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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 6,2011 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Charlotte Rose Griffith Winifred Albertine “Winnie” Messenger Winifred Albertine about her family’s younger “ W innie” M essenger, 84, days. Published w e e k ly by S ykes P u b lis h in g , L L C and entered as p e rio d ic a l m atter at the She is survived by: died Wednesday, June 29, Post O ffic e at Heppner, O reg on under the A c t o f M a rc h 3, 1879. P e riod ical postage daughters, Lois Connor o f 2011 at Regency Hermiston paid at Heppner, O regon. O ffic e at 188 W. W illo w Street Telephone (5 4 1 ) 676- 9228 Fax (5 4 1 ) 676 -92 11. E -m a il: e d ito riu ra p id s e rv e net o r d a v id w ra p id s e rv e Health and Rehabilitation Heppner, Charlotte Stone of net. W eb site, w w w heppner.net Postm aster send address changes to the H eppner Hermiston, Loretta Center in Herm is G aze tte -T im e s, P.O. B o x 337, H e ppner, O re g o n 97836. S u b s c rip tio n s : $27 in W oods o f H erm ton, OR. M o rro w C o u n ty ; $21 senio r rate ( in M o rro w C o u n ty o n ly ; 62 years o r o ld e r); $33 elsew here; $27 student subscriptions. iston, Paula M or Winnie was D a v id S y k e s ................................................................................................................ Publisher gan o f Hermiston, born Jan u ary 25, A n d re a D i S a lv o .............................................................................................................. E d ito r Elaine Graham o f 1927 in Spokane, All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Hermiston, Bonnie WA to parents Wil Winifred For Advertising advertising deadline Is Monday at 5 p.m Cost lor a display ad Is $5 per column Inch. Cost lor classified ad a 50* per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to Morrell o f Hermis liam H erm an and Albertine 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch, ton, Viola Pace o f Winnie Lois (Cow “Winnie” For Public/legal Notices publlc/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub Hermiston, Melanie Messenger an) Zinter. lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be Calabrese o f Hen She w as specified if required) derson, NV, Irene raised in the Hepp- For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to Thorp o f Irrigon, and Vir ner/Ione area and graduated meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines ginia Florea of Kennewick, from lone High School. or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. She married Truman Elmer WA; 26 grandchildren; 36 For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner Messenger Jr. on Septem great-grandchildren; five GT wlH not publish unsigned letters All letters MUST include the author s address and phone ber 12, 1947 in Lexington. great-great-grandchildren number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks will Winnie was a homemaker and many nieces and neph be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. and w orked on the farm ews. She was preceded as a header puncher. They m oved to H erm iston in in death by: husband, Tru 1951, where they operated man E. Messenger Jr.; twin the Union 76 station for a brother, B ill Z in ter and time. Winnie liked to cro grandson, Ziggy Morgan. F uneral serv ices chet and made afghans and booties that she donated to were held Friday, July 1, the Hermiston Fire Depart 2011 at 11 a.m. at Bums ment, the Shriner’s Chil Mortuary Chapel in Herm dren’s Hospital, the Agape iston. Burial followed at the House and the VA Hospital. Hermiston Cemetery. M em orial contri Winnie was a member o f the First Christian Church butions may be made to the in Hermiston. She enjoyed Hermiston First Christian doing puzzle books, mak Church or to the Hermiston ing the best cinnamon rolls, Fire Department. An online condo w atching gam es show s, her animals, going to Bi- lence book is available at International Nazarene missionaries Doug and Jen Mann will Mart and Wal-Mart, win burnsm ortuaryherm iston. speak at the Nazarene Church July 12 at 6:30 p.m. The family dow shopping, the movies com. is currently assigned to Bulgaria. -Contributedphoto “White Christmas” & “ET,” Bums Mortuary of The Heppner Naz- becomes an abstract term. Elvis Presley and Charlie Hermiston was in care o f arene Church invites the Jen g rad u a ted from the Pride, and telling stories arrangements. com m unity to jo in them University o f Nottingham, July 12 at 6:30 p.m. to hear UK, in 2003 with a B.S. in from m issionaries Doug health sciences. She is now Bailey Marie and Jen M ann and their studying theology in her Morgan, 4-month-old family. spare time and considering daughter of Pocatello T he M a n n s a re undertaking masters level residents Kelly and global m issionaries with work in the future. Diane Morgan, died the Church o f the Naza- The couple met in Thursday, June 23, rene. They are currently Germany in 2001 and was 2011, from Sudden tran sitio n in g from w ork married in England in 2003. in Prishtina, Kosovo to a Prior to their m arriage in Infant D eath S yn new assignm ent in Sofia, 2003, Doug was a career drome. Survivors in Bailey Marie Morgan Bulgaria. The couple and missionary with the Church clude: parents, Kelly their children have previ o f the Nazarene serving in Monday, June 27, 2011, at Joseph Morgan and ously lived and served as south eastern Europe. After the Hawker Funeral Home Diane M arie M cFetridge missionaries in Lima, Peru their marriage, Doug was in Blackfoot, ID. The fam Morgan; sister, Brooke Ann and Tirana, Albania. the associate pastor of the ily met with friends for an M organ (2), all o f Poca D oug M ann was Watford Woodside Church hour prior to services. tello; grandparents, Virgil born in W ashington, DC o f the Nazarene in the Brit F am ily su g g ests but now considers Boston ish Isles and Jen worked and Debbie Morgan o f lone, memorials to the S.I.D.S.F. and D arrell and M arlie his “home away from the in an interdenominational Washington State Chapter, McFetridge o f Enterprise, field.” He graduated from com passionate m inistries N „ P.O. Box C-5371, Se OR; and great-grandmother Eastern Nazarene College project in Watford city cen attle, WA 98105. Condo Helen Heideman of Herm in 1993 w ith a B.A . in tre before the couple moved lences may be sent to the iston. business administration/ac- to live and work in Peru. fam ily at condolences@ F uneral serv ices counting and completed his T h eir o ld est son M.A. in theological studies was bom in Lima in 2006 were held at 10 a.m. on hawkerfuneralhome.com. U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Missionaries to speak at Nazarene Church Bailey Marie Morgan at Point Lom a N azarene University in 1998. Jen w as b o rn in Dundee, Scotland, but con siders High Wycombe, just outside o f London, to be hom e. Both she and her husband say that the more time they spend in the field, though, the more “hom e” and their daughter arrived while they were in London in 2008. Their third child w as born in K osovo in 2010. They consider them Eight Morrow County students have been named selves a “truly international to the Eastern Oregon University dean’s list for the fam ily ” w ith m ore than 2011 spring term. To qualify, students must achieve and one passport per fam ily maintain a grade point average o f 3.5 or higher while member. completing a minimum o f 12 hours of graded coursework during the term. The following students received this distinction: Cristina Bettesworth o f Boardman, Jason Hendricks of Boardman, Kelli Jones o f Boardman, Brynna Rust of Echo, Eric Jepsen o f Heppner, Sherilyn Peck of Hep pner, Klarissa Hendrix of Irrigon and Mark Cromer o f Boardman. S teia n M atkeny & C kelsea Pakl Saturday, July 23th B rad A d am s & K a te ly n B r i z e n d i n e Saturday, July 30th A lli s o n H a l v o r s e n & A n d r e w T e tr ic k Saturday, July 30th DRINK Butterfinger Mocha, Lg. $3.00 SPECIALS! Butterfinger Frappe Med. $3.25 Community softball league starts Sunday The Heppner community softball league starts this Sunday. Warm-ups will be at 5:30 p.m. with an impromptu game at 6 p.m. The game will be played at the girls’ softball field in Heppner; teams will be set at that time. p ™m 217 North Main • Happnar • Phono Either Lunch or Dinner of $10 or more Jimmy V. Prock Jim m y V. Prock, in many activities. Survivors include: 77, o f Heppner died Sun h is w if e , P a tty day, July 3, 2011 at Prock; daughters, his home. A grave T ricia G underson side memorial ser and h er h u sb a n d vice will be held at Dave o f Heppner, 11 a.m. Friday, July and Tami C alvert 8 at the H ep p n er and h er h u sb an d M asonic Cemetery Gary o f Pendleton; with a luncheon to J i m m s is te r s , C o lle e n follow at the Hep Prock Ployhar o f H erm pner Elks Lodge. iston and Barbara He w as bom September 11,1933 in Hale o f Pendleton; grand Heppner, the son of Vernon sons, Brent Gunderson and and Vivian Cason Prock. his w ife K im m ie o f La Jim was raised and attended Grande, Derek Gunderson school in Heppner, gradu o f La Grande, Jake Calvert ating from Heppner High o f Grass Valley and Matt Calvert o f Pendleton; and School in 1952. On August 7, 1954 n u m ero u s n ep h ew s and he married Patty Albert in nieces. He was preceded in Heppner. During their mar riage o f almost 57 years, death by: his parents, Ver they were blessed with four non and Vivian Prock; sons, Mike Prock and Jon Prock; children. Jim w o rk e d 34 brother, Wayne Prock; and years for Columbia Basin sister, Janice Cutsforth. M em orial contri Electric. He enjoyed the mountains, camping, hunt butions may be made to the ing and fishing. He espe donor’s charity o f choice. Sweeney Mortuary cially enjoyed spending time with his grandsons and o f Heppner is in charge of watching their participation arrangements. I ity workshop will be held at the Port of Morrow on Thurs day, July 14. The cost is $55 per person. Seating is limited. Register at http://tinyurl.com/boardmanworkshop. Free sportsp will be offered by appointment only at Columbia River Community Health Services. Dates are July 27, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; August 3 and 10, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and August 29, 3 to 7 p.m. Call 541-481-7212for appointments. Movies in the Park will be held every Friday night at dusk. July 8 - Mega Mind; July 15 - True Grit. The Ambassadors and Banner Bank are hosting a Business After Hours on July 20 at 5:30 p.m. Music in the Parks will be Monday, July 18 at 7 p.m. at the Boardman Marina Park. Guest entertainers are Skweez the Weezle and An Daire Irish Dancers. The farm er’s market will be Monday, July 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Boardman Marina Park. The second annual Columbia River bow fish ing tournament will be held August 6 and 7. For more information, go to http://www.columbiariverbowfishing. com. The Kiwanis Club o f Boardman is planning weekly Saturday night dances. Each evening will include a dance lesson from 7 to 8 p.m. and open dancing from 8 to 10 p.m. The month of July will feature lessons on swing dancing. Dances are open to all individuals, but children under 14 will be required to have an adult present. Cost is $2 per person. H s H ella B ritt's o o o o o I Hew CD A Hew o o o o o| Beginning Is out & ' • Floral «76-M 2« MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. ^ counts toward a free meal. Use your coupon today! 3 t lone____________ ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: ^ m U I U U . ’l j j N L . m John's Place Mark-A-Meal M umuj ' j D aujj ____________ Serving Heppner, Lexington ing with her mom and her G ram m y F rances w as a great enjoyment to her, and she especially liked going to the beach. She was very close to her brother, Glen. Charlotte had a great love of animals, and they returned that love to her. Survivors include: parents, George and Lorene G riffith o f lone; brother, Glen Griffith and his wife Kelly o f lone; and nieces, Tracy Griffith o f M ilton- Freewater, and Jenny Turn er and husband Ricky o f Paradise Valley, NV. She is also survived by the won derful family o f staff and friends o f Up and Out o f Portland, who have also loved her for years. She was preceded in death by: her grandpar ents, D orris and Frances M itchell and E lm er and Fanny G riffith; and two infant brothers, Elmer and Grant Griffith. M em orial contri butions may be made to Up and Out, Inc., 521 SW 11th Ave., Portland, OR 97205. Sweeney Mortuary o f Heppner is in charge o f arrangements. EOU announces 2011 spring Chamber Chatter Boardman term dean’s list An energy productivity and operations productiv W e d d in g T ables V C h a r lo tte R o se G riffith, 59, o f Portland died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at her home. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 6 at the lone Com m unity Church w ith concluding service and burial to follow at the Morgan Cemetery. She was bom June 24, 1952 in The Dalles to George and Lorene Mitch ell Griffith. Charlotte spent her childhood on the family ranch at Morgan and in Mc Dermott, NV. At the age of 11 she moved to Portland to live with her grandmother, Frances M itchell, and to attend school at Providence Catholic School. A f te r f in is h in g sch o o l, she w orked for m any y e a rs for P ort o f Portland Authority. Char lotte took great pride in her productivity and work. She had many friends at work and at her home at Up and Out, Inc. Poor health forced her to retire in 2009. She loved bowling, dancing, sw im m ing and church, and led a very ac tive social life. Music was a special joy for her. Travel JOHN'S PLACE 164 N. Main • Happnar L — 541-076-5017 J available a t M urray's Drug
