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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. January 16, 2002 Obituaries Douglas R. Carey Douglas R Carey, 55, of College Place, Washington, for merly of Heppner and Umatilla, died Wednesday, January 9, 2002. at College Place. A memorial service will be held later Disposition was by cremation Mr. Carey was bom February 26, 1946, at Albany, to William and Jewell Smith Carey. He grew up at Creswell and Kinzua. In 1974, he moved to Hepp ner, where he was employed at Kinzua Sawmill and the Morrow County Road Department. In 1986. he moved to Port land. and later to Umatilla before settling at College Place in 1998. He loved outdoor activities, including hunting, camping and fishing. Survivors include daughters, Tina Carey and DeAnna Reade, both of Pendleton; stepfather, Ray Hampton of Stanfield; sis ters. Mary Legore of Pendleton, Judy Davis of Heppner and Rhoda Wilcox of Eugene; broth ers. Bill Fulton of Mount Vernon, Richard Fulton of Bel lingham, Washington, Gordon “Bud" Fulton of Baker City, Troy Carey of Portland and Tony Carey of Eugene; and five grand children. He was preceded in death by his mother and father, by a sister. Jacki Williams, and a brother, Donald "Butch” Carey. Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp ner is in charge of arrangements. Frances W illetta “Billie'” Davidson Frances Willetta "Billie" Davidson, 80, died Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at Good Samaritan Center in Hermiston. She had been a resident of Hermiston for one month and had previously lived in lone for 18 years with her dearest friend, Charlie Davidson. At her request, no services will be held at this time. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Disposition was by cremation. She was bom November 14, 1921. at Mitchell. Nebraska, to Dona and Nora Viola (Powell) Zimmerman. She grew up in Nebraska and Missouri. She enjoyed gardening, sew ing, knitting, crocheting and she loved her dogs, Penny and Stormy. She is survived by her daughter. Sandra K. Chavez of Ellensburg. Washington; sister, Donna Wetzel of Portland; brothers. Merle Parker of Missouri, Roy Zimmerman of California and Harold Zimmerman of Oregon; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Don and Nora Zimmerman; and daughters, Patricia Eilene McDaniel and Judith Charlene Gerhart. Memorial contributions may be made to the donor’s local Humane Society. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston was in charge of arrangements. Patrick “Tiny McDonough Mac” Patrick "Tiny Mac" John McDonough, 69, died on January 11,2002. at his home in Irrigon. Recitation of the Rosary was held Tuesday, January 13, 2002, at Bums Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Mass of Christian burial was held Wednesday, January 16, 2002. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, Hermiston Burial followed at the Hermiston Cemetery. He was bom the oldest of nine children on September 15. 1932, in Ontario, to John and Elizabeth Smit McDonough. He graduated from Ontario High School in 1951. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He became a professional wrestler while in the service and continued after his discharge and return to the United States. He was a Malheur County Deputy Sheriff in Ontario. In 1966, he married Adelaida Estrada. They lived in the Ontario area until 1974 when they moved to Irrigon where he worked in farming and as an auctioneer. He was a member of Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Hermiston, Knights of Columbus 4th Degree. Irrigon and Pendleton Lions Clubs, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #4750, Kiwanis, Jaycees, Eagles and the Grange. For many years he was a volunteer for the Umatilla County Sheriffs Department during the Pendleton Round-Up for many years. He also played "Santa" for many area events and organizations, one of the things he loved the most, besides spending time with his family and friends. Tiny is survived by his wife, Adelaida McDonough, Irrigon; mother, Elizabeth McDonough, Ontario; daughters, Monica Taylor and her husband John, Irrigon, and Veronica Repaci and her husband Nelson, Port Chester, New York; sons, Patrick McDonough and his wife Darcy, Hermiston, John McDonough and his w ife Cheryl, Irrigon, and Paul McDonough and his wife Jennifer, Hermiston; sisters, Joan Rasmussen and her husband Frank, Baker City, Kathleen Paffile and her husband Bob, Coeur D' Alene, Idaho, Nellie Douglas and her husband Larry, Ontario, Rosie Adams. Vale, and Margie Marchel, Philomath; brothers, Nick McDonough and his wife Carol Sue, Stayton. and John McDonough and his wife Maureen, Ontario; grandchildren, Geoffrey, Ryan. Abbye. Meghan. Nicholas, Patrick. Alescia. Phillip, Brock and Zachery. He was preceded in death by his father, John Patrick McDonough, and his brother, Michael Joseph McDonough. Memorial contributions may be made to Stokes Landing Senior Center, P.O. Box 744, Irrigon, Oregon 97844. Bums Mortuary of Hermiston was in charge of arrangements. Phyllis R. Perry Phyllis R. Perry, 77. of lone, died Saturday, January 12, 2002. at her home. At her request, no service will be held. Disposition was by cremation. Mrs. Perry was bom April 16, 1925. at Hermiston, to Raymond and Lily Christiansen Crowder. She was raised at Arlington and attended schools there, graduating from Arlington High School in 1942. She attended college in California, then attended Willamette University in Salem for two years. On August 5, 1945, she married Robert Perry at Arlington. The couple lived in Portland most of their married life. In 1983, following retirement, they moved to lone. Survivors include her husband, Robert Perry of lone; sons, Robert R. Perry of Pendleton and Tim Perry of Washougal, Washington; daughter. Adelle Guidotti, of Richland. Washington; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Raymond Crowder. Memorial contributions may be made to the lone United Church of Christ. P.O. Box 346, lone. Oregon 97843, or to the lone American Legion, P.O. Box 384, lone, Oregon 97843. Sweeney Mortuary Heppner was in charge arrangements. of of Clayton H. Sweek Clayton H. Sweek, 74, of Heppner, died Sunday, January 13, 2002, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. A funeral service was held at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Heppner on Wednesday, January 16, 2002. Concluding service and interment followed at Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Mr. Sweek was bom September 1, 1927, at Fossil, to Earl and Mariam Cork Sweek. He was raised at Long Creek and Monument and graduated from Monument High School in 1947. In 1950, he joined the U.S. Army, serving with the 45th Thunderbirds during the Korean Conflict. On July 8, 1951, he married Evelyn Fuzek, at Monument. He attended and graduated from Adcox Diesel Mechanics School in Portland. The Sweeks moved to Heppner in 1960, where he was a mechanic and truck driver for a time. He was later employed by the Morrow County Road Department until his retirement after 13 years. He had been a member of the American Legion for 35 years. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn, of Heppner; sons, Mike Sweek of Heppner, Dana Sweek of Hood River, Curtis Sweek of Hermiston; and daughter, Sheridan Zita of Pendleton; brother, Jack Sweek of Monument; sisters, Naomi Bowman of Seattle, Washington, and Carol Myers of Junction City; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation, 819 Second Street, S.W., Rochester, Minnesota 55902-2985, or to the Parkinson’s Center of Oregon, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97201. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner was in charge of arrangements. Lexington FD £ 0 0 j. o ’ ‘n c u ir ¡bo rfiiio m Auxiliary to meet The Lexington Fire Dept. Auxiliary announces that the winner of the hand-made plunder box, donated by Jake Haynes, is Frances Freel of Heppner. The regular monthly meeting of the auxiliary will be held Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Lexington City Hall. Review of the scrapbook, fu ture projects, election of officers and fire department needs will be items on the agenda. Past projects of the auxiliary include food sales, raffles, parade entries, a county fair booth, a town-wide yard sale, lighting contest, fire prevention informa tion, needed equipment for the fire department and promoting goodwill for the community. Activities for the auxiliary will depend on membership. Ideas for future projects would be appreciated, said an auxiliary member. lone Site Council reviews bond recommendations By Debbie Radie The lone Cite Council met Jan. 9. Discussion included the bond project update recommen dations from the Ione-Lexington Advisory Committee, which were to be re-submitted to the school board on Monday, Jan. 14. Members reviewed the rec ommendations and blue prints for the project. The architect will be at lone all day on Jan. 24 to dis cuss details of the building’s in terior with staff members and community. The advisory com mittee will meet that evening to discuss further design ideas and other pertinent information. Relocation of the tennis courts is part of the plan as well as a larger playground area for the grade school. The Site Council noted the following dates: January 17 is the end of the first semester; January 21 is Martin Luther King Day with school in session on that Friday, January 25. School Master Web Access, which provides web access to parents is scheduled to be up and functional on January 18. Parents will be required to come person ally to the office to sign for PIN and ID numbers so that they may be able to log in and view their student’s progress reports. Teacher Darlene Marquardt discovered some Intel informa tion about projects that some other schools have done and will research any grant opportunities that might be available. Principal Mike Stuart re ported that lone Schools are on target and up-to-date with the school-wide planning, so far. Goals include testing for place ment of new students and testing for younger children. It is now possible to access the "Dibbles” testing for students in kindergar ten through second grade and the “MAPS” test for older students will be available later in the spring. A goal was established that 90 percent of students will meet the benchmarks at the third and fifth-grade levels for math and reading. Discipline for K- l 2. was discussed, along with several ideas for incentives for good be havior. A goal was also estab lished as to keyboarding compe tencies. Elementary students are currently learning keyboarding beginning in the second grade. Student/school recognition and honors include: -Presentation of the state ex cellence award and flag by alum nus Tass Morrison of the De partment of Education. Informa tion about the school’s academic standings should be available in around a month. -Brad Burright made sec ond team all-state for football. -Shelby Krebs was one of 25 Oregon Youth to attend the 79th National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, GA. She joined 1200 teens from across the nation. -Shannon Clay won the National Geographic Bee for lone. The contest was for grades four-eight. She and her sister. Kara, were the two finalists, with Shannon breaking the tie to be the finalist. -Jeff Hunt was nomi nated to attend the Hoby Confer ence to represent lone, with Emily Key the runner-up. -All 11 of the HIS jun iors who took the PSAT qualified as National Merit Scholars. One of the sophomores who took the test also scored above the 80th percentile, which is significant for a sophomore. -According 2001 OSAA Cup fall academic standings 1A lone is in first place with 540 points. Evangelist to speak at CLC Evangelist Pieter Bos will be at the Christian Life Center, 535 W. Morgan St., Jan. 20-23. He will speak during the morning service on Sunday, Jan. 20, at 10:30 a m. and again in the eve ning at 6 p.m. with a special youth emphasis. He will also speak from Monday through Wednesday, Jan. 21 -23, at 7 p.m. Bos was bom in the Nether lands and was raised in a Dutch Reformed home. His desire to become involved in ministry and missions started when he was about 10 years old, while he was attending a Sunday School class where missionaries were talking about their experiences on the field. "Having been raised under extremely difficult circum stances, and after a period of teen-age rebellion, he forgot about his vision, but God didn't. When God regained his attention, he re-committed his life to the Lord, and was baptized with the Holy Spirit,” according to a press release. Before long Bos was in volved in a Pentecostal church and in inner-city ministry. A few years later he married an American girl who worked with Youth With a Mission in Amsterdam, Holland. They now have two children. Upon arrival in the U.S., he taught evangelism and disciple- ship; worked as a coun- selor/teacher and training center director in the ministry of Teen Challenge in Pennsylvania and Washington; and served as pastor and as an evangelist with a “heart for missions”. He is an ordained minister in the Assemblies of God. Everyone is invited to attend the services. We Print BUSINESS CARDS G azette-Tim es - 676-9228 Engagement Holtz - Long Brenda Holtz and David Long Elmer and Sandy Holtz announce the engagement of their. daughter, Brenda Lou, to David Allen Long, all of Pendleton. The bride-elect is a 1997 graduate of lone High School. She worked full-time for the Pendleton Veterinary Clinic for three years and returned to Blue Mountain Community College full-time last fall. Long, the son of Rosemary and Robert Long of Yamhill, is a 1987 graduate of Yamhill-Carlton High School in Yamhill. He currently works for the Oregon Army National Guard as a helicopter instructor pilot at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Pendleton. The couple plans a June 22, 2002, wedding at Peace Lutheran Church in Pendleton. X liro ii|£ li Foil. 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