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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 11, 1998 Obituaries Elmer M. Mot Elmer M . Moe. 89, o f Hepp ner, died Sunday. Novem ber I. 1908. at Pioneer M em orial Nurs ing Home in Heppner. Graveside service v.as held Wednesday November 4, 1998 at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Elmer M oe vs as bom February 7, 1909. at Dover. Idaho, to M a r tin and M am ie Moe. He attended school at Kootenai. Idaho, where he graduated from high school in 1927. He lived at lone. Washington for a time, then moved to Pilot Rock, w here he worked in the mill. In 1941. he moved to Heppner. He worked at k in /u a Pine M ill, retir ing as a superintendent in 1975. On February 27. 1943, he mar ried Rosalie Ploy bar at Pendleton. Mr. M oe enjoyed fishing and spent a great deal o f time fishing on Lake Pend'Oreille in Northern Idaho. Survivors include his w ife . Rose Moe. o f I leppner: daughter, Jo Hudson o f Heppner: stepsons. Jack Ploy har and Darrell Ployhar. both o f Heppner: stepdaughter. Peg Martin o f Redmond: a brother. Albert Mot: o f Spokane; 14 grand children. 25 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchil dren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pioneer M em orial Hospital Foundation, P.O. Box 5 15. Heppner. O R 97836. Sweeney Mortuary o f Hepp ner was in charge o f arrange ments. Yvonne E. Lovgren Yvonne E. Lovgren. 66. o f Heppner, died Monday. Novem ber 2. 1998. at St. Charles M ed i cal Center in Bend. Graveside service was held Friday. November 6. 1998 at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Yvonne Dougherty was born December 31. 1931. at Blalock near A rlin g to n , to E a rl and Roberta M cK inney Dougherty She began school at Lexington, then attended St. Joseph Acad emy in Pendleton, then attended school in Heppner. On M arch 19. 1949. she mar ried Robert I.. Lovgren at Hepp ner. The couple fanned near Lex ington. retiring in 1994 and mov ing into Heppner. Mrs» Lovgren supported the Hardman C om m unity Center. She belonged to the Garden Club and was always ready to volun teer when needed. Surv ivors include her husband. Robert Lovgren o f Heppner; son. Chris Lovgren o f Seattle; brother. Jerry Dougherty o f Heppner; and three grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Heppner Elks M e morial Fund. P.O. Box 494. Hepp ner. OR. 97836. Sweeney M ortuary o f Hepp ner was in charge o f arrange ments. Vasa Lesperance Vasa Elizabeth Lesperance. 84, o f Hermiston. died Thursday. No vember 5. 1998. at her home. Graveside services were held Tuesday, November 10, 1998 at the Hermiston Cemetery. Vasa Elizabeth Koegeboelm was born M arch 2 0 . 1914, at M arion . Kansas, to David and l .eanna Coleman Koegeboelm. In her earlier years, she worked out doors and helped raise crops. She had been a resident to Hermiston the past five years and had previously lived at Irrigon and Moses Lake. Washington. Mrs. Lesperance enjoyed cro cheting. She was preceded in death by her husband. Dennie. in 1981. Survivors include a son. Den nis o f Irrigon; a sister. M ildred Davis in Oregon; two grandchil dren: and three great-grandchil dren. Bums Mortuary o f Flermiston was in charge o f arrangements. Donations welcome Anyone wishing to donate to the Jo vita Reyes Fo u nd ation (Cassie Chapel) may send checks made out to the Jovita Reyes Fluindation to June Crowell at P.O. Box 10 1. lone. OR 97843. Checks should be mailed by Sundav. Nov. 15. Helen Searcy Ruggles Memorial services for Helen Searcy Ruggles. 83. will be held at Central United Protestant Church in Richland. W A, on Saturday, November 14. 1998. at 4 p.m. in the chapel. A reception will follow Helen Searcy Ruggles was born to Thomas B. Searcy and Lena Rivers Shelton on January 23, 1915, in Moro. She died peacefully in her sleep at Kadlec- Medical Center in Richland. W A , on November 10, 1998. Mrs. Ruggles was raised on a wheat ranch in Sherman County . She married Charles Ruggles in 1933 and raised their daughter. Connie, in Heppner. where they ran a successful insurance company for a number o f years They retired to Arizona and. after Charles died in 1976. she moved to Richland td be near her daughter and family . During her life in Richland. Mrs. Ruggles volunteered her piano skills to various organizations, including Central United Protestant Church and Eastern Star. Her hobbies and interests included wildflovver photography, pi a no accompaniment for a dance band and numerous special occasions. Sweet Adelines, the Sherman County Historical Society, traveling the western sates and "armchair quarterbacking". She was preceded in death by her husband. Charles Ruggles. her daughter. Connie Fastabend. a well-known local artist, her parents, six brothers and one sister. She is surv ived by her son-in- law, Jack Fastabend. and six grandchildren. Dona Gilmour. Laura Benson. N eil Fastabend. Linda Fastabend. Jef Fastabend and Wayne Fastabend and their families. Einan's Funeral Home at Richland was in charge o f arrangements. Walter Russell Lacey Memorial serv ices for Walter Russell Lacey were held Friday, November 6. 1998. at the Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Disposition was by cremation. M r. Lacy. 67. died Monday. November 2, 1998. at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. W alter Russell Lacey was born at Rushville, Indiana, on December 20. 1930. Oscar and Bessie Hawkins Lacey. M r. Lacey, a resident o f Heppner the past month, had previously lived in Pendleton for three years. Before moving to Pendleton, he lived in Tygh Valley and had also lived in Condon for many years. At Condon he was a Little League coach, ran the bowling lanes and was a city policeman. He also worked for the Oregon State Highway Dept. He was a veteran o f the Korean W ar. serv ing in the United States A ir Force. Mr. Lacey loved fishing, hunting and all sports. Mr. Lacey is survived by his wife, Billie Faye Lacey o f Heppner: two sons. David Lacey o f Conrad. Montana, and Scott Lacey o f New Mexico; five daughters. Marthela Potter o f Pendleton. A pril Wilson o f Heppner. Dorothea Frost o f Redmond. Kathy Cutsforth o f Heppner and Lola M ille r o f Redmond: 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Hope, Valby welcome new members The congregations o f Hope and Valby Lutheran churches welcomed new members to their Christian fellowship on Sunday, November 8. The Neiffer Family o f lone was welcomed into membership o f the congregation at Valby’s 9 a m. worship. Linda and Duane N eiffer met while they were working for the USFS out ol Heppner in the early 1980s. Most recently o f Boardman. the family now lives in lone. Linda continues to teach at Sam Boardman Elementary while husband. Duane, is now teaching science at lone Junior and Senior High. Their sons, Paul seventh grade. Adam ninth grade, and Jacob, I I th grade, attend lone schools. Seven new members were welcomed into the Hope congregation at the 11 a.m. service. The Basile family has attended Hope (Debbie Basile is the church musician) for some Dr. Donald J. Carlson ‘f o o t Specialist 2P will be at the Pioneer Memorial Clinic on November 18th for the diagnosis and treatment of all foot problems Heppner 676-5504_______ time and on Sunday they were formally received into membership Joe is an Oregonian "by way o f New York" who is employed as a plant operator at the Coyote Springs Power Plant. In addition to being Hope's music leader and the mother o f Luke, third grade, and Dan fifth grade, Debbie is the accompanist for the South M orrow County Choir and works part time at Murray Drugs. Debbie hails from Salem. The family has been liv ing in the Heppner area since 1990. Ashley Collette, a sophomore at Heppner High School, and her brother. Tra' is Judd, a senior, *§* Hermiston 567-8750______ J& k ll s Time To Winterize Your Home & Auto Coast to Goast also became members, transferring their membership from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Boardman. Dick Metz, pastor o f the Hope/Valby Lutheran Parish, also transferred his church membership from Wood lake Lutheran Church, Richfield, M N . Letters to the Editor Editor's note Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Cazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone number on all letters tor use bv the C-T office The C-T reserves the right to edit. W ill miss patriotic trip to the polls To the Editor: M any, many many years ago. as I passed the magic age o f ”2 1 (the legal age to vote back then), I could hardly wait to register to vote. In 1932. I proudly went to the polling place to cast my ballot. I felt very patriotic to mark my first ballot. In my home, as I grew up. there was much discussion o f candi dates and issues, both national and local. I remember going to the polling place, the local school- house. with the family and baby sat my siblings while my parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and older cousins v oted. I have gone to the poles every election since 1932 to vote except w hen I was away from home and then I would get an absentee bal lot. I am not very enthusiastic about the new mail-in ballot. There was an article in the M etro section o f the Sunday Or- Have your own WEB PAGE Heppner Gazette 676 9228 ; egonian a couple o f weeks ago about the number o f registered voters in each county and the state. It told how many registered absentees, the percent o f absen tees and the percent o f absentee ballots returned. It was quite enlightening as to what may happen with the new vote-by-mail. Less than 14 percent o f the mailed ballots were returned. I personally w ill miss the patri otic trip to the poles. (s) Barbara G ilbert Heppner Thank-you from . .. To our constituents in Umatilla & Morrow/ Counties— we greatly appreciate your support— we take very seriously our stewardship of the monies you provide to us for community college educational services in Eastern Oregon. To those who served on the “Friends” committees in Milton-Freewater, Pendleton, Hermiston/West Umatilla County area, the North Morrow/Columbia River area, & the South MorrowAVillow Creek Valley area; to the Blue Mountain Community College Board of Education, Foundation Board Members & Budget Committee Members; and to the faculty & staff of Blue Mountain Community College— thanks for all the hard work and dedication to the Bond Effort— we couldn’t have done it without all of you! - ... The Friends . ofBMC T hank You! The confidence that you have expressed in me and my family is deeply appreciated. It is a great honor to be chosen as your congressman. My campaign pledge to you was that I will do the best that I can every time, and that will be my mission in Congress. - Congressman-elect Greg Walden and family
