TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 2,2011
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
George J. “Red”
Flynn
Heppner
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Autumn Morgan............................................................................................. Editor
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Helping Hearts program
receives donation
Neva DeMayo (right), on behalf of Hope Lutheran Church,
presents a check to Columbia Basin Electric employee Jan
MacDonald for the company’s Helping Hearts program. The
$215 donation was raised from a bunco party hosted by the
church. - Photo by Autumn Morgan
Free tax preparation available
in Heppner area
AARP Tax-Aide is the Nations largest free vol
unteer-run tax assistance and preparation service for low
and middle income tax payers. This free tax preparation
service is again being offered in the Heppner area. State
and federal returns are both prepared and electronically
transmitted free of any charges. This free tax service is
available to tax payers of all ages and a wide range of
income levels. You do not need to be a member of AARP
to benefit from this service.
Preparers will be available to assist tax payers at
the OSU Extension Office located at, 54176 Hwy 74, on
Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you are interested in taking
advantage of this free service, please contact Darcee at
541-676-9642 to schedule an appointment. This service
will be offered from February 4 to April 15.
Please be sure to bring all W-2’s, 1098’s, 1099’s
and any other documents showing income. If you have
paid for child care please bring information showing
the amount paid, as well as the provider’s identification
number. If you think there may be a possibility that you
would benefit from itemizing on your return, please be
sure to bring all information pertaining to prescription
drugs, medical care, including mileage to providers, plus
property taxes, mortgage interest and charitable contribu
tions. It is important to remember that the Oregon standard
deduction is considerable lower than the Federal, so you
may benefit from itemizing for the State return only.
Please be aware there are several returns that can
not be processed until after the middle of February. These
include returns with itemization, educator expenses and
college tuition.
George J. “ Red”
Flynn, 80, of Heppner died
unexpectedly Wednesday,
January 26,
2011 at Pio
neer Memo
rial Hospi
ta l. A fu
neral mass
w as h e ld
at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, George J.
February 2, “Red” Fly»“
2011 at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church
in Heppner. Graveside ser
vice with military honors
will follow at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery. Recita
tion of the Rosary was held
at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February
1, at St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church.
He was bom June
18,1930 in Boston, Massa
chusetts, the son o f George
and Mary Dooling Flynn.
D uring his high school
years at Boston’s Roslin-
dale High School, he was
a star athlete. As stated by
his high school coach, “Red
seemed to be a quiet sort of
guy, but boy can he play
football and baseball”. He
starred in both for all three
years.
Red excelled in
both sports and considered
a future with the Boston
Red Sox. Instead he joined
the United States Marine
Corp and served his coun
try during the Korean War.
Upon returning home he
met and married the love
of his life, Irish bom Wini
fred Mulkerrin, on June 16,
1956 in Boston, MA. After
starting their family in Bos
ton, the couple relocated to
Southern California where
he finished raising his seven
children.
His fam ily was
his pride and joy. He was
involved in many o f his
family activities, including
coaching them in sports,
volunteering and support
ing Holy Family Church.
Later in life George took an
interest in ranching, cattle
and horses.
In 1994, during
his early retirement years
George and Winnie relo
cated to Heppner where
he enjoyed participating in
the working ranch lifestyle,
community activities and
interacting with his grand
children.
The couple spent
many hours helping elderly
people, driving to their
homes offering communion
through the Eucharistic
ministries at St. Patrick’s
Church.
He is survived by:
his wife of 54 years, Win
nie Flynn of Heppner; sons,
George J. Flynn and his
wife Norma o f Whittier,
California., John Flynn and
his wife Marlinda of Hep
pner, Patrick Flynn and his
wife Cathy of Alta Loma,
California, Morgan Flynn
and his wife Rebecca of
San C lem ente, C alifor
nia, James Flynn of Santa
Ana, California, and Joseph
Flynn and his wife Jill of
San Clemente, California;
daughter Mary Gomez-En-
gler and her husband Hugo
o f Seattle, W ashington;
and grandchildren, David,
Travis, George, Courtney,
Jessie, Hannah, Cord, Mag
gie, Jake and Shane.
George was pre
ceded in death by his par
Remembrance Walk/5k Run planned
for St. Patrick’s Celebration
The Remembrance
Walk/5k Run event is sched-
uled for Saturday, March
19, and will begin with a
social hour and registra-
tion from 8:30-9:30 a.m.
at the All Saints Episcopal
Church Fellowship Hall,
The Walk/5k Run will com-
mence from that point at
9:30 a.m. Commemorative
wrist bands are planned for
participants.
Start your day off
with a Wee Bit of St. Pad-
dy’s fun and join Friends
Helping Friends to honor
our friend, Donna Schon-
b achler. R em em bering
our loved ones this day
will be the emphasis for
the Walk/5k Run and so-
cial hour planned. Donna
touched us all in many ways
with her passion and dedi-
cation to health care and it
is that cause in which we
strive to give back.
Funds from the $5
Walk/5k Run entry will be
earmarked for the purchase
of a GlideScope which will
assist doctors, nurses and
EMTs in the emergency
room at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. This life saving
tool can be used for both
children and adults when
breathing is compromised,
Friends Helping Friends
goal is always to focus
on medical needs in our
community, which is what
Donna stood for.
To pre-register or
donate in memory of your
loved one, please make
contributions payable to
Pioneer Memorial Ffospital
and send to: Kathi Dicken-
son, PO Box 566, Heppner,
OR 97836. Please include
the name of the person you
wish to memorialize.
ents, George and Mary; and
his granddaughter Meghan
Flynn.
Memorial contri
butions may be made to the
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society - Oregon Chapter,
9320 S.W. Barbur
Blvd., Suite 140, Portland,
Oregon 97219, in honor of
Meghan Flynn.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Charles O.
“Buck” Morris
Charles O. Morris,
87, of Brownsville went to
live with Jesus on Thursday,
January 27, at the Lacomb
Log Home.
Charles was bom
September 8, 1923 in Rain
ier, WA the
son of Owen
and M e r
rill (Cork)
Morris. He
attended
grade school
in Condon,
OR
and
Charles O.
high school “Buck”
in Bend. He Morris
jo in e d the
Army Air Corps on Decem
ber 8, 1941 (the day after
Pearl Harbor was attacked).
He was stationed in North
Africa and flew 50 missions
in B-17’s into Italy. After
his honorable discharge, he
began his studies at Oregon
State University. In 1953
he graduated from OSU
with a bachelor’s degree in
engineering and a minor in
aeronautics.
C harles m arried
Barbara “Joanne” McKern
in Brownsville on April 20,
1950.
Charles worked for
North American Aircraft
Company in CA, Boeing in
Seattle then taught at OSU
for six years. He worked
in Alaska on the pipeline
for several years. His heart
was in Alaska and in 1957
he homesteaded at Goose
Creek where he built a log
cabin. He loved working
on construction projects
with his brother Roy at the
North Pole, Portage, Ko
diak and Shemya as well as
other Alaska locations. He
also owned and operated a
Chevron Station in Lexing
ton, OR for several years.
He retired to Brownsville
in 1998.
He is survived by:
his wife of 60 years, Joanne
of Brownsville; sons, Chuck
and wife Laurel Morris of
Wasilla, AK, Dave and wife
Phyllis Morris of Wasilla,
AK. Bill and wife Sharon of
Heppner, and Joe and wife
Gayle of Sacramento, CA;
grandchildren, Jen, Kara,
Luanna, Margaret, Melissa,
Brandon, Kim, Megan and
Alyssa; and nine great
grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by three brothers and
one sister.
Viewing was held
from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday,
February 1, at the Huston-
Jost Funeral Home.
Funeral ser
vices were at 11 a.m. on
Wednesday, February 2, at
the Brownsville Christian
Church. Burial will follow
in the Brownsville Pioneer
Cemetery.
The family requests
that memorial contributions
be made to the Brownsville
Christian Church Building
Fund c/o Huston-Jost Fu
neral Home 86 W. Grant St.
Lebanon, OR 97355.
First Friday Friends of
Jesus to be held Feb. 4
This Friday, Febru
ary 4, will be the next ses
sion of First Friday Friends
of Jesus, sponsored by Hope
Lutheran Church and All
Saints Episcopal Church.
Children ages four
through sixth grade are
invited to the Episcopal
Church parish hall to join in
on a morning of Bible sto
ries, crafts, music, and ac
tivities from 8 a.m. to noon.
A free lunch is served, and
there is no charge to at
tend.
For more informa
tion call 541-676-9970.
lone fifth graders donate
funds to American Red Cross
Fifth graders at lone Community School ran a store during
lunches earlier this month to learn about economics. The stu
dents then voted to give their profit of $70 to the American Red
Cross, in conjunction with the blood drive that had already
been planned. Students from Lea Mathieu's class presented
the check to operations supervisor, Jason Donnelly, during the
Heppner resident high school blood drive. They also got a lesson from Nurse April
Lacie Wagoner, a freshman Bennett and first time blood donor Darla Vandever. Pictured
psychology m ajor, was left to right are Jason Donnelly, Andrew Ames, Austin Morter,
Dayshawn Neal, April Bennett, Maggie Flynn, Morgan Orem,
named to Oklahoma Baptist and Karsyn Rios. Kneeling in front of Darla Vandever are
U niversity’s P resident’s Anthony Rietmann, Roman Rodriquez-Sheena and Kaitlyn
Honor Roll for the fall 2010 Garrett. Not pictured is Seth Thompson. -Contributed Photo
Heppner grad on
OBU honor roll
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semester.
S t u d e n t s who
achieved a semester grade
point average o f 3.7 or
higher on a 4.0 scale are
named to the President’s
Honor Roll. Those who
achieved a grade point av
erage between 3.4 and 3.69
are listed on the Dean's
Honor Roll.
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MCSD superintendent candidate to
speak at Chamber lunch meeting
This week’s Cham
ber lunch meeting will be
held Thursday, February
3. This week’s agenda will
include All Entities Re
ports and introduction of
M orrow County School
superintendent candidate
Dirk Dirksen.
The Stable ofYouth
will be catering the meal
Anyone planning
to attend the weekly Cham
ber lunch meeting is asked
to RSVP to the Heppner
Cham ber o f Com m erce
by Wednesday morning of
each week.
Kinzua Lunch Group meets
The January Kin
zua Lunch Group met at
RJ’s in Fossil on January
21. There were 22 present,
including OL and Jean Ann
Adams, Bob and Peggy
Nelson, Bob and MaryLee
Britt, Bob and Lavonne
Stinkard, Ernie and Ada
Schell, Jr. and Janet Nel
son, Sheridan Ledford and
daughter in-law Marilyn,
Bill and Pat M aclnnes,
Mary Bryant, Pat Hyatt,
Marilyn Garcia, Bonnie
Campbell, Rollene Allen,
and Windy Liptak.
Lunch is going to
be the third Friday of the
month and the next lunch
will be February 18 in Prin-
eville at the Apple Peddler.
The Kinzua Reunion will
be June 18 in Fossil so the
Lunch Group will not meet
that month.