TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 24,2009
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OHV Park Poker
Run to be held
The OHV Park
Poker Run Event will be
held at the Morrow County
OHV Park on Saturday,
June 27. Sign-up begins at
8:30 a.m. and prizes will be
awarded at 3 p.m. A barbe-
cue will also be held.
Funds raised will
benefit the OHV EMS.
Retirement barbecue to
be held for Vander Does
A retirement bar
becue for Morrow County
Health District Adminis
trator Victor Vander Does,
will be held on Tuesday,
June 30, at 6 p.m. at the
fairgrounds.
Area Community
Members who would like
to wish Victor and Nancy
Farewell are welcome to at
tend. Dinner will be potluck
salads, with barbecue beef,
beans, bread and cake pro
vided by Pioneer Memorial
Hospital Foundation.
Morrow
Large newly
County Crop
remodeled
Tour slated
home in
Heppner
You have to see this
hom e inside. C o m p lete
ly rem odeled including
new kitchen counters,
carpeting and a c o m
pletely redone base
ment. Small bam and
lots of room out back for
horses or other animals.
3 plus bedroom s and
nice big living room. 1.5
acres m/l for your horses
or animals. A total of
2856 Square/feet. Call
541-980-5045.
$ 1 6 9 ,5 0 0
The Morrow Coun
ty Dryland Crop Tour has
been scheduled for Friday,
June 19.
The tour will begin
at 1:30 pm. Participants can
meet at the School District
promptly at 1:15 p.m.
A social hour and
dinner will follow at the
City Park in lone, spon
sored by the Oregon Wheat
Growers League at 5:30
p.m. with dinner served at
6 p.m.
Participants are
asked to help with the pot-
luck by bringing a side dish,
salad, or dessert.
For directions to
the first stop or further
information, contact OSU
Morrow County Extension
at 676-9642.
D eta ils are also
available on the OWGL
website calendar at www.
owgl.org.
A Celebration of Life for
George Gerald Davidson
Mill be Held Saturday, July 18, at 2 p.m. in the lone
City Park
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Obituaries
Louis E. “Ed” Dick
Jr.
Louis Edwin “Ed”
Dick Jr., 91, formerly of
Heppner died June 14,2009
at the Milwaukie Convales
cent Home in Milwaukie.
He w as born in
L e w is to n ,
MT on July
16, 1917
to L o u is
Edwin and
Martha Ash
ton Dick Sr.
He spent his Louis E.
“Ed” Dick Jr.
c h ild h o o d
in Pomeroy,
WA and lone before moving
to Heppner in 1933, gradu
ation from Heppner High
School in 1935. He then
went to Pacific University
and the University o f Or
egon where he graduated
with a degree in business.
He w as life member o f
the University o f Oregon
Alumni Association.
On December 22,
1940, he married Rachel
Forsythe who had come to
Heppner to teach. In 1941
they purchased the Stan
dard Oil Distributorship
in Heppner from his father
which he and Rachel oper
ated until his retirement in
1975. In 1944 he enlisted
in the Navy serving in the
South Pacific o ff Saipan
until 1946 at the end o f the
war. Rachel and other fam
ily members operated the
plant during Ed’s deploy
ment. Ed started an appli
ance business while still in
high school selling mostly
Servel gas and kerosene
refrigerators. After the war
he expanded the appliance
business opening a store on
Linden Way in Heppner.
He also owned both the
Lexington Chevron Station
and Garage (1941 - 1976)
and the Heppner Chevron
(1973-1978).
Ed was actively in
volved in many community
organizations and activi
ties including Heppner TV,
PTA, Morrow County Plan
ning Com m ission, Mor
row County School Board,
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
Board, American Legion
Post 69, Heppner Chamber
o f Commerce, Elks Lodge
#358 (serving as treasure
for many years), Lake Pen-
land Corporation, Bank of
Eastern Board of Directors,
and the United Methodist
Church.
L a k e P e n la n d
held a very special place
in his heart being one of
the original members and
served as their president
for a number o f years. He
and Rachel built a cabin at
the lake which they enjoyed
while hunting, fishing, and
sailing, playing cards and
spending time with family
and friends.
He is survived by:
sons, Ladd Dick o f Oak
Harbor, WA, Stuart Dick
and his wife Julie o f Pend
leton, and Kevin Dick and
his wife Jana of Gresham;
daughter, Erin Clem and her
husband Jim o f Milwaukie;
11 grandchildren; 13 great
grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews. He
was preceded in death by
his wife Rachel in 1988;
his sons, Derrick in 1957
and Kyle in 2008; sister
Marcia and brother Kemp
Dick who were twins.
A memorial service
with military honors for Mr.
Dick will be held at 11 a.m.
on Saturday, June 27, 2009
at the United M ethodist
Church in Heppner.
Memorial contri
butions may be made to the
Heppner United Method
ist Church, PO Box 733,
Heppner, Oregon 97836 or
Heppner Elks Lodge #358
Foundation, PO Box 494,
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge o f
arrangements.
Georgia Anna Irvin
Georgia Anna Ir
vin was bom at the ranch
in Lexington on Septem
ber 15,1931
to Ted and
F lo r e n c e
Spence Mc
Millan. She
died on Sun
day June 21,
2 ° 09/ cV he
Georgia
Good Shep- Anna Irvin
herd M edi
cal Center in
Hermiston at the age o f
77.
Georgia was raised
on a wheat ranch in Lex
ington and graduated from
Lexington High School
and married George Irvin
in 1949. The Irvins lived
in many locations around
the state o f Oregon fo l
lowing George’s career in
road construction, settling
in Irrigon in 1978. Jo was a
member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Holly
Rebekah Lodge # 139IOOF
Lexington, and Loyal Order
o f Moose Chapter #2144
in Irrigon. She was also a
member o f the Oregon Trail
Chapter o f Sweet Adelines.
Jo enjoyed working in her
yard, raising her steers,
spoiling her grandchildren
and sin gin g karaoke at
Bakes in Irrigon with her
daughters and friends.
She was preced
ed in death by husband,
George E. Irvin.
Jo is survived by:
a son, William (Bill) Irvin;
two daughters, Valda Smith
o f Hermiston, and Vicky
Bowen o f Woodbum; sister,
Patricia Cool of Pendleton;
15 grandchildren; 26 great-
grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandchild.
Funeral Services
will be held on Saturday
June 27, 2009 at 2 p.m. at
the Bums Mortuary Chapel
in Hermiston. Burial will
follow in the Lexington
Cemetery in Lexington.
There will be a gathering at
the Lexington Lodge Hall
after the burial.
Memorials may be
made to the Veterans Hospi
tal in Walla Walla, WA.
Bums Mortuary o f
Hermiston is in care o f ar
rangements.
Omer K. McCaleb
Omer K. McCaleb,
88, formerly
o f Heppner
d ie d June
18, 2009 in
Portland.
D r.
M c C a le b
w a s born
J u n e 1 8 , Omer K.
1921 in Hep McCaleb
pner, the son
o f W illiam
and Mary Morgan M c
Caleb. He was raised and
attended grammar, middle
school, and Heppner High
School where he graduated.
While living in Heppner
he attended the Christian
Church. He was attending
Oregon State College when
he was called to serve in
the Army Air Corps. Upon
discharge he returned to
Oregon State College and
received his bachelor’s de
gree. He received his mas
ter’s degree from Portland
State University and his
doctorate from the Univer
sity o f Portland.
In 1944 he mar
ried Ruth L. Green in Cof-
feyville, KS. He began his
teaching career in Reed-
sport. In 1954 he went to
work for the David Doug
las School District in the
industrial arts program as a
teacher, head o f counseling
and finally in administra
tion. He created the VIG
OR program and retired in
1938.
He is survived by:
his wife, Ruth McCaleb;
daughters, Mary E. Welliv-
er and her husband Roger,
Barbara K. Coon and her
husband Tom, and Beverly
L. Tobias; seven grand
children and five great
grandchildren.
A memorial ser
vice for Mr. McCaleb will
be held at 2 p.m. Friday,
June 26,2009 at the United
Methodist Church in Hep
pner. A concluding service
with Military Honors will
follow at the Heppner Ma
sonic Cemetery.
Memorial contri
butions may be made to the
Morrow County Museum
or to the Morrow County
Farm Museum, both at PO
Box 515, Heppner, Oregon
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Rita Darlene (Mc
Daniel) Medlock
Rita Darlene (Mc
Daniel) Medlock was bom
August 17, 1939 in Lone
Rock, Ore
gon to Oren
and Dai s >
M cD aniel.
She died on
Friday June m l
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19, 2009 at P i | |
her home in I----- —&—
H erm iston Rita Darlene
at the age o f (McDaniel)
69 years.
Medlock
She
was raised in Hardman
and Heppner. She went to
grade school in Hardman
and attended High school
in Heppner.
She met Morgan
M edlock in 1954. They
were later married in 1955.
They were married for 41
years. They lived in Hep
pner and Spray area and had
two sons.
They later moved
to Hermiston in 1965. Rita
worked for the J & L Motel
and for Bud Rich Potato.
She enjoyed the
m ountains, listen in g to
old time music, dancing,
playing cards and play
ing Yahtzee on a Saturday
night.
Rita was preceded
in death by her parents; her
husband, Morgan Medlock;
sister, Hazel Hunt; brother,
Ivan McDaniel; and grand
children, Dusty Medlock,
and Donald Medlock.
She is survived by:
her sons, Raymond and
w ife Tina M edlock, and
Bill and wife Denise Med
lock, both o f Hermiston;
grandchildren, Scott and
wife Stacy Medlock, Billy
Schwartz, William Med
lock, Tyler Medlock and
Faith Medlock; and great
grandchildren, Brandon and
Blaine Medlock.
A memorial service
will be held on Saturday
June 27, 2009 at 10 a.m. at
the Bums Mortuary Chapel.
A private family burial will
follow in the Hermiston
Cemetery.
A gathering w ill
follow at the Desert Sage
Manor at 986 W. Juniper
Ave in Hermiston.
Bums Mortuary o f
Hermiston is in care o f ar
rangements.
Floyd “Wilbur”
Worden
F loyd “ W ilbur”
Worden, 87, o f Heppner
died Tuesday, June 16,
2009.
H e
w a s born
October
2 6 , 1921
in Condon,
the son o f
Floyd Wes
ley and Eu- Floyd
nice “Marjo- “Wilbur”
rie” Ebbert Worden
Worden.
The family moved to the
E ightm ile area in 1926
where they raised wheat
and Polled Hereford cattle.
He attended pri
mary school at the Eight-
mile Schoolhouse and then
attended Heppner High
School where he graduated
in 1940. He was one o f the
original charter members
when the FFA Chapter was
formed in Heppner. He
entered the United States
Army in 1944 and attended
the Infantry Motor School.
He w as honorably d is
charged in 1946.
He met Rita Stein-
berger when she came to
Heppner as one o f the first
two nurses when Pioneer
Memorial Hospital opened.
T hey w ere married on
March 26, 1951 in Seattle,
WA.
H e w ork ed for
Rosewall Motor Company
until 1971 and then he went
to work for Kinzua Mill
from November, 1971 until
he retired on June 1“, 1987.
After he retired he contin
ued to work on the family
ranch.
Mr. Worden’s hob
bies were working, hunting,
and spending time with his
family. He was a member
o f St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church, the Holy Name
Society, the Heppner Elks
Lodge, Morrow County
L ivestock Growers and
Oregon Wheat League.
Survivors include:
his w ife , Rita Worden
o f Hermiston; sons, Bob
Worden and his wife Pam
o f Heppner, David Worden
and his wife Pam o f Pend
leton, and Randy Worden
o f Milwaukie; sisters, Doris
Knighten and her husband
D oss o f Clackamas, and
Dorothy Gemhardt and her
husband John o f Wilson-
ville; eight grandchildren,
Rick Worden, Kristi Mc-
Nam ee, Robert Worden,
Aaron W orden, D ennis
Worden, Winston Worden,
Jeremy Worden and Keven
Worden; and three great
grandchildren, Daem on
Worden, Arianna Worden,
and Klynn McNamee.
A memorial funeral
mass with military honors
will be held for Mr. Worden
at 11 a.m. on Wednesday,
July 1,2009 at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Hep
pner. Recitation of the Ro
sary will begin at 10 a.m. on
Wednesday, July 1, 2009 at
the church. A private family
burial was held Friday, June
19, at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery.
Memorial contri
butions may be made to
the Morrow County Farm
Foundation, PO Box 515,
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Marriages
Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has re Shelley Kathryn Rietmann, 25, Heppner.
leased the following report of marriage licenses issued:
-June 19: Juan Carlos Mártir, 21, Boardman, and
-June 17: Robert Raymon Ashbeck, 38, Lexing Beatriz Sanchez, 21, Boardman.
ton and Jennifer Marie Brushia, 34, Hermiston.
-June 22: Brandon Anthony Youngs, 25, Hills
-June 17: Adam Ashley McCabe, 25, lone, and boro, and Sommer Lea McClenahen, 28, Hillsboro.
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