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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
O BITUARIES
Susan ‘Lynn’ Brassard
Oct. 19, 1936 — Feb. 15, 2016
Betty J. Cook
June 27, 1932 — Feb. 10, 2016
PENDLETON — Betty J. Cook, 83,
formerly of Long Creek, died Feb. 10
at Willowbrook Terrace in Pendleton,
surrounded by family. A celebration of
life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 27,
at Burns Mortuary of Pendleton Chap-
el, followed by a luncheon at the Pend-
leton Eagles Club.
Cook was born June 27, 1932, in
Burns to Wilbur and Julia (McKennon)
Reynolds. She attended grades 1-6 at The
Grange School on Highway 395 near the
Middle Fork of the John Day River. She continued her education in
Long Creek, graduating from Long Creek High School.
On July 2, 1950, she married Jack L. Cook in Long Creek.
The couple moved to Pilot Rock, where they raised three sons.
She worked for Kerns Furniture Factory in Pilot Rock and
the Pilot Rock School District, from which she retired.
She enjoyed going to yard sales, camping and spending va-
cations and holidays with family. She and her husband were
members of the Pendleton Eagles Camper Club.
Her family was the most important thing in life.
Survivors include her sons, Wayne (Jeane) of Pilot Rock and
Dennis (Ann) of McNary; sister, Colleen (Jack) Page of Boise,
Idaho; sister-in-law, Janet (Dallas) Morris of Stanfi eld; broth-
er-in-law, Gordon (Mary) Cook of Pendleton; seven grandchil-
dren; 14 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jack; and her
son, Kenny.
Arrangements are under the care of Burns Mortuary of Pend-
leton, 336 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton, OR 97801.
For condolences, visit www.burnsmortuary.com.
PORTLAND — Susan “Lynn”
Brassard, 79, formerly of Prairie City,
died Feb. 15 in Portland, from a con-
dition related to Alzheimer’s, with
her children, Todd and Tracy, at her
side. A memorial stone will be placed
in the family’s Prairie City Cemetery
plot in her memory.
Brassard was born Oct. 19, 1936,
to Delbert Oliver and Evelyn Bertha
Kimberling. She grew up in Portland
and on a small farm near Hillsboro, graduating from Hill
High.
After attending her freshman year at Prairie City High
School, while living with her paternal grandparents, she
dreamed of returning to the upper John Day River Valley to
live.
She raised her family — children, William Michael Gro-
ver, Tracy Lynn-Hiatt and Todd Alan Grover — in a young
Cedar Mill neighborhood. She attended her children’s activi-
ties, and volunteered at the Audubon Society of Portland and
the Portland Zoo nursery in her late 30s and early 40s. She
deeply cared for the environment and all living things — one
of many moral values she imprinted into her children’s lives.
After a divorce from a nearly 25-year marriage with Wil-
liam Jay Grover, she moved to a small ranch owned by her
parents and lived for the next 35 years in a log house on
Deardorff Creek. She loved living there and kept busy me-
ticulously caring for her house and yard.
She remarried for 10 years to Dan Brassard and enjoyed
their outdoor adventures. She continued living in the log
house while she cared for her father and mother as they aged.
After a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s, she remained living in
her house as long as possible with help from her son, Todd,
and from her nephew and his wife, Shad and Diana Wood-
ruff.
In January 2015, her son moved her into a memory care
facility in Portland in close proximity to his home and work.
She entered a hospice program in January 2016, while able
to stay in the same facility.
She will be remembered for the love and care she gave.
Cora Marie Stubblefi eld
May 13, 1923 — Feb. 19, 2016
Cora Marie Stubblefi eld, 92, of
Monument, died Feb. 19 in John Day.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 27, at Monument Com-
munity Church, with interment at the
Monument Cemetery. A luncheon will
follow at the Monument Senior Center.
Stubblefi eld was born May 13, 1923,
in Heppner, to Roy and Annie Louise
Scott. The family moved to Top, where
she attended Top School. She graduated
from Heppner High School. On Oct. 1, 1941, she married George
Stubblefi eld in Payette, Idaho. They made their home on the
family ranch near Monument and raised their children along the
North Fork John Day River.
She drove the school bus for the Monument School District
and later became postmaster for the Monument Post Offi ce. She
received numerous performance awards before retiring from the
Postal Service. She enjoyed her time with the students she bused
and her patrons at the post offi ce.
Her hobbies included cooking, stamp collecting, tatting, read-
ing, keeping her diary and corresponding with her many friends
and relatives. She maintained the same sourdough start for over
50 years and often delivered loaves of fresh-baked bread while
checking in on friends and neighbors.
She was an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Monu-
ment and a member of the Monument Grange.
Survivors include daughters, Georgia (Robert) Porter, Dixie
(Harold) Reynolds and Mattie (Leonard) Osborne; sons, Jim (Von-
da) Stubblefi eld and Robert (Debra) Stubblefi eld; seven grand-
children; 12 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grand-
children.
She was preceded in death by her husband, George Stubble-
fi eld; brother Robert Scott; and sister Ruth Peterson.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Monument Senior
Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel 241 S. Canyon Blvd.,
John Day, OR 97845.
Ruth Caroline Cummings
Feb. 3, 2016
A service for Ruth Caroline Cummings will be at 2 p.m. Fri-
day, Feb. 26, at Living Word Christian Church in Mt. Vernon.
Interment will follow at Prairie City Cemetery.
Cummings, 88, of Mt. Vernon, died Feb. 3 at Blue Mountain
Care Center in Prairie City.
Arrangements are under the care of Driskill Memorial Chap-
el, 241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
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Foster,
adoptive
parent training
on tap
Blue Mountain Eagle
BURNS — The Depart-
ment of Human Services in
Burns is offering “Founda-
tions to Foster and Adop-
tion” training on Saturdays,
March 5 and 12. The ses-
sions will be from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. both days.
The Burns DHS offi ce
is location at 809 W. Jack-
son, Suite 200, in Burns.
For more information, call
541-573-2086.
Beverly Ann Suksdorf Eddy
Nov. 15, 1927 — Feb. 8, 2016
C ORRECTION
The notice regarding
the Grant County Bud-
get Committee meeting
published Feb. 17 list-
ed an incorrect date.
The meeting will take
place at 10 a.m. March
1 at the Grant County
Courthouse. The Eagle
regrets the error.
for Blue Mountain Eagle
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Beverly Ann Suksdorf Eddy, 88, died
Feb. 8 at her John Day home. At her re-
quest, her ashes will be joined with her
husband’s at a private celebration of life
in the spring.
Eddy was born Nov. 15, 1927, in
Spokane, Washington, to Carl R. Suks-
dorf and Freida S. Phillips Suksdorf.
She spent much of her childhood at the
family ranch in Northport, Washington,
and at mining camps in California and
Oregon.
Her mother and stepfather, Freida and Ernest Organ, moved
to John Day in the 1940s. She graduated from Grant Union High
School in 1945. She was the fi rst of four generations who grad-
uated from or are currently enrolled in the Grant Union School
District. She attended Oregon State College.
On Sept. 14, 1947, she married her high-school sweetheart,
Glenn Eddy Jr. They raised their two children in John Day.
She was a homemaker and an integral part of the Rock Garden
Nursery in the 1980s and 1990s. She was a passionate seamstress
and quilter to the end of her life.
Survivors include her daughter, Nanette Walker of John Day;
son, Greg (Deb) Eddy of John Day; grandchildren, Dusti (Carlos)
Walker-Cascante of Federal Way, Washington, Kevin Eddy of Eu-
gene, Tonya (Doug) Cates of John Day; Brandon (Megan) Eddy
of Brownsville and Ben (Katie) Dieker of Salem; great-grand-
children, Wyatt and Logan Cates; nieces, Karen (Tim) Bailey,
Kristine (Christopher) Labhart and Allison (Joe) Zibulewsky;
and nephew, Jim (Pat) Anderson. Another great-grandchild is
due in March.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Eddy Jr.,
in 2006.
Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Mountain Home
Health and Hospice, 422 W. Main St., John Day, OR 97845.
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