TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 2,2008
Obituaries
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Nina Elizabeth
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Bedortha, Alleman
announce engagement
Anne Marie Bedortha and Perry Lee Alleman
Anne Marie Bedortha o f lone and Perry Lee Al
leman o f Pasco, WA announce their engagement and
upcoming wedding.
Bedortha is the daughter o f the late Jack and Bertie
Anne Marston. She is a graduate o f Culver High School in
Culver Central Oregon Community College in Bend. She
is employed as a corporal at the Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office in Heppner.
Alleman is the son o f Vince Alleman o f lone and
Margarete Alleman o f Hermiston. He graduated high
school in Seattle, WA. He is employed as a corrections
officer at Two Rivers DOC in Umatilla.
A private garden wedding will be held in front o f
family at the bride’s home in lone on Saturday, July 19.
A reception will be held at 6 p.m. at the lone Legion Hall
for family and friends o f the couple.
Retirement party held for Hubbard
A retirement party was held on Monday, June 30, at the lone
City Park to honor Bob Hubbard, a postal worker with the lone
Post Office. He worked for 32 years with the post office. Hub
bard is pictured (left) shaking hands with John Bristow Photo
by Dave Sykes
TAYLOR’S RESTAURANT in IONE
N in a E l i z a b e t h
Harshman, 88, o f Heppner
died Tuesday, June 24,2008
at Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal in Heppner.
She was born Sep-
t e m b e r
19, 1919
in H e p
pner, the
d a u g h te r
o f P ercy
an d J e s
sie M ead
Cox. She
Nina Elizabeth
a tte n d e d Harshman
school in a
one room
school house on W illow
Creek and then another one
room schoolhouse on the
Paul Hisler Ranch.
Later, after moving
to Poulsbo, WA, Nina got
her Licensed Practical Nurse
degree and began work at
Harrison Memorial Hospi
tal in Bremerton, WA. She
had a disabling injury and
moved to the Tri-Cities in
Washington and worked as
a realtor.
A fter returning to
Heppner she married Buel
C. Harshman on December
4, 1991 at Carson City, NV.
He preceded her in death in
August o f 1997. She con
tinued living in Heppner
and moved into the Willow
Creek Terrace Assisted Liv
ing Facility on the day that
it opened.
Mrs. Harshman was
a member of the All Saints
Episcopal Church and was
active as a lay reader and
in the Altar Guild. She was
also a member o f the Re-
bekah Lodge.
Survivors include:
sons, Forrie Burkenbine of
Heppner and Arthur Burken
bine o f Hermiston; daugh
ters, Joyce Pagan o f Grass
Valley, CA and C lau d ia
Achenbach o f Osbum, ID;
stepsons, Jerry Harshman,
Larry H arshm an, Vernon
Noland, Forest Noland, and
Ron C ase; stepdaughter,
Nancy Harshman; sisters,
Frances Griffin o f Salem,
and Marlene Gray o f lone;
numerous grandchildren and
great-grandch i ldren.
In addition to her
husband she was preceded
in death by her parents;
daughter, Carol; and brother,
Stanley.
Funeral services for
Mrs. Harshman were held
at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June
28, 2008 at All Saints Epis
copal Church in Heppner.
C o n clu d in g serv ice and
burial were held at the Hep
pner Masonic Cemetery.
Memorial contribu
tions may be made to Wil
low Creek Terrace Assisted
Living, 400 Frank Gilliam
D rive, H eppner, O regon
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner was in charge
o f the arrangements.
Bette Hill Vinson
Bette Hill Vinson,
the last surviving child o f
Heppner’s Wilburn and Eva-
lyn Hill, died June 20,2008,
while tending her garden,
just one month shy o f her
90th birthday.
People will remem
ber Bette and her husband
and business partner Lee
G. Vinson (1912 - 1992)
for their contributions to
Contra Costa County where
they lived since 1950. But
both were bom and raised
far away, Bette in Heppner,
Lee at Kimberly, in Eastern
Oregon.
W hen th e y o u n g
sweethearts married in 1936,
they were sick to death of
living on egg and cream
checks. Their home ranch
country was still reeling
from the effects o f the De
pression, so they looked for
opportunities in Redmond
where three o f their four
children were born. When
WWII started, they moved
to the Seattle area o f Wash
ington, where Lee worked
at Boeing, and their fourth
child was bom.
They put their extra
money into real estate, and
their spare time into training
and showing horses. Their
circle o f friends broadened
when Bette helped form
the W esternaires, an a ll
w om en’s equestrian drill
team that performed from
Seattle to San Francisco’s
Cow Palace.
Their trip to the San
Francisco Bay Area set a
new course for the Vinsons
and in 1950, they moved to
California - for good, first,
as trainers at the John Rod
gers Arabian Ranch, and in
1954, as the proprietors o f
Vinsons’ Western Wear in
Walnut Creek. They estab
lished a successful cowboy
clothing and tack shop that
served the East Bay ranch
ing and pleasure horse com
munity for 10 years. During
that period as community
merchants, Bette and Lee
joined the effort to intro
duce a plan for the annexa
tion o f H eather Farms as
an equestrian center to the
Walnut Creek Chamber o f
Commerce. Their idea was
embraced by the city and is a
memorial to their vision.
In 1965 they retired
to devote full-time attention
to Diablo Arabians on their
Danville ranch at the base o f
Mount Diablo.
Widely known as a
horsewoman and breeder o f
champion Arabian horses,
there was none tougher than
Bette, with lighter hands or a
softer heart. In her quiet, yet
confident manner, she won
various Northern American
Trail Ride Conference rides.
Among them, she swept the
Lightweight, Best C ondi
tioned, and the Sweepstakes
Divisions o f the 1958 Mount
Diablo Trail Ride, a grueling
eighty-m ile ride over the
summer-hot/rugged terrain
on the A rabian g eld in g ,
Shamus.
Through the years
both Bette and Lee com
peted in every discipline of
working horse events, and in
later years, turned their ef
forts to cutting horse compe
titions where they both won
national championships.
Their four children
grew up as their parents did,
taking pleasure in time spent
out-of-doors with horses.
All four children g rad u
ated from San Ramon High
School in Danville.
After Lee’s death in
1992, Bette and youngest
daughter Debbie Compilli
continued their successful
boarding and training op
eration.
B ette w as a g ra
cious, hard-w orking lady,
a word that may be out of
vogue, but perfectly defines
her m anner w ith fam ily,
friends, or strangers. Her in
fluence will be felt through
the generations. She never
abandoned her simple coun
try roots but she made her
own place in the world.
Bette is survived by
her children: Bette Lee Col
lins and husband, Bob o f
Red Bluff, CA; Terry Vinson
and wife, Barbara o f Walnut
Creek, CA; Linda Hussa and
husband, John ofCedarville,
CA; and Debbie Compilli
and her husband, Bruce of
Pleasanton, CA. Bette will
also be missed by her seven
grandchildren, nine great
g ra n d c h ild re n , and tw o
great-great-grandchildren,
and nieces and nephew s
scattered th roughout the
west.
M emorial services
are pending. In lieu o f flow
ers, the fam ily req u ests
the support o f : Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer Re
search or A lzheim er’s As
soc. Research, or charity o f
choice.
Wilma Marie
(Tucker) Wallace
Wilma Wallace
passed away June 26,2008 at
the Clark
ston Care
Center
in C lark
ston, WA.
She w as
bom July
28, 1921
at Bl a c k
H o r s e /
Wilma Wallace
Lexington
to William Bonaparte and
Mary Ann (Scott) Tucker,
where she was raised and
attended school.
In 1940 she married
Armin C. Wihlon in Lewis
ton, ID. Her three children
were born while living at
Lexington.
In August 1953, she
married Herman F. Wallace
in Ephrata, WA. His work
took them to Idaho, Mon
tana, Utah, Alaska and Ha
waii then back to Washing
ton to reside in Burbank.
She was a wonderful
cook and an excellent seam
stress and she enjoyed her
flower garden, roses were
her favorite. She alw ays
enjoyed visiting with fam
ily, friends and especially
her grand and great-grand
children.
Many recent w inters
were spent traveling either
to Arizona or other parts o f
the country.
She was preceded
in death by: her parents;
b ro th ers Flomer, W ilbur
and Woodrow Tucker; sis
ters Elsie Tucker, Hulda
M ortim ore, Edith Castle,
Irene Atherton and Beulah
Smouse; and Herman’s son
John Wallace.
She is survived by:
her husband Herman Wal
lace o f Clarkston; children
Armin Richard (Margaret)
Wihlon o f Louisville, KY,
Judith Marion (Jerry) Van
Hollebeke o f Pasco, WA,
Alice Marie (Sellards) Wa
ters o f Rush Valley, UT,
Gene (Chirella) Wallace o f
Lexington and Dick (Joyce)
Wallace o f Lewiston, ID;
tw elve grandchildren, 23
g re a t-g ra n d c h ild re n and
many cousins, nieces and
nephews.
A viewing was held
Tuesday, July 1, from 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m., at M ueller’s Tri-
Cities Funeral Home located
at 1401 S. Union Street in
K ennew ick. Funeral ser
vices were held at 10 a.m. on
Wednesday, July 2, also at
Mueller's Tri-Cities Funeral
Home with an additional
viewing one hour prior to
the service time. Interment
followed at Desert Lawn
Memorial Park.
In lieu o f flow ers
contributions may be made
to a charity o f your choice.
The family invites
you to sign th eir online
guestbook at www.muel-
lersfuneralhomes.com.
Jewel Ruth Barnes
Jewel Ruth Bames,
100, o f Junction City died
Saturday, June 28, 2008.
She was born O c
tober 1, 1907, Rome, MO
and came to Oregon in 1937
from Council Bluffs, IA.
She was married to
Erva Bames who was killed
in an accident working as
superintendent for the city
o f Junction City.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Erva,
and a daughter, Gretchen
A bar.
She is survived by:
daughters, Patricia Lynch
and Kathryn Sue Barnes,
both o f Eugene; sons, Rob
ert A. Bames o f lone, and
Erva A. Bames, Jr. o f Junc
tion City; eight grandchil
dren and 11 great-grand
children.
Funeral services will
be held Sunday, July 5,2008
at 1 p.m. at W estgrove-
Murphy Funeral Home in
Junction City. Burial will be
held July 7.
U/eddinj "Tables
Join us during
lone's Annuel Fourth o f July C elebration!
A m y D ra k e a n d D erek G u n d e r s o n
Thursday. July 3rd
Hamburgers and Hot Dogs in the Park
starting at 6:30 P .m .
Friday. July 4th
Barbecue Chicken and Sausage Dogs
starting at 11:30 a.m.
Wedding - July 5, 2 0 0 8
Joe a n d K a tk le e n (G re en u p ) A lk itre
Effective July I, 2008, the Fire Chief
of the City of Heppner is imposing a
C L O S E D S E A S O N for open burning
based on local fire safety concerns.
Saturday. July 5th
Prime Rib Dinner
CDJ and music following! J
This burning ban is for the City of Heppner.
Sunday. July 6th
We will be closing at 5 p.m.
A reminder that open burning also
includes a “ burn barrel."
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Wedding a n d Reception - Aug. 2, 2 0 0 8
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Jill S o r e y a n d C o rey M iller'
Wedding - Oct. 18, 2 0 0 8
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217 North Main • Heppner
The closed season will remain in effect
until further notice this fall as per ORS 478.960.
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