SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Obituaries
Everett O.
Keithley
Everett O Keithley,
93, a longtime Heppner res
ident, died Friday, April 29,
2005 at Summit Springs Re
tirement Village in Condon
A funeral will begin
at 2 p m , Thursday, May 5
at the Heppner Elks Lodge
Concluding service and buri
al will follow at the Hepp
ner Masonic Cemetery.
He was born Dec
28, 1911, in the Eightmile
area near Heppner, to Oscar
and Eunice Estab Keithley
He was raised in the Eight-
mile area where he attended
school
On June 3, 1935, he
married Helen Grabill at
lone
The couple moved
to Baker in 1937, where he
was employed by the rail
road at Sumpter and also ran
a transfer company in Bak
er
In 1945, the Keith-
leys returned to lone and
shortly thereafter moved to
Heppner He w orked for
Clarence Rosewall as shop
foreman at the Heppner Ford
Garage
In 1962, they moved
to Condon where he operat
ed the Texaco station and
also sold cars for Heppner
Ford While in Condon he
served as president o f the
Commercial Club
In 1967, he returned
to Heppner where he sold
cars and did carpentry work.
He worked as a crop adjus
tor for Farmer’s Insurance
and built grain elevators be
fore retiring in 1977.
After retirement he
went to work for Morrow
County in maintenance and
parks
He enjoyed working
in the outdoors and working
during harvest He enjoyed
hunting until he was 88
He was an active 60-
year member o f Heppner
BPOE 358 where he had
served as Exalted Ruler and
Trustee He had been a mem
ber o f the lone M asonic
Lodge
He enjoyed baseball,
had been a Little League
umpire as well as a member
o f the old Heppner town
baseball team
Survivors include,
son and daughter-in-law, E.
Laveme and Ginger Keithley
o f Heppner; daughters and
sons-in-law, Janet and Jerry
K loeppel o f Vernal, UT,
Sharon and Robert Harrison
of Lexington, and Trisha and
Pat Sweeney o f Heppner; his
companion for the past 17
years, Maude Hughes; 14
grandchildren, 27 g re a t
g ra n d c h ild re n ; and one
great-great-grandchild
He was preceded in
death by his wife, Helen Kei
thley in 1988, a daughter,
Shirley Keithley in 1943, his
brother, Howard Keithley,
sisters, Nola Warmuth and
Alice Anderson; a great-
grandson, Roger Palmer, and
a great-granddaughter, Am
ber Lynch
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
Heppner Elks Renovation
Fund, PO Box 494, Hepp
ner, OR 97836
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge o f
arrangements
Ida May Reed
Ida May Reed, 90, of
Boardman, a longtime Hood
River resident, died Tuesday,
April 26, 2005, at her home
surrounded by family and
careg iv er/g ran d d au g h ter
Fay
A celebration o f life
service was held April 30 at
Anderson’s Tribute Center in
Hood River Interment was
at Woodlawn Cemetery in
Poplar Bluff, MO
One o f 14 children,
Reed was born March 27,
1915, to George and Lottie
Allison, at Chaonia, MO
She was raised and educat
ed in Missouri where she
completed her nursing de
gree
When she was 16,
Reed married her sw eet
heart, Robert Reed
In 1955, the family
moved west to White Salm
on, WA
While living in White
Salmon, she worked in a care
facility that she and her hus
band, R obert, eventually
bought. They ran R eed’s
R est Home for over 25
years.
Reed was a home
maker and her greatest love
was being around family and
cooking large family meals
She loved to sew, play cards,
raise a garden and flowers,
cook, can and do things for
others
She was a longtime
member o f the N azarene
Church and had been in
volved in the creation o f the
Senior Center in Boardman
S urvivors include
her son, Daniel Reed and his
wife, Julie, o f P ortland;
daughters, Laura Jeffries and
her husband, W illard, o f
Hood River and Eva Ray and
her husband, George, in Mis
souri; grandchildren, Bar
bara, Kathryn, Fay, Ronnie,
Renna, Vicki, Vivian, Rob
erta, Darla and Rhonda; 20
g re a t-g ra n d c h ild re n ; 11
great-great-grandchildren;
and many nieces, nephews
and cousins.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to Board-
man Hospice or the Board-
man Senior Center through
Anderson’s Tribute Center,
1401 Belmont, Hood River,
OR 97031
VOTE
PO R T OF
M ORROW
C O M M IS S IO N E R
P O S IT IO N # 2
Charles M.
Walter E. Zak Morrow SWCD Hays joins BEO
lending staff
E Zak, 60, o f to meet
“Butch” Smith Irrigon, Walter
died Friday, April
John Hays has joined
The M orrow Soil
Charles M “Butch”
Smith, 65, o f Boardman,
died Sunday, April 24, 2005,
at Good Shepherd Medical
Center in Hermiston
A memorial service
was held at the Church o f
Jesus Christ o f Latter-day
Saints in Hermiston Private
family burial will be in the
Hermiston Cemetery
He was bom July 22,
1939, at Pendleton, to Jew
ell and Doris Welch Smith
He was raised in Pi
lot Rock and later Echo
where he participated in
football, basketball and base
ball while attending Echo
High School He graduated
from Echo High School in
1957.
He moved to Rose-
burg where he attended op
tom etry college for tw o
years He then returned to
Hermiston and went to work
at Pendleton Grain Growers
for a time before going to
w ork at M arlette Homes
w here he was em ployed
from 1968 until 1974
On Dec 23, 1969,
he married Carol Johnson at
Walla Walla
In 1975, he went to
work at Inland Empire Bank
in Hermiston and worked
there until 1984, when he
started S m ith ’s C ustom
Farming He owned and op
erated the business until
1994.
In 1995, he returned
to work at Banner Bank, first
working as a loan officer and
then working as a field rep
resentative.
He enjoyed golfing,
playing cards, especially
cribbage and most o f all
spending time with his chil
dren and grandchildren
Smith had v o lu n
teered at the Umatilla Coun
ty Fair for the past several
years.
Survivors include his
wife, Carol Smith o f Board-
man; sons and daughters-in-
law, Marcus and Lisa Smith
ofMilwaukie, J D and Vick
ie Smith o f Apache Junction,
AZ, Jeff Thompson Sr. of
Hot Springs, MT, Jeff Th
ompson Jr. o f Boardman,
and John T hom pson o f
Boardman; daughters, Linda
Boutelle and husband, Bill,
o f Las Vegas, NV, Trivia
Haverkamp of Manteca, CA,
and Shelley Smith o f Las
Vegas, brother, Don Smith
o f Hamilton, OH; sister, Julie
McMichael o f Prineville and
10 grandchildren
He was preceded in
death by his parents.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to a me
morial fUnd in his name at
any Banner Bank Branch or
the T ri-Cities C ancer Center
at 7350 W Deschutes Ave.
Building A, Kennewick, WA
99336
Burns Mortuary o f
Hermiston is in charge of
arrangements
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Deadline:
M ondays at 5 p.m.
22, 2005, at Hermiston
A memorial gather
ing date is pending
Zak was bom Aug
22, 1944, at Boston, MA, to
Broislaw and Lillian Zak He
was raised and attended
schools in Florida and Mas
sachusetts
He was a member of
the International Brother
hood o f Electrical Workers
Unions 103, 112 and 7791
and had traveled throughout
the United States in his ca
pacity as an electrician He
had worked many construc
tion jobs
He met R honda
Clark and they moved to Ir
rigon 12 years ago.
After moving to Ir
rigon, he went to work for
U nion P acific R ailroad
where he was employed at
the time o f his death
He and R honda
Clark were married March
30, 2004, at Lewiston, ID
Zak enjoyed going
for drives to see new areas
and enjoyed traveling It was
said he had a great sense o f
humor and enjoyed making
people laugh.
He is survived by his
wife, Rhonda Zak o f Irrig
on; stepson, Chris Clark and
his wife, Dana, o f Pray, MT;
son, Walter Zak Jr. o f Dux-
bury, MA; daughter, Jo Ann
M olner and her husband,
Zoltán, in Virginia; and four
grandchildren. He was pre
ceded in death by his parents.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
American Diabetes Associ
ation, 1701 North Beaure
gard Street, Alexandria, VA
22311.
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Burns Mortuary o f
Hernuston is in charge o f
arrangements
Death Notice
Dorothy J.
Birindelli
Dorothy J. Birindelli
died at her home in Areata,
CA on Feb. 27, 2005
A memorial service
will be held at 11 a m.,
Saturday, May 14, 2005 at
C hristian Life C en ter in
Heppner, with concluding
service and inurnment to
follow at the H eppner
Masonic Cemetery.
A complete obituary
will appear in next week’s
Gazette-Times
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
local arrangements
• Morrow County Resident for 30+ years
• Graduate of Heppner High School
• U.S. Air Force - Honorable Discharge
• Married - Tw o Children
• President Boardman Kiwanis
• Occupation: Farmer
• Director : Morrow Soil & Water Conservation
District
• Director: Columbia-Blue Mt. Resource
Conservation and Development Council
• Morrow County Republican Committee
Wyden to hold
town hall meeting
in Irrigon
U.S. Senator Ron
Wyden will host a town hall
meeting in Irrigon on Friday,
May 6. The meeting will be
held at 3:30 p.m. at the
Stokes Landing Senior Cen
ter, 195 West Opal Place,
Irrigon.
County residents are
invited to attend the open
forum to voice their ques
tions and concerns
In Wyden’s first U.S.
Senate campaign in 1996 he
promised to hold a town hall
meeting in every Oregon
county each year; since be
ing elected he has held more
than 350 town hall meetings
DA’s report
Donald Ray Wright
was convicted 0 f Harass-
me„, Physical, a Class B mis-
demeanor. He was sentenced
to 90 suspended days in jail,
one year bench probation
and payment o f $626 in fines
and fees
Noe Viesca was con
victed o f Criminal Mischief-
1, a Class C felony reduced
to a Class A misdemeanor
He was sentenced to 180
suspended days in jail, 24
months bench probation, 80
hours community service
and payment o f $ 126 in fines
and fees and $645.60 in res
titution.
C hristopher Dew-
ayne Schneider was convict
ed o f Assault-4, a Class A
misdemeanor. He was sen
tenced to 180 suspended
days in jail, 24 months bench
probation, 40 hours commu
nity service and payment o f
$626 in fines and fees and
$35 in restitution.
Memorial Day dinner to be held
A M orrow County
Memorial Day Dinner will be
held on Sunday, May 29 at 1
p.m., in the dining room of
the St. Patrick’s Senior Cen
ter in Heppner A time to
meet and greet friends and
relatives is planned to start
at 12:30 p.m., with a wel
coming ceremony and pro
gram to follow
The Senior Center
and com m unity churches
M.C.C.S.
JO E TAYLOR
and Water Conservation Dis
trict will hold its regular
monthly meeting on Tues
day, May 10, at the lone
School beginning at 3 p m
A tour o f the lone
School Greenhouse will be
held prior to the meeting
with a presentation by stu
dents o f Dale Holland and
Duane Neiffer
A genda item s in
clude minutes o f the April
meeting, treasurer’s report,
office building purchase up
date, written staff report,
written weed coordinator
report, partner agency re
ports and an executive ses
sion a cco rd in g to ORS
192.640(2).
M eetings o f the
SWCD are open to the pub
lic
Morrow County| Grain Growars«c.
provide dinner. The cost of
the dinner is $6 Preschool
ers are free The menu in
cludes an entrée o f turkey
breast or roast beef, a vari
ety o f salads and dessert of
homemade cobbler and ice
cream. Any proceeds from
the dinner will be used to
provide necessities for the
Senior Center
Volunteers are need
ed to help with set up and
serving If you can help, call
676-9030
the lending staff as a Com-
m e r c i a 1
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and A gri-
cultural
len d er at
the Hepp
ner Branch
o f Bank o f
Eastern
Oregon,
according
to P resi
dent and
C E O
(j e o r g e 3ohn
Koffler
“We are very pleased
to have someone o f John’s
education, work background
and work ethic join us,” said
Koffler
Hays g rad u ated
from Oregon State Univer
sity with a degree in business
and a minor in Animal Sci
ence He spent a total o f al
most 20 years managing two
different, large ranching op
erations in Eastern Oregon
He comes to the bank from
the Farm Services Agency in
Pendleton
Hays and his wife,
Joan, a Heppner native and
their daughter, Mary, are
currently living in Hermiston
and looking for a home in the
Willow Creek Valley.
BEO Bancorp is a
holding company for Bank
o f Eastern Oregon, which
operates 11 branches in six
eastern O regon counties
Branches are located in Ar
lington, lone, Heppner, Con
don, Irrigon, Boardm an,
Burns, John Day, Prairie
City, Fossil and Moro Bank
o f Eastern Oregon also op
erates a mortgage division,
loan production offices in
Hermiston and Ontario and
offers brokerage services
thru BEO Financial Servic
es
Head Start
recruiting families
for 2005-06 year
U m atilla-M o rro w
Head Start is recruiting fam
ilies for the 2005-06 pro
gram year Head Start is a
comprehensive program for
families o f 3- and 4-year-old
children that include educa
tion, nutrition, social servic
es and parent involvement
Head Start is primarily for
low-income families, but as
sistance also is available for
families with children with
disabilities
The Heppner center
is a com bination m odel,
where children receive a pre
school experience three days
per week, part-day, and in
addition families receive one
home visit per month
The cut off date for
determining the age eligibil
ity for children is Sept 1
Families also must meet fed
eral income guidelines Ap
plications are available at
Heppner Head Start, locat
ed at Heppner Elementary
School and at various public
places
For more informa
tion, contact Candy Green,
Child and Family Advocate
in Heppner at 676-5482 or
call the main office in Her
miston at (800) 559-5878
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