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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 17,2013 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow E sther E arline Foiles Heppner G A ZETTE-TIM ES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C ounty's Hom e-O w ned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodica) matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3 , 1 ¿79 Penodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor'dirapidserve net or davidwrapidserve. net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner (ia/ette- limes, PO. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $29 in Morrow County; $23 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $35 elsewhere; $29 student subscriptions. David Sykes............................................................................................... Publisher Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................ Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 50« per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 75 per column inch For Public/legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for pub 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 specified if required) For Obituaries Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsignet) letters All letters MUST include the author's address and phone 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 be placed in the classifieds under ‘Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10 ~ Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the follow ing criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name o f the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks" at a cost of $ 10. C ouncil had no alternative in statute debate To the editor; As with most o f the readership of the Heppner Gazette Times I have been following the controversy over the Heritage Plaza stat ute debate. 1 can understand the city council’s decision to shut down the debate and remove the pedestals. They really had no other alterna tive. After a period of time to gain perspective may I offer a solution to consider since the current status quo is a lose-lose for everyone. By that I mean no statue honoring Heppner’s Irish or Indian themed heritage will be endorsed, and the animosity both sides feel will continue with no reso lution. I propose that both sides be encouraged to proceed with their passion and place one statute at the city park and the other at Heritage Plaza. Both sides would be required to raise funds necessary for their statute and at the same time both sides would have the opportunity to applaud the complimentary effort endorsing the rich heritage we all share in Eastern Or egon. The result would add to Heppner’s position as the cultural gateway to the Blue Mountains. Who knows maybe one day we could have a third statute hon oring our Blue Mountain pioneers, the first settlers to live in the rugged moun tains of Eastern Oregon. Stuart Dick, Irrigon Birth announcement C a rm e lo and Andrea Di Salvo of Hep pner announce the birth o f a daughter, Sofia Lucille Di Sal vo. Sofia was born at Good Shepherd Hos pital in Hermis ton at 5:50 a.m. on Wednesday, Sofia Lucille Di Salvo March 13. She weighed eight pounds, 15 ounces and was 22 inches long. Sofia joins older siblings Moira, four, and Frank, 19 months. Grandparents are Frank and Pam Di Salvo of Cheektowaga, NY; Lucille Di Salvo of Buffalo, NY; and Dexter and Corinne Miles of Heppner. Com m unity lunch menu Volunteers from the Hope, Valby and All Saints Lu theran Churches will serve lunch on Wednesday, April 24, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include pork chow mien, Chinese vegetables, spring rolls and fortune cookies. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 " H h m F rie n á t M e e t" 142 North Main FiSHtRMÁN'S NIGHT CATFISH AND 0YSTÍRS DlNNFR r R m P i in n n n e D t A Wi r M In o ri / Ift'" \ DRAWN 1 ¡i ( Esther Earline Foiles was bom August 23, 1923, in Montezuma, Kansas to Earl Raymond and Esther Rachel Foiles as their fourth child. She joined two older siblings, Charles and Neita. The first child. Jewel, died in infancy. Earl being a M ethodist m inister, she spent her childhood in the parsonage of many small Kansas towns. She joined the Methodist Church in early childhood and re mained an active member her entire life. She gradu ated from Dunlap Rural High School in 1941, just as World War II began for the United States. She went on to follow in her m other’s footsteps as a licensed teacher w ith a “lifetime certificate” from Kansas State T each er’s College of Emporia in 1943 with two years of what was then called “normal school” or teacher preparation. She taught one year at Havana, Kansas and two years at Moline, Kansas and then moved to Iola, where she taught first grade at Jef ferson Grade School for 37 years in the same class room. Her mother died in May of 1950 and she shared a home with and cared for her father from then until his death in 1974. She never married or had children of her own but dedicated her life to educating ev eryone’s children in Iola. Her greatest joy and pride was the notebook where she carefully recorded the name o f every child she taught, and also the wonder of meeting former pupils in the businesses and on the streets who recognized and remembered their first grade teacher. Earline had a lifetime love of the Pacific Ocean, having traveled to C ali fornia several times dur ing her childhood to visit cousins and uncles on her father’s side. Her sister, Neita McGhee, moved to Oregon with her family in 1957. From then on it became a pattern in her life to travel with her father to continue visits to California and to N eita’s family in Oregon and she often teased the relatives that she really didn’t come to visit them. . . but to see the ocean. The frequent visits also allowed her to become a very real part of the life of Neita’s children and gave her a family she did not have of her own. In the sixties she re turned to K ansas State Teacher’s College of Em poria and completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education, another accomplishment of which she was proud and the Oregon family traveled to Kansas to see her gradu ate in August of 1967. She continued teaching until her retirement in 1983. She was a member of Wesley United M ethod ist Church and the United Methodist Women in Iola. She served many differ ent offices in the church. She was a member o f the Salem Chapter Order o f Eastern Star, a life member of Kansas Retired Teacher’s Association, and a member o f Allen County Retired Teachers. She was preceded in death by her father, her mother, and her siblings; Jewel, Charles Foiles, and Neita McGhee. She and her sister had shared life together at a distance with many telephone conversa tions each day until Neita died in 2010. In 2012, it became very difficult to live on her own in Kansas. So with the help of her nieces she moved to Oregon and resided at Hermiston Ter race, Hermiston Oregon at the time of her death. She died Saturday, April 13th , 2013 at the age of eighty- nine. The move, though difficult for her, allowed her to have numerous visits with family, two more trips to the beach, new friends at Hermiston Terrace, a lovely birthday party with family last August, and to be sur rounded by care and love to the very last. She is survived by four nieces and their families; Melba Hauser of Gresham, Oregon; Cheryl Ayers of Lynchburg, Virginia; Dana Reynolds of Woodbum, Or egon; and Kerry Rietmann, of lone Oregon. In addition, she is survived by a nephew and his family, Gary Foiles, of Dodge City, Kansas. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of ar rangements. Missionaries share story on Friday evening Missionaries from Ire land will share their stories during a special evening event on April 19 at the Nazarene Church in Hep pner located at 545 NE Pioneer Dr. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and re freshments will be served following the program. Stephen & A nnette M orley have been m is sionaries in the Republic of Ireland since June 2011. They make their home in Wicklow, a town on the east coast of Ireland just south of Dublin. They are charged with developing and im plementing a strategy for planting the church of the Nazarene in Ireland. Valby Church celebrates 127 years M abel C. H eath Mabel C. Heath, 91, of Heppner died Monday March 18, 2013 at Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Liv ing. A memorial graveside service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20, 2013 at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. She was bom October 25, 1921 at Log Hill Mesa Montrose, Colorado, the daughter of John J. and Het- tie M. Neeley McLaugh lin. She attended a one room school houses on Log Hill Mesa until moving to Ouray, Colorado where she graduated from Ouray High School in 1939. On April 4, 1940 she married William C. Heath in Montrose, Colorado, the couple moved to Portland, Oregon in 1942. Mabel and William moved to Heppner in 1946 and stayed until 1977 when they moved to Hermiston. William pre ceded her in death in 1975 and Mabel returned to Hep pner in 2000. Mabel was a member of the Heppner American Legion Auxiliary Post # 87 for 65 years, past mem ber o f Hermiston Eagles Lodge and Hermiston La dies Elks. She served as superintendent for the Arts and Crafts division at the Morrow County Fair for many years. She had many hob bies including oil painting, beading, traveling, crochet ing, knitting, sewing, and quilting. She received the Peoples Choice Award and Grand Champion Award on one of her quilts at the Umatilla County Fair and also received the Morrow County Fair Special Award in 2004 in Art for her oil painting. She was also an avid bowler. H er p assio n s were watching her grandchildren and great grandchildren play sports and making quilts for her family. She was an avid dominos player and was always up for a game, she was member of the Chicken Foot Gang in Hermiston, which was a club for playing dominos. In her early years she liked to dance, especially square dancing. Mabel held many jobs; sales clerk, homemaker, cook, waitress, seamstress, she retired from the US postal Service. S u rv iv o rs in c lu d e daughter; Linda J. Schultz and her husband Reese of Heppner, grandchildren; Christian M. Schultz Car penter and her husband Josh of Wilsonville. Or egon, Robert C. Schultz and his wife Elizabeth of Santa Maria, California, and Ryan J. Heath and his wife Katie of Pendleton, Oregon, great grandchil dren; Bryson Schultz and Addison Pace of Wilson ville, Evelyn and Dailen Schultz of Santa Maria, and Step grandsons Justin Ham ilton and Jacob Carpenter of Wilsonville. Preceding her in death were her husband; William Heath, son; Larry D. Heath in 2000. brothers; Bernard McLaughlin, Rob ert McLaughlin and Edgar McLaughlin. M em orial co n trib u tions may be made to Wil low Creek Terrace Assisted Living, 400 Frank G il liam Drive, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of ar rangements. John F red erick M ollahan John Frederick Molla- Morrow County Sheriff in han was bom May 17,1935 1969, and served in that and died April 14, 2013. position until 1976. John was born to Patrick John was preceded in and Elsie Mol- death by his lahan in H ep parents and his pner, Oregon. older brother He lived in the R obert. He H eppner area is s u rv iv e d nearly his entire by his w ife, life. John grew Christina Lee up in a small Sharp Molla- house on Main han; his sis Street in Hep ter, Mary; his pner until 1943, brother, Larry; and then moved John Frederick his daughter, Mollahan to a small farm Jackie; and his north o f H ep son, Joe. pner. John graduated from John loved farm ing Heppner High School in and the people of Morrow 1953, where he was Student County. He took great pride Body President. After a in knowing just about ev tour in the U.S. Army, he eryone in the local area and returned to the family farm treasured the friendship of near Heppner. so many people throughout In 1956, John married his life. Millis (Mickey) Nichols. At John’s request, a pri He and Mickey had two vate graveside service will children, Jackie and Joe. be held at Olney Cemetery John was hired by the City in Pendleton, Oregon where of Heppner as a police offi he will be laid to rest next cer in 1962. He was elected to his parents. D eath N otice Ronald C. McCabe A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday April 27,2013 at the The Valby Lutheran Church will be celebrating the Heppner Elks Lodge at 1 p.m. for 127th year of its founding this Sunday, April 21, at 10 Ronald C. McCabe who was bom a.m. All former members are invited to attend. July 27,1940 and died, March 19, 2013 Ronald is survived by his three sons, C. Dan, Tom and David Mc Cabe; daughter, Mary LaDue; ex- Ronald C. McCabe wife, Peggy; two sisters, Shirley Harris and Ellie Farrar; nine grandchildren; five great grandchildren. Ronald enjoyed fishing, hunting, garden ing and woodworking. W illow Creek Farmer's Market Meeting Thursday April 18th 5 pm Heppner City Hall NOW AVAILABLE AT A & M'S KITCHEN m P IZ Z A S 180 N. CHASE SHEET, HEPPNER FOKMIKLY STABLE OF Y0UTH/0LD BOWLING ALLY BUILDI
