TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 2,2010
Obituaries
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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David S yk es........................................................................................................ Publisher
Autumn Morgan...................................................................................................... Editor
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Correction:
In the May 26th edition of the Heppner Gazette-Times
the boy in the picture for the Mustang Youth Track was
incorrectly identified. The caption should have said
“Pictured is Cody Fletcher doing the long jump.”
Wright receives Ford Family
Foundation scholarship
The Ford Family suing a bachelor’s degree
Foundation has selected full-time. The renewable
scholarship covers
2010Heppner High
90 percent of each
School graduate
s tu d e n t’s unm et
Lane Wright as one
financial need for
of the 100 students
college, with first-
from Oregon to be a
year student awards
Ford Scholars. The
averaging $6,935
scholarship winners
per year.
were chosen from
S i n c e
4,253 applicants.
Lane Wright
Wright
1994, the Founda
tio n ’s scholarship
plans to attend Or
egon State University for programs have awarded
students more than $90
biology and pre-med.
Eligibility criteria million.
For a list of recipi
included financial need and
merit qualifications. In ad ents and more information
dition, scholars must attend about The Ford Family
an accredited nonprofit col Foundation, visit their web
lege in Oregon and be pur- site at www.tfff.org.
Community Bank holds
annual barbecue
Carmelita “Dot”
Halvorsen
C arm elita “D ot”
Halvorsen, 93, longtime
lone resident died Monday,
May 24, 2010, at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital in Hepp
ner. Funeral
service will
be held at
11 a.m. on
Friday, May
28, 2010, at
th e lo n e
Communi
ty Church Carmelita
“Dot”
w ith co n Halvorsen
cluding
service and
burial to follow at High
View Cemetery in lone.
S h e w as b o rn
June 7, 1916 in Turner, the
daughter of Jobe and Hattie
Lindsey Crabtree. She was
raised on a farm near Cecil
in Morrow County. She at
tended a one room school
in the country thru the 8th
grade and graduated from
lone High School in 1935.
On December 30,
1936 she married Lewis
Halvorsen in Vancouver,
WA. The couple raised five
children and two foster
children.
Mrs. Halvorsen en
joyed sewing, playing cards,
bingo, going to ball games,
and in her younger days
waterskiing, participating
in ski shows at Hat Rock.
She drove bus for the school
and also the Senior Citizen
bus. Dot was involved in
many organizations, serv
ing as the Mother Advisor
for the lone Rainbow Girls
for 19 years, she served as
Master several times in the
Grange as well as serving as
secretary for over 20 years.
She was a 65 year member
of the Eastern Star, serving
as Worthy Matron 13 times
and Grand Officer three
times. She was a member of
the lone PTA, Good Neigh
bor Club, and the United
Church of Christ. In 1988
she was awarded Citizen
of the Year by the Heppner
Cham ber o f Commerce,
and she was chosen mother
of the year in 1969.
She is survived by:
her children, Linda Hal
vorsen Azevado and her
husband Xavier of Aloha,
Joe Halvorsen and his wife
Linda of lone, Mark Hal
vorsen and his wife Marta
o f Vancouver, WA, and
Frank Halvorsen and his
wife Cathy o f lone; fos
ter children, Judy Mason
o f West Covina, CA and
Alice Rea of Fairfax, CA;
19 grandchildren; and 30
great-grandchildren.
She was preceded
in death by: her husband
Lewis Halvorsen in 1991;
twin sister, Manulita “Dim
ple” Munkers; sister, Juani
ta “Babe” Stender; a brother
Chauncy “Leo” Crabtree;
and three grandchildren.
Memorial contri
butions may be made to the
Jason Halvorsen Memorial
Scholarship Fund for an
lone High School graduat
ing senior, in care of the
Bank o f Eastern Oregon
lone Branch, PO Box 106,
lone, Oregon 97843.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Michael William
Rowell
A burial service
for Michael Rowell, 57, of
Heppner will be held at the
lone Cemetery on Saturday,
June 5, at 2 p.m. He died
on November 20, 2009 in
Heppner.
Cherilyn A. Smouse
C h e r i 1 y n A .
Smouse, 61, of lone died
Thursday, May 27, 2010
at Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital in Heppner. A memo
rial service will be held
at 1 p.m. on
T h u rsd a y ,
June 3,2010
at the lone
Community
Church.
She
w as b o rn
October
6, 1948 in Cherilyn A.
Smouse
P endleton,
the daughter
of Kenneth J. and Francis
M. Burgoyne Smouse. She
attended lone Grade School
and High School from 1954
to 1965. She transferred
to Heppner High School
her senior year where she
graduated in 1966. She
graduated from Oregon
State University with de
gree in psychology. She
later graduated from Linn
Benton Community College
with an associate degree in
nursing then later received
an associate degree in com
mercial art from Portland
Community College.
Throughout most
o f her life she remained
active in her church, sing
ing in the choir, playing the
piano and helping with the
newsletters and the bulle
tins. The family has a wheat
ranch near lone which she
has remained active in also.
During her working years,
she was employed in sev
eral retirement homes as a
registered nurse.
Her hobbies in
cluded cooking, bicycling,
hiking, camping, reading,
and picking huckleberries.
She also enjoyed nature and
animals, in particular her
cats and dogs.
Survivors include:
her mother, Francis Smouse
of lone; and brothers, Ken
neth L. Smouse of lone and
Carl F. Smouse of Hermis-
ton. She was preceded in
death by her father Kenneth
J. Smouse in 2000.
Memorial contri
butions may be made to the
lone Community Church,
PO Box 346, lone, Oregon
97843 or to Celilo Cancer
Center, c/o Mid Columbia
Health Foundation, 1700 E.
19th St., The Dalles, Oregon
97058.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
James Henry
Driscoll
James Henry
Driscoll, bom March 25,
1918 in Heppner, the son of
William and Cecelia (King)
Driscoll died in Poulsbo,
WA on June 1, 2010 at the
age of 92. At his request
there will be no services.
Inurnment will be at Riv
erside National Cemetery
in Riverside, CA with Cook
Family Funeral Home han
dling arrangements.
Jim lived in Hep
pner until his retirement in
1973 after 30 years with the
US Post Office serving as
Heppner’s postmaster.
Jim married Bobbe
(Roberta Thelma) Fortner
on August 23, 1940. She
preceded him in death in
1994. The couple raised
three children, Janice Helen
(Darryl) Bruning of Pendle
ton, Oregon, James Thomas
(Judy Schmidt) Driscoll
o f Poulsbo, Washington,
and Timothy Neil (Susie
Clinker) Driscoll of Wil-
sonville, Oregon. They
enjoyed square dancing,
playing bridge and golf,
and travelling the US and
Canada in their trailer, all
pastimes they pursued in
both Heppner and in Hemet,
California where they lived
following retirement.
Jim m a rrie d a
second tim e to Carolyn
Bohlken in December of
1994. Jim and Carolyn
lived in Hemet until Caro
lyn’s death in 2006. He
moved to Poulsbo to make
his home with his son, Tom
in 2007.
During World War
II, Jim served as postmaster
in the US Navy aboard the
destroyer John Rodger.
He was a member o f the
American Legion post in
both Heppner and Hemet,
and at the time of his death
was the oldest living mem
ber o f the Heppner Elks
Lodge. He was a member
o f All S aint’s Episcopal
Church in Heppner and
Good Shepherd Episcopal
Church in Hemet.
In addition to his
wives, Jim was preceded
in death by: his parents; his
brothers Thomas, Charles,
William, Clifford and Har
old Driscoll; sister Lucille
Zimmerman; and a grand
child, Rebecca Driscoll.
He is survived by:
his three children; step
daughters Bonnie Pietrows-
ki o f D urango, CO and
Joanne Grisaffi of San Cle
mente, CA; sisters Martha
(Blaine) Carney of Cama
rillo, CA and Mary (Fred)
Pointer o f Seattle, WA;
eight grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; four
step-great-grandchildren;
and numerous nieces and
nephews.
M em orials may
be made to the Rebecca
Driscoll Memorial Schol
arship Fund in care of First
Lutheran Church, PO Box
825 Poulsbo, WA 98370
or to the charity o f your
choice.
Heppner Junior High golf to host tournament
H eppner Ju n io r at 541-676-9138 (ext. 2521) Contact is Randy Sperr at Golf Course at 9 a.m. Con
tact is Mike Hegarty at 541-
or 541-676-5257, call Ken 541-376-8244.
-June 29, Q uail 276-5588.
Grieb at 541-989-8353, or
-Photo by April Sykes
-July 13, Pendle
G olf Association tourna send an email to grantg@ Ridge Golf Course at 9 a.m.
Contact is Jody Stewart at ton Country Club at 9 a.m.
ment on Monday, June 14, morrow.kl2.or.us.
Red Hats to hold no-host luncheon at 1 p.m. at Willow Creek
Contact is Tyler Brooks at
The cost is an an 541-523-2358.
-July 6, La Grande 541-443-4653.
There will be a Red Hat No-Host Luncheon at Country Club. Echo Hills nual one-time fee per player
-Aug. 10, Buffalo
Sweet Productions at noon on Thursday, June 17. You do will be hosting another of $ 10. Per tournament the Country Club at 9 a.m.
event the following day, cost is $ 10 for Pee Wee di Contact is Cody Goodan at Peak Golf Course at 9 a.m.
not have to belong to Red Hats to attend.
Contact is Scott Marcum at
June 15, beginning at 9 vision and $15 for all other 541-963-4241.
-July 8, Wildhorse 541-562-5527.
divisions and includes golf,
a.m.
All youth in ter awards and lunch.
lone Art Show looking for artists
676-9181 "W here Friends M eet” 142 N orth M ain
A t our nament
ested in junior g o lf can
Local artists are invited to showcase their work
access information regard schedule is as follows:
A m e ric a n L egion & Th e Elks
in
the
first
annual lone Art Show July 3-4 at the American
-June 14, Willow
ing the NEOJGA at www.
Legion.
neojga.com. NEOJGA is Creek Country Club at 1
Artists of all ages and styles of art are welcome
available to all youth ages p.m. Contact is Ken Grieb
to
participate.
8 to 18. Sign up is avail at 541-989-8353.
For more information or to sign up contact Terry
D inner at 6:00 p m
able through the NEOJGA
-June 15, Echo
Felda
at
541-256-0277.
Flag Service at 8:00 p m
website, calling Greg Grant Hills Golf Course at 9 a.m.
Open to the public
Boardman offers free trees and water/sewer services to new homeowners
The second resolution of
D uring the May tions were recommenda in Boardman.
•Vouth night flog burning ceremony
fers these new homeowners
The
first
resolution
18
Boardman
City
Council
tions
by
the
Boardm
an
•formal history of the flog program ^
meeting, councilors passed Economic Development offers free trees to new three months of free water
•Prizes for the kids
two resolutions in hopes Committee, who have been homeowners who purchase and sewer services, up to
Anyone who has any old hags may drop
of promoting development working over the last sev or build their home within $150. This incentive also
them off at the barrel behind the elks club
within the city. The resolu- eral months on ways to en the city limits between July runs from July 1, 2010
courage new development 1,2010 and June 30, 2011. through June 30, 2011.
The council felt these steps
could attract new hom
eowners to Boardman.
In other city news,
councilors approved the
When your loading garbage for the
contract with Crestline Con
transfer stations to please keep in
6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Heppner High School
struction, of Hood River, to
mind we have a separate WOOD bin
do
the South Main Street
Field day -June 12th at Lexington Gun Club
and a separate METAL bin. These
sidewalks and curbs proj
Any person under 18 who wishes to hunt must
ect. The new sidewalks and
items do not get put in with your regu
I pass this course in order to acquire a hunting license
curbs project will begin
lar household garbage. So please keep
in the State of Oregon. Any person wishing to hunt out of state must
May 24, and is expected
the wood and metal separated out for
also hold a valid Hunter Education Card. The course is being taught by
to be completed at the end
easy dumping. Thank you. North end
[Jim and Darlene Marquardt.
of June.
Transfer Station, 69900 Frontage
The next regularly
Lane, Boardman, OR. 97818. South
scheduled City Council
end Transfer Station 57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR.
meeting will be Tuesday,
The fee for the course is $10 and is set by ODFW
June
1, at 7 p.m. at Board-
97839. Both hours of operation 9:00 - 4:00 Saturday
Information about the course can be rawed at
man
City
Hall.
r.dfw.state.or.us/outdoor skHls/hunter/courses/index
and Sunday.
Residents enjoyed the annual community appreciation bar High golf will be hosting
becue put on by Community Bank on Thursday, May 27. a Northeast Oregon Junior
HEPPNER ELKS 358
F lag D ay P rogram
'June 10th •6:00 pm
Morrow County Public Works would
like to remind everyone
Hunters Education
Course to be held June 8th, 10th, 15th and 17th ^
To register for the class call Jim at 541-969-4843
t