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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 12,2014
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Sonja M. Smith
Heppner
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Sonja M. Smith, 71,
of Heppner died Tuesday,
February 4, 2014 at her
home. A funeral service was
held Saturday, February 8,
at Hope Lutheran Church in
Heppner, with concluding
service and burial follow ing
at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery.
She was bom September
18, 1942 at Weiser, ID, the
son o f Victor H. and Fay
M. Hickerson Ledington.
She was raised and attended
school at North Pow der and
Baker City, OR as well as
Blanding, UT.
On October, 23, 1961
she m arried G erald 1.
“Jerry” Smith at Cortez,
CO. The couple raised three
children.
She was a clerk and
cook at Kate’s Pizza Parlor,
a clerk at the Video Store
and also w orked at the
Kinzua Plywood Plant.
Sonja w as a member of
the I WA union. She enjoyed
crocheting and gardening,
and loved her pets and
spending time with her
grandchildren. Sonja was
always very caring and
worried about people; a
frequent quote of hers was
“be safe.”
Survivors include: her
husband, Jerry; daughters,
Vicki Rayburn and husband
Randy, and Rebecca
P eray-G enovese;
d a u g h ter-in -law ,
Mary Ellen Smith;
g ra n d c h ild re n ,
Christopher
Rayburn, Kendra
Rayburn-Lansford S o n j
a n d h u s b a n d Smith
Herman, Angelique
Peray-Genovese. Marcello
Peray-Genovese, William
Cisco, C hristina Smith,
Katie Smith, Nicole Smith
and Kenneth Smith; and
great granddaughter Kaiana
Lansford.
She was preceded in
death by: son. Randy Smith;
b ro th e rs, L eslie
L e d in g to n an d
Loran Ledington;
and her parents.
Memorial
contributions may
be m ade to The
M American Cancer
i
Society, Great West
Division, PO Box
336, Portland. OR 97208-
3366.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
Pendleton Dieeel and other
businesses in their parts
departm ents in Oregon.
Washington and Idaho.
He enjoyed fishing and
trap shooting, spending
many weekends doing those
things. He also enjoyed
Corvettes.
Larry was preceded in
death by: his parents and his
brother. Bill.
He is survived by: his
sister, Judy (Bob) Stevens
o f H eppner; nephew s,
John Stevens o f Condon
and Billy Brinda of Utah;
n ie c e s, Jo Je an (L y le)
Greene of Pendleton, and
Bonnie (Kirk) Arnold and
Tammy Brinda of Utah.
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Steinhoff, Schlaich
plan June wedding
Larry Lee Brinda
L arry Lee B rin d a,
67, passed away Monday,
January 27, 2014 at his
hom e in C ald w ell, ID
follo w in g a bout with
kidney disease. Services
will be held in Idaho later
this summer.
Larry was born July
4, 1946 in Boise, ID to
parents William and Verna
(Nichols) Brinda. He spent
his early life in Idaho,
moving to Oregon in 1951.
He attended school in
H eppner and graduated
from P en d le to n H igh
School in 1964.
After attending Blue
M o u n tain C om m unity
C o ll e g e he w o rk e d
for W oodpecker Truck,
Relay for Life kick- Fresh snow lures
off event this week Nordic skiers to the
mountains
The Morrow County Fairgrounds.
k ic k -o ff event for this
The kick-off meeting
y ear’s American Cancer this week will be a way
Society Relay for Life will to find out more about
be held this Wednesday, the event, sign up a team,
Feb. 12. from 6-7 p.rrt. at sign up to be a sponsor or
Heppner City Hall.
check out some volunteer
The them e for this opportunities. The Heppner
Amber Steinhoff and Jim Schlaich
year's event is “Love to C ham ber o f Comm erce
A m b e r S t e i n h o f f Condon, OR.
Relay.” The event has been encourages everyone to stop
of Dayton, WA and Jim
Schlaich is the son scheduled for Saturday, by, grab some refreshments
Schlaich of Heppner are o f Lori and K elly Fox May 3, and Sunday, May and enter to win some door
pleased to announce their o f H eppner and Terry 4, at the Morrow County prizes.
upcoming wedding.
Schlaich o f Baker City,
Steinhoffis the daughter OR. 1 le attended Northwest
of Kathy and the late Steve L in e m a n C o lle g e in
Steinhoff of Dayton. She Meridian. ID and is now
holds a bachelor's degree employed as a lineman at
in n a tu ra l re s o u r c e s Columbia Basin Electric
with a minor in fish and Co-op.
wildlife from Oregon State
The couple plans a
University in Corvallis, June 21, 2014 wedding in
Sam Pambrun will be Clark trail, including some
OR. She currently works Dayton. Pastor Greg Bye of
the speaker this Wednesday, interesting, little-known
as a program technician at Dayton will officiate.
Feb. 12, at the Love Your facts. Sally Walker will
the Farm Service Agency in
Library evening being held present a brief overview,
in the living room of the with map handouts, of sites
St. Pat's Senior Center at in Morrow County where
6:30 p.m.
wagon ruts can still be
The publ i c
i s viewed.
encouraged to join in for a
Refreshments will be
The Morrow County Historical Society is seeking look back at the Lewis and served.
stories for the 2014 edition of the Morrow County
Chronicles. If you or someone you know has a story to
share, or would like to write a story, please contact the
editor, Andrea Nelson, at 541-989-8188.
The deadline for printed articles is April 30, 2014.
As the planning for St. Patrick’s weekend gets
underway, the St. Patrick's Committee would like to ask
for volunteers to help w ith this year’s event.
St. Patrick’s Parish members will serve lunch on
“There are many opportunities to get involved and
Wednesday, Feb. 19. at St. Patrick's Senior Center. The help make this year to be better than ever before,” says
meal will include chicken parmigiana, green beans, green Heppner Chamber of Commerce Executive Director
salad, garlic bread and tiramisu. Milk is served at each Sheryll Bates.
meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is
The 32nd annual “Wee Bit O’ Ireland” St. Patrick's
subject to change.
Celebration is scheduled for March 14-16, and there are
many activities available for volunteers to get involved.
Contact Heppner chamber at 541-676-5536 for more
information.
Pambrun to speak
at ‘Love Your
Library’ event
Historical society
seeks submissions
St. Pat’s Committee
looks for volunteers
Community lunch menu
Valentine's Day February 14th
WCVEDG to host
chamber lunch
O rder for
V alentine ' s D ay
M a n y G ifts
to
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With all the new snow this week, three members of the Nordic
ski club went up to break a trail for the Saturday skiers. On
Saturday, nine people skied across Linger Longer Prairie and
down Ditch Creek with tem peratures in the 20s. They had to
pick the few places on the creek that were hard enough to ski
across, and a few skiers had to scrap their skis and wax up after
crossing the creek. Top (L-R): Steve and Molly Rhea, Dan and
Sandra VanLiew, Christy Crowell, Bill and Sherry Ewing, and
Luann Brow n field took advantage of the new snowfall. Bottom:
Kristi Crowell, seated between Molly Rhea (left) and Sandra
VanLiew, shares her lunch with her farm dog, Lucy, who is II
years old. Crowell also made the sacrifice of packing along a
blanket to help w arm the thin dog during their lunch stop. Thin
and old though she may be, Lucy loves to ski, and reportedly
led the pack of younger dogs nearly all day. -Contributed photos
NRCS to hold local
work group meeting
The USDA N atural
Resources Conservation
Service (NRCS) wants to
remind everyone that they
will be hosting a meeting
at the USDA Service Center
on Feb. 19 at 1 p.m. to gather
input regarding the natural
resource opportunities and
priorities across Morrow
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will be Thursday, Feb. 20. The lunch will be
hosted by Willow Creek Valley Economic Development
Group (WCVEDG), who will be holding their annual
luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center dining room.
There is no cost for this luncheon; Alvin Liu/
Cornerstone Gallery will cater. Chamber lunch attendees
The Morrow County
are asked to RS VP at 541 -676-5536 no later than Feb. 18
Clerk's office has released
to guarantee a lunch.
the follow ing report o f
marriage licenses:
Feb. 6, 2014: -Jeremy
Kane Dolar, 27, Boardman
and Haily Mycheal Rogers,
21, Boardman.
Marriage Licenses
tU M D O U !
Thank you DEACON HEIDEMAN,
MARK ANDERSON, CASEY
ARBOGAST AND JOE OREM
for snow plowing in lone!
Thank y o u sn o w sh o velers fo r fa k in g c a re o f y o u r
n eig h b o rs a n d frien d s w h o n e e d e d a h e lp in g hand.
You a re SIM PLY THE BEST!
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- Dani el Venegas
Jimenez, 27, Umatilla and
Yolanda Armenta Mendoza,
38, Umatilla.
-Carlos Pelayo Gilvon,
23, Boardman and Michelle
Martinez M elendez, 19,
Boardman.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
If Y O U h a ve a fam ily m em b er w ho suffers from
gam bling addiction, Y O U ca n a lso receive F R E E treat
m ent e v e n if the ga m b ler is not receiving treatment.
If you are a resident of M orrow C o u n ty and you
w ish to take a d v a n ta g e of the se rv ice s a b o v e or d e
sire m o re information, P le a s e call any of the following
n u m b ers to set up a L O C A L appointm ent or just to
talk B o b b y H arris @ 541-676-9925 or 541-256-0175
Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-676-9101
O R 1-877-695-4648 (1-888-M YLIM IT)
LSflfvinfl Morrow YfliMlef & Gjlliam countie» Since 1958
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County.
Anyone who is unable
to attend this meeting but
who would like additional
information or would like
to provide input, contact
NRCS at 541-676-5021
ext. 113 or Kacee.lathrop@
or.usda.gov. The meeting is
open to the public.
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