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Marian Jane
Brosnan
Obituaries
Norma “Dee”
“Jean” Johnson
Funeral services for
N orm a “ D ee” “J e a n ”
Johnson w ere held at
Spencer, Libby and Powell
Funeral Home on Monday,
July 18, 2005. P rivate
interment will be held at a
la te r date at D ufur
Community Cemetery.
Norma “Dee” “Jean”
Johnson, 85, a resident of
Dufur, died at her home due
to natural causes on
Wednesday, July 13,2005.
She
was
born
S eptem ber 20, 1919, in
Heppner, the older of two
daughters to Charlie R. and
G ladys M. (Van H orn)
Beckett. She grew up on the
family wheat ranch outside
of Heppner and attended
Liberty School, a school
house
b u ilt by
her
grandfather Beckett. She
graduated from H eppner
High School in 1937.
During WWI1, She
lived in Portland and worked
in the shipyards and attended
b eauty school.
J e a n ’s
working career found her at
Kramer’s Store for several
years and for the U nited
States Forest Service for 20
plus years. She settled in
Dufur with her husband and
her daughters in 1949.
She was a member of
the Dufur Historical Society
and enjoyed spending time
with her family and always
looked forward to trips to
Kah-Nee-Tah with friends
and family. Jean had also
enjoyed being apart of the
Air Force Ground Observers
Corp. during the 1950’s, and
had also been a Sky Watch
assistant chief.
Jean is survived by
her sister, Florence McCarty
and her husb an d , P aul,
Portland; daughters, Nancy
Hunt, Dufur, Judy Staehnke
and her husband, David, The
Dalles; grandchildren, Marti
Hunt, The Dalles, Rich Hunt,
Dufur, Sandy Loop and her
husband, Larry, The Dalles,
Mike Sigman and his wife,
A drienne, M urrieta, CA,
Mark Staehnke and his wife,
Heather, Portland; great­
g ran d ch ild ren , Jena and
Ryan Loop and Trevor and
D ylan Sigm an. She was
preceded in death by her
husband, Richard R. “Dick”
Johnson in 1993.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to A m erican D iabetes
Association, 380 Spokane
St. #110, P o rtlan d , OR
97202 or The Dalles Celilo
C enter, 1800 E ast 19lh
S treet, The D alles, OR
97058.
M arian
Jane
Brosnan, 90, of Heppner,
died Tuesday, July 12,2005,
at her home. Recitation of
the rosary
w a s
F rid a y ,
July 15, at
S
t
.
P a tric k ’s
C a th o lic
C h u rc h .
F u n e ra l
Mass was
Saturday,
July 13,
2 0 0 5 ,
w i t h
concluding Marian
s e r v i c e Brosnan
and burial at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery.
One of six children,
she was born August 25,
1914, at Independence to
Floyd and Ada Tilson Good.
She grew up and attended
schools at Independence,
then a tten d ed O regon
N orm al
School
at
M onmouth for tw o years
before accepting a teaching
position at Lena School near
Heppner. She boarded with
John and Z etta B rosnan
while teaching at Lena and
eventually became a part of
th e ir fam ily w hen she
m arried th eir son, Jerry
B rosnan, on M arch 28,
1936, at Heppner.
T he co u p le b u ilt
their home on Buttercreek
where they raised sheep and
later, cattle. She briefly
returned to the classroom as
a su b stitu te te ac h e r at
Heppner.
She was said to have
maintained a quiet nature
throughout her life as she
tended cam ps in the
mountains, tended ill sheep
and calves and cooked for
sheep shearing crews and
ranch hands and led students
in the classroom.
She was an active
m em ber o f St. P a tric k ’s
Catholic Church, had been a
member of the CowBelles
Association and a volunteer
at the Morrow County Fair.
She
en jo y ed
being
su rro u n d ed by p eo p le,
e sp e c ia lly her ex ten d ed
E astern O regon fam ily
w hich included her best
friend H elen Currin and,
more recently, her neighbors
at St. P a tric k ’s S enior
Apartments.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Jerry
Brosnan, in 1991, a sister
and two brothers.
S urvivors include
her children, daughter, Joann
W eister o f H eppner, and
sons, John Brosnan, and his
wife, Charlotte of Hubbard,
E
J la d ltL <z/?u£y <z/?lng
Eddie Brosnan and his wife,
Lorraine, and Dan Brosnan
and his wife, Doris, all of
Heppner; 14 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
M e m o r i a l
Contributions may be made
to St. Patrick Altar Society,
P.O. Box 633, Heppner, OR
97836, or St. Patrick Senior
C enter, P.O. Box 266,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary,
Heppner, was in charge of
arrangements.
entered the Marquis Care
Center in 2004.
Thelma is survived
by her daughter Marianne,
three grandchildren, seven
great-grandchildren and four
great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death
by her son, Walter, and all of
her brothers and sisters.
Sue Jones
Sue Jones, 69, o f
Heppner died Friday, July
15, 2005, at her home. A
memorial service will be held
l l a.m.
Thelma G. Coates
Wednesday,
Thelm a G. C oates
July 20, at
passed away July 13, 2005,
the All
at the Marquis Care Center
Saints
in Vermont Hills. She was a
Episcopal
week away from her I04th
Church in
birthday.
H eppner.
M rs. C o ates was
Private
bom July 19, 19 0 1, at Forest
family
G ro v e,
O reg o n ,
the
committal
youngest child of 10, to John
s e r v ic e s Suejones
F and Mary Ann (Nelson)
w ill be
Haynie. She attended school
held at the Heppner Masonic
in McMinnville and Forest
Cemetery.
Grove. Thelma graduated
She
was
born
from Binkie Walker Business
N ovem ber 14, 1935, at
College after high school.
E ugene, O regon, the
She
m arried
W alter
d au g h ter o f Jam es and
Raymond Corley at lone,
Edythe Whitney White. She
Oregon, in 1921 where they
was raised and attended
farmed for several years.
school at Eugene where she
T hey had tw o c h ild ren ,
graduated from high school
Walter and Marianne. She
in 1953.
was very
activ e
in
On June 15, 1953,
co m m u n ity
a c tiv itie s,
she married Robert A. Jones
organizing the city library
at Eugene. She attended
while president of the lone
Blue Mountain Community
Study Club.
College at Pendleton and
In 1939 she and her
then Eastern Oregon State
children moved to Hood College at LaGrande where
River where she operated a she graduated Magna Cum
small restaurant. She married
Laude in 1972 with a degree
Ralph C. Coates in 1940 and
in education.
they m oved to P o rtlan d
She began teaching
w here they ow ned and second grade at the Heppner
operated a small grocery
Elementary School, was a
store throughout the war
librarian for many years and
years.
did substitute teaching until
Ralph and Thelma
2001 .
moved to a new community
She was a member of
in Quincy, Washington, in the All Saints Episcopal
1948. Ralph was a building Church and the Bridge Club
contractor and Thelma again at Heppner. She also had
became active in community been active with youths in 4-
affairs. She was elected to
H.
the Soap Lake H ospital
Survivors include
C om m ission and was a her h usband, R obert A.
m em ber o f the Q uincy Jones, of Heppner; daughter,
Hospital Commission for 10
B obbette H edm an (and
years during it’s formative husband Dale) of Mattawa,
years. She was instrumental
WA; sons, Steven Jones (and
in getting the Quincy Valley
wife Carey) of Portland, and
H o sp ital
started
and Mike Jones (and wife Robin)
co n stru cted . She helped of Heppner; brother Whit
o rg an ize the Town and
F ellers o f T ig ard , OR;
Country Garden Club which g ra n d c h ild re n ,
Endy
still meets today. Thelma Hedman, (Amber) Chazzney
served as G rant C ounty
Perusich, Tiffany Hedman,
State Committeewoman for Brianne Jones, Kellee Jones,
the Dem ocratic Party for and Anne Marie Jones; and
several years.
2 great-grandchildren.
Thelma and Ralph
M e m o r i a l
were active in the Eastern contributions may be made
Star and M asonic Lodge to P io n eer M em orial
where they both served as H ospice, P.O. Box 9,
Worthy Matron and Worthy Heppner, OR 97836 or the
Patron. Thelma also served * American Cancer Society,
as G rand W arden at the P.O. Box 3366, Portland,
Grand Lodge in Tacoma.
OR 97207-3366
After retirement the
Sweeney Mortuary,
couple lived for a number of H eppner, in charge o f
y ears in R o ch ester and
arrangements.
Auburn, Washington, before
moving to Beaverton to be Justice Court
near
th e ir
d au g h ter,
M arianne Stiles, and her Report
The Morrow County
husband. Bill. Ralph passed
Justice
Court has released
away in 1993. Thelma joined
the
following
report:
The Som erset C h ristian
David L. Brown, 35,
C hurch and rem ained
socially active until she H eppner, Dog at Large,
$159 fine.
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Carly Dyan Callaway and Jeremy Miehael Rietmann
John and Kerry Rietm ann o f lone, O regon,
announce the engagement of their son, Jeremy Michael
Rietmann, to Carly Dyan Callaway, daughter of Jim and
Cathy Callaway of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Jeremy is a 2001 graduate of lone High School and
a 2005 graduate of Colorado State University with a B.A.
in Politics and a B.S. in Soil and Crop Sciences. Carly is a
2000 graduate of Wasson High School in Colorado Springs
and a 2004 graduate of Colorado State University with a
B.S. in Health and Exercise Science.
The couple plans a small family wedding on
September 17, 2005, in Rocky Mountain National Park.
New bench installed by museum
A new bench was donated to the city of Heppner
and has been installed in front of the Morrow County
Museum in Heppner.
The wooden bench was made by woodworker
Bob DeSpain o f H eppner and donated by Joyce
Dinkins’ daughter. Joyce, a Heppner resident, recently
passed away.
The bench replaces two benches that were in
the site previously, but had been damaged.
Thomas Condon Paleontology
Center to open
The
T hom as
C ondon
P aleo n to lo g y
Center at John Day Fossil
Beds National Monument,
Sheep Rock Unit, grand
o p en in g cerem o n y and
ribbon cutting will be held
S atu rd ay , A ugust 13,
beginning at 10 a.m., at the
John Day F ossil Beds
National Monument, Sheep
R ock U nit, K im berly,
Oregon.
Fran
M ain ella,
director of the National Park
Service (NPS), will be on
hand to celebrate the grand
opening, accompanied by
N atio n al Park S ervice
regional director Jon Jarvis
and John Day Fossil Beds
N ational
M onum ent
su p erin ten d e n t
Jim
Hammett. Oregon and U.S.
congressmen and senators
may be in attendance, though
c o n firm a tio n s have not
arrived as of this date.
The
Thom as
C ondon
P aleo n to lo g y
Center, which houses the
John Day Fossil Beds
National Monument Visitor
Center and Fossil Museum,
has now been completed.
Mainella will speak about the
opening o f the new
paleontology center and the
2 ,5 0 0 -sq u are-fo o t fossil
museum. The park is located
in the picturesque John Day
R iver region o f eastern
Oregon, and contains a well-
preserved and diverse fossil
record of plants and animals,
including the dawn redwood
(Metasequoia), the recently
designated Oregon State
fossil. The world-renowned
fossil beds contain fossils
spanning more than 40 of the
65 million years of the age
o f m am m als. A nnual
visitation to the monument
is in ex cess o f 110,000
people.
It is lo cated at
milepost 122 on State Route
19, 16 m iles south of
Kimberly and nine miles west
of Dayville, OR.
Complimentary
refresh m en ts will be
provided. Food service for
lunch will be offered at the
monument as a local school
fund raiser (there are no
restaurants within 30 miles).
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