EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 18, 2016
BRAZELLS SAY GOODBYE
-Continued from PAGE ONE ho and moved to Morrow took over directorship. She group.”
and moved to Jordan
Valley, ID because they
“couldn’t stand the rain.”
“We decided to get out
of there,” says Al.
They stayed in Jordan
Valley for ive years, where
Al worked on a friend’s
cattle ranch. While there,
they started attending the
Methodist Church.
“We increased atten-
dance by 200 percent,” says
Jean. “There were four of
us and only two members.
The two threw themselves
into the church; Al started a
Bible study and Jean started
a newsletter.
“The very next Sunday
after it went out, we had 60
people at the service,” she
recalls. “We ended up with
a really good congregation.
Before we left, we even put
on a musical.”
In 1982, they left Ida-
County, where Al worked
for Wagontrail Farms as
a mechanic for two years.
When the machine shop in
Lexington went up for sale
in 1984, they bought that
and ran it until 2006.
They started attending
the Heppner Methodist
Church in 1982, where the
two again became instru-
mental to the church’s func-
tioning. Jean, especially,
threw herself into helping
with many aspects of the
church, especially the choir.
“If you have people
who are the perfect person
for it, you ask!” she says
of getting others involved.
“That’s always been my
philosophy.”
When the existing choir
director became ill and
passed away, Jean, who
had a long history of music,
including a college minor,
also played the organ at
times, led the children’s
singing and played in the
guitar group for the guitar
service. As if that wasn’t
enough, she took over mak-
ing church banners, did the
lower arrangements for the
Sunday service, ran the St.
Patrick’s Day stew feed,
and even made the commu-
nion bread for many years.
When the Methodist church
stopped having a full-time
pastor, she also served as
one of the lay leaders.
Both were also heavily
involved in other volunteer
work, too.
“It’s been some inter-
esting years. My biggest
memory was teaching 4-H,”
says Al who, with Merlyn
Robinson, led horse 4-H
for many years. “My best
memories were 4-H. We
had 20 kids in that horse
Jean also cooked for
4-H camp, where they made
everything from scratch.
And that doesn’t cover
Jean’s political career. In
1999, the town of Lexing-
ton need a recorder, and
her bookkeeping for the
Lexington Machine Shop
made her a good it.
“That started my po-
litical career,” she says. She
went from there to being
town mayor in 2010.
The Brazell’s say that
period was interesting,
but “The gold star goes to
building the town ire hall.
That was an interesting
experience,” says Al. He
adds that he conducted a
metal drive to raise money.
“I put the word out and all
my customers brought in all
their aluminum and copper
from where they’d thrown
them in the corner of the
ield.”
In 2006, their world
changed when Al had con-
gestive heart failure and had
to sell the machine shop.
“Our world came to a
screeching halt,” he says.
“I couldn’t do that work any
more and had to sell out.
Their move now comes
so they can be closer to their
son, a master sergeant in the
Army. They have plans to
build a house on a parcel of
land adjoined to his. Their
daughter lives and works in
Moses Lake, WA.
“It’ll be interesting in a
lot of ways. We’ll certainly
miss the activities we were
involved in,” says Jean, al-
though boredom shouldn’t
be a problem—among other
things, she has already been
elected to a road co-op up
in Washington. She admits
that as she packs boxes,
though, it’s dificult to ind
things to get rid of in the
necessary downsizing. “It’ll
be a different lifestyle,” she
adds.
We’ll certainly miss
the area and the people in
it,” says Al. “It’ll be an
adventure for sure. But our
life has been full of adven-
tures.”
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s ofice has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
May 10, 2016: -Harley Bruce Young II, 57, of Hep-
pner and Toni Lynn Clemens, 49, of Heppner.
May 11, 2016: -Richard Robert Worden, 37, of Hep-
pner and Kelsie Wain Fox, 26, of Heppner.
Phone: (541) 676-9228
Cell: (541) 980-6674
Fax: (541) 676-9211
188 W. Willow
P.O. Box 337
Heppner, OR 97836
david@sykesrealestate.net
Phone: (541) 276-2152
Cell: (541) 215-2274
Fax: (541) 278-6051
25 SW Emigrant
Pendleton, OR 97801
chris@sykesrealestate.net
Owner/Broker David Sykes
Broker Chris Sykes
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$120,000
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$159,500
525 LINDEN WAY, HEPPNER
280 S GILMORE., HEPPNER
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215 S. COURT, HEPPNER
1065 JUANITA AVE, HERMISTON
$129,000
2 sotry duplex on large lot. Recently installed hardwood
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385 E AIKEN ST., HEPPNER
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.84 acre to 5.95 acre lots in Emert
Addition #2 Ione. Utilities include -
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READY TO MOVE IN
Bank repossessed. A 2 bedroom 1 bath fixer upper
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130 QUAID ST., HEPPNER
SOLD
2 bedroom 1 bath home on a corner lot. Hardwood floors
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380 E MATLOCK ST, HEPPNER
Acreage for Sale
PRICE REDUCED!
$40,000
35.44 Acres inside Heppner city
limits 3.23 outside city limits
$69,000
Has a good building spot and room
for animals. Water and electricity
located nearby.
2 bedroom 1 bath home close to downtown
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Stove and refrigerator included
Nice parcel near residential neigh
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Boardman City Center. City water
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$25,000
$22,000
Price Reduction!
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$450,000
SOLD
LEXINGTON SCHOOL
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345 LINDEN WAY, HEPPNER
Recently Reduced
$670,000
3500 sq ft mixed use investment property in downtown
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MAIN STREET, PENDLETON
$40,000
$120,000
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$119,500
2 bedroom, 2 bath manufactured home on rare
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58108 HWY 74, LEXINGTON
$125,000
2 bedroom 2 bath in Heppner
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Nice 3 bedroom 1 bath out of the flood plain on quiet street
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205 E AIKEN ST., HEPPNER
PRICE REDUCED!
Boardman
$8,500 - $10,500 - $11,500 - $14,500
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215 W CHURCH ST., HEPPNER
LAKEVIEW CT , HEPPNER
Affordable Building
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$8,500
3 bedrooms 2 bath home in Heppner. Good sold
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$365,000
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235 ROCK ST., HEPPNER
125 NW ESTHER CT, IRRIGON
$59,250
SOLD
View lot at Lakeview Heights. Own one of the
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LAKEVIEW CT., HEPPNER
SOLD
$39,000
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420 S CHASE ST, HEPPNER
SOLD
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$79,900
SOLD
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