TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Obituaries
Patricia Mary Ellen Emert Pettyjohn
Patricia Mary Ellen
Emert Pettyjohn, 93, passed
away July 28, 2017 in The
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Born November 28,
David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo ............................................................................................ Editor
1923 in Plummer, ID, she
was the youngest of the
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A. and Mary Catherine
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(Ogle) Emert. The family
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lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits
moved several times during
require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be
her childhood and finally
specified if required).
settled near Ione in 1930.
For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to
Known as Pat or Trishie to
meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines
or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space
her many friends and rela-
for the obituary.
tives, she and her widowed
For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner
mother moved to Herm-
GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone
number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not
iston, where she attended
responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will
school and worked for L.A.
be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
Moore at his movie theater
and drug store.
After graduating Herm-
iston High School in 1942
she moved to Spokane, WA
to attend Kinman Business
It’s the Heppner High Cutsforth at 541-989-8104 School, earning a two-year
School Class of ‘87’s 30 th to provide a head count for degree. She married Lee
H. Pettyjohn of Ione May
anniversary, and the class is dinner.
inviting all classes from the
A table will be avail- 6, 1945. The newlyweds
1980s to join in a reunion. able for people who would
The celebration will happen like to bring pictures to
at the Heppner Elks Lodge share.
on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 5
Everyone is also en-
Earl Porter Ayres, 91,
p.m. The Elks will provide couraged to make accom-
a
long-time
resident of The
a taco bar for purchase, and modations as soon as pos-
Dalles,
OR,
passed
away on
family members are invited sible due to the Morrow
July
30,
2017
at
the
Oregon
for the dinner. Those attend- County Fair and Rodeo that
Veterans
Home
after
a long
ing are asked to RSVP on week and the large influx
battle
with
Alzheimer’s.
the All-80s Class Reunion of people expected for the
Recitation of the Rosary
Facebook page or to Missy solar eclipse on Aug. 21.
immediately followed by a
Funeral Mass was held at
St. Peter’s Catholic Church
in The Dalles on Mon-
The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the day, Aug.7. Interment at
following report of marriage licenses:
St. Peter’s Cemetery and
August 1, 2017: -Jesiery Gacusan Villanueva, 19, of a fellowship luncheon in
Hermiston and Oscar Holgun, 38, of Hermiston.
the parish center followed
August 3, 2017: -Thomas Andrew Bauman, 39, of afterward.
Boardman and Traci Lea Jones, 49, of Boardman.
He was born in Cham-
berlain, SD, attending
school there before relo-
cating to California in 1940
-Continued from PAGE ONE
Anyone requiring as- and eventually moving to
8 a.m., with the last shuttle sistance, call the Heppner Carlton, OR.
leaving at 8:45 a.m. After Chamber of Commerce at
the event the shuttle service 541-676-5536.
Please note that the
will resume to return visi-
tors to the ball field parking only available bathroom
area. Designated accessible facilities are at the RV Park
parking will also be avail- and Hager Park.
This is an alcohol and -Continued from PAGE ONE
able near the Willow Creek
range line between Range
smoke-free event.
RV Park.
24 East and Range 25 East,
north of the township line
between Township 2 South
St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish volunteers will serve and 3 South, and East of
lunch on Wednesday, Aug. 16, at St. Patrick’s Senior the Morrow-Gilliam county
Center. Lunch will include pulled pork sandwiches, jo- line.
The members of the
joes, coleslaw, broccoli salad and “orange fluffy stuff”
nominating
committee are
for dessert.
Gary
M.
Wilde,
Olex, OR
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
for
Zone
1,
541-454-2995;
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Jill Martin, Lexington, for
U.S.P.S. 240-420
All-‘80s class reunion
planned in Heppner
lived at Camp Pendleton, years in both the Olex and
CA for several months, Ione communities. She had
waiting for Lee’s
many interests and
discharge from the
hobbies throughout
Marine Corps fol-
her life but her love
lowing his World
of flower gardening,
War II deployment
collecting memora-
in the South Pacific.
bilia for scrapbooks
After his tenure with Patricia Mary and wood working
the Marines, they Ellen Emert stayed with her all
moved to the Circle Pettyjohn
her life. Friends and
W Ranch owned by
family members
Mark V. Weatherford, near have all received gifts hand-
the Olex community, south made by Pat in her wood-
of Arlington, OR. They working shop, and she had
lived there until 1966, when just recently completed
they purchased the Van scrapbooks for each of the
Hubbard place and moved grandkids. Her big project
to Eight Mile Canyon to that she had been working
live there through Lee’s life; on for the past several years
Pat remained there until she was compiling all of the let-
sold her home in 2010 and ters, cards and memorabilia
moved to the Rock Creek, she had collected and saved
home of daughter Patti, from her family into a book
near Condon.
telling the story of her life
Pat established a repu- with them.
tation as an excellent cook
She was preceded in
and also a reputation as a death by her mother and
dedicated community sup- father; brothers, Delbert,
porter, helping with school Arland, Clarence, Beecher,
and community events. Her Dee, Phil, Alfred and in-
baking and cooking skills fant Delmer Emert; sisters,
led her to compete in county Blanche Ward, Beaulah
fairs and established her Dunham and infant twins,
as a wonderful 4-H cook- Lillie and Lillard; her
ing club leader for many
husband of 37 years, Lee;
and their infant son, Jerry
Wayne.
She is survived by
daughter Nancy Lee Miller
(Charles Monagle); grand-
children Kristin Miller, Jus-
tin Miller (Nikki) and Kara
Gentry (Mike); daughter
Patricia Sue Kayser; grand-
children Trevor McCoin
(Trish), Katie Garthwaite
(Mike), Kelli Reed (Rich-
ard); daughter Marianne
Sharp; grandchildren James
Sharp, Melissa Sharp and
Jared Sharp; nine great-
grandchildren, Payton,
Piper and Rhett Miller,
Kadence and Madison Gen-
try, Gracie Garthwaite and
Millee, Mackinzee and
Monnee McCoin; and many
nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, the
family requests memorial
donations to Albertina Kerr,
424 NE 22nd Avenue, Port-
land, OR 97232, or a charity
of choice.
Burns Mortuary of
Pendleton is in charge of ar-
rangements. Please sign the
online condolence book at
www.burnsmortuary.com.
Earl Porter Ayres
Marriage Licenses
ECLIPSE VIEWING
In 1942 he entered the of The Dalles at St. Peter’s
U.S. Navy, trained in Con- Catholic Church. Later he
necticut and was assigned worked for Sunset Motor
to an aircraft carrier, USS Company selling cars and
Hancock CV-19, during in 1959 moved to Heppner
World War II as a
to open a new Ford
hospital corpsman.
dealership, Heppner
He was honorably
Auto Sales. He re-
discharged in 1946.
turned to The Dalles
He served his coun-
in 1971 and was
try again during the
employed with Ray
Korean War and was
Schultens Motors
stationed at Puget Earl Porter
for several years. In
Sound Naval Ship- Ayres
the 1980s Earl and
yard in Bremerton,
Dolores purchased
WA.
Thrifty Food Cen-
In April 1948 Mr. Ayres ter in Arlington, OR and
moved to The Dalles to remained active until his
assume a position with retirement. He enjoyed
Standard Oil. In 1948 he traveling south in the winter
married Dolores Bariletti and spending time with his
CBEC
NOMINATIONS
Community lunch menu
Zone 3, 541-989-8480; and
James L. Swanson, Ione,
for Zone 4, 541-422-7162.
The nominating com-
mittee will accept nomina-
tions through the last day
of August. Nominees must
be members of Columbia
Basin Electric Coopera-
tive and must reside in and
receive electrical service in
the zone in which they will
be running.
NOW
HIRING
DRIVERS
family.
Earl was preceded in
death by his wife Dolores
and daughter-in-law Nancy.
He is survived by five
children, Earl Ayres of The
Dalles, Philip Ayres and
wife Sandra of Heppner,
Julie Ashbeck and husband
Alvin of Echo, OR, Kath-
leen Booren and husband
Jeff of Vancouver, WA, and
Mary Sallee and husband
John of Arlington, OR,
along with 13 grandchildren
and 25 great-grandchildren.
Contributions may be
made in Earl’s name to the
Oregon Veterans Home
or to the Alzheimer’s As-
sociation.
Loop to run eclipse
shuttle
The Loop Morrow County Transportation will have
a bus to take people to the Morrow-Grant OHV Park on
Aug. 21 for viewing of the eclipse.
The bus will leave the Morrow County Fairgrounds,
74473 Hwy. 74, Heppner, at 7 a.m. and return after the
eclipse has passed.
Anyone wanting to ride the bus should give Anita
Pranger at The Loop office a call at 541-676-LOOP (5667)
to reserve a seat. Seats are limited.
Historical society to
elect new officers
The Morrow County
Historical Society will hold
its election of new officers
Aug. 27 in the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center dining room.
Elections will take place
for all offices, including
president, vice president,
secretary and treasurer. Don
and Donna Eppenbaugh,
who have served for several
years, are stepping down.
The trip to the Walla
Walla museum on June 16
had a small crowd of six
participants; however, they
were treated well and pro-
vided with a docent just for
the Morrow County group.
T h i s s u m m e r, t h e
Chronicles team was busy,
with a lot of involvement
from group members. More
information on purchasing
the Chronicles will be avail-
able soon.
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