TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 7,2006
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First Christian
Church to host
VBS
F irst
C h ristia n
Church will be having its
annual V acation B ible
School June I 2-16 from
6:30-8 p.m. Children three
years old up to those
finishing the sixth grade are
invited to attend free of
charge. There will be games,
songs, prizes, snacks and
Bible stories.
On Friday, June 16,
there will be a potluck dinner
at 6 p.m. with the children
and their families, followed
by
a
skate
board
demonstration at the bank
parking lot.
All c h ild re n are
invited to attend. For more
in fo rm atio n or to pre-
register, call CJ Johnson at
676-8729.
Obituaries
Ramon Stephenson
Ramon Stephenson,
72, died Thursday, June 1,
2006 at the Vancouver Vet
erans Administration Care
U nit in
V ancou
ver, WA.
A
graveside
funeral
service
with mili
tary hon
ors was
held June
6 at the
H e r -
Ramon
m i s t o n Stephenson
Cem e
tery. A memorial service fol
low ed at G ospel Home
Church in Hermiston.
He was born March
27, 1934 at Swain County,
NC to Graybom and Grace
(Sutton) Stephenson.
S tep h en so n was
raised in North Carolina and
g rad u ated from Sw ain
County High School in Bry
son City. He served in the
U.S. Army during the Kore
an Conflict.
After the service, he
m oved to O regon and
worked at a sawmill in Kin-
zua.
On Oct. 31,1957, he
m arried D o ro th a “ D o t”
Weems at Goldendale, WA.
They moved to California
and Stephenson drove bus
for Continental Trailways for
several years. In 1969, they
returned to Oregon and lived
in Stanfield where Stephen
son worked for the Stanfield
Irrigation District. He then
worked for Ross Machine
Shop, Noland Door and fi
nally as a carman for the
Union Pacific Railroad until
he retired in 1996.
He was a member of
the Gospel Home Church in
Hermiston. He enjoyed hunt
ing, fishing, and camping.
Survivors include his
wife of 48 years, Dorotha
“Dot” Stephenson of Hepp
ner; three daughters, Pame
la R ogers o f H erm iston,
Kimberly Mescall of Mos
cow, ID and Dee Bailey of
S te p h e n v ille , TX ; tw o
brothers, Charles and Mack
Stephenson both of Bryson
City, NC; two sisters, Inez
Davis of Bryson City, NC
and Irene Huggins of Fran
klin, NC; and three grand
ch ild ren and one great-
grandson. He was preceded
in death by his parents,
G ra y b o m
and G race
Stephenson and two broth
ers, James and Earl Stephen
son.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to Gos
pel Home Church at 235 SW
3rd St. H erm isto n , OR
97838 or to Lung Cancer
Research c/o Bums Mortu
ary of Hermiston P.O. Box
289, Hermiston, OR 97838.
Bums Mortuary is in
care of arrangements.
TREAT DAD!
All-You-Can-Eat
BARBECUE BUFFET
Friday, June 16 from S-9 p.m
JO IIV S
P LA C E
M ain St root, H e p p n e r
Pioneer
Memorial Clinic
will be CLOSED
this Friday, June 9th
Obituaries
Dennis Jobes
Dennis Jobes, 83, a
lo n g tim e
Pilot
Rock
resident, died Saturday, May
27, 2006 at home with his
family by his side after a
c o u ra g eo u s b attle w ith
cancer.
Viewing was held
June 1 at Bums Mortuary in
Pendleton with the rosary
held that evening at St.
Helen’s Catholic Church in
P ilo t R ock. A funeral
services was held June 2 at
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
in Pendleton followed by
b u rial at P ilot Rock
Cemetery.
Jobes was bom May
11, 1923 in Spirit Lake, ID
to Lester and Lillian Jobes.
He graduated from Spirit
Lake High School in 1942,
where he was co-captain of
the only basketball team to
win a State Championship in
Spirit Lake history. He later
a tte n d ed
and
played
b a sk e tb a ll at L ew iston
Normal College in Lewiston,
ID.
He was an Arm y
v eteran serving d u ring
World War II in the Pacific.
On Sept. 19, 1948,
he married the love of his
life, Helen Kucera at St.
M ary’s Catholic Church in
Pendleton. They moved to
Pilot Rock in 1952 where
they owned and operated the
Pilot Rock Grocery Store for
37 years.
Jobes was an active
member of St. Helen’s Parish
in Pilot Rock. He was a
member of the Jay C ee’s,
who were instrumental in
developing the little league
field. He was a volunteer
firefighter in Pilot Rock. He
helped organize the Pilot
Rock Booster Club and also
was a member of the Elk’s
Lodge, Eagle’s Lodge and
the Pendleton Country Club
where he had many good
friends and enjoyed good
times.
Jobes’
h o b b ies
included golf, pool, playing
cards, fishing and attending
sporting events, especially
his
c h ild re n
and
grandchildren’s.
Survivors include his
wife, Helen; sisters, Betty
Wood of Olympia, WA and
Terry Ingram of Bellevue,
WA; s te p siste rs, E ln o r
Ackerman of Gresham and
M ay fred H en d rick o f
L ongview , WA; s te p
brothers, Lowell Cade of
Madras and Floyd Cade of
Longview, WA; son, Jim
Jobes and wife Nancy of
Keizer; daughter, Valorie
S am pson and husband
Sonny o f P ilot R ock;
daughter, Belinda Roberts
and husband D avid o f
Kennewick, WA; son, Ron
Jobes and wife Janet o f
Salem ; dau g h ter, M arla
M ichael o f P en d leto n ;
d a u g h ters-in -la w , Lori
Jobes-Edm onds and Jana
Jobes-Whitten of Pendleton;
so n s-in -law ,
S tanley
Stanhope of Pendleton and
Ben Michael of Pilot Rock;
and 18 grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by his
parents and step p aren ts;
grandson, Travis Sampson;
son. Dean Jobes; and sister,
Vicki McMinn.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to the chanty of choice or the
Dean Jobes Memorial Fund.
Donalda M. Reed
Florence C. Green
Florence C. Green,
92, o f H ep p n er died
Monday, May 29, 2006 at
Ju n ip er H ouse A ssisted
Living in Pendleton.
A funeral service
w as held June 5 at the
United Methodist Church
in
I
H eppner.
C o n clu d in g
service and burial followed
at H ep p n er M asonic
Cemetery.
She was bom April
2, 1914 at H ep p n er to
William and Mabel French.
She was raised in Heppner
w here she a tten d ed and
graduated from high school.
On March 5, 1932,
she married Alex Cornett
G reen at Pendleton. She
worked many years with her
husband in their store. Green
Feed and Seed until it was
sold when they retired. She
was a lifelong resident of
Heppner until moving into
Juniper House in 1999.
Green had a lifelong
goal to travel to England to
visit her cousins, which she
got to do and her cousin later
came from England to visit
her and tour Oregon.
She was a member of
the Rebekah Lodge, Book
W orm s and the U nited
M eth o d ist C h u rch . H er
h o b b ies w ere k n ittin g ,
needlepoint and she was an
avid reader.
Survivors include
daughter, Mary Ruth Troyer
and husband Glenn of La
Grande; sons, James Green
of Canby, Stephen Green and
wife Boni and Marion Green
and w ife M arlys all o f
P e n d le to n ; b ro th er, Bill
French of Heppner; sister,
Ruth McCaleb and husband
Elmer of Gresham; 11 grand
and step grandchildren, 42
great-grand and step great
g ra n d c h ild re n and four
great-great grandchildren.
Her husband preceded her in
death in 1997.
C ontributions may
be m ade to the U nited
Methodist Church Memorial
F und, P.O. Box 733,
Wilma Louise Norton Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
W ilm a
L ouise of Heppner is in charge of
N orton, 49, o f Hardm an, arrangements.
died Tuesday, May 30,2006 Dorothy Patton
at her home.
Dorothy Patton, 91,
A p riv a te fam ily
died
on
burial will take place at the
Dec. 22,
Hermiston Cemetery.
2005
in
She was bom July 3,
1956 at Heppner to Ervin her home
at
Sun
and Lola (Dungan) Allen.
Terrace
in
N o rto n
was
a
Hermiston.
resident of Hardman for the
A
past eight years and had
celebration
formerly lived in Middleton,
life
ID and in Hood River. She o f
graveside
was a homemaker all her life
Dorothy Patton
service
and enjoyed crocheting.
She is survived by w ill be at H igh View
so n s, K evin N orton o f C em etery in lone on
Hardman and Tim Norton of Saturday, June 10, 2006 at 2
S h erw o o d ;
d au g h ter, p.m.
She w as born on
L ayV enne
C lin e
of
W oodstock, GA; brother, April 12, 1914 in La Grande
Loren Allen of Hardman; to V icto r and B ernice
and six grandchildren. She Hogan. She was raised and
sch o o ls
in
was preceded in death by her a tte n d ed
p aren ts, E rvin and Lola Washington and Oregon.
She was united in
Allen; brothers, Willie Allen
marriage
to Richard Patton
and Benny Allen; and sisters,
on
Sept.
5,
1931. They lived
L eo n a D o rn b u sch and
in
Idaho
and
later moved to
Deanne Winters.
W allula, WA in 1937. In
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made 1952, they moved to Cecil
to B urns M o rtu ary o f and lived there until 1986
Hermiston, P.O. Box 289, when Richard preceded her
H erm iston, OR 97838 to in d eath . D orothy then
help the fam ily w ith moved to Hermiston where
she has lived since.
expenses.
She was a member of
Burns Mortuary of
the
M
ethodist
C hurch in
H erm isto n is in care o f
Hermiston.
arrangements.
Donalda M. Reed,
86,
of
H eppner
and
a
lo n g tim e
Condon
re s id e n t,
d i e d
M onday,
M ay 29,
2006 at »«"alda R**d
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
in Heppner.
A graveside service
w as held June 5 at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
She was born May
31,1919, eight miles west of
Condon, to Blain and Minnie
Maley. She attended her first
three years of school at the
little white school house at
Igo, near Condon. Her father
was elected county assessor
and the family moved into
C o n d o n . She atte n d ed
school there graduating from
high school in 1937.
On Sept. 5, 1940,
she married Fred J. Reed at
P ay ette, ID. T he couple
remained in Condon until
moving to Heppner in 1991.
They celebrated their 50,h
w ed d in g a n n iv e rsa ry in
1990. Mr. Reed preceded
her in death in 1995.
S u rv iv o rs include
daughter, Dorothy Shaffer of
K en n ew ick , WA, C arol
Klein and Kay Rene Qualls
both o f H ep p n er; son,
Robert Reed of Condon; 11
g ran d ch ild ren , 13 g re a t
grandchildren and one great-
great-grandchild. The Reeds
also had numerous nieces
and nephew s who stayed
with them many times which
made it seem like they were
their own.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to Pioneer Memorial Home
H ealth , P.O. Box 9,
Heppner, OR 97836 or to St.
Patrick’s Senior Center. P.O.
Box 715, H eppner, OR
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
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She
e n jo y ed
traveling, flowers, playing
cards, cooking, sewing and
quilting.
She is survived by
her son, Edward Patton of
Irrigon; daughters, Esther
D ixon o f M itch ell and
Donna Winson of Seattle,
WA; brother, Floyd Hogan
o f H e rm isto n ; and 13
g ran d ch ild ren , 28 g re a t
g ra n d c h ild re n and three
great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in
d eath by h er p a re n ts,
husband, Richard, daughter,
Stella Crawford, one brother
and three sisters.
Those who wish may
m ake c o n trib u tio n s in
P a tto n ’s m em ory to Sun
Terrace at 1550 NW 11th
St., Hermiston, OR 97838.
Burns Mortuary of
H erm isto n is in care o f
arrangements.
Irene D. Haskett
Irene D. Haskett, 94,
of Heppner died Saturday,
June 3, 2006 at P ioneer
M em orial H o sp ital in
Heppner.
A graveside service
will be held 2 p.m., Sunday,
June 11, at the H eppner
M aso n ic C em etery in
H eppner. A m em orial
gathering will be held at the
H ep p n er E lk s Lodge
follow ing the service.
She was bom Feb. 6,
1912 at M o n u m en t, the
daughter of Archie and Ruth
Sweek Aiken. She attended
school at M onum ent and
T igard, g rad u atin g from
Tigard High School.
In M ay o f 1931,
H ask ett m arried A llen
Sherman, they had one son,
Calvin Sherman. The couple
later divorced.
In 1950, she moved
to S e a ttle and a tten d ed
beauty college. It was in
Seattle that she met Wesley
Haskett, they were married
on Jan 18, 1953. The couple
moved to California and later
to Westport, WA. In 1970,
they moved to Hermiston
where Mr. Haskett preceded
her in death.
H askett m oved to
Heppner in January of 2006
to be near her son.
S u rv iv o rs include
son, Calvin Sherman and his
wife Beverly of Heppner;
grandson, Ron Sherman of
Portland; granddaughters,
Barbara Watkins and Janice
H u d d lesto n
both
of
Heppner; and seven great
g ran d ch ild ren . She was
preceded in death by her
husband, Wesley Haskett;
siste r, O ra E vans; and
brothers, Criss Aiken and
Calvin Aiken.
C ontributions may
be m ade to P io n eer
M em orial H om e H ealth,
P.O. Box 9, Heppner, OR
97836 or to Willow Creek
Terrace, 400 Frank Gilliam
Drive, Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Helen M. Stevens
Helen M. Stevens,
86, o f H ard m an , died
Monday, June 5, 2006 at her
home.
A graveside service
w ill be held at 11 a.m .,
T hursday, J une 8 at the
Lexington Cemetery.
M e m o r i a l
contributions may be made
to Pioneer Memorial Home
Health and Hospice, P.O.
Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836.
A complete obituary
w ill be in next w e e k ’s
Gazette.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
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