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A2 Family Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, October 12, 2016 O BITUARIES E AGLE ON V ACATION Sintay ancestral home in Hungary Bruce Wayne Campbell July 22, 1954 - Sept. 28, 2016 Bruce Wayne Campbell, 62, passed away Sept. 28 at Partners in Care Hos- pice House in Bend. A memorial ser- vice and dessert potluck will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Elks Lodge. Campbell was born at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washington, on July 22, 1954, to Ted Campbell and Janette Frost Jarvis. He was raised in Harney and Grant counties. He spent many years in Seneca, where he worked for Edward Hines Lumber Company. He graduated from Grant Union High School in John Day in 1972. He went on to attend Mt. Hood Community College, where he received an associate degree in communications. He spent most of his life working in construction with Jarvis Excavating and later with Emery and Sons, operating and haul- ing heavy equipment. In 2002 he had a daughter, Brooke, with Tracy Spaght. Brooke was his pride and joy, and she lived with him for the last four years. He never missed a school function or sporting event she was involved in. Campbell enjoyed many hunting trips with his family. He was an avid pool player. He enjoyed many years of playing at the Pink Elephant in Salem, where he resided for 25 years. He was also a proud member of the Wrecking Crew every year at the St. Paul Rodeo. He seemed to have an extended “family” everywhere he frequented. He leaves behind his daughter Brooke; mother and father; brother Brad Campbell; many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and many, many friends. He is preceded in death by his Harney County pioneer grand- parents, Ed and Ruth Campbell and Gerald and Lois Frost, and his sister-in-law and dear friend Pam Davis Campbell. Memorial contributions may be made to a college fund es- tablished for Brooke Campbell in care of Brad Campbell at Wells Fargo. Juniper Ridge Funeral Home is in charge of the arrange- ments. Contributed photo George and Susan Sintay and their daughters, Sindy Montague, Sabrina Larsen and Shaun Brown, traveled with Glen Larsen and Nathan Brown to the Sintay ancestral home in Sendro, Hungary. Take a photo with the Eagle while on vacation and send it to editor@bmeagle.com or 195 N. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. C ORRECTION The Oct. 5 story about the Oxbow Conservation Area incorrectly stated the project cost $11 million. The project actually cost $5.8 million. The Eagle works hard to ensure the accuracy of our reporting. If you believe something is incorrect, call 541-575-0710 or email editor@bmeagle.com. Rough Country Fencing, llc Joe & Brandy Stills CCB#211284 We do all types of fencing, corrals, spring rehabs and much more. PO Box 202 Spray, OR, 97874 roughcountryfencing@gmail.com 541-419-7403 • 541-408-2947 John Day man deploys with Red Cross response to Hurricane Matthew Blue Mountain Eagle John Day resident Jim Spell has deployed with the Red Cross to help relief efforts in communities affected by Hurri- cane Matthew. Spell and 28 other respond- ers from the Cascades Region will travel to affected areas to distribute food and relief items like blankets and clean up kits. The other responders are from Portland, Beaver- ton, Junction City, Keizer, Blodgett, Roseburg, Medford, Salem and Bend, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, and will assist those in the Caro- linas, Georgia and Florida, ac- cording to a Red Cross press release. “Our local responders from Oregon and Southwest Wash- ington are focused on keeping people safe and getting them the help they need,” said Amy Shlossman, CEO of the Red Cross Cascades Region. “With- out our trained volunteers, who make up more than 90 percent of our disaster workforce, these relief efforts would not be pos- sible. Thanks to our generous local donors, we can be ready to help people anytime and anywhere.” It costs the Red Cross ap- proximately $1,650 to send a disaster responder to a relief op- eration for the average length of a disaster deployment, 11 days. This includes travel, transporta- tion, lodging, food and support systems. The Red Cross depends on donations to provide immediate relief. Help people affected by Hurricane Matthew by visiting redcross.org or calling 1-800- RED CROSS to make a dona- tion. Donations enable the Red Cross prepare for, respond to and help people recover from this disaster. Chester Allyn ‘Chet’ Bennett Jr. Jan. 6, 1932 - Sept. 26, 2016 Chester Allyn “Chet” Bennett Jr., 84, of Hermiston died of heart failure on Sept. 26, while vacationing in Pine Top, Arizona. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Herm- iston Elks Lodge, 480 E. Main Street, Hermiston, OR 97838. Born Jan. 6, 1932, in Corvallis, he was the oldest of three sons of Chester A. Bennett Sr. and Ruby Hinds. His mother died while he was a young boy, but his father later married Ruby Farlow, and the family was joined by an- other brother, Robert. As a Forest Service family, Bennett spent his childhood years in Paisley, Bly, John Day and Enterprise, where he graduated from high school in 1949. Bennett attended Eastern Oregon College in La Grande for one year before enlisting in the U.S. Army at the outset of the Korean War in 1950. He served in a combat engineer battalion during the war and at Ft. Carson, Colorado, after returning home. He resumed his education at Oregon State College using his GI Bill benefi ts, while continuing to serve in the Army Reserve where he attained the rank of Sergeant First Class. Bennett married Joan Finlayson of Eugene in 1956, while both were still in college. Their son Donald Allyn was born the next year in Corvallis, and son Jon Robert born in Eugene in 1961. He and Joan were married 47 years until her death in 2003. Bennett graduated from the School of Forestry at Oregon State with his baccalaureate degree in 1958 and began his professional career with the U.S. Forest Service after spending summers during college on trail building and fi refi ghting crews. First assigned to the Willamette National Forest in Oakridge, Bennett moved his young family to John Day in 1962 where he worked in various po- sitions on the Malheur National Forest until his retirement in 1988. During his long career, he was a leader of local and state chapters of the National Federation of Federal Employees. He then worked a number of years as a school bus driver for Grant School District No. 3 and served as president of the classifi ed employees union. In John Day, Bennett was constantly involved in his church and community and especially his sons’ activities as Little League baseball coach, Boy Scout leader, swim team and Grant Union booster clubs and adviser to DeMolay and Rainbow chapters. An avid deer and elk hunter, Bennett looked forward to fall hunting seasons each year and some of his favorite times were days in the woods with his sons and hunting partners. Bennett was recently recognized as a 50-year member of John Day Elks Lodge No. 1824, where he was a past exalted ruler. He also served as district deputy for the Southeast District of the Or- egon State Elks Association. He was particularly involved in Elks ritual competitions as a team coach and judge. In 2001, he was named to the OSEA Hall of Fame for his many years of service. Bennett was also a past master of Canyon City Lodge No. 34, A.F. & A.M., and a 32° member of Baker Valley Scottish Rite. Bennett served on the board of directors of Old West Federal Credit Union for 35 years, beginning with the Grant County Credit Union and continuing on the board through the series of mergers that created Old West. In 2006, Chet married Kay Burns of Hermiston, and they en- joyed 10 years of world travel, adventures and loving togetherness. They volunteered several years for the Columbia River Cowboy Gathering & Music Festival and attended other music and arts events throughout the region. Bennett is survived by his wife, Kay; son Jon (Laura) of Grants Pass; son Don (Anne) of Puyallup, Washington; granddaughters Rita (Daniel) Bennett Adams of Eatonville, Washington, and Car- la Bennett of Bronxville, New York; stepdaughter Heather (Nick) Powers and their children, Elizabeth and Connor, of Newburg; brothers Bill (Martha) of Wilsonville, and Jim (Edna) of Raleigh, North Carolina. Charitable contributions in memory of Bennett may be made to: Oregon Elks Children’s Eye Clinic, 3295 Triangle Drive SE, Salem, OR 97302, onwardohsu.org/donation/oregon-elks-chil- drens-eye-clinic; or Hermiston Agape House, P.O. Box 1723, Hermiston, OR 97838, agapehousehermiston.org. Fern Adaline Decker Fern Adaline Decker, 88, of Dayville passed away Sunday, Sept. 25. A private ceremony has been planned. Hubert Dean Elliott Hubert Dean Elliott passed away Friday, Sept. 2, at his home in Prairie City, just after his 87th birthday. 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