TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, October 27,2010
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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U.S.P.S. 240-420
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Auditions for Missoula Children’s
Theatre production to be held
Picture from last year's performance of the Princess and the
Pea in lone are dust bunnies (L-R) Marlee Mitchell, Cody
Fletcher, Eva Martin and Gracie Orem. -Contributed Photo
An audition w ill
be held for the M issoula
Children’s Theatre (MCT)
production of Alice in Won
derland on M onday, N o
vember 8, in the Heppner
High School cafeteria.
Those auditioning
should arrive by 4 p.m.
and plan to stay for the full
two hours. There are roles
for those students Kinder
garten through 12th grade.
Approximately 50-60 local
students will be cast to ap
pear in the show with the
MCT Tour Actor/Director.
Some o f the cast members
will be asked to stay for a
rehearsal immediately fol
lowing the audition.
Among the roles to
be cast are three Alices of
varying size, her sister Mar
garet, the Mad Hatter, the
March Hare, the Queen o f
Hearts, the King o f Hearts,
the Knave o f Hearts, the
Cheshire Cats, Tweedledum
and Tweedledee, the Flower
Band, Cards and Lobsters.
S tu d e n ts, K in d e rg a rte n
through 12th grades are
enco u rag ed to audition.
No advance preparation is
necessary. Assistant direc
tors will also be cast to aid
in rehearsals throughout
the week and to take on
essential backstage respon
sibilities.
The Missoula Chil
dren’s Theatre touring pro
ductions are complete with
costum es, scenery, props
and makeup. MCT Tour Ac-
tor/Directors will conduct
rehearsals Monday through
Thursday from 4 p.m. to
8:30 p.m. each day. A full
dress rehearsal will be held
Friday at 3 p.m.
Alice in Wonder
land will be presented on
Friday, November 12, at 7
p.m. in the Heppner High
School Cafeteria. The Mis
soula C hildren’s Theatre
residency in H eppner is
made possible by the Mor
row County Unified Recre
ation District with support
from Heppner Friends o f
the Library. For more infor
mation, call Kami Combe at
541-676-0995.
Community Lunch Menu
St. Patrick’s Parish members will be serving
lunch on Wednesday, November 3, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. The menu will include tuna salad sandwiches,
com chowder, green salad with tomatoes, fruit cocktail,
and apple crisp. Menu is subject to change.
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Arthur Eldon Kelley
Lee Ellen McLeod Wagenblast
Arthur Eldon Kel roaming the mountains and
ley was reunited with his valley’s of Eastern Oregon,
beloved wife Irene on Oc W ashington, and Idaho,
h u n tin g , fish in g ,
tober 21, 2010. He
and living o ff the
passed away at his
land. There were no
home after a valiant
“ vacations” at the
battle with Parkin
Kelley home, only
son’s Disease at the
hunting and fish
age o f 85 years.
ing trips and all o f
A rt w as
bom on December Arthur Eldon the holiday dinners
Kelley
ultimately centered
25, 1924 in Girard,
around the latest
KS to parents, Carl
and Mina Kelley. Part o f his “hunt” or “secret” fishing
childhood was spent in Mc hole story. Art definitely
Call, ID where Art devel passed his love o f the out
oped a lifelong passion for doors, hunting, and fishing
hunting and fishing as well on to his sons.
as many wonderful memo
Art was preceded
ries. Art graduated from in death by: his wife, Irene;
Pendleton High School and son, Gary; brother, Gene;
then served in the United and his parents, Carl and
States Navy during WWI1. Mina.
After the War, Art attended
He is survived by:
Eastern Oregon State Col six children, Corinne, Mi
lege, where he met his wife chael, D avid, K athleen,
o f 59 years, Irene VanBev- Daniel, and Timothy; nine
eren.
g ran d c h ild re n , M organ,
Art and Irene lived Ben, Jam es, K ate, Erin,
in Pilot Rock for 15 years. Dustan, Emerald, Rebecca,
He worked at Pilot Rock and Brittany; four great
Lum ber where he devel grandchildren, Morgan III,
oped much o f his know l Zoe, M arlin, and Lailla;
edge of the lumber indus brother, Jack Kelley and
try, which helped him im wife Vickie, Pendleton; and
mensely in his next career 16 nieces and nephews.
The family appre
in the real estate business.
A rt and Irene m oved to ciates Dr. John and Dr.
Hermiston in 1961 where Ricketts of Hermiston, and
Art started his real estate the staff o f the Willowbrook
business, specializing in Terrace Nursing Home in
farms and ranches. Art was Pendleton, for all o f their
very successful and was special care and help to
one o f the few fortunate Art in his final days. The
people who get to work at family also appreciates the
som ething they love. Art wonderful neighbors and
was also a wheat rancher friends who were so good
h im s e lf in the H eppner to Art and the family.
A memorial service
area. He owned a ranch at
the top o f Blackhorse Can will be held on Saturday,
yon, now owned by Colin November 6, at 1 p.m. at
Anderson, and also a ranch Bums Mortuary Chapel in
at 8 mile, now owned by Hermiston.
A private fam ily
John Flynn.
Art and Irene raised burial will be held at the
a family of 7 children. Aside H erm iston C em etery in
from family, Art’s greatest Hermiston.
love was hunting and fish-
T he c o n d o le n c e
ing. Irene always said that book can be signed at www.
Art was bom in the wrong burnsm ortuaryherm iston.
century, as he should have com.
been a “Mountain Man” in
Bums Mortuary o f
the 1800’s and would have Hermiston is in charge o f
loved nothing more than the arrangements.
Operation Christmas Child
Gift Box Project underway
This year Willow
Creek Baptist Church will
be p a rtic ip a tin g in O p
eration C hristm as Child,
an international m inistry
o f Franklin Graham with
the Sam aritan’s Purse or
ganization.
Operation C hrist
mas Child’s goal is to share
the love o f C h rist w ith
hurting children around the
world in over 130 countries.
L ast year, eight m illion
children received shoe box
gifts through OCC. Gift-
filled shoe boxes are distrib
uted to those most needy,
who otherwise would not
receive any Christmas gift.
S h o e b o x e s a re
stuffed with toys, school
supplies, candy, practical
hygiene items and neces
sities.
Anyone interested
is more than welcome to
participate. Boxes can be
brought to Willow Creek
Church any Sunday on or
before the morning o f Sun
day, November 21. There
also is a drop box at Keith
and Deana Price’s home at
565 NW Gale Street. The
boxes w ill be d eliv ered
to Pendleton, one o f 2700
drop off locations around
the United States.
Anyone who would
like to participate by pack
ing a gift box or have any
questions can contact Re
becca Jepsen at 541-676-
5244. You can also visit
the website at www.samari-
tanspurse.org.
Lee Ellen McLeod
Wagenblast, 90, a longtime
L exington-area resident,
passed away at her home
at Rose Arbor Assisted Liv
ing in Hermiston, Monday,
O ctober 25, 2010. M rs.
W agenblast’s funeral will
be at the lone Community
Church at 11 a.m. on Sat
urday, October 30, with in
ternment at the Grass Valley
Cemetery at 3 p.m.
Lee was bom Au
gust 25,1920, to Alexander
and Zeta Andrews McLeod
on her grandparents’ home
stead outside o f Kent. The
youngest daughter, she had
four older sisters and three
younger brothers. She at
tended country schools,
arriving by buggy, sleigh,
or h o rse b a c k g iv en the
weather, before moving to
Moro in the eighth grade,
g ra d u a tin g from M oro
High in 1939. While a high
schooler, Lee lettered in
volleyball and half-court
basketball. She met her fu
ture husband, Alvin Wagen
blast, at a T hanksgiving
dance in Grass Valley.
Lee and Alvin mar
ried September 15,1940, at
her parents’ home in Moro
and lived in The D alles
before A lvin’s enlistm ent
as a cadet pilot in the Army
Air Force. Lee traveled with
Alvin during his training for
two years, moving from air
base to air base throughout
the U nited States. A fter
the war, the W agenblasts
moved back to The Dalles,
buying a ranch below Lex
ington on Willow Creek in
1949, L ee’s home for the
next 58 years.
A wonderful story
teller with an exceptionally
w ell-developed sense o f
humor, Lee was also very
active in club work as a
member o f the Lexington
Grange, the Rebeccas, and
the garden club. She taught
Ecumenical Youth
Group to hold bake sale
The Ecumenical Youth Group will hold a bake
sale on Friday, October 29, in front of Les Schwab Tire
Center from 8-11 a.m.
Bake sale to benefit Veterans9
Christmas Gift Shop to be held
The American Le
gion Auxiliary ladies will
hold a bake sale on Friday,
October 29, in front o f Hep
pner Fam ily Food Store.
All proceeds will go to pur
chase gifts for the Veterans’
Christmas Gift Shop. The
project has been dubbed
“The Noel Spirit.”
The Noel Spirit is
loading its cars with new
gift items on its way to the
Veterans Home in The Dall
es where they will be added
to other items donated by
other Auxiliary Units from
around the area. This pro
gram enables all veterans
to Christmas shop for their
family. The gift shop will be
held December 4.
A fter a room has
been decorated in the Christ
The next Morrow County Fair Board meeting will mas spirit, if able, the veter
be held on November 21 at 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds.
ans come and pick out gifts
Fair board meeting announced
Sunday School, was in-
volved with the Heppner
PTA during her sons’ school
years, and never missed her
children’s games in Hep
pner nor, later, her grand
children’s games in lone.
Lee was at Cape Canaveral
to w itness the launch o f
the final flight of Apollo 13
and traveled extensively
throughout North America.
Her greatest love was fam
ily, though, and spent much
o f her time with her sisters
and friends, some of whom
she knew her full 90 years.
Lee was preceded
in death by: her husband Al
vin; her parents, Alexander
and Zeta; her sisters Anne
S tev en s, H elen K ruger,
Marie Martin, and Patricia
Corw in; brothers, David
and A lexander M cLeod;
and great-grandchild Keira
Wagenblast.
She is survived by:
her son S teven and his
wife Vicki o f Lexington;
son John o f the P h ilip
pines; brother Corliss and
wife Harriet o f Vancouver;
sister-in-law Mary McLeod
o f Gresham; niece Janice
M artin W heelhouse and
husband Jay o f Hermiston;
nephew Bill M cLeod and
wife Cathy o f Hermiston;
numerous other nieces and
nephews; seven grandchil
dren, Amy Schmitt and hus
band Ray o f Medical Lake,
David Wagenblast and wife
Sara o f Spokane, Becky
Wagenblast, o f Lexington,
Alexander W agenblast of
Scottsdale, AZ, Charles and
wife Kathryn o f Spokane
Valley, Seth W agenblast
o f A ustin, TX, and Max
Wagenblast o f Tennessee;
and 10 great-grandchildren.
She will be dearly missed
by all.
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
the arrangements.
for their entire family. If the
veteran is unable to attend
the festivities, gift items are
loaded on a cart and taken
to their room where they are
able to choose. These are
then wrapped and mailed
if necessary at no charge to
the veteran.
The Auxiliary will
accept donations from any
one who would like to par
ticipate in this program .
Items requested are towel
sets, costume jewelry, wal
lets and small kids’ toys.
A good rule to follow is
anything that you would
like to receive as a gift.
Items can be dropped off at
the Neighborhood Center
through November 9.
For more informa
tion contact Evelyn Sweek
at 541-676-9483 or Joyce
Ward at 541-676-9195.
Kinzua Lunch Group meets
Rita Van Schoiack
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The Kinzua Lunch Group met at the Apple Ped
dler in Prineville October 15. Those attending were Ada
and Ernie Schell, Cenone Benson, Lavelle and Mark Jel-
lick, Kathy Brinkley, MaryLee and Bob Britt, Midge and
John Geer, Montell McDonald, JeanAnn and OL Adams,
Peggy and Harold Reed, Mary McClain, Sheridan and
Tom Ledford, Tom Jordan and John McCulloch.
The next meeting will be held November 19 at
Service Creek at 11:30 a.m.
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