TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 12,2006
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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
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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
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