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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 29,2013 Obituaries The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Rita H. Sumner Heppner Rita H. Sumner, 77, a state representative, The o f Heppner passed from couple later divorced. R ita was a school- this life on May 15, 2013 in Ashland, OR. A memo bus driver and at one time rial service will be held at owned and operated a fabric 3 p.m. Sunday, June 2, at store in Heppner. She was a talented the Willow Creek Branch seamstress, a very o f The Church of good cook, and also Latter Day Saints, enjoyed baking and Highway 74, Lex gardening. ington. In addition to She was bom all these things, she December 9, 1935 was also a pilot, in Pendleton, OR, often flying small the daughter of Ivan planes to get ur and H elen Cox. Rita H. gently needed parts Rita was raised and Sumner for farm machin attended school in Pendleton for a time before ery. S u rv iv o rs in clu d e: her family moved to Hep pner, where she graduated sons, Charlie Sumner and from high school. She spent w ife C indy o f L exing much of her youth on horse ton, Jeff Sumner and wife back, helping her family Kathleen of Hillsboro, OR; with their cattle ranch. She daughters, Sally Runyan of had a great love for animals Vancouver, WA, and Jaci and often adopted them as Jones and husband Kevin of Medford, OR; her sister, pets. A fte r g ra d u a tio n , Mary Banks of Pendleton; Rita married John “Jack” 10 grandchildren; and six Sumner and they had five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in children. Together, they ranched and farmed the death by; a son, John Sum family property. Rita was ner, and ex-husband Jack recognized as the force be Sumner, both in 1995. Memorial contributions hind her husband’s efforts in conservation farming may be made to Pioneer and later supported him Memorial Hospital, PO box as he served in Salem as 9, Heppner, OR 97836. GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M orrow C ounty’s H om e-O w ned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing. LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1179 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail editorujrapidserve net or davidtorapidserve net Web site: www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, 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 lor classified ad is 50< per word Cost lor 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 alter last date ol publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) For Obituaries Obituaries are published in the Heppner G T 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 certan way must purchase advertising space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor M U S T be signed by the author The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters All letters M U S T include the author s address and phone number for use by the GT office The GT reserves the right to edit letters The G T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters Any letters expressing thanks wiH be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks’ at a cost of $10 Birth Announcement Pearl Kathleen M iller— Corey and Jill Miller o f Hep pner announce the birth o f a daughter, Pearl Kathleen Mill er. Pearl was bom at St. Anthony’s Hos pital in Pendleton, OR on M arch 22, 2013, at 12:25 a.m. At birth, she weighed Pearl Kathleen Miller five pounds, seven ounces and measured 18.5 inches in length. She joins big sister, Paige, who is two. Grandparents are Mark and Shanny Miller o f Hep pner, and Bob and Tricia Sorey of Helix, OR. Virginia L. Wilkinson, had two daughters, Judith She is the second great-grandchild of Tad and Melba 91, o f Heppner died Sat and Pamela, after returning Miller of Heppner. urday, May 25, 2013 at to B ill’s hometown. Bill Pioneer Memorial Hospital Cochell died of cancer in in Heppner. A funeral Mass 1949. Virginia and the girls will be held 11 a.m. Mon lived in Heppner with her day, June 3, at St. Patrick’s in-laws, and she worked Catholic Church in Hep at the Production Market On May 30,2013, Mar there, she participated in pner, with vault interment ing A ssociation for Bill garet (Maggie) Elizabeth a Spanish immersion pro to follow at the Heppner Padberg. Armato will gradu gram and worked Masonic Cemetery. Reci On October 31, 1950 ate from Harvard at an archeological tation of the Rosary will be she married Dick Wilkin U n iv e rsity w ith site, the pyramid held at 7 p.m. Sunday, June son, a local rancher and E n g lis h h o n o rs Huaca Pucllana, 2, at St. Patrick’s Catholic native of Heppner. She was from the D epart where she helped Church. happily married to Dick ment o f Econom diagram artifacts. She was bom August for over 62 years; she kept ics, where she has She spent her 20th 3, 1921 in Portsmouth, VA, the books and managed earned a Bachelor birth d ay w atch the daughter of Herman and finances at the Wilkinson o f Arts degree. She Maggie ing the sunrise at Mary Caprio Dean; Ranch while rais will also graduate Armato Machu Pichu. Last she was the eldest ing her girls. with a secondary in summer, she in of the three Dean She enjoyed environmental science and terned for an investment children. Her father painting, crochet public policy and language banking firm in New York, was a musician in ing, bowling, sew citations in Spanish and NY. She was the president the United States ing, and playing of the Harvard Taekwondo Navy, so the fam Italian. bridge with friends. Maggie graduated from Club and on the Executive ily moved several Virginia was very V irgin ia Heppner High School in Board for Harvard Women tim es, including Wilkinson active in the East 2009. She is the daughter of in Business. For the last Pensacola, FL, San ern Star, serving as Kim Cutsforth and the late one and a half years during Pedro, CA, Honolulu, HI Worthy Matron. She was Mike Armato, and sister of school she volunteered for and Long Beach, CA. honored when chosen as Joe Armato. Escuela Amigos, a bilingual Her father was called Worthy Grand Matron for While studying at Har elementary school, and she to duty in American Sa the state of Oregon. vard, Maggie took advan interned for an energy con moa when Virginia was Survivors include: her tage o f their summer study- sulting group, MyEnergy. 16 years of age; the family husband, Dick Wilkinson; abroad programs. She spent After graduation, she will lived there for 18 months. daughters, Judith Shannon her freshman summer in work for Pinterest in San Virginia learned to play the and Pam Wunderlich; son- Venice atten d in g en v i Francisco. ukulele, dance the hula, and in-law, Mark Wunderlich; ronmental science classes The Armatos will be sing island songs. While sister, Olive Suarez; sister- and traveling Italy. Her holding a celebration at in Samoa, she was taught in-law, Shirley Rugg; four sophomore summer was their home June 22 at 5 bookkeeping basics and grandchildren; seven great spent in Lima, Peru. While p.m.; no gifts, please. grandchildren; and several earned $7.50 a week. For his 20-year d is nieces and nephews. charge, her father was sent She was preceded in back to Pensacola, after death by: her parents, and which the family moved her brother, Herman Jr. to Marianna, FL. Virginia M em orial co n trib u graduated from high school tions may be made to Pio The eighth annual youth Park, 58430 Willow Creek neer Memorial Hospital in Marianna and started an fishing derby, sponsored by Rd., Heppner. The derby is Long-Term Care, PO Box other bookkeeping job, with Oregon Department of Fish for children 14 years old 9, Heppner, OR 97836 or more extensive on-the-job and Wildlife and Morrow and younger. to Willow Creek Terrace training. County Parks, will take For more information, Assisted Living, 400 Frank World War II began, place Saturday, June 1 from contact Betty Gray at 541- Gilman Drive, Heppner, and her father was recalled 8:30-11 a.m. at Cutsforth 989-8214. to Norfolk, VA. It was there OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of that Virginia met and mar ried Bill Cochell, a Hep Heppner is in charge of ar pner native who was in her rangements. father’s band. Together they Virginia L. Wilkinson Armato to graduate from Harvard Fishing derby planned Hunter Education Courses to be held June 11th, 13th, 18th and 20th 6 :0 0 - 9 :0 0 p .m . at H ep p n er H ig h S ch ool Park district to meet Robert Peter Fitzsimmons Robert Peter Fitzsim mons, 67, o f Goldendale, WA departed on the ulti mate hunting and fishing trip Saturday, May 18,2013 at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. A memorial service will be held Friday, May 31, at 1:30 p.m. at the Goldendale Country Club, 1901 N. Co lumbus Ave. in Goldendale. It will be followed by a potluck celebration o f his life, so everyone is encour aged to bring favorite “Fitz” stories. He was bom January 6, 1946 to June and Ken neth (Pete) Fitzsimmons of Oroville, CA. The family moved to Prineville, OR in 1957, when he was in the seventh grade. Bob completed his education in Prineville and was a mem ber of the graduating class of 1963 from Crook County High School. Following in his fa th er’s footsteps, in 1964 he started his journey to become a lineman with the Pacific Gas & Electric Company o f Fresno, CA. Upon com pletion o f his apprenticeship, he moved back to Oregon and began working for the Condon office of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op in January of 1970, and spent over 30 years dedicated to keeping the power on for the resi dents Gilliam and Wheeler Counties. He m arried Roberta Bruce in 1965 and they were blessed with two chil dren, Aaron and Jeanine, whom they raised together in Condon. They later di vorced. On May 14, 1996 he married the love of his life, his wife Sharon Coleman, in Shaniko, OR. They made their home in Fossil, OR for several years before relocating to Goldendale in 2001 following his retire ment from the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. On July 1, 2001, he be gan working at the Klickitat County PUD and held the position of Line Superin tendent at the time of his death. He loved his job and the people he worked with immensely, and made many close friends during his years there. It was said that “Ror a guy that gives the impression of having a rough exterior, Fitz has a Over the Tee Cup Rain, rain and more rain didn’t deter the ladies of Willow Creek Country Club from turning out for play on Tuesday, May 21. Despite the weather, 12 participated. Virginia Grant had low gross o f the field, Laura Rogers had low net and Jackie Allstott had least putts. For flight A, Corol Mitchell had low gross, Eva Kilkenny had low net and Judy Harris and Loa Heideman tied for least Any person under 18 who wishes to pass this course in order to acquire a hunting license in the State of Oregon. Any person wishing to hunt out of state must also hold a valid Hunter Education Card. The course is being taught by Jim and Darlene Marquardt. Questions, call Jim at 541-969-4845. P lea se h a v e yo ur DECORATIONS REMOVED To register for the class go to FROM THE CEMETERY BY http://www.dfw.state.or.us/education/hunter/ and follow registration instructions. T ) sjhe fee for the course is $10 and is set by ODFW | h u r sd a y J une 6 th Heppner M asonic Cemetery putts. Eva Kilkenny had the long drive. For flight B, Pat Dough erty had low gross and long drive, and Betty Bums low net. On flight C, Beverly Steagall had low gross, and Lorrene Montgomery had low net and long drive. Jackie Allstott had chip- in and longest putt #2. The 18-hole in v ita tional will take place June 4. All ladies playing from Heppner are asked to sign up at the club house. Farmer’s market to open in June Willow Creek Farmer’s Willow Creek Park District will have a regular board Market will open for the meeting, along with a budget meeting, on June 11 at 5 season June 21 at Heppner City Park. Market hours p.m. at Heppner City Hall. will be Fridays from 10 With a field day Saturday June 15th at Lexington Gun Club 8am -12 noon heart of gold.” Bob sp en t his life outdoors and was an avid sportsman. His happiest times were spent hunting, fishing, and spending time with family and friends. He also enjoyed guiding fishing trips, meeting new people and following his beloved Notre Dame Fight ing Irish. He was an ex tremely gifted woodworker and spent countless hours in his shop creating treasures that will long be cherished by family and friends. Always ready to lend a helping hand to neighbors and friends, Bob was very involved in the community and particularly enjoyed working with kids. He was a devoted father and was always there for his family, whether coaching his sons’ baseball team, teaching hunter safety courses to the kids of the area, or simply lending an ear and extend ing much needed advice. His children and grand children were the pride of his life. He became a Master Mason in May of 1984, was a member of the Condon Elks Lodge #1869 where he served as Exalted Ruler in 1976 and 1977, and was also a member o f the In ternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #125, Oregon Hunters As sociation, National Rifle Association and Northwest Steelheaders Association. He was preceded in death by: his father and his brother, Richard Dunn. He is survived by: his wife, Sharon; mother, June Dunn G uim ont o f Woodbum, OR; son, Aaron (Chris) Fitzsim m ons o f Condon; daughters, Jeanine (Rob) Conlee of The Dalles, OR, and Shannon (Vince) Vanoss o f Leonardtown, MD; grandchildren, Mar- nie, Derek, Coby, Aleks and Stefan; sister-in-law, Carolyn Reeves of Prinev ille; sister, Debra Bowar of Woodbum; brother, Rich ard Fitzsimmons of Mad era, CA; and niece, Lindsey Dunn of Portland. In lieu of flowers, the fam ily requests m em o rial contributions be made through IBEW Local #125 to the Oregon Bum Center. Columbia Hills Memorial Chapel handled cremation arrangements. a.m. till 2 p.m.; anyone in terested in being a vendor, contact Margaret Flaherty at 541-676-5972. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U have a family member who suffers from gambling addiction. Y O U can also receive F R E E treat ment even if the gambler is not receiving treatment. If you are a resident of Morrow County and you wish to taka advantage of the services above or desire more information, Please call any of the following numbers to set up a LO C A L appointment or just to talk: Bobby Harris ® 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) Q 541-676-9161 O R 1-677-695-4646 (1-688-MYLIMIT) I
