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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
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OBITUARIES
Kathryn Eva ‘Katie’ Mack
Theodore ‘Ted’ Waite Jr.
Loren W. Hughes
Hermiston
October 18, 1919-December 12, 2015
Boardman
April 20, 1953-February 3, 2016
La Grande
June 15, 1926-Jan. 29, 2016
Kathryn Eva (“Katie”)
Mack passed away peace-
fully at the age of 96 on
Saturday, December 12,
2015, with many family
members at her bed-
side. She was the
eighth child of John
and Elizabeth Brun-
er, who farmed near
Drake, North Dako-
ta. Her father, John,
had come to Ameri-
ca from Austria and Mack
Elizabeth’s parents
hailed from Germany and
Russia. Katie had nine
brothers and two sisters;
her beloved baby sister, Ag-
nes Keller, age 90, is now
the sole survivor of that
large family.
Katie was always a hard
worker. During high school,
she clerked at JC Penney’s
and after graduation com-
pleted business college in
Bismarck. Katie taught
for a year in a one-room
schoolhouse, boarding with
a family during the week
and driving home with her
proud “Pa” on the week-
ends. Katie next sought ad-
venture in Klamath Falls,
joining her eldest sister,
Elizabeth, and two married
brothers. While waiting for
her ¿ancé, Wendelin Mack,
to return from World War
II, Katie worked as a book-
keeper for the Lost River
Dairy. Katie was proud of
how she traveled alone on
the train all the way to Lou-
isiana to visit her love while
he was stationed there.
Katie married Wendelin
in November of 1945 after
he returned from the Pa-
ci¿c Theater. They rented
a farm near Drake for one
year, then decided to take
their six-month-old daugh-
ter, Karen Ann, “2ut West.”
They settled in Albany,
then Lebanon, and later in
Eugene, 2regon.
During the ensuing
years, Gary W., Arlen An-
thony and Todd John were
added to the family and
there were many holidays
and summer outings spent
with both Katie and Wen-
dell’s siblings and families.
Despite being a tomboy
as a girl, Katie became the
ultimate housewife and
good cook once she mar-
ried. Her hands were never
idle; she kept an immacu-
late and comfortable home,
sewed, gardened, canned,
crocheted,
embroidered
and hand-stitched 15 quilts.
She also loved to read, play
cards and enjoy her favorite
television shows.
Katie always greeted
visitors to her home with
a welcoming smile and
great food. These visitors
included her many
North Dakota rela-
tives and her three
sons’
numerous
friends, who made a
habit of showing up
when they smelled
her homemade cin-
namon rolls, cakes,
pies and cookies.
After Wendelin retired,
they moved to Hermiston
to be near their daughter
Karen, son-in-law George
Anderson, and their three
children: Beth, Sally and
Will. Her sons all lived in
southern California by this
time, so it was a natural ¿t.
The Anderson kids remem-
ber the many card games,
sleep-overs, accordion mu-
sic and meals they enjoyed
with their beloved grand-
parents.
After Wendelin died,
Katie lived in her home
until her health required
more assistance and she
very willingly moved into
Hermiston’s
Guardian
Angel Homes. She lived
there for seven years.
During that time she had
a steady stream of fam-
ily and friends visit her
and enjoy her delightful
sense of humor and pithy
remarks.
She was greatly loved.
Katie is survived by her
daughter, Karen (George)
Anderson; sons Gary (Jan-
ice), Arlen (Joie), and Todd
Mack; and by her grand-
children Beth Anderson,
Sally (Tyler Hansell), Will
(Sarah) Anderson, Grant,
Brittany, Lauren, Lindsay
and Christopher Mack; and
by her three great-grand-
children, Hunter, Tyler and
Anna Hansell.
Her life will be cele-
brated on Saturday, Feb-
ruary 13, 2016, at 10:00
a.m. at Burns Mortuary
chapel, 685 W. Herm-
iston Ave., Hermiston,
2R 97838, followed by
a luncheon at St. John’s
Episcopal Church, 665 E.
Gladys Ave., Hermiston,
2R 97838. Private family
inurnment of her cremains
will be held at the Hermis-
ton Cemetery.
Please send condolenc-
es at burnsmortuaryhermis-
ton.com.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, 2regon, is in
care of arrangements.
DEATH NOTICES
Gay M. Van Schoiack
Hermiston
censed Vocational
Theodore
Nursing) de-
(Ted) Waite
gree at age
Jr., age 62,
50.
of
Board-
Helping
man, 2re-
others
was
gon, died
always
a
on Febru-
big part of
ary 3, 2016,
every job Ted held
at TRI2S Hospi-
during his lifetime.
tal in Kennewick,
He did family and
Wash.
personal counsel-
Ted was born
ing and drug and
into a military fam-
alcohol counseling
ily on April 20,
while in the mil-
1953, in Tyrone,
itary, worked at
Pa. He lived in Waite Jr.
ASC2G (Assn. of
Lincoln, Neb.; the
Azores Islands; at Ed- South Central 2klaho-
wards Air Force Base, Ca- ma Governments) as an
lif.; in Vallejo, Calif.; and employment and train-
Clovis, N.M. He grad- ing counselor in Lawton,
uated from Clovis High 2kla., and at Front Range
School in 1972 and fol- Community College in
lowed in his father’s foot- Boulder and Longmont,
steps by joining the U.S. Colo. After becoming an
Army. After basic train- LVN, he worked at Red
ing at Ft. Polk, La., he River Hospital and Hos-
was in the 82nd Airborne pice in Wichita Falls.
Aside from his family,
Division at Ft. Bragg,
N.C., as a paratrooper Ted got the greatest joy
and rigger. He later de- from riding his motorcy-
cided to get into a health cle, hunting, and he loved
care-related field and be- to fish. He was an active
came a behavioral health member of the Green
specialist after additional Knights Military Motor-
training at Ft. Sam Hous- cycle Club, the Patriot
ton, Texas, in San Anto- Guard Riders, and served
nio. He was stationed at on the Umatilla-Morrow
Ft. Campbell, Ky., with County United Way for
the 101st Airborne Divi- a short time before his
sion, Eisenhower Medical death.
Ted is survived by
Center at Ft. Gordon, Ga.,
and Ft. Sill, 2kla. He and his wife of more than 41
his family also spent six years, Emily, and his two
years living in Germa- children and their fam-
ny (Landstuhl and Neu ilies: son Michael, his
Ulm), where they trav- wife Jennifer, and their
eled extensively, visiting daughter Clare of Boise,
more than a dozen differ- Idaho, and daughter Ta-
ent countries. His love of mara and her wife Jenni-
traveling continued into fer of Peoria, Ill. He also
later years, as he and his has a sister Kathy (hus-
wife took annual cruises band William) of Clovis,
and traveled around the N.M.; Barbara (husband
U.S., including trips to Tom) of Buckeye, Ariz.;
and a brother Rick (wife
Hawaii and Alaska.
His military awards Donna) of Lubbock, Tex-
include the National De- as. He is also survived by
fense Service Medal w/ three sisters-in-law and
brothers-in-law,
Bronze Service Star, Mer- three
itorious Service Medal, along with their spouses,
2verseas Service Ribbon and 22 nieces and neph-
2nd Award, Army Good ews.
He was preceded in
Conduct Medal 5th Award,
Army Achievement Med- death by his father, Theo-
al, Army Commendation dore (Ted) Waite Sr., and
Medal, Parachutist Badge, his mother, Leona Waite.
Ted and his wife, Em-
and a Presidential Unit Ci-
ily, were active members
tation.
Ted was a life-long of St. John’s Episcopal
learner and loved to read. Church, 665 E. Gladys
He completed an AAS Avenue, Hermiston, 2R
degree with Georgia Mil- 97838. Services will be
itary College at Ft. Gor- held this Saturday, Febru-
don. Then he received ary 13, at 4 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the
a BS degree at Cameron
University in Lawton, family requests that you
2kla., with a dual major make a donation to St.
of sociology and psy- John’s Episcopal Church
chology. He completed or the Umatilla-Morrow
coursework at Vernon County United Way, 125
Community College and S.E. Court Avenue, Pend-
received his LVN (Li- leton, 2R 97801.
ENGAGEMENT
Feb. 7, 2016
Gay M. Van Schoiack, 85, of Hermiston died Sunday,
Feb. 7, 2016, at her home. Graveside funeral services
will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, at 1 p.m. at the Herm-
iston Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 850 S.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care
of arrangements. Send condolences at burnsmortuary-
hermiston.com.
Dixie M. Olson
Condon
May 7, 1952-Jan. 30, 2016
Former Umatilla resident Di[ie M. 2lson, 63, of Con-
don died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at her home. She was
born May 7, 1952, in Heppner. A celebration of life service
will be held Friday, Feb. 12, at 1 p.m. at Burns Mortuary
chapel, Hermiston. Arrangements are with Burns Mortu-
ary of Hermiston. Sign the guest book at www.burnsmor-
tuaryhermiston.com.
Gregory W.C. ‘Greg’ Hoffman
Hermiston
June 12, 1962-Feb. 5, 2016
Gregory W.C. “Greg” Hoffman, 53, of Hermiston died
Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, in Richland, Wash., as the result of
an accident. He was born June 12, 1962, in Hermiston. Ar-
rangements are pending at Burns Mortuary of Hermiston.
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and Natalie Stricklin.
Sara is a 2013 graduate
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She Zill graduate from 2r-
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Nate graduated from
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in 2011 and attended Ar-
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College of the 2zarks. He
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arms dealer at Cabela’s and
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He is also a Marine reserv-
ist.
The couple will be mar-
ried Feb. 20, 2016, at 4
p.m. at Faith Presbyterian
Church in Hermiston.
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at Hilgard. He was a
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Canyon Preservation
Council, Blue Moun-
tain Alliance and a
co-chair of the 2regon
Wilderness Society.
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achievement award in
2011 from the Hells
Canyon
Preserva-
tion Council. Loren helped
start the local Union County
National Wild Turkey Feder-
ation Committee. He was a
member of Pheasants Forev-
er, Friends of the NRA and
also the Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation.
Among Loren’s proudest
achievements was working
with Dick Hentze of Baker
City mapping the 870 mile
Blue Mountain Heritage
Trail, a web of hiking and
horse trails circling the Blue
Mountains from Burns, 2re-
gon to Lewiston, Idaho.
Most of all, Loren loved
his family and the time spent
in a wall tent next to a hot
wood stove, waiting for the
boys to come home from
the hunt with the stories they
would tell. His strong voice,
laugh and handshake will be
remembered by all who knew
him.
Loren is survived by his
wife, Betty Lou Hughes;
sons, Wesley and wife, San-
dy, of Irrigon, 2R; Ed and
wife, Susan, of Summerville,
2R; Dale and wife, Linda,
of La Grande, 2R; Vint and
wife, Linda, of Hailey, ID;
and Lantz and wife, Susan, of
La Grande, 2R; sister, Bev-
erly Holeman of Yuma, AZ;
10 grandchildren; 13 great
grandchildren and many niec-
es and nephews.
Loren was preceded in
death by his parents, Loren
and Mary; sister, Bernice
Brown, and brother-in-law,
Don Holeman.
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the conservation organization
of your choice through the
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1508 Fourth St., La Grande,
2R 97850.
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Hughes, 89,
of La Grande
passed away
from natural
causes with
his family by
his side on
Friday, January 29,
2016 at a local care fa-
cility. A celebration of
life will be held at the
La Grande First Chris-
tian Church on Satur-
day, March 5, 2016, at
2 p.m. Casual dress is Hughes
preferred by the fam-
ily.
Loren was born
June 15, 1926, in
Flagler, Colorado, to
Loren E. and Mary
M. (Colpitts) Hughes.
His family moved to
Stan¿eld,
2regon, Hughes
when he was 3 years
old. Loren attended Stan¿eld
High School and in June
1944 enlisted in the Navy.
He served our country during
World War II stationed on
the USS Carlisle (APA 69).
After the war Loren attended
2regon Technical Institute in
Klamath Falls where he com-
pleted a watch repair course
and also coached tennis,
swimming and diving during
the summer session.
Loren met his future wife,
Betty Plass, at a rolling skat-
ing rink in Hermiston, 2re-
gon. They were married for
65 years this past November.
In 1950, Loren and Betty
moved to La Grande where
Loren worked for George
Birnie in Birnie’s Jewelry as
a watch repairman. In 1955,
Loren and Betty bought
Birnie’s Jewelry and ran the
family business until they
retired in 1999. When Loren
¿rst moved to La Grande he
of¿ciated college and high
school basketball games, and
later coached Little League
baseball.
Loren and Betty’s ¿ve
sons were born in La Grande.
Together they raised their
boys on the ranch they pur-
chased on Mt. Glenn Road.
Loren loved the outdoors
whether it was hunting, ¿sh-
ing, horse packing or bird
watching. Loren taught his
sons to love the outdoors as
well. He always said that his
sons were the greatest out-
doorsmen he knew.
Loren and his family spent
a great deal of time at the
family’s Bear Creek Cabin in
Wallowa County, which be-
came his preferred deer and
elk hunting spot in the Wal-
lowa Mountains for over 30
years. But horse packing and
trail rides were probably Lo-
ren’s favorite pastimes.
In the 1950s, Loren went
hunting with the McDaniel
family in Wallowa County
and fell in love with horse
packing. He raised up 10
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