TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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Obituaries
1, 1984. She ded-
Teresa Marie October
icated herself wholeheart-
Stefani Turner edly to raising her boys as
Teresa Marie Stefani Turner
Teresa Marie Stefani
Turner, a beloved, moth-
er, sister, aunt and friend,
passed away peacefully at
her home on May 14, 2025,
at the age of 73. A memorial
service and reception were
held at Young’s Funeral
Home on Friday, June 6,
followed by a graveside ser-
vice at the Crescent Grove
Cemetery, both in Tigard,
OR.
Teresa was born in The
Dalles, OR on September
14, 1951, to parents Arthur
and Dorothy Stefani. The
second of four siblings,
Teresa grew up in the tight-
knit community of Ione,
where she graduated high
school in 1969. She went on
to the University of Oregon,
where she earned a bache-
lor’s degree in Sociology
in 1973—a proud Duck
through and through.
On September 4, 1971,
Teresa married the love
of her life, Jeffrey Turner,
at Hope Lutheran Church
in Heppner. They settled
in Eugene, OR where she
worked as a Pharmacy Tech
at Baker’s Pharmacy until
they relocated to Beaver-
ton, OR in 1979. They
welcomed two sons, Benja-
min, born on November 28,
1980, and Zachary, born on
a stay-at-home mom and
building a meaningful and
purposeful life centered
around her family.
Teresa had a passion for
music, cherished time with
friends and family, and nev-
er missed a chance to cheer
on her beloved Ducks. Her
home was often open for
large gatherings and special
events as Teresa was known
for her warm hospitality,
vibrant personality, keen
sense of humor, and was
always the life of the party.
After 34 years of mar-
riage, Teresa tragically lost
husband Jeff to leukemia
in 2005. With the boys
grown up, Teresa found
new purpose in serving
others by becoming a care-
giver, bringing comfort and
empathy to those in need.
She continued to offer love
and unconditional support
to her family and was so
proud to become a grand-
mother to two beautiful
granddaughters.
Teresa was preceded in
death by her parents, Arthur
and Dorothy Stefani; her
husband Jeffrey Turner; and
her brother Jerry Stefani.
She is survived by her
sons Zachary and Benja-
min Turner, daughter-in-
law Emily Turner, grand-
daughters Hadley and Zoey
Turner, sister Teena Stefani
Fetterhoff, brother-in-law
Stanley Fetterhoff, brother
Dennis Stefani, a large
extended family and many
friends.
She will be remem-
bered for the love she gave,
the joy she shared, and the
spirited way she lived her
life.
Spiritually Speaking
Father Thankachan Joseph
Solemnity of Holy
Trinity
A Model for Family Life
This Sunday, the Catholic Church celebrates the
Solemnity of the Holy Trinity.
We believe in the Triune God: the Father, the Son and
the Holy Spirit—three distinct individuals having distinct
functions to fulfill.
“Holy Trinity” explains the plurality of godhead and
the one-only God. Let us split the word “Trinity” into
“tri,” which means three, and “unity,” which makes God
the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit into one.
And if we search for “Trinity” on the internet, we
will see an equilateral triangle—the three sides are the
same and it has three corners that can be interchanged.
Our God-in-three-persons is the same. This is how I, as
a child, came to understand “Trinity.”
The Holy Trinity from the Scriptural perspectives is
Triune—three but one. From the first letter of John: “For
there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one” (1
John 5:7).
The scriptures present God as one, Co-eternal,
Co-existing, Inseparable. I am sure this is difficult for our
human minds to comprehend. God is, in fact, beyond all
comprehension and understanding. We can only speak
of the “Trinity” in terms of analogies and allegories. St.
Patrick used the Shamrock—a trifoliate leaf—to explain
the Trinity to the people of Ireland.
The Solemnity of the Holy Trinity teaches us Dwell-
ing Inseparable—Father, Son and Holy Spirit are insep-
arable. And the feast of Holy Trinity teaches aspects of
this communion. This scriptural passage describes their
unity: “But when the Comforter comes, whom I will
send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth,
which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me”
(John 15:26).
What is happening around us is something different.
This is communion that we need to acquire for our family
life, as well as in the society we live in. We need to uphold
everyone with respect and enrich them by our ways of
living, and we need to become models after the example
of the Trinity. We need to pray daily that this Trinitarian
unity may prevail in our families.
Trinity as the model for our Christian families: We
are created in love to be a community of loving persons,
just as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are united in Love.
When a new family is formed through the sacrament of
Marriage, this uniqueness of the Trinitarian God begins to
exist. Two different people come together to live in inti-
macy; their conjugal love brings children into the family.
All the children also have their own identities and
individualities, but everyone begins to appreciate, love
and forgive one another. That is an example of a Trinitar-
ian family. How privileged we are to grow up in such a
beautiful family! We belong to the Family of the Triune
God. Our families will become truly Christian when we
live in a relationship of love with God and with others.
Maintain the Trinitarian relationships. We are made
in God’s image and likeness. We read in the book of
Genesis that, “God said, let us make man in our image,
after our likeness” (Gen.1:26). Modern society follows the
so-called “I-and-I” principle of unbridled individualism
and the resulting consumerism.
But the doctrine of the Blessed Trinity challenges us
to adopt an “I-and-God-and-neighbor” principle: “I am
a Christian insofar as I live in a relationship of love with
God and with other people.”
Man is a social animal who needs the model of the
Trinitarian relationship to see mutual love, care and af-
fection for one another. The individuality of each person
is respected. No one is a hindrance to anyone else and
there is perfect union.
Our human relationships should be built in this
pattern. Like God the Father, we are called upon to be
productive and creative persons by contributing to the
building up of the fabric of life and love in our family, our
Church, our community and our nation. Like God the Son,
we are called upon to reconcile, to be peacemakers, to put
back together that which has been broken, to restore what
has been shattered. Like God the Holy Spirit, it is our
task to uncover and teach truth and to dispel ignorance.
Decorations to be removed Ione burn ban in effect
from graves for mowing
The burn ban for the barrels are included in the
A spokesperson for the
Heppner Cemetery would
like to inform anyone who
decorated graves at the
cemetery that all live plants,
cut flowers and decora-
tions impeding the mowing
of the Heppner Masonic
Cemetery will be removed
Monday, June 23.
Vases in the headstone
are acceptable.
Strategic plan workshop
tonight
Morrow County will
hold a public workshop in
Heppner tonight, June 11, to
receive public input regard-
ing the county’s strategic
plan. The workshop will
take place at 5:30 p.m. at
the Willow Street Innova-
tion Hub, 188 West Willow
St., Heppner.
The meetings are a
chance for the public to
engage in the creation of
the county’s new strategic
plan. Call or text questions
to 801-388-4667.
Lexington Hunter Education
The course is a 1 day Field Day on June 14,
2025 at 8:00 am. The class requires students to
take an approved online course and bring the
certificate with you. Instructions for signing up at
http://vem.myodfw.com/eventprofile/174.
For more information contact instructor Jim
Marquardt at 541-969-4845. For help signing up
contact 855-686-1055 or
odfwhelp@payitgov.com
Qualls graduates
from BEC, PCC
Ione Rural Fire Protection
District went into effect
last Wednesday, June 4.
No open burning is allowed
until further notice. Burn
ban.
The fire district thanks
the community for its coop-
eration in helping to keep
the community safe.
ANnual Wimer
Golf Scramble
KINZUA GOLF CLUB
JUNE 21, 2025
Continental Breakfast at 7:30
Tee Off Time is 8:30
Lunch is 1:00
Auction During Lunch
$60.00 per Person Entry
$30.00 for Lunch Only
All proceeds will be
given to the golf club
Prizes will be provided
Sophie Qualls
John and Doashea
Qualls of Heppner an-
nounce the graduation
of their daughter, Sophie
Qualls, from Baker Early
College High Academy.
Sophie will receive her
Honors Diploma from Bak-
er Early College and her
AAOT from Portland Com-
munity College in Bend on
June 13, 2025.
While attending BEC,
Sophie was a member of the
Baker Charter School Hon-
ors Society at BEC and Phi
Theta Kappa International
Honors Society at PCC,
danced for the Pendleton
Ballet Theatre and played
varsity tennis for Ione.
Sophie will be attend-
ing University of Idaho
this fall, where she will be
majoring in criminology
and psychology.
MoCo Republican
FUNdraiser June 20
Who was the President
during World War I?
What is one right or
freedom from the First
Amendment?
What is one promise
that you make when you
become a US citizen?
Who is credited with
inventing the lightning rod
in the 1750s?
What American com-
poser, known for Rhapsody
in Blue, blended jazz and
classical music?
What holiday is cele-
brated every fourth Thurs-
day in November?
These are the types of
trivia questions that you
might get at the Morrow
County Republican Party
Summer FUNdraiser on
Friday, June 20.
The doors will open at
6:30 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased at the door for
$15 each, or $50 per team
of five to compete for the
cash prize.
The Morrow County
Republican Party will also
open raffle ticket sales for a
custom rifle put together by
T5 Firearm Solutions, LLC.
The gun is a Howa 1500 in
7mm PRC with a Pendle-
ton composite long-range
hunter stock. It features a
tungsten cerakote finish and
is equipped with an Arken
EP5 5-25 scope.
The winning ticket will
be drawn in August at the
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo, just in time for the
2025 hunting season. T5
Firearm Solutions will hold
the gun until the drawing
and then custom load it
with 7mm PRC ammo upon
pickup by the winner.
A limited number of
raffle tickets will be avail-
able to those 18 years or
older for $25 each or five
for $100.
Door prizes will be
given away during the trivia
competition. The Broken
Spoke will have a no-host
bar throughout the evening.
Dessert will be served as
team scores are determined,
and a live auction will fol-
low.
VBS planned at St. Pat’s
St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church will host its annual
vacation Bible school Mon-
day through Thursday, June
23-26, from 9 a.m. until 12
p.m. at St. Patrick’s Parish
Hall.
All children ages kin-
dergarten through sixth
grade are welcome. Activ-
ities will include faith les-
sons, snacks, games, crafts
and music.
Registration forms are
located at the Murray’s
Drug front counter. Fami-
lies are asked to register by
June 16, and adults must
bring the registration form
and check in with each child
on Monday at 9 a.m.
Contact Debbie Wryn
at wryndeborah@gmail.
com with any questions.
Don’t forget Dad
on Father’s Day
June 25
We have cards,
gifts and don’t
forget a huge
selection of adult
beverages!
217 North Main St.,
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