Obituaries
Freda M. Wenberg
Freda M. Wenberg. 83. ot'
Heppner. died Saturday. Septem
ber 16. 2000. at Pioneer Memo
rial Hospital.
Memorial services were held
Monday. September 25, 2000 at
the First Christian Church in
Heppner.
She was bom January 7. 1917.
at Artesia, New Mexico, to Fred
and Anna Richards Cleaveland.
She was raised and attended
schools at Boulder. Delnort. and
Pagosa Springs, Colorado.
She attended Alamogorda High
School at Alamogorda. New
Mexico, graduating in 1934.
She worked for a number of
years before entering the Boulder
Sanitary Nurses School. She
graduated from there in 1943.
On August 30, 1943. she mar
ried Paul Wallis Kenneth Wenberg
at Boulder The couple lived in
Wyoming, Missouri. Colorado.
Ohio and Michigan, moving to
Heppner in 1999.
Survivors include her husband.
Kenneth Wenberg of Heppner;
sons. Dr. Kenneth F. Wenberg of
Heppner and Daniel E. Wenberg
of Turlock, California; brothers,
Bruce Cleaveland and Brian
Cleaveland. both of Dolores. Colo
rado; eight grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Willow Creek Valley
Assisted Living Facility. P.O Box
244, Heppner. Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp
ner was in charge of arrange
ments.
He then moved to Fossil where
he worked in maintenance for the
FAA until retiring in 1987.
Mr. Perkins moved to
Hermiston in 1999 to be near his
family.
He was a life member of Air
Life, VFW. Grange and Wheeler
County Search and Rescue. He
was a devoted husband and loved
his family. He was an avid
outdoorsman and enjoyed the
senior dances.
Mr. Perkins is survived by his
sons, Earl Perkins of Hermiston
and Don Perkins of Marietta,
Kentucky; daughter, Mary Jane
Perkins, New Mexico; sisters.
Rowena Fern McCorkle, Hazel
Morris, and Vera Faye Barnes,
all
of
Hermiston;
one
granddaughter. Heather; and one
great grandson. Grey son.
He was preceded in death by
his wife. Nan Perkins, in
December 1999; his parents; one
sister. Gladys Ordway: and one
brother, Leslie Perkins.
A memorial service will be
held on October 12. 2000, at 2
p.m. at Rose Arbor Assisted
Living Facility in Hermiston.
Disposition was by cremation.
Those who wish may make
contributions in Glenn's memory
to Air Life or Rose Arbor
Assisted Living Facility c/o
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston at
P.O. Box 289 Hermiston. Oregon
97838.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston.
Oregon was in charge of
arrangements.
Harvey ’’Pete” Haynes
Harvey Lauren "Pete" Haynes,
82, of Baker City, formerly of
Heppner, passed away at his
Beth I. Clark
home after a long battle with
Beth I. Clark, 84, of Heppner. cancer on Tuesday. September
died Thursday, September 21. 19. 2000.
Mr. Haynes was bom October
2000 at Pioneer Memorial Hospi
12. 1917, in Laurel, Oregon, to
tal.
Funeral services were held Thomas Martin and Laura Etta
Wednesday. September 27.2000 Adams Haynes. He was raised
at All Saints Episcopal Church in on the family homestead on
Mountain
near
Heppner with concluding service Chehalem
and burial following at the Hillsboro. It was there that the
cherished childhood memories of
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
aunts and uncles he always spoke
She was bom Apnl 6, 1916, on
fondly of were created.
the family ranch near Hardman,
At the age of 17, he went to
to Raymond and Eva Capon
Heppner where he worked as a
Wright! She' ¿pent her grade
ranch hand for 10 cents per day.
¿'¿Hboryears > t Gulden West Through those early years, his
School at Ruggs. then attended labors expanded from herding
Heppner High School, graduating sheep in the Crane Flats area of
in 1934. She attended the Univer the 31ue Mountains, to being a
sity o f Oregon and then the cowboy to enlisting in the Army
Beauty School at Eugene
in 1942 at the age of 25.
On October 29. 1936. she mar
In 1955, he was hired as a full
ried Barton Clark at Portland. The time federal trapper in the Fields.
couple lived in Redmond. Monu Oregon, area. In 1958 he was
ment and Pme City before settling transferred to Baker County
at Heppner where they began where he remained a trapper for
ranching in the early 1940s.
11 years. In 1966. he was hired
Mrs. Clark was a member of as an Oregon State Brand
the All Saints Episcopal Church Inspector. It was from this job he
in Heppner. She was a member gained many lifetime friends. He
of the Rhea Creek Grange and retired in 1984 at the age of 65.
then the Lexington Grange, com
On April 21. 1945. he married
bining for over 50 years.
Mary Ellen Matthews in
She enjoyed reading, traveling, Hillsboro. They had two
hunting and the arts, especially daughters. Marilyn Jane and
painting and drawing.
Cindy Lou
Survivors include a son, Ned
He was known as a musician,
Clark o f Heppner; daughter, a master craftsman and a fine
Nonda Harwick of Bend; seven marksman. He enjoyed hunting,
grandchildren. 11 great-grandchil his music, his family, his friends
dren, one great-great-grandchild and a "good shot of whiskey,"
and two step-great-grandchildren. according to family members.
He is survived by his wife
She was preceded in death by her
Mary
of Baker City; his
husband. Barton Clark, in 1997.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Willow Creek Valley
Assisted Living Facility, P.O. Box
244, Heppner, Oregon 97836, or
the Pioneer Memorial Nursing
Home Auxiliary, P.O. Box 672,
Heppner, Oregon 97836, or All
Saints Episcopal Church Memo
rial Fund, P.O. Box 246, Heppner.
Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp
ner was in charge of arrange
ments.
daughters and
sons-in-law,
Marilyn
Jane
and
Keith
Shollenberger of Baker City and
Cindy Lou and Jack Henner of
Haines: and "adopted son."
Manny Gutierrez, of Baker City;
grandchildren, Laura Checkroom
of Baker City, Thomas Caylor
and his wife Tracy of Shoshone,
Idaho, Celinda and Lance Peck
of Payette.
Idaho, Jacob
Westgaard of Haines, Amy
Shollenberger of Baker City and
Bryan Shollenberger of Walla
Walla, Washington; eight great
grandchildren; brothers, Ben
Haynes of Baker City. John
Haynes
of
Inchelium,
Washington, and Jake Haynes of
Lexington; numerous nieces and
nephews and countiess friends
and acquaintances. He was
preceded in death by his parents,
his only sister Esther and
brothers Chad and Don.
Donations may be made at the
Coles-Strommer Mortuary. 1950
Place Street. Baker City . Oregon
97814. in his name for the
"Legendary Pete Haynes Music
Appreciation Scholarship Fund".
Mr. Haynes requested no
funeral services. A wake was
held as he requested on Saturday.
September 23. 2000, at the new
Community
Connections
Building in Baker City
County to receive
PILT payments
The Bureau of Land
management
sent
Morrow
County $95.999 in payments-in-
lieu-of taxes for the year 2000.
The payment to Morrow
County is up from $36,324 made
last year.
Umatilla County will receive
$265,205, up from $98,712 last
year.
Payments to local
governments in Oregon totalled
$4,511,350. Payments across
the U.S. totalled $134 million.
The BLM. an agency of the
Interior Department, distributes
the PILT payments to eligible
local governments each year. The
payments are intended to offset
the loss of tax revenue to states
and localities caused the
presence of tax-exempt federal
land with\n their jurisdictions.
The PILT payments are made
for tax-exempt federal lands
administered by the BLM. the
National Park Service, the U.S
Fish and Wildlife Service (all
agencies
of the
Interior
Department), the U.S. Forest
Service (part of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture) and
for federal water projects and
some military installations.
Congress appropriates PILT
payments each year The BLM
allocates according to a formula
in the PILT Act that includes
population and the amount of
federal land within an affected
county. The payments are in
addition to other federal
revenues, such as livestock
grazing and timber harvesting,
that the federal government
transfers to the counties.
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H eppner Gazette-Tim es
676-9228
Glenn E. Perkins
Glenn E. Perkins, formerly of
Heppner, died on September 19.
2000, at Rose Arbor Assisted
Living Facility in Hermiston, at
the age of 79 years.
Mr. Perkins was bom on
November 28, 1920, in Beaver
Falls, Nebraska to Gayle and
Nellie Bishop Perkins. He was
raised in Nebraska until the age
of 17 when he moved to Dufur.
He joined the United States
Army and served overseas in the
South Pacific during WWII. He
then moved to Heppner where he
worked as a blacksmith.
He married Nan Pierce on April
18, 1947, in Nebraska. They
moved to Vemonia and then to
Alaska in 1953 before returning
to Heppner in 1963 to work as a
millwnght at the Kinzua Lumber
Mill in Kinzua until it shut down.
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 27, 2000 - FIVE
Army to provide county funding
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Wright Park and has been
Morrow County Director of painting fog lines on Bombing
Planning Tamra Mabbott. at the Range Road. He also reported on
Morrow
County
Court an initial meeting with Umatilla
September 20 meeting, presented County representatives and
an agreement signed by the residents for discussion of
program manager of the Army's County Line Road The court
Office
for
Chemical agreed that future work on this
Demilitarization to provide road should involve both
funding to Morrow County for counties, but they also noted that
processing.
approval.
and Morrow County finances dictate
oversight of permits and licenses that the future of this road be
necessary at the Umatilla discussed at a later date. O'Brien
Chemical Agent
Disposal suggested
that a written
Facility . The court approved the agreement with Umatilla County
cooperative agreement
be created.
Morrow County Counsel Bill
Other action by the court
Hanlon reported having sent a included the following
letter to the contractor requesting - acceptance of Mark Colbnck s
completion by October 1 of the resignation from the SCERT
handrail at the agricultural Committee.
collection building. Hanlon and - approved a permit fer a
the court discussed the lift at the driveway access off Knopp
Gilliam and Bisbee Building, the Street and a permit to Century Tel
enforcement agreement with the to lay cable under Columbia
city
of
Boardm an, Boulevard:
telecommunication needs ana the - approved the county public
relationship among the county, road policy:
the museum board and the - approved the contract with
museum foundation.
Walton Construction Co for the
Public Works Director Burke roof on the Heponer annex.
O'Brien reported that the crew - approved the purchase ot an
has been working at Anson industrial grade carpet cleaner.
By Doris Brosnan
Ream or Carton
Heppner Gazette-Times
676-9228
Wheat Growers
plan fall meeting
The Morrow County Wheat
Growers will host its fall meeting
for all area wheat producers and
Oregon Wheat Growers League
members at the Heppner Elks
Lodge in Heppner on Monday.
Oct. 9.
A social hour hosted by
Morrow County Grain Growers
will begin at 5:30 p.m., with a
steak dinner to follow at 6:30
p.m. The dinner is free to all
OWGL members. Non-members
will be charged $10 per person at
the
door
New
member
applications will be available the
day of the meeting and all new
members will eat free.
Attendees are encouraged to
wear their favorite "vacation"
attire to be entered into a special
prize drawing. Door prizes will
be awarded along with this year's
"Grand Prize” - a trip for two to
the Oregon Coast donated by the
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Sherman Reese. OWGL
President, will speak on the new
Farm Bill and the proposed dues
increase for OWGL members.
Pioneer Implement will present a
plaque to the Morrow County
Conservation Farm Winner:
Miller Wheat. Inc.
Copies of the proposed 2000-
2001 Resolutions for the OWGL
will be available at this meeting.
Any growers unable to attend,
may obtain a copy of these
Resolutions by contacting the
office of the Oregon Wheat
Growers League via phone or
fax. The resolutions are also
available on the OWGL website:
w w w .ow gl.org.
Grower
participation is encouraged in the
Resolution process.
County President. Ken Gneb,
encourages all growers to attend
and asks that RSVPs be made to
him on or before Thursday. Oct.
5 at 989-8353.
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