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Obituaries
Francie Moore Hansell
Heppner
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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”)
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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
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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
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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.
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