TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 14, 2015 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner Obituaries Allan Arthur Smythe Allan Arthur Smythe, 87, of Arlington, died Mon- U.S.P.S. 240-420 day, October 5, 2015 at his home. He lived his entire Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the life in Arlington. At his Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage request, there will be no paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. formal service. Those wish- net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner ing to share stories of Allan Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $30 in are welcome to stop by the Morrow County; $24 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $36 elsewhere; $30 student subscriptions. family home. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Allan was born in The Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor Dalles, OR on May 25, All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. 1928 to Arthur Augustus For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to and Elizabeth Clare Yoran 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch. Smythe. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub- The family spent sum- lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be mers with the sheep in specified if required). the Blue Mountains, and For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to Allan’s first job was pick- meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines ing huckleberries, which or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. he sold to the store at For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner Meacham for a dollar a GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone gallon. At the end of sum- 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 mer he had enough money be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. to buy a bike. Allan attended Arling- ton High School, where he was an “average” student and an above-average ath- lete (by others’ accounts— Allan was very modest). South Morrow County Scholarship Inc. announces He graduated in 1946. After Maggie Collins as the recipient of the graduation, he attended 2015-2016 Elizabeth Slottee Memorial what is now Oregon State Scholarship in the amount of $1,200. University until he ran out Maggie is studying agricultural sci- of money, and then went ence at Oregon State University and plans to California to work con- on becoming a high school agriculture struction with his brother- teacher. in-law. When he ran out of The Elizabeth Slottee Memorial work, he joined the Califor- Scholarship is given each year in memory Maggie of Beth Slottee to a college junior, senior Collins or graduate student who is attending an accredited college and majoring or minoring in music Billie Fay Lacy, 83, or teaching. of Heppner, died Monday, October 5, 2015 at Pio- neer Memorial Hospital. A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, Oc- tober 24, at 11 a.m. at the Condon Masonic Cemetery, Mrs. Eastern Oregon, appear in her pageant re- Condon, OR. Lori McNeil of Baker City, galia and will read several She was born February OR, will be presenting a picture books, as well as 17, 1932, in Condon, OR, story time and craft for leading a book-making the daughter of Willard children at both the Hep- craft. That same day she Warren and Alice Loa Crall pner and Boardman librar- will appear at the Boardman Keeney. She was raised and ies of Oregon Trail Library library at 4 p.m., again with attended school in Condon. District. stories and a craft. On August 8, 1951 she “I love working hard McNeil ran in the East- married Walter Russell Lac- ern Oregon pageant on a ey in Condon. The couple platform promoting early literacy. She will compete in the state Mrs. Oregon BonnaRae Miller, 75, America 2016 pageant on of Heppner, died Sunday, April 9. September 20, 2015 at her Kathy Street, Oregon home. A graveside memo- Trail Library District di- rial service will be held rector, says she is happy Saturday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. that Mrs. Eastern Oregon at the Heppner Masonic contacted OTLD with this Cemetery. Mrs. Eastern Oregon Lori opportunity. McNeil She was born October “Hearing stories read 23, 1939 at Missoula, MT, with community partners aloud contributes to lan- the daughter of Edgar and throughout Eastern Oregon guage development and Irene Roberts Schroeder. to help promote literacy and early literacy” Street says. She lived in Stevensville, encourage a love for read- These opportunities ing,” says McNeil. will add to the regularly- MT until moving to Oregon Story time at the Hep- scheduled story times the on Christmas Eve of 1947. pner library will be Wednes- libraries offer. Contact the She lived in Portland, Mon- day, Oct. 21, at 10:30 a.m. library district with any roe and Philomath while Mrs. Eastern Oregon will questions, 541-481-3365. GAZETTE-TIMES Collins awarded Slottee scholarship nia National Guard and was assigned to Army supply; he “handed out the bullets,” as he used to like to say. He served in Korea from 1950 to 1952, after which he re- turned to Arlington. On Friday, May 13, 1955 he married Priscilla Darlene White. The couple had four children in five years. Allan supported his family by working for area farmers. He remembered sewing bags of wheat shut and loading bags of wheat as a young man, and doing construction work. He tried his hand at farming for a time on his father-in-law, Dick Logan’s, property. Eventually, he settled on masonry as his primary source of income, and much of the sidewalks, block and brick work around town are his. He was a masonry craftsman who took pride in his work and did business on a handshake. He built his own house of brick in 1976, doing almost all of the work himself. For many years Allan took time off his own work to help Gene Mulkey with harvest. When Gene retired from harvest, Allan also retired. Allan finally retired for good at the age of 80 due to a “bad” Funeral Notices Alvin ‘Al’ James Vinson—Alvin ‘Al’ James Vinson, 65, of El Centro, CA, formerly of Heppner, passed away at Kadlec Hospital in Richland, WA on June 26, 2015 after a brief illness. Al was born to Delbert Ted and Suzanne B. Vinson on October 30, 1949 in Heppner. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, October 17, at 11 a.m. at the Heppner Elks Club. knee and shoulder, leaving his sons, Scott and Gary, to carry on the family tradition of craftsmanship, though all of his children inherited his work ethic. Allan was diagnosed with kidney disease at the age of 83. At that time he gave up cutting his own wood. He relied on his daughter Sheila for much of his care for the next three years. His health held steady until December of 2014; he then bounced back for the first five months of this year, but his health be- gan to decline slowly over the summer and then rapid- ly this past month. The past year he has relied on his daughter-in-law Claudia to advocate for him, keep his meds straight and get him to appointments. Whenever his nurse practitioner, Jon Soffer, would ask him if he had any pain, he would grin and say “Just her!” In the last few weeks of his life, his primary caregiver was his grandson, Daniel, whose kindness and pa- tience were amazing and much appreciated by Allan and the whole family. Al- lan could not have stayed at home without Daniel’s help. Allan is survived by his family, Darlene Smythe, Sheila and John Garrett, Gary Smythe, and Daniel Smythe and his daughter Maci Smythe, all of Ar- lington; Scott, Claudia and Aaron Smythe of Hardman; Lori Smythe Yates, and Jessica and Finn Dale, all of Salem; and Colin Yates of Hawaii. Memorial contribu- tions may be made to the Arlington Booster Club, where at least four gen- erations of Smythes have played sports; the Ione Booster Club, where grand- son Aaron plays for “that other” Big Sky team; or to the Mid-Columbia Medical Center Foundation. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner was in charge of arrangements. lived in Condon, Madras, enjoyed cooking, fishing, Tygh Valley, Hermiston, hunting, baking, reading, Pendleton and Heppner. embroidering and putting While Billie was puzzles together. living in Condon Survivors in- she was a nurse’s clude her children, aide at the Condon Marthela Hawkins Nursing Home, she (Phil) of Olympia, was also a member WA, April Wilson of the Condon Bap- (Donny) of Hep- tist Church and the Billie Fay pner, David Lacey American Legion Lacy (Merilyn) of Ant- Auxiliary. Billie leope, Dorothea had most recently been Frost (Art) of Redmond, a resident at St. Patrick’s Kathy Cutsforth, (Curtis) Senior Center and Willow of Heppner, and Loa Saey Creek Terrace Assisted Liv- (John) of Redmond, OR; ing, both of Heppner. She brother, William Keeney; 16 grandchildren; 27 great- grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter. Billie was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Lacey; brothers, Jack Keeney and Ralph Keeney; and sisters, Loa Snyder, Ida Kelty and Bes- sie Lamoreaux. Memorial contributions may be made to the Wil- low Creek Terrace Assisted Living, 400 Frank Gilliam Drive, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of ar- rangements. Billie Fay Lacy Mrs. Eastern Oregon at Heppner story hour BonnaRae Miller THE L ANDING RESTAUR ANT Will be Closing for the Season November 16 we will be back next year Closed Tuesday for Supply Run Friday $9.95 Hamburger Steak Prime rib Every Saturday night $24.95 (Reservations Required/Limited supply) ONLY 4 SATURDAYS LEFT NOVEMBER 14 LAST DAY TO GET PRIME RIB Saturday & Sunday Morning Breakfast Buffet Only $8.95 Open 8am-11am Closed Sunday 11am-12pm for cleaning growing up. She graduated from Albany Union High School 1958. She then at- tended Merrit-Davis Busi- ness College in Salem. On June 27, 1959 she married Joseph Fordyce Miller in Lebanon, OR. The couple lived in Portland, Gresham and Boring be- fore moving to Heppner in 1977. That same year they started the Miller and Sons Welding business. Bon- naRae was the bookkeeper and general manager of that business. BonnaRae was a mem- ber of the Heppner Unit- ed Methodist Church and faithfully sang in the church choir. She also sang in the Community Choir, Senti- mentalist Group, and many other singing groups. She enjoyed reading, traveling with their RV and spending winters in Arizona. Survivors include her husband, Joe Miller of Hep- pner; sons, Reid Miller (Sheila) of Lexington, Ray Miller (Debbie) of Idaho Falls, ID, and Ryan Miller (Sharon) of Heppner; sister, JoyceKay Hollomon of Heppner; eight grandchil- dren; seven great-grand- children; and numerous nieces and nephews, as well as many friends. Memorial contributions may be made to Pioneer Memorial Hospice, PO Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836 or to the United Methodist Church, PO Box 733, Hep- pner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of ar- rangements. moved back to Oregon. Myrna loved lighthous- es, capitols and Latter-day Saints temples, and visited as many as she could during her travels. She was an avid collector (sea shells, insula- tors, rocks, minerals, light- houses), and loved crafts, primarily needlepoint, and white cats (Flash, Tai and Knute). Myrna is survived by her two daughters, April (Tom) Miller-LePage of Salem, and Lori (Mark) Miller- Harris of Florida; her sister, Emilie (Ryan) Runchel, Smithfield, UT; her niece, Lisa (Brad) Triplett, Logan, UT; her two step-grandchildren, Sonya LePage and Thomas J. LePage, Jr.; her surrogate daughter, Terri (Bill) Rog- ers; her surrogate grand- daughter, Andrea (Andrew) Muth, and their daughter Lilyann Muth; her double cousin Adrian (Jennifer) Barker; and three great- nephews and two great- nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Paul. Donations may be made in her name to in- crease the awareness of Sarcoidosis to the Sarcoid Networking Association, 12619 S. Wilderness Way, Molalla, OR 97038 or to assist in continued research of Sarcoidosis to the Provi- dence Foundations, P.O. Box 3338, Portland, OR 97208, 503-215-5546. Assisting the family is Virgil T. Golden Funeral Service of Salem. Myrna Rose Miller Myrna Rose Miller, beloved mother, sister, aunt and grandmother, 75, passed away and returned to her loving Father in Heaven on Friday, October 9, 2015, at the Salem Hospital in Salem, OR. A graveside service will be held at the Ione High View Cemetery on October 24, 2015, at 12 p.m. A reception will follow at Ione Community Church. Myrna was born in Hyde Park, UT on Sep- tember 20, 1940, to Parley James Balls and Rosetta Elizabeth Barker Balls. She has one sister, Emilie Caro- lyn Balls Jacobsen Runchel (69). Myrna was raised in Hyde Park. She married William Devon Greener on June 24, 1960, at Elko, NV. They divorced in 1961. In 1962, she met Paul Elvin Miller at a dance in Burley, ID, and they mar- ried on May 18, 1963. She moved to his farm in Cecil, OR, where they farmed wheat until the fall of 1972. In 1972, they moved to Quartzsite, AZ, and pur- chased and operated a rock shop and RV supply store. Myrna and Paul loved to travel and visited 49 of the 50 states before Paul passed away on March 25, 1993. Myrna continued to run the business and traveled to England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. In 2000, she temporar- ily moved back to Hyde Park to live and care for her mother Rosetta. In 2006, she moved to Phoenix, Ari- zona to live with her daugh- ter, April, and then in 2009, Myrna and April’s family Senior Sunday Dinner $6.95 Pork Roast Landing at Morrow Count y OHV Park Hours: mon-Sat 8am-8pm Sunday 8am-5pm 541-969-3822 find us on facebook www.facebook.com/TheLandingLodge Deadline for news and advertising: Monday at 5 p.m. After School Program Wednesdays - October 21-November 18 3:30-5:30 at Ione Community Church Kindergarten - 5th Grade Welcome Music • Crafts • Games • Snacks • Bible Stories • Friends OPEN HOUSE for Dorothy Krebs' 90th Birthday! 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