All Obituaries

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 publications School of Engineering, at Stanford University. He finished his working career as a writer at the Hanford Nuclear...

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 that she met her husband, Bobby Harris. The couple married on April 20, 1961 and celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in April of this year. Bob and Bev...

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 High School in 1951. He lettered in football, basketball, and track, and enjoyed hunting and fishing in the Blue Mountains. After turning down an...

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, joining an older brother, Martin.  When his stepfather, Bill DeCew was drafted and sent to Florida for training during WWII, Martin and Larry stayed...

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 Tina Potter, who moved Timothy and his brother Michael to Condon in June of 1989. Tim was raised by Doug and Tina Potter and attended school in Condon where he graduated from...

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 graduated from Jefferson High. On June 9, 1979, she married Tim Adams at Silverton, Oregon. They settled in Heppner where she did the accounting for...

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 Heppner where he graduated from Heppner High School.  After high school, he attended Blue Mountain Community College and received a degree in Auto Mechanics.  He...

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 and he graduated from Ione High School in 1956.  He attended Eastern Oregon College and Oregon Technical Institute.  He served in the Air Force as a military...

Margaret L. “Meg” Murray, 94, of Ione died, Wednesday, May 5, 2021 at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. A graveside service will be held on Friday, May 14, 2021 at 1 p.m. at the Heppner Masonic Cemetery. She was born on July 12, 1926 at Salmon Creek, Washington, the daughter of George and Gertrude Hollingsworth Gwin. Meg was raised and attended school at Newberg, Oregon. After graduation from high school, she attended Oregon State University for a year. Throughout her life she...

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 in the Paradise Valley, Montana area. He was a graduate of Park County High School in Livingston and afterward he joined the Army Reserves and served for two...