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Wednesday, May 3, 2017
O BITUARIES
Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
The Youth Arts Program junior choir sings Aaron Copland’s “I Bought Me a Cat” at the ensembles concert held
Friday at the United Methodist Church in John Day.
‘Music, Food of Love’
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
Derek Lamson, left,
and Janine Goodwin
accompany the YAP
community choir in the
closing performance,
“Here Comes the Sun.”
Edward Langseth
June 12 1934 - April 27, 2017
Edward Langseth died April 27, 2017.
He was born to Mabel Qualie and Leif
Langseth in Spalding, Saskatchewan,
Canada. An only child, he moved with
his mother and father to Leonard, Minne-
sota, approximately 1938. Approximate-
ly 1950, Edward and family migrated to
Burns. Edward joined the U.S. Airforce
and was sworn into military service in
Boise, Idaho. Edward was honorably
discharged approximately 1954 and re-
turned home to Burns for a short time before re-enlisting into
the “CB’s,” a construction detachment of the U.S. Navy. His
second military tour took Edward overseas to France, England,
Japan, Okinawa, and Guam. Edward was honorably discharged
from the U.S. Navy in California approximately 1958 and re-
mained in active reserve for a term, accumulating 12 years of
military service.
Edward met Cynthia Yvonne Mitchell in the spring of 1960
and married her after a short courtship on August 6, 1960 in Reno,
Nevada. Edward and Cindy returned to Burns where they started
Langseth Construction company and a family. They had three chil-
dren while in Burns, Leif “Lars,” Laurie and Mitchell. The family
of fi ve relocated to Prairie City in 1971 and remained there with a
successful business and the children’s education until 1980. About
1981 Edward liquidated his construction business and relocated to
Powell, Wyoming, where the family stayed until all the children had
fi nished high school.
Edward and Cindy moved to Bagley, Minnesota, in 1986 and
lived there until 1999 when they returned to Bryon, Wyoming. Ed-
ward and Cindy remained in Bryon until Cindy’s death in Decem-
ber 2013. Edward moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, in 2014 where he
resided near his son Mitchell until his death. Edward proudly pro-
fessed he was never unemployed, loved construction and the game
of baseball, enjoyed elk hunting in Oregon and fi shing in Alaska.
Edward was a proud military veteran and attended the Honor
Flight from Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. on April 27, 2015,
with his son Mitchell. They visited all military monuments that
day, and he wept upon return to a crowded airport reception hon-
oring their service. The trip had a very profound impact on him,
and he proudly wore his souvenir hat nearly every day after. Ed-
ward is preceeded in death by his son Leif Eric Langseth, and
his wife Cindy. He is survived by his daughter Laurie Kraft
and grandchildren Kea Fisher and Kade Fisher of Windsor,
Colorado, and his son Mitchell Langseth and grandchildren
Alexander Langseth and Dannielle Langseth of Weston, Wis-
consin.
Strumming with the Youth Arts Program junior guitar group
on Friday are 7-year-olds Kathlyne Page and Sky Jisha.
dus, including “Love is an
Open Door” from the mov-
ie “Frozen” and songs from
the Supremes, as well as
Mendelssohn’s “Lift Thine
Eyes.”
The music ended on a
hopeful note for springtime
with Derek Lamson on gui-
tar and Goodwin on violin
accompanying the choir for
George Harrison’s “Here
Comes the Sun.”
The audience, afterward,
enjoyed David Seacord’s art
exhibit held at the church.
Bogardus
announced
the Summer at the YAP day
camp for youth arts June 26-
30 in Dayville.
In the fall, she plans to
start a community orchestra,
for beginners to profession-
als, along with the continua-
tion of the community choir.
“We will fi nd a way to
help you fulfi ll your musical
dreams,” she said.
For more information,
visit studiobogardus.com/
yap.html or call 541-987-
2440.
The Youth Arts Program
string ensemble performs
Canon in D at Friday’s
concert, including Jessica
Reames, left, and Janine
Goodwin.
April colder than normal in John Day
Blue Mountain Eagle
According to preliminary data re-
ceived by the National Weather Service,
temperatures in John Day averaged
colder than normal during the month of
April.
The average temperature was 42.8
degrees, which was 3.8 degrees be-
low normal. High temperatures av-
eraged 55.3 degrees, which was 5.1
degrees below normal. The highest
was 68 degrees on the April 6. Low
temperatures averaged 30.4 degrees,
which was 2.5 degrees below normal.
The lowest was 23 degrees, on the
April 4.
There were 22 days with the low
temperature below 32 degrees.
Precipitation totaled 2.08 inches
during April, which was 0.69 inches
above normal. Measurable precipita-
tion — at least .01 inch — was re-
ceived on 14 days with the heaviest,
0.38 inches reported on the April 13.
Precipitation this year has reached
5.09 inches, which is 0.70 inches
above normal. Since October, the water
year precipitation at John Day has been
9.45 inches, which is 1.48 inches above
normal.
The highest wind gust was 51 mph
which occurred on the April 7.
The outlook for May from the Cli-
mate Prediction Center calls for near
normal temperatures and near normal
precipitation. Normal highs for John
Day rise from 65 degrees at the start
of May to 73 degrees at the end of the
month. Normal lows rise from 36 de-
grees to 43 degrees. The 30-year normal
precipitation is 1.90 inches.
THANK YOU
BMH Nursing Staff
During National Nurses Week,
we would like to recognize the
dedicated Nursing Staff at Blue
Mountain Hospital. The care
and compassion with which
you treat our patients is noticed
and appreciated. Thank you for
your commitment to excellence
in patient care – we are
fortunate to have you here!
The Reyes family would like to thank all our
loving friends for the flowers, phone calls, food,
prayers and hugs following the loss of our
wonderful mother / wife Nonna Faye McConnell-
Reyes.
We want to especially thank Dr. Emily
Lieuallen and the staff at the Blue Mountain
Hospital who provided amazing care for her
during her short battle with lung cancer.
Many thanks to Kayln Burril for organizing
the Balloon Release on April 8th in honor of our
beloved Nonna Faye. That crazy weathered day
will forever be remembered and remain in so
many hearts.
A memorial service will be held on Friday,
May 5th with a celebration of life to follow on
Saturday, May 6th in Santa Barbara, California
where Nonna was born and raised.
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Three choirs, fl ute and
string ensembles and a youth
guitar group took center
stage Friday evening at the
United Methodist Church in
John Day.
A crowd of about 60 at-
tended the “Music, Food of
Love” concert, presented by
the Grant County Youth Arts
Program and Juniper Arts
Council.
YAP Director Rebecca
Bogardus welcomed the au-
dience, and Janine Good-
win led a combined choir in
Bogardus’ arrangement of
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
“Getting to Know You.” Af-
ter the children sang, they
moved about, shaking hands
and greeting audience mem-
bers as Goodwin fi nished the
song.
Other performances in-
cluded violinists playing
“Canon in D,” and an inter-
mediate choir group singing
“Camelot!”
The YAP community
choir ended the evening with
several songs about love and
peace, directed by Bogar-
Claudia Lou (Haner) Evans
Nov. 25, 1934 - April 27, 2017
Claudia Lou (Haner) Evans, 82, of
Canyon City passed away Thursday,
April 27, at her residence. A graveside
service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday,
May 4, at the Mosier Pioneer Cemetery
in Mosier. A memorial service will also
be held at 2 p.m. Monday, May 8, at the
John Day Elks Lodge No. 1824.
On Nov. 25, 1934, Evans was born to
Ralph Edger Haner and Georgia (Woods)
Haner. She attended Bend High School,
graduating in 1952. She then completed nurse training to become
a registered nurse in 1955 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.
She married Kenneth L. Evans in Bend, Aug. 2, 1959. She
spent the next 35 years working as a registered nurse in Bend, Al-
buquerque, New Mexico, Fairfax, Virginia, retiring from the Grant
County Health Department in John Day in 1992.
Evans enjoyed RVing, camping, hosting deer camp, gardening,
traveling to tropical locations, sewing, reading, visiting Arizona
and attending the Pendleton Round-Up. She also loved spending
time with her children, granddaughter and great-granddaughter.
She was a member of the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary,
American Cancer Society, John Day Elkettes and Forest Service
Magpies. She also worked on 25 quilts for Doctors without Bor-
ders and 25 quilts for The Casey Eye Clinic.
She is survived by her husband Kenneth L. Evans of John Day;
her daughters Jennifer Medico of John Day and Juliann Evans of
John Day; son-in-law Phil Medico; granddaughter Whitney Moore
of Port Townsend, Washington; great-granddaughter Emma Voigt
of Port Townsend; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Grant County
Health Department through Driskill Memorial Chapel at 241 S.
Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845.
To leave condolences, visit driskillmemorialchapel.com.