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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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 periodical maner at the
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David Sykes...................................... .........................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor
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specified if required)
For Obituanes 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
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GT will not publish unsigned 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 dassifieds under 'Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10
Marriage Licenses
Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has released
the following report on marriage licenses issued:
August 22: -Danny DeWayne Wallice, 41, West
Monroe, LA, and Bresha Lynne Higgins, 42, Pasco, WA.
Class of 1994
reunion planned
October 31
The Heppner High
School Class o f 1994 is
planning a 20-year reunion
Friday, October 31. Any
classmates, teachers, family
or friends of the members
are welcome to attend.
Activities planned in
clude a Trick or Treat with
the family. Class members
are invited to bring their
little ones out for a little
ghoulish fun. Those plan
ning to attend should meet
at Hager Park at 5 p.m.
At 7 p.m. it’s game
time featuring the Heppner
High football team in their
last game of the season vs.
Weston-McEwen.
Then it’s “ S tories
and Spirits’’ following the
game, with a meet-up at
Bucknum’s to catch up with
old friends.
On Saturday, Novem-
ber 1, a potluck lunch is
planned. Classmates and
family members are invited
to gather at St. Patrick’s
Catholic Parish Hall for a
potluck lunch. Attendees
are asked to bring a main
and side dish and donate $5
to assist in the cost of the
hall rental.
Then it’s “Stories and
Spirits” again. Raise your
glass with your friends
from 1994 one last time this
weekend at Bucknum’s Pub
at 9 p.m.
For more information
on the weekend's activities
or to connect with the class,
please contact Candis (Mar
shall) Smith at candis@
eoni.com Nikki (Sweeney)
Coe at 541-676-5073 or
find the class on Facebook.
“We look forward to seeing
everyone there.”
4- H record book
workshops available
Robert Loren
“Bob” Hale
Robert Loren “Bob”
Hale was bom on February
11, 1930 in Pendleton,
Oregon to parents, Loren
Howard Hale and Leoma
R hodes H ale. He died
on A ugust 20, 2014 in
R ichland, W ashington,
at the age of 84 years. A
graveside funeral service
was held on Saturday,
August 23, at 10:00 a.m. at
the Echo Cemetery, Echo,
Oregon.
He was raised and
attended school in Echo,
Oregon graduating from
E cho H igh S ch o o l in
1947. Bob was united in
m arriage to Jane Adell
Graham on January 21,
1949 in Pendleton, Oregon.
He worked construction
at McNary Dam for a few
years before going into
farm ing. He worked on
local farms until starting
his own farming business
on Buttercreek Highway,
Echo, in 1975.
He was a m em ber
o f the United Methodist
Church, the Oregon Wheat
League, and a longtime
member of the Echo School
Board. He enjoyed RVing
with Adell, the beach witli
his family and time at his
and A dell’s beach condo
on the Oregon Coast in
later years. He also enjoyed
building model airplanes,
was an avid reader, and
was an avid history buff.
Bob cherished the time with
Adell and with his family.
He was a farmer and was
truly a devoted family man.
He is survived by his
wife of 65 years, J. Adell
H ale, Echo, OR; sons:
Douglas Hale and his wife
Sheryle, Richland. WA,
Robert “ Bob” Hale and
his wife Kelly, Hermiston,
OR. and Rick Hale and
his wife Jody, Echo, OR;
daughters: Christina Hale
Wilson and her husband
Don, Scottsdale, AZ, and
Jack ie N elson and her
husband Steve, Bellingham,
WA; sisters: Hazel Hale ,
Portland, OR. and Maria
D uncan, Lake Oswego,
OR ;15 grandchildren and
19 great grandchildren; a
brother-in-law and sister-
in-law, and several nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in
death by his parents.
T h o se w ho w ish
may make contributions in
Bob’s memory to the Echo
Booster Christmas for the
needy.
People are invited to
sign the condolence book
at bumsmortuaryhermiston.
com
Burns M ortuary o f
Hermiston, Oregon is in
care of arrangements.
HHS Steak Feed,
Auction set Oct. 4
The Heppner Junior/
Senior High School Booster
Club will hold their annual
Steak Feed and Auction
on Saturday, October 4,
at the Heppner Elks Club,
beginning at 6 p.m.
This event provides
the majority of the funds
that the Booster Club uses
to help support both athletic
and academic clubs and
activities at Heppner Junior/
Senior High.
In addition to the steak
dinner and the live auction,
there will be raffle prizes
and silent auction items
which provide a variety of
opportunities for everyone
For those who need assistance with their 4-H record
books, help is on the way.
In fact, only one workshop remains before books are
due on Sept. 22. The final record book workshop will be
held at the 4-H office in Heppner on Sunday, Sept. 7, from
5- 7 p.m. Participants are invited to sign up online at http://
www.signupgenius.com/go/ 10c0a49a9ad22a4fe3-record;
if no sign-ups are received within 48 hours of the event,
it will be canceled.
Questions, please call the 4-H office at 541 -676-9642.
The Shared Ministry
of Hope Lutheran Church
and All Saints Episcopal
Church will celebrate the
fifth Sunday of the month at
Hope, beginning at 10 a.m.
on August 31.
The Board of Directors for the lone Library District
Morning worship will
will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 28, be based on the sung liturgy
beginning at 2:30 p.m. at the lone Public Library, 385 of Holden Evening Prayer,
W. 2nd Street, lone.
an unusual use of this popu
The public is welcome to attend.
lar service (although it will
Norita Ruth
Marquardt
Norita Ruth Marquardt, their home games for many
64, of Portland died Mon years. Norita was also ac
day, August 18, 2014 at tive in various churches
a Portland-area
and Bible study
hospital. Funeral
g ro u p s in the
service was Sun
Portland area.
day, August 24,
Her wit and
at 2 p.m. at the
w isd o m w ere
Lexington Com
greatly appreci
m u n ity B ib le
ated and many
Church with in
people came to
terment to follow
her for counsel,
at the Lexington
or to “ju st un
Cemetery.
N o r i t a R u t h load.” She was
She was bom Marquardt
greatly loved by
July 21, 1950 to
all who knew her.
B ill and Rena
She is su r
Messenger M arquardt at vived by her mother, Rena
Pioneer Memorial Hospital o f Lexington; brothers,
in Heppner. Norita attended Rick and his wife Charity
schools in Lexington and of Connell, WA, Doug of
Heppner, where she gradu Pendleton, Philip and his
ated from high school. She wife Beth o f Pendleton,
also graduated from Blue and Bruce and his wife
Mountain Community Col Delia of Lakewood, CA;
lege in Pendleton, Eastern sisters, Billee Owen and her
Oregon College o f Educa husband Ira of Lexington,
tion in La G rande, and and Charma Marquardt of
Multnomah School of the Pendleton; and numerous
Bible in Portland.
nieces and nephews.
Norita joined the Port
She was preceded in
land Police Force in 1975 death by her father Bill
as a police record clerk, and a sister, Choi (Penny)
moving through various Marquardt.
positions and assignments
Memorial contributions
until her retirement in 2011. may be made to the Lex
She developed a program ington Community Bible
to enable the police to keep Church, c/o Sweeney Mor
track of the different gangs tuary. PO Box 97, Heppner,
in the Portland area.
OR, 97836.
She sang the opening
Sweeney Mortuary of
National Anthem for the Heppner is in care of ar
Portland Winterhawks at rangements.
Funeral Notice
M argaret A. Evans— Margaret A. Evans, 88, of Hep
pner died Tuesday, August 19, 2014 in Hermiston. She
was bom April 4, 1926 at Cecil. OR. Memorial service
to come enjoy the evening will be Monday, September 8, at 11 a.m. at Hope Lutheran
and support the Mustangs, Church in Heppner. A complete obituary will appear in
said a spokesperson.
next week’s Gazette-Times. Sweeney Mortuary of Hep
Updates
a n d pner is in charge of arrangements.
information may also be
found on the HJSHS website
(w w w .hhs.m orrow .k 12.
or.us) and on the Booster
Club’s Facebook page.
A planning meeting
for anyone interested in
helping w ith the event
will be held on Thursday,
August 29, at 6 p.m. in the
high school library.
The regular monthly
meetings will resume in
Septem ber at 6 p.m. in
the library on the third
Wednesday of the month.
lone Community
holds benefit for
Arlington Church
Shared Ministry
to celebrate fifth
Sunday
lone Library
Board to meet
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lone Community Church sponsored a pit beef barbecue
dinner
at the church Saturday. The event was held as a
be evening in India and
benefit
for the congregation of the Arlington Nazarene
Liberia, where three of
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The next Chamber Lunch meeting will be held on
Thursday, September 4, and will be All Entities reports.
The lunch will be held in the City Hall Conference Room
and is scheduled from 12-1 p.m. The lunch expense is
$ 10 .
A&M's Kitchen will be catering the lunch and will
be serving “Make your own Taco Salad” with dessert.
Those planning to attend should RSVP no later than
Tuesday, Sept. 2, to accommodate enough meals.
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 ave a fam ily m em ber w ho suffers from
gam bling addiction, Y O U can also receive F R E E treat
m en t even if the g am b ler is not receiving treatm ent.
If you are a resident o f M orrow C ounty and you
wish to take ad van tag e of the services a b o ve or d e
sire m ore inform ation. P lease call any of the following
num bers to set up a L O C A L appointm ent or just to
talk:
Bobby Harris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5
Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) @ 541-676-9161
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