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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 27, 2017 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Obituaries Clifford W. Green, 74, of Heppner passed away on Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Sept. 5, 2017 at his home. SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: A memorial service will be held on Oct. 14, 2017 at 11 http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ a.m. at the Heppner United Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage Methodist Church. paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- He was born Oct. 3, 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. 1942 at Heppner, the son net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $30 in Morrow of J. Herman Green and County; $24 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $36 elsewhere; Alma Van $30 student subscriptions. Winkle David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Green. He All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. attended For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5 per school in column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to Heppner, 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $5.75 per column inch. graduat- For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub- lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits ing from require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be Clifford W. Heppner specified if required). Green H i g h For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines School in or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space 1960. He attended Oregon for the obituary. State University graduating For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone with a degree in education number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not in 1965. On Aug. 7, 1965, responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will he married Lucinda “Cin- be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. dy” Nelson in Springfield, OR. The couple moved to Athena, OR where he Aspyn Jane Jones Erickson—Faith Jones and Saul taught Agriculture and Vo- cational Education from Erickson, Heppner, 1966 through 1969. It was announce the birth there that they began their of a daughter, Aspyn family; welcoming Da- Jane Jones Erickson. vid in 1966 and Kirsten in Aspyn was born Sept. 1970. 11, 2017 at 2:53 p.m. In 1973, the opportuni- in Pendleton and ty to return to his hometown weighed 6 pounds, of Heppner presented itself, 12 ounces and was 20 and he moved with his inches long. young family to purchase Maternal grand- the family business. He parents are Frank and owned and operated Hep- Ann Jones, paternal pner Garbage Disposal ser- great-grandparents vice for 11 years while pur- are Mervin and suing his love for leadership DeAna Grubaugh. and politics by serving on the Heppner City Council from 1976-1980, and later serving as Heppner City Mayor from 1981-1984. In 1984, he purchased the lo- The Morrow County Historical Society will hold its cal hardware store, Coast to next meeting on Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Heppner Senior Coast, which later became Center on Main Street from 2-4 p.m. The society is ask- Heppner Hardware, which ing that everyone attend to ensure a quorum. For more he operated for 20 years until his retirement. information contact Dave DeMayo at 541-676-8017. U.S.P.S. 240-420 Births Historical Society to meet Fundraiser for HHS cross country team to be held Lorene A. Griffith Clifford W. Green He was passionate about the town he loved, and the people who lived in it. This was evident in his involvement and leadership roles in numerous commu- nity service as well as busi- ness commerce promoting organizations. He was ac- tive in Heppner Economic Development, Heppner Chamber of Commerce, Heppner Lions Club, Mor- row County Agriculture Museum, Willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living, as well as the local chapter of I.O.O.F. This dedication and service culminated in the Lifetime Achievement award being presented to him in 2003 by the Heppner Chamber of Commerce. When not working and volunteering, he enjoyed hunting and spending time at the family cabin with his friends and family. Survivors include brothers, Lawrence Green and his wife Robin of Sis- ters, Tom Green and his wife Claudean of Prinev- ille, and a sister, Margaret Green of Prineville; son, David Green and his wife Candy of Heppner; daugh- ter, Kirsten Harrison and her husband Travis of Lex- ington; grandchildren, Brett Harrison and his wife Jane of Pendleton, Kyle Harrison of La Grande, and Hannah and Ally Green of Heppner, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was pre- ceded in death by his par- ents and brother-in-law. The family is asking for memorial contributions to be made to the Cliff Green Memorial Fund at Bank of Eastern Oregon, PO Box 39, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of ar- rangements. Joel Howard Barnett The Red Barn Fun Run, a fundraiser for the Heppner Joel Howard Barnett, High School cross country team will be held Oct. 7 at the LDS Church on Tom Street and Highway 74, Lexington. aged 86, passed on to be Registration begins at 7:45 a.m., with the race starting at with our Lord Jesus Christ on Friday Sept. 22, 2017. A 8:30 a.m. Cost is $10 and tee shirts are $5. funeral service will be held on Saturday, Sept. 30 at 11 a.m. at the Ione American Legion Hall. Concluding service and burial with Military Honors will follow at High View Cemetery in Ione. He passed quietly and peacefully in home and city of his birth, Ione, with his eldest son, Randy and two Hospice workers in attendance. He was the fourth child of William Raymond and Winnifred Esther Barnett. He is survived by his adult children: Randy Bar- nett, Roger Barnett and Jojean Anderson, and long- time close lady friend Ellen Taylor. After completing High School in Ione, Joel joined the U.S. Navy to “See the World”. While serving as a Ships Fitter aboard the U.S.S. Noble, his ship was deployed as part of the Ar- mada sailing to Inchon Har- bor, Korea as the Armistice was declared, qualifying him as Korean War Veteran. In the summer of 1969 NOW HIRING DRIVERS Lorene A. Griffith, 85, our beloved mother and grandmother went to be with the Lord Sept. 18, 2017 after a long battle with Alzheimer disease. A funeral service was held Saturday Sept. 23, 2017 at the Ione Community Church, concluding service and internment was at the Morgan Cemetery follow- ing the service and dinner. She was born In Jo- seph, Oregon April 26, 1932 to father, Dorris Early Mitchell and mother, Fran- cis Crawford Parker. Both sides of her family were early pioneers to Oregon coming by wagon train in 1851 to Oregon originally settling in the Willamette valley. Both families moved from there to the Cove area in Union County and then settling in Wallowa County. Her father was a renowned horseman and horse trainer pioneering gentle training methods as opposed to “breaking” horses as the more common practice of the day. Her mother Francis was from a ranching family at Heppner, Oregon and went to Wallowa County to teach at the Hurricane Creek School near Joseph. Lorene was an only child, which was a miracle because her mother was not supposed to be able to have a child. Lorene grew up on the family ranch on “The Divide” between Little Sheep and Big Sheep Creeks toward Imnaha. She spent her early years in Joseph attending school there and hanging out with cousins from the Mitchell and Justice families. She spent time riding horses and tending to her animals. She was involved with 4-H through grade school and high school, attending sum- mer school and girls state at Oregon State University. She and her mother moved to Heppner in 1945 after the untimely passing of her father due to cancer. They lived on the fam- ily ranch belonging to her grandparents Frank and Gertrude Parker. She spent time with her Hoskins and Parker cousins. She attend- ed Heppner High School and graduated in 1950. She attended Oregon State Uni- versity on a Carl Raymond Grey Scholarship. She met George Griffith through mutual family friends and they were married on May 19, 1951 at Heppner. The cou- ple had a daughter Charlotte Rose June 24, 1952, a son Glen August 9, 1957 and twin sons Grant and Elmer on March 30, 1965 who died at birth. George and Lorene farmed at Morgan on the Griffith property. In 1957 they bought a ranch west of McDermott, NV and ranched there for a few years. They returned to Ione and bought out the family ranch where she lived un- til moving to the Geneva House care facility. She was a devout Joel achieved a lifelong dream of living in either Colorado or Alaska as he and his family moved to Juneau, AK. While in Ju- neau, Joel worked briefly at the lo- cal Sears Joel Howard store, then Barnett as a Boil- erman on the Alaska Marine Highway Vessels, The TAKU and The Matinuska. He was on- board the Taku the night she hit the rocks. That was quite the experience for him as he spoke of it and even painted a picture of the “TAKU ON THE ROCKS”. That picture received certain ac- claim in Juneau. From there he went to work for the Juneau Doug- las School system as their lead Boiler maintenance man until his retirement. He later moved to Phoenix, AZ for the warm- er climate. Seems he’d had enough of the cold of Alaska. of living in the city of his After a couple short birth, Ione. term moves, Joel fulfilled Joel was a man of faith another long term desire and conviction, attending Special Youth Hunt Morrow/Grant County OHV Park Youth Spike Elk Hunt Youth Ages 12 - 17* Plastic and Aluminum Signs Lots of Sizes! Lots of Colors! Free Price Quotes! Heppner Gazette Times 541-676-9228 david@rapidserve.net YOUTH SPIKE ELK ONLY Nov. 04 - Nov. 12, 2017 General 2nd Elk Season Tag Required Morrow County Public Works 365 W. HWY 74, P.O. Box 428 Lexington, Oregon 97839 Phone: (541) 989-9500 Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:00am to 5:00pm * Youth need to be between ages 12 - 17 at time of hunt or be participating in the ODFW Mentored Youth Hunter Program Morrow or Grant County youth that have their hunters education or are participating in the ODFW Mentored Youth Hunter Program. Application MUST BE RETURNED to the Morrow County Public Works office by Thursday, October 12, 2017, 5:00pm Christian and attended Hep- pner Christian Church in her younger years and Ione United Church of Christ, now Ione Community Church for last 40 some years. She was always involved w i t h t h e Lorene A. 4-H pro- Griffith gram and was a 4-H leader for many years. Her mother and her daughter Charlotte lived in Portland and she loved to go there and take them on trips to the beach and out to dinner when she could get away from the ranch. Being a strong independent woman she worked side by side with her husband and her son tending to the cattle and helping out moving farm equipment. It is be- lieved she probably hauled several million gallons of water to the cattle with their old water trucks. She fed the family as well as harvest crews and a long string of hired men while tending to the bookkeeping, the banking, and keeping the house. Lorene and George were heavily involved with Square Dancing for a num- ber of years, working in the state organizations and helping to put on large festi- vals. They had a great social life through that and met a lot of great people that became longtime friends. Lorene dearly loved her grandchildren, Tracy Griffith (Mund) and Jen- ny Griffith (Turner) and was able to spend time watching them play sports through grade school and high school. She also got to watch them rodeo through Jr Rodeo, High School Rodeo, and College Ro- deo. She even traveled to Fallon, NV to watch the girls compete in the High School International Finals Rodeo. She always had a smile and friendly greeting for one and all. She was a devoted and faithful friend and the best mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her parents Dor- ris and Francis Mitchell ,twin sons Grant and Elmer, daughter Charlotte , close cousins Gayle Justice, Clara Lee Justice (Lockhart) , and Melvin Justice. She is survived by her husband of 66 years George Griffith, son and daughter- in-law, Glen and Kelly Griffith, granddaughters Tracy Griffith (Mund) hus- band Justin, Jenny Griffith (Turner) husband Ricky and great grandson Tate Sage Turner. “She will be deeply missed but we know she is dancing in heaven with her children and her folks.” Memorial Contribu- tions can be made to Gene- va House 80580 S. Cabana Rd. Hermiston, Oregon 97838. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of ar- rangements. the local churches faith- fully, the Assembly of God church in Heppner was his longtime favorite. Those wishing to make a contribution in Joel’s name, may make them to: Pioneer Memorial Hospice, PO Box 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. They provided sup- port and service to Joel and his son Randy during his final days. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of ar- rangements. DEADLINE FOR NEWS AND ADVERTISING: MONDAY AT 5 P.M. 541-676-9228
