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
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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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”
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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.
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Corps of Discovery and
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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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cagawea, had spent three
days here exploring the area
and trading with the locals
in 1805.
The walking tour of the
Maya Lin Conluence Art,
“Story Circles,” was brief,
due to a light rain. The ield
trip was enhanced at every
stop by knowledge shared
by local Columbia River
Historian Don Eppenbach
of Irrigon.
For information about
joining the Morrow County
Historical Society or at-
tending future ield trips,
contact Dave DeMayo,
ddemayo@centurytel.net
or 541 676 8017.
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