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The INDEPENDENT, January 19, 2000
ORVAL O. BISHOP
Orval Ortan Bishop, 73, Vernonia,
died January 13, 2000, at Providence
St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland.
A memorial service was held Jan. 16 at
the Vernonia Senior Citizens Center,
with Pastor Bill Bobbitt of the Jeho-
vah’s Witness Kingdom Hall, officiat
ing. Interment was at Vernonia Memor
ial Cemetery.
Mr. Bishop was born June 30,
1926, in Ellsworth, Wise., to Arthur and
Mary (Betterly) Bishop. He was raised
and educated in St. Paul, Minn. He
Drummer Obo Addy will perform
at Pacific with his band, Okropong
P ortland’s own international
m a ste r drum m er, com pose r
and bandleader, Obo Addy, will
take the stage at Pacific Uni
versity on Friday, Feb. 25, at
7:30 p.m. in a special event in
the 1999-2000 Performing Arts
Series. The drum m er will be
joined for this special perform
ance by his band, Okropong.
The concert will take place in
the Taylor-M eade Performing
Arts C enter on campus.
O bo
A ddy
cam e
from
Ghana, W est Africa, as the son
of a W onche medicine man. He
is known for celebrating past
traditions while at the same
tim e em bracing new ideas and
foreign influences. His concert
features hand and stick drums,
talking drums, bells and shak
ers, as well as colorful dancers
that seem to engage in a “con
versation” with the drum m ers
and the audience.
B eat magazine said “Run
ning the gam ut from samba
schools to Jam es Brown, [Obo]
A ddy’s m usical w alkabout is
nothing less than thrilling,” and
The Sun Valley C enter for the
A rts and H um anities noted,
“Obo Addy, with short introduc
tions and exceptional drum
ming, draws the audience into
the palms of his trem endous
hands.”
moved to Oregon to live near other
family members.
He married Frances Merriman in
1979 in Vernonia, where they made
their home.
Mr. Bishop was a mechanic, he
owned and operated the service sta
tion at Staley's Junction, then the
Rocket Station in Manning. He later
worked for Olympic Forest Products at
Mist.
He was a member of the Jehovah's
Witness Kingdom Hall in Vernonia.
He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Peggy, and several brothers
and sisters.
Survivors include his wife, seven
sons, Art and Hardsell of Willamina:
Roger of Hillsboro: Steven Merriman of
Cornelius; Michael Meyer of Beaver
ton: David Meyer of Kelso, Wash.;
Gary of Salem; four daughters, Mary
Rustan of St. Paul, Minn.; Shirley Con-
nely of Birkenfeld; Shelby Chance of
St. Helens, and Anna Cole of Vernonia;
two sisters, llene Morehouse of Port
land and Jewell Holburg of Oregon
City; a brother, Hardsel of Vancouver,
Wash.; many grandchildren, great
grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Fuiten, Rose & Hoyt Funeral Home
of Vernonia was in charge of arrange
ments.
ROBERT A. REICHOW
Robert Allen “Bobby" Reichow, 23,
Gales Creek, died January 8, 2000, of
injuries suffered in an automobile acci
dent. A funeral service was held Jan.
13 at Fuiten, Rose and Hoyt Funeral
Home in Forest Grove, with Pastor
Rich LaMar, of the Gales Creek Church
of God, officiating. Interment was in
Gales Creek Cemetery.
C R U S H E D RO CK
C O N C R ETE • FILL
S A N D • A SPH A LT
Obo Addy has been honored
by many groups, including the
Oregon Multicultural Education
Association and the National
Endowm ent for the Arts.
Tickets for the performance
are $12 and are available
through the Pacific University
Box Office at 503-359-2918 or
through Fred M eyer Fastixx at
503-224-8499. The Performing
Arts Series is co-sponsored by
Tuality Healthcare and Bank of
the West.
Mr. Reichow was bom August 9,
1976, in Hillsboro, to Vincent A. and
Deborah (Taylor) Reichow. He was
raised in Banks and attended Banks
High School.
In 1998 he married Toni DeRoo in
Orient, and they made their home in
Gales Creek. Mr. Reichow worked with
his father as a carpenter and on a com
mercial fishing vessel in Alaska.
Survivors include his wife, two
daughters, Tyffani and Kylee of Gales
Creek; his father, of Banks; his mother
and step-father, Debbie and Dave
Cawrse of Tillamook; two brothers,
Christopher of Barling, Ark., and
Joshua Fergusson of Tigard; two sis
ters, Stephanie of Beaverton and Bri-
ana Fergusson of Tigard; grandpar
ents, Mary Taylor of Gales Creek, Eliz
abeth Reichow of Portland, Walter and
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