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
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elsew here; $27 student subscriptions.
iston, Paula M or
Winnie was
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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