FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, December 22, 1977
Collier, Abrams exchange vows
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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-
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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.
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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.
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