TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 3, 2010
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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Autumn Morgan ............................................................................................ Editor
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Qualls places third in
national poetry contest
Sydney Qualls was the winner of the 2010 National Garden
Clubs Poetry Contest in the Pacific Region. She placed third in
the national contest. Qualls is the president of the HES Student
Council. Her favorite subject is math and she enjoys reading
and writing. Contributed Photo
Benefit spaghetti feed
to be held Saturday
Obituaries
Brayden Lee James
Fowler
Brayden Lee James
Fow ler died
Friday, Oc
to b e r 29,
2 0 1 0 at
OHSU Do-
ern b ech er
C hildren’s
Hospital in Brayden
Portland.
Lee James
Fowler
Bra den was bom
March 12, 2010.
He is survived by:
his parents Kevin Fowl
er and Alexia Briggs; his
grandparents Mark and
Melisa Bruno of lone, Sta
cey and Theresa Jessen of
Heppner, Nick Tanzey and
Sunnie Prince of Wallowa,
Mike and Kris Fowler of
Oroville, CA, and Boyd
Briggs of Pendleton; and
several great-grandparents,
aunts, and uncles.
Services are pend
ing.
Helen Elizabeth
(Ransdell) Nelson
Helen Elizabeth
(Ransdell)
N elson o f
Pendleton
died Satur
day, October
23, 2010.
A service
will be held
in H elen’s Helen (Rans
m e m o r y dell) Nelson
at the First
Presbyterian Church at 201
SW Dorion Avenue in Pend
leton at 3 p.m. on December
3, 2010. Refreshments will
follow the service.
Helen was w el
comed into life 93 on July
29, 1917 years ago by her
parents Samuel C. and Bes
sie Ransdell, and sisters,
Margaret (Day) and Mil
dred (Merewether), in Port
land. Helen graduated from
Washington High School.'
She attended Oregon Stats
College where she met
the love of her life, Alfred
(Fred) H. Nelson, Jr. They
were married on October
25, 1941, in Portland.
Helen moved from
the city to the very rural life
on the Nelson Bros, wheat
fann located between lone
and Lexington. She adapted
and thrived in caring for her
husband and her children:
Kenneth Nelson (lone, OR),
Karin Nilsson (Salem, OR),
and Keith Nelson (Odessa,
Texas). She also was a good
surrogate mother to many
young farm animals.
Helen was a mem
ber of the lone Community
Church, lone PTA, Lexing
ton Grange, and Lexington
Home Economic Club. She
was active in many church,
school and community ac
tivities. In 1978 she and
Fred retired and leased
the farm to Ken and Julie
Nelson. They enjoyed their
retirement years traveling
in their RV and with tour
groups. In 1984 they moved
to Pendleton and adjusted
quite well to city life. Fred
died in 1990 after a long
battle with cancer.
Helen was a mem
ber of the First Presbyterian
Church and made many
friends there and through
her volunteer work at St
Anthony Hospital gift shop
and Umatilla County His
torical Society. H elen’s
family and her faith were
the mainstays of her life.
She was a devoted, kind and
caring person.
Helen lived in and
received outstanding care
from the Suttle Care and
Retirement Home in Pend
leton for several years. Her
family appreciates all the
kind people who cared for
her there. She previously
lived at the McKay Creek
Retirement Center and en
joyed their staff as well,
along with several friends
who also lived there. Hel
en’s three children were
thankful to be able to be
with Helen during her final
days. Her friends were there
for her too.
Helen was preced
ed in death by her husband
Alfred, and her parents and
^sisters.
She is survived by:
her three children; five
grandchildren, Jill Martin,
Heidi Nelson, Josh Nelson,
Nicholas and Tim Nelson;
and three great grandchil
dren, Jakob and Luke Nel
son and Eva Martin. Helen
is also survived by her niec
A benefit spaghetti feed will be held on Saturday,
November 6, before the volleyball game at lone Com
munity School.
The cost is $5 per plate and will include spaghetti,
salad, and garlic toast. Concessions will also be available
and a silent auction will be held.
All proceeds from the dinner, concessions, and
silent auction will go for medical and burial expenses for
seven month old Brayden Fowler, the son of Kevin Fowler
and Alexia Briggs, who passed away on Friday, October
29, at Doembecher Children’s Hospital in Portland.
Donations are also being accepted at the Bank
Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting the monthly
of Eastern Oregon.
card party this Saturday, November 6, at the Lodge Hall
Anyone wishing to help with the dinner is asked in Lexington.
to call 541-561-0629.
Due to increased expenses the cost of playing
w ill be $8 per person. The cost will include a light supper
and snacks throughout the evening and prizes to the high
and low men and women and the traveling prizes. Play
will begin at 7 p.m.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend.
Holly Rebekah Lodge to
host monthly card party
Head Start class tours
Heppner Family Foods
Ripple to speak at Chamber
lunch meeting
On October 21, the Heppner Head Start had a field trip to Hep
pner Family Foods. Stephanie Rill gave the children a tour of
the store. The students were treated with healthy snacks such
as apples, string cheese, and fruit snacks at different depart
ments of the store. -Contributed Photo
Dec. 2 marks Customer
Appreciation Day in Heppner
Heppner Christmas Festivities will begin Thurs
day, December 2, with Customer Appreciation Day.
The day marks extended evening hours for early
Christmas shopping. The day will be filled with a time
for the local merchants to promote customer apprecia
tion. The evening events will start at 5 p.m. with local
children decorating the tree by the Post Office with their
homemade ornaments.
es and nephews Harry Day,
Paul Day, Mike Mereweth
er, Kathleen Merewether
and Jeanne Griner. Helen
had a strong loving relation
ship with them, and they
frequently spent time at the
family farm.
In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made
to the First Presbyterian
Church, 201 S.W. Dori
on Ave, Pendleton, OR
97801; the lone Communi
ty Church Memorial Fund,
P.O. Box 346, lone, OR
97843; or the St. Anthony
Home Care and Hospice,
1601 SE Court Ave., Pend
leton, OR 97801.
You may sign the
online guest book or send
condolences online at www.
bumsmortuary.com.
Bums Mortuary of
Pendleton is in charge of
arrangements.
Dean L. Rohde
Dean L. Rohde,
80, died Thursday, October
28, 2010, at
his home in
Kennewick,
WA. Grave
side service
will be held
at 2 p.m.
Monday,
Novem ber
1, 2010, at ¡>e“" L-
High View Rohde
Cemetery in
lone. Friends are invited to
join the family to visit and
reminisce at Canyon Lakes
Clubhouse 3700 Canyon
Lakes Drive in Kennewick,
WA on Tuesday, November
2, from 2 to 4 p.m.
He was bom Sep
tember 2, 1930 in Pend
leton, the son of Fred and
Eileen Snyder Rohde. Dean
grew up on the family wheat
ranch near Echo. Wheat
farming always remained
an interest for Dean.
Dean served in in
telligence for the United
States Army and was sta
tioned in Kyoto, Japan. Af
ter an honorable discharge
in 1956, he returned to
Eastern Oregon where he
met Ruby Ann Rietmann of
lone. The couple married at
lone on June 7, 1958.
Mr. Rohde began
work as an instrument tech
nician at Battelle in 1963.
He held many positions
and worked on a variety of
projects through the dawn
of the computing era.
After retirement
Dean and Ruby Ann en
joyed traveling and visit
ing new places. Dean was
an avid golfer, he and his
brother Ernie spent count
less mornings at Canyon
Lakes playing' for dimes
and visiting. He loved the
Oregon Coast, especially
early morning walks and
searching for agates and
shells in the sand. His kids
learned early on about “lea-
verites,” (the broken shells
and stinky stuff that you
should just “leave er right”
there).
The grandchildren
could always count on Papa
to “fix it,” as he was always
able to come up with a
creative way to repair most
anything.
He is survived by:
his wife of 52 years Ruby
Ann Rohde of Kennewick,
WA; son, Paul Rohde and
his wife Susan of Carna
tion, WA; daughter, Mary
Jo Lindquist and her hus
band Christopher of Rich
land, WA; grandchildren,
Jordan and Andy Rohde,
John, Katie Jane, and Ju
lie Ann Lindquist; broth
ers, Roy Rohde and Glenn
Rohde; and daughter Teresa
Salmela from a previous
marriage.
Memorial contri
butions may be made to the
Memorial Day Flag Fund
that has been created to
establish a tradition of fly
ing the flags of veterans on
Memorial Day at the High
View Cemetery in lone, in
care of the Bank of Eastern
Oregon, PO Box 106, lone,
Oregon 97843.
The family appre
ciates the chemotherapy
nurses at the Tri City Can
cer Center and to Hospice
for all of their care and
compassion, especially Mi
chael.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Heppner Methodist Women to hold
annual Fall Bazaar and luncheon
The Heppner Meth
odist Women will again be
holding their annual Fall
Harvest Bazaar and lun
cheon on Friday, November
5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
in the social hall in the
basement of the Methodist
Church.
There will be a va
riety of homemade items
for sale such as crafts,
homemade baked foods,
preserves, jams and jellies
along with Ida’s “Twice is
Nice” table of gently used
items.
At 11 a.m. the
women will begin serving
their famous chicken cas
serole dinner that includes a
serving of casserole, salad,
a homemade roll, a des
sert and beverage for $7.
A piece of pie and coffee
will be served for $4. The
meal will be served until 2
p.m. or until they run out
of food.
The money raised
by this activity is very im
portant to the United Meth
odist Women because it
helps to cover activities,
repairs and other expenses
that are not included in the
budget.
lery will be catering the
meal.
Anyone planning
to attend the meetings is
asked to RS VP to the Hepp
ner Chamber of Commerce Firewood season on the Umatilla
by Wednesday morning of
each week everyone can be National Forest ends November 15
Personal-use Fire with a minimum purchase
accommodated for seating
wood cutting areas on the of four cords for $20. A
and meals.
Umatilla National Forest maximum purchase of 12
Harvest Festival to be held at
will close for the season cords total, per household,
on Monday, November 15. is allowed from National
Heppner Christian Church
On Sunday, No has a passion for believers Firewood cutting on the Forest lands during the
vember 7, at 6 p.m. Hep and unbelievers to not be forest will not be available calendar year.
For more informa
pner Christian Church will led astray by false religions. again until May of 2011.
tion
on
the firewood pro
Firewood
permits
hold their Harvest Festival. He encourages through his
gram,
or
to find out where
can
be
purchased
up
until
There will be food, praise, teaching and example.
to
obtain
a permit, contact
November
15
at
any
Uma
Al ma r ode will
and a special speaker, Mar
tilla
National
Forest
office
the
Umatilla
National For
shall Almarode. Everyone also be speaking in Sunday
or
at
several
local
busi
est
supervisor’s
office in
is invited.
School at 9:30 a.m. and dur-
nesses
in
the
community.
Pendleton
at
541-278-3716,
Almarode, a friend ing regular services at 10:45
Permits cost $5 per cord or visit our website at www.
of Dick and Karen Temple, a.m. that same Sunday.
fs.fed.us/r6/uma/.
John Ripple from
Morrow County Grain
Growers will be the speaker
at this week’s Chamber
lunch meeting. The meeting
will be held at noon at Hep
pner City Hall. All Entities
Reports will also be given
at the meetings.
Cornerstone Gal-
Heppner TV
removing poles
Heppner TV is in
the process of removing
poles in Heppner. Anyone
who would like to keep
their pole is asked to no
tify the office at 541-676-
9663.