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Alyce Mason (Mason)  Rea

Alyce Mason (Mason) Rea

Dec 23, 2021

Alyce Mason Rea, 81, died Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Kennewick, Washington. A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Friday, January 7, 2022, at the Ione Community Church with burial at High View Cemetery in Ione.

She was born February 7, 1940, at Heppner, the daughter of Dorr and Alva McDuffee Mason. She was the fourth...

Henrietta Luella (Schmidt)  Taylor

Henrietta Luella (Schmidt) Taylor

Nov 27, 2021

Henrietta "Luella" Taylor, 90 of Hermiston, died Saturday, November 27, 2021, at Regency Nursing Home in Hermiston, Oregon. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, December 6, 2021, at the Mayville Cemetery at Mayville, Oregon.

She was born December 21, 1930, at Spearfish, South Dakota, the daughter of Edwin and Leslie Knust Schmidt....

Phyllis Marie (Quackenbush)  Piper

Phyllis Marie (Quackenbush) Piper

Nov 26, 2021

Phyllis Marie Piper, 81 of Lexington died, Friday, November 26, 2021, at Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, December 11, 2021, at 1 p.m. at the Heppner First Christian Church.

She was born April 8, 1940, at Heppner, the daughter of Robert "Roy" and Melba Hughes Quackenbush. "Phylly" as...

Patsy Ruth (Woods)  Hoover

Patsy Ruth (Woods) Hoover

Nov 24, 2021

Patsy Ruth (Woods) Hoover, of Fossil, Oregon passed away at her home on November 24, 2021, at the age of 89. Patsy was born on February 19, 1932, in Mineral Springs, Missouri to Francis J. and Evelyn R. (Holliday) Woods. Patsy's children have often told stories about Grandma coming to Oregon in a covered wagon. Patsy would correct them...

Gary Warren Jones

Gary Warren Jones

Nov 24, 2021

Gary Warren Jones 83, of Heppner, Oregon died Wednesday, November 24, 2021, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. A private family graveside service will be held.

He was born in Heppner on September 18, 1938, the son of Paul W. and Gladys A. Johnson Jones. He was raised and attended school in Heppner, graduating from Heppner High...

Beverly Marie (Maness)  Wright

Beverly Marie (Maness) Wright

Nov 7, 2021

Beverly M. Wright, 90, longtime Heppner resident, died Sunday, November 7, 2021, at Pendleton. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, November 13, 2021, at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery.

She was born December 8, 1930, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Ethel Marie Simacek, Ethel married William Maness and they lived in St. Paul, Minnesota until...

Marjorie Marie (Shea)  Gorham

Marjorie Marie (Shea) Gorham

Oct 31, 2021

Marjorie Gorham of Heppner, OR passed away October 31, 2021, at the age of 98 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner, Oregon.

Marjorie Eleanor Shea was born October 3, 1923, in Wibaux, Montana to James 'Mike' Shea and Marie Cassidy Shea and grew up on their wheat and cattle ranch. She attended 'country school' outside of Wibaux...

Jean (Hanna)  Bennett

Jean (Hanna) Bennett

Oct 26, 2021

C. Jean Bennett, 91, passed away October 26, 2021, at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner Oregon. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021, at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Attire is boots and jeans as that was what Jean was most comfortable wearing.

Jean was born April 2, 1930 and – raised...

Joan R. (Rintoul)  Wade

Joan R. (Rintoul) Wade

Oct 23, 2021

Joan R. Wade, 87, of Condon, died Saturday, October 23, 2021, at Condon. A graveside service will be held on Friday, October 29, 2021, at 11 a.m. at the Condon Cemetery.

She was born the daughter of Andrew and Dorothy Briggs Rintoul at Portland, Oregon on January 25, 1934. Joan was raised in Portland where she attended...

Raymond Jesse French

Raymond Jesse French

Sep 5, 2021

Raymond Jesse French was born May 18, 1927, to Rose Hirl and Herbert French at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton, Oregon. He died on September 5, 2021, at willow Creek Terrace Assisted Living in Heppner.

Raymond spent his early childhood at the family ranch on Big Butter Creek attending Lena School. His father passed away when he...

Virginia "Ginger" Claire (Andreason)  Keithley

Virginia "Ginger" Claire (Andreason) Keithley

Sep 2, 2021

Virginia Claire "Ginger" Keithley, 83, of Heppner, died Thursday, September 2, 2021, at Heppner. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

Ginger was born on November 22, 1937, at Woodburn, Oregon. She was raised and attended school at Woodburn until her family moved to Heppner where she graduated from high school. While attending Heppner...

Jerold August Koerner

Jerold August Koerner

Jul 28, 2021

Jerold August "Jerry" Koerner, 90, of Heppner, died, Wednesday July 28, 2021, at Kennewick, Washington. He was born February 13, 1931, at Le Mars, Iowa.

Jerry was a veteran of the Korean War, after returning home, he continued his college education at Trine University in Angola, Indiana. He worked as an engineering writer and manager of technical...

Terra Lee (Watts)  Adams

Terra Lee (Watts) Adams

Jun 5, 2021

Terra Lee (Watts) Adams, 59, of Heppner, died peacefully Saturday, June 5th, 2021, after a long battle with ALS. She was born on June 7th, 1961, in Oregon City to Callie Jacobsen and Howard Watts joining her two older brother's Jon Watts and Donald Watts. Terra was raised and attended school at Portland, Milwaukie, Spray and Scio, where she...

Lawrence "Larry" Keith Snyder

Lawrence "Larry" Keith Snyder

Jun 2, 2021

Lawrence Keith "Larry" Snyder, 84, of Condon died, Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at Bend, Oregon.  A funeral service will be held on Saturday, June 12, 2021, at 11 a.m. at the Condon Elks Lodge with concluding service and burial to follow.

He was born on November 5, 1936, in Klamath Falls, Oregon to Thirza and Charles Snyder,...

Marion Lee Green

Marion Lee Green

Jun 2, 2021

Marion Cornett Green, 88, of Pendleton, died Wednesday, June 2, 2021. A graveside service will be held at Heppner Masonic Cemetery on June 14 at 11:00 am. A reception will follow at the Gilliam and Bisbee building. Marion was born on January 31, 1933, to Cornett and Florence (French) Green in Heppner, Oregon, where he was raised and graduated from...

Timothy Lee Binder Potter

Timothy Lee Binder Potter

May 29, 2021

Timothy Lee Binder, 32, of Condon died Saturday, May 29, 2021, as result of a motorcycle accident near Fossil. A graveside service was held on Saturday June 5, 2021, at 11 am at the Condon Cemetery with a celebration of life immediately following at Burns Park.

He was born on January 18, 1989, at Roseburg, Oregon to...

Beverly Ann (Hilderman)  Harris

Beverly Ann (Hilderman) Harris

May 21, 2021

Beverly Ann Harris, of Heppner, 79, passed away on May 21, 2021 in Heppner.

Beverly was born to Laverne and Victor Hilderman in Roundup, Montana on May 22, 1941. After the couple divorced, she was adopted by her stepfather, Herman Schmidt. The family made their home in Portland, Oregon where Bev graduated high school. It was there...

Art "Butch" William Osmin

Art "Butch" William Osmin

May 17, 2021

Art William 'Butch" Osmin died at Willow Brook Nursing Home in Pendleton on May 17, 2021 at the age of 67.  A gathering of family and friends will be held at a later date.

Butch was born on June 8, 1953 in Heppner, to parents Alton and Virginia Nutten Osmin.  He was raised and attended school in...

Lindsay J. Kincaid

Lindsay J. Kincaid

May 15, 2021

Lindsay J. Kincaid, 83, of Ione died May 15, 2021, at Heppner.  A private family service was held at High View Cemetery in Ione.

He was born on September 8, 1937, at Heppner to Harold Oliver and Ruby Louise Padberg Kincaid.  He was raised and attended grade school in Ione, then Ordinance Jr. High School in Hermiston...

Robert Blakeslee

Robert Blakeslee

May 10, 2021

Robert (Bob) Blakeslee of Monument, Oregon passed away the evening of May 10th with his family at his side. Bob was born in Livingston Montana the 5th of March 1937, to proud parents Donald and Edith (Foddness) Blakeslee. He joined an older sister Suzanne. They lived on the family ranch at the base of Emigrant Peak on Six Mile Creek...

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