RECORDS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2022
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POLICE LOG
Tuesday, Aug. 23
5:44 a.m. — A caller reported a
woman came into his home on
Brace Road, Irrigon, put on his
clothes, stayed for a couple of days
and left.
8:36 a.m. — Umatilla County sher-
iff’s deputies responded to North
Ott Road, Hermiston, on a report of
a burglary.
8:55 a.m. — A Heppner resident re-
ported a female with three children
came out of his house. They were
not supposed to be there, and they
damaged property.
12:37 p.m. — A semitrailer and car
crashed together at the eastbound
Interstate 84 off ramp in Boardman.
Emergency services responded.
There were no reports of injuries.
3:24 p.m. — An Irrigon resident
on South First Street reported she
was trying to move a car that was
blocking her driveway, and when
she opened the door she knocked
down a person. The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office took a report.
4:04 p.m. — Hermiston police took
a report of graffiti at West Hermis-
ton Avenue and Southwest Second
Street.
5:37 p.m. — A caller on East Elm Av-
enue and North First Street, Herm-
iston, reported a “child driver” ap-
peared to be driving a small white
pickup.
Wednesday, Aug. 24
11:44 a.m. — Umatilla police re-
sponded to Hemlock Court on a
report of a burglary involving an in-
truder in the home.
3:35 p.m. — A caller on Tawny Court,
Stanfield, reported her neighbors
have a running hose in their pool
and it is now overflowing and com-
ing in to her yard. She stated her
neighbors are not home.
3:39 p.m. — A caller at Pilot Travel
Center, 2115 S. Highway 395, Stan-
field, reported he thinks his card was
just scammed for $150 at the Pilot
Travel Center.
10:52 p.m. — Umatilla County sher-
iff’s deputies responded to Kik Road,
Hermiston, on a report of an assault.
Thursday, Aug. 25
11:37 a.m. — A caller in North Caro-
lina advised her credit card was just
fraudulently used in Hermiston and
would like a call back from an officer.
Hermiston police were unable to
reach the caller.
2:20 p.m. — The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office received a report of
a possible puppy mill operating on
Bunker Hill Lane, Heppner. The caller
said he purchased a dog from the
site, which has dogs kenneled in
two buildings, and the dog he got
seemed undernourished and “had
not been worked with.”
4:39 p.m. — Hermiston police re-
sponded to the 400 block of West
Ridgeway Avenue on a report of an
assault.
7:30 p.m. — A 911 caller on North
First Street, Hermiston, reported a
white female, wearing a white tank
top and khaki shorts, walked up
to his car window with a rock. The
caller said when he locked his car
door she put down the rock and
started swearing at him. Hermiston
police advised the caller.
11:02 p.m. — Hermiston police re-
sponded to Southwest 13th Place
on a report of vehicle theft.
Friday, Aug. 26
9:22 a.m. — Umatilla County Sher-
iff’s Office received a report of a cow
in the road at Highway 730 and
Apricot Lane, Umatilla.
10:48 a.m. — A Heppner resident re-
ported she received an email stating
she was charged $500 on her PayPal
account to buy cryptocurrency but
she does not have a PayPal account.
5:03 p.m. — Hermiston police
responded to the 1300 block of
Southeast Ninth Street on a report
of a burglary.
Saturday, Aug. 27
12:45 a.m. — Umatilla police re-
sponded to Bridgeport Avenue on a
report of a burglary.
12:47 a.m. — Oregon State Police
asked the Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office to check on and to provide
water to motorists in a disabled
blue GMC pickup on the west-
bound side of Interstate 84 in the
Boardman area. The sheriff’s office
responded and also provided the
individuals with a business card.
2:34 a.m. — Umatilla Police Depart-
ment took a report of a vehicle theft
on Walla Walla Street.
12:31 p.m. — The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office received a complaint
about a possible restraining order
violation in Heppner. The sheriff’s
office opened an investigation.
3:07 p.m. — An employee at Farm-
land Reserves Inc. on Pole Line Road,
Boardman, reported someone stole
paperwork from his vehicle and he
DEATH NOTICES
Bernadette Bass
Hermiston
May 3, 1952 — Aug. 15, 2022
Bernadette Bass, 70, of Herm-
iston, died Aug. 15, 2022, at her
home in Hermiston. She was
born May 3, 1952, in Pasco. A
celebration of life will be held at
a later date. Arrangements are
with Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston. Share memories at www.
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Robert ‘Bob’ Earl Cullers
Elma, Washington
July 12, 2022
Michael ‘Mike’ John Hug
Hermiston
Oct. 31, 1953 — Aug. 13, 2022
Michael “Mike” John Hug, 68,
of Hermiston, died Aug. 13, in
Kennewick. He was born
Oct. 31, 1953, in La Grande. A
celebration of life was held Friday,
Aug. 26, at the Burns Mortuary
Chapel. A private family inter-
ment will be at the Summerville
Cemetery. Arrangements are
with Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston. Share memories at www.
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Carol Lafferty
Umatilla
May 5, 1947 — Aug. 18, 2022
Carol Lafferty, 75, of Uma-
tilla, died Aug. 18, 2022, at Ore-
gon Health & Science University
Medical Center, Portland. She
was May 5, 1947, in Aberdeen,
South Dakota.
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Hermiston
Feb. 8, 1950 — Aug. 19, 2022
Frederick George McIntyre,
72, of Hermiston, died Aug. 19,
2022. He was born Feb. 8, 1950,
in Idaho. A graveside service will
be Sept. 9, 1 p.m. at Sunset Hills
Cemetery, Umatilla. Arrange-
ments are with Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston. Leave an online
condolence at www.burns
mortuaryhermiston.com.
Gloria L. Schiffner
Hermiston
July 28, 1928 — Aug. 21, 2022
Gloria L. Schiffner, 94, of
Hermiston, died Aug. 21, 2022,
in Hermiston. She was born
July 28, 1928, in Tacoma, Wash-
ington. Arrangements are pend-
ing with Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston. Share memories
at www.burnsmortuary
hermiston.com.
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Robert “Bob” Earl Cullers, 80,
of Elma, Washington, formerly
of Hermiston, died
July 12, 2022, at his home in
Elma. A celebration of life will
be Sept. 10, 11 a.m. at Satsop
United Methodist Church, 445
Ash Road, Satsop, Washington.
Arrangements are with Twibell’s
Fern Hill Funeral Homes of Ab-
erdeen, Washington.
Leave a condolence and view
the obituary at https://fernhill
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Frederick George
McIntyre
Carol Ann (Fischer) Lafferty
May 5, 1947 - August 18, 2022
As of August 18, 2022, Carol
Ann (Fischer) Lafferty will no
longer be here to make us laugh
with her biting wit, or lift us up
with a helping hand or comforting
words. Carol has removed herself
from us, joining her mom (Phyllis
Fischer) and dad (John Fischer) at
the heavenly coffee pot where they
await the rest of us to join them.
Carol was born in Aberdeen,
South Dakota, the first of 14 children. The family
relocated to Ontario, Oregon, where Carol was joined
over the years by the rest of her siblings. Carol graduated
high school from St. Francis Academy in Baker City
and attended Treasure Valley Community College in
Ontario, where she studied nursing.
Soon after the birth of her youngest sibling, Carol
decided enough was enough and moved to the Portland,
Oregon area, where she began her career as a nurse. It
was there that Carol met and married Mike Lafferty.
They expanded their family with two children, Meagan
and Sarah. The family moved to Central Oregon and
eventually to Umatilla, Oregon, where Carol continued
her nursing career.
Carol remained a caregiver even after retirement.
Her daughter, Sarah, says Carol was the most spirited,
vibrant and accepting mother. These qualities, along
with Carol’s unconditional love, made Sarah the person
she is today.
Left behind without Carol are her husband, Mike
Lafferty (Umatilla); daughters, Meagan and Sarah;
grandchildren, Jaimen Garza, Breanna Blackheart, Lynn
Lowney, Yevonne Gall, AJ Mealey, Sophie Mealey; and
five great-grandchildren.
Carol’s siblings remain behind to tell stories and
reminisce about the oldest who could kick butt with
the best of them but who was always first to give a
hug or lend an ear. In descending order so there are no
arguments, those siblings are Donna (Bruce) Needs,
David (Martha) Fischer, Fr. Rick Fischer, Kathy (Gary)
Langley, Jane (Bill) Burris, Linda (Bruce) Lemos, Bill
Fischer, Dianna (Chris) White, Sandy Fischer, Roger
(Karla) Fischer, Mike (Deb) Fischer, Kris (Monte)
Hurd and Anne (Larry) Haney. Innumerable nieces,
nephews, cousins and friends will also continue to keep
a part of Carol here with their memories.
A celebration of life will be held at a later date.
Messages for the family may be left on the website of
Westside Funeral Home Beaverton, Oregon, via www.
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notified his manager. Some paper-
work was recovered, he said, but the
vehicle title still is missing.
8:44 p.m. — Hermiston police re-
sponded to the 900 block of North-
west Stockton Street on a report of
an assault.
Sunday, Aug. 28
2:22 a.m. — Stanfield police re-
sponded to Elizabeth Drive on a re-
port of gunshots.
8:47 a.m. — Morrow County Sher-
iff’s Office received a complaint
about a barking dog on Southeast
14th Street, Irrigon. The sheriff’s of-
fice cited the dog’s owner for keep-
ing a dog as a public nuisance.
11:26 a.m. — Umatilla County sher-
iff’s deputies took a report of graf-
fiti at McNary Dam, Devore Road,
Umatilla.
9:54 p.m. — Hermiston police re-
sponded to the 2300 block of Kelli
Boulevard on a report of a burglary.
9:56 p.m. — Hermiston police
responded to the 1700 block of
Northeast Fourth Place on a report
of a burglary. Police made an arrest.
11:29 p.m. — Oregon State Police
responded to the westbound lanes
of Interstate 84 at Boardman on a
report of a vehicle that crashed in
the median.
Monday, Aug. 29
8:17 a.m. — Morrow County Grain
Growers Inc., 350 Main St., Lexing-
ton, reported the theft of a pickup
from the front lot. Whoever took it
also forced their way out. Staff were
conducting an inventory to see if
anything more was missing. The
Morrow County Sheriff’s Office took
a report.
8:41 a.m. — Umatilla County sher-
iff’s deputies responded to Wild-
wood Lane, Umatilla, on a report of
a restraining order violation.
11:14 a.m. — Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office received a call for an
all-terrain vehicle accident on For-
est Service Road 21, Heppner, at the
Morrow County OHV Park.
5:06 p.m. — Umatilla police re-
sponded to Powerline Road and
Eagle Avenue on a report of a drunk
driver.
5:21 p.m. — A caller at Bucknum’s,
152 N. Main St., Heppner, reported
two people were arguing out back,
and a female came into the estab-
lishment and asked for a Morrow
County sheriff’s deputy.
Arrests, citations
Aug. 24
Hermiston police arrested Yair Alex-
ander Andrade Duarte, 21, for reck-
less driving, hit-and-run involving
property and three probation viola-
tions, including a felony violation.
Aug. 25
• Hermiston police arrested Elias Nava
Flores, 29, for a felony parole violation
and felon in possession of a weapon.
• Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office ar-
rested Matthew Thomas Blackmarr,
43, for fourth-degree assault, inter-
fering with making a report and sec-
ond-degree theft.
• Hermiston police arrested Billy
Wesley Day Jr., 46, for first-degree
aggravated theft (theft of a bicycle
with a value of more than $10,000),
second-degree criminal mischief,
second-degree criminal trespass and
a felony probation violation.
Aug. 26
Umatilla police arrested Tausha Lynn
Patterson, 32, for first-degree forgery
and second-degree theft.
Aug. 29
Morrow County Sheriff’s Office ar-
rested Jorge Luis Rodriguez, 51, on
a Morrow County warrant for sec-
ond-degree kidnapping, unlawful
use of weapon, first-degree burglary,
fourth-degree assault and
two counts each of coercion
and menacing.
Dora ‘Deette’ St. John
Russell Dewayne St. John
July 26, 1931 - February 26, 2022
September 5, 1925 - May 5, 2020
Dora “Deette” St John, 90, of
Hermiston, Oregon, died on Feb. 26, 2022,
surrounded by her loved ones.
Deette was born July 26, 1931, in
Magdelina, New Mexico, to Sam and
Hazel Mickey. She was
the firstborn of 11 children,
which
included
three
brothers, Walter, Dan and
Charley; and seven sisters,
Jewell, Fern, twins Nellie
and Tillie, Mary, Jean and
Laurel.
The family lived on a
small ranch outside of Pie
Town, New Mexico, where
they had cattle, horses,
and other farm animals.
She spent time tending to
the animals, exploring and
caring for her younger siblings to help her
mother.
In 1948, the family packed up all of their
belongings in the farm truck with racks and
tarps over the top. With most of the kids
in the back, they traveled 1,300 miles to
Cave Junction, Oregon, where they spent
the first winter living in a large tent.
Deette graduated high school in 1950.
She had met her future husband, Russell
Dewayne St. John, at a dance, and on Sept.
26, 1950, they were married in Merlin,
Oregon. The new family relocated with
their firstborn daughter, Linda Deette, to
Hermiston, Oregon, in 1952, and two more
children would soon be born, daughter,
Alynn Deann, then son, Allen Dewayne.
Deette worked various jobs in the early
years of their marriage, from babysitting
to fieldwork and canneries, and hotel maid
work. She took her Civil Service Exam in
1968, and shortly after that she began her
career at the Umatilla Army Depot.
She performed maintenance in the
machine shop, inventory control in the
munitions department, and various other
jobs until she retired in 1988 after 20 years
of service. Deette received numerous
awards for her performance, including
a certificate of appreciation for having
accumulated 1,000 hours of sick pay.
She loved gardening, was an avid
rockhound, first-class fisherwoman and an
excellent hunter known
as a deadeye shot around the campfire.
Deette was a tireless worker; she couldn’t
stand not being busy, and she waged
a lifelong personal vendetta against
goatheads, wearing to a nub several hoes
over the years.
Deette is survived by her sisters, Jewell,
Fern, Tillie, Jean, Laurel; her brother,
Charley; also her children, Linda Davis
of Chino Valley, Arizona; Deann Cherry
of Hermiston, Oregon; and Allen St.
John of Scio, Oregon; five grandchildren,
Sandra Schilling, Adrian Filippi, Clifford
St. John, Ambra St. John, and Russell St.
John; four great-grandchildren, Carson
Schilling, Joseph Filippi, Marlow St. John
and Maeven St. John.
There will be a celebration of life on
Saturday, Sept. 10 from 1-3 p.m. at the
Maxwell Siding Event Center, Hermiston.
Family and friends of Deette, please come
and share a memory.
Please share memories of Deette with her
family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.
com. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston,
Oregon, is in care of arrangements.
Russell Dewayne St. John, 94, died on
May 5, 2020, in his home in Hermiston,
Oregon, with his family at his side.
Russell was born on Sept. 5, 1925, in
Naches, Washington, to Bert and Viola
St. John. He was the
only son in a family of
10, having seven sisters,
two of which who passed
young, Ladema, age 2, and
Marjorie, age 15. Sisters
are Erna, Dora (Doty),
Vera, Emogene (Emmy)
and Ruth.
The family relocated
to Cave Junction, Oregon,
where his father was
employed as a millwright
at a local sawmill. As a
youngster, Russell would
fish, hunt, and run trap lines for hides to
provide food and income for the family.
He attended school in Cave Junction in
a one-room, one-class schoolhouse. There
were children of all ages, with grades first
through eighth in one big classroom. He
graduated from the eighth grade in a class
of two.
As Russell became older, he worked
as a logger all around Josephine County
and northern California. The family again
pulled up roots and went to Lakeview,
Oregon, where he continued to work in the
woods.
Against his mother’s wishes, Russell
enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World
War II. He served as a
machinist mate on the USS Admiral
W.M. Sims, a troop transport ship ferrying
men all across the Pacific Theater,
including the Philippines, Okinawa and
Guam. He was then stationed in the Bering
Sea on the Aleutian Islands, Adak Island,
Alaska.
After the war ended, Russell came to
Emmett, Idaho, to his folk’s little farm. He
returned to the coast of northern California
to work as a logger in the Redwood
sawmills near Crescent City, California.
Russell met his future wife, Dora Deette
Mickey, at a dance in Cave Junction, and
they were married on Sept. 26, 1950. While
on an elk hunting trip to Eastern Oregon,
his sister, Erna, set him up to interview for
a job with the city of Hermiston. He was
hired on with the irrigation department.
Russell advanced through the ranks for
33 years before his retirement, ending
with being the superintendent of the street
department.
Together, they raised three children,
daughter, Linda Deette; daughter, Alynn
Deann; and son, Allen Dewayne. They
have five grandchildren, Sandra Schilling,
Adrain Filippi, Clifford St. John, Ambra St.
John and Russell St. John; and four great-
grandchildren, Carson Schillng, Joseph
Filippi, Marlow St. John and Maeven St.
John.
He was a master gardener who enjoyed
trying new seeds ordered by mail. Russell
hand-built custom fishing rods, carefully
choosing colorful threads to wrap the
guides. It truly was an art and his children
ate many dinners from TV trays so he
could take over the dining table with his
equipment. He was known as a wizard at
all things concrete, assisting many with
projects like pouring walks and such.
It was rumored that Russell may have
been a “sturgeon whisperer.” Many barely
legal fish were caught and feasted upon,
and stories of the occasional “one that
got away” being too big to keep anyway.
He loved all fishing, hunting, camping
with family, woodcutting and exploring
the backwoods with his wife of nearly 70
years.
There will be a celebration of life on
Saturday, Sept. 10 from 1-3 p.m. at the
Maxwell Siding Event Center, Hermiston.
Family and friends of Russell, please come
and share a memory.
Please share memories of Russell
and Deette with their family at www.
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston, Oregon, is in care
of arrangements.