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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 12,2006 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U S P S . 2 4 0 -4 2 0 M orrow C o u n ty 's H om e-O w ned W eekly N ew spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, IK79 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (5411 676-9211. E- mail: cditorte rapidserve.net or davidt“ heppner.net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $25 in Morrow County; $ 19 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or olden; $31 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k e s.....................................................................................................Publisher Katie Foster....................................................................................................... Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $4 90 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50c per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.50 per column inch. For Public/legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: Hww.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • V iew Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Obituaries Mabel Allen Lena “Mabel” Allen, 100, died April 1, 2006, at her home. Visitation was held April 6 at Bums Mortuary of Hermiston. A funeral service w as held A pril 7 at B oardm an C om m unity C h u rc h . Burial will follow at t h e Riverview * ,, Cemetery i n Boardman. 3e was born Lena “ M abel' M arch 6, Allen 1906, in Fort Collins, CO, to H arry and Lena M onroe Gray. She was raised in Gooding, ID. She married Arthur A. Allen in Arlington on July 21, 1925. In 1947, they settled in Boardman where they owned the Texaco Service Station (now Shell Oil). Mrs. A llen served on the B oardm an P lanning Commission for 31 years, including the time when the city o f B oardm an was m oved to its cu rren t lo c atio n , due to the completion of the John Day Dam. She was an active m em ber o f the G range, B oardm an G arden Club, T illic u m C lub and the B oardm an C om m unity Church. A llen was given many honors for her service to the community, including the prestigious “ Pioneer Award.” Her most recent honor was the announcement at her 100th birthday celebration that the Boardman Marina Park and Boat Launch w ill be d ed icated to the A llen Family. A llen en jo y ed hunting, fishing, golfing, playing bingo and pinochle, traveling and bowling. S urvivors include her daughter, Shirley Jett of Yakima; a niece; a sister-in- law; two daughters-in-law; eig h t g ra n d c h ild re n ; 16 g reat-gran d ch ild ren ; and fo u r g re a t-g re a t- g ra n d c h ild re n . She was preceded in death by her husband and sons, Clayton and Gene. M e m o r i a l contributions can be made to the Boardman Senior Center at 209 N.W. F irst St., Boardman, OR 97818. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in charge of arrangements. Births Erica N icole H ernandez- a daughter. E rica N ico le, w as born M arch 24, 2006 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in H erm isto n to L etisia G o n zalez and Juan Hernandez of Boardman. Valeria Alessandra R odriqu ez- a d au g h ter, Valeria Alessandra, was bom M arch 26, 2006 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston to Herminia and Gil Rodriquez of Boardman. Fredrick Lee Painter Fredrick Lee Painter. 79, of Heppner, died Sunday, April 9, 2006 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, A pril 14, at the F irst C h ristia n C hurch in Heppner. Final resting place w ill be at the P resid io National Cemetery in San Francisco, CA. He was born Sept. 15, 1926 at The Dalles, the son o f Fred and B etty Allstott Painter. He attended schools in Hermiston and Pendleton. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1943 when he was 16 years old. He made the Navy his career, serving in World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. In July of 1964 he married Helen B. Williams at Lake Tahoe. He re tire d as a master chief boiler maker in 1965. He then worked for the Navy at Treasure Island, in the San Francisco Bay area, for several years. He moved to Heppner in 1995 to be near family. He enjoyed spending time with his family, listening to opera, raising roses here in Oregon and orchids while living in California. Painter was known by many as a generous and compassionate man. His exterior personality was rough and mischievous not wanting anyone to know that he had a warm and giving nature inside. He was very sensitive to the needs of others and was free with his offers of help. S urvivors include son, Larry McDonaugh and wife Joanie, of Vista, CA, g ra n d c h ild re n , M ike M cD onaugh and w ife Sum m er of Lincoln, CA, Mark McDonaugh and wife Sandy of Paway, CA, Kerry McDonaugh and wife Leigh of Roseville, CA, Melanie Aubin and husband Gary of Roseville, CA; sister. Aloha DeSpain and husband Bob of Heppner; nephews, Robert DeSpain and Chris DeSpain; nieces, Merry Brannon and Kathy Simpson; many grand nieces and nephews; and m any special frien d s including: Jeanie Nowlin, of A uburn, CA. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen, in 1991. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living, 410 Frank Gilliam Drive, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of arrangements. OPEN HOUSE 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. T uesday, A pril 18, 2006 250 NW G ale Street Take a tour, then join us for coffee, punch, and hors d’oeuvres in celebration of our new second story addition! and M ildred W alters all charity of choice in care of Daniels Chapel of the Valley, preceded him death. In lieu of flowers, 1502 7lh Street, La Grande, S herm an D ale contributions in memory of OR 97850. To view the Murray, 76, of Perry, died Sherm an M urray may be obituary, sign the guest book Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at his made to the Grande Ronde or leave a condolence on-line v i s i t , H ospital H ospice or the home. www.danielschapel.com. Viewing was held April 7 at Daniels Chapel of Co-Op declares patronage payment the Valley in La T he B oard o f applied to their account. Grande. A Directors of Columbia Basin M ultiple account holders celebration Electric Cooperative, Inc., will receive a single check of life was headquartered in Heppner, is for all accounts. Funds are held April pleased to announce the expected to be disbursed in 8 at La retirement of $313,500 in early April 2006. Grande Capital Patronage Credits. Mavericks This amount represents all of clubhouse. the 1976 and 1977 Easter Egg Hunt A private o u tsta n d in g C ap ital to be held in lone f a m i l y Sherman Patronage Credits. Capital Come join the Easter interment Murray Patronage Credits represent Bunny in lone on April 15 at was held the equity in the member- at the Grandview Cemetery. owned cooperative. With the 10 a.m. for the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Children ages 0 addition of the $313,500, the to fourth grade are welcome Murray was born on C o-O p has re tu rn e d July 12, 1929, the son of $2,679,697 to its members/ to come hunt eggs at the Dallas Packard and Laura ow ners o v er the last 29 lone C ity Park and St. William’s Catholic Church Lavina (Mclnnis) Murray in years. lawn. Donations of candy, Newberg. As a teenager, he Most credit holders plastic eggs or money may worked for his uncle on a will receive paym ent by dairy farm in Tillamook and check. Active credit holders be dropped off at the Bank spent some time on ranches of very small value or in o f Eastern O regon- lone in Eastern Oregon. It was arrears will have payments branch. during this time that he knew that Eastern O regon was where he w anted to live. W hen he got o ld e r he w o rk ed in the tim ber property inventories, salary industry as a logger and later continued from page one deductions and disposal of in a sawmill. G r a d u a t i o n district property. In 1946, M urray requirements for students at - a c c e p t e d m arried Iona D uncan in the M orrow E d u catio n re sig n a tio n s/re tire m e n ts Vancouver, WA. In 1955, he went to C en ter in clu d e th ree from: Cara Osmin who is w ork fo r the O regon language arts credits, two retiring from her third-grade D epartm ent o f Fish and mathematics, two science, teaching position at Heppner Wildlife and this began his one U.S. History, one global Elementary School, effective dream of living in Eastern studies, Vi government, one at the end of the 2005-06 Oregon. He was stationed in health education, one PE, school year; Venice Jackson, the W enaha district near one E d, one p erso n al special education one-on- Troy and continued to work fin a n c e /e c o n o m ic s, one one assistant at Riverside with the Oregon Department a p p lie d /fin e a rts/seco n d High School/Windy River of Fish and Wildlife for over la n g u ag e , seven and Vi Elementary; Joel Chavez, Jr., from his special ed assistant 30 years. Sherman and Iona electives for 22 credits. -accep ted as a position at Irrigon H igh later moved to Rhea Creek second reading and adopted School; and Lance Eads, near lone where he went into policies concerning staff from his h alf-tim e art b u sin g s wub making sadtMe^. He, made e th ic s, re scin d in g the teaching position at Heppner well over 5(J saddles and previous ethics policy, staff Junior/Senior High School. -approved extra duty ch ap s that w ere sold to c o m p la in ts, A ffirm ativ e A ctio n P lan, jo b resignations from: Larry customers all over the world. equal French, Irrigon High School A fter Lynn died, Murray d e sc rip tio n s, continued his saddle making opportunity em ploym ent, head track coach and athletic reco rd s, d ire c to r; Terri G entry, when he moved to Perry. p erso n n el em ployees’ unexcused or Heppner High School head Murray was self-taught at ex cess ab sen ces, PERS volleyball coach; and Carol many things in life, including break in service, criminal Johnson, R iverside High sewing. Over the years he re c o rd s c h ec k s/ School assistan t g ir ls ’ made his own western shirts, fingerprinting, classified staff basketball coach. as well as shirts for many of - a p p r o v e d his friends. He also made one development, classified staff of kind formal dresses for his evaluation, classified staff em p lo y m en t for: Jody discipline and dism issal, Marston, from Windy River daughters. Murray was a rodeo students with disabilities, E lem en tary d ep artm en t id e n tific a tio n secretary to head secretary, cowboy for over 60 years ch ild procedures for ESD Child effective for the 2006-07 where he competed in calf Find, records of students school year; Karlie Cook, roping, team roping and bull d is a b ilitie s, from Irrigon E lem entary dogging. He participated in w ith confidentiality concerning department secretary to head the Senior PRCA National e d u ca tio n a l re c o rd s o f secretary, effective for the F in als in O klahom a and students with disabilities, 2006-07 school year. belonged to the Old Timers special ed personnel, special -approved extra duty roping club, the La Grande ed-participation in regular ed contracts for: Becky Sewer, M av erick s and Black p ro g ram s, sp ecial ed- IHS head tennis coach; Eric P o w d er G un C lub. He individualized education Harjo, IHS head baseball enjoyed hunting, fishing, plans, special ed-procedural coach; Robert Marshall, IHS golfing, reading and playing sa fe g u a rd s, sp ecial ed assistant track coach, Jake the guitar and singing with evaluation and eligibility, M cE llig o tt, IHS head his son and d au g h ter in special ed-private schools, softball coach; Tara Thomas, music festivals across the sp ecial e d -fre e and IJH assistant ju n io r high country. pu b lic track co ach ; and A bel Survivors include his a p p ro p ria te education, special ed public Burnett, IHS assistant track children and their spouses, a v a ila b ility o f state coach. Dayle and Warren Jennings ap p licatio n s, special ed- -heard the following of La Grande, Lavina and services to home schooled announcem ents: Tuesday, Stan Greenough of Island City, Aline and Tom Yeakley students with disabilities, April 18, joint Community C o m m ittee of Payette, ID and Nolan and special ed-public availability E d u catio n o f state a p p licatio n and m eeting, Sam Boardm an Carole Murray of Birch Bay, special ed-discipline. Elementary School, 7 p.m.; WA; 10 grandchildren; 20 -adopted a fine arts A pril 27, board w ork g reat-g ran d ch ild ren ; and textbook. session, if needed; May 1, brothers, Rod M urray of -approved the first O regon School B oard lone and Russell Shook of read in g o f p o lic ie s Association spring regional Sisters. His wife, a son, Lynn fu n d in g m eeting, BMCC Student Murray and sisters, Laura co n ce rn in g : Haynes, Virginia Coleman proposals and application, Union, 6 p.m.; May 8, next in v estm en t o f funds, board meeting, WRE, 7 p.m. Sherman Dale Murray Irrigon community rallies around Ron Anthony CASE IH FIELD-MAP™ E asy to u se, affordable, fu ll-featu red m apping so ftw are designed fo r a w ide range of a g ric u ltu ra l u se rs. I t ’s a n effective tool for grow ers, soil sam p lers, custom ap p licato rs and crop c o n su ltan ts. See i t to d ay a t MCGG. N O W $1898 Bank of Member FI)lf t o Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 I For farm equipment, » tilt our web site at www.megg.net
