TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 14, 2012
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Heppner looks great
The Heppner Chamber of Commerce is pleased
to note that everyone has been pitching in to pick up litter
in town and on the entries to town in anticipation of the
St. Patrick’s Celebration. Heppner looks great.
Also, the City of Heppner has been doing a good
job on sweeping and cleaning the streets and gutters.
One of the benefits of the CHIP program is that,
as people do their walks for health, they are picking up
any litter they see.
The entries to town are being picked by the Li­
ons, the county employees association, the Bank of EO
employees, and the elementary school staff.
Good job everyone.
John Edniundson
Heppner Chamber of Commerce
ODOT Litter Pickup Coordinator
Com m unity lunch menu
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church members will be
serving lunch on Wednesday, March 21 at St. Patrick’s Se­
nior Center. The meal will include hot turkey sandwiches,
mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, cranberry salad
and pumpkin pie. Milk is served at each meal.
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is
subject to change.
C ome see
ALL THE
"G reens "
-D e c o ra tio n s
-Long sleeve shirts Y o t / f * S r
-Parade
-D ress-up
-P a rty I te m s / r *
-S h irt s
r
-S w e a tsh irts
ST. PATRICK'S
WEEKEND HOURS
Friday 16th - 7 :3 0 am - 7 :0 0 pm
Saturday 17th - 7 :3 0 am - 6 :0 0 pm
Sunday 18th - 1 0 :0 0 am - 1:00 pm
La Verne Justus
Matteson
L aV erne Ju stu s
Matteson, 82, o f Prairie
C ity, OR passed away
March 3, 2012 at Blue
Mountain. Nursing Home.
No services are planned at
this time.
Vern was bom July
11,1029 to Elmer and Mar­
tha (Law son) Matteson near
Monument, OR. He lived
most of his life in the Mon­
ument area, and also on the
Oregon coast. As a young
man, he worked near lone,
driving logging trucks and
w orking various other jobs.
Vem married Grace Hunt;
the couple later divorced,
but had three children from
the union.
He was preceded
in death by: his parents;
brother. Dale Matteson and
sister, Doris Kingman.
He is survived by:
daughter, Martha Rosen-
stiel of Post Falls, ID; son,
Ralph Matteson o f Reno,
NV; daughter, Nomia Cox
of Monument; sister, Jes­
sie Scott of Heppner; eight
grandchildren and several
great-grandchildren.
Driskill Memorial
Chapel is in charge of ar­
rangements.
Patricia Kenny
Erwin
Patricia Ann Er­ was always very involved
win, 84. died Saturday, in the Catholic Church.
March 10. 2012 in
Most recently, she
Clackamas, OR. A
was a member of
visitation will be
C h rist the King
from noon to 6 p.m.
Catholic Church in
Milwaukie. Patri­
on Thursday, March
15, at Stehn Family
cia loved her fam­
Chapels Milwaukie
ily and her Irish
Tribute Center, Mil­ Patricia
heritage.
waukie. OR, fol­ Kenny Erwin
She is sur­
lowed by a Reci­
vived by: her chil­
tation of the Holy
dren, Molly Erwin
Rosary at 7 p.m. A Mass of of Portland. Marge (Jeff)
Christian Burial will be 11 Erwin of West Linn, Mary
a.m. on Friday, March 16, (G eorge) O 'D onnell o f
at Christ the King Catholic Clackamas, Matthew (Ja­
Church in Milwaukie, with net) Erwin of Beaverton.
private internment to be Mark (Jennifer) Erwin of
held at Willamette National Sherwood and Martha But­
Cemetery.
ton o f Portland; brother,
Patricia was born Billy Kenny of Heppner
September 6, 1927 in Hep­ and ten grandchildren.
pner to John and Bridget
She was preceded
Kenny. She graduated from in death by her husband,
St. Joseph Academ y in Charles, in 1993.
Pendleton, OR. On January
Those wishing may
8. 1949 she married C’harles contribute in her memory to
Erwin in Pendleton. Patricia the Oregon/S W Washington
was employ ed for 20 years Juvenile Diabetes Research
as the dean’s secretary at Foundation in care of Stehn
Blue Mountain Community Family Chapels Milwaukie
College in Pendleton.
Tribute Center, 2906 SE
She was a member Harrison Street, Milwaukie,
of Saint Francis Catholic OR 97222.
Church in Sherwood, OR.
Stehn Family Cha­
She enjoyed volunteering at pels is in charge of arrange­
Meridian Park Hospital and ment.
3rd hall of fame for
lone High School
The lone Booster
Club is now accepting nom­
inations for its third annual
lone High School Hall of
Fame.
D ean R obinson
was the force behind the
Hall o f Fame. The Hall
o f Fame is to honor out­
standing individuals who,
through their exceptional
achievements, have brought
honor to themselves, lone
High School and the lone
Community. Nominations
are accepted from January
through June each year.
Hie selection committee re­
views and recommends the
list to the Cardinal Booster
Club and the Board of Di­
rectors.
Hall of Fame mem-
bers are inducted in the
fall following their elec­
tion. N om ination forms
are available at lone High
School, lone Market, on­
line at www.ione.kl2.or.us/
boosterclub/halloffame or
from Betty Gray at PO Box
355, lone, OR 97843.
This year, the ap­
plications are for 1971 to
1980. The first annual took
in the years 1922 to 1960,
and 52 people were in­
ducted. The second annual
took in the years 1935 to
1970, and 51 people were
inducted.
If you have ques­
tions, contact Jeri McEUig-
ott at 541 -422-7257 or Ryan
Rudolph at 541-422-7131.
SI. Patrick’s Pit Ham Dinner
Where finicky Leprechauns eat!
Espresso • Yankee
Hallmark • Floral
Neva Hopper
Neva Hopper, 90,
formerly of Heppner. died
Saturday, March 10.2012 at
her home in Ashley Manor
Care Center in Hermiston,
OR. Funeral Services will
be held on Thursday. March
15, at 11 a.m. at
B urns M ortuary
Chapel in H erm ­
iston. A luncheon
will follow at the
Hermiston Eagles
Lodge #2909, 160
NW 2nd Street in
Hermiston. Private
burial will be at the Herm­
iston Cemetery.
Neva was bom Au­
gust 5, 1921 near Bear Val­
ley, OR, the youngest child
and only daughter o f Dick
and M yrtle (C am pbell)
Stratton. Her parents came
to Oregon as pioneers from
Missouri in the late 1800s;
they wed and homestead­
ed in Bear Valley. Neva
learned to appreciate the
simple things in life while
growing up in Bear Valley,
and was also instilled with
a strong work ethic. She
worked hard on the family
ranch and honed all of the
talents and skills she would
later share with and instill
in not only her children
but also grandchildren and
great-grandchildren. She
was a strong mentor to all
18 of them.
After graduating
from Grant Union High
S chool, she m oved to
Spray, OR, where she met
her future husband, Robert
Lee Hopper. He quickly
swept her off her feet and
they were married on Hal­
loween. 1942 Robert joked
later that he thought it was
all just a Halloween trick.
This always “tem pered”
Neva, but it truly was a
lifetime of treats.
Bob was drafted
shortly after they were mar­
ried and served in World
War II. The oldest of their
c h ild re n , L eN ona Lee
Hutchison, was bom while
he was still overseas in In­
dia. After the war ended and
Bob returned to Neva, they
added two more boys, Lyle
Ross Hopper and Loren
Royce Hopper, to complete
their family. After moving
around a bit to John Day,
Springfield and then Spray,
the family finally settled in
Heppner.
A fte r y e a rs o f
homemaking, Neva’s chil­
dren were finally all m
school; this gave her the
time and opportunity to go
to work outside the home.
She took a position at Pio­
neer Memorial Hospital.
In 1964 Bob went
to work for the Umatilla
Army Depot, which moved
the family to live on base.
Neva moved from Pioneer
M emorial Hospital to a
position at Good Shepherd
Com m unity Hospital in
Hermiston. She served in
her position until her retire­
ment years later.
Upon moving to
th e H e rm is to n
area, N eva and
Bob became an in­
timate part of the
Highland Baptist
C h u rch fam ily.
Neva taught years
of Sunday school,
opened her home
in the summer for vacation
Bible school and served in
many other aspects, one of
which was church secretary.
After retirement, she vol­
unteered for many causes,
primarily at Good Shepherd
Medical Center Auxiliary
and H erm iston’s Agape
House. She donated much
of her time until macular
degeneration took her sight
in her 80s. Her faith from
childhood was strong and
never-ending, and this was
lovingly instilled in every­
one she touched. She loved
the Lord and was His faith­
ful servant up to the very
end of her life.
Neva loved spend­
ing time surrounded by
family and friends, and was
loved by all who knew her.
She enjoyed travel as well
gardening, sewing, singing,
cooking, playing games and
spoiling the dickens out
of her grandchildren and
great-grandchildren every
chance she got. She will be
missed by all.
N eva w as p ro ­
ceeded in death by: her
parents, Dick and Myrtle
Stratton; her three older
brothers, Carl, H. “Ray’’
and Clarence.Stratton; hus­
band, Robert Lee Hopper
and grandson, Cody Ray
Schoonover.
She is survived by:
children, LeNona Hutchi­
son, Lyle Hopper and Loren
Hopper; daughters-in-law,
Anna Hopper and Rene
Hopper; son-in-law, Mike
Hutchison; grandchildren,
Robby Hutchison, Shera
Hopper, Sheila Botti, Mon­
ica Curtiss and Terra Nava;
and great-grandchildren,
C assidy and S haraL ee
Hutchison. Sierra Ibarra,
Savannah Sherer, Dylan
and Madison Botti, Keely
Jones, Chelsa Hopper, Ain-
sley and Brinley Curtiss,
and Emmy and Joaquin
Nava.
Memorial contri­
butions may be made to
Good Shepherd Medical
Center’s Ladies Auxiliary.
Please sign the condolence
book at burnsm ortuary-
hermiston.com
Bums Mortuary of
Hermiston, OR is in charge
of arrangements.
lone 4-H foods talk
edible eggs
By Aaron Smythe
Six members and one guest of the second-year
lone Community Foods 4-H club met on March 8 to
discuss the incredible, edible egg.
First, they took a quiz and learned fun facts about
eggs. Afterward, they made Calico Meringue Cookies
and Dutch Babies.
Dutch Babies puff up really high in the oven
and can be topped with powdered sugar, syrup or fruit.
Everyone present said they liked them.
E spresso S pecials
C ocoa M int I talian S oda $ 2.50
S creaming I rish L atte $3.25
P epermint paddy M occa $3.25
Saturday, M arch 17 from 4 - 7 p.m .
Serving: Pit Ham, Irish Potato Casserole,
Green Salad, Veggie, Roll, Beverage & Homemade Pie!
TRY OUR FROZEN YOGURT!
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The Heppner |r/S r high school wrestling
team is collecting batteries for an ongoing
team fundraiser. Auto, tractor. RV. and four
wheeler batteries will be accepted. Please
bring your batteries to the South end
Transfer station free of charge located at
57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR. For further
information or if you need batteries
picked up, call Mark Lemmon at
(541)215-9248.