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A2 Family Blue Mountain Eagle O BITUARIES Grant County 4H State Fair results Grant County 4H sub- mitted 44 records to the Oregon State Fair in Sep- tember and brought home 37 blue ribbons. Blue ribbon results are as follows by name: class description and division. Art Lauryn Amick: Line and Shaded combo, Int Danielle Goldblatt: Wearable Clothing, Int - Champion Janelle King: Line and Shaded combo, Sr Autumn Walker-Hop- kins: Line and Shaded combo, Jr Carson Weaver: Col- lage or Mosaic and Line and Shaded combo, Jr Amaya Sweygardt: Oil Painting, Sr - Champion Cast Ceramics and Pottery Katelyn Hire: One-of- a-kind, Jr - Champion Mercedes Locke: Glaze and stained, Jr - Champion Haley Pfefferkorn: One-of-a-kind and stained, Int - Champion Clothing and Sewing Bayley Deming: Gar- ment, med weig Trinity Hutchison: Per- sonal accessory Crocheting Grace Taylor, Phase 1 Crocheting, wearable Educational Displays Hailey Carter: Educa- tional Display, Sr Jessica Carter: Educa- tional Display, Sr Ellie Justice: Educa- Wednesday, October 21, 2015 tional Display, Int Parker Manitsas: Edu- cational Display, Jr Riley Robertson: Edu- cational Display, Jr Food and Nutrition Danielle Goldblatt: Yeast Bread, Alternative Dietary Choices Alyssa Hoffman: Reci- pe of the Year - Champion Aubreianna Osborne: Scone Mark Thomas: Cookies Food Preservation Hannah Deming: Cooked Jelly with Com- mercial Pectin, Sr Danielle Goldblatt: Cooked Jam, Int Jay Goldblatt: Cooked Jam and Jelly, Sr Knitting Mattie Woodbury: Phase 1 Knitting with Needles Division, Wear - Champion Photography John Burke: Other in- teresting subject, Sr Logan Namitz: Animals and Landscape, Jr - Re- serve Champion Railey Namitz: Ani- mals, Sr Taylor Osgood: Plants, Jr Amaya Zweygardt: Ar- chitectural, Sr Pearl Esther Coombs June 13, 1913 – Oct. 17, 2015 Donald Creighton Hanson June 13, 1931 – Sept. 22, 2015 Pearl Esther Coombs, 102, of John Day, died Oct. 17 at Valley View As- sisted Living in John Day. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at Valley View, 112 N.W. Valley View Dr. Mrs. Coombs was born June 13, 1913, in Hereford, to Richard and Hulda Viola Boyer. She attended grade school and graduated high school there. On Jan. 18, 1928, she married Frankie Owen in Baker City. He died on April 20, 1986. In 1990 Pearl married Alfred Coombs, a retired rancher, who died in 1994. From the 1960s-1970s, she worked at various places in- cluding Sprouse-Reitz, Benson’s Shoe Store, Puitt’s Mercan- tile, Coffee Cup Café and Knox Department Store, and spent eight months working at a tavern. Ultimately, however, she was a wonderful housewife and mother. She retired in 1979. Her hobbies included rock hunting, wildlife hunting, camp- ing, mining and ¿ shing. She was an excellent seamstress, and loved to knit and crochet. She also enjoyed cooking, garden- ing, reading Westerns and mysteries, playing cards and bingo. She was a member of First Christian Church, Bates Women’s Club, Green Thumb Garden Club of Prairie City and the Grant County Mad Hatters. Survivors include her daughter Lana (David) Abarr of John Day; granddaughter, Cheryl (Jay) Wilson of Eugene; grand- sons, Mark (Lucie) Immoos and Bill Immoos, both of John Day; 11 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchil- dren. She was preceded in death by her eight siblings; ¿ rst hus- band, Frankie Owen; second husband, Alfred Coombs; son, Douglas Owen; a grandson; and a great granddaughter. Memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Bates State Park or a charity of one’s choice through Driskill Memo- rial Chapel, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. PORTLAND – Donald Creighton Hanson, 84, of John Day died Sept. 22 in Portland. A Celebration of Life will be at 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the John Day Golf Course. Mr. Hanson was born June 13, 1931, in Enderlin, N.D., the only child of Martin and Alice Hanson. As a child, he was given the nickname “Inky” while working with his father at the Enderlin Independent newspaper. The family moved to Portland, where he graduated from Lincoln High School in 1949. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, and served 2-1/2 years in the Korean War as a senior radar technician. He was honorably discharged in July 1953 to care for his medically fragile mother after the sudden death of his father. In 1957, he graduated from Oregon State University in Cor- vallis with a degree in forest engineering. Later that year, he started his career as a forester with the U.S. Forest Service on the Deschutes National Forest. While working out of the Bend of¿ ce, he met Nancy Mel- land, a mother of three children – Dan, Peg and Andy. They married in November 1966 and together they had a daughter, Julie. In 1968, the family moved to the Umatilla National Forest where he worked on the Pendleton and Walla Walla ranger dis- tricts as a resource assistant. The family moved to John Day in 1980 after he was promot- ed to district ranger on the Bear Valley District. He held that position, which he described as the highlight of his career, until his retirement in October 1988. He spent his retirement years doing what he loved with the people he loved. He played golf almost daily, went elk hunting, pheasant hunting, ¿ shing and spent time with his good friends and family. In March 2007, he was blessed with a granddaughter, Sa- vannah Grace. He loved spending time with her and watching her grow up. Don was initiated into the Bend Elks Lodge in January 1963 and became a lifetime member in April 1998. Survivors include his children, Julie of Walla Walla, Wash., Dan (Janice Hagen) Armstrong of Tehachapi, Calif., Peggy (Dean) Allison of Roseburg and Andy (Sarina) Hanson of Ba- kers¿ eld, Calif.; grandchildren; and the rest of his family and friends, including his friend Jerald Duane Miller whom he re- garded as his best friend and brother. B IRTHS Lillian Victoria Stinnett Isaac and Michelle Stinnett, former- ly of John Day and now living in North Carolina, announce the birth of their daughter, Lillian Victoria Stinnett, at 5:33 p.m. March 15, 2015. She weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 19 inches long. Grandparents are Frank and Kathy Stinnett of John Day, and Rick and Barb Forsman, formerly of John Day. Great-grandmothers are Robin Dahl of John Day and Betty Forsman of Portland. Vegetables & Herbs Riley Robertson: Vege- table Collection, Jr Container Gardening Ellie Justice: Patio Container B REAKING N EWS A LERTS myeaglenews.com/breakingnews Darrel ‘Goose’ Pierce March 3, 1933 – Oct. 11, 2015 Darrel “Goose” Pierce, 82, of Prai- rie City died Oct. 11 at Blue Mountain Care Center in Prairie City. A Celebra- tion of Life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, at the John Day Elks Lodge. Mr. Pierce was born March 3, 1933, in Prairie City, to Frank Pierce and Christina Sorenson. He graduated from Prairie City High School. He played basketball when the team won the state championship in 1951. He spent his years, like many peo- ple in Grant County, working in the local mills. He worked var- ious positions, but mainly as edgerman for Hudspeth, Ellingson Lumber, and Prairie Wood Products. He boasted that D.R. John- son told him he was the best edgerman he ever had. He retired in 1995. He enjoyed collecting things, especially antiques, things like bottles and small tokens. He attended games for all sports at Prairie City School as long as he was able, and took care of his mother and her home all his life. He was a member of Elks Lodge No. 1824 in John Day for 53 years. Survivors include his nephew, Duane Stanbro of Colton; great-nephew, Grant Stanbro of Colton; four great-nieces, Lisa Rynearson of Prairie City, Lori Moore of Eltopia, Wash., Kris Higgins and Traci Sutherland, both of Newberg. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Ione Stanbro and Leah McKee Dunn. Memorial contributions may be made to the Elks Lodge youth activities or the Prairie City School Athletic Fund through Driskill Memorial Chapel 241 S. Canyon Blvd. John Day, OR 97845. GRANT COUNTY LIBRARY Please join the family and friends of Linda Driskill and Frazier Nichol in a Celebration of Life LIBRARY HOURS: Mon, Wed., Sat. 1-5 pm Tues. 10 a.m. to noon and 1-7 pm Thurs.: 1-5 pm and 7-9 pm Fri. and Sun.: Closed October 24th, 2:00 PM Canyon City Community Center Canyon City, Oregon Check out these new books on our shelves “Make Me” by Lee Child “Double Jeopardy” by Catherine Coulter Memorial Contributions can be made to Grant County Conservationists PO Box 726, Prairie City, OR 97869 www.grantcounty.plinkit.org Phone: 541-575-1992 02861 About Obituaries News obituaries are a free service of the Blue Mountain Eagle. The paper accepts obituaries from the family or funeral home. Information submitted is subject to editing. Obituaries submitted to the Eagle with incorrect information may be corrected and republished as paid notices. Send obituaries by e-mail, cheryl@bmeagle.com; fax, 541-575-1244; or mail, 195 N. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. For more informa- tion, or to inquire about a paid memorial, call 541-575-0710. Your Rural Fa mily Health Clinic Grant County HEALTH Department 528 E. Main, St. E, John Day Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm Services Provided: Karen Triplett, FNP NO ONE KNOWS YOUR EQUIPMENT BETTER. Your AGCO Parts Dealer has the parts you need when you need them. Hardware, chain, batteries, tillage, belts, cutting parts. We have the quality parts you need to keep your AGCO equipment running smoothly during the demanding harvest season. Highly trained service personnel at AGCO Parts make it all come together, so you can rest easy. Visit your AGCO Parts Dealer and get the parts and services you need to “Keep you in the Field” this season. 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