TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
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Death Notices
Colleen Rae Harris—Colleen Rae Harris of Wasilla,
AK passed away September 5, 2016. Funeral services
were held Saturday, September 10. Colleen was the sister
of the late Charles “Chuck” Bailey of Heppner.
Marriage Licenses
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the
following report of marriage licenses:
September 8, 2016: -Skylynn Sue Kidwell-Owens,
18, of Heppner and Jessy William Wolford, 19, of Hep-
pner.
2016 Chronicles
available now
The 2016 edition of the Morrow County Chronicles
is currently available at county Bank of Eastern Oregon
branches, in Heppner at Community Bank, the Heppner
Gazette-Times, Murray’s Drug, Heppner City Hall and
the Morrow County Heritage Museum, and in Boardman
at the SAGE Center.
Cost is $7 each. Value packs are available for $110
at the museum in Heppner.
Community lunch
menu
Willow Creek Baptist Church volunteers will serve
lunch on Wednesday, Sept. 21, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. Lunch will include roast pork, hot German potato
salad, zucchini and summer squash, sliced tomatoes, hot
rolls, and strawberry shortcake. Menu is subject to change.
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Obituaries
Floyd Irwin Parrott Jr.
that needed fixing occupied
his mind until he learned
how to repair it.
He carried that same
ability into three stints in
public service. Having
volunteered with the fire
department and ambulance
service in Mulino, he went
on to serve as city admin-
istrator in Union, OR and
Depoe Bay, and as mayor
of Lonerock, OR.
Besides work and vol-
unteering activities, Floyd
loved reading, piano play-
ing and woodworking.
Survivors include his
wife Sheryl Bidney Par-
rott, whom he married on
December 4, 1965, at the
Grace Lutheran Church in
Molalla, OR; his mother,
Doris Parrott, and a broth-
er, Rod Parrott, both of
Hood River; a son, Troy,
of Enterprise; a daughter,
Kristine, of Salem; three
grandchildren, Cassandra
Jones, Brittany Medina and
Emily Parrott; and three
great-grandchildren, Kea-
gan Jones, Lily Hochstetler
and Erik Hochstetler Jr.
He was preceded in
death by his father, Floyd
I. Parrott Sr., and grandson,
Erik Hochstetler Sr.
In lieu of flowers me-
morials may be sent to
the Fossil Baptist Church,
PO Box 365, Fossil, OR
97830 or to the Fossil Unit-
ed Methodist Church, PO
Box 426, Fossil, OR 97830.
Sweeney Mortuary of
Condon is in charge of ar-
rangements.
tha Hansen Benthin. She
Betty enjoyed sewing,
was raised in Washington cooking, gardening and
and later in Oregon, gradu- supporting her grandchil-
ating from high school in dren in their activities and
North Powder, OR
sports.
in 1953.
Betty was pre-
Betty was unit-
ceded in death by
ed in marriage to
her husband, her
Bobby Dale Lank-
parents and a broth-
ford on January 1,
er, Kenneth Ben-
1955 in Pendleton. Betty J.
thin.
They lived in Pilot Lankford
She is sur-
Rock until 1972 and
vived by her son,
then moved to Heppner in Steve Lankford, Lexing-
1975. She lived in Heppner ton; daughters, Lyn Rose,
until moving to Echo in Pendleton, Brenda Worden,
2011, where she had lived Heppner, and Kristi Mof-
since.
fit, Echo; brother, Eddie
Benthin, Pendleton; sisters,
Dorothy Burton, Pendle-
ton, and Patty Smith, Van-
couver, WA; sister-in-law,
June “Gayle” Benthin, Pilot
Rock; 10 grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; and
numerous nieces, nephews
and cousins.
Please sign the online
guest book at burnsmortu-
aryhermiston.com. Those
who wish may make contri-
butions in Betty’s memory
to Alzheimer’s research.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of
arrangements.
Floyd Irwin Parrott Jr., trade areas, small engine
77, died of natural causes repair and locksmithing,
on September 4, 2016, at and soon opened Rolling
home in Fossil, OR. Me- Wheel Lawn and Garden
morial services are pending. Center in Mulino, OR.
An Oregon native, he Later, he would own a mo-
was born May 26,
tel in La Grande,
1939 in Ontario,
OR and later still,
OR to Floyd (Sr.)
Perky Parrotts’ Mini
and Doris Blair Par-
Mart and Restau-
rott. He graduated
rant in Turner, OR.
from Ontario High
In recent years, he
School in 1957 and
and his wife Sheryl
then attended Port- Floyd Irwin
had moved into real
land State College, Parrott Jr.
estate, managing
where he studied
properties and pur-
business and accounting. chasing and renovating
He left Portland State to houses, including a home
work for Mulino Sash and in Ione.
Door as an accounting/
A determined problem-
credit manager, but his solver, Floyd taught himself
real aim was to be in busi- how to do whatever needed
ness for himself. He under- doing. That trait marked his
took certification in two entire adult life; anything
Betty J. Lankford
Betty J. Lankford of
Echo, OR, and a longtime
Heppner resident, died
on September 9, 2016 in
Hermiston, OR at the age
of 82 years. A celebration
of life gathering to share
memories of Betty and how
she touched lives will be
held on Friday, September
16, at 4 p.m. at Abby’s
Pizza, 828 South Gate,
Pendleton, OR. A private
family burial will be at the
Pilot Rock Cemetery, Pilot
Rock, OR.
She was born on July
20, 1934 in Watertown, SD
to parents Edwin and Ber-
Robert Henry ‘Hank’ Pointer
Robert Henry “Hank”
Pointer, 75, passed away
peacefully on September
10, 2016. The family will
hold a private burial. Please
join in a celebration of
Hank’s life with an old-
fashioned Irish wake on
Saturday, October 1, start-
ing at 4 p.m. at Route 74
Restaurant & Bar in Ione.
Hank was a sweet and
gentle man who sincerely
loved his Irish heritage, a
good story or joke, the OSU
Beavers, and most of all, his
family.
Hank was born June
12, 1941 at Pendleton, OR,
the son of Donald and Nora
McLaughlin Pointer. He
was raised in Lexington
on the family farm before
attending Gonzaga Uni-
versity and finally Univer-
sity of Portland, where he
graduated with a degree in
marketing. After college,
he worked for a time at
Procter & Gamble, before
meeting the love of his life,
Kathi, in Portland. Hank
and Kathi married in 1967
and eventually returned to
live in Morrow County.
Hank worked on a variety
of farms before joining the
fertilizer department of the
Morrow Country Grain
Growers, but he ultimately
returned to farming before
retirement.
Hank was an active
member of the Heppner
Elks Lodge, BPOE #358,
where he served as Exalted
Ruler from 1979-1980. His
family has fond memories
of his sherbet green tuxedo, Eric; daughter-in-law, Vik-
ruffled shirt, bow tie and ki; adored grandchildren,
white patent leather cow- Sydni and Erynn; broth-
boy boots worn dur-
ers, Tom, Mark and
ing his time in the
Charlie; sisters,
Elks. Hank was also
Louise and Donna;
a constant presence
and numerous niec-
at sporting events
es, nephews and
and activities for
cousins.
his children, first at
In lieu of flow-
the Ione schools and
ers, the family sug-
Henry
later at Oregon State Robert
gests that if some-
“Hank”
University. Hank Pointer
one wishes to make
never met a child he
a donation, one can
didn’t immediately like and be made in Hank’s name
who he couldn’t charm with to a charity or organization
a funny face or smile. He he supported, such as the
even happily accepted the Alzheimer’s Association,
nickname “Hanki-doodle” Susan G. Komen, Ione
because it made the kids Charter Schools, or to a
smile.
charity of your choice.
Hank is survived by
Sweeney Mortuary of
his loving wife of 49 years, Heppner is in charge of ar-
Kathi; daughter, Amy; son, rangements.
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HOSPITAL GRANT
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the hospital for more than
one reason.
“Obviously there’s
been a lot of improvements
in technology,” he said,
adding that there was a
big push to advance the
Please join us for
I one e ducatIon
F oundatIon ’ s
14 th a nnual d Inner
and a uctIon
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Ione American Legion Hall
Social Hour 6:00 PM / Dinner 7:00 PM
Prime rib and salmon dinner
Live & silent auction, raffles & grab bags
Tickets available at Ione branch of
Bank of Eastern Oregon or at the door
$25 adults / $10 ages 7-12 / free under 6
Thanks to our dinner sponsors: Morrow County Grain Growers,
Wheatland Insurance, ICABO, Bank of Eastern Oregon, Mid-Colum-
bia Producers, Devin Oil, Pepsi and lone American Legion
All proceeds support grants to lone Community
School and the endowment fund.
provements in the hospital’s
imaging capabilities. How-
ever, there was more to it.
“The physicians want-
ed to do fast scans in the
ER, and that wasn’t pos-
sible with the old machine,”
he said, adding that, with no
full-time ultrasound techni-
cian on hand at the hospital,
it was important to have
a machine the physicians
could use.
The new ultrasound
machine is already at the
hospital, and PMH Lab and
Imaging Manager Betty
Hickerson said training is
scheduled to start the sec-
ond week of October to get
the machine into operation
as quickly as possible. In
addition, Houser said the
hospital plans on upping
the availability of the ultra-
sound technician, from the
current one day per week
to one and a half days per
week, or two and a half days
every other week, depend-
ing on availability.
“We are extremely
thankful for the founda-
tion’s help and support,”
said Houser. “It make pur-
chases like these very pos-
sible.”
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