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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 25,2009 The Official Newspaper o f the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Obituaries Jerry “Brett” Buschke off. He was very passionate about watching his weekly J e r r y “ B r e t t ” N A SC A R races, alw ays Buschke, 49, o f Boardman, wanting Dale Earnhardt JR died Friday, March 20,2009 in the winning circle. He w as very ex cited at his home. ab o u t his new est He w as hobby of mining for born in Heppner gold. He was a great on September 20, teacher and always 1959 the son o f had a willing hand Jerry and C hris tin e S w a g g a rt to help out. S u r v iv o r s Buschke. He was raised and attend include: his w ife, Jerry “Brett’ ed school in Hep Buschke M a rc i at h o m e ; d a u g h te rs, K elly pner, John Day, M o n u m en t and o f H erm iston and Pilot Rock, where he gradu Traci o f Umatilla; mother, ated from Pilot Rock High Christine Norden o f Leav enworth; sister, Tana Hursh School in June o f 1978. He m a rrie d M ar- o f Leavenworth; uncle. Bob ci Leathers in Pendleton Buschke o f Hardman; and in June o f 1983. He was aunt, Geri Burgess o f Mid currently em ployed with dleton, ID. Brynes Oil Company as a He was preceded in truck drive. He drove and death by his father, Jerry delivered gas and diesel Buschke, and his grandpar products through out East ents, Claude and Margaret ern Oregon since October Buschke and Geraldl and o f 1993. Prior to that he Violet Swaggart. worked for Ready Mix in A memorial service Pendleton, was a Mill Right for Mr. Buschke was held at Louisiana Pacific, drove at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March chip truck, drove log truck 24, 2009, at the Heppner and was a heavy equipment Elks Lodge. Memorial contribu operator. Mr. Buschke was an tions for those who wish avid sportsman and loved may be made to the Elks to go hunting and fishing, Lodge o f your choice. spending his tim e in the Sweeney Mortuary m ountains cam p in g and o f Heppner is in charge of having a great time goofing arrangements. Maude Hughes was a member o f the Wil Maude Hughes, 87, low C reek C ountry Club o f Condon and former long and the Rebecca Lodge for time Heppner resident died a number o f years. She en U S PS. 240-420 Sunday, March 22, 2009 at joyed life and tried to never M o r r o w C o u n ty ’s H o m e - O w n e d W e e k ly N e w s p a p e r Summit Springs Village in borrow trouble. P u b lish e d w ee kly and entered as p e rio d ic a l m a tte r at the Post O ffic e at H eppner, Condon. She was pre O re g o n und e r the A c t o f M a rch 3 .1 8 7 9 P e rio d ica l postage paid at H eppner, O regon O ffic e at 188 W W illo w Street Telephone (5 4 1 ) 6 7 6 -9 2 2 8 . Fa x ( 5 4 1) 6 7 6 -9 2 1 1 S h e w as ceded in death by E -m a il: e d ito ria ra p id s e rv e net o r d a vid ta ra pid serve net W eb site: w w w .h e p p n e r bom June 13,1921 her husband Elwyn net P ostm aster send address changes to the H eppner G azette- Tim es, P O B o x in Silverton, one Hughes in 1987 and 337, H eppner, O re g o n 97836. S u b scrip tio n s: $27 in M o rro w C ou n ty ; $21 senior rate ( in M o rro w C o u n ty o n ly ; 62 years o r o ld e r). $33 e lse w he re , $27 student o f 11 children bom her son Elwyn Le- su b scrip tio n s to Nelson Douglas Roy Hughes in 2006 D a v id S y k e s ................................................................................................................ P u b lish e r A u tu m n M o rg a n ........................................................................................................... E d ito r Bailey and Mary and all o f her broth All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m. M alissa Sherlock ers and sisters. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $5 per Bailey. The family She is column inch Cost for classified ad is 50< per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to m oved from S il Maude Hughes su rv iv e d by: her 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub verton to Heppner daughter Margaret lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits in 1929 where Maude at Jean Hamm o f Richmond, require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be tended school until her mar VA; her son Donald Earl specified if required) For Obituaries Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to riage to Elwyn Hughes on Hughes o f Vancouver, WA; meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines June 15, 1937 in Heppner. six grandchildren; 11 great- or who wish to have the obituary wntten in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary Maude and Elwyn lived on g ra n d c h ild re n ; and four For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner a ranch outside o f Heppner great-great-grandc h i 1 dren. GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author s address and phone After the death of her for a couple o f years, and 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 moved to town for a few husband, Maude spent many be placed in the classifieds under 'Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10 years and then bought a years with her friend and On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net small farm just outside o f confidante, Everett Keithley, • Start or Change a Subscription up to the time o f his death Heppner in 1948. • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story M aude w orked as at Summit Springs Village • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes a clerk in several different where they were living in • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations stores at Heppner, a meat 2005. Maude continued to • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! market, a grocery store, and stay there until her passing. A memorial service a pharmacy where she was employed through three dif for Mrs. Hughes will be held ferent owners including the at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the H eppner Murray’s. T h e re a re m an y United Methodist Church. Memorial contribu h o b b ies M aude enjoyed including music, dancing, tions may be made to Sum fishing, golfing, sightsee mit Springs V illage, PO ing, gardening, and bowling Box 687, Condon, Oregon which she did regularly until 97823. Sweeney Mortuary after she was 80. She usu Ivan Ray McDaniel ally belonged to a bowling o f Heppner is in charge o f Ivan Ray M cD an ing. His love for fiddling league or two. Maude also arrangements. iel, 73, o f John Day passed and music kept him busy. He w as p resid en t o f the away March 19, 2009. Ivan McDaniel was Eastern Oregon and Blue Riley Wight and Amanda Miles bom November 23, 1935 to Mt. Fiddlers for nine years, Craig and Tawny Miles of Heppner announce the Oren and Daisy Mae (An and was the first member to be inducted into engagement and upcoming marriage o f their daughter, drews) McDaniel the Blue Mt. Fid Amanda Dawn, to Riley Wight, both of Pendleton. in Lone Rock. He dlers Hall o f Fame. Amanda is a 2006 graduate o f Heppner High g ra d u a te d from Ivan sp en t m any School. She is currently a full time student at Eastern Or H e p p n e r H ig h h o u rs p ro m o tin g egon University and Blue Mountain Community College. School in 1954. and teaching fiddle She is employed at Bridges Reporting & Legal Video in On A u g u st 12, and guitar to young Pendleton. 1954, he married p eo p le. W hen he Riley is the son o f John and Shelley Wight o f Hep S h e rry “ P u n k ” wasn’t fiddling, you pner. He graduated from Heppner High School in 2006. Hutchens. could find him with He is currently enrolled in the plumbing apprenticeship Ivan fell Ray his grand kids and program at Blue Mountain Community College. He is tim ber for years Ivan McDaniel fa m ily c am p in g , employed at Pendleton Plumbing in Pendleton. and worked in the riding ATV’s and The wedding will be held May 2,2009 at the Stone Heppner area until Ridge Event Center in Pasco, WA. he and his family moved enjoying life. He was a great to M onum ent. T here he friend and mentor to many took a job as a Government people and he will be truly American Legion members march in the Great Green Pa Trapper. Ivan also worked missed. rade in Heppner. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Ivan is survived by: for a while in Long Creek The American Le nois. In 1942 the original The O regon E ast neth Woods as OES Music then in the Pendleton area his wife Sherry “Punk” Mc Symphony will present its Director after his nine years until 1973. The family later Daniel o f John Day; sons, gion was charted by the ch arter was changed to final concert o f the season with the organization. To moved back to Long Creek Sam McDaniel o f Riverside, U.S. Congress as a patriotic allow WWII veterans to on Saturday, April 18, at start the program, Woods where they owned and oper and Pete McDaniel o f John mutual help wartime veter join and very active in pro 7:30 p.m. at the Vert Audi will conduct Beethoven's ated the Long Creek General Day; six grandchildren; and ans’ organization o f U.S. viding support for veterans Armed Forces who served and soldiers who fought in spirited Symphony No. 2, Store. Ivan also served as 5 Vi great-grandchildren. torium in Pendleton. during wartime. WWII. He was preceded in which will complete the or mayor o f Long Creek for “I ’ve been looking The Legion cam Founded in 1919 death by his parents, Oren forward to this concert all chestra’s series o f all nine of 10 years. paigned for the G.I. Bill of in Paris, France by vet A fte r se llin g the and Daisy McDaniel, a son season,” says OES Execu Beethoven’s symphonies. Rights which was signed The second half o f store, an o p p o rtu n ity to N athan M cD aniel, and a erans returning from Eu tive Director, Christina van rope after WWI, the group into law, in 1944. First der Kamp, “it’s going to be the program includes Mo purchase the Union 76 Bulk grandson Zeke McDaniel. now has over three million B oys N atio n w as held A fu n eral serv ice a very special evening for all z a rt’s pow erful Requiem Plant in John Day arose. 1950 the Korean Veterans M ass. The O regon East Ivan and his family owned w ill be h eld at 10 a.m . members involved.” approved for membership A group o f 20 of The Symphony has Symphony Chorale will join and operated the business Thursday, March 26, 2009 w o rk e d w ith P en d leto n the symphony for this per for 15 years until his retire at Driskill Memorial Chapel ficers who served in France and also the Legions Child Mayor Phil Houk to extend formance, along with mem ment in 1997. During his with Pastor Retherford and during WWI are credited to Welfare Foundation was invitations to city mayors bers of the Mid-Columbia lifetime, Ivan owned and Pastor Langford officiating. planning the Legion. They formed. The Legion spon from the region and beyond. Mastersingers choir in the operated several businesses, Internment is scheduled for were asked to suggest ideas “ We will have m usicians Tri-Cities and Juniper Sing including the Long Creek 2 p.m. at the Hardman Cem on how to improve troop sors many more excellent and singers from all over ers from John Day. G eneral store, M cDaniel etery in Hardman following morale. One officer, Lt. program s such as Boys Col. Theodore Roosevelt, State and also a boys Little Tickets are available Oil, Bear Valley Mini Mart, the funeral service. the state participating in Memorial contribu proposed an organization League baseball program, this concert, and we wanted in the OES office (Address: and Mac’s PNP. to show case their talents 345 SW 4,h Street; Phone: Ivan was a member tions may be made to the for veterans. The first meet etc. O ur local post par and celebrate our region’s (541) 276-0320); Em ail: o f the Bible Way Church, John Day Elks lodge #1824 ing took place in Paris in ticip ates in m any local 1919. The m eeting was events. cultural capacity,” said van info@oregoneastsymphony. the Elks, and the Blue Mt. or to the G ra n t C o u n ty Eligibility is open known as the Paris Caucus. Food Bank through Driskill org ) or at Armchair Books Old Times Fiddlers. der Kamp. There they adopted tem to all veterans and cur The concert marks (29 SW Dorion). Being an outdoors- M emorial Chapel, 241 S. porarily the constitution rently serving personnel the last appearance for Ken man, he always stayed busy Canyon Blvd, John Day, and the name A m erican o f all branches o f the mili hunting, trapping and ranch- Oregon, 97845. tary, and those who are Legion. The L egion was honorably discharged who very active in 1920 and was served at least one day of instrumental in creating the service to their country U.S. Veteran Bureau now regardless o f place. There known as The Department are now more than 14,900 look for label marked “Warning” and “Danger o f Veterans Affairs. The posts in the U.S. So we W ranglers R iding first meeting o f Boys State say Happy Birthday to the Club play days will begin convened in 1935 in Illi- American Legion. Sunday, April 19, through Saturday May 09,2009 Located at the Nerthend Transfer Statlen, Boardman Sunday, May 10. Those in terested in participating are asked to call Amy at 676- 1:00p.m. to 4:00 p.m. 9407 or Kyle at 676-9014. Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Miles, Wight announce engagement American Legion celebrating its 90th birthday Oregon East Symphony to hold final concert of the season Your Household Hazardous Waste Play days set for Wranglers Riding Club Turn Them In! Portland State announces President’s list for fall term 2008 Reward for turning in Mercury Thermometers DEQ - a . safe, digital thermometer! Brian Lemmon o f Heppner was recently named to the fall 2008 President’s list for Portland State Univer sity.
