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Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 16, 1998 - THREE
Obituaries
Glenn A. Irby
Glenn A. Irby, 79, of Heppner,
died Saturday, September 12,
1998, at Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital in Heppner.
G raveside services were
Wednesday, September 16, 1998
at the Heppner Masonic Cem
etery.
Glenn A. Irby was bom May
7, 1919, at Girdner, Missouri, to
William and Maggie Brown Irby.
He went to grade school at
Girdner and attended high school
at Ava, Missouri.
He m arried Helen M arie
Thompson in 1937. The couple
had one daughter, Mary Phyllis
Irby. They later divorced.
He was inducted into the Civil
ian Conservation Corps camp at
St. Louis, Missouri and worked on
reservoirs and roads at Salt Lake,
Milton and Beaverton, all in Utah.
He returned to Ava and in
1941, married Gladys Lawson.
They had two sons, Billy Ray Irby
and Robert Dean Irby. They later
divorced.
Mr. Irby served with the U.S.
Army in the Philippines during
World War II.
In 1942, he m oved to
Hermiston, where he worked at
the Hinkle Railroad Yard. He later
moved to Heppner w here he
worked on area ranches, then as
a parts man at F ullerton
Chevrolet.
On June 5, 1956, he married
Elvira McDonald, at Pendleton.
The couple lived at Heppner
where Mr. Irby worked for the
Morrow County Road Depart
ment, retiring in 1983.
Mr. Irby enjoyed fishing and
camping.
Survivors include his wife,
Elvira Irby, at the home; daugh
ter, Mary Phyllis di Sibio, of Oak
land, California; sons, Bill and Bob,
both of Hermiston; stepdaughter,
Patsy Kwallek, in Alaska; step
son, Monte McDonald, in Oregon;
six grandchildren and six step-
grandchildren. Two sisters and
thrqe.brothers preceded him In
death.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp
ner was in charge o f arrange
ments.
Willie E. Gibbs
Willie Eugene Gibbs, 62, of
John Day, died Sunday, Septem
ber 6, 1998, at St. Charles Medi
cal Center in Bend.
M em orial services were
Thursday, September 10, 1998 at
the Grant County Fairgrounds
grandstands.
Willie Eugene Gibbs was bom
February 10,1936, at Youngsport,
Texas, to V.E. “Dick” and Ethal
Gibbs. The family moved to Pow
ers in 1951 and he graduated from
high school there in 1954.
On April 9, 1956, he married
Judy Dobson. They moved to
John Day in 1969.
Mr. Gibbs was employed as a
truck driver. In his lifetime he had
worked in the logging industry and
in road construction.
He enjoyed bowling and read
ing, was an avid rodeo fan, and
an active USTRC team roper.
Survivors include his mother, a
sister and brother, his wife of 42
years, Judy; his children. Brad
Gibbs and David Gibbs, both of
John Day, and Marvin Gibbs of
Wallowa; a daughter, Shawn
Kempas of Lexington; 11 grand
children and two great-grandchil
dren. He was preceded in death
by his father, his grandparents and
a sister.
Memorial contributions may be
made to St. Charles Medical Cen
ter through U.S. Bank, Grant
County Branch, 129 N. Canyon
Boulevard, John Day, OR. 97845.
Dnskill Memorial Chapel, John
Day, was in charge of arrange
ments.
Inna Woodard
Inna Pectol Woodard, 78, of
Boardman. died Wednesday, Sep
tember 3, 1998, at Good Samari
tan Nursing Home in Hermiston.
The funeral was Thursday, Sep
tember 10,1998 at the Boardman
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints Ward Chapel. Grave
side service was September 10,
1998 at Bess Hampton Memorial
Gardens in Othello, Washington.
Inna Pectol was bom January
28,1920, at Upalco, Utah, to Jesse
L. and Minnie A. Carrell Pectol.
On July 6, 1937, she married
Clarence W. Woodard at Vernal,
Utah. Their marriage was sealed
on June 30, 1948, at the Salt Lake
City Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints Temple.
The couple developed farms in
Pleasant Valley, Utah; Eltopia,
W ashington and M yton and
Ibapah, Utah. In 1991, they
moved to Boardman to be near
their two daughters.
Mrs. Woodard enjoyed danc
ing, uplifting literature, nature and
serving others.
She was a member o f the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints and served as teacher,
counselor and president of the
Primary, Young Woman’s and
Relief Society organizations of the
church.
Survivors include daughters,
Betty Smith of Cheney, Washing
ton; and LaRae Poe of Boardman;
sisters, Lillian Mecham of Kla
math Falls, Zada Nelson of Salt
Lake City, Utah and Lavena
Howard of Fields Landing, Cali
fornia; a brother, Fon Pectol of
Roosevelt, Utah; 13 grandchildren,
37 great-grandchildren and two
great-great grandchildren. She
was preceded in death by her hus
band, Clarence, her parents, sis
ters, Virga and Zella, brothers,
Phillip and Alvin, and great-grand
sons, Michael and Fletcher.
Stevens Funeral Home, P.O.
Box 315, Othello, Washington, was
in charge of arrangements.
Laverne Zeeb
Word has been received of the
death o f former Heppner and
Pendleton resid en t A udree
Laverne Brown Zeeb, 69, o f
Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday,
August 25, 1998, at her home.
Audree Laverne Brown was
bom February 22, 1929, at Ox
nard, California, to Jesse and
Mattie Mane C. Brown. She at
tended St. Joseph Academy in
Pendleton between 1943 and
1947. She was a member of St.
Joseph’s Glee Club and achieved
a number one-class rating her jun
ior and senior years. She gradu
ated in 1947.
She married Ted White of
Pendleton. The couple lived at
Heppner and latter divorced. She
moved to Southern California
where she remarried and raised
her family, eventually moving to
Tacoma to care for her mother
and stepfather.
She was an artist who sold
many oil paintings throughout the
western states. Other paintings
done by her grace the walls of
family members’ homes.
Survivors include daughters.
Tedde Laverne Holcomb of Pilot
Rock, Annette Marie Eads of
Lancaster, California; Cynthia
Lee Sligar of Vancouver, Wash
ington, Angela Mae Edwards of
Palmdale, California; sons, Clinton
Mitchell Zeeb of Puyallup, Wash
ington and Brandon Courtney
Zeeb of Port Angeles, Washing
ton; her stepfather, J.C. “Jack”
Slocum of Tacoma, formerly of
Heppner; her former husband.
Larry Zeeb of Port Angeles; 13
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. She was preceded
in death by her mother, Mattie
Marie Slocum.
John H. McRoberts
John Harvey McRoberts, 79, a
Lexington area native, of
McMinnville, died Friday, Sept.
4. 1998, at McMinnville.
Graveside services were held at
Willamette National Cemetery
on Sept. 8.
John Harvey McRoberts was
bom Aug. 1, 1919, on his great -
uncle Tom McDandels' wheat
ranch out of Lexington, to Harv
and
Stella
McDandels
McRoberts.
He later moved to Idaho with
family where he grew up and
attended school, returning to
Heppner when he was 17.
He served with the U.S. Army
during World War II, earning a
Purple Heart and a Distinguished
Service Cross.
In 1945, he married Jeanne
Leathers. She died in 1970.
In 1971, Mr. McRoberts mar
ried Marjorie Wheeler.
In 1946, Mr. McRoberts went
to work in sales and service for
Industrial Air Supply, which
later became Liquid Air Cor
poration. He was employed by
Liquid Air until his retirement in
1990.
Survivors include his wife,
Marjorie, of McMinnville; sons.
Jay McRoberts of Central Point,
Kerry McRoberts of Corvallis,
and Richard Wheeler of
Portland;
daughters, Carol
Fossen of Jacksonville, Marilyn
Wheeler of San Francisco,
Suzanne Thrasher of Portland,
and Sally Wheeler of Bozeman,
Mont.; brothers, Lee McRoberts
of Portland, Arlo McRoberts of
Palm Desert. Calif., and Ellis
McRoberts and Oliver Devin,
both of Heppner; sisters, Alice
Wagner of Heppner, Caroline
Goodwin of Portland, and
Frances Wright of Twin Falls,
Idaho; and 13 grandchildren.
Lincoln Memorial Funeral
Home ofiPortlarui was in charge
i of arrangement»?
Irrigon student
earns OSU
scholarship
Nearly $80,000 in scholarships
will be awarded to Oregon State
University College of Science stu
dents for the 1998-99 academic
year, which begins Monday, Sept.
28.
Local scholarship recipients in
clude Justin Carson, Irrigon, a
sophomore in pre-therapy, $500
Jesse Hanson Scholarship.
Road report
Booster Club steak feed/auction Oct. 17
The U.S. Dept, of Trans
portation lists its planned
construction activities on Willow
Creek Road for the week of
Monday, Sept. 14;
Tidewater plans to continue
working on the cut slopes above
Smith Ditch and building the
subgrade with some of the
material from these cut slopes.
They are hauling waste material
to the waste sites established on
the FS 5350 road and to private
property near the end o f the
project. They are utilizing exca
vators and cat wagons to move
the waste material. Drivers on FS
5350 road are asked to please
observe the flaggers and re
member that they are there to
help you and the operators of the
equipment.
They have a culvert crew
continuing to place culverts
throughout
the
project.
Emergency access through the
project will be maintained
throughout the construction
season. They also continued to
drill in preparation of doing some
rock blasting near the first of the
work week Be aware that there
will be some blasting prior to 1
p.m., but the exact date and time
has not been finalized.
Willow Creek Road (Coal
Mine Grade) is closed to through
traffic from Cutsforth Park to the
intersection of FS roads 5350 and
53. This intersection will remain
open, to the logging contractor
only, for the removal of timber
sale material. The FS 21 Road,
Penland Lake Road intersection
will remain
open
during
construction activities, controlled
with flaggers.
Willow Creek Road remains
open, to local traffic only, to
Cutsforth Park. The park will
remain open through
the
construction season.
The Willow Creek road closure
will continue through Oct. 9,
1998. The detour route through
the Shaw Creek Road to the four
comers to Penland Lake and
Ukiah is open for all traffic.
Additional temporary signs have
been placed for Penland Lake
access.
Please watch for logging truck
traffic and observe'the warning
signs, including the speed limit,
on the detour route and observe
the barricades at both ends of the
construction zone. Please have a
safe summer and remember that
the barricaded road closures are
for the traveling public's safety.
Federal Highways asks the
traveling public for
their
patience, consideration and
cooperation
during
this
construction season and hopes
that the work will be completed
with a minimum of delays.
For more information, contact
Robert G. Toops, project en
gineer, at 676-5904 in Heppner.
The Heppner High School
Booster Club will hold
its
steak feed and auction October
17 at the Heppner Elks Lodge.
The Booster Club invites
everyone to come and enjoy a
fun filled evening. "Bring all of
your friends and pheasant
hunting parties," said a Booster
Club spokesperson.
The annual event will feature a
variety of auction items, silent
auction items and raffle items.
A few of the many items
available will be: a Winchester
model 700.270 caliber rifle
donated by Gentry Allstott
construction and Coast to Coast
hardware, a Black Hills gold
ring donated by Peterson's
Jewelry, a fishing trip donated
by Steve Rhea, bird hunting
weekends and airplane flights.
The dinner will start at 6 p.m.
with the auction to follow at 8
p.m. The cost of dinner will be
$7.50. Tickets will be available
at the Shoe Box and at the door.
Anyone interested in donating
to the Booster Club auction may
phone Greg and Erika Grant,
676-5257, Cyde and Rusty
Estes, 676- 5808, Chuck and
Sherry Matteson 676-5250, or
John and Sonja McCabe 676-
5231.
Proceeds from the auction
over the past several years have
gone towards purchase of
various items or sponsorship of
activities for Heppner Junior-
Senior High School as follows:
-Football: press box,
coaching headsets, carpet for
the bleachers and a new
blocking sled;
-Basketball: video training
library, coaching aid equipment,
goal lights and panel and other
equipment;
-Baseball: baseball field,
bleachers, sprinklers, ad boards
and equipment;
-Softball: equipment and new
infield dirt;
-Volleyball: equipment;
-Scholarships: four annually;
-Cheerleaders: mascot
costume and uniforms;
-Pep band: shirts;
-Sports and academic awards:
refreshments and certificates;
-Miscellaneous items and
activities:
youth
football
sponsorship; Eighth Grade
Celebration; HHS homecoming;
FFA convention sponsorship;
play books, pencil sharpeners,
student assignment books, gym
window covers, gymnastic
equipment; special achievement
dinners; trophy engraving; loans
to organizations.
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Thank You
Heppner!
News deadline
5p.m. Monday
The Heppner Booster Club would like to thank everyone lor their
support over the last several years. Your generous contributions
have allowed us to purchase or sponsor the following items:
Football; the press box,
coaching headsets, carpet for
the bleachers and a new
blocking sled.
Youth Football sponsorship
Cheerleader mascot & uniforms
Pep-Band Shirts
Basketball; a video training
library, coaching aid equipment,
goal lights and panel and other
equipment.
Baseball; The baseball field,
bleachers, sprinklers, ad boards
and equipment.
Softball; equipment and new
infield dirt.
Volleyball; equipment
4 Scholarships annually
Sports & Academic awards;
refreshments & certificates
8m Grade Celebration
HHS Homecoming
FFA Convention sponsorship
Play books
Pencil dispensers
Student assignment books
Gym window covers
Gymnastic equipment
Special achievement dinners
Trophy engraving
Loans to Organizations
We would also like to extend a special thank you to all past Booster Club
members for your years of dedication and service.
Booster Club is proud to sponsor the scholastic and athletic
achievements o f the students o f Heppner Junior-Senior High School
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