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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1977)
FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 22, 1977 Collier, Abrams exchange vows COUNTY 1 1 1 Iff liiv with Justine Weatherford I hope you are all thinking joyous thoughts about family reunions and various holiday celebrations. I, too, love Christmastime, but from now on it will be very different for me without Bill whose life ended a 11 p.m. on Dec. 14. Some who may read my words understand a great deal about cancer, a word and a condition that scares people tremendously. Unfortunately some of us have learned about this disorderly, purposeless growth of cells by watching a loved one suffer. My husband knew much about cancer because he had watched it take the lives of this mother, an older brother, his first wife and other family members. He also knew he was encouraging it by his long-time, constant cigarette smoking. Bill prepared for the horrible possibility by arranging for special hospital insurance. He also wrote and published two small books about his family and his community and his friends here. (The second book was printed in September, during his acute illness.') However, Bill couldn't have anticipated the long period of suffering he endured. His weight fell about 60 pounds but his spirit and good humor held up remarkably well. His suffering was eased considerably by the supportive love of the great Weatherford family and the many friends in this community who continually encouraged him. We all know that he had the kind and skillful care from fine doctors, nurses and other hospital aides here and in Portland. His strong, very active mind considered many problems during the almost six months of his fatal illness. He, as always, was very concerned about other people's problems and about community affairs until his final sleep. Bill so loved Morrow and Gilliam Counties. He was so positive that the world's greatest people live here. He convinced me to leave the Willamette Valley and to come to "God's Country". I have been so glad I was persuaded because he was so right about the great people here. Mary Abrams of Heppner and Keith Collier of Pendleton were married November 27 in Heppner at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Abrams. Father Dirk Rinehart, pas tor of St. James Episcopal Church in Milton-Freewater, officiated at the late afternoon ceremony before family and close friends of the couple. The bride wore an ivory satin dress originally worn by her mother. Hand-made lace trimming the dress's yoke came from her grandmother's wedding gown. She carried a bouquet of dried flowers in ivory and dark winter red. Elizabeth and Alice Abrams, attendants for their sister, wore winter red print dresses and carried old-fashioned bou quets of red and ivory dried flowers. The groom's attendants were his brothers, Tom Collier of McCall, Idaho, and Gary Collier of Ukiah. Rob Abrams, Pendleton, and Frances Mauss of Port land, brother and sister of the bride, read a poem and a passage of scripture as parts of the wedding service. Special music for the cere mony was pro vided by Karen Rinehart of Milton-Freewater and Tony Rick, Eugene, singing and playing the autoharp and guitar. Family members at tending the wedding from out of town were the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Collier, Pendleton ; his grand father, John Collier of Daven- p Dobyns Pest Control 422-71 eo lone k t J tlblidcuj Greetings Jerry Sweeney Irfch 4 port, Iowa; and his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Heath of Nez Perce, Idaho; the bride's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. E.L. Haskell, Ever ett, Washington; and her uncle, Henry Morrow of Palo Alto, California. Special guests were Ann, Nathan and Mark Rinehart; the Bob Clapp family of Pendleton; and the Bishop and Mrs. William Spofford, Redmond. A buffet A buffet dinner and recep tion for family, out-of-town guests and friends followed the ceremony. The bride a graduate of Heppner High School, atten ded Blue Mountain Communi ty College and was graduated from the University of Arizona in September. The groom graduated from Pendleton High School and the Universi ty of Oregon. The couple will live in Donnelly, Idaho, for the winter. i - j V ' I ' 'U . a a a S3 8 IK 5351 PEOPLE EVENTS HAPPENINGS i it 14. Peck, Hughes announces plans Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hughes of Heppner announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Patricia Faye, to Lyle Allen Peck, Jr., The Dalles, son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. Lyle Peck of Heppner. The couple will be married in All Saints Episcopal Church on April 8, and will make their home in The Dalles. Mr. and Mrs. Keith Collier HHmAwi miff for ooo kit HH 1? film mm! hmh 7 LCAfl . 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