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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 4, 2015 Obituaries The Oficial Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Ofice at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Ofice at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $30 in Morrow County; $24 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $36 elsewhere; $30 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5 per column inch. Cost for classiied ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classiied display ad is $5.75 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub- lication must be speciied. Afidavits must be required at the time of submission. Afidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be speciied if required). 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 or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. 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 number for use by the GT ofice. 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 classiieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Births Harlow Mae Morter—Brian and Courtney Morter of Bonners Ferry, ID an- nounce the birth of a daughter, Harlow Mae Morter. Harlow was born September 15, 2015 at 3:20 a.m. at Bon- ner General Hospital in Sandpoint, ID. She Harlow Mae Morter weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. Harlow joins big sisters Hadley, two and a half, and Hailey, 14 months. Grandparents are Roger and Carla Morter of Heppner, and Don and Jeanne Hanson of Hermiston. Great-grandparents are Perry and Kathy Morter of Ione, Dexter and Corinne Miles of Heppner, and Wilbur and June Hanson of Lincoln, NE. First Friday Friends of Jesus this week The November session of First Friday Friends of Jesus will be held this Friday, Nov. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church (corner of Church and Gale). Parents may bring children for supervised play after 8 a.m. upon prior request. Children ages four to 12 are invited to a morning illed with Bible stories, crafts and games. A free lunch is served. There is no cost to attend. More information is available by calling the Shared Ministry ofice at 541- 676-9970. Catholic men to hold irst Friday meeting The men of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church of Heppner and St. William’s Catholic Church of Ione will hold their irst Friday of the month meeting Nov. 6 at the parish ofice in Heppner. The meeting will start at 6:45 a.m. and will be fol- lowed by First Friday Mass at 7:30 a.m. OL Adams OL Adams, 88, of side service with military Heppner passed away on honors will be held at 2:30 Wednesday, October 28, p.m. Saturday, November 2015 around 5:30 a.m. at 7, at the Spray Cemetery in home while prepar- Spray, OR. ing to go elk hunt- OL was born ing. A funeral Mass June 11, 1927 at El- will be held at 10 lijay, NC to Ruth a.m. Saturday, No- and Oscar Webb vember 7, at St. Adams. The fam- Patrick’s Catholic ily moved to Sedro Church in Heppner. OL Adams Wooley, WA and on Recitation of the to Central Oregon Holy Rosary will when he was two be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, No- years old, settling in Spray vember 6, at St. Patrick’s during his teen years. Catholic Church. Grave- On May 22, 1954 OL married Jean Ann Samples in Yakima, WA. OL lived and worked in Kinzua, OR from 1945 until 1975, at which time he and his wife, Jean, moved into the home they built together on Blake Ranch. This became Pop’s and Gram’s haven to their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Survivors include his wife, Jean; daughter, Charmian Bogle and her husband Lee of Prineville, OR; sons, Brian Adams of Prairie City, OR and Tim Adams and his wife Terra of Heppner; a brother, Odell Adams of Spray; eight grandchildren, Josh, Adam, Rian, Casey, Dustan, Jay, Krista and Donald; and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and seven brothers. Memorial contributions may be made to the Hep- pner Ambulance Fund, PO Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in charge of ar- rangements. such as boating and water skiing, fossil hunting, learn- ing French as well as Span- ish, and reading noniction. He studied the wildlife in the area and practiced photography. He enjoyed lying planes as well as playing his guitar. Family was important to him and every two years he and his family would attend a family reunion at Diamond Lake, OR. Bill was a solid mem- ber of the community of Mikkalo. He took part in group projects, helped his neighbors and took his turns on the local school board. He was someone on whom the neighbors could de- pend. Bill’s wife Fredamae passed away on December 24, 1981. Later, Bill mar- ried Margaret Christian on June 16, 1985. He retired from ranching in 1988. They moved to Madras, OR. Bill as well as Marga- ret liked speaking Spanish. They traveled to Mexico a couple of times during their marriage. They enjoyed playing guitar and piano and singing songs. Both enjoyed studying geology and collecting rocks. Bill is predeceased by his sister Georgia (Joy) Parker, Ridgecrest, CA; his half-sister Dean Weaver, Florence, OR; and his step- daughter Susan Eichler, Gresham, OR. He is survived by his wife Margaret Wise, Ma- dras, OR; his two remaining sisters Darlene Hoskins, Heppner, and Delight Ad- ams, Oregon City, OR; and his children, Sharla Fischer, Portland, OR; Wayne Wise, Weston, OR; Wesley Wise, Irrigon; Chuck Wise, Con- don, OR; Kelly Lemay, Grants Pass, OR; David Wise, Mikkalo; and Pa- mela Moorhead, Albany, OR. Bill is also survived by his step-children, Mary Willson, Puyallup, WA; Barbara Wise, Weston; Dr. David Eichler, North Pole, AK; and Kenneth Eichler, Amity, OR. William Vernon Wise William Vernon Wise, 93, died on October 17, 2015, at his home in Ma- dras, OR. A family gather- ing in Madras, to honor Bill, is scheduled in November. A graveside gathering at the Olex Cemetery in Olex, OR, will also take place at a later date. He was born February 3, 1922, in Wyndham, MT. He was born to Vernon and Lela Salter Wise at the home of his grandparents, Silas and Addie Salter. Bill started school in Mikkalo, OR at age four as William Vernon Biddle, and later moved with his family to Ione. He graduated from Ione High School in 1939. He went to vocational school in Pendleton, where he also took personal lying lessons. He said he washed dishes after school for $6 a week and paid $6 per lying lesson. He then worked in the shipyards in Bremerton, WA before enlisting. Bill enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942. He earned the ranks of 1 st Lieutenant, as well as the rank of Captain, by the end of the war. He lew B-24 bombers in the 13 th Air Force Long Rangers over Borneo in the Philippine Is- lands. In 1944, Bill and his crew lew the longest light (at that time) over the ocean with a crippled B-24, with only two of four working engines. For this light, Bill and all his crew each earned a Bronze star. Before he was discharged, he was married to Fredamae Schaefer. They lived in Pampa, TX while Bill inished his military service. After Bill’s discharge from the service, they moved to Mikkalo, OR, where they became wheat and cattle ranchers. Over the years Bill and Fredamae had seven children: Sharla Louise, William Wayne, Wesley Vernon, Robert Charles, Kelly Mae, David Lee and Pamela Delight. While ranching and raising a family in Mikkalo, Bill developed various interests Morrow County Historical Society delves into ancient American history Members of Morrow County Historical Society and the interested public journeyed to Kennewick, WA on Saturday, Oct. 24, to learn more about historic Columbia Basin Native Americans. The adventure began on comfortable Morrow County Special Transporta- tion busses from Heppner and Irrigon. First stop was the East Benton County Historical Society Museum in the center of “Old Town” Kennewick. The irst step inside the museum “blew my mind” Like you, we live here , too. At BEO, we combine old-fashioned, personal service with the modern convenience of advanced technology. From agricultural loans to mobile banking, your experience with us will always be personal. Come see us today. Russell Seewald Loan Officer said one participant. The focus was the loor of the entryway, made of gor- geous cross cuts of petriied wood. “One could easily spend a day marveling at the looring,” as each block was an original design. Once across the entry loor, the group gathered at a display about 9,000-plus- year-old Kennewick Man. The story of Kennewick Man continues to be con- troversial: where exactly was he from? Who were his people? Many questions remain unanswered, but it is known that sometime in his life, he suffered a crushed chest—based on healed- over broken ribs—and a two-inch-long spear point lodged in his right hip. The bone had healed over the old injury, but it must have been a painful life. An unplanned experi- ence was the trip over the White Cable Bridge, link- ing Kennewick and Pasco. The surprise was a colorful display to increase aware- ness of breast cancer; the display covered the entire length of the bridge walk- way. The trip concluded at Sacagawea State Park, at the conluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers. The interpretive center had dis- plays about the native peo- ple who had gathered at that location for 10,000 years. The Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery and t h e i r i n t e r p r e t e r, S a - Chamber lunch meeting Park This week’s lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will take place in conjunction with the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op’s annual meeting on Thursday, Nov. 5, at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church parish hall. Lunch will be provided and will be served at noon; the chamber will proceed with its standard all entities updates at that time, and the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op annual meeting will begin around 1 p.m. Everyone is invited to stay for both meetings as schedules allow. 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