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
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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,
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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 .
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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-
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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