. She was a
lifetime resident of Warm
Warm Springs.
Mernie has seven grand
children and 2 great-grand
children.
Dressing ceremonies were
held on January 13 at the
A gency Longhouse. H er
burial was January 14 at the
Agency Cemetery.
LaVonne Kay Blakely, 1945-2011
LaV onne B lak ely w as
born on March 16, 1945 to
Freddy and Grace Jochims
in Scotland, SD. She passed
away on January 12, 2011 at
her home. Services were
held in Madras on January
22 .
Mrs. Blakely moved to
Newberg when she was 11,
where she graduated from
high school. She then be
came a licensed beautician.
In 1965 she married Gary
and moved to Seattle. She
had two daughters, Tuania
and Pattricia.
LaVonne moved to Ma
dras in 1975, w here she
drove the Warm Springs school
bus before becoming a teacher’s
aid at Warm Springs Elementary.
She spent many years with the
ch ild ren , a ssistin g Ms.
F uentes, Ms. R odin, Ms.
Oppenhiemer and more.
She was baptized in 1961.
After retiring in 2004, she
volunteered in the church.
LaVonne was preceded in
death by her parents and her
husband.
She is survived by her chil
dren: T aunia B lakely and
Pattricia Keller; her grand
children Je ssic a D ubisar,
Rebecca D ubisar, Tanner
Keller, and Kori Keller; her
sisters, D o rothy S u llen s,
Sandra Filbert and Phyllis
Lundy.
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