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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 3, 2018 -- TWO The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Obituaries Francie Moore Hansell Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ 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 paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch. 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 require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). 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 or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. 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 number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Francie Moore Hansell, Brothers. Francie began teaching born May 21, 1948 in Pross- er, WA to Frances and Lois in Umatilla and moved to Moore, passed away on Rocky Heights in Herm- Sept. 13. “She was gifted iston. She retired in 2011 with many angelic quali- after teaching for 30 years. Francie found ties including beauty, great joy in teach- kindness, wisdom and a ing, in the children soaring soprano voice.” and their families Francie graduat- and she cherished ed from Prosser High the friendships School in 1966. She Francie she made with her a t t e n d e d We s t e r n Moore many colleagues. Washington College Hansell While teach- and then transferred to Washington State Univer- ing was her calling, Fran- sity where she met Tyler cie’s first love was her fam- Sherman Hansell who was ily. She was devoted to her partner until his death in her parents; sisters, Mary 2008. On June 6, 1970, they Jane Hovis and Jill Ponti married at the Presbyterian and to her extended Pross- Church in Prosser, WA. er family. Francie and Ty Francie and Ty then moved made their own family that to Hermiston, where Ty included daughter, Erin worked for his family’s hog Hansell-Heideman (Dea- farm and ranch, Hansell con) and sons, Tyler (“TJ”) ~ Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you provide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Many positives in Heppner To the editor: Before the first frost hits, I would like to com- pliment the City of Heppner on the beautiful hanging flower baskets and contain- ers. They were exceptional this year and Main Street looked great. I would like to take a moment to list some of Heppner’s other positive achievements. 1) The new park on Riverside Street with its amenities and spacious green lawn replaces a lot filled with dirt and weeds. 2) The recent projects that the Howard and Beth Bryant Foundation have done, and have plans to do, are incredible. Many other businesses and fam- ilies have supported our town when needed, too, with major contributions including, but not limited to, the Wilkinsons and the Kilkennys. 3) Our ‘new’ swimming pools are now 20-plus years old, but provide a safe place for busy kids each summer. Very unusual for such a small town to have such modern facilities, but we do thanks to the far-sight- edness of the Willow Creek Park District. The old city swimming pool has even been turned into an attrac- tive, but low maintenance wayside. 4) Our recently remod- eled, historic 1902 County Courthouse with the new annex carefully designed to complement the older building is, as always, im- pressive. 5) Our business com- munity works hard to meet our needs while economic groups strive and plan to keep us going. 6) Progressive-minded city, county and district entities and officials keep us moving forward. State and US government offices are here in town to help us instead of 60 miles away. 7) We have what might be the world’s largest paint- ed shamrock on our busiest intersection in town. How cool is that. 8) There are not just one, but two high caliber museums, run by all volun- teers; the Ag Museum and the Heritage Museum. 9) Our dedicated hos- pital, EMTs, clinics, as- sisted living facility and an all-volunteer fire depart- ment. Can you imagine our town without any of these? 10) A county sheriff’s office that supports our community efforts for a safer town and who asks us to call or contact them, they need our eyes and ears in our neighborhoods and G heppner USTAN bOOSter M club dinner O O S T E R & auctiOn B S HHS Saturday, OctOber 13th heppner elkS lOdge dOOrS Open at 5:00 dinner 6:00 live auctiOn: 7:00 STEAK DINNER $15/person SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE! live auctiOn ♦ raffle headS Or tailS game card game ♦ Silent auctiOn Dinner Sponsored by Wheatridge/NextEra Energy VIP Table Wine Donated by Angie Hanson want to hear from us. 11) A great golf course that adds beauty to the north entrance of town and continually works on improvements. Also, the recently completed project to Willow Creek for better irrigation efficiency. 12) Opportunities for our kids to participate in multiple school and sports programs, 4-H and the county fair. 13) Volunteers who act when there is a need: free lunches were prepared and offered by volunteers to those who needed it at the city park this past summer. We come together to raise funds for good causes with walks, dinners and raffles. 14) Schools that care about our kids and then every year thanks the com- munity for their support of the schools by doing com- munity projects on Mustang Mop-up Day. 15) We have at least 10 churches and they are involved in the community. The South Morrow Coun- ty Neighborhood Center, Community Counseling and our St. Patrick’s Senior Center are there for us, too. 16) We have an all-vol- unteer rodeo committee who puts on three nights/ days of rodeo every August in a beautiful, modern facil- ity built by volunteers. 17) Instead of just hav- ing green beer on St. Pat- rick’s Day, we put on a huge four-day celebration of everything Irish year after year. 18) Our parks offer shade, picnics, volleyball, horseshoes, cookouts, music programs, farmer’s markets, exercise and play equipment and, amazingly for a small town, a pickle- ball court. There is over- night camping at the RV Park above the reservoir or at the fairgrounds. Again, exceptional parks and ame- nities for such a small town. 19) We welcome visi- tors with signs, hellos and smiles year round. We offer free water to fill up their RVs and also a free garbage disposal dumpster during hunting season. 20) We try to thank specific volunteers and en- tities with an annual, well attended Town and Country Dinner. We thank residents who keep the curb appeal of their homes nice with Yard of the Month recognition. We have two parades each year and organizations who do much good such as the Elks Club, Masons, Oddfel- lows, Lions Club, Booster Club and Chamber of Com- merce. Our local newspa- per, the Gazette-Times, serves us well and mails editions to out-of-town for- mer residents who still feel a part of our community. Our community is not perfect and we have the same terrible problems found in towns all over the United States, but when the call went out this summer to discuss our town’s chal- lenges, citizens, leaders and entities responded well by attending meetings, speak- ing up and listening. Now we need to take action. Do something easy: say hello to a stranger, wave at a car driving past, take time to walk along Main Street, pick up a piece of litter and place it in a garbage can or take someone’s grocery cart back inside the store for them. Do something more: shop local, go to a game/ event/activity, brighten up the neighborhood by water- ing and mowing your front yard or perhaps landscaping it with gravel for low main- tenance. Make a difference: vol- unteer often, help is always needed, get involved in a club, event, church, school or activity and call the po- lice if you see something or someone suspicious. Thank you, Kay Proctor, Heppner Valby Lutheran Church Valby Road Ione Oregon. 97843 Hansell (Sally), McKenzie Hansell (Emily) and Lucas Hansell. They later added son Ruben Blair to make a full family of seven. Fran- cie and Ty were frequent fixtures on the sidelines and bleachers at countless ball games and FFA events. While Ty always had words of wisdom to share with each child after every game, Francie was quick with a big hug and the comment, “You look great in your uniform.” According to her family, “She was the reliable caboose, bringing along supplies and endless words of encouragement and comfort.” Later in life, Francie’s greatest joy came from her nine grandchildren: Jacob, Liam, Hunter, Charlotte, Gage, Tyler, Eloise, Anna and Cora. Nani, as she was called by her grandchildren, was constantly driving from one event to the next, de- termined not to miss key events in her children’s and grand-children’s lives, and to provide respite for her children when they needed help. Francie was always Moore/Bastien-family proud, Prosser proud, WSU proud, Rocky proud, Herm- iston proud and Hansell proud. Francie and Ty taught their kids the WSU fight song at an early age and Francie was typically the only person who could reliably sing all of the Sig- ma Chi fraternity songs by heart. Francie attended the Faith Presbyterian Church in Hermiston and she had a deep, unwavering faith in God. This faith was a source of her strength while she endured eighteen months of treatment for leukemia that included chemothera- py and two bone marrow transplants. Most of these eighteen months were spent in Seattle and all of it was accompanied by her young- est son, Lucas, who was her constant care companion throughout. “His love, pa- tience and devotion to his mother was a tremendous and wonderful gift.” Francie always prac- ticed kindness first and had a vast capacity to love. She had many friendships that she carefully fostered. Her family, career and multitude of friends are the fruits of her angelic nature and life well-lived. She was a member of many local social groups for over 30 years, including the Inter- national Sisterhood P.E.O., Chapter CV; No Name Book Club; Bridge Club and Dinner Birthday Group. Her friends will miss her and her thoughtful and joyful participation in these groups. A celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6 at Faith Presbyterian Church in Hermiston. Donations in Francie Hansell’s honor may be made to Faith Presbyterian Church, Good Shepherd Community Health Foun- dation and P.E.O. Chapter CV Foundation Fund. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. The online condolence book is avail- able at burnsmortuaryherm- iston.com. Death Notices John R. Proudfoot – John R. Proudfoot, 97, of Hermiston and formerly of Ione, died Sunday, Sept. 30 at Hermiston. He was born Aug. 21, 1921 at Wasco, OR. At his request no service will be held. Sweeney Mor- tuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements. Heppner memorabilia available To the editor: I have recently been be- queathed a trove of letters, newspaper articles, college yearbooks, etc. belonging to Elmer Peterson, Ole, who grew up and was a sports star in Heppner. I am his adopted daughter Karen’s son and she recently died. My family and I won- dered if there was a branch of the Peterson family still around Heppner. I also have string bound high school yearbooks from Heppner High School from 1916/17. Grandpa “Pete” mar- ried Florence and they adopted my mother. The collection includes many love letters from her while he was at University of Oregon. If anyone has some thoughts, suggestions or a lead on this let me know via email at ashroberts@msn. com. We may be traveling out that way in the coming months. Thanks, Ashton Roberts ashroberts@msn.com Community lunch menu United Methodist volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, October 10 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be meat loaf, mashed potatoes and gravy, or- ange kissed beets, seven-layer salad, hot rolls and apple cobbler for dessert. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. 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