RECORDS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016
BIRTHS
OBITUARIES
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
MAY 3, 2016
JACK — Morgan D. Gerbing and Dustin R. Jack of
Hermiston; a boy, Zaiden Kendrick Jack.
MAY 5, 2016
RAMIREZ — Janet Torres-Soto and Samuel Zurita
Ramirez of Hermiston; a girl, Zayda Rosaline Ramirez.
MAY 6, 2016
TOVEY — Desi Tovey and Andy Tovey of Stanield; a
boy, Carson Douglas William Tovey.
St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton
MAY 8, 2016
MADRIGAL — Olivia E. Flores and Adolfo Madrigal
of Hermiston; a boy, Adolfo Khaleo Madrigal.
COURT REPORT
Sentences
The following sentences have been
imposed in Umatilla County courts:
FELONY
•Allen Rex Bohms, 30, Hermis-
ton, pleaded no contest to Burglary
I; sentenced to 3 years probation, 180
sanction units, 90 maximum jail units,
$940 ine and $4,000 ine-suspended,
plus court costs and fees.
•Zachery Taylor Knaus, 27, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to DUII (felony);
sentenced to 9 months Oregon Dept.
of Corrections, 2 years post-prison
supervision, $1,940 ine, $134.40 comp
ine and lifetime revocation of driv-
er’s license, plus court costs and fees;
pleaded guilty to Theft II and Escape
III; sentenced to $40 ine plus court
costs and fees for each count; pleaded
guilty to Resisting Arrest; sentenced to
$40 ine plus court assessment.
•Jacob James Richards, 42, Uma-
tilla, pleaded guilty to Unlawful Use of
Weapon Against Another; sentenced
to 14 months Oregon Dept. of Correc-
tions, 2 years post-prison supervision
and $140 ine, plus court costs and
fees.
•Shane Verhey Springer, 27, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Unauthorized
Use of Vehicle; sentenced to 20 months
Oregon Dept. of Corrections, 1 year
post-prison supervision and $140 ine,
plus court assessment; pleaded guilty
to Criminal Mischief II; sentenced to
$40 ine-waived and $825.52 restitu-
tion, plus court assessment-waived.
MISDEMEANOR
•Chris Daniel Cruz, 48, Redmond,
pleaded guilty to DUII; sentenced to
30 days jail, 180 days jail-suspended, 2
years probation, 80 hours community
service, $935 ine and 1 year driver’s
license suspension, plus court costs
and fees.
•Lisa Marie Cross, 30, Pasco, Wash.,
pleaded guilty to Failure to Appear II;
sentenced to $40 ine plus court costs
and fees.
•Jose Cruz Rios-Valencia, 41,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Criminal
Trespass I; sentenced to $160 ine plus
court costs and fees.
•Angelina Regina Corpus, 23,
Hermiston, pleaded no contest to
Disorderly Conduct II; sentenced to
90 days jail-suspended, 18 months
probation, $40 ine and $900 ine-sus-
pended, plus court costs and fees;
pleaded guilty to Failure to Appear II
and Giving False Information to Police;
sentenced to 180 days jail-suspended,
2 years probation, $40 ine and $1,650
ine-suspended for each count, and 110
hours community service, plus court
costs and fees.
•Corleone Martinez Lewis, 23,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Theft II;
sentenced to 180 days jail-suspended,
2 years probation, 40 hours com-
munity service, $240 ine and $1,450
ine-suspended, plus court costs and
fees.
•Davin Michael Prewitt, 22, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Driving While
Suspended; sentenced to 180 days
jail-suspended, 2 years probation, 40
hours community service, $440 ine
and $1,250 ine-suspended, plus court
costs and fees.
•Cody Alton Runion, 30, Hermis-
ton, pleaded guilty to Driving While
Suspended; sentenced to 180 days
jail-suspended, 2 years probation, 40
hours community service, $440 ine
and $1,250 ine-suspended, plus court
costs and fees.
and fees.
DIVORCES
PENDLETON — Divorce decrees
were signed in Umatilla County Courts
for:
Andrew Darr Lewis and Ashlen
Denise Lewis; Nicole Dawn Stiener
and Steven Edmund Stiener Jr.; Beth
D. Zufelt and Robyn M. Zufelt; Oscar
Holguin and Tanya Holguin; Jodi Alli-
son and Michael Allison; John Franklin
Bullock Jr. and Nicole Bullock; Tessa N.
Exum and Aaron J. Exum; Reynaldo
Meza and Maria Luisa Fuentes; Freder-
ick Brueske and Piper K. Brueske.
MARRIAGES
PENDLETON — Marriage licens-
es have been registered in Umatilla
County for:
Aaron Eugene Abel, 33, and Sandra
Maribel Munoz, 31, both of Hermiston.
Steven Duane Franke, 53, and Sa-
mantha Ann Stollar, 46, both of Herm-
iston.
Johnny Angel Gonzalez, 34, of
Umatilla and Kimberley Joyce Gary, 30,
of Hermiston.
Jason Edward Haigh, 41, and An-
gela Christine Landreth, 44, both of
Hermiston.
Demetrios Anastasios Ikonomou,
34, and Christina Simeonidis, 25, both
of Hermiston.
Salesh Shalendpa Karan, 46, and
Fnu Tabita, 28, both of Hermiston.
Ernesto Perez Jr., 34, of Umatilla
and Holly Elizabeth Green, 35, of Dal-
las, Ore.
Levi Aaron Player, 23, and Cherie
Ann Boothman, 22, both of Hermiston.
Suits Filed
The following suits have been iled
in Umatilla County courts:
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Del Shut-
tleworth; seeks $1,297.75 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Martin Lopez,
Delina Lopez, Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems Inc., Homecom-
ings Financial LLC, Humberto Andrade,
Midland Funding LLC, Equable Ascent
Financial LLC and all others claim-
ing right, title, lien or interest; seeks
$98,015.21 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Terra J. Elwell and Keith W. Niel-
son vs. William J. and Jane Doe Lam-
bert; seeks $257,330.11 plus costs and
fees.
Cach LLC vs. Melissa A. Blair; seeks
$930.71 plus interest, costs and fees.
Judgments
The following judgments have
been rendered in Umatilla County
courts:
•Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Rachel L. Nyman; judgment for
$1,212.14 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Roger Payne; judgment for
$381.61 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Douglas Keltner; judgment for
$2,097.18 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Kim Co-
penhaver; judgment for $1,489.80 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Brandon
Kaufman; judgment for $12,611 plus
interest, costs and fees.
John Brinker ‘Cowboy’ Ramos
Jan A. Vyhnal
Echo
May 21, 1935-April 10, 2016
Heppner
November 12, 1934-May 10, 2016
J o h n
B r i n k e r
“Cowboy”
Ramos died
at his home
on
April
10,
2016,
surrounded
by his family, close
friends and his little
dog Sally.
Cowboy
was
born May 21, 1935,
in Pendleton, Or-
egon. He was the
third child of Joseph Ramos
G. and Helen L.
(Brinker) Ramos.
Cowboy attended all of
his school years in Echo,
where he was a standout
student and athlete. He
played football, basketball,
baseball and was involved
in certain county track
meets. He graduated from
Echo High School in 1953
as the class valedictori-
an. His senior year he was
a starting member on the
1953 state championship
basketball team coached by
George DeLap. He was also
selected to play in the annu-
al East/West Shrine football
game.
Cowboy went on to
attend the University of
Oregon (GO DUCKS) un-
til he joined the Navy in
1956 with his older brother
Swede. While at the U of
O, he became a member of
the Sigma Nu Fraternity, of
which many of his fraterni-
ty brothers became close,
life-long friends. He was
also involved in the sports
program as a pitcher on
the freshman baseball team
and the quarterback for the
freshman football team. He
was actually recruited to U
of O by Bill Bowerman.
While in the Navy he
met Elaine Hurford at a col-
lege dance when his ship,
the USS Hamner DD-718,
was docked in Brisbane,
Australia, in August of
1956. In 1958 he returned
to the U of O after his dis-
charge from the Navy, all
the while corresponding
with Elaine over the next
ive years. He returned to
Brisbane in September of
1960, working for the city
of Southport, while Elaine
taught school at St. Hilda’s
Girls School. They were
married on January 7th,
1961, in Brisbane and re-
turned to the Ramos family
farm in Echo on January
28th, 1961. They started
their family as the irst of
ive children was born that
October.
Cowboy continued to
work on the family farm
until semi-retiring in the
late 1990s. He worked for
Stanield/Westland
Irri-
gation District for several
years. The job he loved
the most was when he pur-
chased a Mitsubishi ex-
cavator and an old dump
truck to form Somar Ex-
cavation. He then started
doing jobs for many of the
local farmers. It was of-
ten said that no one could
operate an excavator like
him. He was very precise,
When they say “Boy, it’s hot!”
and you say “Time for our Shots?!”
•Mariah Neah Winn, 35, Hermiston,
was found in Contempt of Court-puni-
tive; sentenced to $100 ine.
•Christopher Robin Calvert, 38,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Criminal
Trespass I; sentenced to $40 ine plus
court assessment; pleaded guilty to
Theft II; sentenced to 180 days jail-sus-
pended, 2 years probation, 60 hours
community service, $240 ine and
$700 ine-suspended, plus court costs
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He
was
also a life-
long member
of the Echo
Quarterback
Club and Pendle-
ton Elks Lodge. He
served on the Echo
School Board for
many years and sup-
ported everything
that was positive for
the school and com-
munity.
Cowboy is survived by
his wife of 55 years, Elaine
“Matt”; daughters Chris
“The Banker” Bettencourt
(Blake) and Jan “The Wing
Commander” Zita (Chris
“Zeet”); sons John “Bink”
Ramos Jr. (LynnDee) and
Paul “Peabody” Ramos
(Robin); daughter-in-law
Stacy Ramos; like a son
Rob Hardy; very close
nephew Joseph E. Ramos;
sisters Joanne “Sis” Harris
and Jeanne “Buggs” West
(Bill “Big Willy”); brother
Sam “Coke” Ramos (Di-
anne) and like a brother/
cousin Mike “Baggs” Ra-
mos (Sandy); grandchil-
dren Nate James (Kris),
Jessica Best (Shawn), CJ
Zita, Ryan Ramos (Keoni),
Lindsey Ramos, RJ Ramos,
Makenna Ramos, Con-
nor Bettencourt, Courtney
Howard, Meghan Ramos,
Jaxon Cook and Karlie
Cook; great-grandchildren
Jacee and Landry James,
Daxton Ramos and Chris-
tian Best; and numerous
nieces, nephews, cousins
and extended family mem-
bers.
Cowboy was preceded
in death by his parents, Joe
and Helen; brother-in-law
Doug “The Kraut” Har-
ris; son Jim “Bone” Ra-
mos; sister-in-law Marlyne
“Fritz” Ramos; and brother
Charles “Swede” Ramos.
A Celebration of Life
will be held on Saturday,
May 21, 2016, at 11:00
a.m. at the Echo High
School gymnasium, Echo,
Oregon.
In lieu of lowers, con-
tributions may be made in
John’s memory to one of
the following: The Echo
Quarterback Club, P.O.
Box 462, Echo, OR 97826;
The Tyler Campbell Schol-
arship Fund, P.O. Box 453,
Echo, OR 97826; or Kick’n
Cancer New Beginnings,
P.O. Box 1362, Pendleton,
OR 97801.
Please sign the online
guest book at burnsmortu-
aryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon, is in
care of arrangements.
Long-time
Hermiston/
Heppner res-
ident Jan A.
Vyhnal, 81,
passed away
Tu e s d a y,
May 10th.
Mr. Vyhnal was born
November 12, 1934,
in Prague, Czech
Republic, to parents
Jan Vaclav and Anna
Buerova Vyhnal.
He served as a
paratrooper in the Vyhnal
United States Army
during the Korean War.
He was employed at J &
M Pipe Manufacturing and
worked for Marlette Mobile
Home Manufacturing for
27 years.
He enjoyed his peace
and tranquility on his prop-
erty in the mountains above
Heppner. He loved
to run and stay
it. He will
be
remem-
bered for his
singing,
he
would often
sing Czech
songs for family and
friends.
He is survived
by children Pete
Vyhnal, Juanita Gon-
zalez, John Vyhnal,
Angi Ringering and
Katrina Brood, nine
grandchildren, sev-
en great-grandchildren and
many family members in
the Czech Republic.
Private services will be
held.
Assisting the family is
Virgil T. Golden Funeral
Service, Salem.
Richard ‘Dick’ Huston Ph.D.
Clackamas
August 13, 1933-March 12, 2016
D i c k
Huston, 82,
passed away
March 12,
2016,
in
Clackamas,
Oregon. He
was
born
August 13, 1933, in
Ukiah, Oregon, to
Clarence
“Kelly”
Huston and Alma
(Parrish) Huston.
After graduation
from Ukiah High
School, Dick attend- Huston
ed Eastern Oregon
College, earning both a
bachelor’s and master’s de-
gree in education. He later
earned his doctorate degree
in educational psychology
at Indiana University. Prior
to beginning his long ca-
reer in education, he served
in the U.S. Army for two
years in Germany.
He was a teacher and
counselor in the Pendleton
School District as well as
being the school psychol-
ogist coordinator for the
Umatilla County Education
Service District.
He retired from the ESD
in 1985 and began a tour
of the world, traveling ex-
tensively with Evelyn, his
wife of 61 years. In be-
tween their journeys, they
spent time at their beach
home in Rockaway. Dick
was an avid isherman and
enjoyed many hours on the
water, both here in
Oregon
and
in the many
countries they
traveled to.
Each fall he
returned to
Ukiah
to
hunt deer and elk.
Dick especially
enjoyed his involve-
ment with Happy
Canyon. He began
as a cast member in
1958 and had var-
ious roles in the
show. In 1986, he
was appointed to the Happy
Canyon Board of Directors
and served as the games
director until 1991. Many
memories and friendships
were made during those
years.
Dick is survived by his
wife Evelyn, daughters Kel-
li Lindell of Portland and
Kerri Jacobsen (Mike) of
Oregon City. He had three
grandsons, Ryan Lindell
(Jenny), Drew Lindell and
Neal Jacobsen. In addition,
he has one great-grandson,
Harris Lindell.
A memorial service for
Dick will be held Satur-
day, June 4, at 3:00 p.m.
at Hamley’s Steakhouse in
Pendleton.
Memorial donations in
his honor can be made to
the Happy Canyon Founda-
tion, P.O. Box 1475, Pend-
leton, OR 97801.
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