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Annie Mae Marion Kraft
Larry G. Rice
Feb. 22, 1934–Dec. 4, 2014
BEND – Larry G. Rice, 81, formerly of Ukiah and John Day,
died Dec. 4, 2014, with family by his side at Hospice House of Bend.
A graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Feb. 21 at Mt. Jefferson
Memorial Park in Madras with refreshments to follow at the Living
Hope Christian Center.
Mr. Rice was born Feb. 22, 1934, in Briton, SD, to Lloyd and
Rachel Rice.
In 1945, the family moved to Portland, where Lloyd worked at
the shipyards. Later they moved to the dredge camp Texas Bar, near
Ukiah, where Larry attended school.
He married Lorelei Hinton April 23, 1956. In 1957, he joined
the Navy and was an electrical engineer, working on the aircraft and
aircraft carrier radar systems. After four years of service, he returned
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The family moved to John Day in 1984, and lived there several
years.
Mr. Rice worked in the logging industry, and, when he retired,
worked as a maintenance man for various apartment complexes and
hotels in Oregon.
After seven years together, he married Judy Piper on Sept. 12,
2011. He was a loving and dedicated husband.
Mr. Rice enjoyed woodworking, yard work and helping out
cooking for his friends and neighbors. He was competitive and hard
to beat at chess, cards or pool.
He was preceded in death by his sisters, Eleanor Beers, Patti
Maupin and Wanda Rice; brother Jim Rice; and daughter Joanne
Rice Maulding.
Survivors include: his wife Judy; brother Darrel Rice; sisters
Deanna Thomas and Jeri LeMaster; son Larry Rice; daughters
Jeannine Discher, Janet Ruark and Jamie Thurmond; and numerous
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Arrangements are under the care of Madras Funeral Home.
Brian and Spring Kraft of Fill-
more, Calif., announce the birth of
their daughter, Annie Mae Marion
Kraft, at 9:21 a.m. Monday, Feb. 2,
at home. She weighed 8 pounds, 5
ounces, and was 21 inches long. She
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Adam, 11, Luke, 5, Gideon, 3, and
Titus, 20 months.
Grandparents are Kenneth and
Marion Holladay of Fillmore, Kevin
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Great-grandmother is Audrey Martinson of Santa Barbara,
Calif.
Vaccine exclusion date
looms for Oregon children
can be turned away from a lo-
cal health department because
of the inability to pay for re-
quired vaccines.
The department issued an
update on measles, as concern
rises about a couple of high-
ly-publicized outbreaks – in-
cluding one at Disneyland.
Maghan noted that in 2014,
there were 644 cases of mea-
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gon. This year, 68 cases were
reported through Jan. 23, in-
cluding one in Oregon, and the
national tally had risen above
100 by the end of the month,
according to the Centers for
Disease Control.
Maghan noted that mea-
sles is highly contagious and
can be extremely serious, even
fatal for some patients. While
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for measles, vaccination will
protect against it.
“The best way to pro-
tect yourself and your family
against measles and any vac-
cine-preventable disease is by
immunization,” she said.
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – The Grant
County Health Department is
reminding parents that chil-
dren whose immunizations are
not up to date by “exclusion
day” – Wednesday, Feb. 18,
can be kept out of school.
The notice comes as re-
cent measles outbreaks in the
United States have refocused
attention on vaccines and seri-
ous, preventable diseases like
measles.
Lindsay Maghan, health
department manager, said state
law requires that children in
public and private schools,
preschools, Head Start and cer-
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to-date on their immunizations,
unless they have an exemption.
Letters were sent to parents
or guardians early this month
if their child’s record shows
he or she has not had required
vaccinations. Parents can get
their child immunized by their
health care provider or at the
health department, and no one
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No services are planned at this time. Memorials may be contribu-
tions to Blue Mountain Hospice through Driskill Memorial Chapel.
Mary Vik
A memorial service for Mary Vik, 90, of Mt. Vernon will be held
at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, at Driskill Memorial Chapel. The Rev.
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suggests memorial contributions to First Christian Church through
Driskill Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd, John Day, OR 97845.
Zane Pine
Zane Pine of Prairie City died Wednesday, Feb. 4, at
Blue Mountain Hospital. He was 28.
There will be a private funeral service for the family.
A public celebration of life service will be held at 3 p.m. Sun-
day, Feb. 15, at Prairie City Assembly of God Church, with Pas-
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Memorial contributions may be made to the family through
Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd, John Day, OR 97845.
Shrove
Tuesday
ANNUAL
PANCAKE
DINNER
Joseph Toelle
BURNS – Joseph Toelle, 30, of Burns, died suddenly on
Thursday, Feb. 5.
A Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
12, at the Harney County Fairgrounds Memorial Building. A
private family burial will be held on Friday.
Contributions in his memory can be made to the Toelle boys’
college fund, with checks made out to Autumn Toelle and sent
to LaFollette’s Chapel, PO Box 488; Burns, OR 97720. An on-
line guest book is at www.lafolletteschapel.com.
at St. Thomas
Episcopal Church
Parish House
Feb. 17, 2015
5:00pm to 7:00pm
All You Can Eat
Pancakes,
Meat & Eggs
$5 00
$4 00
$3 00
$12 00
Adults
Seniors
Children
Family
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
About Obituaries
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obituaries from the family or funeral home. Information submitted is subject to edit-
ing. Obituaries submitted to the Eagle with incorrect information may be corrected
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information, or to inquire about a paid memorial, call 541-575-0710.
St Thomas Episcopal Church
139 S. Washington,
Canyon City, Oregon
All profits go to send our
kids to Cove Summer Camp.
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A big
THANK YOU TO ALL
who attended
to support,
participated
to shoot,
and all those who
DONATED and
CONTRIBUTED items
for the auction
held at the
Clay Pigeon Shoot
for Sue Horn
Medical Expenses
on February 7th
at Kimberly Rock
Products.
“The Best Antiques Are
Old Friends”
The Dark
Horse Group
Feb.
13th &
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Valentine’s
Day Sale
Store Wide
Marion “Bruce” Christman
Aug. 5, 1943 – Feb. 1, 2015
BAKER CITY – Marion “Bruce”
Christman of Baker City died Feb. 1. He
was 71.
A celebration of life service will be
held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20, at the North
Powder Fire Department, with the Rev.
Jesse Whitford of the Baker City Chris-
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ed to join the family at a reception at the
North Powder Elementary School after
the service.
He was born Aug. 5, 1943, in La Grande, to Calvin and Helen
Coffee Christman, and he attended school in North Powder. In 1961
he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. He served for six years until
he was injured in the line of duty. He saw action in Vietnam and the
Dominican Republic.
After his military service he went on to work in the logging and
construction industries in northern California and later Eastern Ore-
gon. He worked as a surveyor, heavy equipment operator and timber
faller. After earning a degree he worked for the Oregon Employment
Department, and then contracted for the La Grande Observer before
his health forced his retirement in 2006.
Mr. Christman married Laura Lynn Morris on June 19, 1976
in Dayville. They combined their families and had two more sons.
Bruce, Laura and their children lived many places in Eastern Oregon
before settling in the Baker valley in 1991, so he could attend col-
lege in Pendleton and later La Grande where he earned a bachelor
of science degree from EOSC in 1998, one of his proudest accom-
plishments.
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and huckleberries, and sharing his knowledge of the outdoors with
his family.
Mr. Christmas is preceded in death by his parents, a brother Ced-
ric Christman, and a sister, Janice Christman Metz. Survivors include
his wife Laura; sisters Carol (Duane) Wisdom of Nampa, Idaho, and
Marylin (Felix) Esquibel of Nampa; sister-in-law Betty Christman
of Lexington; daughters Kelly (Robert) Kenworthy of Baker City,
Tina (Kevin) Ingerson of La Grande; and sons Cedric and Charles
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granddaughters and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
Memorial contributions can be made to his favorite charities, the
Wildland Fire Fighter Foundation and Southern Poverty Law Cen-
ter through Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel, 1500 Dewey Ave.,
Baker City, OR 97814.
Mary Lambeth
Mary Lambeth of John Day died Friday, Feb. 6, at Blue
Mountain Hospital. She was 80.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Contribu-
tions may be to a charity of one’s choice through Driskill Me-
morial Chapel.
Students win district
Elks scholarships
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – Grant Union
seniors Tyler Manitsas and Jerry
Carter were awarded Elks Lodge
scholarships in a district competi-
tion. Manitsas received an award
of $1,600 and Carter, $1,400, for
college this fall.
Last month, Manitsas re-
ceived the Most Valuable Student
award and a $250 scholarship
from the John Day Elks Lodge
scholarship committee.
The committee sent his and
four other applications, including
Carter’s, on to the district level.
The scholarship winners were
chosen based on a written essay,
Tyler
Manitsas
Jerry
Carter
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ty service and activities in school.
A total of 14 Grant County se-
niors applied for the scholarships
this year.
“We were very pleased that
some of our local applicants
were picked,” said scholarship
chairman Connie Wood.
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