Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 3,1999 - FIVE
Obituaries
Howard Edgerton Smith
Howard Edgerton Smith, 83,
Hermiston,
died
Monday,
Juan Antonio Tellechea, 63, of February 22, 1999, at Good
Lexington, died Thursday, Febru Shepherd Community Hospital
ary 25, 1999, following an indus in Hermiston.
trial accident at Kinzua Resources
Funeral services were February
Mill in Heppner.
26, 1999, at Bums Mortuary
Recitation of the Rosary for Chapel in Hermiston. Burial
Mr. Tellechea will be 7:30 p.m. followed at the Hermiston
Thursday, March 4, 1999 at St. Cemetery.
Howard Edgerton Smith was
Patrick’s Catholic Church in
Heppner. Memorial Funeral Mass bom July 27, 1915, on the
will be 11 a.m. Friday, March 5, family farm near Cecil to
Charles E. and Lucinda (Ewing)
1999 at St. Patrick’s Church.
He was bom March 26, 1935, Smith.
Mr. Smith was a resident of
at Lesaca, Spain, to Jose and
Hermiston
since 1987. He had
Theresa Alzuguray Tellechea. He
lived
and
famed
at Cecil near
grew up near Lesaca and at
Willow Creek from 1963 - 1987.
tended school there.
He served in the U S. Army
In 1964, he came to America. during World War II, serving in
He worked for Allied Land and England, France, Belgium and
Livestock Company in the Steens Luxenburg. After the war he
Mountains of Southern Oregon. worked as a sheep shearer and a
Through the years, he returned to carpenter, building houses in
Spain several times.
John Day. He also worked on
He became a resident of Mor the John Day Dam.
On September 27, 1947 he
row County in 1968.
He was foreman for the Shirley married Ernestine May (Bennett)
Ruggs sheep operation for many Crisp in Humboldt County.
years and had been employed at Nevada.
He was baptized in St. John's
Kinzua Mill for over 20 years.
On October 24, 1974, he mar Episcopal Church in Hermiston
and attended church there. He
ried Kathy Burcham at
was a ham radio operator and a
Winnemucca, Nevada.
member of the Hermiston
He was a member o f St.
Amateur Radio Club. He loved
P atrick’s Catholic Church in to hunt and fish.
Heppner.
He is survived by a son,
He enjoyed fishing, gardening Whitley Smith of Hermiston;
and helping others in any way he daughters, Lucinda Brown of
could.
Lake Oswego and Linda
Wilhelm of Lexington; a sister,
Survivors include his wife,
Kathy, of Lexington; sons, Jim of Mary Velvin of Lakeside; and
Beaverton and Phil of Pendleton; eight grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be
sisters, Delores in France and
Martina in Spain; and a brother, made to the Hermiston VFW
Post #4750.
Filepe in Canada.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
Memorial contributions may be
was
care of arrangements.
made to St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church Youth Group, or Memo
rial Fund, P.O. Box 633, Heppner, Dorothy M. Spay
Oregon 97836.
Dorothy Mae Alberta Spay, 74,
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp of Irrigon, died Wednesday,
ner is in charge of arrangements. February 24, 1999, at her home.
Private family memorial
services will be held later.
Anna M. Wilson
Anna M. Wilson, 75, of Hepp Disposition was by cremation
ner, died Tuesday, February 23, with burial at Tipton, Indiana.
She was bom December 10,
4 1999, at Pioneer Memorial Hos
1924, at Tipton, Indiana, to John
pital.
and Alberta Bond Roush.
Graveside memorial service
For the past 17 years, she and
was held Friday, February 26,1999 her daughter, Esther, lived at
at the Heppner Masonic Cem Tipton for six months each year
etery.
and at Irrigon for six months.
She was bom November 17,
Mrs. Spay was a homemaker
1923, at Heppner, to Allen and who enjoyed sewing, watching
Mary McDevitt Johnston. She movies, eating out and traveling.
Survivors include sons,
grew up in Heppner and attended
local schools, graduating from Timothy Holman of Pasco, WA.
and
Randy
Holman
of
Heppner High School in 1941.
She lived in Morrow County Kennewick, WA; daughters,
most of her life, except for a short Esther Holman of Irrigon, Tina
Booker of West Richland, WA,
time in Ukiah.
and Cindy Jimmez of Yakima,
On August 27, 1951, she mar WA; a brother, Donald Roush of
ried Edwin C. Wilson, in Idaho.
Cecero, Indiana; sisters, Rowena
She had worked at Cal’s Res Roush of Daleville, IN, and
taurant and Lounge in Heppner.
Vonda Sawdos of Tipton, IN; 14
She enjoyed crafts and sewing. grandchildren and 15 great
Survivors include a daughter, grandchildren. She was preceded
Abbey Round of Prineville; sons, in death by her first husband,
Tracey Wilson of Heppner and Fredrick LeRoy Holman, Sr.; her
Gerry Davidson of Portland; 10 second husband, Kenneth Ray
grandchildren and several great Spay; a son, Fredrick LeRoy
grandchildren. She was preceded Holman, Jr., and a sister,
in death by her husband. Edwin, a Annabelle Riburger.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
son, Mike Davidson, and a brother,
was in charge of arrangements.
Sam Johnston.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital, P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Oregon
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp
ner was in charge of arrange
ments.
Juan A. Tellechea
Pauline Gates
Beulah I. Florence
Beulah I. Florence, 101, of
Pauline Gates, 70, of lone,
died Thursday, February 25, Heppner, died Tuesday, February
1999, at St. Anthony Hospital in 23, 1999, at Amber Valley Care
Pendleton.
Center in Pendleton.
Graveside memorial service
Graveside service was held
was held Monday, March 1, Saturday, February 27,1999 at the
1999, at the Haystack Cemetery Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
near Spray.
She was bom July 8, 1897, at
She was bom June 7,1928, at
Villisch,
Iowa, to Robert and
Woodlawn, VA, to Thomas and
Lavonnie
Rains Gammell. The
Effie Farmer Chappell. She was
family
moved
to Oregon in 1911,
raised in Virginia and attended
schools there until the family settling at Heppner.
On September 19, 1915, she
moved to Oregon. She attended
married
Norman Florence, at
Condon High School.
In 1945, she married Jack Heppner. The couple lived on the
Keeney of Condon. They later Florence Ranch on Willow Creek,
divorced.
seven miles east of Heppner, all
She was employed at the of their married life.
Round Up Cafe in Condon for
Mrs. Florence was a home
many years.
maker and enjoyed needlepoint
On Sept. 28, 1956, she married and crewel embroidery, but her
William Gates at The Dalles. In greatest joy was flower garden
1967, the couple moved their ing.
family to Arlington and in 1969,
She was a member of the All
to lone.
Saints
Episcopal Church of Hepp
Mrs. Gates worked as a cook at
ner.
the lone Schools during the
Survivors include a daughter,
school year and at Beecher's
Mary Eleanor Gilman of Heppner;
Cafe during the summer.
She loved to watch her children a grandson, Gary Florence; two
and grandchildren and their great-grandsons and two great-
friends participate in Little great grandsons; and a sister,
League and school sports.
Mary Beamer of Heppner. She
Survivors include daughters, was preceded in death by her hus
Alexis Keeney Jordan of Salem, band, Norman, and a son, Eugene.
and Lisa Marie Gates of
Memorial contributions may be
Portland; sons, Robert Gates and made to Pioneer Memorial Hos
Thomas Gates, both of lone, pital Home Health, P.O. Box 9,
and six grandchildren. She was Heppner, Oregon 97836, or a
preceded in death by her charity of choice.
husband,
William
Gates;
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp
brothers, Glen Chappell and
ner was in charge of arrange
Roby Chappel; her parents and
ments.
two grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be Peter Taggares, Sr.
made to Pioneer Memorial
Agribusiness leader, Peter John
Hospital, or Pioneer Memorial Taggares, Sr., 67, of Othello,
Home Health, P.O. Box 9, Washington, died Sunday, Febru-
Heppner, OR 97836.
,ary 21, 1999, at his home.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner
Funeral services were held at
was in charge of arrangements.
the Othello High School gymna
sium.
Helen D. Cox
The son of a Greek immigrant,
Helen Dorothy Cox, 86, of he was bom May 10, 1931, at
Pendleton, died Friday, February Yakima, to Pete and Mary
26,1999, at St. Anthony Hospital Kuklenski Taggares. He was
in Pendleton.
raised at Prosser, Washington and
There will be no funeral ser graduated from Prosser High
vice. Disposition is by cremation School in 1949.
with inurnment at Olney Mauso
In 1959, he moved his family
leum.
Mrs. Cox was bom May 6, to Othello when water arrived
with the Columbia Basin Irriga
1912, at Grove, Oklahoma, to
Walter Ernest and Nellie Mae tion Project. Mr. Taggares was
one of the farmers responsible for
Robinson Harper.
transforming sagebrush into what
On February 14, 1935, she
eventually became one of the
married Ivan Cox at La Grande.
Mrs. Cox was a florist and had nation’s most productive farming
owned her own flower shop at
Heppner. Before com ing to
Pendleton in 1995, she had lived
at Heppner, Arlington and Walla
Walla, Washington. She retired in
1967.
She had attended Whitman
College at Walla Walla, Washing
ton.
Mrs. Cox enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include daughters,
Rita Sumner of Heppner and
Mary Banks of Pendleton; six
grandchildren, seven great-grand
children and one great-great
grandchild.
Bums Mortuary of Pendleton
is in charge of arrangements.
regions.
In 1964, he built Washington’s
first large french fry plant, Chef
Reddy Foods, at Othello. Addition
ally, his Snake River Concord
grape vineyard is the world’s larg
est such vineyard He also joined
forces with business associate
J.R. Simplot to create the
N orthw est’s largest irrigated
farm.
Mr. Taggares was voted by the
A ssociated Press as one of
Washington’s Top 10 most influ
ential people. He was featured in
Forbes magazine as one of the
nation’s largest landowners, and
was named Othello Citizen of the
Year.
He enjoyed boating, flying and
had a life-long devotion to family
and farming.
Survivors include his wife,
Janet Lentz Taggares of Othello;
his children, Pete Taggares, Jr. and
Sandy Taggares of Kennewick,
Washington, Kathleen Taggares
of Los Angeles, Michael Taggares
and Kristine of Kennewick, and
Joni Lee Poole of Seattle; sisters,
Virginia Kercheval of Grandview,
Washington and Florence
Taggares of Prosser; a brother,
Stanley Taggares of Cabo San
Lucas, Mexico; and four grand
children. He was preceded in
death by his parents, Pete and
Mary Kuklenski Taggares.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Othello Senior Citi
zens Center, 755 N. Seventh Ave.,
Othello, Washington 99344 or the
Heart Institute of Spokane, 122 W.
Seventh Ave., Suite 230-B, Spo
kane, Washington 99204-23240.
Stevens Funeral Chapel,
Othello, was in charge of arrange
ments.
Time to paint
the shamrock
'Tis time to paint the "wee"
shamrock in the middle of Main
Street and volunteers are needed.
Weather permitting, Tuesday,
March 9, is designated paint day.
Last summer nine hearty souls
painted the shamrock and
lettering in one hour and 40,
minutes.
It was also 113
degrees.
Volunteers are invited to call
the Chamber of Commerce (676-
5536) if they are willing to
donate an hour of paint time.
Trip to Atlanta
Topic Club
A "most interesting" program
was presented by Jessica Krebs
at the lone Topic Club on
February 24 at the home of
Kathy Morter.
Jessica told about her tnp to
Atlanta, GA, as one of 80
Oregon 4-H Ambassadors in
November.
To be eligible for
consideration 4-H members
must have kept records of all
their activities that showed they
went "over and beyond" the
usual requirements.
The cost of the tnp was
approximately $1600 and was
sponsored by many commercial
donors. Jessica was sponsored
by The Capital Press.
Jessica said that she formed
many new friendship among the
1250 4-Hers who attended from
the fifty states and Puerto Rico.
She stated that she felt that 4-H
is a good training ground for
anything she wishes to do in
future years.
As a roll call, the members
each gave a short synopsis of a
book she had read during the last
month. This list will be made
available in the library for
anyone who wishes to view it.
Debbie Campbell was a guest.
It was also reported that the
computer furnished by BMCC is
now up and running for use by
members of the community. To
use it contact Anne Morter or
Katherine Lindstrom.
Groups return
to coffee hour
It's tradition. Returning again
to entertain for the KUMA
coffee hour and the afternoon
Ceili will be Heppner's "almost
local" group providing Irish
music by some authentic
Irishmen and some Irish for a
day.
"Year after year after year,
these guys and gals have a great
time bring lively music to the
celebration from Pilot Rock,
Pendleton, Athena, and Walla
Walla," said Claudia Hughes of
the St. Patrick’s Committee.
Mike Duffy will me the Ceili
and local folks are invited to
sing an Irish ditty or two
between 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 13 upstairs at the Elks.
'Twouldn't be St. Patrick's
weekend without Irish music.
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