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Obituaries__
Edwin Albert
Cutting
Edwin
Albert
Cutting, 90, of Portland,
died on Feb 13, 2005
A memorial service
will be held on Saturday,
March 5, 2005 at 2 p.m., at
Oak Grove United
Methodist Church, 14700
S.E Rupert Drive, Oak
Grove, OR 97267
Cutting was born
July 7, 1914 at Byron, MN
to Fred Everstine and Mary
Inez King Cutting He
attended elementary and
high school at Byron, MN.
He then attended the
University of Minnesota
School of Agriculture- St
Paul, from 1932 to 1934 and
the College of Agriculture in
1934-35. He graduated
second in his class from the
School of Agriculture He
received a bachelor’s degree
from the University of
Minnesota in 1965, with a
major in history and minors
in psychology and art and
attended Garrett Theological
Seminary in Evanston, IL,
from which he obtained a
master of divinity degree in
1965.
He married Doris
Emily Whitcomb on Aug
21, 1937.
Active in scouting in
his younger days, Cutting
was the first person to
achieve the rank of Eagle
Scout in Boy Scout Troop
Number 42
Cutting worked for
his parents at Cutting’s
Nursery and farmed at Byron
from 1932 to 1954. The
Cuttings farmed and
operated a greenhouse at
West Concord, MN from
1954 to 1963. He served
United Methodist churches
in Tygh Valley and Dufur
(1965-1969), Heppner and
Echo (1969-1976) and
Coquille (1976-1980). He
served on the Board of
Ordained Ministry in the
Oregon-Idaho Conference
of the United Methodist
Church.
He expressed his
love of the countryside and
outdoor life through his oil
painting and watercolors
His interest in storytelling
and family history was
preeminent in the 12 books
on family history and his life
that he wrote in retirement
His greatest satisfaction as a
pastor was ministering
people at the time of death
of loved ones and in their
times of grief
He tutored grade
school students for nine year
He was involved in Boy
Scouts for 26 years, the
Grange for 48 years, 4-H for
five years and garden clubs
for 21 years He was a
prolific reader of history,
geology and theology He
kept a diary for 76 years
showing her Morgan; she
always had a Pekingese dog,
invariably named Baby
The Brewers moved
to the Caribbean in 1990, a
lifelong dream of Mr.
Brewer’s, while Mrs.
Brewer always said she
hated salt water, it was just
too sticky. Mr Brewer
bought into a dive shop and
Mrs Brewer stumbled into
a business of her own She
and her friend, Linda, started
a maintenance business for
rental properties They had
numerous adventures
building an international
business Later she and her
daughter and sister started a
successful online reservation
business It was said she was
successful due to her ability
to deal with all sorts of
unusual situations and
people.
The Brewers always
had at least one of her
brothers of sisters living with
them over the years She was
said to be generous with her
resources and time and that
she impacted and influenced
all those who knew her
After
being
diagnosed with breast
cancer, she did not once
complain on ask “why me?”
She took it in stride,
determined to beat it. She
researched all of The
treatments and understood
fully what the risks were and
did not hesitate to become
involved in her treatment.
Survivors include
her husband, Don, her father,
Jim Wilcox; daughters,
Sydney Reagan and husband
Thomas and Leslie Brewer;
granddaughters, Scarlet and
Scout; grandson, Hambone;
sisters, April Aldred, Juanita
Lusher and Carmen
Timmins; brothers, Jim
Wilcox and Tom Wilcox; and
many other relatives. She
was preceded in death by her
mother, Ramona
Lienkaemper Chapel
in Vale is in charge of
arrangements.
One of his paintings was
selected by the University of
Minnesota at the Town and
Country Art School for
permanent exhibit.
His warmth, wisdom
and humor will be greatly
missed by family and friends
His positive outlook on life
and his caring ways will
never be forgotten
His body was
donated to the University of
Oregon Medical School for
medical education in
accordance with his wishes.
Survivors include
children, Ernest and wife
Beth, Todd and wife
Charlotte, Robert and wife
Frances Joan, Rebecca and
husband Frank Gutierrez,
Vanessa Bruer and Craig and
wife April; 18 grandchildren,
10 great-grandchildren;
brother, Ralph; and 26
nephews and nieces. He was
preceded in death by his
parents; by wife, Doris, by
brother, Clyde Raymond
Cutting; and by son-in-law,
Kevin Bruer.
Memorials may be
made to Advance Specials of
the
Oregon-Idaho Oliver Jay Devin
Conference of the United
Oliver Jay Devin, 68,
Methodist Church
a longtime Morrow County
resident, died Wednesday,
Mary Wilcox
Feb 16, 2005, at Pioneer
Brewer
Memorial Hospital in
Mary Margurite Heppner.
“Tussy” Wilcox Brewer, 57,
A graveside service
of Boardman, formerly of was held Monday, Feb. 21 at
Vale and Nyssa area, died the Heppner Masonic
Tuesday, Feb 15, 2005, in a Cemetery.
Portland hospital
Fie was born Nov.
A memorial service 18, 1936, at Heppner, to
was held Feb. 19 at First Oliver and Stella McDandell
Christian Church in Devin He grew up and
Hermiston A graveside attended school at Heppner,
service was held Feb 20 at graduating from Heppner
the Vale Cemetery
High School in 1955.
The eldest of six
In 1960, he married
children, she was born Maureen A. Groves
March 6, 1947, at Los Howard The couple later
Angeles, to Jim and Rae divorced.
Wilcox She was given the
On Dec. 23, 1967,
nickname, “Tussy,” by her he married Claytha Renee
grandmother, Ochoa, who Wright They were divorced
called her La Tussa, “the in March 1990.
gopher” in Spanish, which
He later married
eventually became Tussy. Monique Schroeder and was
As a child she moved legally separated from her in
with her parents from April 2003.
California to Vale, then to
He was an avid
Alaska where they outdoorsman and loved
homesteaded She attended being outside whether
grade school at Willow hunting, camping, working
Creek until the family moved or just playing. He loved all
to Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela kinds of animals and leaves
After returning to Vale she behind his dog, Holly and
completed her high school cats, Mighty and Mini It was
education and attended said he lived life to the fullest
Treasure Valley Community and always had a smile no
College in Ontario where she matter what life had to offer
met Donnie Brewer They He was also noted for his
were married Feb 18, 1967 quick wit.
at Nyssa
He was a member of
They entered into the Heppner Elks Lodge for
several different ventures 44 years
such as farming and ranching
Survivors include
before moving to Hermiston sons, Mifflin J Devin of
where they farmed potatoes lone, Oliver Jeffrey Devin
for several years During that and his wife, Yvonne of
time. Brewer farmed her Mesa, AZ, and Jay Devin of
own little acreage and was a La Grande, daughters, Lynn
building contractor
Dee Ramos and her husband,
She enjoyed her Bink, of lone, and Dawna
horses and especially Ann Dougherty and her
husband, Cliff, of Heppner;
brothers, Ellis McRoberts,
Arlo McRoberts and Lee
McRoberts; sisters, Caroline
Goodwin, Frances Wright
and Alice Wagner;
grandchildren, R J. Ramos,
Makenna Ramos, Taighler
Dougherty, Ryan Dougherty,
Koby Dougherty and
Desireea Devin. He was
preceded in death by his
parents and by a brother,
John McRoberts.
Memorial
contributions may be made
to a charity of choice,
directly or through Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner
Joe Henry Key
Lexington, son, Jeffrey Key
of lone; daughter, Lenora
McClard and her husband,
John of lone, grandchildren,
Gabe Nevala, Ryan Nevala,
Justin Key, Stephanie
Hudson, Jennifer Henry,
Savannah Henry, Emily Key
and Abby Key; one great-
grandson; two aunts and
several cousins
Memorial
contributions may be made
to the lone American Legion
Post 94 Building Fund, PO
Box 334, lone, OR 97843
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
R. Zacher
Joe Henry Key, 67, a Ronald
Ronald R Zacher,
longtime lone resident, died 58, of Heppner,
Feb 18,
Friday, Feb 18, 2005, at his 2005, at home died
after
a long
home
lung cancer.
A funeral will be held battle with
Due
Zacher’s
Wednesday, Feb. 23 at the wishes, there to will
be no
American Legion Hall in graveside or memorial
lone. Concluding service services, but rather a
and burial will be at High Celebration of Life potluck
View Cemetery in lone
Meg and Rod Murray’s
Key was born Sept. at ranch,
located on the right
19, 1937, at Eustace, TX,
side,
five
up Rhea
the only child of Boley Creek Road miles
off of Hwy 74,
Franklin “B F.” and Bernice lone area, March
5 at 1 p.m.
Hastings Key. His parents
He
was
born
April
moved to Mayville to work 15, 1946, at Oregon City
to
on a relative’s, Clarence Ray and Florence Zacher He
“Shorty” Stout, wheat ranch lived most of his life in Canby
when he was one. He began where he attended school
school in a one-room and enjoyed playing sports
schoolhouse
named He joined the Army National
Buckhorn near Mayville, Guard,
serving for six years,
riding his horse “Bonnie” to then stayed
the Canby area
and from school each day. working at a in variety
ofjobs.
The family later moved to a
His
first
love
ranch on Butte Creek near cars and he built many was
of
Fossil and he attended them for his own enjoyment
Wheeler County High and was an auto mechanic
School through his junior
year. He gradated from high for years in Canby. Staying
in sports, Zacher
school at Gresham in 1955. active
league fast pitch and
After graduating he played
slow
pitch
softball and
moved back to Eustace, TX. bowled.
While living with his
and without
grandparents in Texas, he fanfare, Quietly
he helped several
attended Henderson County people out
spots,
Junior College. After doing what of he tight
could
graduating, he attended them and their families. for
Texas A&M. While enrolled
Later, he moved to
there, he decided fo pursue the Molalla
area and lived in
a career in the military and Shady Dell, marrying
joined the Army Security Haynes of Molalla in Sandra
1992.
Agency. After his first
After
Zacher
enlistment, he retired due to received his general
his father’s failing health and contractor’s license, he and
returned to Eustace to work Sandra built their cabin in the
on the family cattle and hay woods
where they lived a life
ranch.
they
loved
among the tall
He married Marie cedar trees. He
to
Burkett and the family later remodel houses continued
until
the
area
moved to Oregon. He he lived and grew up in
worked at the mill at Kinzua became crowded with new
until it closed then the family people moving in.
moved to lone jn 1978 and
falling in love
he worked at the Kinzua Mill with the After
Heppner
he
at Heppner After that mill and Sandra moved area,
there
closed, he went to work for 1998, finding the small town, in
the Oregon Department of its citizens and the open
Corrections in Pendleton spaces very familiar to them,
where he was employed at much like the earlier Canby
the time of his death.
and Molalla areas were a few
He
enjoyed years
ago. Zacher found a
woodworking and built job driving
truck for Amstad
many nice pieces of furniture Farms of Echo
for family members. He was for them for about and five worked
years
an avid chess player and was
Survivors
include
his
seldom beaten. Spending
Sandra Haynes of
time with his family and wife,
Heppner;
parents, Ray and
helping others were his Florence Zacher
of Canby;
greatest joys.
and
sister,
Rosalie
Trost of
Survivors include his Hubbard
wife, Marie Key at the home
in lone; son, Tim R. Key and
his wife, Shelly, of
Lillian May
Greene
Lillian May Greene,
76, of The Dalles, a former
Heppner/Hermiston area
resident, died Friday, Feb
11, 2005, at Mid-Columbia
Medical Center
A graveside service
was held Feb. 18 at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery in Renton,
WA
The oldest of four
children, she was born
March 30, 1928, at Heppner,
to Edward and Millie
Pearson Canifield She was
raised in Hermiston and
graduated from Hermiston
High School
In 1954, she married
William C. Greene at Seattle
They lived at Pendleton,
Pullman, WA, and raised
their family at Renton, WA.
Greene later lived at
Goldendale, WA for a time
before moving to The Dalles
She
enjoyed
spending time with her
family, crocheting, crafts and
fishing.
Survivors include
her children, Edward Smith
of Murdock, WA, James H.
Greene of Kent, WA and
Glenn Greene of Seatac,
WA;
numerous
grandchildren, numerous
great-grandchildren and
numerous nieces and
nephews; brothers, Roswell
Canifield of Finley, WA and
Brian Fletcher of
Goldendale, WA; and sister,
Carol Garcia of Goldendale,
WA. She was preceded in
death by her husband,
William C. Greene, in 1991
and by her son, Mark Smith
in 2000.
Spencer, Libby and
Powell Funeral Home of The
Dalles is in charge of
arrangements
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