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Meredith Pearl (Hoover) DeHaven
Soilo Bustillos Garcia
Ida May Serface
Hermiston
November 17, 1935 - October 2, 2018
Umatilla
October 6, 1946 - October 10, 2018
Hermiston
January 1, 1932 - October 8, 2018
Meredith Pearl (Hoover) scenic route to school, hav-
DeHaven was born on ing parking lot picnics,
November 17, 1935. She doing arts and crafts, watch-
passed on October 2, 2018, ing movies, telling stories
in Hermiston, Oregon, at the and everything else that goes
along with being a
age of 82 years.
She was born to
wonderful Granny.
Fred (Ted) Hoover
After the grand-
children were a little
and Eunice Bolin in
older Meredith began
Portland, Ore. She
getting involved in
was the middle of five
the city council in
children: AnnaLee,
Irrigon and then the
Fred Jr., Rosemary
school board for
and Rex. As a child, DeHaven
Morrow
County.
her family moved
around quite a lot picking Meredith began petition-
fruit and nuts along the I-5 ing to get Irrigon its high
corridor. She remembered school back as it had closed
her first job at around four and moved to Boardman in
years old picking hazelnuts. the late 1950s. She was one
Her senior year, she of the last graduating classes
moved to Irrigon, Ore., to from the original high
live with her uncle and aunt, school in Irrigon and wanted
Porter and Lela Ross. After her grandchildren, who were
starting school in Irrigon, approaching the age for high
she met and began dating school, to be able to go to
Harry “Jack” Smith. They school in their own town
got married when Meredith and have the same pride
was 18, in 1954. They had she did. It took seven and a
five children, Jack, Harry, half years but the goal was
Mary, Meredith and Jenni- achieved and Irrigon had its
fer. After living with Jack first year of high school stu-
and the children in Portland, dents in 2004.
She took up other causes
Irrigon, Bend, Klamath Falls
and Portland again where as well, cultivating and sell-
they stayed for several years, ing flowers to fundraise for
they all moved back to Irri- any cause that was in need
gon in 1976 where Meredith and just because she enjoyed
and Jack divorced in 1978.
sharing her garden so much,
Up until this time Mer- and helping to found the Irri-
edith was a stay at home gon Multicultural Arts Cen-
mom; after the divorce she ter, among other smaller
worked as a waitress and projects. Anyone that knew
bartender in several different Meredith will tell you that
establishments. Her patrons she was a strong-willed,
fondly referred to her as stubborn, passionate, ornery,
“Marty.” She also worked sassy person who loved the
at U and I Potato (Lamb life she had built with the
Weston in Boardman) in love of her life. One of her
several different job titles favorite things to do was
take pictures, mostly of
throughout her time there.
In the mid-1980s she Bruce, the critters, flowers
was cooking at the Nomad and her grandchildren.
in Boardman when a tall,
She is survived by her
handsome man named children Jack (Tina) Smith,
Bruce DeHaven came into Tillamook, Ore., Harry
the restaurant one night for Smith, Gresham, Ore., Mary
dinner after working at his (David) Lorence, Umatilla,
construction job. Soon after Ore., Meredith (Danny)
meeting, they began dat- Young, Irrigon, Ore., and
ing and they were married Jennifer Smith, Irrigon,
April 25, 1987. In this mar- Ore.; her stepchildren Tina
riage Meredith gained three (Roger) Shaw, Veneta, Ore.,
stepchildren: Tina, Tami Tami DeHaven Stebbeds,
and Mike. Throughout the Eugene, Ore., and Mike
beginning of their marriage (Karen) DeHaven, Eugene,
they moved around to differ- Ore.;
sister
Rosemary
ent jobs all over Washing- Mitchell, Gresham, Ore.;
ton, Oregon, California and and many nieces, nephews,
Nevada. They made many grandchildren, great-grand-
photo albums that document children and friends.
She is preceded in death
their travels together.
They began building a by her parents, her siblings
house in Irrigon in 1996 AnnaLee, Fred Jr. and Rex,
where she renewed her love and her husbands Bruce and
for gardening by planting Jack.
beautiful intricate gardens,
In lieu of flowers, remem-
growing bountiful vegeta- brances may be made to
bles and spending the major- Vange John Memorial Hos-
ity of her time outside. They pice Education Fund, 645 W.
raised chickens, had cows, Orchard Ave. #300, Herm-
donkeys, a llama, dogs and iston, OR 97838, or the
cats. Meredith always com- Knights Pride Booster Club
mented that she would have at Irrigon Junior Senior High
had a dog sanctuary if Bruce School, 315 S.E. Wyoming
had let her. He thought that Ave. Irrigon, OR 97844.
the three dogs they had at the
A private family gather-
most was more than enough, ing will be held.
Please sign the condo-
especially with all of their
other critters and the beauti- lence book at burnsmortua-
ful yard they had to keep up. ryhermiston.com. Arrange-
She also watched her ments by Burns Mortuary of
grandchildren, taking the Hermiston, Oregon.
Joan Lavon (Heumphreus) George
Hermiston
July 7, 1932 - October 15, 2018
We said our last
goodbye this week
as our mom, Joan
George,
slipped
away on a quiet jour-
ney home after liv-
ing with cancer
for two years. She
leaves behind nine George
grieving
children,
many grandchildren and
great-grandchildren,
plus
extended family.
Mom was born July 7,
1932, in Cozad, Nebraska,
the second of four daugh-
ters. The family moved west
to Umatilla then Walla Walla
and our tomboy mom lived
family life adven-
turously during the
Prohibition era, the
Great
Depression
and WWII. She mar-
ried our dad, Mack
George, in 1951 and
thus began adven-
tures of another kind.
She said she always
wanted a dozen children and
she came close.
Along with raising her
family, Mom also traveled
to various, semi-remote
locations with our dad who
worked a construction crew,
which provided power lines
and substations through-
Soilo Bustillos Garcia
of Umatilla, Oregon, was
born on October 6, 1946,
in Chihuahua, Mexico, to
his parents Sidonio Garcia
and Maria Bustil-
los. He died on
October 10, 2018,
in Umatilla, Ore-
gon, as the result of
an accident at the
age of 72 years.
Soilo was raised
and lived in Mexico Garcia
until moving to Cal-
ifornia in 1979. He moved
to the Umatilla-Hermiston,
Oregon, area where he has
lived since.
Soilo worked as a truck
driver for his whole career.
He has owned and oper-
ated GM trucking, an agri-
cultural trucking com-
pany, until the time of his
death.
Soilo enjoyed horses,
horse racing and raising
cattle.
He is survived by his
sons Guillermo Gar-
cia, Umatilla, Ore., and
Mario (Maria Louisa)
Garcia, Nampa, Idaho;
brother Eloy Garcia, Mex-
ico; sisters Rosario Gar-
Charles Leon Howard
Hermiston
March 26, 1956 - October 5,2018
Charles Leon Howard “Hunk, a Hunk of Burning
finished his mortal mission Love.”
We’re reminded of
on October 5, 2018, at the
age of 62 and is making Chuckie through his beau-
shots from half court, tak- tiful art, unfaltering faith,
ing down a 5-point
example to all, and
elk, bowling a 300,
ability to pick the
serving in the mil-
winning team —
itary, and catching
usually the one win-
ning or wearing
8-pound bass.
white.
“Chuckie” was
Chuckie is sur-
born March 26,
vived by too many
1956, to Cecil and
friends and extended
Jessie (Peel) How-
ard, the youngest
family to name and
of 8 children. He
is joyfully reunited
“scooped the poop”
with his dad, Cecil
(septic tank busi-
Howard Sr., mom
ness), knew where
Jessie
Howard
everything was, cre-
(Peel), sister Fran-
ces Howard, and
ated smoothie con-
coctions, hoarded
brothers Cecil How-
ard Jr. (Carla) and
cardboard,
and Howard
Buddy Howard.
never threw away a
His
surviving
sis-
T-shirt. However, Chuckie
never let Down syndrome ters include Lily Morriss
affect his ability to make (William) and Marie Noll
a friend, lead a choir, and (Gary) and brothers Don
Howard and Alan Howard
entertain family.
His greatest loves were (Janis).
A service to celebrate
family, friends, God, coun-
try, WWE, old westerns, Chuckie’s life is sched-
and STUFF. Clean his uled for October 19, 2018,
room and he threatened to at 6:00 p.m. at 3305 W.
“take you down.” Turn the Kuna Road, Kuna, Idaho.
channel? You better run. Graveside services will be
Throw anything away and at noon Saturday, October
20, 2018, at the Hermiston
he’d retrieve it.
However, his greatest Cemetery, 407 Christian-
love was Elvis (a cute girl sen Loop, Hermiston, Ore.
“Thank you, thank you
was a close second). He
was the original “Hound very much. Elvis has left
Dog.” And yes, we are the building.”
Arrangements by Burns
“Lonesome Tonight.” He
is “Always on our Mind,” Mortuary of Hermiston,
would ask us to please Oregon. To leave a condo-
“Don’t Be Cruel,” and sim- lence for the family, go to
ply “Love me Tender.” We www.burnsmortuaryherm-
will always remember our iston.com.
out the Pacific Northwest.
Not much in their lives was
easy.
After settling in Hermis-
ton in 1961, Mom worked
several part-time jobs and
eventually ended her work-
ing career at Lamb Weston in
the tool room. She enjoyed
her work and especially
enjoyed her co-workers.
Joan was a long-time
member of Grace Baptist
Church, and her church fam-
ily was as dear to her as she
was to them.
Our mom was ten-
der-hearted and always gave
of herself to friends and the
community in addition to
always being there for her
family. She volunteered at
Agape House, the Commu-
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her pet projects, made Eas-
ter baskets for area kids and
filled hundreds of shoeboxes
for Operation Christmas
Child.
Joan was preceded in
death by her husband, Mack,
and grandson Brian George.
She is survived by her chil-
dren: Deborah George,
Michael George, Dana
Nunez and husband Cesar,
Richard George, Steven
George, Tony George and
wife Brandi, Chris George
and wife Soon, Jeff George
and Tangie and, finally,
David George.
A memorial service will
be held at Grace Baptist
Church on Saturday, Octo-
ber 20 at 10 a.m.
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cia, Eliselda Garcia, Vir-
ginia Garcia, Soledad
Garcia, Manuela Gar-
cia and Leonila Garcia,
all of Mexico; grandchil-
dren Evian, Elle,
Soilo, Eva and
Alexus; and numer-
ous nieces and
nephews.
Soilo was pre-
ceded in death by
his wife, Lidia
Espino Garcia, and
his parents.
Recitation of the Holy
Rosary was held on Tues-
day, October 16, 2018,
at 7 p.m. at Burns Mor-
tuary chapel, Hermiston,
Oregon.
Mass of Christian burial
will be held on Wednesday,
October 17, 2018, at 10:00
a.m. at Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church, Hermis-
ton, Oregon.
Burial will follow at the
Hermiston Cemetery.
Please sign the online
condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com.
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Ida May Serface was
born January 1, 1932, in
Cooperstown, N.D., the
daughter of Maynard and
Clara (Stevens) Sansburn.
She passed away
near Hermiston on
October 8, 2018, at
the age of 86.
Ida
moved
with her family to
Colville, Washing-
ton, for a short time
before settling east Serface
of Portland. She
attended Corbett Grade
School and graduated from
Lincoln High School in the
class of 1951. She married
Thomas H. Serface Jr. in
Stevenson, Wash., on Feb-
ruary 16, 1952. The couple
lived in Milwaukie, Bon-
neville Dam, East Lane
County on the McKen-
zie River and Sweet Home
before settling in Hermis-
ton in 1974.
Ida and Thomas were
round dance instructors
and also enjoyed square
dancing. She served as a
Brownie leader and vol-
unteered for the Smart
Reading Program at local
schools for many years.
She was a member of the
Columbia Grange #867.
She also enjoyed garden-
ing, traveling, needlework,
was an excellent seam-
stress, cook and baker, and
loved her cats and dogs.
She is survived her
Lavelle E. Partlow
Smyrna, Tenn.
March 11, 1926 - July 31, 2018
Lavelle Partlow, 92, chased land for the current
went to be with the Lord campus.
Mrs. Partlow was the
July 31, 2018.
She was born in Pend- piano player for Living
leton, Oregon, March 11, Faith Ministries and for
1926, to Myrtle and
LifePoint’s Senior
Marshall Markham.
service. She played
She was raised in
for the Smyrna
Eastern Oregon and
Senior Center and
contributed to sev-
graduated from Irri-
gon High School
eral other local
events.
and Northwest Uni-
versity in Kirkland,
In recent years,
Partlow
Washington.
Lavelle
enjoyed
She is pre-
attending concerts
ceded in death by her hus- of her grandson’s country
band Albert
Partlow, band LANCO. She loved
three-month-old son Terry seeing Brandon debut at the
Partlow and another son Grand Ole Opry in Tennes-
who died at birth. She is see and attended many con-
also preceded in death by certs, being the number one
her sister Marlene Berg, LANCO fan.
She was known for her
nephews Ronald Berg
and Rick Mills, and par- love of Jesus, family, and
ents Myrtle and Marshall immeasurable kindness.
She will be greatly
Markham.
Lavelle was raised in missed by her daughter,
Irrigon, Oregon, with her Sheryl Lancaster; son-in-
parents and two sisters. law Keith Lancaster; grand-
After graduation, she trav- children Devon Lancaster
eled as a missionary. Addi- and Brandon Lancaster;
tionally, she worked at the and granddaughter-in-law
Army Depot in Umatilla, Tiffany Trotter Lancaster.
Oregon, and became the Additional surviving rela-
postmaster of Irrigon, Ore- tives include a sister, Del-
gon, where she served for pha Mills, and many neph-
ews and nieces.
most of her adult life.
She will be buried with
Lavelle was known
for her musical talent and her husband and two sons
enjoyed being the church in Irrigon, Oregon.
A Celebration of Life
pianist for First Baptist,
Hermiston First Chris- service will be held October
tian, weddings, and many 20, 2018, at Stokes Landing
local events. She also Senior Center in Irrigon,
served in the annual Irrigon Oregon, at 4:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, you
Watermelon Festival and
devoted much time to the may contribute to the min-
istry she helped start and
community.
In 2008, Lavelle and her loved, Lancaster Christian
husband, Albert Partlow, Academy, Markham-Part-
moved to Smyrna, Tennes- low Scholarship Fund, at
see, to be near her daughter 150 Soccer Way, Smyrna,
TN 37167.
and family.
In Smyrna, she was
an important part of
Lancaster
Academy.
She helped start the
academy, served in the
school’s office and pur-
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husband of 66 years,
Thomas; daughters Diane
(BJ Whelan) Serface and
Paula (Mike) McKay; son
Dan Serface; one grand-
daughter, Morgan
(Bryan) Wadlow;
great-grandchildren
Royce Wadlow and
Margaret Wadlow;
and sisters Leila
Kersten and Lor-
raine Hall.
She was pre-
ceded in death by
her parents, brother Lau-
rence, and sister Clarella
Meldorf.
A memorial service will
be held at 12 p.m. (noon)
Saturday, October 27,
2018 in the Burns Mortu-
ary chapel, 685 W. Herm-
iston Ave., Hermiston,
Ore. Following the memo-
rial service a luncheon will
be served for family and
friends at the Columbia
Grange, 32339 Diagonal
Road, Hermiston, Ore.
Family suggest memo-
rial donations to either
Vange John Memorial
Hospice or to Humane
Society of Eastern Oregon
Pet Rescue.
Arrangements by Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston,
Oregon.
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