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Obituaries
Charles Lee Phillips
Charles Lee Phillips
died Wednesday, June 6,
2007, at his home in Irri-
gon. He was 69. A viewing
will be held from 1-7 p.m.
today at Burns Mortuary in
Hermiston
Disposition will be by
cremation. Burial of cre-
mains will follow in Yreka,
Calif., at a later date
Mr. Phillips was born
to John and H attie Nall
Phillips in Oroville, Calif.
He was raised by his uncle
and aunt, William and Fern
Mulligan after the untimely
death of his mother when he
was five years old. He lived
in Montague, Calif., with his
aunt and uncle until he was
20 when he married Lola
Laurette Fiddler at his uncle
and aunt's home on March
24, 1959.
His early years of em
ployment were farming with
his uncle, then he worked
at lumberyards, but he was
most remembered as a chef.
He lived in Montague from
1943-1964. He moved his
fam ily to Reno, Nevada,
and worked at the Harold's
C lub from 1964 to 1966
and then moved his seven
children and wife to Fallon,
Nev. They lived there from
1966 to 1970 and he worked
at the Sagebrush Club. He
worked as a chef both places.
He then moved lived in
Stockton. California from
1970 to 1989 and worked for
Harry's Coffee Shop, a job
he loved and really missed,
according to the family. He
then found his father again
in 1989 after many years
apart and moved to Irrigon
to be closer to a family he
didn't know he had. He not
only found his father, but
two brothers, five sisters
and step-m other Virginia
Phillips.
He and his wife ran the
Last Chance Fruit Stand on
Main Street until February
1997 when Lola's mother
was ill. They moved to Yreka
to be close to her. After her
death in January 1998, they
moved into her home until
October 2006 when Mr. Phil
lips' health began failing.
They moved in with their
son. Shawn, and his family
to help take care of them.
Mr. Phillips loved hunt
ing and fishing with his sons
and grandsons. He loved
football and his favorite
team was the Rams. His
other favorite sport was box
ing and his favorite boxer
was Roberto Duran. But, ac
cording to family, he could
tell you about any boxer.. He
loved a good conversation
about his sports and would
talk for hours about it. But
for the most part he was a
quiet and simple man who
will be missed and loved,
according to the family.
He is survived by his
wife; sons, Richard Todd of
Elko, Nev.; Shawn Phillips
of Irrigon; Lynn Phillips and
M ichael Phillips, both of
Yreka; Gary Jones of Pend
leton; and Jon Colem an;
brothers, Chet Phillips of
Boardman and Albert Phil
lips of Irrigon; sisters, Viv
ian Pearsall, Karen Spears
and Teena Patterson, all of
Irrigon; Neta Tarter of Baker
City, and Reta Chapman of
Portland; 16 grandchildren;
and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death
by his parents and step
mother; daughters, Elaina
Brenostro and Reba Cole
man; and brother, Johnny
Gayl Phillips.
Burns M ortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of
arrangements.
Kathleen B.
Kay” Anderson
Kathleen B. “ Kay"
A nderson, 86, o f H epp
ner, died Thursday, June
14, 2007, at Willow Creek
Terrace Assisted Living in
Heppner.
Funeral Service was
held Monday, June 18, at
All Saints Episcopal Church
in Heppner. C oncluding
service and interment was
at the H eppner M asonic
Cemetery.
Mrs. Anderson was
born D ecem ber 8, 1920,
at Heppner to Charles and
M innie W arren Furlong.
She was raised in the Hep
pner area, attending the Hail
Ridge, Liberty, and Eight-
mile schools. She attended
and graduated from high
school at St. Mary's Acad
emy in Portland, Oregon.
After graduation she w orked
in Salem and then in San
Francisco before returning
to Portland.
On August 25, 1945,
she married Frank Anderson
at Heppner. The couple
raised three sons on their
wheat ranch near Heppner.
They enjoyed traveling and
after retirement spent time
in Palm Desert, California.
She w as a m em
ber o f All Saints Episco
pal Church, Willow Creek
Country Club, Eastern Star
and the Palm Desert G olf
Club in Palm Desert, Cali
fornia. Mrs. Anderson and
Floyd Jones started the 2
Trackers 4-H Club at Hep
pner.
Mrs. Anderson en
joyed many things including
golf, needlepoint, quilting,
bridge, was an avid reader
and was a horsewoman in
her day.
Survivors include
sons: Eric Anderson o f lone,
Steve Anderson of Arlington
and C harlie A nderson o f
H eppner; g randchildren:
Colin Anderson o f Heppner,
Claire Anderson o f Heppner
and John Anderson o f Ar
lington; great-granddaugh
ter; Harley Ann Anderson
o f Heppner; nieces: Trisha
Huddleston o f Woodburn,
Shanny Miller o f Heppner
and Joan Staley o f Portland.
She was preceded in death
by her husband Frank in
2006; sisters; Myrtyle Car-
son, Ethel Craddick, Lenna
Brown and a brother (filbert
Craddick.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to the
South Morrow County EMT
A ssociation, P.O. Box 9,
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge o f
arrangements.
Jessie "Maxine’
Reeves
Jessie “ M axine” Reeves,
85, o f Irrigon, who at one
time co-owned an Irrigon
sporting goods and gift shop
with her husband, died on
May 28, 2007, at her home
in Irrigon.
A m em orial service was
held June 4. at Burns Mortu
ary Chapel in Hermiston.
Mrs. Reeves was born on
March 26, 1922, in Payette,
Idaho, to Jessie and Frances
Newton. She went to school
and graduated from Payette,
but she and her family lived
on a ranch in Ontario
In 1952, Mrs. Reeves moved
to Prineville where she lived
until 1965. While living in
Prineville she worked as a
meat wrapper at Wagner’s
Supermarket. She also was
the head cook and kitchen
manager of the Elks Club as
well as being the president
o f the Emblem Club.
In 1965, Mrs. Reeves moved
to the Hermiston area where
she met and later married
Bennie Reeves. In the 42
years she lived in the Herm
iston area she worked as a
waitress at McCabe's Cafe
for 15 years. Then she and
her husband opened their
own b u sin ess in Irrigon
called “Reeves D iggins,"
which was a sporting goods
and gift shop they operated
for some time.
Mrs. Reeves was a member
o f the VFW Auxiliary and a
past member o f the Hermis
ton Eagles. She loved spend
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fishing, hunting, camping,
traveling, sports activities,
sewing, cooking, gardening,
playing bingo, and going to
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Mrs. Reeves and her hus
band were active in the Um
atilla Museum. Maxine was
always so willing to help
someone who was in need.
She is survived by her hus
band; daughters, C arline
Greene o f Prineville, Car
men Simpson and husband
Harold o f Prineville, Leslie
Jones and husband Alan o f
Prineville, and Lynn Mad
dox and husband Keith o f
Irrigon; step-son M arlin
Reeves o f Hermiston; step
daughter Sandy, Arizona;
fo s te r-d a u g h te r M axine
Marcum o f Stanfield; broth
er Elmer Newton o f Ontario;
15 grandchildren; 29 grand
children; and several nieces
and nephews.
Mrs. Reeves was preceded
in death by her parents, two
sisters, one grandson, one
granddaughter, and one son-
in-law.
Those who wish may make
contributions in M axine’s
m em ory to the S hrin ers
Hospital at 3101 S.W. Sam
Jackson Park Road, Port
land, OR 97201 or Pioneer
Memorial Hospice.
Bums Mortuary of FJermis-
ton is in charge o f arrange
ments.
Dorothy A.
Doherty
nieces and nephews, grand
and great grand nieces and
nephews as well as many
friends.
M em orials in her
memory may be directed
to either the V.F.W. Let'er
Buck Post 922 o f Pendleton,
the Catholic Daughters or
the St. M ary’s O utreach.
Bums Mortuary of Pendle
ton is in charge o f arrange
ments.
Tube sock drive
lone talent show
to be held
The lone Blues Fes
tival talent show w ill be held
Tuesday, July 3, at 6:30 p.m.
on the amphitheater stage at
the lone Park.
C o n tact LynnD ee
Ramos, 422-7559, for more
information or to sign up.
continuel! from pone one
Phil M orris and his team
as soon as possible. They Eastern Oregon or Collier’s
may also be dropped off at MarkeI jn |one
lone branch ot the Bank ot
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Dorothy A. Doherty,
Pendleton, died Saturday, Environmental costs
June 16, 2007. She was 91
to the land, the same land
To the Editor:
years old.
the environmentalists want
Are you working to to set aside to look at and
R ecitatio n o f the
Holy Rosary was held on ward a perfect environment? play in.
June 19 at Burns Mortuary Do you want unlimited sce
T he sam e fo rc e s
of Pendleton. MassofChris- nic view s? And endless that uplifted the mountain
places to recreate aw ay from brotight the minerals to the
tian Burial
the works of man?
w as Ju n e
e a rth 's surface. M iners
This is a beautiful must have access to the land
20 at S t.
dream but are you willing where minerals occur, they
Mary's
to pay for it.
C a th o lic
can’t be relocated to land no
The e n v iro n m e n t one else wants. The access
C hurch o f
laws regulations and poli and use o f far too much o f
Pendleton.
cies now in place have so our land is restricted for en
Burial fol
damaged the industrial base vironmental reasons and the
lo w e d at
Dorothv A. Dohertv
o f this country that econom Forest Service is working
th e O ln e y
ic break down is imminent hard to restrict even more
Cemetery, Pendleton.
D o ro th y w as the but that is just part o f it, the by extending the road less
youngest o f nine children real price is life itself. Are areas locally and across the
born to Irish immigrants, you ready to die for it? How country. This w ill add to the
Bernard P. and Catherine many o f your children are economic pinch.
(Little Barney and Katie) you willing to sacrifice?
The propaganda that
Y ou h a v e b e e n is poured on us to influence
D oherty, p io n e e r sh eep
ranchers in Morrow County. brainwashed with the "Save these discussions are mostly
A graduate o f Heppner High the Earth Policy". This is a one sided and uninformed.
School, queen o f the Mor noble thought but you must The latest scare is “Global
row County Fair and Rodeo, be aware o f one irrefutable Warming" This is nothing
princess o f the Pendleton natural law. No Life Can new, it has been going on
Roundup and a 1937 gradu Exist on this Planet unless for thousands o f years. If
ate o f St. Anthony’s School we use the Earth. To go on you were liv ing in our area
o f N ursing, she was ju st living we must harvest the or any of the northern tier o f
beginning what would be a produce and resources of the states 15,000 years ago the
earth. To survive we must glacial ice would have been
full life.
In 1943, she joined have Food, Shelter, Clothes, thousands o f feet thick. It
the U nited S tates A rm y Protection from others and would look like the glacial
Nurse Corps and served with things that w ill harm us fields o f Alaska or Antarc
the 36Ih Field hospital in the and Medical Care. If you tica. The real global warm
Pacific. She tended wound cannot produce these needs ing started 12,000 years ago
ed from Tarawa, Saipan, yourself You Need Money. and continued ever since
Okinawa and other horrific Another irrefutable fact is w ithout any help from man
battles during WWII. After that “All Original Wealth or his equipment.
the War, she remained active Com es from The Earth."
Most o f the environ
in the Veterans o f Foreign There is no other source. mental problems we face can
W ars and w orked m any The basic industries, Oil, be attributed to unrestricted
years as a nurse before retir Mining, Timber, Fishing and population growth. They
Food producers recover this all need food, shelter and
ing to Pendleton.
“She made her life wealth and these essential as many o f the good things
a sacrifice for others and resources.
o f civ ilized life as they can
Mining the most ba afford.
often attended to fam ily
members in need o f care," sic and im portant o f our
Thus springs the for
according to family. “An nations industries is being mula for disaster.
avid rock hound, tenacious closed dow n or shipped
Ev e r e x p a n d i n g
historian and seeker o f all overseas. I say most impor needs o f supplies by fewer
things interesting, “ Aunt tant because every natural producers on less and less
Dorothy" spoiled countless thing you have uses minerals land with even more restric
generations o f nieces and in its makeup or production. tions.
nephews with her limitless No job can be done without
Make sure you and
using minerals directly or candidates you support un
generosity.”
She was preceded in indirectly. How long can derstand these facts because
death by her parents; broth you and your family surv ive every time we impose an
ers Bernard P. “ B arney" without a job? The U.S. o th er restrictio n or take
Doherty, William J. “Bill" Geological Survey has de more land out o f produc
Doherty, John E. “Johnny" termined that the economy tion the economy is pushed
Doherty and Lawrence Do is enhanced by Sixty Six closer to breakdown.
herty; sisters, Mary Doherty, dollars for every dollar of
(s) Kenneth E.
Frances Curran, Katherine mineral produced.
Anderson, retired mining
The problem is that
Monagle, and Rosella Lind
geology engineer
say. She is survived by many the mining must have access
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