All Obituaries

Billie Marie VanArsdale, 76, of Arlington died Sunday, January 5, 2020 at her home. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at 11 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Arlington. She was born on September 13, 1943 at Houston, Texas, the daughter of Garold Marvin and Mattie Tennison Wood. After moving to Oregon Billie attended Eastern Oregon College. Billie was a Librarian the Arlington School before working at the Arlington city Library. She was a member of the...

Melba Crawford Miller passed away Friday, January 17, 2020 in Pendleton Oregon, just shy of her 94th birthday. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, January 23, 2020 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Heppner. Recitation of the Holy Rosary will be at 10 a.m. prior to the service. Concluding service and burial at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery will follow the Mass. She was born January 21, 1926 in Heppner, Oregon, the daughter of Wate and Mable Phillips Crawford. Melba...

Donald Edward Peterson (94) died on January 2, 2020, at Richland, Washington. He was born on June 20, 1925 at the family homestead in the Valby area south of Ione, OR to Oscar and Esther Engstrom Peterson. He attended the Rocky Bluff schoolhouse and Ione High School before graduating from Grant High School in Portland, OR. Following high school, he served in WWII as a U.S. Navy SeaBee. He was a Stevedore in the Philippines and China. He attended Oregon State College, majoring in...

Robert Clarence Reid, 95, of Irrigon, Oregon died Tuesday, December 3, 2019 in Hermiston with family by his side. He was born on August 14, 1924 in Heppner to parents Clarence & Viola Reid. A Celebration of Life will be held on Sunday, December 8 at 2:00 pm at the Harkenrider Senior Center, 255 NE 2nd Street, Hermiston, Oregon. Robert was raised in multiple Eastern Oregon communities and attended school in John Day. His first child was born in 1944 and shortly after, Robert enlisted in...

Louis ‘Poppie’ Carlson Louis Andrew Carlson, 89, of Heppner, OR passed away from health complications on October 21, 2019 in Bend, OR. Louis was the youngest child to Leonard and Julia Carlson. He was born on February 6th, 1930 at the family homestead located in the Valby Community (Ione, OR). He had three older siblings; Joyce Carlson-Darst, Cliff Carlson, and Mildred ‘Millie’ Carlson-Hope. Louis attended Oregon State University and married Betty Graves-Carlson of...

Kenneth A. McCullough Sr., 76 of Boardman, died on Thursday, November 7, 2019 at Walla Walla, Washington. Funeral service will be held 12:00 PM on Saturday, November 16th at the Church of Latter-day Saints in Boardman, OR. Graveside service will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Lexington Cemetery followed by a potluck meal back at the LDS Church in Boardman starting at 3:00 pm. He was born February 25th, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah, the son of Jesse Dee and Anna Mae McQueen McCullough. He is...

Ruby Ann (Rietmann) Rohde was born on April 5th, 1932, in Heppner, Oregon to parents Victor & Vera Rietmann. She grew up on the family farm near Ione with two older brothers, Bob & Bill who named her after their favorite “Auntie Ruby.” Ruby Ann graduated from Ione High School & Eastern Oregon State University in La Grande. She was teaching in Pendleton, OR when she met and married Dean Rohde in 1958. After a few years on Dean’s family farm they relocated to...

David Wayne Phelps, 63, of The Dalles died Thursday, October 10, 2019 at Portland, Oregon. A graveside service will be held on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Fossil I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Fossil, Oregon. He was born January 15, 1956 at Grove, Oklahoma, the son of Melford and Deloris Rice Phelps. David attended grade school at Odell, Oregon and graduated from high school at Weiser, Idaho. On April 13, 1984 he married Izetta Otter in Wheeler County, Oregon. He worked in logging,...

Jeffrey (Jeff) Scott Huston, died October 14, 2019 at home with his significant other, Lisa by his side. Jeff passed away after a battle with cancer. He was born in Heppner, Oregon on January 31, 1964. Jeff worked for J & M Eagle Manufacturing in Umatilla Oregon for 21 years and had just recently received his Electrical License. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and enjoyed camping. He spent many hours fishing and hunting in the Blue Mountains. Jeff loved the outdoors, whether it be...

Clifford Michael “Mike” Adams, 60, of Heppner died Monday, October 7, 2019 near Summerville, Oregon. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. A reception will follow at the Heppner Elks Lodge. He was born on October 1, 1959 at Heppner, Oregon, the son of Clifford Reon and Patricia Rae Sibert Adams. Mike was raised in Spray, Oregon where he graduated from Spray High School in 1977. He was a timber faller for 42...