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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016
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OBITUARIES
DEATH NOTICES
Richard Gibson
Betty Jean Briley
Gladys Marie Egeland Hagerty
Bremerton, Wash.
Woodburn
June 6, 1927-August 22, 2016
Hermiston
August 15, 1933-August 27, 2016
Sept. 7, 1937-Aug. 23, 2016
Former Hermiston and Stanfi eld-area resident Richard
Gibson, 79, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016, in Bremerton,
Wash. He was born Sept. 7, 1937, in Klamath Falls. A
private family celebration of life will be held at a later
date. Lewis Funeral Chapel of Bremerton handled ar-
rangements.
M. ‘Annie’ Blain Parke
Hermiston
May 22, 1941-Aug. 23, 2016
M. “Annie” Blain Parke, 75, of Hermiston died Tues-
day, Aug. 23, 2016, in Hermiston. She was born May 22,
1941, in Wilbur, Wash. A celebration of life service will
be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, at 11 a.m. at the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Hermiston. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Dawn ‘Renee’ Ransom
Hermiston
July 16, 1959-Aug. 23, 2016
Dawn “Renee” Ransom, 57, of Hermiston died Tues-
day, Aug. 23, 2016, in Richland, Wash. She was born July
16, 1959, in Hermiston. Services will be held Saturday,
Sept. 3, at 11 a.m. a the LDS Stake Center in Hermis-
ton. Burial will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Darrel D. Moncrief
Hermiston
Sept. 3, 1951-Aug. 12, 2016
Darrel D. Moncrief, 64, of Hermiston died Friday,
Aug. 12, 2016, in Hermiston. He was born Sept. 3, 1951,
in Pendleton. A celebration of life gathering will be held
Saturday, Sept. 3, from 2-4 p.m. at the Hermiston Elks
Lodge. Private family burial will be in the Hermiston
Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of ar-
rangements. Sign the online guest book at burnsmortua-
ryhermiston.com.
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Betty Jean Briley, former
Stanfi eld-Hermiston resident,
was born on June 6, 1927,
in Bend, Oregon, to parents
Charles and Anna McQuinn
McMahon. She died
on August 22, 2016, in
Woodburn, Oregon, at
the age of 89 years.
She was raised
and attended schools
in Portland, Oregon.
Betty was united in
marriage to David Briley
D. Briley on July 27,
1947, in Vancouver, Wash-
ington. They lived in Clack-
amas County, Oregon, for
many years where Betty
stayed at home to raise their
eight children. They moved
to Stanfi eld, Oregon, in 1989
and then to Woodburn, Ore-
gon, in 2015.
Betty enjoyed gardening,
growing fl owers, crossword
puzzles, reading, camping,
spending time at the beach
and going to the cabin in
Sumpter.
She is survived by her
children Chester Wyatt, El-
gin, Ore., Rebecca Stearns
(Jim), Hermiston, Ore., Ste-
phen Briley, Hermiston, Ore.,
John Briley, Eagle Creek,
Ore., Mark Briley (Teri),
Woodburn, Ore., and Bar-
bara Emra (Keith), Donald,
Ore.; 15 grandchildren; 24
great-grandchildren;
two
great-great-grandchil-
dren; and numerous
nieces and nephews.
Betty was preced-
ed in death by her
husband David Briley
in August 2015; her
parents; two sons, Da-
vid Wayne Briley and
Richard “Rick” Bri-
ley; six sisters, Hazel, Gladys,
Bernice, Ethel, Dorothy and
Blanche; and two brothers,
Walter and Alvis.
A celebration of life ser-
vice for Betty and David
will be held on Sunday, Au-
gust 28, 2016, at 1:00 p.m.
at Burns Mortuary Chapel in
Hermiston, Oregon. Burial,
with military honors for Da-
vid, will follow at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Stanfi eld,
Oregon.
Please sign the online con-
dolence book at burnsmortua-
ryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston, Oregon, is in care of ar-
rangements.
BIRTHS
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
AUG. 16, 2016
CAMERON — Nikole R. Couts and Jason D. Camer-
on of Hermiston; a girl, Hailey Elizabeth Cameron.
AUG. 17, 2016
ORTEGA TORRES — Griselda E. Torres Macias and
Luis A. Ortega Roque of Boardman; a boy, Mateo Yaziel
Ortega Torres.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
SUNDAY, AUG. 28
1:09 a.m. - Two people on
4-wheelers were reported driving
up and down East Punkin Center
Road, Hermiston, and then back
and forth between there and the
Short Stop. The caller said they are
driving fast and all over the road.
Umatilla County sheriff’s deputies
were unable to find the culprits.
11:11 a.m. - Someone rum-
maged through three vehicles
at a residence on Carolina Road,
Umatilla, but not a whole lot was
taken — except an ashtray. A
second caller from Carolina Road
also reported her vehicle broken
into at 1:49 p.m.
SATURDAY, AUG. 27
5:49 a.m. - A newspaper carrier
reported two fawns tangled up
in a fence on Southeast Gilmore
Street, Heppner. The Morrow
County Sheriff’s Department and
the city of Heppner responded and
freed the deer.
4:29 p.m. - A Hermiston
resident reported the windows on
the front and back of a garage at
property he owns on West Hermis-
ton Avenue have been broken out.
FRIDAY, AUG. 26
10:44 a.m. - The rear driver’s
side tire of a car was slashed on
Northeast Third Street, Hermis-
ton, the car’s owner reported to
Hermiston police.
12:10 p.m. - A Marine Corps
sergeant conducting a service at
Sunset Hills Cemetery in Uma-
tilla contacted Umatilla police
after finding a snake tied up to
the doors of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church next door to the
cemetery.
2:53 p.m. - A resident of
Lexington reported to the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office they
received a scam call regarding
cooperating with the grand jury
or else he would be arrested. The
caller provided the phone number
for the scammer.
9:01 p.m. - The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office, Boardman Fire
Department and Boardman am-
bulance were called to the vicinity
of Desert Road and Frontage Lane
near Boardman by a caller who
said he came across a rollover
accident on an access road off
Interstate 84 and that he had an
occupant of the vehicle in his car.
The caller said the man had a cut
on his head and back pain. At 10:39
p.m. a sheriff’s deputy called dis-
patch and requested they contact
the day shift deputies to request a
sign for the area from the Morrow
County Road Department warning
about some of the curves in the
road. The deputy said this is the
third wreck in the area, and that
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9:04 p.m. - A resident of Joy
Lane, Hermiston, reported a “wild
cat” growled at her when she went
outside. The caller said the cat was
not housecat size but larger, and
thinks there might be two of them
in the area.
THURSDAY, AUG. 25
12:46 a.m. - A caller reported
gunshots and yelling in the area
of Viewcrest Apartments, 525 S.W.
13th Place, Hermiston. Police did
not find any suspects.
9:41 a.m. - A caller on North
O’Brien St., Stanfield, said a
30-year-old man was riding a
bicycle fast while carrying a rifle
in a case.
10:22 a.m. - Hermiston
police received another call about
gunshots, this time a caller on
East Opal Court said she heard two
shots “like a high powered gun”
from west of her back yard,
11:39 a.m. - An Ione mother
reported a juvenile shot her
daughter with a pellet-type gun.
She said she took the gun, her
daughter was OK, but she wanted
to talk to someone about it. A
Morrow County sheriff’s deputy re-
sponded and spoke to the juvenile.
12:18 p.m. - Law enforcement
responded to a call from a father
at Trail Apartments, 295 Boardman
Ave. N.E., Boardman, who said
juveniles forced his daughter into
a restroom, locked her inside and
stole items from her backpack.
12:49 p.m. - A 7-year-old boy
used a foam bat to hit a 3-year-old
boy on Southeast Sixth Street,
Hermiston. The mother of the
3-year-old said there was no
need for medics, but the hitter’s
mother left with him and her other
children and she has a description
of the vehicle.
2:21 p.m. - A man on Lind Road,
Umatilla, told law enforcement
a woman came to his house and
wanted to sell him some tools. He
later found someone had broken
into his shed and taken tools.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 24
9:09 a.m. - A man told Stanfield
police he bought a car from a
woman in Stanfield, and now the
car won’t run and she won’t refund
his money.
12:20 p.m. - A caller on Sage-
brush Road, Hermiston, reported
he argued with his father, who then
pulled a pocket knife on him. The
caller said he, his girlfriend and
their 2 1/2-year-old daughter went
to a bedroom.
4:54 p.m. - A man reported he
and his wife were walking Oxbow
Trail No. 2 on West Elm Extension
and Northwest 11th Street, Herm-
iston, when they spotted a cougar.
The big cat was about 50 yards
away, they said, and walked down
the embankment and into the brush
toward the creek.
The sighting was at about 11:30
a.m., they said.
5:19 p.m. - The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office received a report
of a man making threats against a
woman in the Hermiston area. The
caller expressed concern for the
woman and her children and asked
for a deputy to make sure they
were OK.
TUESDAY, AUG. 23
7:58 a.m. - Hermiston police
received a request to check on two
skinny dogs on East Reeder Drive.
11:21 a.m. - The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office responded to a
report of a male yelling at a boy on
South Main Street, Heppner, and the
male may have him on the ground.
A deputy contacted the child and
his grandmother, who was disci-
plining the boy. The deputy found
no evidence of injury or a crime.
12:08 p.m. - A Hermiston
resident reported a possible
Medicare scam. She said a caller
claimed to be with the agency and
wanted to measure her husband for
a back brace, and she provided her
husband’s Social Security number.
But when she called back, no one
answered.
12:48 p.m. - A Hermiston woman
asked for police to help her take
care of the dog her mother left her
because she had no gas money
to take the dog to a shelter. A
dispatcher asked for her phone
number and mother’s name, and
she said, “That’s OK,” and discon-
nected.
1:06 p.m. - A man asked
Hermiston police to check on his
great-grandson because he was
“living in fi lth with no clean running
water” in an “old junky motorhome”
in the parking lot of the Wal-mart
Supercenter, 1350 N. First St.
7:05 p.m. - A mother told Herm-
iston police her 10-year-old daugh-
ter reported a male threatened
“to do bad things to her and drag
her away.” The mother said the
incident happened on Aug. 19, and
her daughter would not leave their
home since then, and she finally
cried and said what happened.
7:29 p.m. - Someone dropped
off three kittens at a woman’s
home on Northeast Court Street,
Heppner. She told the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office her dog
would try to kill them.
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10:05 p.m. - Hermiston
police received a report of a man
choking and hitting a woman near
Sandstone Middle School, 400 N.E.
10th St.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Sunday, Aug. 28
• Milton-Freewater police
arrested Julie Marie Moore, 42,
address not provided, for first-de-
gree burglary and possession of
methamphetamine, both felonies,
and for first-degree criminal tres-
pass and third-degree theft, both
misdemeanors.
Saturday, Aug. 27
• The Morrow County Sheriff’s
Department arrested Bianney
Nathaniel Perez Rojas, 37, address
not provided, for possession of
methamphetamine, criminal
possession of forged instrument
and first-degree forgery, all
felonies, misdemeanor giving false
information to police, and on felony
and misdemeanor failure to appear
warrants.
• Umatilla police arrested
Joseph James Ashley Burns, 21,
address not provided, for first-de-
gree burglary and fourth-degree
aggravated assault, both felonies,
and for second-degree theft,
harassment-offensive physical con-
tact, menacing and second degree
criminal mischief (vandalism), all
misdemeanors.
THURSDAY, AUG. 25
• Boardman police arrested
Mario Junior Morales, 33, of 333
Marshal Loop, Boardman, for unau-
thorized use of a vehicle.
• Pendleton police arrested Ale-
jandro Gonzales, 40, of Hermiston,
for felony attempt to elude and a
parole violation.
TUESDAY, AUG. 23
• A Umatilla man faces a felony
theft charge for stealing at least
$1,000 from the Sub Zero Restau-
rant & Lounge, Irrigon.
The Morrow County Sheriff ’s Offi ce
arrested William Alexander Sutton,
39, and booked him into the Umatilla
County Jail, Pendleton, for fi rst-de-
gree theft, a Class C felony. State
court records show a Morrow County
grand jury indicted Sutton for stealing
money from the establishment’s cash
box on June 29. The district attorney’s
offi ce Wednesday morning charged
Sutton on the lone count.
• The Umatilla County Sheriff ’s Of-
fi ce reported making an arrest at the
Staff ord Hansell Government Center,
915 S.E. Columbia Drive, Hermiston,
after a man and woman fought in
the lobby. The sheriff ’s offi ce did not
provide arrest information.
Gladys Marie Egeland tion from the University
Hagerty, 83, of Hermis- of Oregon. When Gladys
ton, Oregon, passed away was 38 her teaching career
peacefully Saturday, Au- was temporarily interrupted
and forever changed when
gust 27, 2016.
she suffered from
Gladys
began
an aneurism. This
her fi nal tradition-
event did bless her
al birthday trip to
and everyone in her
Ocean Shores Wash-
life with a perma-
ington “topless” in
nent and contagious
the convertible from
laugh.
Sun Terrace. She re-
It was when Bill
turned home from
retired from the
her birthday week- Hagerty
Coast Guard and
end to spend her real
birthday with her son John. her children were grown
Five days later she suffered that she was able to expand
a severe stroke, which put her passion of travel. Her
her birthday journey in the travels consisted of visiting
hands of Hospice. Hospice Bill and setting up tempo-
guided her through her last rary homes various places
stages of life, fi nally ending around the world including
her birthday journey with London, Japan, and Chi-
her husband Bill, her par- na, fi nally settling down in
ents Gus and Marie and her Longview, Wash. Her dear
husband Bill passed away
sister Katherine.
Gladys was born August in 1999 and her travels were
15, 1933, in Forest Grove, enjoyed with her children.
Montana, to Norwegian From Alaska to Mexico and
immigrants Gust and Ma- everywhere in between, she
rie (Indebro) Egeland. She continued her journeys.
In 2008 she made her
attended school in Forest
Grove and Winifred High last move from Longview,
School, where she gradu- Wash., to Hermiston, Ore.
ated. When Gladys was 19 She remained there fi erce-
she obtained her teaching ly independent and making
certifi cate and was recruit- friends with every person
ed by the territory of Alas- who crossed her path with
ka to teach grade school in her light-heartedness and
Yakutat. This event sparked drawer full of chocolates.
Gladys is survived son
a lifelong passion for travel.
During that year she met John Hagerty of Seaside,
the love of her life, a cute Ore.; daughter K.C. Loren-
little Coast Guardsman, zen (Dave) of Hermiston,
William (Bill) Hagerty. Ore.; grandson Noel LeR-
From that day forward her oux of Washington, D.C.;
teaching career paralleled granddaughter Sarah Le-
Bill’s Coast Guard career. Roux of Hermiston, Ore.;
She married in Savannah, great-grandson Sean Stew-
Georgia, on August 20, art; and an extended fam-
1954. Her fi rst child was ily of cousins, nieces and
born in Lewistown, Mon- nephews.
She was preceded in
tana, while Bill was deer
hunting in October of 1955. death by parents Gust and
Her second child was born Marie, husband Bill and
in Hilo, Hawaii (still a ter- sister Katherine.
A celebration of life ser-
ritory), in October of 1957.
Throughout the duration vice will be held on Thurs-
of Bill’s maritime career day, September 1, 2016, at
they were always stationed 11:00 a.m. at Burns Mortu-
near the ocean. Many mem- ary chapel, Hermiston, Or-
ories and friends were egon. Burial will be at Wil-
made in the years spent at lamette National Cemetery,
Groton, Connecticut, and Portland, Oregon.
Please sign the online
Warrenton, Oregon. Glad-
ys continued on with her guest book at burnsmortua-
education, graduating from ryhermiston.com.
Burns Mortuary of
Great Falls College and fi -
nally earning her masters Hermiston, Oregon, is in
degree in Special Educa- care of arrangements.
COURT REPORT
SENTENCES
The following sentences have been
imposed in Umatilla County courts:
FELONY
• Deanna Louise Martinez, 32,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Driving
While Suspended (felony): sentenced
to 11 months Oregon Dept. of Correc-
tions, 2 years post-prison supervision,
$2,000 fi ne and 1 year driver’s license
suspension.
• Dustin Matthew Phillips, 26,
Umatilla, pleaded guilty to Failure
to Report as Sex Off ender (felony):
sentenced to 2 years probation, 120
sanction units, 60 maximum jail units,
$500 fi ne and $750 fi ne-suspended,
plus court costs and fees.
MISDEMEANOR
• Coby Ray Peck, 24, Irrigon, plead-
ed guilty to DUII: sentenced to 2 days
jail, 180 days jail-suspended, 2 years
probation, 80 hours community ser-
vice, $1,255 fi ne, $1,250 fi ne-suspend-
ed and 1 year driver’s license suspen-
sion, plus court costs and fees.
• Daniel Ray Ralls, 53, Hermiston,
pleaded guilty to Giving False Infor-
mation to Police: sentenced to 180 days
jail-suspended, 2 years probation, 40
hours community service and $100
fi ne, plus court costs and fees.
• Stewart Carson Saunders, 36,
Umatilla, pleaded guilty to DUII: sen-
tenced to 10 days jail, 180 days jail-sus-
pended, 3 years probation, 125 hours
community service, $2,005 fi ne, $1,750
fi ne-suspended and 1 year driver’s li-
cense suspension, plus court costs and
fees.
• Nichols Eugene Epping-Fate, 28,
Umatilla, pleaded guilty to Driving
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Divorces
Divorce decrees were signed in
Umatilla County Courts for:
Cheyenne Steffi and Nathan Steffi ;
Kenneth G. and Jeni L. Mitchell.
Marriages
Marriage licenses have been regis-
tered in Umatilla County for:
Sean Collette, 32, of Auburn,
Wash., and Shilo Devon Hardin, 26, of
La Grande.
Keith Leroy Davisson Jr., 31, and
Alicia Francine Phaneuf, 29, both of
Richland, Wash.
Warren Lee Earls, 27, and Catherine
Lee Miles, 25, both of Richland, Wash.
Jorge Padilla Contreras, 23, and
Kimberly Gutierrez, 20, both of Pasco,
Wash.
Issac Dale Vincent, 31, and Shannon
Michelle Bales, 39, both of Hermiston.
Rees Andrew Wasney, 47, and Mar-
cea Lynn Fisher, 42, both of Richland,
Wash.
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