TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Obituaries
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GOULD IN FAST
LANE
Heppner grad Thomas Gould (right) with NASCAR driver
Jordan Anderson. -Contributed photo
-Continued from PAGE ONE
the Alpha Energy Solu-
tions 250 at Martinsville
Speedway in Virginia the
irst weekend of April. His
future plan is to continue
his schooling and graduate
in November, all the while
learning the technicali-
ties of being a NASCAR
mechanic with Jordan An-
derson.
“I am just in awe over
the opportunities and open
doors that God has created
for me,” says Gould. “It’s
an amazing ride and I’m
just so grateful that God
has been leading me to this
point in my life.”
The next race Gould
will participate in with the
Bolen Motorsports team
will be the Toyota Tundra
250 at the Kansas Speed-
way on May 6-7.
Gould is the son of
John and Ashli Gould of
Heppner. His siblings are
Tayllor Brannon and hus-
band Drew of Gresham,
Tessa Gould and her iancée
Kyle Ludwig of Salem, and
Tim Gould of Heppner.
Friends and fans can
follow Jordan Anderson
and Thomas Gould on
Facebook for race time
pictures, updates and pit
excitement.
Community lunch menu
Patsy Irene ‘Pat’ Gutierrez
Patsy Irene “Pat” Guti- Elgin, where she gradu-
errez, 71, longtime resident ated in 1962. Shortly after
of Heppner, died Sunday, graduation she married
Gordo Pennington
April 3, 2016 at her
of Baker City, OR.
home after a short
The couple had two
battle with cancer.
daughters. They later
A funeral Mass
divorced in 1977,
will be held Friday,
at which time Pat
April 8, 2016 at 11
moved to Heppner.
a.m. at St. Patrick’s
Patsy Irene
Pat worked as a wait-
Catholic Church “Pat”
ress, cook and bar-
in Heppner with Gutierrez
tender throughout the
burial to follow at
the Heppner Masonic Cem- establishments of Heppner.
etery. Prior to the funeral In 1980 she met George
Mass, a recitation of the Gutierrez and on May 2,
Holy Rosary will begin 1992 the couple married.
at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Pat proudly gained six step-
children.
Catholic Church.
Pat was a devoted
She was born June 15,
1944 at Elgin, OR, the m o t h e r, g r a n d m o t h e r,
daughter of Arnold and great grandmother, sibling
Bernice Southard Wael- and friend. She cherished
ty. Pat attended school in spending time with her
family and friends, and at-
tending the many sporting
events of her grandkids. Pat
loved most things outdoors.
She was an avid isherwom-
an and pool player. One of
her favorite things to do was
just going for a drive to look
for deer and elk.
Survivors include eight
children and step-children,
Chris Smith and Kent Guti-
errez, both of Hermiston,
Kevin Gutierrez of Walla
Walla, WA, Cathleen Mc-
Cabe of Ione, and Christy
Whalen, Craig Gutierrez
and Judith Hall, all of Hep-
pner; siblings, Kenneth
Waelty of Hermiston, Ju-
dith Ely of La Grande, OR,
Laura Van Dusen of Elgin
and Larry Waelty, also of
La Grande; aunts, Jose-
phine Parrish of Hermiston,
Laura Hampton of Lamar,
AR, Grace Southard of
Medical Sprigs, OR; one
uncle, Clarence Southard
of Elgin; 23 grandchildren;
31 great-grandchildren; and
numerous cousin, nephews,
nieces and friends.
Pat was preceded in
death by her two husbands,
her parents, and her brother,
David Waelty.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Pat
Gutierrez Memorial Fund,
c/o Community Bank, PO
Box 278, and Heppner, OR
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Heppner is in charge of ar-
rangements.
enjoyed spending time at
the Huff Family Home-
stead near Monument, OR.
Nola was given the nick-
name “GraNola” that she
embraced a few years ago
with the arrival of her third
grandchild.
Nola was a member
of St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church in Heppner and the
American Legion Auxiliary
in Condon.
Mrs. Huff is survived
by her daughters, Patricia
Ray of Southern Pines, NC
and Toni Brown and her
husband Sam of Madras,
OR; son, William Huff and
his wife Buffy of Lonerock;
granddaughters, Ingrid Wil-
liams and her husband of
Navarre, FL, Annika Schin-
kel of Prineville, OR and
Arya Huff of Lonerock;
grandson, Erik Hall and
his wife Amy of Bellevue,
WA; great-grandchildren,
Erik and Savannah; and a
sister, Dorothy Smith of
Portland, OR.
Memorial contribu-
tions may be made to St.
Patrick’s Parish Hall Res-
toration Fund, PO Box 633,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Nola Huff ’s family
would like to urge every-
one to maintain regular
scheduled appointments
with their doctors for skin
checks for melanoma and
other skin cancers.
Sweeney Mortuary was
in charge of arrangements.
SBR I love you.
Nola May Huff
Nola May Huff, 79, of
Lonerock, OR, died Sun-
day, March 20, 2016 at St.
Charles Medical Center in
Redmond, OR. A funeral
Mass was held March 29
at St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church in Heppner, fol-
lowed by a burial at St.
Joseph Cemetery in Con-
don, OR
On May1 of 1952 Nola
married William Huff. He
preceded her in death on
January 19, 2000. They
made their home in Cen-
tral Oregon, raising their
children after settling in
Terrebonne. After retiring
from Jefferson County 509
School District, where she
served as a school bus driv-
er and educational assis-
tant for the Warm Springs
School for 22 years, in 1992
Nola and William moved
to Lonerock, where they
enjoyed retirement.
Nola enjoyed travel-
ing with her husband, vis-
iting family, friends and
grandchildren. She liked
entertaining and having her
friends and family visit her
home in Lonerock. Nola
hosted a golf tournament
and Lonerock Lawn Mower
Races annually. During the
Christmas holidays, she and
her husband hosted a St.
Lucia Day Dinner. In re-
cent years she coordinated
an annual Old Fashioned
Christmas Celebration at
the Lonerock Community
Church. She very much
Births
Sebastian Mat-
thew Hayes—Mat-
thew and Allison
Hayes of Los Angeles,
CA announce the birth
of a son, Sebastian
Matthew Hayes. He
was born at 8:14 a.m.
January 24, 2016 at
UCLA Ronald Reagan
Medical Center; he
weighed 3 pounds, 3
ounces and was 15.75 Sebastian Matthew Hayes
inches long. He has
brown hair and blue eyes.
Sebastian joins brother August, 1-1/2, at home.
Grandparents are Ron and Elisabeth Hayes, New-
castle, WA, and David and April Sykes, Heppner. Great-
grandparents are David and Elizabeth Scrimgeour, Green
Valley, AZ, and the late Earl and Myrtle Sykes, Robert
and Rizpah Hayes, and Andrew and Maxine Hilton.
Marriage Licenses
St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish volunteers will serve
lunch on Wednesday, April 13, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Lunch will include parmesan crusted ish, po-
The Morrow County Clerk’s ofice has released the
tato medley, green beans, sliced tomatoes, hot rolls and following report of marriage licenses:
chocolate cream pie.
April 1, 2016: -Dionicio Hernandez Torres, 48,
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is of Boardman and Maria Leticia Virelas Vargas, 45, of
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Boardman.
Engagements
Bailey, Hughes plan
June wedding
Jessica Marie Hughes and Lane Lytell Bailey.
Kevin and Angie Hughes, and Ken and Kaedene
Bailey, all of Heppner, announce the engagement of their
children, Jessica Marie Hughes and Lane Lytell Bailey.
The bride-to-be graduated from Heppner High School
before attending Eastern Oregon University in La Grande,
OR. She is now employed as a kindergarten teacher in
Echo, OR.
The groom-elect is a graduate of Heppner High
School and Northwest Lineman College in Meridian, ID.
He now works as a journeyman lineman in Pendleton, OR.
The couple plans to wed June 25, 2016 at the Hughes
Twenty-six participated in Sunday Men’s play on Ranch, Ukiah, OR.
April 3. Results are as follows:
Gross—1 st , Erin Mason, 67; 2 nd , Duane Disque, 69;
rd
3 , Ron Bowman, 70.
Net—1 st , Steve Marlatt, 57; 2 nd (tied), Bill Morris,
Mike Doherty and John Edmundson, 58.
Special Events—KP #4/13, John Edmundson, 7’11”;
LA GRANDE, OR—Three local graduates were
KP #6/15 second shot, Tom Bedortha, 2’8”; least putts,
among
the 570 students named to the Eastern Oregon Uni-
Rod Wilson, 24.
versity
dean’s list for the 2016 winter term, the university
Left out of last week’s play results was the fact that
has
announced.
Along with Makenzie Correa of Heppner
John Edmundson tied for least putts.
as
was
announced
last week, Justin Bailey of Heppner and
Next scheduled men’s play is April 10. Hosts will be
Jaqueline
Juarez
of
Ione also received the honor.
Tom Bedortha, Josh Coiner and Barry Munkers. Men also
Qualifying
students
maintain a grade point average
are reminded of the paint party on Saturday, April 16, at
of
3.5
or
higher
while
completing
at least of 12 hours of
8 a.m. The goal is to get the porch done.
graded coursework for the duration of the term.
The View from the Green
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