TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher
Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor
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A View from the Green
Over the Tee Cup
The Willow Creek
Country Club hosted 14
ladies on May 4, a cool day.
Low gross of the field
went to Karen Thompson
and the low net winner was
Pat Dougherty. Least putts
of the field went to Shirley
Martin.
Flight B low gross win-
ner was Tiffany Clement.
Judy Harris had low net and
Karen Haguewood had the
least putts.
Sharon Harrison took
low gross on flight C. Low
net went to Betty Carter.
Least putts winner was
Jeanne Creswick.
Pink ball team win-
ners were Sharon Harrison,
Pat Dougherty and Tiffany
Clement.
Chamber meeting
scheduled
The next Chamber lunch meeting will be held Thurs-
day, June 3 from 12-1 p.m. in the Gilliam and Bisbee
Building and will be all entities reports. Lunch, catered
by Upper Place Concessions, will be $10, and an RSVP
is required.
Farmers Market set to start June 17
Willow Creek Farmers
Market will begin its 2021
season Thursday, June 17,
according to co-managers
Andrea Nelson and Andrea
Di Salvo.
After the popularity of
last year’s switch to Thurs-
days, the market will con-
tinue this year on Thursdays
from 4 to 7 p.m. at Heppner
City Park. The season is
planned to run through
Sept. 2.
Cost for the entire sea-
son is $50 per vendor; ven-
dors who paid for the whole
2020 season will receive a
reduced rate of $25 due to
the market’s early closure
last year. Those who don’t
want to register for the
whole season can pay by
the week, $10 per week for
drop-ins with a maximum
of $50 for the season.
Vendors of all kinds are
welcome, especially those
with produce or artisanal
goods. Though details ha-
ven’t been finalized, man-
agers are also planning a
lineup of music, arts and
crafts.
Anyone who is inter-
ested in being a vendor or
who has any questions can
find the farmers market
page on Facebook, email
willowcreekfm@gmail.
com, or call Nelson at 541-
720-4399 or Di Salvo at
757-285-5792.
Obituaries
Margaret L. Murray David J. Nagel
Margaret L. “Meg” of the Episcopal Church,
Murray, 94, of Ione, died Soroptimist, and was on
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 the Morrow County Health
District Board. She
at Pioneer Memorial
enjoyed watching
Hospital in Heppner.
her children and
A graveside service
grandchildren in all
will be held Friday,
sporting events and
May 14, 2021 at 1
flower gardening.
p.m. at the Heppner
Survivors in-
Masonic Cemetery.
clude husband, Rod
She was born
on July 12, 1926 Margaret L. Murray; children,
Mark Murray and
at Salmon Creek, Murray
Sandy, Matt Murray
WA, the daughter
of George and Gertrude and Mary, John Murray
Hollingsworth Gwin. Meg and Ann, Anne Murray and
was raised and attended Dawn; 12 grandchildren
school at Newberg, OR. and numerous great-grand-
After graduation from high children.
Meg was preceded
school, she attended Ore-
gon State University for a in death by her daughter
year. Throughout her life and son-in-law, Maralee
she lived in Newberg, Cor- and husband Dean; sib-
vallis, Roseburg, Longview, lings, Francelle Yackey and
WA, La Grande, and the George Gwin Jr.
Contributions in her
Heppner/Ione area.
On July 28, 1945 Meg honor may be made to Pi-
married Rod Murray at Bi- oneer Memorial Hospital,
loxi, MS. The couple raised PO Box 9, Heppner, OR
five children. Rod and Meg 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of
owned and operated Mur-
ray Drugs in Heppner and Heppner is in care of ar-
rangements. You may sign
Condon.
Meg was a member the online condolence book
at www.sweeneymortuary.
com.
David J. Nagel was
called home January 8,
2021 at the age of 74 to be
with his daughter, Brenda,
brother, Larry and parents,
Chester and Pearl Nagel.
David was a native
of Washougal, WA and
graduated from Washougal
High School in 1964. After
school he went to work for
Crown Zellerbach in Cam-
as, WA where he worked
until he retired in 2005.
Always loving the
outdoors and sports, ev-
ery spring would find him
in eastern Oregon fishing
and come summer in the
dunes of southern Oregon
in his sand rail or mountains
of eastern Oregon riding
quads. He enjoyed building,
dreaming and driving his
sand rail through the dunes.
When teaching the kids and
grandkids how to drive, sit-
ting around a campfire and
eating dingdongs, he was
in his element. “Although
Sunday afternoons were
for football (go Raiders)
and NASCAR (Jeff Gor-
don), most of all he loved
his family,” stated a family
member.
One of his camping
trips brought him through
Heppner to the OHV park.
He stopped in for break-
fast and bought a house
instead. He and his wife
moved to 345 Gilmore in
2005 and stayed in Morrow
County until David became
paralyzed from a stroke
and could no longer return
home.
Although his smile will
be missed, his memory
lives on in his wife, Di-
ann and his four children,
Randy, James, Heath and
Dominique. He also leaves
behind 19 grandchildren, 12
great-grandchildren, foster
children, exchange students
and street kids they took
in. Also surviving are three
brothers and a sister, nu-
merous cousins and many
friends.
A celebration of life is
planned for September 11,
2021 at 1:30 p.m. at the
Fallen Leaf Park in Camas,
WA. Everyone is welcome
and a potluck lunch will be
available.
Sharon Lynn Kennedy
Sharon Lynn Kennedy,
72, passed away March 20,
2021. She is survived by her
husband, Kermon Kennedy
of 55 plus years, her three
daughters, seven grandsons
and six great-grandchil-
dren. Sharon was a seam-
stress and a homemaker.
There will be a celebra-
tion of life at the American
Legion hall
in Ione on
S a t u r d a y,
May 15 at 2
p.m.
Sharon Lynn
Kennedy
CONGRATULATIONS, HEPPNER & IONE 2021 GRADUATES!
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classes from Heppner and Ione. We will be publishing photos of the
seniors in the May 26th issue of the Heppner Gazette-Times.
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