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Gary and Shirley David
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DEATH NOTICES
Delbert ‘Gene’ Gaines
Nora June Reymundo
March 23, 1948 — Aug. 30,
2021
Aug. 27, 1959 — Sept. 1,
2021
Stanfi eld
Umatilla
Delbert “Gene” Gaines,
73, of Stanfi eld died Aug. 30,
2021, in Hermiston. He was
born March 23, 1948, in Walla
Walla, the son of Delbert and
Dorothy Jean (Phelps) Gaines.
A celebration of life will be
held Oct. 2, 2 p.m. at the Life
Church 222 S.W. Third St.,
Pilot Rock. Arrangements are
with Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston. To leave an online condo-
lence for the family please go
to www.burnsmortuaryhermis-
ton.com.
Nora June Reymundo,
62, of Umatilla, died Sept. 1,
2021, in Portland. She was
born Aug. 27, 1959, in Pendle-
ton. Arrangements are pending.
Please share memories of Nora
at
burnsmortuaryhermiston.
com. Arrangements are with
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston.
Merle Franklin Hixson
Dec. 31, 1938 — Sept. 16,
2021
Hermiston
Merle Franklin Hixson, 82,
of Hermiston died Thursday,
Sept. 16, 2021, in Hermiston.
He was born Dec. 31, 1938, in
Baker City, the son of Earle and
Mabel (Wallingford) Hixson.
Arrangements are with Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston.
Warren William ‘Bill’
Pemberton
April 13, 1934 — Sept. 9,
2021
Arlington
Warren William “Bill” Pem-
berton, 87, of Arlington, died
Sept. 9, 2021, at home while on
hospice. He was born April 13,
1934, in San Francisco. A pri-
vate family service will be held
at a later date. Arrangements
are with Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston. Please share mem-
ories of Bill with his family at
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Diana Lynne Gehring
Oct. 7, 1955 — Sept. 11,
2021
Hermiston
Diana Lynne Gehring, 65,
of Hermiston, died Sept. 11,
2021, at her home in Hermis-
ton. She was born Oct. 7, 1955,
in Portland. Services will be
announced. Please share mem-
ories of Diana with her fam-
ily at burnsmortuaryhermiston.
com. Arrangements are with
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston.
Colleen Ployhar
Jan. 4, 1932 — Jan. 23, 2020
Heppner
Colleen Ployhar, 88, former
Heppner resident, died Jan. 23,
2020, in Hermiston. She was
born Jan. 4, 1932, in Heppner.
A graveside memorial service,
following state COVID-19
guidelines, will be held Satur-
day, Sept. 25, at 10 a.m. at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Arrangements are with Swee-
ney Mortuary of Heppner.
Clarke ‘Corky’ Stephens
Nov. 1, 1927 — Sept. 17,
2021
Pendleton
Clarke “Corky” Stephens,
93, of Pendleton died Friday,
Sept. 17, 2021. He was born
Nov. 1, 1927, in Rock Creek.
To view his obituary, visit
www.hermistonherald.com
or see next week’s Hermiston
Herald. Arrangements are with
Burns Mortuary of Hermis-
ton. To leave an online condo-
lence for the family, visit www.
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Maxine Michel
Hathaway
Aug. 11, 1931 — Sept. 16,
2021
Baker City
Maxine Elaine Michel
Hathaway, 90, of Baker City
died Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021.
She was born Aug. 11, 1931, in
Middleton, Idaho. To view her
obituary, visit www.hermiston-
herald.com or see next week’s
Hermiston Herald. Arrange-
ments are with Gray’s West
& Co. Pioneer Chapel, Baker
City. To off er online condo-
lences to her family, visit www.
grayswestco.com.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Contributed Photo
Gary and Shirley David
Gary David and Shirley (Jack-
son) David of Irrigon will cele-
brate their 55th wedding anniver-
sary. They were married Sept. 24,
1966, at the home of the bride’s par-
ents in Irrigon. The couple has two
children, Monica David and Rod-
ney David; two grandchildren and a
great-grandchild.
Gary retired in 1998 after a
32-year career in law enforcement,
including with the Polk County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce, Sweet Home Police
Department and the Milton-Freewa-
ter Police Department. Shirley, who
performed secretarial work, retired
in 2010 after 15 years with the city
of Walla Walla, prior to that she
worked 16 years at Western Oregon
University, in Monmouth.
Lemonade Run comes up roses for area foster kids
Portland soccer teams
kick in with help
By TAMMY MALGESINI
COMMUNITY EDITOR
The Department of
Human Services in Uma-
tilla and Morrow counties
recently completed a second
Lemonade Run, obtaining
free clothing for area foster
children and youths.
Portland-based Proj-
ect Lemonade’s goal is to
send children in the state’s
care back-to-school with
self-esteem and confi dence
by helping to ensure they are
dressed like every other kid
on the playground. Know-
ing that foster kids often are
removed from their home
with little notice, they barely
have time to gather their
thoughts, much less many
belongings.
Marvin Hamilton, a
regional recruitment and
retention champion for the
DHS Child Welfare pro-
gram, said even though area
foster families can make an
appointment to shop at the
Project Lemonade store, the
logistics of making a trip to
Portland sometimes can be
diffi cult. Earlier this year,
he reached out to the non-
profi t organization about
doing a mass order for his
two districts, which includes
seven counties stretching
from Hood River to Mil-
ton-Freewater. He proposed
picking up the order from
the Lloyd Center store and
then delivering the items
to caseworkers who would
Marvin Hamilton/Contributed Photo
George Fochive and Bill Tuiloma, both Portland Timbers
midfi elders, shop for Eastern Oregon foster children as
part of Project Lemonade at Lloyd Center in Portland.
distribute them to the foster
children in Eastern Oregon
communities.
Project Lemonade
started when founder
Rhonda Meadows rallied
support from a group of
caring community mem-
bers, who came together
and created a pop-up store
for foster youths to shop for
free. Since then, the proj-
ect has evolved into a brick-
and-mortar store at Lloyd
Center in Portland.
The initial Eastern Ore-
gon trial Lemonade Run
was conducted in May
with area resource families
placing orders with desired
sizes, colors and styles —
volunteers at Project Lem-
onade then “shopped” for
the children. Hamilton said
more than four dozen indi-
vidual bags of clothing and
accessories were picked up
and delivered to 52 area
children in the foster care
system.
For the second run, on
Sept. 14, Project Lemonade
changed its online form to
make it more accessible
for foster families in East-
ern Oregon to complete an
order for pick up. Project
Lemonade, Hamilton said,
is all about clothing children
who are getting ready to go
back to school.
“They wanted this run
to be especially full and
recruited help to shop for the
children,” Hamilton said.
Members of the Port-
land Timbers and Portland
Thorns FC kicked it up a
notch — heading to Proj-
ect Lemonade to help fi ll the
orders for foster kids in the
state’s care in Eastern Ore-
gon. Hamilton said a total of
89 bags of clothing — repre-
senting the wants and needs
of 89 children and youths —
were shopped for by mem-
bers of the professional soc-
cer teams who were thrilled
to be helping. Although he’s
wearing a face mask, a Tik
Tok video of Timbers mid-
fi elder Bill Tuiloma can’t
hide the excitement in his
eyes while shopping for a
5-year-old girl.
Project Lemonade has
been a great supporter of
children in care and has
gone through great eff orts
to fi ll the orders of all the
children on the east end of
the state.” Hamilton said.
In addition to its busy
summer back-to-school
shopping schedule, Project
Lemonade provides year-
round services for youths
entering foster care, chang-
ing homes or as referred by
a caseworker. According to
the nonprofi t organization’s
website, approximately 80%
of the clothing available in
its store is new, donated
by corporate in-kind part-
ners or purchased through
fundraising.
Project Lemonade is
currently accepting dona-
tions of new clothing and
accessories, as well as new
and gently used books and
stuff ed animals. In addition,
fi nancial contributions are
welcome. For more infor-
mation, visit www.projec-
tlemonadepdx.org.
In addition, Hamilton
said there is a great need
for resource (foster) par-
ents in the Umatilla/Morrow
county area. For more infor-
mation, call 800-331-0503.
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