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W ednesday, June 5, 2013
Disque, Allstott
(Choi) Penny Esther to wed in August
Marquardt
Obituaries
Veda June Nave
Veda June Nave, 87, of
Heppner died on Saturday,
June 1, 2013 at the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital
in Heppner. At her
request, there will
be no public ser
vice. Disposition
was by cremation.
Veda's life will be
celebrated by her
loved ones in a pri
vate service.
She was born
on June 9, 1925 in Cyclone,
MO. Veda dedicated 40
years to the care of the sick
and elderly, first in Union
and La Grande, OR, and for
the last 16 years in Morrow
County, where Veda worked
at Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal for the Morrow County
Home Health Care Pro
gram. Veda’s compassion
and nursing skills touched
many lives. In 2003, Veda
was honored by the Or
egon Association o f Home
Care as O regon’s Home
Health Aid of The Year.
Veda worked in nursing
and volunteered for
hospice until the
age of 82, w hen her
children convinced
her to retire and
enjoy a little trav
eling.
Veda was pre
J u n e ceded in death by
her husband, Ralph
Nave, and mother.
Opal Green.
Veda is survived by her
10 loving children, their
spouses, three generations
of grandchildren, two sis
ters and one brother.
M em orials may be
made to the Pioneer Me
morial Hospice, PO Box 9,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Please sign the condo
lence book at burnsmortu-
aryhermiston.com. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in
charge of arrangements.
Funeral Notice
Francis Paul Stack—Francis Paul Stack, 71, of Boise,
ID, formerly of Heppner, died at his home of heart failure
on Thursday morning May 30, 2013. Service will be held
at Boise’s Morris Hill Cemetery at 3 p.m. on Friday, June
7, with reception to follow at Shepherd of the Valley Lu
theran Church. Viewing will be Thursday night from 5 to
8 p.m. and Friday morning 9 a.m. to I p.m. at Cloverdale
Funeral Home, 208-375-2212.
A full obituary will follow at a later date.
CELEBRATE
HEPPNER
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE shaved ice; Sweet Produc
nual merchant sidewalk sale
and community flea market/
craft fair/fundraisers set up
all around downtown, start
ing at 9 a.m. The annual
Bank o f Eastern Oregon
Community barbecue will
take place from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. in the Ameri-
Title Parking Lot.
There will be youth
track activities at Heppner
High School from 8:30-
11 a.m. (sponsored by Hepp
ner Daycare and Preschool);
the Heppner Library will be
having story time at 10:30
a.m. to promote the summer
reading program “Dream
Big; Read!” There will be
children’s games at 1:30
p.m. and small dog races at
2:30 p.m. at Heppner City
Park.
We have m erchants
with specials going on all
day long; Community Bank
will be sponsoring a mini
carnival for kids and a prize
wheel for adults; Heppner
Family Foods will be of
fering a free cup of “Home
tow n” coffee; M urray’s
Drug will be giving out
tions will be offering free
strawberry shortcake with a
meal or for only $ 1 without
a meal; and BEO Mortgage
Division will be having
an open house, so check
out the newly remodeled
offices, have some refresh
ments and enter to win a gift
certificate.
Remember to check
out the Morrow County
Heritage and Agricultural
Museums from 1-5 p.m.
Also, don’t forget to
purchase tickets and come
and enjoy the evening at
this year’s play “Memories
of the Flood,” performed by
the Dinner-at-the-C’emetery
Players at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery starting
with dinner at 6 p.m. Cost
for the play, including din
ner catered by Alvin Liu,
is $25. Tickets can be pur
chased at Bank of Eastern
Oregon, Heppner Chamber
of Commerce, Community
Bank and Murray’s Drug.
The schedule has been
distributed around town;
the full schedule will also
appear in next week’s Ga
zette-Times.
Chamber lunch
meeting
(Choi) Penny Esther
Marquardt, 58, passed away
Tuesday, April 30, 2013 in
Portland, OR. A memorial
service will be held at St.
Stephen’s Episcopal Par
ish, 1432 S.W. 13th Ave.,
Portland, on Sunday, June
9 at 2 p.m.
Penny was born in
Seoul, Korea on June 28,
1954. The adopted daughter
of Bill and Rena Marquardt,
she came to the United
States in 1958. She attended
school in Lexington and
Heppner and then gradu-
Darrell E. Coppock
Darrell E. Coppock, 90,
longtime Morrow and Gil
liam county resident, died
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at
M id-C olum bia M edical
Center in The Dalles. At
his request, no service will
be held.
He was bom March 17,
1923 in Athena, OR, the son
of Frank and Amanda Mo
rey Coppock. He was raised
and attended Athena public
schools, where he gradu
ated from high school.
In 1941, he married
Elizabeth Long. They had
three children, Judson, Alan
and Kerry. They later di
vorced.
Darrell joined the Unit
ed States 26lh Marines, 5,h
Division in 1944 and was
classified as Rifle Expert.
He was awarded the Purple
Heart for injuries sustained
on lwo Jima in 1945.
He m arried W ilma
“Billie” Harshman Kemp
in 1974.
Darrell was a lifelong
farmer and rancher, first
on the land acquired by
his grandfather in 1876 in
Athena, and later on his
grandfather’s homestead
Judy Cowett presents a $25 gift certificate to Kellie F.adler on
behalf of the Neighborhood Center. F.adler won the Neighbor
hood Center's logo contest. Photo by April Sykes
Community lunch menu
CELEBRATE.
June is “National Home Ownership Month.”
BEO Mortgage Division
invites you to an Open House
@ 269 N . Main Street, Heppner
Come see our newly-remodeled offices!
June 14, 2013
10:00 a.m. ~ 4:00 p.m.
Arietta Amspiger, Mortgage Manager
(standing) with loan processors.
Teresa Bedortha & Anna Wedding
‘Rgfreshments Served.
'Enter to win a gift certificate.
You do not need to be a customer to win
St no purchase necessary.
BEO Mortgage Division - 1-877-472-6217
T nopb
Member
FDIC
Robinson, Jepsen
wed in Albany
Local student wins
logo contest
This w eek’s Heppner Chamber of Commerce lunch
meeting will take place Thursday, June 6, at noon in the St.
Amazing Grace Fel
Patrick's Senior Center dining room; the meeting will be
low
ship m em bers w ill
an all entities report. Lunch expense is $10; Cornerstone
serve
lunch on Wednesday,
Gallery will cater. Lunch attendees are asked to RSVP
June
12, at St. Patrick’s
no later than the Wednesday before.
Come
ated from Portland State
University in Portland. She
went on to work as an advo
cate for the disabled.
She is survived by: her
companion, Ric Stumman
of Portland; sisters, Nori-
ta of Portland, Billee (Ira
Owen) of Lexington, and
Charma of Pendleton, OR;
brothers, Rick (Charity,) of
Connell, WA, Bruce (Delia)
of San Diego, CA, Doug of
Pendleton, and Phil (Beth) Kylee Katclyn Bisque and Sean James Allstott
Duane and Robanai Morrow Countv and Herm-
of Pendleton; and numer
ous aunts, uncles, cousins, Disque of Lexington, OR, iston school districts.
and Bryan and Teri A ll
nieces and nephews.
The groom-elect is a
stott o f H erm iston, OR graduate of Hermiston High
announce the engagement School, after which he at
o f their children, Kylee tended Washington State
in M orrow County. He Katelyn Disque of Lexing University in Pullman, WA.
increased his ranching op ton and Sean James Allstott He is now employed by Pio
neer Dupont in Hermiston.
eration by purchasing land of Hermiston.
The bride-to-be is a
in the Lonerock area, as
The couple was en
well. He felt fortunate to graduate of Heppner High gaged on Labor Day week
have spent his life ranching, School. She attended the end of 2012, on the Eagle
doing what he loved. His University of Idaho in Mos Cap peak. They are plan
wisdom, strength, wit and cow, ID and now works as ning an August 17, 2013
love will be missed by all a substitute teacher for the wedding in Hermiston.
who knew him.
Survivors include: his
wife, Billie o f Condon;
sons, Judson Coppock and
his wife Shannon, and Alan
Coppock and his wife Shan
non; daughter, Kerry Petty
john and her husband Larry';
step-children, Gary Kemp
and his wife Marcia, Steve
Kemp, and Sherry Kemp;
sisters, Violet Sampson and
her husband Jim, and Doro
thy Hansell; grandchildren,
Melissa Link, Travis Pet
tyjohn, Nathan Coppock,
Dustin Coppock, Tina Joyce
and Toni Parrish; six great
grandchildren; and many
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in
death by an infant daugh
ter and a sister, Arminda
Perry.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Condon is in charge of ar
rangements.
Bank of
Senior Center. The meal
will include pulled pork on
a bun, baked beans, seven
layer salad, pickles and ice
cream. Milk is served at
each meal.
Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is
subject to change.
Bethany and Daniel Jepsen
Bethany Ruth Robinson
and Daniel Robert Jepsen
were married in a double
ring ceremony on Saturday,
March 16, 2013, at the
First Assembly Church in
Albany. OR. Pastor Seth
Trimmer officiated.
Bethany is the daughter
of Dr. Arthur Robinson and
the late Laurelee Robin
son of Cave Junction, OR.
Daniel is the son of Bill and
Nancy Jepsen, and grand
son of Bob and Suzanne
Jepsen, all of Heppner.
The w edding party
included maid o f honor
Arynne Robinson, sister of
the bride, and bridesmaids
Rebecca Jepsen o f Hep
pner, sister of the groom;
Sarah and Fama Robin
son, sisters-in-law o f the
bride from Cave Junction;
and Melanie Dinger, friend
from Corvallis. The groom
was attended by his brother
Eric Jepsen of Heppner as
best man, and groomsmen
Neill Grandy of Bonanza,
OR and Nick Jordan of Gig
Harbor, WA. Flower girls
were Lydia Robinson, niece
o f the bride, and Olivia
Smith, friend of the bride.
Ring bearers were Jonathan
and Daniel Robinson, neph
ews of the bride.
Music was provided
by pianist Amy SchatTeld,
sister of the groom; violinist
Eric Jepsen, brother of the
groom; and organist Mat
thew Robinson, brother of
the bride.
The bride wore a one
piece, A-line, capped-sleeve
dress overlaid with beaded
lace detail. Her bouquet
was assorted shades of pink
and white roses and other
flowers.
Following the wedding,
a reception was held at the
adjacent church fellowship
hall/gymnasium.
B ethany is a 2011
graduate of Oregon State
University with a Master’s
Degree in Nuclear Engi
neering. Daniel is a 2003
graduate o f Heppner High
School and a 2010 graduate
of Oregon State University
with a Master’s Degree in
Crop Science.
After a honeymoon to
Hawaii, the couple is cur
rently residing in Merrill,
OR.
The groom is an agron-
om ist at J & W Walker
Farms, and the bride works
part-time as a substitute
teacher and tutor.
Hunter Education 1 wccc
Courses to be held June 11th, 13th, 18th and 20th
6 :0 0 - 9 :0 0 p .m . a t
H e p p n e r H ig h S c h o o l
W ith a field day Saturday June 15th
at Lexington G un C lub 8am -12 noon
Any person under 18 who wishes to hunt must
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.
To register for the class go to
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/education/hunter/
and follow registration instructions.
Jhe fee for the course is $10 and is set by ODFW^
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holds
family
barbecue
14 players enjoy golf
scramble
Fourteen players en
joyed playing scramble on
Memorial Day at a Willow
Creek Country Club family
barbecue event.
The activity was orga
nized by Charlie and Jodi
Ferguson, Larry and Karen
Runyon, and Stacy and
Heidi Wilson.
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