TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Joan Doherty
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U.S.P.S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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Births
Emma Jo Mul-
lins—Shaun and Ja-
mie Mullins of Hep-
pner are pleased to
announce the birth of
a daughter, Emma Jo
Mullins. Emma was
born December 18,
2014; she weighed 8
pounds, 8 ounces and
was 21 inches long.
Emma joins older
siblings Charlie, 3, Emma Jo Mullins
and Ella, 1.
Grandparents are Joan and Rick Risch and Michael
Mullins of Manitowoc, WI.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
March 24, 2015: -Travis Paul Bellamy, 31, of Heppner
and Hannah Rae Lankford, 26, of Heppner.
Chamber lunch
meeting to start early
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will offer a full slate of information on
Thursday, April 2, at 11:45 a.m. in Heppner City Hall
conference room.
The chamber will hear a brief introduction of Healthy
Families by Nikki Clark, a presentation by Heppner FFA
students on the pheasant brooding house, and will wrap up
with the normal all entities reports. Attendees are asked to
note that lunch time has been moved up to accommodate
the full schedule and still finish by 1 p.m. Presentations
will begin at 12:05 p.m.
Cost of lunch is $10; Bucknum’s will cater. Chamber
lunch attendees are asked to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no
later than the Wednesday before to guarantee a lunch.
AARP safe driving
course offered
Joan Doherty, 73, of Mortuary in Pendleton.
A 1960 graduate of
Lexington died March 25,
Umatilla High
2015. Her funeral
School, she enjoyed
Mass was co-cele-
swimming, cheer-
brated by Fr. Kumar
leading and volley-
Udagandla and Fr.
ball. She attended
Mike Fitzpatrick
Gonzaga University
on Tuesday, March
after high school
31, at 10 a.m. at
St Mary’s Catholic Joan Doherty and then married
William Doherty in
Church in Pendle-
ton, OR, with a rosary ser- 1967. She and her husband
vice preceding on Monday, moved to Sand Hollow,
March 30, at 7 p.m. at Burns near Lexington, where she
Vernon Edward Cecil,
96, of La Grande, formerly
of Heppner, died March 28,
2015, one day short of his
97 th birthday at La Grande.
A graveside service with
military honors will be held
Saturday, April 4, at 1 p.m.
at the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery. A potluck recep-
tion will follow at the St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church
parish hall in Heppner.
Vernon was born in
Kahler Basin, outside of
Spray, OR. He was the
first of five children born
to Ralph and Ruby Den-
nison Cecil. He spent his
childhood living in the
Spray area and loved the
community and the people
there. Vernon was in the
U.S. Army, serving in the
Pacific Theatre in 1944 and
1945 with most of his time
being spent on the island of
Okinawa.
On January 9, 1948 he
married LaVelle Jones at
Boise, ID. The couple was
married for 63 years and
raised four children. They
lived in Heppner and later
moved to Kinzua, OR.
He worked most of his
life in the timber industry,
spending many years as
a diesel mechanic work-
ing on logging equipment
in the woods. He was an
extremely hard worker and
was never late a day in his
life. As a matter of fact,
WCCC Sunday
men’s play results
Eighteen participated
in men’s play on Sunday,
March 29, at Willow Creek
Country Club. Results were
as follows:
Gross: 1 st , Dave Prang-
er, 66; 2 nd , Tom Bedortha,
70; 3 rd , Charlie Ferguson,
71, and Barry Munkers, 71.
Net: 1 st , DavidGunder-
son, 55; 2 nd , Stacy Wilson,
58; 3 rd , Tom Shear, 59, and
Ralph Walker, 59.
Special Events: Least
Putts, Charlie Ferguson, 26;
KP #4/13, Barry Munkers, 1
ft. 5 in.; KP 2 nd shot #6/15,
Ron Bowman, 1 ft.
There will be no orga-
nized men’s play on Easter
Sunday, April 5. The next
men’s play will be April 12
with Barry Munkers, Tom
Bedortha and Josh Coiner
in charge of play.
The club would also
like to remind members to
sign up at club house for
Wednesday night team play.
It starts on April 15 and is
$40 per team.
Community lunch
menu
United Methodist Church members will serve lunch
on Wednesday, April 8, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The
meal will include spaghetti with meat sauce; seven-layer
salad with kale, lettuce, cauliflower, carrots, cucumbers,
broccoli, tomatoes and radishes; garlic bread; and tira-
misu. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
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if he wasn’t an hour early, cil; daughter, Ruby Norine
people wondered what was Lathrop; brothers, Frank
wrong.
Cecil and Darrell Cecil; 13
After retirement, Ver- grandchildren; and 29 great-
non and Lavelle
grandchildren.
spent many years
He was preced-
camping in the Uki-
ed in death by his
ah mountains, riding
parents; his wife,
and checking cattle
LaVelle Cecil; his
for a group of ranch-
loving son, Gordon
ers. They enjoyed Vernon
Cecil; a brother,
these years and Edward Cecil Percy Cecil; and
loved taking grand-
a sister, Geraldine
kids with them and teaching Gates Moore.
them to ride, camp, hunt
Memorial contributions
and fish. Vernon will always may be made to Pioneer
be remembered for his story Memorial Hospital, PO Box
telling, his laughter and his 9, Heppner 97836.
love of family and friends.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Survivors include sons, Heppner is in charge of ar-
Ron Cecil and Jerry Ce- rangements.
Morrow SWCD to
meet
The Morrow SWCD will hold its monthly meeting
on Tuesday, April 7, at 7 p.m. in the Ag Service Center
conference room.
Agenda items include review and approval of the
February meeting minutes, treasurer’s report, insurance
coverage, review draft weed policy and job description,
staff and partner reports, and long-range plan discussion.
Meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the
public.
Funds available for
youth group willing to
clean watershed
The Heppner Water
Control District annually
provides funds to a Hep-
pner-area youth organiza-
tion to complete a creek-
cleaning project to remove
garbage and debris from the
creek channels in the Hep-
pner watershed.
Project funding is on a
first-come basis and adult
involvement is required.
For more information, call
Janet Greenup at 541-676-
5452, extension 109.
Landowners along
Willow, Shobe and Hin-
Wedding - May 29
ton creeks in the water-
shed are asked to report
downed trees and debris
in the creek channel at the
number above. This annual
project helps keep the creek
channels clear of debris for
the safety and enjoyment of
the citizens and visitors of
Heppner.
Citizens are reminded
it is against state law to
throw debris or refuse, such
as grass clippings, gar-
bage, appliances, etc., in
the creek.
HHS Mustang
athletic apparel
available
Anyone looking to purchase Heppner High School
athletic or baseball apparel is in luck; items are available
now, offered through the HHS baseball program.
Mustang t-shirts, hooded sweatshirts, pullovers and
hats are all available for pre-order.
Orders must be submitted by April 10 with expected
delivery by April 17.
Contact Jim Kindle for more information, 541-379-
3755 or tinyjimk@yahoo.com.
Order forms are available at Heppner High School
office and Murray’s Drug.
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Wedding - April 11
She is survived by her
husband of 48 years, Wil-
liam J. Doherty; her five
children, Kierin Doherty,
Katherine Knop, Brian
Doherty, John Doherty and
Timothy Doherty; and 11
grandchildren.
Sign the online guest-
book at www.burnsmortu-
ary.com. Burns Mortuary
of Pendleton is handling
arrangements.
Vernon Edward Cecil
An AARP safe driving course will be offered Thurs-
day, April 9, from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Ione Community
Area resident Betty Bailey is currently receiving care
Church. Cost is $15 for AARP members, $20 for non- at Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital but she would
members. Cost is for materials only; the instructor is love to hear from friends in the Heppner area.
donating time. To enroll, call Lou Bisson, 541-989-8141.
She can be reached for the next several weeks at Betty
Bailey, c/o Northern Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, 600
North Cecil, Post Falls, ID 83854.
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lived from then onward.
She enjoyed raising her
children, gardening and
making harvest lunches.
She taught Catechism at
Our Lady of Angels in
Hermiston, OR and later at-
tended Mass regularly at St.
Andrew’s in Mission, OR.
Joan enjoyed reading,
spending time with her fam-
ily, and watching Gonzaga
basketball along with Notre
Dame football.
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