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Beatrice Yvonne ‘Bea’ Cooper
E’Zra Dane Nelson
Mary V. Wade
Hermiston
June 30, 1930-April 16, 2015
Colfax, Wash.
April 22, 2010-April 15, 2015
Hermiston
October 31, 1927-April 19, 2015
Beatrice Yvonne “Bea”
Cooper was born June 30,
1930, at Hermiston, Ore-
gon, to parents Jack Cecil
and Ethyl (Clark) Smith.
She died Thursday,
April 16, 2015, at
her home in Hermis-
ton at the age of 84.
Bea was raised in
Hermiston and grad-
uated from Herm-
iston Senior High
School. On May 10, Cooper
1947, she married
George Gaylord Cooper in
Weiser, Idaho. They lived
in Hermiston most of their
lives.
Bea was a homemaker
and she enjoyed knitting,
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ing.
She is survived by three
sons, Gary, Jack and Jess
Cooper, all of Hermiston,
Ore.; 10 grandchildren; and
numerous great-grandchil-
dren.
She was preceded in
death by husband George
Cooper; parents Jack
and Ethyl Smith; and
daughter Sheila Al-
ford.
Graveside funeral
services will be held
on Saturday, April
25, 2015, at 1 p.m. at
the Hermiston Cem-
etery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Vange John
Memorial Hospice/Educa-
tion, 645 W. Orchard Ave.,
Suite 300, Hermiston, OR
97838.
Please send condolences
at burnsmortuaryhermis-
ton.com.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon, is in
care of arrangements.
Gary Brown
La Grande
June 11, 1952-April 22, 2015
Gary Brown, 62, of
La Grande died of com-
plications of Alzheimer’s
disease April 22, 2015,
at Willowbrook Terrace
in Pendleton. The
Recitation of the
Rosary will be held
on Monday, April
27, 2015, at 10:15
a.m. at Our Lady of
the Valley Catholic
Church. The me-
morial service will Brown
begin at 11 a.m. at
the church.
Gary was born June
11, 1952, to Robert and
Ellen (Fraser) Brown in
Pendleton. They lived in
Stanfield and Hermiston,
graduating from Hermis-
ton High in 1970 with an
aptitude for the scienc-
es. He attended Eastern
Oregon State College,
now EOU, graduating in
1975 with a chemistry
degree and again in 1982
with a business degree.
His work experience in-
cluded Martin Marietta
aluminum in The Dalles,
Borden Chemical/Hexion
in La Grande as their an-
alytical chemist, quality
assurance specialist and
management trainer for
30 years, traveling exten-
sively in the U.S., Cana-
da, the UK and Australia.
His last employer was
Napa Auto for six years.
He spent one year during
his first round of col-
lege with friends in Falls
Church, Va., working at a
gas station/U-Haul rental
and playing bass guitar
in a band, St. Barnabas
Road.
Gary met his future
wife, Peg Palumbo, at a
dance at EOU in 1977.
They married in 1979 in
La Grande and made their
home there. They have
sons Matthew and Eric.
Gary had a lifetime love
of cars, restoring many
from the ground up from
literally boxes of pieces
and bolts. His prized pos-
sessions are a ’67 Cor-
vette and a ’66 Chevelle.
His mechanical aptitude
and car sense rubbed off
on Matt. His computer
savvy is instilled with
Eric. He enjoyed helping
with Boy Scouts, spend-
ing several winters
assisting in build-
ing and sleeping in
snow caves, hik-
ing Hoffer Basin,
and joining trips to
Leslie Gulch with
Troop 514. He as-
sisted both sons in
earning their Eagle
Scout award. He was also
a WWII historian.
Gary had a love for nar-
row-gauge steam trains,
earning the right to be a
fireman on the Sumpter
Valley Railroad one sum-
mer. Many family trips
to the Southwest were
made to see the old silver
and gold mining sites and
ride the steam train ex-
cursions. His other love
was anything Australian
or New Zealand. He had
often talked of the poten-
tial of moving there, but
settled on several trips to
both countries with Peg.
They also traveled to-
gether to Hawaii, Holland
and two summers ago a
cruise and land tour to
Alaska. He enjoyed his
morning coffee routine
with his friends right up
to the time he became
acutely ill. Gary was a
private, soft-spoken and
kind-hearted man. He had
a quiet intensity for fami-
ly, work and fun.
Gary is survived by his
wife, Peg of La Grande;
son Matt and fiancée Les-
lie Phillips of Portland;
son Eric and Mandy Hil-
lecke of La Grande and
parents of Hermiston;
sister Vickie Hartley of
Hermiston; brother Daryl
and wife Sue of Richland,
Wash.; aunts Jean Pinney
of Hermiston and Max-
ine Leonard of Thousand
Oaks, California; and
eight nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers,
please consider contribu-
tions to the Alzheimer’s
Association, alz.org.
E’Zra “Mister Mister”
Dane Nelson set sail on a
new adventure April 15,
2015. E’Zra’s strong lov-
ing heart took its last beat
in the early morning
hours. E’Zra was
born April 22, 2010,
to Robert “Taylor”
and Dante’ Nelson
with sister KeiLe’na
always by his side.
E’Zra loved to
be sang to, danced Nelson
with and always
snuggled with. He enjoyed
a fun movie and loved to
bowl strikes! He attended
Colfax Preschool three
days a week and made
many friends and touched
many lives. His smile was
contagious and his giggles
could turn any day into a
blessed day!
In addition to his
parents and sister
he will be missed
by his grandparents
Shannon
Sowell,
Roger Sowell and
Jo Nelson, all of
Hermiston, Oregon,
aunts and uncle
Narita Berglund,
David Sowell, Heather
Bonanni and Hilary Sta-
gliano, as well as many
friends and classmates in
Colfax.
Deborah Franke
Hermiston
July 8, 1951-April 16, 2015
Deborah Franke, 63, of
Hermiston, Oregon, died
at her home Thursday
evening April 16, 2015,
from natural causes.
Born July 8,
1951, in Salem,
Ore., Debbie was
one of four chil-
dren born to Wal-
ter “Bud” and Eva
Lou Stotler. The
other children are
sister Sharon Stot- Franke
ler of Salem, Ore.,
Michael Stotler of Scio,
Ore., and Lori Soza of
Houston, Texas; all sur-
vive her. Debbie gradu-
ated from South Salem
High School in 1969.
A few years later, Deb-
bie married James “Jim”
Willits of Salem, Ore.
Debbie had two children
with Jim, daughter Tere-
sa Strubel of Salem, Ore.,
and son Edward “Eddie”
Willits of Salem, Ore.;
both survive her. Debbie
was also the very proud
grandmother of six grand-
children that survive her:
Jackson, James and Trev-
or Strubel, Jasmine Al-
lenwood, and Andrew and
Nakaia Willits, all of Sa-
lem, Ore.
In August 1983, Deb-
bie married the love of
her life, Steven Franke, in
Salem, Ore. In 1990, the
two moved to Pendleton,
Ore., where they worked
and lived until June 2003
when they moved to New
Plymouth, Idaho, where
they lived until moving to
Hermiston in October of
2010.
Besides, loving to be
with her grandchildren
and family, she loved be-
ing in the outdoors, fish-
ing, hunting, gardening,
or just driving around in
the mountains as long as
she was with Steve. Deb-
bie dearly loved spending
time with all her friends
as well.
In January of 2010,
Debbie was diag-
nosed with stage 4
breast cancer, be-
ginning a long and
brave fight to beat
it. Debbie loved
her oncologist Iyad
Hamarneh of Ken-
newick, Wash. She
also loved and ap-
preciated all her friends
and nurses at Trios Hos-
pital in Oncology and Co-
lumbia Basin Hemotolo-
gy and Oncology. Without
all of you, these last few
years may very well have
not been possible. Thank
you so much!
Although we are deep-
ly saddened by our loss of
Debbie, we are comforted
in knowing she no longer
has to suffer from the can-
cer and treatments. She
constantly
approached
her fight with a positive
attitude, never shop-
ping for sympathy. She
believed she could beat
cancer until she couldn’t.
The one wish she had was
to “just to have things be
normal.” She always did
her very best to keep life
normal in spite of the can-
cer.
There will be two cele-
bration of life services for
Debbie. The first will be 1
p.m. Saturday, April 25th
at Santiam Golf Course in
Stayton, Ore. The second
will be 1 p.m. Saturday,
May 16th at the Cleve-
land residence (the Old
Adams School) in Adams,
Ore. Preferred dress is ca-
sual. Debbie liked things
relaxed and casual so
please dress accordingly
if possible.
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Mary V. Wade, was
born October 31, 1927, at
Torrington, Connecticut,
to parents John and Mary
(Safcak) Hanecak. She died
Sunday, April 19,
2015, at Sun Terrace
Assisted Living Fa-
cility in Hermiston,
Oregon, at the age
of 87.
Mary was a long-
time resident of
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She was raised in
Brooklyn, New York, and
in 1950 she moved to Al-
ameda, California, where
she worked as a clerk/typist
for the U.S. government.
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1973. On June 4, 1973, she
married Donald Lee Wade
Sr. in Coeur d’Alene, Ida-
ho.
She was a member of
Our Lady of Angels Cath-
olic Church in Hermiston,
the VFW Auxiliary in Echo,
and was one of the original
founders of the soup kitch-
en in Hermiston. Mary en-
joyed gardening, crochet-
ing, reading and travel.
She is survived by sons
James J. Owens of Ala-
meda, Calif., Timothy Ow-
ens of Hayward, Calif., and
Mark McGunnigle of San
Leandro, Calif.; stepsons
Donald Wade Jr. of Stan-
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Ayer, Mass., Rick Wade of
Hermiston, Ore., and Pat-
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VANDEVENTER — Jaime D. Fuerstenberg and Josh-
ua T. Vandeventer of Boardman; a boy, David Oli Vande-
venter.
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ALMONTE MENDOZA — Yadira Mendoza Arzate
and Carlos Almonte of Hermiston; a girl, Aliyah Natalie
Almonte Mendoza.
HANEY — Melissa N. Lovell and Evan J. Haney of
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RODRIGUEZ — Amanda Rodriguez and Juan Rodri-
guez of Hermiston; a girl, Kamila Nicole Rodriguez.
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rick Wade of Spanaway,
Wash.; stepdaughters, The-
resa Neileigh of Estacada,
Ore., and Brenda Hussey of
Cascade Locks, Ore.; broth-
er John Hanecak of
Pleasant Hill, Calif.;
stepgranddaughter
and caregiver Kris-
tie Contreras; and 29
grandchildren.
She was preced-
ed in death by hus-
band Donald Wade
Sr.; parents John
and Mary Hanecak; broth-
ers James “Jack” Hanecak
and Henry Hanecak; step-
daughter, Sheila (Wade)
Hedrick; and stepgrandson
John Brooks.
Recitation of the Rosa-
ry was held on Thursday,
April 23, 2015, at 6 p.m. at
Burns Mortuary chapel in
Hermiston. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial was held on Fri-
day, April 24, 2015, at 10
a.m. at Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church in Herm-
iston. Burial will follow at
the Hermiston Cemetery.
Memorial contributions
may be made to Our Lady
of Angels Catholic Church/
Soup Kitchen, 565 W.
Hermiston Ave., Hermis-
ton, OR 97838.
Please send condolences
at burnsmortuaryhermis-
ton.com.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon, is in
care of arrangements.
The Full Gospel
Home Church
235 SW 3rd
Phone 567-7678
Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker
Sunday: Sunday School . . . . . 10:00 am
Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 am
Evening Service . . . . . . 7:00 pm
Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 pm
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Open Hearts, Open minds,
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