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
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“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.
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Happy 49th Birthday
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