TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 11,2006
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Engagement
Katy Shaw and David Norton
Cindy and Jeff Shaw announce the engagement of
their daughter, Katy Ann Shaw of Portland, to David
Thomas'Norton of Portland. He is the son of Tom and
Pam Norton of Sandy and the late Sue Norton.
Katy Shaw graduated from Pendleton High School
in 2000. She has earned a bachelor's degree in public health
from Portland State University and is employed as a sleep
clinician at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland.
David Norton graduated from Heppner High
School in 2002. He is currently a student at Cascade
College, where he is preparing for a degree in elementary
education. In addition to attending college, he is a basketball
coach at West Linn High School.
The couple plans a May, 2006, w edding in
Pendleton.
Heppner Booster Club meeting
scheduled
The Heppner Junior/Senior High School Booster Club
meeting will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. in
the home economics room.
Booster Club members, class representatives and other
interested individuals are invited to attend.
Our loan decisions are not made solely on the basis of a cookie
cutter profile. Why? Because people are not cookies. They are
individuals. We consider your character. We can't always say
yes, but we always do our best to make sure our loan request
is given the full respect and consideration it deserves.
Celebrate the spirit of your hometown!
Bank of
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Eastern Oregon
Obituaries
Opal G. Cook
A memorial service
for Opal G Cook will be held
Saturday, January 14, 2006,
at 2 p.m. at Bums Mortuary
o f H erm iston C hapel. A
reception will follow in the
Altrusa Community Room at
the Agape
House,
5 0 0
Harper
Road,
Hermiston.
Disposition
w as by
cremation.
Burial of
crem ains
will be at
t
h
e Opal (>. Cook
H ardm an
Cemetery at a later date.
Opal G Cook, 97, of
H erm iston, passed aw ay
January 3, 2006, at Ashley
M anor R esid en tial C are
Facility in Hermiston.
She was named Opal
Grace by her brother, Carl
M cDaniel, when she was
born September 3, 1908, in
B urton V alley, O reg o n ,
about 20 m iles south o f
Hardman, Oregon. She was
the youngest of four children
bom to Edward and Emily
(P en n in g to n ) M cD aniel.
Opal’s mother, Emily, died of
the premature childbirth of
a fifth child when Opal was
but three years old. Her
father, Edward McDaniel,
remarried about two years
later to Vena Swick who had
a two-year old son, Herbert.
They later had a daughter,
Jessie. Vena passed away in
1918 of Spanish Influenza.
After the death of his
second wife, Mr. McDaniel
and his fam ily w andered
back and forth betw een
H ardm an, S pokane, and
Mukilteo, Washington. Opal
attended grade school in
Hardman and high school in
Washington. At the age of 17
she went to work as a cook's
helper on a ranch out of
Hardman for $35 a month
and room and board. She
met and m arried H arlan
Adams May 26, 1928, in
Hardman. The couple had
four children before moving
to Kinzua in May of 1942.
There, Harlan worked in the
sawmill until his death in
January 1955.
O pal m et L arry
Cook of Camp 5, (a few
miles north of Kinzua), and
they married in December of
the following year. When
Larry retired in 1962, the
couple moved to Heppner.
Opal, wanting to keep busy
w orked p art-tim e in the
Mode-O-Day dress shop, at
Western Auto and as a cook
at the school. She and her
sister, Elsa Leathers, also
cooked for 25 to 100 men
each summer for fire school
at Tupper G uard station.
When Larry passed away in
1977 O pal m oved to
Hermiston where she was
active in Eastern Star, senior
citizen activities and was
president of the Golden Age
Club in Hermiston for some
15 years.
A cco rd in g to the
family. Opal lived by this
quotation: “ I discovered
years ago that happiness is a
decision not a condition.”
The family says, “All who
knew her can attest that she
was the most positive person
anyone has ever known. She
took life as it cam e and
always looked for the bright
side. She was the last of the
original McDaniel family and
will be greatly missed by all
that knew her.”
She is survived by
her d au g h ter, S h irlee
VanRoekel of Hermiston; 10
g ran dch ild ren ; 19 g re a t­
g ran dch ild ren ; 14 great-
great-grandchildren; many
step -ch ild ren , grand and
great-grand-stepchildren.
She was preceded in
death by husbands, Harlan
A dam s and Larry Cook;
sons,
H arlan
N orvin
“ N o rn ie ”
A dam s
of
Hermiston and Perry Alan
“Pep” Adams of Heppner;
d au g h ter, JoA nn Lee o f
Baker City; siblings, Carl
M cD aniel o f H eppner,
D orothy
B rom ley
of
A rlin g to n ,
WA, E lsa
Leathers of Heppner, Jessie
Lovgren of Heppner, and
Herbert Swick of Arlington,
WA.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the H erm iston Senior
Center.
Burns Mortuary of
H erm isto n is in care o f
arrangements.
Earl McKinney
Earl McKinney died
Friday, December 30, 2005,
at his hom e in U m atilla,
Oregon, at the age of 94. At
his request, there will be no
serv ices held. A p rivate
family inurnment of cremains
w ill take
place at
the Wasco
Cemetery
at a later
d a t e .
Disposition
w as by
cremation.
Ffc
was born
September
20, 1911,
* Earl McKinney
B eim ont,
Illinois, to Ernest and Minnie
(A lle y ) M cK inney. On
N ovem ber 1st, 1935, he
married Zela Marie Ruggles.
A ccording to the family,
“They gained the respect and
frie n d sh ip
of
m any
generations in Morrow and
Umatilla counties. Honest,
hardworking, and fair, they
made their living farming and
ranching on upper and lower
R hea C reek and lo w er
B uttercreek.” The family
says, “You could always get
a twinkle in his eyes and a
m isch iev o u s g rin at the
m en tio n o f h u n tin g or
fish in g .
M em orable
highlights were a successful
moose hunting trip to Alaska
with long time pal. Barton
Clark, and a Fishing trip to
Kenai, Alaska, with all his
sons c a tc h in g salm on,
h a lib u t,
and
great
experiences.”
He is survived by
three sons, Malcolm, Leland.
and
A lan ;
eig h t
grandchildren and 16 great­
grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by his wife, Zela in
2002; his parents, Ernest and
Minnie McKinney; and his
brother, Bill McKinney.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the S h erm an C ounty
H istorical Society, Moro,
OR 97039.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon is in care
of arrangements.
Richard L. Cox
for 14 years. He also raised
cattle and sheep. In 1974 he
began serving as the Morrow
County Assessor, retiring in
1979.
After retirement the
couple traveled to Arizona
each winter and enjoyed time
with family and friends. Elma
Harshman preceded him in
death in 2001. His last few
years were happily spent
w ith his frien d and
companion, Lillian Boyce.
Survivors include his
son, N oel G. “ H a rsh ”
H arshm an;
d au g h ters,
Sandra Rill and Teresa Ward;
special friend, Lillian Boyce;
12 grandchildren; 34 great­
grandchildren and one great-
g re a t-g ra n d c h ild ;
and
n u m erous n ieces and
nephews.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to P io n eer M em orial
H ospice, P.O. Box 9,
Heppner, OR 97836 or to
the H ep p n er E lks 358
Foundation, PO Box 494,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Richard L. "Rick
C ox, 55, o f L ex in g to n ,
passed away December 28,
2005, at his daughter's home
in S cap p o o se, O reg o n ,
following a short illness. A
mem orial service for Mr.
C ox, a lifelo n g M orrow
County resident, will be held
at 11 a.m. Saturday, January
14, at the H eppner Elks
Lodge.
He
was
born
F eb ru ary 12, 1950, at
Pendleton, the son of Lyle
and Maxine Huston Cox. He
atte n d ed L ex in g to n and
Heppner Schools. Cox also
atte n d ed som e c o lle g e
courses at Blue Mountain
C o m m u n ity C o lleg e in
Pendleton.
Mr. Cox w as a
m em ber o f the M orrow
County Search and Rescue
and H eppner BPOE No.
358. He enjoyed being with
family and friends, hunting
and four wheeling.
Survivors include his
daughter, Randie Cox of
Scappoose, Oregon; brother
N. Lee C ox, R o an o k e,
Virginia; sister Karen Gavin,
S alem , O reg o n ; aunt
Bemeise Cross of Portland,
O reg o n ; u n cles, L ionel
H uston o f P o rtlan d and
Warren Sam Miller,
Omar Huston of Boardman;
fo rm er ra n g e r fo r the
niece Jennifer McGrory of
H eppner D istrict died in
Maine; and nephew Jacob
Portland on January 3, 2006.
Cooper of Eugene.
Private services will
M e m o r i a l
be held at a later date.
contributions may be made
His wife, Pauline,
to the H eppner Elks 358
p reced ed him in death
Foundation, PO Box 494,
approximately one year ago.
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
They had retired to Dallas,
Sweeney Mortuary
Oregon, where they lived
of Heppner is in charge of
until her death.
local arrangements.
Survivors include his
dau g h ter, S ara, and one
granddaughter.
Death Notice
Warren Sam
Miller
Everett
Harshman
E v e re tt
O.
Harshman, 93, of Heppner
passed away Friday, January
6, 2006, at his hom e in
Heppner. Funeral service
will be held on Tuesday,
January 10, at 11 a.m. at the
H ep p n er Elks L odge.
C o n clu d in g serv ice and
burial w ill follow at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Mr. Harshman was
born December 8, 1912, in
Pendleton, the son of Harvey
and Annie Sperry Harshman.
He was raised along with
two brothers and two sisters
in the Rood Canyon area
near Hardman and attended
the Hale Ridge School. He
lived all but three years of his
life in Morrow County.
On May 27,1933, he
m arried his c h ild h o o d
playmate, Elma McDaniel, in
Heppner. The couple was
married 68 years and raised
three ch ild re n , Noel G.,
S an d ra and T eresa. Mr.
Harshman's early adult years
were filled with adventure
and hard work. He herded
sh eep , w orked in the
shipyards, hauled potatoes
and other commodities, and
farmed in the Hardman and
Heppner area.
In 1954 he moved
his family to Port Angles,
W ash in g to n , w here he
purchased a motel and small
farm. Eastern Oregon soon
called and he returned his
family to the Heppner area
in 1957. T he co u p le
purchased a ladies’ apparel
shop and Everett worked for
the g o v ern m en t in the
A g ric u ltu ra l and Soil
Conservation Service office
M C GG GREEN FEED S TO RE in Heppner
PURI NA, Wind and Rain
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- Season Complete Mineral
SWCD/Weed
Board meeting to
be held
The
M orrow
SW C D /W eed A d v iso ry
Board has scheduled their
annual
m eetin g
for
Thursday, January 12, at
10:30 a.m. at the Heppner
Elks Club with the regular
meeting following at 11 a.m.
A nnual m eeting
agenda items include the
introduction of directors and
staff, the treasurer's report
for the last fiscal year and
review of the annual report.
The regular meeting agenda
includes appointm ent o f
associate directors, election
of officers, meeting minutes
from December, treasurer’s
report, written staff report
and partnership reports. An
executive session may be
held.
Ajoint SWCD/Weed
B o ard /M o rro w C ounty
C attlem en program w ill
begin at 1 p.m. in the upstairs
m eetin g room o f the
H eppner Elks C lub. The
pro g ram w ill in clu d e
b io d iesel on the farm ,
biological w eed control,
information on the “Weed
S eek er” tech n o lo g y and
c o n se rv a tio n
fu n d in g
programs availability.
The C attlem en
portion w ill include the
anim al
id e n tific a tio n
program, a presentation by
Beef Northwest on animal
age and a presentation by
Dave Fowler on the use of
Global Positioning Systems
(GPS).
Lunch
w ill be
provided to attendees of the
jo in t p ro g ram . T hose
planning to attend should
RSVP to Janet Greenup at
676-5452. Meetings of the
Morrow SWCD are open to
the public.
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