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Obituaries
Tricia “TJ”
Jeannine Hunt
Robinson
Tricia “TJ” Jeannine of TJ’s favorite past times
Hunt Robinson passed and she started her own
away peacefully in her eBay shop, Old Shanty
Antiques. She
home surrounded by
found delight in
family, on August 29,
yard sales, junk
2020, at the age of
picking and es-
68. TJ, who was also
tate sales, where
known as Tricia, Jean-
she was always
nine, or even Ninker
All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.
on the hunt for
to
family,
was
born
on
For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per
January 9, 1952 in The TJ Robinson a good deal or
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.
hidden treasures.
Dalles, OR to parents
For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub-
TJ attended the Free
A. Dean and Lois (Key)
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
Methodist church of Pend-
Hunt of Lexington, OR.
specified if required).
leton and enjoyed a weekly
TJ
grew
up
in
Lex-
For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to
ington, where her parents Bible study. TJ also enjoyed
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
owned and operated a wheat knitting, cross stitch, read-
for the obituary.
ranch. She attended school ing, collecting glassware,
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
as a Lexington Jackrabbit spending time with her
number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not
through fourth grade, be- family and animals and
responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will
fore finishing her schooling was an avid fan of the Andy
be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10.
in Heppner where she grad- Griffith Show.
Jeannine is survived
uated from Heppner High
School in 1970. Upon grad- by her husband, Curtis of
Sophie Grace Sykes was born Sunday, Septem- uation, Jeannine moved to 34 years; brother, Gary
ber 13, 2020 at 1:46 p.m., to Christopher and Rachel Pendleton, OR where she (Rebecca) Hunt of Herm-
attended Blue Mountain iston, OR; nephew, Jeff
Sykes, Pendleton,
Community College earn- Hunt (Leah) of High Point,
at St. Anthony Hos-
NC; niece, Miranda Hunt
ing her associate degree.
pital in Pendleton.
She worked for various of Hermiston, OR; sister-
She weighed 8 lbs., 1
organizations in Pendleton in-law, Marilyn Helling
oz and measured 21
including Pendleton Grain of Weston, OR; nephews,
inches long.
Growers, where she was the Christopher Helling of
She joins a broth-
first female grain marketer, Pendleton, OR and Stephen
er, Waylon, age two.
the American Red Cross, Helling of Seattle, WA;
Grandparents
where she acted as director, brothers-in-law, Stacy Rob-
are David and April
the Pendleton Convention inson of Pendleton, OR and
Sykes, Heppner, and
Sophie Grace Sykes
Center, where she was the Billy Robinson of Spokane,
Mark Parm, Pend-
secretary and lastly, the WA. She is preceded in
leton.
death by her parents, Dean
Forest Service.
TJ met Curtis Robinson and Lois Hunt.
At TJ’s request no fu-
at a friend’s house where
they bonded over owning neral will be held. A private
Ford cars. They were mar- family burial will be held at
ried on May 10, 1986 in a later date at the Lexington
Reno, NV. TJ and Curtis Cemetery. Memorial con-
made their home in Pendle- tributions may be made to
ton and she kept busy with Vange John Memorial Hos-
their side business of Paws pice of Hermiston or Paws
& Claws pet and house animal shelter in Pendleton.
Please share memories
sitting, as TJ was an avid
animal lover. There was of TJ at www.burnsmortu-
not a dog or cat she did not ary.com. Burns Mortuary
like and she rescued many of Hermiston is in charge
of arrangements.
animals over the years.
Antiquing became one
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising
Births
Houser donates
books to school
library
Colt volleyball
academy scheduled
Bob Houser (right), CEO of Morrow County Health District
and Stephanni McAninch (left), HJSHS Library Technician.
Houser recently donated health education and leadership
books from his personal collection to the Heppner Jr/Sr High
School Library. The books will be helpful to students exploring
health related career fields. -Contributed photo.
Slottee Memorial
scholarship
available
The South Morrow
County Scholarship Com-
mittee will be accepting
scholarship applications for
The Beth Slottee Memorial
scholarship. It is available
to students entering their
junior year, senior year or
graduate school at an ac-
credited college.
The student must be
majoring or minoring in
music, but if no applicants
are available, it may be
awarded to a student ma-
joring or minoring in educa-
tion. The scholarship appli-
cation can be found on the
Heppner Jr Sr High School
website under Menu; In-
formation Center; College
and Career, then select the
Common Local Scholarship
Application.
The application and an
unofficial transcript must
be emailed to Brandi Swee-
ney at brandi.sweeney@
morrow.k12.or.us no later
than 5 p.m. on September
24. For more information
contact Brandi Sweeney at
541-256-0358.
The 2020 Colt volley-
ball academy will be held
outside at the Heppner Fit
Park this year to allow so-
cial distancing. The acade-
my, which promotes volley-
ball skill building and fun,
will be held Tuesdays and
Thursdays from September
22 to October 22 from 5:30
to 6:30 p.m.
The event will include
10 practices where the girls
can learn essential volley-
ball skills and teamwork.
They will be unable to com-
pete against other teams this
year, so will scrimmage
against each other. Masks
DEADLINE:
MONDAYS
AT 5PM
will be required and hand
sanitizer will be provided.
As the event will be
held outside this year, par-
ticipants are asked to be
prepared for all types of
weather. They should bring
outside tennis shoes and
hair ties as well. For ad-
ditional information, con-
tact one of the coaches via
email: Coach Petra Payne,
Petra.Payne@morrow.
k12.or.us; Coach Madi-
son Rosenbalm, Madison.
Rosenbalm@morrow.k12.
or.us; Coach Ivy Adams,
ivyzimmerman20@gmail.
com; or Coach Mindy Wil-
son, Mindy.Wilson@mor-
row.k12.or.us.
William (Bill)
Ernest Lundell
Former Ione resident rean War. After completing
William (Bill) Ernest Lun- his service, Bill returned to
dell was born in Heppner Milwaukie and after various
jobs, went to work for
to Frank M and
Western Electric, the
Ruth F (Swan-
phone and equipment
son) Lundell on
supplier, at that time,
February 9, 1930
for Pacific Northwest
and died Septem-
Bell, a part of the Bell
ber 5, 2020. He
System. Bill remained
was the oldest of
a Bell System em-
three children. Bill Lundell
ployee for the next 36
Bill loved his
youth spent in Ione, among years.
In 1956, Bill met the
grandparents and extended
family. Many fond stories love of his life, Katherine
of his days in Ione have Jean Hopkins. In 1961 Bill
been passed to his children and Jean were married and
spent the next 56 years to-
and grandchildren.
The family relocated gether. They built a home in
to Milwaukie, OR in 1942. the Milwaukie/Oak Grove
Bill’s fondness for Ione area where they raised three
would take him back there children. Bill was active
every summer vacation in his children’s lives with
throughout his remaining family camping trips, Boy
childhood and young adult- Scout outings and helping
hood. He spent his summers with sporting activities.
In retirement, Bill took
working on various wheat
ranches or helping out at up golf and was a weekly
the Ione grocery store op- member in a men’s group
erated by his grandfather, at Sah-Hah-Lee golf course.
Carl Swanson, and later his He and Jean did some trav-
eling as well. They traveled
Uncle Cot Swanson.
Upon graduation from to ship reunions in Branson,
Milwaukie High School in MO, Norfolk, VA and other
1948, Bill operated a Signal destinations, took trips to
garage in La Grande for his Hawaii and a trip to China.
Bill was preceded in
father until the station was
sold in 1949. Bill worked death by both his parents
on an Ione area wheat ranch and wife, Jean. Survivors
the summer of 1950 before include son, David (Tam-
entering the Navy in Octo- my); daughter, Diane;
son, Darin (Kari); three
ber 1950.
After basic training in grandchildren and two
San Diego, Bill’s Navy ser- great-grandchildren.
Donations can be made
vice took him from Hawaii
throughout the Southern to Bristol Hospice, 10365
Pacific Ocean, Japan and SE Sunnyside Rd, Clacka-
Korea. His LST made sev- mas, OR, 97015, 503-698-
eral supply trips north of the 8911.
38 th parallel during the Ko-
Cultural grant
application period
extended
The Morrow County
Cultural Coalition, funded
by Oregon’s Cultural Trust
Foundation, has extended
the application period for
the 2020 grants. Categories
for qualifying groups or
projects are literary, his-
torical preservation, vi-
sual and performing arts,
humanities, and cultural
organizations.
In previous years,
grants were awarded for
projects that included
writing festivals, histor-
ical books, art programs
in schools, quilting, kid’s
activities for parks, drama
and musical workshops and
art displays.
Grants can be award-
ed for up to 50 percent of
the total project cost. For
complete guidelines and
application form, please
contact Gayle Gutierrez at
541-676-5630 or ggutier-
rez@co.or.morrow.or.us.
Applications must be sub-
mitted by October 16, 2020.
Willow Creek Baptist
Church will hold a drive-in
worship service on Sunday,
September 20 at 10 a.m.
at the large gravel lot next
to the grain elevators on
Riverside Ave in Heppner.
There will be live music
and a message of encour-
agement.
Everyone is encour-
aged to bring a sack lunch
or snacks to enjoy during
the socially distanced fel-
lowship. For additional
information contact Tripp
Finch at 541-219-2316.
Church to host
drive-in worship
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