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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 26, 2021 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow 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. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per 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. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi- cation must be specified. Affidavits must be requested at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). 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. Obituaries Art William Osmin Edda Mae Lovgren Art William “Butch” ranch for over 10 years and Osmin died at Willow worked for the railroad at Brook Nursing Home in Hinkle. Pendleton on May 17, 2021 He loved spending time at the age of 67. A gathering at the family cabin on the of family and friends will be Shilling Ranch hunting held at a later date. and being with his Butch was born dogs. June 8, 1953 in Hep- Butch is sur- pner, to parents Alton vived by a sister, and Virginia Nutten Dale Wonderly Osmin. He was raised and her husband and attended school Dan; brothers, Al in Heppner where he Art William Osmin and his graduated from Hep- Osmin wife Donna and pner High School. After Frank Osmin and high school, he attended his wife Cara, and numer- Blue Mountain Communi- ous nieces and nephews. ty College and received a Memorial contributions degree in auto mechanics. may be made to the charity He worked for Pendle- of your choice. ton Grain Growers in their Sweeney Mortuary of repair shop for several years Heppner is in care of ar- before moving on to the rangements. You may sign United States Forest Ser- the online condolence book vice where he worked for at www.sweeneymortuary. a number of years. Butch com. raised hogs on the home Local student makes Elizabeth Jane honor roll Hughes Zachary Bredfield, Heppner, has been named to the honor roll for the 2021 spring term at McPherson College. McPherson Col- lege is a four-year private college located in central Kansas. To qualify for the hon- or roll, students must be a full-time student and earn a grade point average of 3.55 or higher during the previ- ous term. Students earning a grade point average of 3.25 to 3.54 are named to the honorable mention. Church to hold bible school Heppner Christian Church has scheduled this year’s Vacation Bible School for June 14-17 from 9 a.m. to noon for children ages three years through sixth-grade. The church is located at 293 Gale Street. The program will wrap up on Friday, June 18 at the Willow Creek Park for a free barbecue and free swimming from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with all family members invited. Elizabeth Jane (Beth) Gutierrez (Kent) and Do- Hughes of Stanfield was reen Quick (Gary), both of born in Heppner, on Janu- Hermiston. ary 25, 1935, to Archie and On July 24, 1991, Beth Doris (Mahoney) Ball. She married Clarence Hughes, passed away May 15, 2021, gaining four bonus chil- in Hermiston, surrounded dren: Renee Pollick (Jim by her family celebrating Davis) of Hermiston, Mi- Beth’s life, as she had in- chael Hughes (Yvonne Mi- structed them to do. chel) of Kennewick, WA, Beth graduated from Larry Brower (Teresa) of Heppner High Hermiston, and Lori School in 1953 and Varnum (Patrick) of was princess for the Prineville, OR. Morrow County Beth was a very Fair and Rodeo the devoted and proud same year. grandmother of 18 Beth married grandchildren and 24 Charles Flack in Elizabeth great-grandchildren. 1955, resulting in Jane Hughes Beth loved doing three daughters: yard work and could Donna Van Dis (Fred) of always be found from sun- Roseburg, OR, and Rene up to sundown in her yard. In 2020, due to health issues and losing Clarence, Beth moved to Hermiston and up until two weeks ago was still doing the things she loved. Beth was preceded in death by her husband, par- ents, and siblings Bobby Ball, Laurel Van Marter, Eileen Steiger and Harriet Hall. She is survived by her sister Nancy Ekstrom and brother Archie Ball. “Beth was dearly loved and will be terribly missed. She has now been reunited with Clarence,” stated a family member. A private family gath- ering will be held at a later time. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. To leave an online condolence for the family, please go to www. burnsmortuaryhermiston. com. DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM Edda Mae Lovgren, nee was spent on needlework, Thorpe, spent her entire life knitting and ceramics. “She in Heppner until ill health was artistic, creative and required her to move into excelled at all of them.” assisted living in Hermis- Edda Mae had a deep ton when she was 84 years love of Heppner and while old. She passed away in she could be reclusive in Hermiston on May 21, 2021 her later years it was main- after celebrating her 91 st ly health related. When birthday and Mother’s raising her family, Day with her fami- she was cheerful ly. Born in Heppner and could be heard on May 5, 1930, to whistling, “Oh what Eddie Rudolph and a beautiful morning, Reta Mae (Crawford) oh what a beautiful Thorpe, Edda Mae Edda Mae day,” getting the had a younger brother Lovgren children ready for Carl William Thorpe school. She had no who also lived in Heppner. desire to travel and was She was a very good happiest when she was student and graduated in home, taking care of her 1948 from Heppner High cats and feeding the birds. School. She was a major- “She taught her children ette and lettered in tennis valuable lessons about per- at HHS. As a young girl severance and not having to she worked helping her conform to what everyone brother deliver milk from else was doing, wearing, Hager’s Creamery then thinking and to be true during and after high school to yourself and to be a she worked at JC Penney’s good citizen,” continued the in retail and designing their spokesperson. display windows. Edda Mae was preced- On March 23, 1949 ed in death by her parents, Edda Mae eloped and mar- her husband Marshall, her ried Marshall Lovgren. brother Carl and brothers- Edda Mae and Marshall in-law and sisters-in-law. had two children, a daugh- She is survived by her ter and a son. They raised daughter, Marsha Lovgren their family in Heppner Shannon and husband Wil- where Edda Mae was ac- liam of Carmel, IN, and tive in school PTA, the her son, Mark Lovgren and Elks B.P.O.E. 358, play- wife Christy of Hermiston, ing bridge. According to nieces, Carla Jean Thorpe a spokesperson, she was Segren of Kennewick, WA an excellent baker of pies, and Joycelyn Kay Thorpe cookies and candy which Garrett of Lubbock, TX. she shared with family and Per her request there friends. When the children will not be a memorial or got older she worked at grave service. A private Court Street Market, then at burial will be at Heppner Morrow County courthouse Masonic Cemetery. Memo- for the county clerk and in rial contributions may be the sheriff’s department. made to a charity of your In 1970 Edda Mae had choice in her name, includ- a thyroidectomy and her ing, “Rest in peace with parathyroid glands were your beloved Marshall.” destroyed which resulted in Please share memories her being unable to return of Edda with her family at to work. Many years were burnsmortuaryhermiston. spent finding the right doc- com. Burns Mortuary of tor and care. The majority Hermiston is in care of of her time in those years arrangements. Sheriff’s office welcomes new staff Sheriff Ken Matlack (left in photos) swore in two new staff members on May 24. Miguel Flores (left) was sworn in to the patrol ranks and Jessica Trujillo (right) was sworn in to the communications ranks. Justice Court Report Morrow County Justice of the Peace, Glen Diehl, has released the following Justice Court report: -James M Healy 69, Heppner, was convicted of disorderly conduct, fine $200 and 24 hours of com- munity service work. - Tomas Rojas Hernan- dez, 28, Ione, was convicted of no ops, fine $265; driving uninsured, fine $265; and failure to report an accident, fine $440. Temporary New Days Hermiston Office Boardman Office 750 W. Elm Ave. Hermiston, OR 97838 (541) 567-6414 400 N.E. Eldrige Drive Boardman, OR 97818 (541) 481-2220 www.UmatillaElectric.com Sunday - Tuesday ~ CLOSED Wednesday - Saturday ~ 11am-8pm 111 S Court St, Heppner, OR 97836 ~ 541-676-1010
