EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Obituaries
Spiritually Speaking
David Richard DeMayo Holy family: Model for the modern families
David Richard De- rank of O4E (Major with
to imitate
Mayo of Heppner was born prior enlisted time).
As a civilian he first set-
February 20, 1948, in Gene-
va, NY, the son of Kenneth tled in Boise, ID, working
for five years with
and Beverly (Clust)
MICRON Technol-
DeMayo. He went to
ogy. Being the rest-
be with his Lord on
less person he was,
December 15, 2020
it was time to move
in Heppner at the age
on. He decided to
of 72, after injuries
put his master’s de-
stemming from a Par-
gree to use finding
kinson’s related fall. David
employment as a
Dave spent his Richard
City Manager, first
childhood in Painted DeMayo
in Vale, OR for five
Post, NY where he
graduated from high school years, then in Heppner for
in 1966. He then enlisted in another five years.
The troubles in Iraq
the U.S. Navy and saw the
world, seeing action in Viet- triggered yet a phase three
nam. His home base was in of Dave’s military career. At
Hawaii, with many R & R the age of 60 he was called
times spent in Hong Kong up to active duty in 2008
and in the Philippines. He as a part of Iraqi Freedom.
had fond memories of times He used his skills to help
spent in Hong Kong where rebuild a war-torn country,
he sponsored a boy at a helping to rebuild schools,
Roof Top school. He was hospitals and roads, as well
honorably discharged after as teaching them how to set
up good city governments
four years of active duty.
Upon reentry to the in their region. He learned
civilian world, he pursued to speak Arabic while there.
David’s hobbies in-
his education. He attend-
ed Monroe Community cluded rock-hounding,
College, then travelled to birdwatching, reading, and
the Missouri Ozarks to at- Bible Study, especially the
tend Baptist Bible College, Old Testament. He was pre-
where he met and married ceded in death by his father,
his wife of 47 years, Neva Kenneth DeMayo, mother,
Cheyenne Randall. After Beverly Burnside, and a
receiving a BA in Theology, beloved stepfather, Robert
he attended Missouri State Burnside, as well as several
in Springfield, attaining a cats who meant the world to
BS in Geology. He grad- him. He is survived by his
uated with honors and is wife Neva, brothers Steve
a member of PHI KAPPA DeMayo (Rochester NY),
Robert Burnside (Roch-
PHI.
He also was a member ester), and Scott Burnside
of the Pershing Rifle Club, (Watkins Glen, NY), three
as a part of his ROTC com- nephews, one niece, and
mitment. This launched Max the cat.
David was laid to rest
phase two of his military
career, which comprised at the Heppner Masonic
16 years of active duty Cemetery on Saturday, De-
with the U.S. Army as a cember 19, 2020. Sweeney
part of its Engineer Corps. Mortuary of Heppner was
This career allowed him to in care of arrangements.
experience more of his own You may sign the online
country, being assigned to condolence book at www.
Forts Leonard Wood (MO), sweeneymortuary.com.
Memorials may be sent
Bragg (NC), Belvoir (VA),
and Wainwright (AK). He to local Humane Society
also had a three-year tour organizations, or to Lu-
in Wildflicken, W. Germa- theran World Relief, P.O.
ny, and was a recruiting Box 17061, Baltimore, MD
commander in Boise, ID. 21298-9832.
Sweeney Mortuary of
While in the military he
did graduate studies at Ohio Heppner is in care of ar-
State University, and Web- rangements. You may sign
ster, where he received his the online condolence book
Master’s in public adminis- at www.sweeneymortuary.
tration. He retired with the com.
Raymond “Ray”
William O’Neal
Raymond “Ray” Wil- logging, farming and road
liam O’Neal, 84, of Hep- construction throughout
pner, Oregon passed away his working years, retiring
Sunday, December 13, 2020 from the Morrow County
in Prineville surrounded by Road Department.
his family. There will
Ray’s hobbies
be a military memo-
included working
rial service held at a
on vehicles, garden-
later date. To light a
ing, bowling and
candle for Ray or to
hauling his grand-
leave an online con-
kids here and there.
dolence for the fami-
Ray is preceded
ly, please go to www. Raymond
in death by an infant
whisperingpinesfu- O’Neal
son, his daughter
neralhome.com.
Susan (Dwayne)
Ray was born to Ray- McClain, two grandchil-
mond Willis and Francis dren: Jimmy and Michael
Thelma (Brummett) O’Ne- McClain, his parents, two
al in Clovis, NM on Au- sisters and their spouses.
gust 23, 1936. The family
He is survived by his
moved to Idaho where two wife of 64 years, Betty;
of Ray’s sisters were born; two sons, Jim (Roxanne)
Cenona and Ada. Then they O’Neal of Duvall, WA,
moved on to Kinzua, OR Rick (Kathy) O’Neal of
and another sister, Darlene, Prineville, OR; daughter,
was born.
Donna (Jason) Maben of
Ray left school in his Heppner, OR; grandsons,
junior year and joined the David, Jamie and Aaron
US Navy. He served on the O’Neal, Joshua (Jamie)
USS York Town in Guam O’Neal, Caleb (Jolene)
as CSSN O’Neal, he was O’Neal, Casey (Katie) Ma-
on the 7 th fleet assigned to ben, Treston (Sam) Maben;
the USS York Town. He met granddaughters, Tiffany
Bettylou Nancy La Count (Jim) Fewell, Laci (Jason)
on a blind date when he was Bell and Sydney (Alan
in the US Navy and married Blackman) Maben and 11
her on November 17, 1956 great grandchildren.
in Mt. Vernon, WA.
Memorial Contribu-
After he was out of the tions may be made in Ray’s
US Navy, Ray and Betty memory to St. Charles Hos-
moved to Kinzua, OR to pice through Whispering
begin their lives together. Pines Funeral Home, 3168
Ray and Betty had four chil- NE 3rd Street, Prineville,
dren: Jim, Rick, Susan and OR 97754.
Donna. Ray did mill work,
By Fr. Thankachan Joseph
For the Church, celebrations do not end with Christ-
mas. The day after Christmas is the Feast of the Holy
family because Christmas is a family feast, and the Holy
Family of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus is the example for all
of us to follow. Jesus is a beautiful example to children of
how to be obedient to our parents. Mary teaches us to be
a caring mother, spouse, and sister. St. Joseph is always
spoken of in the Bible as a just man, and he became a
good father. (This year is a special year for the Catholic
Church, as the Holy Father has declared this as the year
of St. Joseph, marking the 150 th anniversary of declaring
him the patron of the Universal Church.)
In the book of Genesis (15:1-6, 21:1-3), we see Abra-
ham being blessed by the Lord for his obedience to God.
Abraham simply believed that his ancestries would be like
the sand of the sea and the stars of the sky, God would
multiply his descendants, even though he was advanced
in age, as was his wife Sarah. But they had unquestioning
belief in God. Their lives should become an example for
all of us at this particular time of pandemic.
St. Paul in his letter to the Colossians (3:12-17) de-
scribes how we should live as Christians and in particular
how we should live in the community and in our families.
We are called to be saints: compassionate, concerned,
accepting, accommodating, and forgiving of one another.
Differences, dissimilarities, and misunderstandings are
certain to happen, but we should be the first to forgive
and reconcile, not standing on our rights, dignity, and
position, but being always the first to make a move, to
give in and not keep a record of wrongs. These are the
values that build a family as a home of acceptance. St.
Paul reminds his listeners of the attire that we should be
wearing as family members. “Over all these clothes, to
keep them together and complete them, put on love.”
That will erase and settle all the differences in a family
and unite members of the family.
The Gospels describe attributes of Joseph and Mary
and the Holy Family to reflect upon:
The tough time they lived in: Joseph and Mary
lived during the time of king Herod, who was a selfish
and cruel king. He sought to kill Jesus because he could
not see anyone higher than him. So, Joseph taking his
wife Mary and the child, fled in the night to Egypt. After
the death of Herod, they came back to Israel, but Joseph
feared living in Judea under the king, Archelaus, for he
had killed three thousand citizens who had gathered in
Jerusalem for the feast of the Azymes, and there was no
guarantee he would not repeat it again. So, Joseph moved
straight to Galilee and finally reached Nazareth, where he
made his home. This shows the good and caring character
of St Joseph, a model for all husbands and fathers.
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Couple in Communion with the Lord: Joseph’s
ordinary life began with the
struggle for his daily bread.
He set up his carpentry and
worked day in and day out.
Mary also worked without
sparing herself in order to
keep her house in good con-
dition and to help Joseph.
She turned the millstone,
carried water. She washed,
cooked, swept, and sewed.
And Jesus, the son of God
made flesh, as he grew began Fr. Thankachan Joseph
helping his father and moth-
er. Although Mary and Joseph were busy with their daily
work, both of them found time to be with the Lord. I am
sure we are all busy with our daily activities. Do we find
time to be with the Lord as this couple did? With numer-
ous tasks of the day, they never failed at communion with
God. Their works and prayer went side by side.
Forgiving Couples: This Holy family was the poor-
est, most modest, most silent family in that miserable
village of Nazareth. In Nazareth there was a group of
people who looked up to Joseph and Mary’s as a model
family. But there was another group who sneered at them.
They gathered to gossip about the pregnancy of Mary. But
Joseph, a strong descendent of David, would just shake his
head. If the argument became heated, Mary’s eyes could
brim with tears of pity. And Jesus would later advise his
followers to forgive, “not once but seventy times seven.”
Many of our existing family issues could be exterminated
or alleviated if our married couples have the mind and
heart of Joseph and Mary.
Couple Spent Time Together: The Holy family was
not spared from the problems and difficulties of day-to-
day life. They used to come together every day to eat, to
work, to plan, to execute, and to evaluate. But their love,
prayer, devotion, commitment in life and work kept them
united. They, in the midst of troubles, showed signs of
encouragement, smiled at those who looked at them de-
spairingly and prayed for them. They exemplify how we
can mold our family. (Children have come and shared with
me that they were not getting sufficient attention, love,
and concern from their parents. They have said they want
to be born again as some electronic gadgets because their
parents spend more time with those than with the family.)
The home of Nazareth reminds us that families have
the responsibility of teaching their children the Faith and
to model virtues. Jesus had excellent parents, Mary the
best mom and Joseph a just and prudent man. The baby
Jesus of Bethlehem invites every one of us today to always
be obedient to our parents and to live as he lived. Parents
today can learn from Joseph and Mary how to teach their
children to grow in obedience and respect. As we cele-
brate the Feast of the Holy Family, they show us how to
be a family capable of being open to God’s will, capable
of being loving and happy, capable of communicating
more often and having more time for face-to-face family
interaction, capable of bringing Christ into the lives of
others. May you and your family find your love, peace,
and joy that the baby of Bethlehem brought to this world
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Chamber holds
Christmas and
Merchant Stocking
Extravaganza
The Heppner Chamber
hosted the Christmas and
Merchant Stocking Extrav-
aganza this year to bring
hope and joy to the season.
Due to COVID restrictions,
the regular Heppner Christ-
mas event was cancelled.
Local merchants, Wal-Mart
and the chamber donated
money and prizes for the
event.
Prize winners were
David Biehler, Tina Palm-
er, Curtis Martin, Barb
Watkins, Bobbi Childers,
Mrs. Kraig Cutsforth, Jes-
sica Emmel, Linda Schultz,
Jen Breidenbach, Sheridan
Tarnasky, Shawn Kem-
pas, Hailee Peck, Brent
Brosnan, Tami Rietmann,
Shelby Dixon, Kim Carl-
son, Dick Turrell, Josh
Henrichs, Jacob Stutzman,
Jay Gibbs, Gene Crowell,
Keith Scott, Ralph Klock,
Kelly Holland and Mark
Pointer. The total value
of the prizes added up to
nearly $9,000 and included
items such as carpet steam
cleaners, vacuum cleaners,
a Dutch oven, a tabletop
grill, bookcases and kids’
toys, including RC cars,
dolls, drones and games. A
merchant thank you basket
was included this year and
was awarded to Pettyjohn’s.
Lori Roach, Heppner
Chamber Director, told the
Gazette, “2020 has been
tough, so seeing how excit-
ed people were when they
came to the chamber office
to pick up their stocking
made me realize we made
the right decision to not
cancel Heppner’s Christ-
mas all together. I know it
was not a normal Heppner
Christmas, but I would
definitely call it a success.”
Roach continued, “I ap-
preciate the local merchants
for participating, some for
donating items, some for
taking tickets and some for
both. You are all very much
appreciated, and it was nice
to get to know you all just a
little bit better.”