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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016
DEATH NOTICES
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OBITUARIES
Bill Henry Smith
Dennis N. Keener
Dena Lee Emery
Hermiston
Paterson, Wash.
May 27, 1952-April 23, 2016
Albany
January 14, 1929-February 29, 2016
April 24, 2016
Bill Henry Smith, 74, of Hermiston died Sunday, April
24, 2016, at his home. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in
care of arrangements. Send condolences at burnsmortua-
ryhermiston.com.
Bettyjane Bruner, 82, of Hermiston died Saturday, April
16, 2016 in Hermiston. She was born May 25, 1933. A
celebration of life service will be held Saturday, May 7 at 3
p.m. at Living Faith Church in Hermiston. Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Send condolences
at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Dennis N. Keener of
Paterson,
Washington,
was born on May 27,
1952, in Lawrence, Kan-
sas, to parents Ronald
and Bonnie Gomel
Keener. He died on
April 23, 2016, in
Richland, Washing-
ton, at the age of 63
years.
Dennis attend-
ed many different
schools
growing Keener
up due to moving
frequently for his father’s
work. He graduated from
St. Joseph High School in
Shawnee, Kansas. Den-
nis had several jobs be-
fore moving to Wyoming,
to work in the oil fields.
He then went to work for
what is now Williams
Gas & Pipeline where
he has worked for the
last 30 years. He trans-
ferred to the Hermiston,
Oregon, area and then in
1998 settled in Paterson,
Washington, where he has
lived since.
Dennis was united in
marriage to Lori Wiers-
ma on October 3, 2003,
in Bend, Oregon. Dennis
was an active member of
Our Lady of Angels Cath-
olic Church, Hermiston,
Oregon. Dennis’s faith
and love for his church
and family were his top
priorities. He cared deep-
ly for his fellow co-work-
ers. Dennis enjoyed play-
ing golf, jumping in the
car and going on a trip,
and simply sitting on the
porch and looking at the
river and watching the
sunset.
He is survived by his
wife Lori Keener, Pater-
son, Wash.; mom Bon-
nie Keener, Marysville,
Cesar Eduardo Alvarado
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John Milton Walker
Hermiston
April 23, 2016
John Milton Walker, 87, of Hermiston died Saturday,
April 23, 2016, in Hermiston. A private family service will
be held at a later date. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in
care of arrangements.
Gertrude H. ‘Jerry’ Martin
Imnaha
May 4, 1919-April 22, 2016
Longtime Hermiston resident Gertrude H. “Jerry” Mar-
tin, 96, died Friday, April 22, 2016, in Imnaha. She was
born May 4, 1919, in Vichy, Mo. At her request there will
be no service. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of
arrangements. Sign the online guest book at burnsmortua-
ryhermiston.com.
Donald C. Baer
Portland
Sept. 30, 1953-April 20, 2016
Donald C. Baer, 62, of Portland died Wednesday, April
20, 2016, in Umatilla. He was born Sept. 30, 1953, in
Memphis, Tenn. A family gathering will be held. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Betty May Kallgren
Hermiston
April 22, 2016
Betty May Kallgren, 92, of Hermiston died Friday,
April 22, 2016, at her home. Private family services will
be held at a later date. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in
care of arrangements. Send condolences at burnsmortua-
ryhermiston.com.
Bettyjane Bruner
Hermiston
May 25, 1933-April 16, 2016
Wash.; children Jenni-
fer Keener, Big Piney,
Wyo., Fletcher Keener,
Vernal, Utah, Michelle
Cody, Redmond, Ore.,
Scott Willis and
wife Wendy, Bat-
tleground, Wash.,
Stew Willis and
wife Amanda, Ka-
lispell,
Mont.;
stepsons Clint and
Curtis;
brothers
Dave Keener and
wife
Stephanie,
New Mexico, and Jim
Keener and wife Tracy,
Colorado; sister Norene
Laggart and husband
John, Washington; grand-
children Donovan, Brit-
tany, Drew, Zach, Walk-
er, Wade, Levi and Sarah;
and great-grandchildren
Lucy and Oliver.
Dennis was preceded
in death by his father,
and brothers Johnny and
Russ Keener.
Recitation of the rosa-
ry will be held on Friday,
April 29, 2016, at 5:00
p.m. at Burns Mortuary
chapel, Hermiston, Or-
egon. Mass of Christian
burial will be held on Sat-
urday, April 30, 2016, at
11:00 a.m. at Our Lady of
Angels Catholic Church,
Hermiston, Oregon. Pri-
vate family burial will be
held at the Paterson Cem-
etery, Paterson, Washing-
ton.
In lieu of flowers, con-
tributions may be made
in Dennis’s memory to
www.mpnresearchfoun-
dation.org.
Please sign the online
guest book at burnsmor-
tuaryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon, is in
care of arrangements.
Dena Lee Emery, age 87,
of Albany, Oregon, passed
away on February 29, 2016,
at Timberview Care Center.
She was born to the late Ed-
ward Vern Gabriel and Emma
McFarland Gabriel on Jan-
uary 14, 1929, in Stanield,
Oregon, and was one of 11
children. Dena is survived by
her sister Billie Mottice.
Dena graduated from
Stanield High School before
attending Eastern Oregon
College of Education where
she graduated from their sec-
retarial school. She met her
husband, Quenten Lowell
Emery, while working at the
Umatilla Army Depot. They
lived in several cities in Cal-
ifornia; Carson City, Nevada;
Olympia, Washington, and
Altoona, Iowa, and Dena re-
turned to Oregon with her
two youngest children in
vehicle accident killed the vehicle’s
driver and sheared a power pole.
Hermiston Fire responded and cut the
battery cable.
5:52 a.m. - Hermiston Fire and
Emergency Services returned to the
scene of a motor vehicle accident to
assist with extricating the driver and
releasing the body to Burns Mortuary.
1:15 p.m. - An illegal burn was
reported in the area of Southwest
7th Street and Highland Avenue in
Hermiston. Fireighters advised the
owner that it was a no burn day, and
she extinguished the ire.
6:26 p.m. - An Echo man on East
Gerome Street reported someone
stole his ishing pole.
8:00 p.m. - A man in a green Ford
Explorder knocked out the windows
of a Toyota parked at Golden Palace
before taking of.
10:58 p.m. - Umatilla police took
a report that an ex-employee of the
Riverside Sports Bar & Lounge, 1501
Sixth St., keyed two cars the previous
night.
the three-story building and dis-
placed ive families.
1975. She resumed her work
for the Depot and retired in
1993.
In her lifetime, Dena met
and entertained governors, state
senators and various celebrities.
She had a very full life.
She loved to cook, en-
joyed entertaining and play-
ing bridge with friends, fam-
ily and co-workers. She also
loved going on long walks,
reading and spending time
with her family and relatives.
Dena had four children:
Rae Ann, 62, La Grande;
Rhonda Fay, deceased; Ro-
berta Jean, 54, La Grande;
and Roy Allen, 53, Corvallis.
She has six grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Dena requested no services.
The family thanks the staff of
Timberview Care Center for
their care and support of Dena
during her last few years.
BIRTHS
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
APRIL 11, 2016
MCKENNEY — Sarah E. Cahill and Colton T. McKen-
ney of Stanield; a boy, Remmington Dwayne McKenney.
APRIL 12, 2016
BANDA — Elizabeth L.J. Banda and Daniel L. Banda
of Hermiston; a boy, Messiah Leone Banda.
SANCHEZ — Megan R. Sands and Fernando M. San-
chez of Hermiston; a boy, Dominic Kayo Sanchez.
APRIL 15, 2016
MEJIA — Yobane Castillo Chairez and Marco A. Me-
jia Jr. of Hermiston; a boy, Ezekiel Mejia.
APRIL 17, 2016
FITZPATRICK — Cassandra Dircksen and Matthew
Fitzpatrick of Stanield; a boy, Aaron Bentley Fitzpatrick.
Kadlec Medical Center, Richland, Wash.
APRIL 3, 2016
SCHMID — Amy Schmid and Jordon Fox of Hermis-
ton; a girl, Harper Aspen Schmid.
Hermiston
Aug. 7, 1995-April 23, 2016
Cesar Eduardo Alvarado, 20, of Hermiston died Satur-
day, April 23, 2016, in Hermiston as the result of an auto-
mobile accident. He was born Aug. 7, 1995, in Hermiston.
Recitation of the rosary will be held Thursday, April 28 at
6 p.m. in the Burns Mortuary chapel in Hermiston. Mass
of Christian burial will be held Friday, April 29 at 10 a.m.
at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Hermiston, fol-
lowed by burial at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortu-
ary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Send condo-
lences at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com..
COURT REPORT
Sentences
The following sentences have been
imposed in Umatilla County courts:
FELONY
•Florencio Garcia Quezada, 25,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Theft I;
sentenced to 6 months Oregon Dept. of
Corrections, 1 year post-prison super-
vision and $140 ine, plus court costs
and fees; pleaded guilty to Aggra-
vated Theft I; sentenced to 13 months
Oregon Dept. of Corrections, 2 years
post-prison supervision, $140 ine and
$15,170 restitution, plus court costs
and fees; pleaded guilty to Failure to
Appear II; sentenced to $40 ine plus
court costs and fees; pleaded guilty
to Theft II; sentenced to $40 ine plus
court costs and fees.
•Antonio Reco Reaves, 32, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Possession
of Methamphetamine; sentenced to
18 months probation, 90 sanction
units, 30 maximum jail units, 80
hours community service, $440 ine,
$1,000 ine-suspended and 6 months
driver’s license suspension, plus court
costs and fees; pleaded guilty to DUII;
sentenced to 30 days jail, 180 days
jail-suspended, 2 years probation,
$185 ine, $1,500 ine-suspended and
1 year driver’s license suspension, plus
court costs and fees; pleaded guilty to
Resisting Arrest; sentenced to 15 days
jail, 180 days jail-suspended, 2 years
probation, 40 hours community ser-
vice, $40 ine and $900 ine-suspend-
ed, plus court assessment.
•Michael Frederick Snyder, 25,
Hermiston, was convicted of Attempt
to Elude Police-vehicle; sentenced to 3
years probation, 90 sanction units, 30
maximum jail units, $140 ine, $1,800
ine-suspended and 90 days driver’s
license suspension, plus court costs
and fees; was convicted of Interfer-
ence With Peace/Parole/Probation
Oicer and Resisting Arrest; sentenced
to 180 days jail-suspended, 3 years
probation and $40 ine for each count,
plus court costs and fees.
MISDEMEANOR
•Eduardo Rosario Madrigal Cer-
vantes, 24, Umatilla, pleaded guilty to
Driving While Suspended; sentenced
to $375 ine plus court assessment.
•Anthony Herbert Lee, 46, Lacey,
Wash., was convicted of Failure to
Comply With Commercial Vehicle En-
forcement; sentenced to $375 ine plus
court assessment.
•Richard James Mills, 61, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Theft II; sen-
tenced to 180 days jail-suspended, 2
years probation, 60 hours community
service, $40 ine and $1,650 ine-sus-
pended, plus court costs and fees;
pleaded guilty to Theft III; sentenced
to $40 ine plus court costs and fees.
•Thomas D. Warnsley, 19, Hermis-
ton, pleaded guilty to Physical Harass-
ment; sentenced to $40 ine plus court
assessment.
•Angela Genevieve Harman, 46,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Theft II;
sentenced to 180 days jail-suspend-
ed, 18 months probation, 40 hours
community service, $40 ine, $900
ine-suspended and $118.97 restitu-
tion, plus court costs and fees.
•Randy Mark Johnson, 46, Stan-
ield, pleaded guilty to Theft III; sen-
tenced to $40 ine plus court assess-
ment.
MONDAY
HFES medical calls — 8
HFES motor vehicle accidents — 2
10:18 a.m. - A resident of Bel Air
Apartments in Hermiston reported
someone tried to kick in the apart-
ment door around 3 a.m.
11:01 a.m. - A two-vehicle accident
blocked the lanes of Southeast
Fourth Street, and Hermiston Fire and
Emergency Services responded.
SUNDAY
HFES medical calls — 8
8:22 a.m. - The Morrow County
Sherif’s Oice received a report of a
man wearing black lying in the road
just west of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic Church, 78922 Olson Road,
Boardman. Sherif’s deputies were
unable to ind the man.
9:43 a.m. - A Jeep owner reported
his vehicle was stolen from East Main
Street in Hermiston.
3:58 p.m. - A woman on West
Fourth Road, Irrigon, reported a pit
bull dog jumped into the back of her
vehicle and attacked her dog. The
caller said they separated the dogs,
and the pit bull became friendly. She
requested contact from the Morrow
County Sherif’s Oice.
4:02 p.m. - Someone stole a
child’s bike from outside a Hermiston
apartment.
4:45 p.m. - A semi driver west-
bound on Interstate 84 near Board-
man reported another semi driver
harassed him on the freeway. At
6:25 p.m., another caller said a white
sedan sped and tailgated him in the
same area. And a third caller at 7:09
complained two empty log trucks and
a semi were “weaving and playing cat
and mouse” while speeding, also in
the same vicinity. The Morrow County
Sherif’s Oice noted the complaints.
7:46 p.m. - A man told the Morrow
County Sherif’s Oice he went to re-
trieve a vehicle at a storage unit near
Southeast 14th Street, Irrigon, and his
wife had “knocked the windows out
of everything,” including the pickup
and a camper.
SATURDAY
HFES medical calls - 6
HFES motor vehicle accidents - 3
2:08 a.m. - A single-vehicle motor
•Felix Alberto Nieves, 31, Herm-
FRIDAY
HFES medical calls - 12
6:22 a.m. - A shopper found a
wallet at Walmart that had drugs
inside. He turned it over to the
authorities.
8:47 a.m. - Between 8:47 and
9:02 a.m., three observers reported a
vehicle without handicap tags parked
in a handicap area at Hermiston High
School. A citation was issued.
3:45 p.m. - A Hermiston woman
reported a snake in the driveway on
Southwest Desert Oak Drive and said
she did not know what to do about
the snake.
7:53 p.m. - An apartment ire in
Umatilla brought out response from
Umatilla, Hermiston, Stanield and
Irrigon ireighters. The ire damaged
It’s not like him.
I found Dad’s remote
in the fridge again.
…I’m beginning to
get worried.
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THURSDAY
HFES medical calls - 12
2:42 a.m. - Umatilla police
received a noise complaint from a res-
ident of Dark Canyon Avenue who said
his neighbor woke him out of a sound
sleep at 1:05 a.m. by playing his music
very loud. The caller wished to remain
anonymous because the neighbor has
a history of “getting even.”
6:25 a.m. - A resident of North Ott
Road, Hermiston, told the Umatilla
County Sherif’s Oice her son tried to
hit her with a rock and was calling her
names. The caller said he was chasing
her down the street as she tried to
walk away.
8:28 a.m. - A Hermiston resident
reported her 7-year-old son is with his
father and she discovered the child
has not been in school all week.
11:06 a.m. - A Hermiston-area caller
on Diagonal Road told the Umatilla County
Sherif’s Oice someone stole her saddle,
and she just might know who it was.
1:01 p.m. - A resident of West Cody
Avenue in Hermiston reported her
home had been broken into and the
dog let into the house.
5:15 p.m. - Someone reported
a man had been living in a car on
Southeast Eighth Place in Hermiston.
5:19 p.m. - Umatilla police were
not able to ind a shirtless obese man
with gray hair and a beard who was
drunk and left the Crossroads Truck
Stop, 2020 Highway 730.
5:43 p.m. - A woman in a red dress
was reported sitting in the parking lot
at Motel 6 in Hermiston, smoking and
using “bad words” to customers.
7:50 p.m. — Six people got out of
a white Chevrolet Malibu at Baggett
and Sunshine lanes, Hermiston, then
trespassed and climbed a resident’s
fence. The actions resulted in a
warning from law enforcement.
8:26 p.m. - Someone stole the
DMV stickers of a license plate of a
vehicle on West Orchard Avenue in
Hermiston.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Hermiston police arrested Josie
Lee Pritchard, 26, of Hermiston, for
identity theft, second-degree forgery,
second-degree theft and conspiracy.
•Morrow County Sherif’s Oice
arrested Jason James Abbott, 24, of
Irrigon, for felony attempt to elude
police and two counts of reckless
endangering. The sherif’s oice
arrested Abbott in November 2014 on
similar charges after he led oicers on
a car chase that hit 100 mph.
•Hermiston police arrested Pablo
Carillo Pablo, 31, no address provided,
for felony fourth-degree assault.
•Oregon State Police cited Walter
Chester Blue, 72, no address provided,
for driving under the inluence of
intoxicants.
•Morrow County Sherif’s Oice
arrested Eduardo Garcia Martinez, 26,
address not provided, for DUII.
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