Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 17, 2021 -- THREE
Obituaries
~ Letters to the Editor ~
John C Breidenbach Michael (Mike)
Rene Meligan
John C Breidenbach Job Corp as a forestry in-
was born April 24, 1937 structor for ten years. After
to Richard (Dick) and Jean retirement, John moved
back to Heppner.
Breidenbach in Mc-
John’s last pro-
Cleary, WA where
fession was that of
he became the old-
a school bus driver,
er brother to sister,
continuing his long
Bobbette and brother,
involvement with
Rick. John graduat-
the youth right up
ed from Elma High
to his death. “His
School in 1956.
John C
As a result of de- Breidenbach calm and steady
personality was
veloping a love for the
well suited for
outdoors, John chose
both driving nasty
wildfire firefighting as
roads and curbing
vocation, serving for
occasionally un-
35 years, before retir-
ruly children. It was
ing from the U.S. For-
also through this
est Service in 1989.
During fire season, he was last profession that he met
the crew boss of a fire line and married the love of his
that could stretch up to life, Jennifer Thompson
twelve miles. This meant he Cote in 2018. The happi-
was constantly hiking back ness, joy and love he and
and forth, over rough ter- Jen found in one another
rain, helping where needed was an incredible thing to
and giving on the spot train- watch unfold,” a family
ing. He also kept a watchful member said.
John passed away at
eye on the weather, smoke
and the fire itself. During Providence St. Mary’s hos-
the off season, he was re- pital in Walla Walla, WA on
sponsible for training and October 26, 2020.
In addition to his wife,
certifications, ordering food
and the maintenance of the Jennifer and children, Lela
buildings and firefighting Rogers, John Alan Breiden-
equipment. John always bach and Howard Breiden-
enjoyed teaching others bach, he is survived by
about working in and caring eight grandchildren, and
two great grandchildren, as
for the outdoors.
In 1960, he married well as his sister, Bobbette
Linda Nevitt, with whom Fowler, brother Richard,
he had two children, Lela and brother-in-law Richard
Jean and John Alan. They Rich Nevitt.
He was preceded in
lived in Forks, WA until
1974, before he transferred death by his parents; wives,
to another job in Heppner. Linda and Cindy; daughter,
In 1978, Linda passed away Rosalie; son-in-law, Gary
and he became a single dad Rogers and brother-in-law,
David Nevitt.
to two teenagers.
A memorial service
In 1979, John married
Mary Lucinda (Cindy) will be held May 1, 2021 at
Reed Ledington, where he 1 p.m. at the Christian Life
gained two more children, Center, located at 535 Mor-
Rosalie and Howard. John gan St, Heppner. There will
moved his family to Estaca- be a reception afterwards.
da, OR in 1979, where he Please RSVP.
worked at the Timberlake
Tim Jones
Tim Jones was born in
Santa Rosa, CA on June
2, 1962 and died at Lake
Stephens, WA February 9,
2021.
He is survived by a son,
Zachery Jones, Portland,
OR; parents, David and
Roberta Jones, Irrigon, OR;
sister and brother-in-law,
Terrie and Mark Cutsforth,
Kennewick, WA and broth-
er, David Jones Jr., Nampa,
ID.
Jones graduated with
the class of 1980 at Hep-
pner High School. He was
employed as a blueprint
designer at Cable Com. in
Woodland, WA.
No services are planned
at this time.
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Michael (Mike) Rene volved with the 3-D print-
Meligan, 64, passed away ing industry, and invented a
February 26, 2021, at his simple, yet elegant coupler
home in Heppner. He was device which solved a ma-
jor issue for those
the beloved son of
“maker” machines.
Jack & Jo Meligan,
His product was suc-
also of Heppner.
cessful and was sold
Mike was born
and shipped to hun-
February 6, 1957 in
dreds of customers
Palo Alto, CA. His
across the U.S. and
early formative years
were spent in Fre- Michael Rene Europe.
At the time of his
mont, CA, where he Meligan
passing, Mike was
attended kindergar-
ten through the 5 th grade. attempting to build and test
His family moved to S.E. his novel design for a wind
Portland in October 1968. turbine blade that could
Mike was a 1975 graduate operate in extremely low-
of Centennial High School wind conditions.
In addition to his par-
in Gresham, OR, where he
excelled in music (saxo- ents, Mike is survived by
phone) and art, as well as his older brother, Jack L.
metal, wood and electronics Meligan; sister-in-law,
Kathleen; nieces, Heather
studies.
After high school, Mike Meligan-Burson and Jen-
pursued his artistic passions na Meligan; grand-niece,
by quickly becoming one Aria Belle Bouey and
of Portland’s best custom grand-nephews, Derek and
painters of cars and motor- Aaron Burson, who all live
cycles. Around 1990, his in the Portland area.
Mike was pre-deceased
lungs were seriously in-
jured when he inadvertently by his baby sister, Marcia
inhaled caustic fumes from Jo, in 1979.
A graveside family me-
a newly introduced catalyt-
ic automotive paint. After morial service took place
receiving an out-of-court at Heppner Cemetery on
settlement from Dupont for March 11, 2021. An Irish
their failure to warn, Mike wake followed at a private
started a screen-printing location.
“Mike, until we can all
business.
In 2000, Mike and his meet again, may God hold
long-time partner, Shelley you in the palm of His hand.
Hillborn, relocated to the Say hello to Marci and all
Heppner area and were the grandparents, aunts, un-
married in 2005. The mar- cles, cousins and friends for
riage ended in 2007. Mike us. We’ll be seeing you …”
“A golden heart stopped
eventually operated an au-
tomotive body shop in Hep- beating, hardworking hands
pner until his health caused at rest. God broke our hearts
him to close the business. to prove to us He only takes
Mike spent the last 10 the best.” (A traditional
years perfecting several Irish poem.)
inventions. He became in-
Climate Change
To the editor:
The Arctic Ocean is
warming up, icebergs are
growing scarcer and in
some places the seals are
finding the water too hot,
according to a report to
the Commerce Department
yesterday from the Consul-
ate at Bergen, Norway.
Reports from fish-
ermen, seal hunters and
explorers all point to a
radical change in climate
conditions and hitherto
unheard-of temperatures in
the Arctic zone.
Exploration expedi-
tions report that scarcely
any ice has been met as
for north as 81 degrees 29
minutes.
Soundings to a depth
of 3,100 meters showed the
editor@rapidserve.net
K2 Aerial provides agricultural
spraying of pesticides and
broad cast spreading of
dry materials such as
seed or fertilizer.
gulf stream still very warm.
Great masses of ice
have been replaced by mo-
raines of earth and stones,
the report continued, while
at many points well-known
glaciers have entirely dis-
appeared.
Very few seals and
no whitefish are found in
the eastern Arctic, while
vast shoals of herring and
smelts, which have nev-
er before ventured so far
north, and being encoun-
tered in the old seal fishing
grounds.
Within a few years it
is predicted that due to the
ice melt the sea will rise
and make most coast cities
uninhabitable.
I must apologize. I ne-
glected to mention that this
report is from Nov. 2, 1922,
as reported by the Associ-
ated Press and published
in the Washington Post 98
years ago. This must have
been caused by the Model
T Ford’s emissions or pos-
sibly from horse and cattle
farts.
“The Range Maga-
zine,” Spring 2021
(Submitted by Al Os-
min, Heppner)
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Honoring Mike
Meligan
To the editor:
This column is written
in honor of the late Mike
Meligan, his family and
friends, entitled 24/7. Mike
understood our times (1
Chr. 12:32) at the end of our
age when knowledge shall
increase (Daniel 12:4).
America and Great
Britain controlled the ma-
jor sea gates of the world
before WW2 and that is
a major reason the Allied
Forces won the war. Both
Great Britain and America
turned from their Chris-
tian heritage and covenant
commitments to God after
the war and neither nation
has secured a victorious
military outcome since.
Great Britain lost control of
the Suez Canal, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Cyprus, the
Cape of Good Hope, Malta,
the Gulf of Aden and Sri
Lanka. America has lost
control of the major gate
of the world, the Panama
Canal, plus most of our sea
gates in SE Asia which Chi-
na has turned into their own
military armada. These sea
gates, where 90 percent of
the national produce of the
world must pass through,
were a blessing from God
prophesied upon Great Brit-
ain and America in the
Bible. That blessing has
turned to a curse because
America and Great Britain
have turned their back on
the God of their fathers.
Those sea gates are now
controlled by Communist
and Islamic powers that
hate America and deny the
God of the Bible. This will
not end well and burying
our head in the ground will
not make this reality go
away.
Donald Trump recog-
nized the ominous threat
China posed to the free
world and reversed decades
of appeasement. China and
the Obama socialist/com-
munists in America worked
in tandem to usurp our
constitution and historic
voting integrity to steal the
election and place a pro-
communist, pro-Islamic,
anti-Israel puppet as Pres-
ident. Barack Obama said
it best, “If I could make an
arrangement where I had
a stand in, a front man or
front woman…and I could
deliver all the lines…”
(Live, Stephen Colbert,
Nov. 20)
There is a very serious
consequence to kicking
God, prayer, the Bible and
the Ten Commandments
out of our schools, our
government and media and
entertainment industry.
America and Americans
are now at the mercy of 1)
anti American politicians
that hate our Christian her-
itage, 2) activist courts that
rule according to politically
correct dictates, 3) despotic
foreign nations that hate
America and enslave their
own people, 4) a satanic
Red Chinese system of
torture and sexual abuse ter-
rorism of innocent Ulghurs,
Christians, Buddhists and
Tibetan women. Do not
doubt this satanic horror
is coming to America if
America does not repent
and turn back to God.
What must America
and Americans do to re-
store our liberty, Christian
heritage, and our constitu-
tional republic? There is
only one power on earth and
the heavens that is able to
defeat the wickedness that
is rising on every horizon.
Jesus Christ was the source
of power and the only God
of our American fathers. We
have lost our way through
ignorance, compromise,
deception and/or rebellion.
When Thomas asked Jesus,
“How can we know the
way?” Jesus responded, “I
am the way, the truth and
the life, no man come to
the father except through
me.” (John 14:5,6) This was
Mike Meligan’s ministry
to America and the world.
May his 24/7 commitment
to ministry online with a
passion for reaching lost
souls for Jesus Christ be
an example and inspiration
to all.
We may not be able
to change the world, but
we can change our destiny
one life, one family, one
community, one school,
one county at a time. The
way to hope and victory
is through repentance and
turning back to the only
true God of the Bible. I
have witnessed more than
one true saint of God tell me
Heppner will be a sanctuary
city in the time to come.
There are many commit-
ted Christian churches not
only in Heppner but Mor-
row County as well. These
churches will minister truth
and hope to those sincere-
ly seeking. Restoring our
liberty, Christian heritage
and way of life begins with
a personal commitment
and relationship with Jesus
Christ. There is no other
way, no other hope and no
other avenue for victory in
this life and eternal life in
the hereafter.
Stuart Dick, Irrigon
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