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
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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.
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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
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