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
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family home.
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Allan was born in The
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
Dalles,
OR on May 25,
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1928
to
Arthur Augustus
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column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to
and Elizabeth Clare Yoran
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Smythe.
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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
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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
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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
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