Obituaries
Larry Ray Henderson
Larry Ray Henderson, 62, of
Hood River, formerly of
Lexington, died Friday, January
S, 2001, in Portland.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, January 9, 2001, at
Anderson Funeral Home in Hood
River, with concluding services
and interment at the Lexington
Cemetery in Lexington.
Larry Ray Henderson was bom
May 10, 1938, in Heppner, to
Alonzo and LaVeme (White)
Henderson. He grew up on a
wheat range in Lexington and
graduated from Lexington High
School in 1956.
He joined the Army Reserves
and later moved to Hood River to
work for H & D Logging Supply.
In 1965, he opened Hood River
Honda. In 1972, Mr. Henderson
and his brother, Ladd, opened the
Evergreen Terrace Park. In 1989,
he opened his own automotive
repair, Henderson's Garage.
Many
remember
Mr.
Henderson in parades and
running errands around Hood
River in his Model-T Ford.
He received a liver transplant
in 1988, and while his transplant
was successful, he still struggled
with poor health for the rest of
his life.
Survivors include brother,
Ladd Henderson of Hood River;
sister, Betty MacTavish of
Gresham; nephews, Doug and
Mark Henderson and Joe
MacTavish; and niece, Marissa
MacTavish.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Oregon Right to Life,
c/o Anderson Funeral Home,
1401 Belmont, Hood River, OR
97031.
Anderson Funeral Home of
Hood River was in charge of
arrangements.
Elmer Martin ''Sonny"
Hansen
Elmer Martin "Sonny" Hansen,
64, of Pilot Rock, died Tuesday,
January 2, 2001, at his home.
A memorial service was held
Friday, January 5, 2001, at the
chapel at Bums Mortuary of
Pendleton.
He was bom August 3,1936-, at
Waterford, New York, U> Ingolf
Melvin and Ingrid A. Kvame
Hansen, both from Bergen,
Norway. When he was one year
old, the family moved to Red
Bluff, California, where he was
raised and attended school.
When he was 13, he was
introduced to his first love, the
guitar. A bom natural, Mr.
Hansen never took lessons and
was always eager to play for
anyone.
On April 11, 1955, he married
his first wife, Cathy Rowan, and
that year began his career as a
log scaler. The couple had five
children. In 1968, they moved to
Boise, Idaho, where Mr. Hansen
worked as a check scaler for the
State of Idaho.
In 1979, he moved to Pilot
Rock where he met his second
and current wife, Darlene Owen,
whom he married on January 2,
1981. Together they raised her
two sons, Greg and Eddie.
Mr. Hansen loved playing the
guitar, his pug dog Satchmo,
camping, fishing and watching
auto racing.
He was a member of the Eagles
Lodge.
Survivors include his wife,
Darlene J. Hansen, of Pilot
Rock; sons, Hoby Hansen of
Heppner, Donald Hansen of
Twin Falls, Idaho, Greg Wart of
Pilot Rock and Eddie Owen of
DeFuniak
Spring,
Florida;
daughters, Sis Ostolasa of San
Ynez,
California,
Donna
Stephens of Florence, and Kathy
Clow o f Melba, Idaho; brothers,
Amie Hansen, Don Hansen and
Dick Hansen, all of Red Bluff,
California; 17 grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his parents,
Ingolf and Ingrid Hansen,
brother, Arthur, and a sister, Ruth
Anna.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the American Cancer
Society.
Bums Mortuary of Pendleton
was in charge of arrangements.
Carolyn Lee Howard
Carolyn Lee Howard, 58, of
Battle Ground, Washington,
formerly of Heppner, died
Tuesday, January 2, 2001, at
Vancouver, Washington, after a
long illness. She died of a heart
attack while undergoing dialysis.
A viewing was held on
Saturday, January 6, 2001, in the
chapel at Bums Mortuary of
Pendleton. Private interment was
held Monday, January 8, 2001, at
Olney Cemetery in Pendleton.
Mrs. Howard was bom July 2,
1942, at Long Beach, California,
to Egland "Lamar" Carter and
Dons Johnson Carter.
She had been a resident of the
Heppner-Pendleton area for 25
years.
She was a member of the
Rebekah Lodge of Lexington.
Survivors include her husband,
Larry Ketteler; sons, Kenneth
Lee Howard of Battle Ground,
Washington, Craig Stephen
Howard of La Grande and
Matthew Shane Howard of
Heppner; daughter, Tammy
Marie Bortvit of Pahrump,
Nevada; father, Ron Woolston;
and 11 grandchildren.
Memonal contributions may be
made to the American Diabetes
Association.
Bums Mortuary of Pendleton
was in charge of arrangements.
Dorthy M. Wilson
Dorthy M. Wilson, 57, a
lifelong resident of Heppner,
died Tuesday, January 2,2001, at
Oregon
Health
Sciences
University Hospital in Portland.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 6, 2001, at the
Christian Life Center in Heppner
with concluding service and
burial following at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery.
She was bom March 2, 1943,
at Heppner, to Delbert and
Suzanne Buchanan Vinson. She
grew up at Heppner and attended
local schools, graduating from
Heppner High School.
On June 24, 1960, she married
Thomas R. Wilson at Heppner.
She was a member of the
grange and the Hardman
Community Center. She was
county librarian for over eight
years.
Mrs. Wilson enjoyed watching
sports, especially Heppner High
School games; she also enjoyed
reading, dancing, rodeos, the
outdoors
and
camping.
According to her family, her
favorite activity was spending
time with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband,
Tom, of Heppner; daughter, Lisay
1 Green of Gold Bar, Washington;
son, Perry Wilson of Pullman,
Washington;
her
mother,
Suzanne Vinson of Snohomish,
Washington; brothers, Richard
Vinson of Cody, Wyoming and
Alvin Vinson of El Centro,
California; and two grand
children. She was preceded in
death by her father, Delbert
Vinson, and a daughter, Rowena
Wilson.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Oregon Trail Library
District, P.O. Box 325, Heppner,
OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner
was in charge of arrangements.
Mary "LaRue" Senn
Mary "LaRue" Senn, 73, of
Irrigon, died Thursday, January
4, 2001, at Good Shepherd
Community
Hospital
in
Hermiston.
Funeral services were held
Monday, January 8, 2001, at
Columbia View Community
Church in Irrigon with bunal
following at Desert Lawn
Memorial Cemetery in Imgon.
She was bom Mary 31, 1927,
at Hyrum, Utah, to Marion and
Mary Elva Nielson Clark. She
grew up and attended schools at
Canyonville, Utah.
On August 31, 1946, she
mamed Hubert C. Senn at Reno,
Nevada. They lived at Stockton,
California until 1948, when they
moved to Cottage Grove. In
1949, they moved to Irrigon.
Mrs. Senn worked at the
Umatilla Army Depot for a short
time, then worked at Good
Shepherd Medical Center for 34
years. She worked as a nurse's
aide, then as a ward clerk until
her retirement in 1994.
She was a member of the
Columbia View Community
Church at Irrigon.
Mrs. Senn enjoyed flowers,
sports, traveling, needlework,
reading, and, most of all enjoyed
spending time with family and
friends.
Survivors include her husband,
Hubert
Senn
of
Imgon;
daughters, Gloria Miller of
Hermiston, Linda McRae of
Eureka, California, Terri Linnell
of Umatilla and Stacy Meyer of
Springfield; sons, Dallas of
Hermiston and Cloyd of
Conniwingo, Maryland; brothers,
Manon Clark in Nevada and
Steve Clark of Canyonville,
Nevada; sisters, Dixie Bess of
Hawthorne, Nevada, Lila Cook
in Nevada; Zola Lee in Utah and
Lynne Kennedy in California; 15
grandchildren, 15 great-grand
children, and many other
relatives. She was preceded in
death by her parents; a brother,
Dallas Clark; and a sister,
Marilyn Bushnell.
Memonal contnbutions may be
made to the Good Shepherd
Community Health Foundation,
610 N.W. 11th Street, Hermiston,
OR 97838.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
Alan Scott Orchard
Alan Scott Orchard, 52, of
Irrigon, died at his home on
Thursday, January 4, 2001.
Disposition was by cremation.
His cremams will be scattered on
King Mountain near Moore,
Idaho, at a later date.
Mr. Orchard was bom on
October 6, 1948, at Twin Falls,
Idaho, to Hezzy and Leah
Osborne Orchard.
He was a former partner of
R&R Auto Body in Hermiston.
He was a member of the Royal
Order of Moose. His hobbies
included fishing, gardening and
hunting. He was also an avid
reader.
Survivors include his wife,
Donna Orchard of Irrigon; sons,
Steven Orchard of Tennessee,
Lane Orchard of Idaho Falls,
Idaho, Harlan Sandbeck of
Imgon and Eric Peine serving in
the U.S. Air Force at McCord Air
Force Base; daughter, Milinda K.
Stohl of South Lake Tahoe,
California; mother, Leah Nation
of Moore, Idaho; brothers, Doug
Orchard of Tacoma, Washington,
and Louis Orchard of Phoenix,
Arizona; and sister, Patricia
Orchard of Moore, Idaho.
Bums Mortuary of Hermiston
was in charge of arrangements.
Weather Report
By the City of Heppner
For the month of December
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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 10, 2001 - FIVE
Mustangs rally to beat Huskies, 59-51
By Rick Paullus
The Heppner Mustangs built a
big first quarter lead, fell behind
by four points in the third, then
rallied past the visiting Sherman
County Huskies, 59-51, to pick
up their first win in the Columbia
Basin Conference on Saturday,
Jan. 6. The win boosted their
overall record to-6-4 on the year
and evened their CBC record at
1 - 1 .
Next weekend, the Mustangs
host Wahtonka on Friday, Jan.
12, then travel to Culver on
Saturday, Jan. 13, in CBC
action.
Blake
Knowles got the
Mustangs going in the
first
quarter with a rebound basket
and two free throws, along with a
lay-in by Stefan Matheny, to
make it 6-0 early. Back-to-back
baskets by Knowles, a running
jumper by Michael McCabe and
a rebound basket by Craig Scott
boosted the lead to 14-2. Jumpers
by Knowles and Joe Papineau
made it 18-4 and back-to-back
driving lay-ins by Papineau
closed out the first quarter with
the Mustangs leading 22-8.
David Piper's basket made it
24-10 early in the second, but the
Huskies came back with seven Junior forward Brian Rust looks for passing room against Sherman.
straight points before Matheny
Statistics
scored on a drive and lay-in to
Heppner: (59) Blake Knowles 6 4-7 16,
Sherman County: 8 18 17 8
51
Michael McCabe 7 0-0 14, Joe Papineau
make it 26-17. McCabe hit a
Heppner: 22 10 16 11 - 59
6 0-1 12, Ryan Matteson 2 1-1 6. Stefan
Sherman County: (51) Kaseberg 7 0-2
jumper to make it 28-19 and
Matheny 3 0-1 6, David Piper 1 0-0 2,
14, Langston 5 0-0 11, Yourchek 5 1-1
Matheny made another lay-in to 11, Reiten 2 0-0 4, Sanchez 2 0-0 4, Craig Scott 1 0-0 2. Sam Van Liew 0 1-2
1, Brian Rust, Brad Adams, Chuy
make it 30-21. McCabe fed Shelton 1 0-0 3, Welk 1 0-2 2, Fish 0 2-2 Elguezabal 26 6-12 59 Three-pointer:
Papineau for a lay-in, but the 2. Ketchum, MacNab. 23 3-7 51 Three- Matteson
Huskies hit a three-pointer to cut pointers: Langston, Shelton.
the Mustang lead to 32-26 at
halftime.
The Huskies came out in the
third quarter outsconng the
Mustangs, 13-3, to take a 39-35
hit a running jumper to make it
lead midway through the quarter. By Rick Paullus
McCabe took control, driving the
A miserable night of shooting 45-44 midway through the
key repeatedly, hitting three from the field and the free throw fourth.
The Vikings increased their
straight baskets, then feeding line spelled disaster as the
Knowles for a lay-m to give the Heppner Mustang boys came up lead to 50-45 with 2:00 left, but
Mustangs a 43-39 lead. After a two points short against the host two free throws by Knowles cut
it to 50-47. McCabe scored on a
basket by the Huskies, McCabe Umatilla Vikings, 57-55.
drove the lane again and hit a
The Mustangs shot under 30 drive and lay-in with :48 left to
short jumper to make it 45-41. percent from the field and hit just make it 51-49. After two free
Ryan Matteson converted a nine of 21 free throws, dropping throws by the Vikings, McCabe
three-point play to end the their first Columbia Basin hit a jumper with :36 left to make
it 53-51, but another free throw
quarter, giving the Mustangs a Conference game and falling
•■"by
the Vik4ngS'r«8ui3:n-54-54ii'Jot:^
48-43 lead.'
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McCabe
<woped -om anotheriti
A basket by the Huskies cut the *-• The MuSiMfgS' Started the ¡game
-—
drive
with
:j25
left, then stole the
lead to three points, but 'th tu j!hot, getting tnre'e-poinfers from
inbounds
pass
with :17.4
Mustangs put the game away. Stefan Matheny and Ryan
McCabe hit a jumper, Matteson Matteson and a jumper from remaining. McCabe scored on
hit a three-pointer, Knowles and Matheny to go up 9-2 midway the inbounds pass to give the
Matheny each hit a free throw through the first quarter. Chip Mustangs a 55-54 lead, but a
and Papineau hit lay-ins from Piper hit a three-pointer to make Heppner foul sent the Vikings to
passes from Matheny and it 12-5 and Michael McCabe hit the free throw line with : 14.1
Matteson to make it 59-45. The a jumper to make it 14-7. Blake left. Umatilla hit both free throws
Huskies scored the last six points Knowles drove to the basket and to regain the lead. The Mustangs
couldn't score and were forced to
for the final margin of 59-51.
scored just before the buzzer to foul. The Vikings hit one to
Knowles led the Mustangs with give the Mustangs a 16-7 lead
make it 57-55 with :04.1 left. A
16 points and 13 rebounds, nine after one.
desperation 40-foot shot at the
offensive, followed by McCabe
Joe Papineau hit a jumper and buzzer wasn't close as the
with 14 points, four rebounds, Matheny scored on a rebound
three steals and two assists. basket to make it 20-10 early in Vikings took the win.
The Vikings hit 10 of 18 free
Papineau hit all six of his shots the second. Papineau then
throws
in the fourth quarter
for 12 points and pulled down converted a three-point play to
four rebounds. Matteson had five make it 23-12. McCabe hit a compared to the Mustangs' three
rebounds, three steals and three jumper to make it 25-14, but the of seven.
McCabe led the Mustangs with
assists.
Mustangs went cold and the
18 points, six rebounds and three
Vikings scored the next 10 points
to cut the lead to 25-24 at steals. Matheny had 13 points,
seven rebounds and two steals.
halftime.
Ream • Carton
The Vikings continued their Knowles had eight points, 11
rebounds and two steals.
run in the third quarter, taking a
Gazette-Times
Matteson had six rebounds, two
28-25 lead before Matteson hit a
676-9228
assists
and two steals.
free throw and McCabe scored
Statistics
on a running jumper to tie it at
Heppner 1 6 9 12 1 8 - 5 5
Umatilla: 7 17 13 20 ■ 57
28-28. It was back and forth after
Heppner: (55) Michael McCabe 9 0-1
that, with Matteson hitting a free 18. Stefan Matheny 5 1-2 13, Blake
throw at the end of the third to tie Knowles 2 4-10 8, Joe Papineau 3 1-1 7,
Ryan Matteson 1 3-6 6. David Piper 1 0-1
it at 37-37.
3, Craig Scott, Brian Rust, Chuy
The Vikings hit a three-pointer Elguezabal 21-71 9-21 55 Three-
early in the fourth, but Matheny pointers Matheny (2), Piper Matteson
(57) Moms 8 2-4 18, Ybarra 3
came back with a three-pointer of 4-9 Umatilla
11, Bow 2 6-8 11. Wyland 1 4-4 6,
his own for a 40-40 tie. Knowles Villanueva 1 2-4 5, Cornia 2 0-1 4. Cline
scored to tie it at 42-42 and. after 1 0-0 2, Gray 0 0-2 0. 18-40 18-32 57,
Three-pointers Ybarra. Bow. Villanueva
a Viking three-pointer, McCabe
Cold-shooting Mustangs
fall to Vikings
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M u stan g JV boys rout
H uskies, 56-28
By Rick Paullus
After a sluggish start, the
Heppner Mustang JV boys routed
the visiting Sherman County
Huskies, 56-28, on Saturday. Jan
6. The win kept the Mustangs
undefeated at 6-0 on the year
Kevin Drake scored six points
in the first quarter as the
Mustangs and Huskies ended up
tied at 8-8
Brad Adams scored eight
points in the second quarter as
the Mustangs finally got on
track.
outscoring
Sherman
County, 17-2, to Jake a 25-10
lead.
The Mustangs increased their
lead to 40-18 after three, getting
five points from Luke Murray.
The Mustangs kept up the
pressure, with inspired play from
their bench and seven points
from Jon Bennett, pushing the
final margin to 56-28.
Drake led the Mustangs with
10 points, followed by Adams
with eight and Bennett with
seven.
Statistics
Sherman County 8 2 8 1 0 - 2 8
Heppner 8 1 7 1 5 1 6 - 5 6
Sherman County (28) Olsen 3 1-2 9,
Hall 2 1-1 5, Langston 1 1-1 4. Hill 1 2-4
4. King 1 1-2 3. Reeves 1 0-1 2, Koch 0
1-2 1. Yourchek 0 0-2 0. Lozano.
Ketchum, Miller. Rhodes. Simantel 9 7-
15 28
Three-pointers: Olsen (2).
Langston
Heppner (56) Kevin Drake 5 0-0 10,
Brad Adams 2 4-4 8, Jon Bennett 3 1-27,
Sam Van Liew 2 1-2 5, Luke Murray 2 0-2
5 Brian Rust 2 0-0 4. Donald Adams 2 0-
0 4, Bnan Haguewood 2 0-0 4. Tanner
Bntt 1 0-0 3, Brad Bowman 1 0 2 -2 . Adam
Bergstrom 1 0-0 2 Chuy Elguezabal 1 0-
0 2. Leiand Rill 24 6-12 56 Three-
pointers Murray. Bntt
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