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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Obituaries Peggy Herb Peggy Herb, 78, a res- years, she worked as a nurse ident of the Wilsonville at Samaritan Lebanon Hos- community, passed away pital, Salem Hospital, Good on February 16 at Emanuel Samaritan in Corvallis and Rogue Valley Hos- Hospital in Portland. pital, until she re- Peggy was born tired with great re- on May 20, 1941 in gret due to physical Sacramento, CA. limitations. She was the daugh- She truly en- ter of Jay Kirkpatrick joyed traveling with and Ronda (Baker) Kirkpatrick. She was Peggy Herb her husband and created wonderful raised in Dunsmuir, CA and attended Dunsmuir memories of local getaways High School where she as well as adventures to was a drum majorette and Germany, Italy, France, played the French horn, Switzerland and Spain and graduating with the class of each year she looked for- 1959. She moved to Forest ward to their time in Ha- Grove at the age of twenty. waii. She enjoyed reading, Peggy met her future sewing, animals, her many husband, Joseph Herb, wonderful friendships and while working at Forest most of all, her family. Grove National Bank, She loved her husband where Joe was working and children fiercely and at the rival, First National completely and loved her Bank, across the street. grandchildren even more. She is preceded in death They soon began dating and married on June 8, 1963 in by her parents and siblings. She is survived by her Forest Grove. They initially made their home in Forest husband, Joseph; four chil- Grove, then began follow- dren and their spouses, ing the path of Joseph’s Deborah and Scott Wryn of banking career which led Ione, OR, Mary VanKleeck them to Lebanon, Albany, and her companion Daniel Junction City, Stayton and McNabb of Sherwood, OR, Medford, until finally set- Andrew and Virginia Herb tling in Wilsonville in 2014. of Coeur d’Alene, ID, Dan- Peggy was a homemak- iel and Kelly Herb of Sa- er to her four children, vol- lem, OR and six grandchil- unteering at their schools dren’ Joseph VanKleeck, and sitting through count- Christopher VanKleeck, less music recitals, sporting Brett Herb, Brianna Herb, events and school plays. Samantha Herb and Jack She herself returned to Herb. The family requests school in her forties, grad- uating from the Chemeketa those who wish to please Community College Nurs- consider donations to the ing Program in 1986. Over Oregon Humane Society. the course of the next ten ~ Letters to the Editor ~ Janina Teresa Johnson Janina Teresa Johnson was born January 11, 1927 in New Radom, Poland to Lambert and Victoria Slensak, their only child. She died peacefully on De- cember 21, 2019. Caught up in the inva- sion of Poland by Germany in 1939 she was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust. In 1941 she was sent by cattle car to Germany to work as a slave labor. She met her husband Clarence, a captain in the American Army, in 1945 while working as an interpreter for the American Military Government. They returned to the US in 1947 with their daughter Mary Ann where Clarence completed his teaching degree and eventually set- tled in Heppner, OR where their son John was born. In 1964 they moved to Eugene where Janina owned a deli and wine shop, eventually settling in Portland to be closer to family. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Ann DeVall (Ron); son, John; grandson, Jeff DeVall (Shannon) and great granddaughters, Meg, Kate, and Alice DeVall. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Clarence (1988). Services will be held at a later date at Willamette National Cemetery where she will be laid to rest with her husband. David W. Lacey David W. Lacey, 64, wife Merilyn and her son went home to be with the Mathew Cigarroa; two Lord on Tuesday, January daughters, November Slud- 28 in Bend, OR after a two er and Michelle Weiker; grandson, Jared plus year battle with Wallis Weiker; five multiple myeloma. sisters, Marthela He was born July Hawkins, April 30, 1955, at Heppner, Wilson, Dorothy the son of Walt and Frost, Kathy Cuts- Billie Fay Lacey. The forth and Loa Lac- family lived in Con- ey; and his brother, don where David was Scott Lacey. raised and attended He was pre- school, graduating David W. ceded in death by from Condon High Lacey his parents, Walt School in 1973. David lived in several and Billie Fay Lacey. A graveside service places and worked at vari- ous types of jobs. The fam- will be held at 9:30 a.m. ily said there wasn’t much on Saturday, February 29 he couldn’t do and he was at the Condon Cemetery. very talented in many ways. A memorial service will He met his wife, Meri- follow at 11 a.m. at the lyn in Conrad, MT in 2004. Fossil Baptist Fellowship Willow Creek Baptist volunteers will serve lunch on They were married in 2009. Church, 903 Main St. in Wednesday, March 4 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch The couple moved to Ante- Fossil. A celebration of menu to be announced. lope, OR where they lived life will follow at 1 p.m. at Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested for eight years until his the Man Cave, 48653 Old donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. retirement. After his retire- Highway Road in Fossil. ment they moved to Fossil, This will be a potluck and OR where they resided until ice cream social. Sweeney Mortuary of his homegoing. David received Christ Condon assisted the family as his Savior in 2013 and with arrangements. You has faithfully attended Fos- may sign the online condo- sil Baptist Fellowship since lence book at www.swee- 2018 when he moved to neymortuary.com. Come join us at the newly remodeled Fossil. Gilliam & Bisbee building! Survivors include his Community lunch menu Don’t Miss Murray’s Irish Beer & Wine Fest Friday, March 13th 8pm - 12am $5 Cover Charge Beer & Wine Tickets $5 each Dan Burns 3D Productions Quality Food Concessions All Ages Welcome! Children must have adult supervision 217 North Main St., Heppner, OR Phone 676-9158 Floral 676-9426 murraysdrug.com www.murraysdrug.com Chamber lunch meeting The next lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held Thursday, March 5 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Hep- pner City Hall conference room. The meeting will include all entities reports. Lunch will be provided by Breaking Grounds Cof- fee for $10 per person and RSVPs are required no later than March 3. Lunch will consist of a dill and ham grilled cheese sandwich, chips and a cookie. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other ac- commodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours be- fore the meeting to Sheryll Bates at 541-676-5536. The Grow ‘Em and Show ‘Em 4-H group held their second meeting of the year February 23 at the NRCS building in Heppner. The club discussed their projects for the St. Patrick’s Day events, which will include running the Welly Boot Toss and setting up chairs at the Elks club. The club members will also be doing a 50/50 raffle to help pay for club shirts and hats. At the meeting they discussed future plans for community service proj- ects and fundraisers and approved their 2019-2020 calendar. The next meeting will be held March 29 at the NRCS building at 4:30 p.m. 4-H group to assist with St. Pat’s events 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. Electric cooperatives disappointed with dam decision To the editor: Oregon’s 18 electric cooperatives are extremely disappointed with Gover- nor Kate Brown’s decision to support the breaching of the four lower Snake River dams. The Snake River dams produce over 1,000 average megawatts of reliable, carbon-free energy – enough energy for over 800,000 northwest homes. Governor Brown’s decision, made without any consultation with leaders of consumer-owned utilities, will have severe conse- quences for our mission of providing affordable, reliable electricity to over a half-million Oregonians. It is stunning that during a serious legislative debate on carbon reduction, Governor Brown supports a course of action that is estimated to increase CO2 emissions by over 2 million metric tons – every year. This output is the equiva- lent of adding 421,000 pas- senger cars to the region’s roads each year. If the State of Oregon is serious about addressing climate change, they are now moving in the wrong direction. Furthermore, the Northwest Power and Con- servation Council – for whom Governor Brown has appointed two Oregon members – has concluded that the northwest power supply becomes inadequate as early as next year. Taking out the lower Snake River dams, which help keep our region’s power and trans- mission systems in balance, could lead to the crashing of the electrical grid and blackouts for Oregonians. Finally, we disagree with Governor Brown’s claim that the removal of the Snake River dams will “simultaneously address both the orca and salmon recovery dilemma” in the region. The region’s rate- payers have made signifi- cant long-term investments in large-scale structural and operational changes to fur- ther improve existing fish passage routes as well as provide new safe passage structures at these dams. The juvenile survival per- formance standard target is 96 percent for yearling chi- nook and steelhead. Gover- nor Brown should support building on this success story rather than embracing an extreme position that will harm rural Oregonians. Columbia Basin Elec- tric Cooperative would en- courage our members to get involved with the ORECA Grassroots movement by visiting its website at www. ORECA.org. Thank you, Andy Fletcher General Manager Columbia Basin Elec- tric Cooperative, Inc. Funeral Notices Glen F. Ward – Glen F. Ward, 92 of Heppner died, Friday, February 7 at Heppner. He was born May 23, 1927 at Hanes, OR. Graveside service with military honors will be held Saturday, February 29 at 2 p.m. at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. A celebration of life will follow at 3 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge. You may sign the online condolence book at www.sweeneymortuary.com. Charles Linley Mitchell – Charles Linley Mitchell was born May 21, 1946 and died Charles Linley December 7, 2019. A celebration Mitchell of life will be held at Charlie Mitchell’s shop, 1842 Cherry St, Umatilla, on March 8 from 1 to 4 p.m. Everyone is invited to come eat, drink and share memories. Painting class scheduled The Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts group will hold a painting class on Tuesday, March 3, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The class will break for lunch and then resume from 1-2:30 p.m. Those planning to attend should arrive by 10 a.m. to set up. Darla Hanson will be teaching the class and will have supplies, including canvases, but those attend- ing may want to bring their own brushes. Those attend- ing may use the instructor’s ideas for a painting or bring their own photo with a tree or building in it. The class- es will be acrylic or water color, with a hair dryer for a fast-drying painting. Classes will be held at the Gilliam and Bisbee Building in the side room. Cost is $25 per person and beginners are welcome. Classes are open to the public. For more information, call Betty Mills, 541-676- 5546 or Claudia Ramilez, 541-701-4103. New Baby in Your Family? Engagement? Wedding? We want to share your life events! In loving memory of Nathan Arbogast Happy 49th Birthday We love and miss you! Chandra, Cade, Kai, and most importantly, Cara Stop in the Heppner Gazette office or email us with details and photos. All birth, engagement and wedding announcements are always free! 188 W Willow Street Heppner, OR editor@rapidserve.net
