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Wednesday, January 25, 2017
O BITUARIES
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Doctors from Blue Mountain Hospital District are warning
people to take precautions because of an outbreak of
influenza in Grant County.
Doctors warn of county
infl uenza outbreak
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County is experienc-
ing an infl uenza outbreak.
There has been a signifi -
cant rise in the number of cases
recently reported to the Blue
Mountain Hospital, Strawberry
Wilderness Community Clinic
and Grant County Health De-
partment, according to a press
release from Blue Mountain
Hospital District doctors.
The virus is highly conta-
gious and can be dangerous to
many residents. Health authori-
ties urge people to work together
to safeguard community health.
Blue Mountain Hospital
District is encouraging people
to follow these guidelines:
• If you have mild fl u symp-
toms (fever, chills, muscle or
body aches, cough, headache,
stuffy or runny nose), stay
home.
• If you are visiting a patient
in the hospital, care center or
any other health care facilities,
consider delaying your visit to
a later time.
• If you need medical atten-
tion and are going to a clinic
or hospital for services, wear a
mask to protect other patients
and medical personnel. Masks
are available in the entry ways
and check in areas.
• Remember to cover your
mouth if you cough and to
wash your hands thoroughly
and frequently.
E AGLE ON V ACATION
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Ron and Sherri Lundbom took the Eagle on vacation
to Kaanapali, Maui, Hawaii, to watch the Tournament of
Champions Jan. 9.
Take a photo with the Eagle, print or mobile editions, while
on vacation and send it to editor@bmeagle.com.
Debbie Ausmus
245 South Canyon Blvd.
John Day, OR 97845
OPEN WED. & THUR.
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Jack Cavender
July 17, 1920 - Jan. 16, 2017
Harryette Jean Anderson
July 17, 1935 - Jan. 8, 2017
Jack Cavender, 96, passed
away Monday, Jan. 16, at his
home in Monument, surround-
ed by his family. A funeral ser-
vice was held Saturday, Jan. 21,
at the Monument Community
Church. A reception followed at
the Monument Senior Center.
Cavender was born July 17,
1920, in Portland, to Clyde Eu-
gene and Geneva Grace Robert-
son Cavender. He attended grade and high school in
Portland, then graduated from Oregon State University
in 1943 with degrees in agriculture and dairy manage-
ment. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943, attended
midshipman school at Columbia University in New
York and was commissioned into the Submarine Ser-
vice from 1944-45 as a first lieutenant. He was assigned
as gunnery officer aboard the USS Stingray under Gen.
MacArthur’s staff to run supplies to Philippine guer-
rilla troops from Australia to Leyte in the Philippines.
His crew was awarded the Submarine Combat Medal
with a silver star for three dangerous missions. He was
later transferred to the USS Croaker in the South China
Sea off Hong Kong and Taiwan. Their mission was to
attack shipping and pick up any survivors of bombing
raids. He finished his Navy service in Portland decom-
missioning naval ships.
Cavender married Alda Clyde Harman Dec. 18,
1945, in Yale University Chapel in New Haven, Con-
necticut. From 1946-49, he managed a ranch on Rhea
Creek in Morrow County near Heppner. In 1949, he
purchased a ranch near Hamilton and accepted a posi-
tion in Monument teaching adult vocational agriculture
(GI school) for seven years. During this time, he also
drove school bus. In 1956, he purchased and moved
his family to a ranch near Monument, where he raised
sheep, hogs, cattle, alfalfa and mint. In 1957, he be-
gan working for Columbia Power Cooperative as an
irrigation engineer, a relatively new innovation in this
area. He developed an irrigation and farm supply busi-
ness for the co-op and was in charge of sales as well
as engineering many of the irrigation systems in the
Monument, Kimberly, Spray, Twickenham and Mitch-
ell areas. He retired from Columbia Power in 1990 and
continued ranching full time.
His interests and activities revolved around his
family, his community and county. He served as clerk
and deputy clerk of the Monument School District
for 25 years and was on the Monument School Board
for many years, both as a member and chairman. He
served on the Monument School Budget Committee
for six years and the Grant County Budget Commit-
tee for three years with two as chairman, and as Grant
County ESD director, Grant County representative on
the John Day Basin Council, director of Monument
Soil and Water, a member of Monument Grange and a
member and elder of Monument Presbyterian Church
and John Day Parish Council. He was instrumental in
starting the Monument Senior Citizen Association and
North Fork John Day Watershed Council. He received
numerous local and state awards for his efforts in water
resource management.
Cavender is survived by daughters, Judith (Bob)
Cavender of Portland, Janis (Craig) Ensign of Long
Creek and Susan (Dan) Cavender of Monument; six
grandchildren, Matt (Sunny) Arbogast, Chandra Arbo-
gast, Aimee (Ken) Patterson, Jennifer (Jared) Achepohl,
Kim (Bryan) Martin and Myka Jewell; 18 great-grand-
children; one great-great-grandchild; brother, Don; and
numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Clyde, in
2007; grandsons, Jamie Gienger and Nate Arbogast;
son-in-law, Paul Jewell; and brother, Dick.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Monu-
ment Senior Center through Driskill Memorial Chapel,
241 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. To leave a
condolence, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.
Harryette Jean Anderson, 81, of
Albany passed away with family at
her side Sunday, Jan. 8, at Albany
General Hospital.
Anderson was born July 17, 1935,
in Prairie City to Harry Luke and
Mary Myrtle (Bonham) McKern. She
was the youngest of four daughters.
She was raised in Mt. Vernon and
moved to John Day after her father’s
passing when she was 3 years old.
She graduated from Grant Union High School in 1953.
In 1954, she met and married the love of her life, Erle An-
derson, in John Day, and they moved to the Portland area for
three years, then to Salem, Eugene, Springfield, back to Sa-
lem and then to Albany in 1964, where they stayed. Harryette
was a stay-at-home mom for several years, then went back
to work at the Wonder Bread thrift store, then the Broadway
Department Store, where she worked until her retirement.
She loved her job, selling clothes and visiting with the cus-
tomers and friends.
Anderson is survived by her children, Connie and hus-
band, Bruce Harpole, and Jeffrey Anderson and wife, Kelley,
all of Albany; grandchildren, Zachary and Katie Tjernlund,
Tyler and Chanci Tjernlund, Elizabeth and Jason Henkel,
Sarah Harpole and Frank Frenzel, Amelia and Sean Sulli-
van and Allyson Anderson; six great-grandchildren; niece
Lana Arnold; and friend George Phillips. She was preceded
in death by her husband, Erle; and sisters Cecil Mae, Dollie
Lee and Dorothy Myrtle.
Anderson was known for her silly and fun personality
along with her fashion style. She loved to spend time with
her family in northeastern Oregon. She was a member of
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority for more than 50 years.
A celebration of life was held Saturday, Jan. 21, at First
Christian Church in Albany. In lieu of flowers, donations in
Anderson’s honor may be made to the Boys and Girls Club
of Albany or the East Albany Lions Club, in care of Fisher
Funeral Home, 306 SW Washington St., Albany, OR 97321.
Online condolences for the family may be posted at fisher-
funeralhome.com.
C ORRECTION
In a Jan. 18 article, the Eagle stated Grant County Veteran
Service Offi cer Jeff Wilcox studied elementary education at
Clackamas Community College. Wilcox later told the Eagle
that statement was sarcastic. He earned his bachelor’s degree
in applied management and his master’s in leadership with an
emphasis in disaster preparedness and crisis management.
Margaret Leonora Shervey
Oct. 29, 1923 - Jan. 10, 2017
Margaret Leonora Shervey
(nee Paul), 93, passed away Jan.
10 at Riverpark nursing home in
Eugene.
Shervey was born Oct. 29,
1923, in Wheaton, Minnesota, the
daughter of World War I veteran
Hentry William Paul and his wife,
Anna Benjamin Paul, a school-
teacher. She graduated from Ok-
lee High School and the Wheaton
Normal School, and attended both the University of
Minnesota and the Morehead State Teacher’s College.
After receiving her teacher certification, she moved to
Columbus, North Dakota, where she taught primary
school.
There she met her future husband, Earl Sylvester
Shervey, a graduate of Columbus High School and the
Oregon welding school. He worked at the Bonsness
Coal Mine. They were married Oct. 29, 1947.
In 1955, the couple moved to Portland, where Earl
was employed by the city as a heavy equipment opera-
tor. In 1990, they retired to John Day, where they built
their dream home on Strawberry Mountain. Earl died
Dec. 18, 1996, at age 71.
Three years later, Shervey moved to Oakridge, and
later Dexter, to be closer to family.
She was an active member of Pleasant Hill Lutheran
Church in Oakridge. She loved crafting, reading, writ-
ing, telling anecdotes, shopping, playing board games,
watching videos and participating in Bible studies. She
will be missed.
She is survived by a brother-in-law, Donald Shervey,
of Portland; seven children, Errol Shervey (Barbara) of
Cascadia, Cindy Curry (Chris) of Dexter, Janelle Ochs
(Paul) of Charles Town, West Virginia, Rodger Sher-
vey (Theresa) of Portland, Douglas Shervey (Debi) of
Hermiston, Neal Shervey (Karen) of Portland and Jef-
frey Shervey (Rebecca) of Eugene; 32 grandchildren;
and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was remembered during the Sunday, Jan. 22, ser-
vice at Pleasant Hill Lutheran Church.
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Celebration of Life for
Robert M. Lesley
Every other Monday in John Day at Blue Mountain Hospital
170 Ford Rd. • 541-575-1311
I, Mary Lee Lesley, and our children,
Newt, Dean and Jerri Lynne, want to thank
all our friends that came from near and far
to celebrate Bob’s life and attended the
event at the John Day Golf Course on
Saturday, January 14, 2017. I especially
want to thank all the members and
volunteers that so beautifully honored Bob
and his family, and those who especially
went out of their way to provide the food
and their special thoughts and memories.
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