TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 16, 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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Sandford wins logo
design contest
Morrow Country Special Transportation recently held a logo
design contest for area students for the new LOOP transporta-
tion bus. The LOOP Advisory Committee received 27 designs,
which the judges said showed great talent and aspiration.
The committee choose Ivy Sandford, Ione, for the winning
design. The design will soon appear on vehicles and in county
publications and advertisements. Pictured is Anita Pranger,
LOOP committee member, presenting Sandford with a $100
prize. –Photo by Erin Heideman
David Sullivan Jones
David Sullivan Jones, the Army during the Korean
80, passed away peacefully War and spent two years in
in his sleep at the Veterans Korea as a heavy equipment
Hospital in Portland OR, on operator in the 7 th Infan-
Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 with try 13 Engineer Battalion,
stationed at Camp Casey
family by his side.
David was born June Korea.
After returning home
6, 1935, the middle child
of 12 children born to Jesse he met Dorothy L. (Hodges)
Hurst, a widowed
J. Jones and Dora
mother of two, Judy
J. (Yarbor) Jones.
and Jack. They were
He was the last of
married in 1961.
the kids to be born
David made a liv-
in Burns, OR, as
ing for the family
the family moved
in the vast lumber
to Merlin, OR, near David
industry and by rais-
Grants Pass. As a Sullivan
ing horses. In July
teen boy in those Jones
of 1961 their first
days he helped on
the homestead and worked child together, Denise Sue,
in the hop ields along the joined the family. In 1965
river. He was drafted into David and Dorothy lost a
son after birth. In 1967 the
family moved from Wolf
Creek, OR to the Merlin
area, where David worked
for Kabax Lumber in Cave
Junction, OR. In April of
1970 David and Dorothy
had a son, Kelly Lou.
David was an avid
horseman, which involved
his children and all who
were around him. David
was also a hunter, and hunt-
ing every year was his gift.
He could ind elk, deer or
bear anywhere.
David was preceded
in death by his mother and
father, four brothers and
four sisters, stepson Melvin
L. “Jack” Hurst, and Jack’s
Richard T. ‘Dick’ Wilkinson
Richard T. “Dick”
Wilkinson, 93, of Heppner,
passed away peacefully at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
in Heppner on Wednesday,
December 9, 2015. A fu-
neral service will be held
Wednesday, December 16,
at 11 a.m. at All Saints
Episcopal Church in Hep-
pner. Concluding service
with military honors and
Masonic ritualistic service
will follow at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery.
Dick was born on De-
cember 19, 1921 near Hep-
pner, the son of Frank and
Wavel Ball Wilkinson. As a
small child Dick was taught
to do his share of work on
the ranch. The thing that
became ingrained in him
was a good work ethic,
which led him to become
the successful rancher that
he was. He went to school
in the one-house school at
the mouth of Skinner Creek
near Heppner, then attended
the rest of grade school and
high school in Heppner,
graduating with the class
of 1939.
He entered Oregon
State University in the fall
of 1941, taking animal hus-
bandry. Military service terms, and served on the
interrupted his college af- executive committee of
ter three terms. He served the Oregon Cattlemen’s
with the U.S. Army during Association. He was on
World War II, and was the county school board
stationed in Hawaii. Dick for many years and was
took several courses at the chairman in 1963, when
University of Hawaii while the board’s most notable
stationed there.
achievement was
On his return
getting a new high
to the ranch after
school built in Hep-
World War II he
pner. He served as a
went into partner-
rural electric admin-
ship with his father.
istration director,
On October 31, 1951 Richard
presently known as
he married Virginia T. “Dick”
the Columbia Ba-
Dean Cochell; they Wilkinson
sin Electric Coop-
were happily mar-
erative, for 21 years,
ried for 62 years. After his and director on the Federal
father’s death in 1957 the Land Bank Board for 23
ranch continued to work as years, as well as serving as
a family partnership. From a member of the Morrow
a beginning acreage of ap- County Planning Commis-
proximately 750 acres Dick sion and the county medical
steadily enlarged his private board.
land holding to include over
In 1994 he was honored
30,000 contiguous acres. as the first “Landowner
He always maintained an of the Year” in Oregon, in
active range improvement recognition of outstand-
program and practiced suc- ing contribution to fish
cessful conservation mea- and wildlife resources in
sures to preserve the land. Oregon. Dick was also hon-
In 1965 Dick was ored as 1997 Business of
named Cattleman of the the Year and 1998 Diamond
Year. He was president Pioneers by the Oregon
of the Morrow County State University College of
Livestock Growers for two Agricultural Sciences.
Wagenblast obtains
Richard R. ‘Dick’ Schmidt Sr.
doctorate in literature Schmidt
Richard R. “Dick” work for Potter Brothers of by Kinzua Corporation. On
Sr., 78, of Heppner, Spray, building fence and September 20, 1958
Becky Wagenblast graduated with her Doctorate
of Philosophy in English, with an emphasis in modern
American literature, at Washington State University’s fall
commencement in Pullman on Dec. 12.
Her dissertation, entitled “Gender and Agency in
‘Tender Is the Night,’ ‘Save Me the Waltz,’ and ‘The
Garden of Eden,’” was successfully defended in July.
Dr. Wagenblast is the daughter of Vicki and the late
Steve Wagenblast of Lexington.
died Thursday, December
10, 2015 at Pendleton. No
services are planned at this
time.
He was born October
6, 1937 at Sisters, OR,
the sixth of eight children
born to George and Dee
Davis Schmidt. The family
moved to Fossil when he
was six years old. He went
The Morrow County Clerk’s ofice has released the to grade school and started
high school in Fossil. His
following report of marriage licenses:
December 10, 2015: -Thomas Lee Snyder, 59, of parents resided in Fossil
until his father passed away
Hermiston and Ren Marie East, 52, of Hermiston.
-Angela Somsee Turner, 45, of Irrigon and Tommy in 1977. His mother moved
to Condon, OR to be near
Lee Morgan, 42, of Irrigon.
two of her daughters. She
passed away in 1995.
Dick quit school when
he turned 16 and went to
Marriage Licenses
Community lunch
menu
Nazarene and Seventh-day Adventist church vol-
unteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, Dec. 23, at St.
Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will include roast beef,
mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, sliced tomatoes,
hot rolls, and applesauce cake. Milk is served at each
meal. Menu is subject to change.
staying in the Richmond
Hotel. When that job was
done he went to work for
Speck Hudspeth on his
ranch, as he was too young
to work in the Hudspeth
Sawmill in Spray. To avoid
the draft Dick enlisted for
two years when he was 17.
This was during the Korean
Conlict, so he was shipped
overseas. He was based in
Germany, Italy and Austria.
He turned 19 on the ship
coming home. Shortly after
arriving home he went to
work for Kinzua Corpora-
tion, a small sawmill town.
In 1958 he met Maxine
Medlock of Camp Five, also
a small community owned
Earl Andrew Sams, 81,
longtime Weston, OR resi-
dent, died Friday, Decem-
ber 11, 2015 at his home in
Lexington. At his request
no service will be held.
He was born May 12,
1934 at Weston, the son of
Lowell and Juanita Beamer
Sams. He was raised and
attended school in Weston.
After graduation from
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Other memberships in-
cluded the Morrow County
and Oregon cattlemen’s
associations, Oregon Wheat
Growers League, and Mor-
row County Farm Bureau.
Dick’s other afiliations in-
cluded Blue Lodge Masons,
Royal Arch Masons, Scot-
tish Rite, Al Kader Shrine,
Eastern Star, Elks Lodge
and American Legion.
He was preceded in
death by his wife, Virginia
Wilkinson; parents, Frank
and Wavel Wilkinson; and
sister, Frances Oslund.
Survivors include
daughters, Judith Paine
Shannon and Pamela Wun-
derlich and her husband
Mark; sister, Shirley Rugg;
grand- and great-grand-
children; nieces; and oth-
er Wilkinson relatives in
Canada.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Long-
term Care, PO Box 9, Hep-
pner, OR 97836 or to Wil-
low Creek Terrace Assisted
Living, 400 Frank Gilliam
Drive, Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements.
and her husband Glenn of
Pendleton; a son,
the couple married
Richard Schmidt
in the Kinzua Com-
Jr. and his wife
munity Church.
Pam of Heppner;
Nothing of the two
their children, Joe,
small communities
Demi, Olivia and
can be found today.
Grant Schmidt; sis-
In 1961 Dick Richard
ters, Betty Fryer
transferred to the R. “Dick”
of Troutdale, OR,
Kinzua Corporation Schmidt Sr.
Bessie Zemmer of
Sawmill in Heppner.
John Day, OR, Ro-
His family has resided in salyn Brehaut and her hus-
the area ever since. They band Bill of Condon; and a
purchased 40 acres on brother, Sam Schmidt and
Black Mountain in 1978. his wife Cindy of Heppner.
Dick retired in 1994.
Memorial contributions
He was preceded in may be made to Pioneer
death by his wife, Maxine; Memorial Hospital, PO Box
his parents; and an older 9, Heppner, OR 97836.
brother and sister.
Sweeney Mortuary of
He survived by his Heppner is in charge of ar-
daughter, Robin Holbrook rangements.
Earl Andrew Sams
Wedding Reception Honoring
Saturday, January 9, 2016
6:00-10:00pm
lone Legion Hall
mother Dorothy.
David is survived by
his step-daughter Judy
Jones and husband Kim of
Blaine, WA; daughter De-
nise Goguen and husband
Dave of Grants Pass, OR;
son Kelly Jones and wife
Lori of Heppner; grand-
children Brandi Haycraft
of Grants Pass, Heather
Sciurba of Klamath Falls,
OR, Bailey and Courtney
Jones of Lewiston, ID;
great-grandchildren Lo-
gan, Landon and Amelia;
brother Jay M. Jones; and
sisters Marian Eggers of
Grants Pass and Clarice
(Tyke) Boatman of Herm-
iston, OR.
Members & out of
town guests only
high school he went to work
as a psych aide before go-
ing on to work as a diesel
mechanic.
He resided in Weston
until 1981, when he moved
to the Oregon Coast. He
then settled in Lexington
10 years ago.
Earl was preceded in
death by his mother and
father; a sister, Lilymay;
and a brother, Herman.
Survivors include son,
Donald Sams; two grand-
children, Tracy Sams and
Jacob Sams; two great-
grandchildren; sister, Mary
Emma Davis of Weston;
and many nieces and neph-
ews.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements.
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