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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 22, 2020 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Obituaries Richard Ellis Wayne Delia Murrell Smith Pettyjohn 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 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. 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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. On Thursday, April 9 friends. He would be happy Richard Ellis Wayne Petty- to know that his efforts to john passed away of natural get sober led to his ability causes at the age of 46 in to help others. On Saturday, Gillette, WY. He was born April 11 Donor Alliance in on June 23, 1973 in John Denver, CO stopped Rich- Day, OR to Richard ard’s heart to donate E Pettyjohn and Sha- both his kidneys and ron G Dryer. liver to help three Richard grew up strangers. in Heppner, where Richard Ellis Richard had he worked on his Wayne family, friends and grandfather’s ranch. Pettyjohn animals on the oth- He loved to fish with er side, to welcome his siblings and his uncle him. Grandparents from Robert Hughes and play both sides of the family, basketball. He traveled Uncle Earl, Uncle Dale, from ranch to ranch most of Aunt Shirley and the many his adult life putting the les- dogs that had shared their sons his Grandpa Pettyjohn time with him. and Uncle Earl Pettyjohn Richard is survived by taught him to use. He was his mother, Sharon Adams; an accomplished carpenter father Richard Pettyjohn and took great satisfaction and bonus mother, Jean- in working with his hands. neine Miller; his sisters, Richard loved to share Cindy and Tara and his his love of music with his brothers, Ryan and Colton; friends and family; every- his children, Brandon, Brit- thing from Chris LeDoux tany, Dawn and Wyatt; his to Eminem. He had a deep grandchildren, Alana, Ma- ingrained love for women, son and Bell; and his many whiskey and tall tales. He nieces, nephews, family will be remembered by and friends. those who had his heart, Richard’s last request Melanee, Aloh and Jamie. was to have his ashes spread And the one that got away, at his favorite childhood Keri Altergott. spot near Penland Lake. Over the course of Family and friends will Richard’s life he battled hold a celebration of life at with addiction. He had a later date. started reconnecting with his children, family and We’re Here To Help! 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Williams, Junior, Animal Sciences and in Lexing- ton were Logan S. Grieb, Junior, Marketing; Alex R. Lindsay, Sophomore, History. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 graded hours of course work. Delia (Dee) Murrell regretted her choice. She Smith was born in Leices- worked for many years at ter, England to Timothy the Yakima YWCA nursery and Delia (Collins) Murrell where she helped raise hun- on May 30, 1923 and died dreds of children, includ- April 6, 2020 at the age 96 ing those of Governor Jay Inslee, who she was proud in Yakima, WA. to call “my friend.” Much of her She lived a robust, time in England was full life in Yakima, darkened by WWII, finally able to own but she found joy in her own home and being a bright and stay in one place. popular student and Her three young- going dancing with Dee Smith est sons, Patric, her sister Kathleen Daniel and Collin, and friend Enid. She faced the tragedy that many thrived in Yakima, keeping airmen they danced with her active as a parent, even were gone the next week. as she began what was tru- She met paratrooper Ray ly the favorite part of her Smith in May 1944. They life, being a grandmother. married August 9, 1944, In 1968, her daughters, caught in a war time sense Amanda and Tamara gave of urgency; Ray ordered to her the first of 15 beloved grandchildren; Stacy and ship out. Delia sailed March 2, Amy, and finally the last, 1946, with 6-month-old son Erin, Patric’s daughter ar- Michael, to New York, then rived in 2000. Dee also had by train to Oregon City. For 13 great-grandchildren. According to her fam- the rest of her life, Delia wrote to other war brides ily, Dee was gracious, lov- she had met on the ship. She ing, welcoming and kind. soon discovered that her She had a dry British humor new husband had a severe and sharp quick wit that case of wanderlust that led lives on in her children and them to move eight times grandchildren. She taught in the first eight years. This her grandchildren how to was offset by her discov- make playdough, pies and ering a love of camping, applesauce, to knit, wash sleeping in the forest under dishes by hand and grow the stars and any place and a garden. Most of all, she showed them how to take any time at the ocean. In 1953, the family the high road and be coura- moved to Heppner. Dee was geous when things weren’t very active in the communi- always ideal. She was the ty, a member of the Catholic Queen of Pies, baker of Church, English Club, a cinnamon rolls (with and boy scout den mother and without raisins) and an avid the head of the Ground knitter. She spent her final Observer Corps, while her husband was the printer of years at the Summitview the Heppner Gazette. Her Health Care Center with three oldest children grad- many family visits, cared uated from Heppner High for by kind and loving staff. She was preceded in School, Michael (1963), Tamara (1965) and Tim death by her parents, Tim- (1967), who set the HHS othy and Delia (Collins) two-mile track record. Mi- Murrell of Leicester, En- chael enjoyed playing bass gland; her sisters, Agnes with the Leonnig family at Cusack and Nancy Ryan; their Wagonwheel restau- her brother, John; and by rant downtown and briefly three half-siblings Mary in a band with Jim Sherman (Mai), Christopher and and Roger Leonnig. Tim Margaret (Peggy), the chil- picked up the bass and dren by her father’s first continued the band as the wife, Annie, who died in Henchman for four years childbirth in Ireland. An- with Roger Leonnig, Jim nie’s children were ulti- Sherman and Kathy Melby. mately raised by her sisters Because of Dee’s welcom- after their father emigrated ing nature, her living room with his second wife. She rocked as one of the few was also preceded by life- places the band could prac- long friends Enid Sewell tice. Amanda was usually (England) and Beth Van on a horse somewhere in the Schoiack (Oregon). She is survived by hills or barrel racing at the fairgrounds, while Tamara her sons and daughters, climbed to the top of every Michael (Avena), Selah, hill she saw. While in Hep- WA, Tamara (Jim) Weaver, pner, Dee passed the US Bend, OR, Timothy (Pam), citizenship exam in 1959. Wenatchee, WA, Amanda The family moved (John) Wagner, Sequim, briefly to La Grande, OR WA, Patric (Jodi), Yakima, before settling in Yakima, WA, Daniel (Lauri Leaver- WA. After a few years in ton), Collin; sister, Kathleen Yakima, Ray left to live at Wall, Eugene, OR; brother, the Oregon coast: Dee no Timothy (Karen) Murrell, longer had to follow her England; her grandchildren, husband as he moved on. great-grandchildren and She said that many war many friends. A gathering of remem- brides got right back on the ship to England after brance will be held at a they arrived, but she never later date. Honesty • Integrity • Independent VOTE Cody High MORROW COUNTY TREASURER WORKING FOR YOU ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Have a news story or photo for the Gazette? e-mail editor@rapidserve.net call 541-676-9228 or stop by the office on Willow St., Heppner Today
