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Obituaries
Childhood friend Rory
Roy Michael Kilkenny
and Roy (R2
and R1) were involved in
Proctor
December 25th, 1987 to
January 18th, 2024
Roy Michael Hale
Proctor passed away at his
Heppner home after a 24
year battle with Fanconi
Anemia, a rare genetic dis-
ease.
https://en.m.wiki-
pedia.org/wiki/Fanconi_
anemia
Born in Hermiston
Oregon and named after
Roy Rogers, he grew up
in Heppner. His education
began at age 2 ½ at Green
Feed & Seed, his parent’s
feed store, where fami-
ly friend, Lee Ansotegui,
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the front dock so everyone
driving by could honk and
wave. Many adventures
and fun times were spent
roller skating, shooting
hoops, and making forts
in the feed stacks at the
store with his dearly loved
sisters, Josie J. Proctor
Keyes and Julie Proctor
Baker, and good friend,
Sloan Keithley.
Roy loved sports from
an early age: playing and
watching, with basketball
being his favorite. His
3-pointer shot was perfect-
ed after hours and hours
of practice on the regu-
lation-length cement pad
at home. The pad was
intended for parking, but
soon was taken over with
a moveable BB hoop won
in a contest at Forrie and
Gail Burkenbine’s Central
Market.
When dear Dr. Ed
Berretta and Roy’s hema-
tology-oncology doctors
at Doernbecher Children’s
Hospital just didn’t feel
comfortable releasing him
to play football, Roy asked
every doctor he met during
a week-long stay at Cin-
cinnati Children’s Hospital
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and immediately wrote out
his permission on an Rx
pad. Roy played Jr. High
football that year with full
enthusiasm. Roy and his
family did not believe in
an overprotected world.
In his 4-H pig club
with Bill Jepsen as the
leader, Roy learned how
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market hog. At age 4, he
had purchased a weaner
pig which became a big pet
weighing 300 lbs., heavy
for a market pig, but who
would follow Roy around
the pasture like a puppy.
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Pig and mentioned the ex-
tra fat made the grain-fed
bacon and chops taste that
much better.
lots of adventures and fun;
never a dull moment. BFF
Tyler Boyer and Roy talk-
ed daily on the (landline)
phone as kids, then on cell
phones for the rest of Roy’s
life. Jode Coil, Peter Geer,
Robert & Brendon McEl-
ligott, Mikel Britt, Matt
Kenny, Robert Worden,
Chase, and many others
were buds in school. And
dear Laurie Murray Wood
who put up with being the
only girl in the CCD class
with four boys, two (R2
and R1) who liked to side-
track Teacher Kathy Cuts-
forth onto a wide array of
subjects. JC Sherritt and
Roy were super sports fans
and friends and Roy got
to spend time with JC in
Pullman after JC moved
there. Roy reunited with
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Cleave while at PSU and
greatly valued their friend-
ship. Salli McElligott was
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ter from an early age. Roy
became especially close
with Uncle Paul Kostech-
ka, Aunt Theresa Proc-
tor-Reese, cousin Wendi
Proctor, PSU Professor
Alan MacCormack, and
dear Kelly Kilkenny Hale.
Barbara
Ansote-
gui nominated Roy for
a Make-A-Wish journey
granted when Roy was
14: a visit with Michael
Jordan.
Make-A-Wish
sent the entire family of
5 to Washington DC for a
week. Just some of the in-
credible trip: a hotel with
a view of the White House
East gate, private tours of
the Smithsonian Museum
of Natural History and the
Capitol, good seats at a
Wizard’s game with Roy’s
name on the scoreboard, a
presidential motorcade es-
cort with lights and sirens
to lunch with MJ. MJ to
Roy: “Go ahead and ask
me anything you want
Roy; take all the time you
need.” In 2022, an orga-
nization making dreams
come true for terminally ill
adults sent Roy and friend
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co for an excellent seat at
a Golden State Warriors
game.
Somehow Roy grad-
uated from Portland State
University with Magna
cum laude honors after
having his time there in-
terrupted by several med-
ical crisis: a bone mar-
row transplant in 2007 in
NYC at Sloan Memorial
Cancer Center requiring
a six-month stay at the
Ronald McDonald House,
and a second bone marrow
transplant in 2011. Roy
chose to have the second
one done in Portland at
Doernbecher as the odds
of survival were low and
he wanted to be closer
to loved ones. Agoniz-
ing battles with Graft vs.
Host disease went on after
both transplants, but Roy
painfully won those bat-
tles. Roy volunteered as
an RMH camp counselor
in NY and their Board had
to approve that: they had
never had a current RMH
guest volunteer before.
Later in Portland, he was
a volunteer at the Ron-
ald McDonald House by
DCH. At RMH in NY, he
learned to play on a grand
piano that had been donat-
ed to them. He also sang,
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tionally sincere, at a me-
morial service for an RMH
guest....”Let It Be”.
His journey also in-
cluded a two-year stay
near Toronto Canada
where he monitored class-
es at Brampton Universi-
ty and stayed with a very
kind Canadian family, the
Dellapenta’s.
While at PSU, he ap-
plied along with several
hundred other students for
a new mentoring program.
About 40 were accepted
including Roy. This along
with being a Professor’s
Assistant, where he was
asked to actually teach
class, and do statistical
data analysis for the uni-
versity helped with school
expenses. While in Port-
land, he became close with
Amy Frohnmayer and her
dear family.
He had multiple oral
cancers removed, a com-
mon occurrence of Fan-
coni Anemia. Working as
a teacher in a private set-
ting in Portland after grad-
uation, he had to leave that
job when he developed
cancer in his neck lymph
nodes and chose aggres-
sive treatment at OHSU.
Even though he did not
have a Master’s degree, he
was accepted to the doc-
torate program for Clinical
Psychology at the Univer-
sity of California at Berke-
ley. After a time there, he
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of work to Hospital Psy-
chology, working directly
with patients with chronic
diseases and illnesses, stat-
ing “Who better than I who
have lived it?”
Covid came and with
his low immune system, he
returned to Heppner.
Accepted at two Tex-
as Universities, he instead
chose University of the
Sciences in Philadelphia
(established in 1806) for
his Master’s degree stud-
ies in Hospital Psycholo-
gy after they discounted
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hours of Lab Work, and a
Professor’s Assistant po-
sition, again with the op-
portunity to actually teach
class. During this time, he
became great friends with
Jennifer Rankin, origi-
nally from Heppner, and
they had many adventures
together. He also made a
friend with a young lady
who ran the NY Marathon
with Roy’s name on her
arm and afterward gave
him her participant medal.
When
establishing
in August 2021 with the
Hem-Onc department at
the Ivy League college of
the University of Pennsyl-
vania Medical Center with
the wonderful Dr. Daria
Babushok, she ordered an-
other of the over 40 bone
marrow biopsies he under-
went in his lifetime. This
time results were fully
developed AML: leuke-
mia that is not curable for
Fanconi Anemia patients.
A customized experimen-
tal treatment was tried, but
worsened his condition,
so stopped, and his over-
all health faded. On his
last day of teaching class,
he told his pre-med stu-
dents why he was leaving,
and they could ask ques-
tions about his condition.
Echoes of MJ…”Go ahead
and ask me anything you
want, Class…”.
Tough
ones: How do you feel
about dying? What will
happen after you die? Are
you sad? Roy answered
Obituaries
honestly and openly.
MARGARET LUCILLE
Returning home in
April 2023, Roy lived in- WALKER
dependently in his Hep-
pner apartment until mov-
ing home with Mom and
Dad, Mike & Kay Proctor,
in early January 2024. Un-
der the compassionate care
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his team at Pioneer Memo-
rial Clinic, PM Hospital,
and PM Hospice, he was
lovingly cared for until his
passing on January 18th,
2024, reunited with his
loving grandparents and
his faithful Golden lab,
Paddy.
Roy learned early to
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ing word battles, especial-
ly online. Three separate
times he became addicted
to prescribed pain medi-
cines while dealing with
his Graft vs Host disease
pain, and three separate
times he weaned himself
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behavior while addicted.
He was scrappy, he had to
be to survive. His words
could be unfair and outra-
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the hand that Life had dealt
him. Eventually he tried to
see both sides of the coin
and softened his words...
but his dry sense of hu-
mor was always ready and
sharp.
Roy took diligent care
of his health and was deep-
ly involved with protocol,
prescriptions, and proce-
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asking questions to learn,
and he easily retained
new knowledge. He val-
ued education and was an
avid reader of history and
philosophy, reading two
or three books simultane-
ously. His ‘fun and easy’
class at PSU was weather/
Meteorology. Roy greatly
enjoyed teaching and had a
talent for making complex,
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derstand. Many of his for-
mer students kept in touch
with him.
Roy loved his nieces
and nephew: Clover, Cal-
lahan, Duke, Canyon, and
Emersen and he would cre-
ate coloring contests and
draw with crayons right
along with them.
He often mentioned
how glad he was to return
to Heppner, to his home.
His greater community of
family and friends, often
even strangers, helped him
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over the years with medi-
cal and education expens-
es, a humbling experience
that he was very apprecia-
tive of. A fundraiser after
his leukemia diagnosis en-
abled him to see Iceland
(“because the mid-Atlan-
tic ridge comes out of the
ocean there”) and Key
West (”because of their
weather and geographic
location”). So much kind-
ness, so much caring from
so many.
Roy thought he might
be labeled a failure be-
cause he did not achieve
his goal of a Master’s and/
or Doctorate Degree. It is
hoped that he now realizes
that he did not fail: he in-
spired.
A Memorial Mass at
St. Patrick’s Church in
Heppner where Roy had
been an altar server and re-
ceived his sacraments will
be held at a later date when
the weather is warm.
If you’d like to honor
Roy, a donation to
Make A Wish of Or-
egon, 5901 S Macadam
Ave. Suite 200, Portland,
OR, United States, 97239.
Locally to Morrow
County 4-H, PO Box 397,
Heppner OR 97836
Photo taken at sis-
ter Josie’s wedding near
Cabo, Mexico.
Sweeney Mortuary is
in care of arrangements.
You may sign the online
condolence book at http://
www.sweeneymortuary.
com
April 18, 1924 – December
19, 2023
Margaret Lucille Walk-
er was born April 18, 1924
in Heppner, Oregon to
Charles Wesley Barlow
(1892-1955) and Blanche
Marie (Akers) Barlow
(1899-1994). She was
blessed with having older
sister Edith Marie (Barlow)
Warner (1918-1968). Lu-
cille was raised in Oregon,
graduating from Heppner
High School in 1942. After
high school, she worked in
Heppner at JC Penny’s and
at a local grocery store.
She met her future husband
Bob Walker in Heppner and
were married on August 20,
1943. They had two sons:
Bill (1947) and JS (1951).
Lucille humbly lived her
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was the bookkeeper at Eu-
gene First Christian Church
for many years.
She is survived by
her two sons: Bill, Keizer
and Spencer, Dallas; Bill’s
wife Marcie, grandchildren:
Staci Hanson (and grand
son-in-law Jami), Polson,
Montana; grand-son Rob
Walker, Salem; Calli Spon-
able (and grand son-in-law
David, Salem); great-grand-
daughters; Anna, McKen-
na, Madelyn, Taylor, Claire
and Charlotte. Lucille was
preceded in death by her
husband Bob and her sister
Marie. The Celebration of
life will be held at Dallas
First Christian Church on
Saturday, January 20, at
1:00 p.m. Please wear a
“spot of purple.” Bollman’s
Tribute Center is caring for
the family. www.Bollmans-
TributeCenter.com
Critters with Attitude
4-H Club enrollment
The Critters with Atti-
tude 4-H club is open for
enrollment. The Critters
with Attitude 4-H club is
a multi-interest 4-H club
with leaders teaching in
groups such as livestock,
photography, and cooking.
The highlights of last year
include giving cards to the
residents at the assisted
living as well as the senior
center, fair clean up, and
participating in the Morrow
County fair parade.
The Critters with Atti-
tude 4-H club just had their
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January 21 st to welcome
new members and to discuss
their plans for the new year.
The club talked about their
plans for the St Patrick’s
Day celebration. They plan
to do 2 fundraisers, one at
the vendors event at city
hall and another one near
the ewe-do-bingo. They
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current positions that we
have taken are our president
as well as the vice presi-
dent. The vice president
and President are 2-year
positions unlike the others.
Our president is Arianna
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ident is Kayelee Jean Davis.
We have 3 positions open,
Secretary, Treasurer, and
Publicity Director.
We invite you to come
and meet our members at
our upcoming fundrais-
er at the St Patrick’s Day
celebration coming up in
March. Critters with At-
titude will meet again on
February 11 to discuss more
new business.
-Eva Worden, CWA
Publicity Director
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city to allow citizens to share testimony and provide
information and education regarding multiple issues
facing Morrow County:
1) Fate of voter supported MCHD ASA;
para medics/EMT’s ambulance service.
2) Transparency regarding site of New
Circuit CourtHouse, County ASA plan, and
Commissioner/Administrators salary.
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Meeting schedule: January 25 (Thursday 6 pm) at
Senior Center Heppner, January 29 (Monday 6 pm)
at Rebekah Lodge Lexington, January 31, (Wednesday
6 pm) at Irrigon Library Conference Room, Feb. 5,
(Monday 6 pm) at Boardman Grange Hall. Ione
meeting TBA at Legion Hall.
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