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DEATH NOTICES
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016
RECORDS
OBITUARY
COURT REPORT
Wanda Ilene (Johnson) Van Riper
Ronald E. Fisher
Sentences
Middleton, Idaho
Jan. 24, 1930-Dec. 5, 2016
Irrigon
October 26, 1953-November 30, 2016
The following sentences have
been imposed in Umatilla County
courts:
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc.
vs. Naomi Sanchez: seeks $659.04 plus
interest, costs and fees.
MISDEMEANOR
Judgments
• Marco Antonio Chavez, 25,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Reckless
Driving: sentenced to 180 days jail-sus-
pended, 2 years probation, 80 hours
community service, $100 fine and 90
days driver’s license suspension, plus
court costs and fees.
The following judgments have been
rendered in Umatilla County courts:
• McCurley Integrity Toyota of Walla
Walla vs. Dwayne L. Brown: judgment for
$1,053 plus interest, costs and fees.
Wanda Ilene (Johnson) Van Riper, 86, of McCall, Ida-
ho, died Monday, Dec. 5, 2016, in Middleton, Idaho. She
was born Jan. 24, 1930, in Ronan, Montana. Graveside
services will be held Saturday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m. through
the Heikkila Funeral Chapel, 155 S. Samson Trail, Mc-
Call, Idaho (208-634-2220).
Darrell ‘D.O.’ Smith
Hermiston
Nov. 5, 1934-Dec. 5, 2016
Darrell “D.O.” Smith, 82, of Hermiston died Monday,
Dec. 5, 2016, at his home. He was born Nov. 5, 1934, in
Wenatchee, Wash. Services are pending with Burns Mor-
tuary of Hermiston. Sign the online condolence book at
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Claude Michael ‘Mike’ Lemons
Hermiston
April 30, 1945-Dec. 3, 2016
Claude Michael “Mike” Lemons, 71, of Hermiston died
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, at his home. He was born April
30, 1945, in Rupert, Idaho. A private family celebration
will be held. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of
arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com.
Ronald E. Fisher
Irrigon
Oct. 26, 1953-Nov. 30, 2016
Ronald E. Fisher, 63, of Irrigon died Wednesday, Nov.
30, 2016, in Hermiston. He was born Oct. 26, 1953, in
Camp Pendleton, Calif. A celebration of life service was
held Tuesday, Dec. 6 .at 2 p.m. at the Burns Mortuary
chapel in Hermiston. Burial with military honors will fol-
low at Pleasant View Cemetery, Stanfield. Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online
guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
BIRTHS
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
NOV. 23, 2016
HERMANNS — Anne M. Hermanns and Andrew W.
Hermanns of Irrigon: a boy, Obadiah John Hermanns.
NOV. 24, 2016
CONTRERAS MORENO — Jessica Moreno and
Mario Contreras of Hermiston: a girl, Paloma Contreras
Moreno.
NOV. 26, 2016
CRAIG — Whitney B. Craig and Spencer A. Craig of
Hermiston: a boy, Jeremiah Jameson Craig.
NOV. 28, 2016
VELIZ — Andrea Veliz and Pete Veliz of Umatilla: a
girl, Sadie Laine Veliz.
Ronald E.
Fisher of Irri-
gon, Oregon,
was
born
on October
26,
1953,
in
Camp
Pendleton,
California, to par-
ents David King
Fisher and Blanche
Marie
VanAuken
Fisher. He died
on November 30,
2016, in Hermiston,
Oregon, at the age Fisher
of 63 years.
Ron was raised and at-
tended school in Stanfield,
Oregon. He started work-
ing on area farms at the
age of 11, moving irriga-
tion and working his way
up to being in charge of
the crew to make sure the
job was completed. Ron
joined the United States
Army in and served for
18 months in Vietnam and
several years in Germany.
While in Germany he
married Beata and they
had a son, Johan, and
daughter, Beata. Ron’s
wife and daughter were
both killed in an automo-
bile accident. He was hon-
orably discharged in 1985
and returned to Stanfield,
Oregon. He moved to
Portland, Oregon for work
before returning to the
Hermiston area in 2001.
Ron was united in mar-
riage to Roseann Rood on
January 19, 2002 in Herm-
iston, Oregon. He went to
work at the Wal-Mart Dis-
tribution Center in 2003,
where he worked until he
retired in 2013.
Ron loved to fish,
hunt, travel and ride mo-
torcycles. He cherished
time with his family and
friends. Ron could tell a
story like nobody else,
and enjoyed doing it.
He is survived
by his loving
wife
Rosie
Fisher, Irri-
gon,
Ore.;
sons
Jo-
han Fisher,
Frankfurt,
Germany, David K.
Fisher, Aberdeen,
Wash., Neil Fish-
er, Springfield, Va.,
and Daniel Fisher
and Jeannie, Port-
land, Ore.; daugh-
ters Dorothy Fish-
er, Portland, Ore.,
Rosie Meyers and Brad,
Hermiston, Ore., Kalinn
Prouty and Bart, Irrigon,
Ore., Sylvia Virgen, Herm-
iston, Ore., Lucia Abel and
Jason, Birch Bay, Wash.;
Eliann Nguyen, Spring-
field, Va.; sisters Sandra
Tisdale, Debbie Higgin-
botham, Rita Rayner and
Twylia Wickersham; and
numerous grandchildren,
great-grandchildren, niec-
es, nephews, aunts, uncles
and cousins.
He was preceded in
death by his parents; first
wife Beata and daughter
Beata; granddaughter An-
gelica Fisher; and his two
brothers Marlin Fisher and
David Fisher. A celebra-
tion of life service were
held on Tuesday, Decem-
ber 6, 2016, at 2 p.m. at
Burns Mortuary chapel,
Hermiston, Oregon. Buri-
al with military honors
will follow at the Pleasant
View Cemetery, Stanfield,
Oregon.
Those who wish may
make contributions in
Ron’s memory to www.
stjude.org
Please sign the online
guest book at burnsmortu-
aryhermiston.com
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon, is in
care of arrangements.
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
MONDAY
5:37 a.m. — An Oregon State Police
officer pursued a vehicle driving about
125 mph while turning its headlights
on and off eastbound on Interstate 84
near milepost 218. The driver then pulled
the emergency brake and came to an
uncontrolled stop against a fence off the
shoulder of the freeway and fled from the
vehicle on foot. While the officer waited
for backup, he observed a naked female
walking back to the vehicle and detained
her, eventually identifying her as the driv-
er. The woman was taken by ambulance
to St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton, where
she was determined to be in a mental
crisis; she agreed to being placed in the
Lifeways Treatment Center in Pendleton
for further treatment. Lifeways later called
Pendleton police to report the woman had
walked away from the center.
7:36 a.m. — A Stanfield resident on
West Harding Avenue requested Stanfield
police remove her son from the home
after he “came home high and yelling at
nothing and acting crazy.”
8:20 a.m. — A resident of Fifth
Street, Umatilla, complained to Umatilla
police that his neighbors are running
a business out of their home and are
dispatching trucks at 3 a.m. and blocking
the driveways.
11:49 a.m. — An Irrigon man who
recovered his stolen wallet reported to
the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office that
his Social Security card is still missing. The
case is under investigation.
12:00 p.m. — A Subrosa bicycle
valued at $450 was reported stolen
from a residence on East Beebe Avenue,
Hermiston. The caller requested a call
from a Hermiston police officer.
2:08 p.m. — The manager of Shady
Rest Mobile Home Court, 28716 Highway
730, Umatilla, requested contact from a
Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy concern-
ing a couple living at the park that have
“frequent altercations.” The caller said she
is concerned for the woman and for other
residents of the park, as the man has been
seen chasing his wife with a knife.
2:40 p.m. — Umatilla County sheriff’s
deputies responded to a residence
on East Loop Road, Hermiston, after a
woman called concerning something she
discovered in a bucket, wrapped in plastic,
in the front seat of a vehicle that has been
abandoned on her property.
2:50 p.m. — A resident of East
Highway 730, Irrigon, reported a 40-foot
ladder was taken from his back yard
about a week ago. Morrow County
sheriff’s deputies took a theft report.
3:02 p.m. — A Frito Lay employee
working at Safeway, 990 S. Highway 395,
Hermiston, reported her jacket was stolen
while she was stocking shelves and the
keys to the company truck were in the
jacket.
3:39 p.m. — The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office took a report of mail theft
from pedestal mailboxes on Southeast
14th Street and Southeast Hurd Place,
Irrigon, including at least one package.
4:20 p.m. — New residents of
Northeast Second Place, Hermiston, called
Hermiston police to report they are being
harassed by the neighbors. The caller said
the neighbors are threatening to “call
immigration about her parents.”
6:43 p.m. — An employee at Motel
6, 655 N. First St., Hermiston, reported
a customer advised him he heard what
may have been gun shots near the hotel.
Hermiston police took a report.
SUNDAY
10:30 p.m. - A caller reported the
theft of her 1998 blue Honda Civic from
apartments on Third Street, Umatilla.
SATURDAY
2:19 p.m. - Someone stole a .45-cal-
iber Citadel handgun from a home on
Naches Avenue, Umatilla.
FRIDAY
8:17 a.m. - A property manager asked
law enforcement to trespass a Boardman
man from a home on Northeast Riverside
Avenue, Pendleton, because he has been
assaulting a woman there.
10:21 p.m. - An Irrigon man reported
a 40-year-old man at about 5 p.m. at the
city’s skate park punched his 11-year-old
grandson and took his backpack.
THURSDAY
3:35 a.m. - A Hermiston man told
police he might look like a burglar but
wasn’t one. The caller said he locked
himself out of his home on Southwest 11th
Street and was wearing black pants and
gray-and-black hooded sweatshirt in case
the neighbor’s call and reported someone
was breaking in.
5:36 a.m. - Oregon State Police and
other agencies responded to a crash on
the westbound side of Interstate 84 near
milepost 182. The driver, a 45-year-old
woman from Stanfield, told police she
saw something in the road, tried to miss
object and lost control of her Accura RDX,
which slid off the highway, hit the south
shoulder and rolled one-and-a-half times
before it ended up on its roof. Information
indicated the driver was injured but did
not specify to what extent.
9:05 a.m. - An Irrigon man reported
his brother may have been involved with
stealing $400 from him on Thanksgiving.
11:05 a.m. - Hermiston police received
a request from a doctor to check on the
welfare of a mother and her newborn
child because the mother appears
confused.
3:12 p.m. - Hermiston police warned a
Chihuahua owner after a caller on North-
east Sixth Street reported the dog bit his
12-year-old girl and ripped her jeans.
3:47 p.m. - A father reported his son in
Boardman let an ex-girlfriend borrow the
car and she has not brought it back.
6:16 p.m. - A deliver person for the
Tri-City Herald newspaper reported the
theft of the company’s sale rack from the
Eastside Market, 582 E. Main St, Hermiston.
6:58 p.m. - A woman on North Golda
Road, Hermiston, reported her 40-year-
old son was threatening her.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Saturday
•Oregon State Police cited Daniel Kris
Crandall, 54, of Umatilla, for driving under
the influence of intoxicants. His blood
alcohol level was .19 percent, more than
twice the legal limit of .08 percent.
Thursday
•A caller at 2:15 p.m. identified a man
who was stripping one of his vehicle at a
residence on the 200 block of Lena Drive,
Stanfield. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Office arrested the suspect, Kevin Haskell
Bond, 44, no address provided, for sec-
ond-degree trespass, first-degree theft
and third-degree criminal mischief.
Desert Arts offers variety in coming season
Hermiston Herald
For that person on your
holiday list who is hard to
shop for, Desert Arts Coun-
cil has the perfect gift — a
season ticket for a variety of
performances ($75/single,
$150/couple, $175/family).
The season kicks off this
weekend with a homecoming
of a pair of Hermiston High
School graduates. Ron Bless-
inger and Kelly Kuo will
perform “Evening with the
Classics” Saturday at 7 p.m.
at Hermiston High School.
Individual tickets are $20 for
adults or $10 for students.
The rest of the season fea-
tures:
Dancing with the Hermiston Stars,
Saturday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m., Hermiston
High School. $20/adults, $10/
students. The Utah Ballroom Dance
Company will jive, salsa and shake
things up with a new lineup of
community stars, who will waltz
away with money for local charities.
“The Princess and the Pea,” Saturday,
Feb. 25 at 7 p.m., Hermiston
Conference Center. $15/adults, $5/
student. Missoula Children’s Theatre
featuring area youths. Details about
signups will be released after the first
of the year.
Restless Vocal Band, Saturday, April
15 at 7 p.m., Hermiston High School.
$20/adults, $10/students. The a
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*Tickets to all performanc-
es are an additional $5 if pur-
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or visit www.desertartscouncil.
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chased at the Hermiston Cham-
ber of Commerce or Hermiston
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• Rebecca Anne Estes, 40, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Theft II: sen-
tenced to 180 days jail-suspended, 2
years probation, 40 hours community
service, $100 fine and $132.86 restitu-
tion, plus court costs and fees.
• Miguel Angel Franco, 43, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Driving While
Suspended or Revoked: sentenced
to 15 days jail, $2,000 fine and $500
fine-suspended.
• Fabian Olvera, 23, Kennewick,
Wash., pleaded guilty to Driving While
Suspended or Revoked: sentenced to
180 days jail-suspended, 1 year pro-
bation, 80 hours community service,
$1,000 fine and $1,000 fine-suspend-
ed, plus court costs and fees.
• David Jesus Viesca, 51, Hermis-
ton, pleaded guilty to Failure to Ap-
pear II: sentenced to $100 fine.
Divorces
Divorce decrees were signed in
Umatilla County Courts for:
Lee Michael Harshfield and Brooke
Lynn Harshfield; William E. Merry and
Judith E. Merry; Ruth Elizabeth Aber-
nathy and Michael Albert Abernathy;
Jonathan Monroe Draven and Summer
Dawn Hanner Gratias; Angelina Taba-
res and Ismael Tabares.
Marriages
seeks $447,000 plus costs and fees.
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc. vs.
Amanda Pineda Villarreal and Nicholas
Olivo: judgment for $413.74 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc.
vs. Andrew S. Satterwhite: judgment for
$569.62 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc. vs.
Marisela and Jose M. Bazan: judgment for
$4,042.65 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Jennifer Underwood:
judgment for $2,957.13 plus interest, costs
and fees.
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc. vs.
Casey Winters: judgment for $836.18 plus
interest, costs and fees.
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc.
vs. Shane Shasteen: judgment for $907.13
plus interest, costs and fees.
• Albert and Jacqueline Fetterhoff vs.
Michael Dean Gilliland dba Gilliland Con-
struction: judgment for $217,785.56 plus
interest, costs and fees.
• United Finance Co. vs. Jose Triche
Herrera: judgment for $1,302.02 plus in-
terest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Adrian and Jillian
Garcia: judgment for $1,377.89 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
• Portfolio Recovery Associates
LLC vs. Jaime Goertzen: judgment for
$963.49 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Mitchell Luoma:
judgment for $1,971.96 plus interest, costs
and fees.
Marriage licenses have been reg-
istered in Umatilla County for:
Jose Arellano Carrillo, 30, and Ja-
nette Gomez, 34, both of Hermiston.
Jacob Joe Martinez, 31, and Crystal
Hernandez Prado, 33, both of Hermis-
ton.
• Credits Inc. vs. Ronald Allen Hay-
ward III: judgment for $1,132.55 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
Javier Ernesto Ramos, 44, and
Rosa Maria Ortiz Mendoza, 36, both of
Umatilla.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Jim and Carol Kessler: judgment
for $2,816.25 plus interest, costs and fees.
Sameer Tamang, 35, and Mickey
Ray Trujillo, 31, both of Hermiston.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Wal-
la Inc. vs. Allen M. Berg: judgment for
$537.98 plus interest, costs and fees.
Suits Filed
The following suits have been
filed in Umatilla County courts:
• Merchants Acceptance Corp. vs.
Melissa C. Cawley and Daniel B. Burton:
seeks $1,076.32 plus interest, costs and
fees.
• Merchants Credit Corporation dba
Merchants Credit Association vs. Larry N.
Fetter: seeks $44,258 plus interest, costs
and fees.
• Wells Fargo Bank N.A. vs. Cesareo
Texidor: seeks $7,728.45 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• United Finance Co. vs. Cathy Garcia
Rodgers: seeks $2,358.55 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Midland Funding LLC vs. Richard
(Patrick) Barthel: seeks $895.29 plus in-
terest, costs and fees.
• Midland Funding LLC vs. Maria Ro-
driguez: seeks $776.45 plus interest, costs
and fees.
• Daisy S. Minthorn vs. Nickola A.
Hicks: seeks $188,719.08 plus costs and
fees.
• Midland Funding LLC vs. Clifford
Yates: seeks $794.47 plus interest, costs
and fees.
• Crown Asset Management LLC vs.
Mischelle Keyser (Mischelle C. Thomas
Keyser): seeks $1,442.61 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition
Corp. vs. William I. Tapley, Janet L. Tapley,
Oregon Affordable Housing Assistance
Corporation, State of Oregon, Kim Edythe
Tapley, Les Schwab Tire Centers and par-
ties in possession: seeks $93,558.43 plus
interest, costs and fees.
• Rudolph Escobar vs. J.A. Almaguer
Jr. Trucking LLC and Alvaro Jimenez Perez:
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Sean and Karissa (Karri) Cooper:
judgment for $1,109.42 plus interest, costs
and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Dave L. and Charlene
Cooley: judgment for $4,701.39 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Jenni Partida (Sarmiento): judg-
ment for $981.75 plus interest, costs and
fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Jayde L. Mandujano: judgment
for $1,366.74 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Tyler B. Alford: judgment for
$631.94 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Traci Deck-Veitenheimer: judg-
ment for $1,145.57 plus interest, costs and
fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Jennifer Osborne-Hackman: judg-
ment for $3,128.02 plus interest, costs and
fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Cassandra M. Guyon:
seeks $1,013.35 plus interest, costs and
fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. James E.H. Bartley: judgment for
$253.62 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Shawn and Tonya
A. Bosworth: judgment for $788.67 plus
interest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Susan M. and Andra
Kendrick: judgment for $6,484.37 plus
interest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Dawn M. Sharp:
judgment for $1,300.33 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Shannon J. Rodri-
guez: judgment for $1,786.98 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Carrie Heppner:
judgment for $929.87 plus interest, costs
and fees.
S T U D EN T
O F TH E
W EEK
Jonathan S haw
Griswold High School
Griswold High School would like to honor
Senior Jonathan Shaw as its Outstanding
Student of the Week. Jonathan has lettered
in cross-country, basketball, track and tennis,
while maintaining a 3.92 accumulative G.P.A.
He is a member of the National Honor
Society, Key Club and Future Business
Leaders of America. Jonathan has
participated in Eastern Promise dual credit
classes throughout his high school career
and plans to major in Engineering in
college.
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