Paga K THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppner. OR, Thursday. Doc. 23, 197
Lexington news
Obituaries
Leo Gorger
A prominent Eastern Ore.
wheat farmer and business
man, Leo Gorger, died Dec. 13
at St. Anthony Hospital after a
six months' illness with pros
tatic cancer. He was 78.
Mr. Gorger was born Apr.
22, 1898, at St. Cloud, Minn.,
the fourth of seven children.
"The family moved to a farm
near Scio when he was 5. In
1914, because of his mother's
ill health, his father took up a
homestead near lone.
After purchasing the busi
ness interests of his brothers,
Mr. Gorger continued to farm
there, increasing the original
160-acre homestead to 4,800
acres. In 1943, he bought the
ranch near Pendleton where
he made his home, still re
taining the lone property.
In 1934, he married Ruth
Jane Adkins of Eight Mile and
they were the parents of five
children. Ruth Gorger died in
1961.
During those years, Mr.
Gorger had branched out into
other investment properties,
including motels, and had
built the Tapadera Motel in
Pendleton among others.
In 1963, he married Edna
Stevens Clark, a Pendleton
newspaperwoman. At that
time each had a young son,
Richard, 12, and James, 11.
Mr. Gorger had a lifelong
interest in music, organizing
and directing a dance band
that played throughout Mor
row County in the 1920s and
30s. More recently he had
appeared in a Pendleton Com
munity Theater production of
"The Music Man" and in
several programs in the area
with his banjo.
He was a member of the
Catholic church all his life,
assisting with both financial
Iva Wareham
Iva Clark Wareham, 80,
Portland, died Thursday, Dec.
2, in Portland.
Mrs. Wareham was born
May 23. 1896, in Heppner, the
daughter of Hiram Elderidge
and Melvina Jane Hinton
Clark, early Morrow County
pioneers.
She had traveled extensive
ly in Mexico, South America
and Africa, and lived for a
time in Chicago. She was a
member of the Order of the
Eastern Star, Portland.
Mrs. Wareham was the last
of her family, being preceded
in death by her husband, John
Wareham; a con, Louis E.
Joy; a sister, Laura Clark
Morgan ; two brothers, Ernest
(Bub) Clark and Ed Clark.
Clark's Canyon, north of Hep
pner, was named for their
grandfather, Oscar Clark.
Graveside service were
conducted Dec. at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery by Ruth
Chapter No. 32, Order of the
Eastern Star.
Lena Brown Curry
Lena Brown Curry, 72. Long
Beach, Wash., formerly of
Heppner, died Sunday, Dec.
19, In an automobile accident
at Astoria, Ore.
She was born Oct. 4. 1904, In
Hepppner. the daughter of
John and Minnie Warren
Cradick She and her husband
were Eightmile area farmers
for many years.
Mrs. Curry Is survived by
one daughter, Jnlrne
McGraw, Beavrrton; three
tilers. Kay Anderson. Hep
pner; Myrtle Carson, Milwau
kte, Ore.; Ethel Cradick. Los
Angeles, Calif ; two grand
children, Judy Diehl. Aloha,
and David Starred. Beaver
Ion. Funeral service were held
Wednesday, Dec. 22. at I p m.
al Penttila's Chapel By The
Sea, Long Beach, with the
Rev. Ole Larson officiating
Inlermenl was at lm Fir
Cemetery. t.ont Bench
aid and physical labor in
building churches in lone,
Boardman and Heppner. At
St. Mary's Church in Pendle
ton, he sang in the choir, was
on the parish finance board
and participated in various
church activities and organi
zations. He had been active in
community and school district
affairs at lone, civic, farm,
and social organizations in
Pendleton including the
Grange and Elks Lodge.
Mr. Gorger had been hon
ored as Umatilla County soil
conservation farmer of the
year, had been awarded the
Pendleton Chamber of Com
merce agricultural award and
was a lifetime member of the
Oregon Wheat League.
A self-trained machinist, he
had patents on several of his
farm machinery innovations.
In addition to serving his
local community, Mr. Gorger
had given his time and ex
perience on the state level too.
He had retired in June after
serving five years on the
Oregon State Builders Board
He had been appointed by th
governor in 1970 to the origina
five-man board to represeni
the public at large in helping
facilitate newly enacted legis
lation to protect Oregon honu
owners.
Survivors include his wid
ow; sons, Richard and Don
ald, both of Portland, Robert
of Yakima, and James of.
Pendleton; daughters, Leola
Bowerman and Patricia For
sythe, both Portland; broth
ers, Henry, Pendleton, and
Joseph, Napa, Calif.; sister,
Willa Ramsey, Pendleton; 13
grandchildren, and several
nieces and nephews.
Contributions may be made
to the Leo Gorger Memorial
Fund at St. Mary's Church
through Burns Mortuary or
directly to the church.
The funeral mass was in St.
Mary's Church, Pendleton,
Ore.
Walter Britt
Walter M. Britt, 80, Stan
field, formerly of Spray, died
in Pendleton Saturday, Dec.
18.
He was born Sept. 4, 18, at
Mountain City, Tenn.. and had
been a resident of Oregon
since 1908.
Mr. Britt was a member of
the Hermiston Assembly of
God Church, Columbia
Grange, Columbia River Bar
racks No. 379, a veteran of
World War I and a retired
farmer and stockman.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, Dec. 21. at 2 p.m. at
the United Methodist Church.
Heppner, with the Rev. Char
les K. Barnes of the Hermiston
Assembly of God officiating.
Sherryll Dickenson sang "My
Service First of AH." The
quartet sang "I'll Meet You in
the Morning." Pauline Miller
played prelude and postlude
music. Casket bearers were
Roy, Claude. Ray, Steve,
Stanley, Roger and Clyde
Britt.
Concluding services and
Interment were at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery, with
Sweeney Mortuary In charge
of arrangements.
Mr. Britt is survived by his
widow, Mable, Slanfield;
three sons, Marvin. Spray;
Elvin, Slanfield; Armond,
Pilot Rock; four brothers.
Clyde. Fonsil; Claude, Roy II.
and Ray R , all of Spray; four
sister. Myrtle Batdin. Lew
Uton, Ida ; Bernadine Nelson
and Beulah Tilley. both
Spray; Haiel McQuinn, Slan
field, n.oe grandchildren and
two greatgrandchildren,
three stepdaughters, Juanita
Barrett, Weston; Jenent Eai
er, Rockvllle, Maryland.
Sherryll Dickenson, Hermis
ton; one step son. Erie Adney,
Chula Vista. Calif , 20 step
grandchildren and 10 step
f rest grandchildren.
By Delpha Jones
The Amicitia Club met on
Wednesday night for their
Christmas meeting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Lovgren. Their home was
beautifully decorated in the
Christmas motif. Winning
prizes were Barbara Cuts
forth, high; Hilda Yocom,
second high; Phyllis Piper,
low; and Mildred Davidson,
traveling.
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Mr. and Mrs. Truman Mes
singer were in Portland last
weekend, where they attended
the wedding of Ronald Willett,
nephew of Mr. Messinger. The
wedding was held at the
Henpson Baptist Church and
the reception was held at the
Ben Franklin Plaza.
The Holly Rebekah Lodge
met on Thursday night with
Noble Grand, Maureen Davis,
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Boyce Ins. Agency
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give $30.00 to the U.N. Pil
grimage. The District Deputy Presi
dent gave the unwritten work,
as did Carolyn Howard and
Catie Padberg. A birthday
honoring those with birthdays
this last quarter, also receiv
ing gifts were Linda Jones,
Marion Robinson and Delpha
Jones.
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