TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
Sam ‘Buddy’ Hornbeck
GAZETTE-TIMES
Sam “Buddy” Horn- Henderson, NV, where he
beck,
76, recently of Hep- joined the Henderson Fire
U.S.P.S. 240-420
pner, passed away March Department. On February
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
20, 2015 at home sur- 3, 1963, Sam’s third son,
Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the
rounded by family. A me- James Stanley, was born.
Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage
paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-
Sam achieved the
morial service in
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the
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In 1966 Sam
Christ
of
Latter
Day
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
and his brother
Saints, date to be
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Stanley packed up
announced.
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Sam was born Sam “Buddy” their families with
column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to
their sights set on
in 1939 in King- Hornbeck
100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch.
moving to Alaska.
fisher,
OK
to
Jesse
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
and Lola Hornbeck. He On the way, they worked
require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be
was one of eight siblings. at mills and ended up in
specified if required).
His father was an artist Albany, OR. There, he
For Obituaries: 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
and they moved around a worked at a lumber mill
or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space
lot. When Sam was 13 his for six months. After be-
for the obituary.
father passed away in a car ing established in Oregon,
For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner
GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone
accident in Las Vegas, NV, Sam was able to get on at
number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not
where they were living. the Albany Fire Depart-
responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will
Sam took it upon himself ment. In 1977, Sam moved
be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
to quit school and help his family to Redmond,
provide for his mom and OR where he worked as
younger siblings. Working a firefighter/EMS trainer
as a gas station attendant, and coordinator for Central
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the he first met his future wife Oregon Firefighters. He
following report of marriage licenses:
Delcie Marie Russom in began working as a paid
April 6, 2015: -Edgar Aparico Gil, 23, of Ione and 1957. On September 14, firefighter, where he was
Sairi Calvillo Aparicio, 23, of Ione.
1959 they married in Las instrumental in training the
-Cutter Narkaus Dorran, 27, of Stanfield and Desere Vegas. They had their first first female firefighters to
Angelic Naugher, 26, of Hermiston.
son, Robert Ell, on Septem- work in the Redmond Fire
ber 23, 1960. Their second Department. In 1985 he was
son, Jessie Maurice, was awarded Firefighter of the
born November 19, 1961. Year. He also worked with
In November of 1962, the Boy Scouts through the
just a few months before Mormon Church.
Sam had a great love
the birth of their third son,
Sam moved his family to of the outdoors, enjoying
hunting, fishing, boating,
camping, shooting and any-
thing to do with nature. He
was known to be a great
camp cook and for cooking
large meals for civic/church
groups as well as being
designated firehouse cook
at all the fire stations he
served. He enjoyed feeding,
nurturing with his ideas and
labor to improve the com-
munity and his family. Sam
was known to have a great
sense of humor, but most of
all he enjoyed being with
family. He took great pride
and joy spending time with
his wife, sons, their wives,
grandchildren and friends.
After 36 years of ser-
vice as volunteer and paid
firefighter, Sam retired from
the fire department in 1991.
He and his wife retired
to Seneca, OR. There he
worked with the volunteer
fire department and ambu-
lance service. Sam and Ma-
rie opened a café with the
help of their two younger
sons. While living in Sen-
eca he also volunteered
cooking for the local Oyster
Feed. He was instrumental
in planning and building
the Bear Valley golf course
and gun club in Seneca.
In 2007, they moved from
Seneca to Heppner. Sam
worked with the local high
school’s FFA and the for-
est service to establish a
grant from the Dept. of
Fish and Wildlife to bring
about safety shelters for
pheasants in the wild to be
protected while they were
young. He worked with the
St. Patrick’s Day festival,
Tea Party group, as well
as being involved with the
Mormon Church.
After Sam was di-
agnosed with cancer, he
moved closer to his oldest
son Robert in Burns, OR in
November 2014. On March
20, 2015 Sam lost his battle
with cancer.
Sam is survived by his
wife, Delcie Marie Horn-
beck of Heppner; three
sons, Robert Ell and wife
Penny of Burns, Jessie
Maurice and wife Patricia
of Redmond, and James
Stanley and wife Bobbi of
Prineville, OR; nine grand-
children and seven great-
grandchildren; and eight
nephews and five nieces.
He is also survived by his
brothers, Lloyd and Doug-
las, and sister, Colleen.
He is preceded in death
by his parents, his brothers
David (Bobby) and Stanley,
and sisters Eloise and Patsy.
Sam Hornbeck will be
greatly missed.
Betty Louise Snow, 79,
of Salem, OR died peace-
fully at her home on March
26, 2015. Betty will be
interred next to her late
husband, Bill, at Willa-
mette National Cemetery
in Portland.
Betty was born April
30, 1935 in Heppner to
Thomas and Melissa How-
ell. She was raised and
received her early educa-
tion in Heppner before
moving away from the
area. She returned in 1976 including the gift shop at
and she met, and in
Salem Hospital, the
the following year
South Salem Se-
married, William
nior Center, Oregon
“Bill” Snow. They
Paralyzed Veterans,
lived on a farm out-
Queen of Peace
side of Ione until his
Catholic Church
retirement in 1983,
and the Willamette
when they moved
Humane Society.
Betty Louise
to Salem.
She was also an
Snow
Betty enjoyed
AARP safe driving
bowling, gardening,
instructor for sev-
sewing and needlecraft. She eral years.
spent many hours volun-
Betty is survived by
teering in her community, daughters, Michele Steen
of Newport, OR and Mary
Angela Hardman of St. Pe-
tersberg, FL; son, Thomas
Parkhurst of Pennsylvania;
step-daughters, Jodi Wee-
ber of Portland, OR and Jeri
McElligott of Ione; step-
son Paul Snow of Hermis-
ton; 13 grandchildren; and
nine great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in
death by her husband, Bill,
in 2000 and a daughter,
Patricia Harnden.
Kenneth “Kenny”
Charles Miller, 73, for-
merly of Heppner, passed
away February 8, 2015 in
his home in Gresham, OR.
A celebration of life will be
held for family and friends
later this spring in Fossil.
Ken was born August
30, 1941. Ken was the son
of Vernon and Mary Miller
from Fossil and Mayville,
OR. He was proud to be
born and raised in Fossil
and a member of the Wheel-
er County High School
class of ‘59. Being a resi-
dent of Fossil and a gradu-
ate of Wheeler County High
School will live forever
with Ken.
After two years of
school and football at East-
ern Oregon College, he
enlisted in the U.S. Army,
spending four years sta-
tioned mostly in Germany.
In 1967 Ken began his
long and impressive career
in the banking industry. His
first position was a loan
collector. The stories of
repossessing cars back in
those days were very funny.
From that position he was
promoted to loan officer in
the Prineville, OR branch.
With his eastern Oregon
background, Ken excelled
in the banking industry,
being able to relate to the
ranchers in a way the city
bankers couldn’t.
Next came a stop in
Heppner as a branch man-
ager. A few years later came
his position as Vice Presi-
dent of Consumer Loan in
Bend. After many corporate
buyouts, First Interstate be-
Marriage Licenses
Columbia-Blue seniors
to start play at The
Dalles Country Club
The Columbia-Blue Senior Golf Association will
start its tournament season at The Dalles Country Club
on April 13. The Columbia-Blue Seniors play tourna-
ments on the second Mondays of the month from April
through October.
Willow Creek Country Club has 37 golfers participat-
ing in the Columbia-Blue Senior tournaments in 2015.
Participation requirements are that the golfers must be
age 50 or above, must be members in good standing at an
association member golf course and must have a current
Oregon Golf Association handicap.
Any male golfer interested in joining the Columbia-
Blue Senior Golf Association should contact John Ed-
mundson, WCCC Local Director, 676-5177.
Betty Louise Snow
Methodists to host free
breakfast, celebrate
second week of Easter Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Charles Miller
Heppner United Meth-
odist Church will host a
free community breakfast
on Sunday, April 12, from
8-10 a.m. Breakfast cas-
serole and beverages are on
the menu for this monthly
event.
Sunday marks the sec-
ond of seven Sundays in
what Christians call East-
ertide, or the Season of
Easter, which begins at sun-
down the evening before
Easter Sunday and lasts for
six more Sundays through
Pentecost Sunday.
This weeks’ message,
“Have You Believed Be-
cause You Have Seen Me?”
will be led by Pastor Cara
Osmin. Liturgist Ellen Rol-
lis will read from the books
of Acts, 1 John and John.
Carley Drake will accom-
pany the choir in Dona
Nobis Pacem. The choir is
led by Jean Brazell.
Hymns will include
“Breathe on Me, Breath of
God,” “Love Divine, All
Love Excelling” and “He
Lives.”
The service begins at
10:30 a.m. Refreshments
and a time for fellowship
will be held in the fellow-
ship room following the
service. All are welcome.
The Heppner United Meth-
odist Church is located at
175 West Church St. For
more information call 541-
676-9224 or e-mail hep-
pneroregonmethodists@
gmail.com.
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Community lunch menu Chamber lunch
Church of the Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist
Church members will serve lunch on Wednesday, April meeting
15, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include
The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of
baked chicken, roast potato medley, mixed veggies, cu- Commerce will be Thursday, April 16, at noon in Heppner
cumbers and onions, hot rolls, and strawberry shortcake. City Hall conference room.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50
Cam Preus, president of Blue Mountain Community
per meal. Menu is subject to change.
College, will be there to talk about the upcoming levy,
the funding request and what is included.
Summit Springs Village
Cost of lunch is $10. Chamber lunch attendees are
asked
to RSVP at 541-676-5536 no later than the Wednes-
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came Wells Fargo. Early re- many cars, and Ken bought
tirement from Wells Fargo another 1962 Impala. This
gave Ken the opportunity to would be his last father/
work for a few smaller re- son restoration project.
gional banks in Baker City His pride and joy, a 1962
and Walla Walla to
Chevrolet Impala,
finish his career. He
will be cared for
was loved and re-
and driven for many
spected by everyone
years to come. Ken
he worked with.
was very competi-
Ken’s passion
tive, winning many
from an early age
trophies and races
was cars. Working Kenneth
in his Willy’s Jeep
on a car in his ga- “Kenny”
during the 70s and
rage is what made Charles Miller 80s. Ken was also
him happy. In the
partners with his
early days, like most hot- son Todd in a drag racing
rodders, he made each car operation. With many race
he had faster by putting in wins and a national record,
a bigger engine. He bought he was proud to pass on his
a 1962 Impala 409 when he love for motor sports.
returned from the service.
Ken was survived by
He had to sell that car when son, Todd Miller; younger
his family came along. sister, Patti Miller; and
Fast-forward 50 years, after niece, MacKenzie Miller.
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