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7:2+HSSQHU*D]HWWH7LPHV+HSSQHU2UHJRQWednesday, February 14, 2024 7KH2൶FLDO1HZVSDSHU of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 0RUURZ&RXQW\¶V+RPH2ZQHG:HHNO\1HZVSDSHU 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 2൶FHDW+HSSQHU2UHJRQXQGHUWKH$FWRI0DUFK3HULRGLFDOSRVWDJHSDLG DW+HSSQHU2UHJRQ2൶FHDW10DLQ6W7HOHSKRQH )D[ (PDLO HGLWRU#UDSLGVHUYHQHW RU V\NHVFKULV#KRWPDLOFRP :HE VLWH www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: In Morrow County $35/year. 2XWVLGH0RUURZ&RXQW\\HDU,Q&RXQW\6HQLRU5DWH \HDUVRUROGHU year. 9 month Student student subscriptions $35/year. 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Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. )RU/HWWHUVWRWKH(GLWRU/HWWHUVWRWKH(GLWRU0867EHVLJQHGE\WKHDXWKRU7KH+HSSQHU *7ZLOOQRWSXEOLVKXQVLJQHGOHWWHUV$OOOHWWHUV0867LQFOXGHWKHDXWKRU¶VDGGUHVVDQGSKRQH QXPEHUIRUXVHE\WKH*7RI¿FH7KH*7UHVHUYHVWKHULJKWWRHGLWOHWWHUV7KH*7LVQRW UHVSRQVLEOHIRUDFFXUDF\RIVWDWHPHQWVPDGHLQOHWWHUV$Q\OHWWHUVH[SUHVVLQJWKDQNVZLOOEH SODFHGLQWKHFODVVL¿HGVXQGHU³&DUGRI7KDQNV´DWDFRVWRI Obituaries Josie June Proctor Josie June Proctor, born on April 5, 1980, in Uma- tilla, Oregon, passed away at age 43 on January 31, 2024 at her home in Sisters, Oregon. Josie grew up in Heppner, Oregon. At an early age, Josie loved the outdoors. From the time she was a toddler, VKH HQMR\HG JRLQJ ¿VKLQJ with her dad Mike near their home in La Grande, Oregon. In elementary school, Josie was known to save her allowance for outdoor JHDU 2QH RI KHU ¿UVW ELJ purchases was a sling shot, which she often used to shoot stink bugs with BBs in the pasture outside her house. She was especial- ly proud to buy herself a Huffy brand light purple mountain bike at Coast to Coast in Heppner. She spent hours riding her bike around town, with friends, and in the warehouse of the family business, Green Feed and Seed in Heppner. Josie’s passion for biking continued throughout her entire life. Josie spent many hours after school and on week- ends at Green Feed and Seed while growing up. She and her siblings liked to design in their dad’s leather shop. Josie often helped with the plants in the store nursery, which became a passion for her as she grew up. Josie was an active member in Morrow County 4-H. In 4th grade, she raised a bottle-fed bummer lamb QDPHG ³:KLWH\´ JLYHQ WR her by her 4-H leader Sue (YDQV -RVLH WRRN :KLWH\ to fair that summer as her market lamb, she was a member of the Ewes R Us 4-H sheep club. Her hard work and kindness to oth- ers earned her the Becky Smith Memorial Award, which was an honor as it was named in memory of her cousin. Josie also par- ticipated in 4-H cooking for many years, as a member of “The Munchers” Cooking Club, led by her mom Kay Proctor. Josie was active in FFA, earning the Green- hand of the year award at Heppner High School. This award hangs proudly in Josie’s garden shed today. Serving as FFA President her Senior year, her project was building and creating perennial test gardens in front of the feed store’s greenhouse. Josie spent many sum- PHUV DW WKH :LOORZ &UHHN :DWHU 3DUN LQ +HSSQHU Oregon. She started as a lifeguard, teaching swim lessons, and eventually helped manage the pool. Her commitment to swim- ming and teaching lessons went beyond her love of the water. She often said it was rewarding knowing she was teaching children skills that would be lifelong. Her patience, creativity, spunk, and sense of humor served her well as a kid’s swim instructor. Josie’s legacy in- cludes a lifetime of teaching kids how to swim, which was important to her. Josie enjoyed driving the family 1966 Mustang. She had some fun in that car. But Josie wanted some- thing of her own. She pur- chased herself a single cab blue 2-wheel drive Chevy SLFNXSIURP:ULJKW&KHY- rolet in Fossil. She loved that pickup and was proud to buy it for herself. One of her favorite memories was driving it to the mountains to stay at Ditch Creek cab- in, near Penland Lake with friends. In the fall of her senior year, Josie was crowned homecoming queen at half- time of a crowded football game. This came as a sur- prise to her, but not to her friends and family as she was a friend to and liked by all. After graduating in 1998 and earning several nice scholarships, Josie headed to Blue Mountain Community College in Pendleton. One year there, one year at Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, then on to earning her Associate Degree at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Or- egon. Portland State Uni- versity was next, earning her Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology. Josie met her husband Josh Keyes on a ski trip DW 0RXQW :KLVWOHU %& LQ 2003. The two both lived in Portland at the time. Josie and Josh married in 2006 on the beach of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. In 2005, Josie was joined by her sister Julie as a roommate and fellow student at Portland State. Josie graduated Portland Death Notice Obituaries State University in 2006 with a Bachelor’s in An- thropology. Josie adopted KHU ¿UVW GRJ 2WLV DURXQG this time. The two shared many adventures hiking and exploring together. In 2009, Josie and Josh welcomed their oldest daughter Clover, while liv- ing in Portland. Josie loved being a mom. Clover joined her on many outdoor adven- tures, including hiking in the Columbia River Gorge to waterfalls and riding behind Josie in a little bike trailer through Portland. Josie, Josh, and Clover moved to Sisters, Oregon in 2013. They purchased property next to her in-laws Tom and Peggy Rheuben. She welcomed their second daughter Canyon Spring in 2016. Over the years, Josie’s daughters wore walking paths from their door to their grandparents’ door, as they walked back and forth daily. Josie felt blessed to live where she not only had a beautiful view of the Three Sisters mountains but was also surrounded by wonderful friends. Josie began to develop their property to farm as a garden and founded Clover Canyon Farms in 2017. As owner and operator, Josie sold her organic produce at local markets and through her weekly crop shares. Canyon could often be found in the garden, helping her mom. She shares her mom’s love for the garden. Josie spent many win- ters working and skiing at HooDoo. She loved the people she worked with and was so proud of her daughter Clover, who start- ed to work for HooDoo this winter season. On Josie’s last drive to visit HooDoo in January, she was tickled to KHDUKHUSDVWERVVR൵HULQJ her daughter Canyon a job in the future too. Josie could be found spending her spare time camping, skiing or in the mountains, as an avid mushroom hunter. She taught her girls to leave the first mushroom found of the season unharvested, as a thank you and respect to the earth. In 2023, Josie entered some of her farm produce in the Deschutes County Fair and won big. She was very excited and proud. Josie was also proud to watch Clover raise and show 4-H market lambs at Fair. At her very sickest, she was out- side helping Canyon plant her garlic for next year’s fair entry. She prioritized her girls; she was a beauti- ful and dedicated mom. Near the end of her days, Josie sent a text that said, “My Favs”. Her fami- ly asks you to think of Josie as you encounter or experi- ence her “faves”. May we all live with her zest for life. “My Favs” •bird : Kestrel •tree: Tamarack •lake to swim in: Big Lake •water to cold plunge: Me- tolius River. •little family lake day: Round Lake & swim out to the little dock, then hang out at the shore and let the millions of minnows nibble your toes. •fav time in the woods: foraging for cool yummy stuff, sometimes solo & sometimes with friends/ family. •love language: growing good food and feeding it to people. •best tasting water: any- thing from a mountain spring. •best way to know the thrill that you’re alive: take phys- ical risks in doing some- thing fast and scary and so fun, like riding a bike down a wicked trail, skiing with best friends, swimming hard laps with a team of good people. FDWFKLQJ D ¿VK ZLWK \RXU dad. •doing something silly and fun on a 4-wheeler. •talking about cool rocks. Josie fought hard and became her own advocate for her battles against breast cancer and squamous cell carcinoma. Her message to all re- garding medical issues that you don’t feel heard on is BE LOUD, BE PER- S I S T E N T, b e l i e v e i n yourself and LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. Surviving family mem- bers include, her daughters and lights of her life Penelo- pe Clover, 15 years old and Canyon Spring, 7 years old; husband Josh Keyes: par- ents Mike and Kay Proctor: Sister Julie Proctor Baker KXVEDQG 0DWW FKLOGUHQ &DOODKDQ'XNH(PHUVHQ In-laws Tom and Peggy Rheuben; Brother-in-law 2ZHQ 0RRUH ZLIH 6KDQ- non, children Marlin and 2SDO 6LVWHULQODZ -HQ Rheuben; Brother-in-law. Ta s m a n R h e u b e n ; Brother-in-law Jackson Rheuben; and many be- loved aunts, uncles, cous- ins. Josie was proceeded in death by brother Roy Proc- tor, grandparents Juanita DQG 5RFN\ /H5R\ 3URF- WRU JUDQGSDUHQWV :DOWHU and Lucille Kostecka, uncle Clarence Proctor, and cous- in Rebecca “Becky” Smith. A memorial mass will be held on Friday, February 23, 2024, at 11 am, St. Ed- ward the Martyr Catholic Church, Sisters, Oregon, followed by a memorial luncheon at the parish hall. Donations in memory of Josie can be made to: Saving Grace 1:0LOZDXNHH$YH Suite 100 Bend, OR 97703 3KRQH Isaiah 41:13 - “For I, the LORD your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.” DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5PM Print & Mailing Services *Design *Print *Mail Sykes Publishing 541-676-9228 -RKQ5 McConnell John R. McConnell, 65, of Heppner died Friday, February 9, 2024, at his home. He was born April 15, 1958, at Dickinson, North Dakota. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 17, 2024, at the Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Or- egon. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Sweeney Mortuary is in care of arrangements. 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