FAMILY
Blue Mountain Eagle
Seniors
4.0 GPA: Deja Amsden
and Levi Burke.
Honor roll (3.5-3.99
GPA): Haley Pfefferkorn,
Raven Maloy, Paige Moore
and Kyla Winton.
Honorable
mention
(3.0-3.49 GPA): Syd Hol-
man, Jonathan Lawrence,
Lane Williams and Brett
Copenhaver.
Jayden Winegar, Samantha
Workman, Camry Milesi,
Tristan McMahan and
Abbey Pfefferkorn.
Freshman
4.0 GPA: Marcus Judd
and Isaac Koopman.
Honor
roll:
Riley
Reames.
Honorable
mention:
Seth Moore and Hannah
Wall.
Juniors
4.0 GPA: JoLynn Ash-
ley and Shaelynn Bice.
Honor roll: Johna Long,
Aleah Johns and Madelyn
Way.
Honorable
mention:
Cole Deiter, Rilee Emmel,
Shaine Madden, Jessica
Reames, Jacob McHat-
ton, Emily Ennis, Carson
McKay, Kaden Madden
and Abby Winegar.
Sophomores
4.0 GPA: Aries Bice and
Declan Zweygardt.
Honor
roll:
Bran-
don Horrell, Caitlin Wil-
let, Katie Hire and Mikiah
Kimble.
Honorable
mention:
Eighth-graders
4.0 GPA: Kaitlynne
Ashley.
Honor roll: Janie Koop-
man, Leif Rausch, Cole
Teel and Laken McKay.
Honorable
mention:
Wyatt Nolan, Paige Shaw
and Betty Ann Wilson.
Seventh-graders
Honor roll: Cliff Bice,
Cayden Howard and Jay-
cee Winegar.
Honorable
mention:
Tristen Gibson, Cody Rea-
gan, Brooke Teel, Wes
Voigt, Brianna Kimble,
Porsche Kite and Kyler
Shaw.
OBITUARIES
John ‘Jay’ Clyde Denton
John “Jay” Clyde Denton, 73, of John Day, passed away
Nov. 29 at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend, Oregon; no
funeral is planned at this time.
Jay was born April 22, 1945, in Prairie City, Oregon, to
Ralph and Florence (Erickson) Denton. He was raised on the
96 Ranch in Bear Valley with his mom, Florence, Bob Lem-
cke (his second dad), along with his sister Susan Lemcke
Pielstick and his brother Jim Lemcke. Jay graduated from
Grant Union High School and went on to attend Eastern
Oregon University and Colorado State where he received his
degree in agronomy. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service
in La Grande, Oregon, before moving to Biloxi, Mississippi,
to do carpentry work.
Jay married Nellie Rockwell in La Grande, raising two
boys, Erik and Paul. He was very talented at leather tooling,
and through his mail order business he would ship his hand-
made wallets all over the world. He also enjoyed fl intknap-
ping and making arrowheads.
Jay is survived by his longtime partner, Johnny Lane, of
John Day; sister Susan Lemcke Pielstick (Leon); brother
Jim Lemcke (Heidi); and two sons, Erik Denton (Kathy) and
Paul.
He was preceded in death by his younger brother Rob-
bie Denton.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of
one’s choice, through Driskill Memorial Chapel, 241 S.
Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845. To offer online condo-
lences to Jay’s family, please visit driskillmemorialchapel.
com.
By Blue Mountain Eagle
Livestock
producers
in Grant County are eli-
gible to apply for 2018
Livestock Forage Disas-
ter Program benefi ts on
native pastures and non-ir-
rigated improved pas-
tures, according to a press
release from the Farm Ser-
vice Agency.
The program provides
compensation to eligi-
ble livestock producers
who suffer grazing losses
for covered livestock due
to drought on privately
owned or cash-leased land,
or fi re on federally man-
aged land.
County
committees
can only accept appli-
cations after notifi ca-
tion is received by the
national offi ce of quali-
fying drought or if a fed-
eral agency prohibits
producers from grazing
normal permitted livestock
on federally managed
lands due to qualifying
fi re.
Eligible livestock pro-
ducers must complete a
CCC-853 and the required
supporting documentation
no later than Jan. 30, 2019,
for 2018 losses.
Additional Information
about the program, includ-
ing eligible livestock and
fi re criteria, is available at
the local FSA offi ce, 541-
523-7121 ext. 2, or fsa.
usda.gov.
OTEC returning record
$6M in capital credits
The Oregon Trail Elec-
tric Cooperative board of
directors recently approved
the retirement of $6 mil-
lion in capital credits to the
members of the coopera-
tive, more than doubling last
year’s $2.95 million, accord-
ing to a press release.
“OTEC’s primary goal
is to provide safe, reliable,
competitively-priced power
for our members, and we do
an outstanding job,” OTEC
General Manager and CEO
Les Penning said. “Return-
ing $6 million in capital
credits to our members is
icing on the cake and what
sets OTEC apart from other
electric utilities.”
The retirement contin-
ues a long history of OTEC
returning capital credits to
its members. Since 1996,
OTEC has returned more
than $39 million in capital
credits to its members.
“The cooperative is happy
once again to have a capital
credit retirement and be able
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ABOUT OBITUARIES
News obituaries of 300 words or less 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 memorials. Obituaries longer than 300
words may be published as paid memorials. Send obituaries by email,
offi ce@bmeagle.com; fax, 541-575-1244; or mail, 195 N. Canyon Blvd.,
John Day, OR 97845. For more information,
or to inquire about a paid memorial, call 541-575-0710.
Monument’s 6 th Annual
Winter Bazaar
Sunday, December 16 th
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monument School Gym - 217 N. St
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ndor
of ve
Lots raftsmen
and c all over
from ounty.
the c
4-H will be
serving hamburgers.
Monument Ambulance
Dessert Fundraiser
If interested in setting up
your own booth, call
Stacy Robinson at 541-934-2155
Cost per table is $10.
and beauty products, fresh wreaths, fruit baskets, purees, and much more.
Last Week’s Temps
Kenneth Alvin Hensley went
home to be with the Lord on Sun-
day, Dec. 9, at the age of 81. His
gentle spirit and kind soul will be
greatly missed.
Ken had big hands and a bigger
heart. His extraordinary work ethic
was shown from his younger years
on his family’s ranch, to his service
in the Navy Reserves, his dairies
in Bodega Bay, California, Windsor, California, and Mt.
Vernon, Oregon, then the years with Les Schwab in John
Day and E.O.F.F.
He was a man of integrity who worked hard and was
always quick to smile and laugh. He loved people, and his
genuine kindness and enthusiasm for life made him easy
to love back.
Ken was born Sept. 19, 1937, in Santa Rosa, Califor-
nia, to Ann and Alvin Hensley and was the oldest of three
children. He attended Petaluma High School where he
met and fell in love with Dottie Malley. The two were
married for 58 years when she passed in July of 2017; he
was a devoted husband and an amazing father.
In 1969 Ken discovered his dream dairy with a river
for fi shing and hunting in the hills and moved the family
to Mt. Vernon and then to John Day. He loved the com-
munity, the hunting and fi shing.
In 2004, Ken and Dottie moved to Prineville, and for
the last few months he has been cared for in Culver, Ore-
gon, where he passed.
Ken was preceded in death by his wife, Dottie Hensley;
son Ken Hensley; and parents Ann and Alvin Hensley.
He is survived by his sister Diane Taylor; brother Den-
nis (Jan) Hensley; daughter Nadine McCarty; son Tom
(Melanie) Hensley; daughter Janet (Wayne) Johnston; 10
grandchildren, and fi ve great-grandchildren.
The family is grateful for the loving care of his care-
givers at L.L. Owen Home Care and Partners in Care
Hospice. In lieu of fl owers, please make a gift of kind-
ness in his memory to someone who is alone, sick or just
needs a helping hand.
A celebration of life will be held in the spring of 2019
in John Day.
to return funds to our mem-
bers,” said Anthony Bailey,
OTEC’s chief operating offi -
cer. “Capital credits are an
integral part of what makes
a cooperative different from
other businesses. We’re
always glad to return funds
to our member-owners.”
Unlike investor-owned
electric utilities, which dis-
tribute their profi ts to stock-
holders, OTEC is a nonprofi t
electric cooperative.
“We work hard to keep
our rates as low as possi-
ble — continuously search-
ing for ways to reduce oper-
ating costs and advocating
on behalf of our members
with the Bonneville Power
Administration (our elec-
tric energy provider) to keep
power costs down,” Bailey
said.
Present members who
have a capital credit distribu-
tion of $15 or more will be
mailed a check in mid-De-
cember. Members with cap-
ital credit distributions of
$14.99 or less, will receive a
credit on their December bill.
Dolores Ann Berry Nelson died Nov. 17 at the age of 76 in Pendleton,
Oregon, at her home. Dolores was born March 12, 1942, in Yreka,
California and considered Pendleton her hometown. ‘Dee’ as she was
known by, was the youngest daughter of Elizabeth Cooper Nelson and
John Hayes Nelson. Born in Yreka, California, she grew up along the
upper Klamath River, Beaver Creek area. She became an enrolled Karuk
Tribal Member when her tribe was recognized in the 1970’s. She married
Donald G. Kerr with whom she had four children, Deborah Harris (Stuart),
Dawn Countryman (Robert), David Kerr and Darlene Marie (passed age
3). Grandchildren Jarett, Chase and RJ Countryman, and Katie, Anna and
Mary Harris as well as many nieces & nephews. She raised her family in
Prairie City until 1975, then the family moved to Wallowa, Oregon where
they bought 14 beautiful acres that supported horses and cows and had a great view of the
valley. Dolores met her second husband, the love of her life (she would often say), Cleve Berry
while in Wallowa. She and Cleve were avid hunters (moose, elk, antelope, deer), fishermen,
mushroom hunters and huckleberry pickers. She loved the horses in her life (J-Doodle), and had
her special Australian Shepherds Snake, Kit and Maddie. While in Alaska, they had a boat and
loved ocean fishing and inviting friends and family up to share the view, life, and activities that
Alaska offered. ‘Dee’ was always a hard worker finally retiring after 30 years with the USFS. She
started off on the horseback ‘trail crew’ in the Malheur National Forest (John Day/Strawberry
Mountain). She worked as switchboard operator, occasional fire crew, front desk and finally
purchasing agent. She served at USFS offices in John Day, Wallowa, Enterprise, Darby Montana,
then finally in Ketchikan, Alaska. She retired in Pendleton to be near family during Cleves illness.
She was the typical horse-loving little girl who grew up to have her own horses and share her
passion with like-minded friends and her kids. She had a talent for gardening, from large gardens
to her home plants. She had thornless raspberries she carted from Oregon to Montana to Alaska
that made their way back to Pendleton! Dee was preceded in death by her husband Cleve; sister
Roberta Groves, brother David Nelson; and her youngest daughter Darlene Marie. She is survived
by her daughters, Deborah and Dawn and son David; as well as her brothers Eugene (Hank)
Nelson, Johnny Nelson and sister Mary Tolin-Young. The family will have a memorial service
in Wallowa, Oregon in the spring of 2019; details to come at a later date. Burns Mortuary of
Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com.
336 SW Dorion, Pendleton, Oregon. 97801. (541)276-2331 www.burnsmortuaryofpendleton@
yahoo.com www.burnsmortuary.com
Paid for by the family of Dolores Ann Berry Nelson
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Chester “Chet” Harry Willis Jr.
died Nov. 25 at the age of 72 in
Bend, Oregon.
Chester was born Sept. 14,
1946, in Eugene, Oregon, and
considered Prairie City his home-
town. Chester passed away peace-
fully after fi ghting like Super-
man against cancer. He was born
to Chester Harry Willis and Jesse
LaVerne Counts.
Nobody loved old Fords and classic country music
more than Chet. He spent a lot of time fi shing and loved
baseball. He worked more than 30 years for the state of
Oregon in Eugene and Salem.
He met his wife when he accidentally sat on her in the
movie theater she worked at. Love was in the air! They
married Nov. 15, 1968, in Seattle, Washington.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Aletha Willis,
of Prairie City; a son Jonathan Willis of Lenexa, Kan-
sas; a son Denis Willis of Portland, Oregon; four grand-
children; four great-grandchildren; and a huge extended
family.
Funeral arrangements will be at a later date. Donations
in his name may be made to the American Cancer Soci-
ety. Baird Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements,
2425 NE Tweet Place, Bend, OR 97701.
Kenneth Alvin Hensley
By Blue Mountain Eagle
Livestock Forage Disaster
Program application
deadline Jan. 30
Chester ‘Chet’ Harry Willis Jr.
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