All Obituaries

Former Heppner resident, Betty Lou Curnutt, 88, of Hermiston, died Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at Richland, Washington. At her request no service will be held. She was born November 20, 1930 at Fairfax, Oklahoma the daughter of Homer and Eva Benge Schell. Betty was raised and attended school in Fossil. It was at Fossil where she met Harold Curnutt and the couple married at Bonners Ferry, Idaho, in October of 1948. The couple lived in various places until moving to Heppner in 1960 where they...

Longtime Lexington resident, Iris Jean Campbell, 87, passed away at her home in Pendleton on January 8, 2019, following a brief illness. A graveside service will be held on Friday, January 18, 3019 at 1 p.m. at the Lexington Cemetery. She was born May 8, 1931 in Enterprise, OR, the second of three children, to Charles and Eula (Crossler) Bloodsworth. The family lived in several locations in Wallowa County during her childhood, but mostly on the Bloodsworth farm north of Enterprise....

Ronald Albion Schwarz, 57, formally of Heppner, passed away on December 28th, 2018 at his home in Tygh Valley, Or. Ron was layed to rest at Valby Lutheran Cemetery in Valby, Oregon on December 31st, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. He was born in Heppner, OR to Ann Belle (Coleman) Schwarz and Len Ray Schwarz on September 29th, 1961 the first of three boys. Ron was baptized and confirmed at Hope Lutheran Church. He attended his school years in Heppner graduating in 1980, from Heppner High School....

Donna “Darlene” Hopper, Mother, Mentor, Grandma, Inspiration, Friend, Beautiful, Hero, passed away December 11, 2018 at her home in Fossil, Oregon after her second battle with Breast Cancer. Darlene was born May 7, 1933 at Parkrose, Oregon, to Marley & Mildred Fessler. They lived in Parkrose until 1950, when they moved to Fossil to start a family farm down Butte Creek. Darlene graduated from Wheeler High School in 1951. She married her High School classmate Robert Dale...

Roice R. Fulleton, 101, of Heppner, died on Thursday, December 6, 2018 at his home. A memorial gathering with military honors will be held on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. at the Heppner Elks Club. Roice Roland Fulleton was born on December 3, 1917, to Edith (Roberts) and Frank Fulleton of McGrew, Nebraska. Roice attended primary grades and high school in McGrew, but as with all farm families of the time, spent many hours of his youth, training horses, caring for animals, and...

John William Jepsen 87, passed away on November 6th at his home in Ione, Oregon. He was the son of Walter and Matilda (Burns) Jepsen. He was born in Heppner, Oregon on March 21, 1931. He was the fourth child in a family of nine children. He attended and graduated from Ione High School in 1949. He was mischievous and sometimes led a few students on escapades. He worked for farmers in the area for a short time after he graduated. He was inducted into the US Army on January 7th, 1953. He...

Shirley J. McNary passed away peacefully on November 2, 2018 at her home in Ione, Oregon. A funeral service will be held November 10, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Ione Community Church in Ione, Oregon, with burial to follow at the High View Cemetery in Ione She was born In Walla Walla, Washington on December 29, 1928 to George H. and Blanche L. Parman Ransom. Shirley attended Tum-Alum Grade school and graduated from McLoughlin Union High School in 1948 in Milton-Freewater, Oregon. After...

Linda Ann Dutcher, 75, of Heppner, died Saturday, October 27, 2018, at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Washington. At her request no service will be held. She was born June 25, 1943 at Hanford, California, the daughter of Norman and Margaret Klslander Kessler. She was raised and attended school in Milton-Freewater, Oregon and graduated from Mc Loughlin High School. Linda then attended San Jose University majoring in Anthropology, but changed her major to education finishing her...

Mary Ellen Starks Reser, 91, died at her home in Condon, Oregon on September 22, 2018. A graveside service will be held on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the St. Joseph Cemetery in Condon. A meal will follow at the St. John Catholic Parish Hall. She was born in Pendleton, Oregon on June 22, 1927, the daughter of Lloyd and Ellen Keller Starks. The family lived in Athena, Oregon until she was ten years old, at that time her father bought a farm in Creston British Columbia,...

Vesta Mae Eaton, 96, peacefully embarked on her final great adventure on September 26, 2018, with family by her side, while residing in the caring community at New Horizon Adult Family Home in Everett, Washington. She was born in Condon, Oregon to Elijah and Alice McCarty and was the youngest of four children. After graduating Condon High School in 1939, she attended Oregon State with her good friend, Alerita Burns. She joined the Marine Corps for the duration of the WWll and was honorably...