TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 26, 2023
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Obituaries
Edward
Salvatore
Berretta
“Dr. Ed” passed away
April
2 1 ,
2023, at
age 75,
s o o n
after
discov-
ering he
had an
aggressive form of cancer.
His last conscious day was
spent with his usual smile
and good cheer, and he was
eager to meet Jesus, whom
he had studied and followed
for many years.
A ceremony will be
held at Independent Bible
Church in Port Angeles,
WA on Saturday, April 29,
at 2:30 p.m. with a dinner
reception immediately fol-
lowing. The service will be
live-streamed from the IBC
website and can be accessed
by going to ibcofpa.org and
scrolling to Sermons and
Media and selecting LIVE
on their YouTube Channel.
Ed was born August
27, 1947, the eldest son
of Baldassaro Salvatore
Berretta of New York and
Virginia (Bierman) Berret-
ta of North Carolina. Sal
and Virginia married after
WWII ended and the pair
settled in New York, where
they had met. Ed would lat-
er have a brother and sister,
Fred and Kathy. He grew up
in Brooklyn, on a street of
row houses where the kids
played “stickball” in the
streets. His love of baseball
grew from childhood, and
his little league team won
the New York City Champi-
onship in 1959. He was the
first in his family to go to
college and was an unusual
sight around the neighbor-
hood, carrying stacks of
books under his arm.
Graduating from Le-
high University in 1969
with a chemical engineer-
ing degree, Ed worked for
NASA’s Apollo Mission be-
fore going to Albany Med-
ical School, where he met
Jeanne Smith of Condon,
OR. They married in 1973
in Condon. Both became
physicians. Their careers
took them many places: Al-
abama, Connecticut, North
Carolina, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Oregon and
finally Washington, where
they lived for the last 27
years. They had three sons
and a daughter, and the fam-
ily visited many interesting
places as they traveled for
medical conferences. Ed
and Jeanne served eight
years in Heppner, staffing
the clinic, nursing home,
ER and hospital.
After relocating, Ed
commuted to Morrow
County and Gilliam Coun-
ty in times of need. Even
in his final year of life, he
continued to answer the call
of the region that depended
on him, working remotely
as Morrow County Health
District’s Medical Director
and Emergency Medical
Services supervisor.
Ed enjoyed practicing
medicine and solving the
challenges that patients
presented. He had an un-
derstanding of the body
as a work of engineering:
the interconnectedness, its
strengths and weaknesses
at different ages, and the
innumerable complications
that could occur in each
situation. The job was nev-
er over for Ed, and he was
known to resuscitate people
while enjoying some rare
leisure time. Grateful pa-
tients would thank him, and
on one memorable occasion
a man brought his wife to
Ed’s table at a restaurant
so they could express their
gratitude. When a patient
couldn’t be saved, Ed car-
ried a strong remorse. If he
saw the family of the de-
ceased, he would approach
them and say that he was
sorry and let them know
he had tried everything
possible.
Ed attempted to keep
his belongings in pristine
condition, and typically
succeeded. He left the em-
blazoned logo on his base-
ball caps long before it be-
came a celebrity trend. His
medical journals and books
numbering in the thousands
were kept orderly, even as
they took up more and more
space. He lived a simple
life, rarely buying new cars
or unnecessary things and
using an old wooden desk
for his paperwork.
He was a consistent at-
tendee of church each week
and was most recently a
member of the Independent
Obituaries
Bible Church in Port Ange-
les. He was interested in the
Shroud of Turin, any game
or news featuring the New
York Yankees, the stock
market, fishing, hunting,
sailing and spending time
with family.
He had friends and fam-
ily spanning the Northwest,
the Midwest, the Southeast,
and stretching to the shore-
line of the Atlantic Ocean.
He enjoyed being part of the
team, most recently at the
Clallam County Jail, and
made friends in the sher-
iff’s department. Ed gained
more friends as he spent his
final months in the care of
the Port Angeles Emergen-
cy Department and Swedish
Medical Centers in Seattle
and Issaquah. They saw to
Ed’s comfort and wellbe-
ing until his final transport
home. He was quick to joke
with his doctors, nurses,
and nursing assistants, or
thank them for their effort.
He leaves behind his
wife, Dr. Jeanne Berretta,
three sons, Matt (Yuliya),
Vince (Yedida) and Nick,
and daughter, Gretchen
(Stefan). He has six grand-
children with another ex-
pected later this year.
Robert Jeffery
John “Butch”
Laughlin
Robert Jeffery John
“Butch” Laughlin, 82, left
us unexpectedly on April
22, 2023, at Kadlec Hos-
pital in Tri-Cities, WA. A
funeral mass will be held
for Butch at 11 a.m. on
Saturday, May 6, at St.
Patrick’s Catholic Church,
with a reception following
at the Gilliam & Bisbee
Building in Heppner.
Butch was born Oc-
tober 18, 1940, at Miss
Clarey’s Hospital, Heppner,
to Robert Ogden Laughlin
and Ilene Katherine Kilken-
ny. Butch’s father passed
away when Butch was just
six months old. He and his
mother Ilene moved to the
Kilkenny Ranch and lived
there five years until they
later moved into Heppner
and built a house on Chase
Street.
Being the oldest
Kilkenny grandchild, he
was favored by his grandma
Lottie Kilkenny and was
looked up to and consid-
ered not just a cousin but
a brother to the Greenup
and Kilkenny cousins. His
mother Ilene married Les
Wyman in 1946 and a sister
Sheridan joined them in
1948.
He attended Heppner
schools and graduated from
HHS in 1958. He worked
on the Kilkenny/Greenup
ranch until 1960, when he
got a job with Boeing in
Seattle, WA. In 1963 he
married Judith Lue Spauld-
ing. Judie brought with her
a daughter, Tamila Kay
Brannon, and together they
started a family, adding Lot-
tie Lynn and Robert Shane.
Butch had many skills
and went to work for Mor-
row County Grain Growers
in the grain elevators. He
found his niche selling
farm equipment, a job he
loved and held for over
30 years. Butch acquired
many friends and associ-
ates during his career. As
everyone knows, Butch
was a storyteller and rarely
told a story twice. He used
up his nine lives before the
age of 30 and had many
experiences to share.
He was involved in
many civic organizations
over the years. He was a
founding member of the
4-Corners Snowmobile
Club. He was an Oddfel-
low and a lifetime Elk. He
served on the Heppner City
Council. He helped to or-
ganize the Morrow County
Farm Museum in Heppner
and was still on the board
of directors.
He demolished the
Heppner train depot and
used the salvaged lumber
to build his dream cabin in
the Blue Mountains, where
he enjoyed his time hunting
and entertaining friends and
family. There was not a
thing he couldn’t repair or
build, he enjoyed restoring
antique equipment, gas
pumps and trucks over the
years.
Butch is survived by
his wife, Judie—they were
fortunate to celebrate their
60 th wedding anniversary
this March. He is also sur-
vived by his sister Sheridan
and husband Ed Tarnasky;
his children, Tami and Rod-
ney Berthold of Mosier,
Lottie and Kirk Holcomb
of Madras and Shane of
Heppner; six grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren;
one great-great-grandchild,
and many nieces, nephews
and great-nieces and neph-
ews.
Contributions in
Butch’s memory can be
made to the Morrow Coun-
ty Farm Museum, PO Box
515, Heppner, OR 97836;
the St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church Memorial Fund,
PO Box 633, Heppner, OR
97836; or charity of your
choice.
Sweeney Mortuary is
in charge of arrangements.
You may sign the online
condolence book at www.
sweeneymortuary.com.
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In Loving Memory
Edward Salvatore Berretta, MD
“Dr. Ed”
8.27.1947 - 4.21.2023
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