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George Nazarian
March 8, 1941 - Oct. 10, 2001
George Nazarian of Bend died Oct. 10 of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. He was 60.
A private service will be held for him.
Mr. Nazarian was born March 8, 1941, an American citizen in Beirut, Lebanon. He married
Eve in 1968.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1959-1961. He graduated from Southwestern Law School with honors in 1972.
Mr. Nazarian practiced and taught Law in California from 1972-1990. In 1990 he moved to Seattle, where he chaired the mediation section of the Washington State Bar. He was also the director of Pierce County Dispute Resolution Center from 1993-1996. He moved to Bend in 1996.
He enjoyed hiking with the Trailpacers and participating with the Friends of Smith Rock in replanting trees.
Survivors include his wife of Bend; and two sons, Will and Max.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1135 SW Highland, Redmond 97756.
Deschutes Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Geneva (Skeen) Pankey
May 18, 1914 - Oct. 16, 2001
Geneva (Skeen) Pankey of Redmond died Tuesday of natural causes. She was 87.
A graveside service was held for her.
Mrs. Pankey was born May 18, 1941, in Palouse, Wash., to James and Minnie (Dailey) Skeen. She married
V.E. ”Turk” Pankey on Aug. 15, 1936, in Moscow, Idaho.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Pankey enjoyed gardening, flowers, fishing, camping and spending time with friends and family.
Survivors include her two sons, Larry of Redmond and Eric of Lacey, Wash.; two daughters, Linda Vallie of Redmond and Carolee Heater of Terrebonne; one sister, Norma Cowger of Prinston, Idaho; seven grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and three brothers.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Redmond, Sisters and Grant County.
Autumn Funerals is in charge of arrangements.
Msgr. William Sherald Stone
April 28, 1916 - Oct. 15, 2001
Msgr. William Sherald Stone of The Dalles died Monday at his home. He was 85.
Office of the Dead will be at 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Peter Catholic Church in The Dalles. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Peter Catholic Church. Burial will follow the service at The Dalles St. Peter Catholic cemetery.
Msgr. Stone was born April 28, 1916, in Athena to Dr. Alvin and Gertrude (Burnham) Stone. He graduated from St. Edward's Seminary in philosophical and theological studies. He did post-graduate work in Education, receiving a Master's of Arts degree.
He was ordained to the priesthood on June 15, 1943. In 1955 he became the first resident pastor of St. Patrick Church in Madras until October of 1961. In June of 1969 he served in Redmond. He was the Diocesan Superintendent of Schools from 1949 to 1962 and from 1973-1977.
Msgr. Stone was named a Prelate of Honor with the title of Monsignor in 1980. He retired and moved to Redmond in 1983. He received the Bishop Francis P. Leipzig Award from the Archdiocese Historical Commission of Oregon. He wrote the historical book, ”The Cross in the Middle of Nowhere, The History of the Catholic Church in Eastern Oregon.” He then moved back to The Dalles in 1999.
Survivors include his sister, Genevieve Gutfleisch.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers and a sister.
Memorial contributions may be made to Msgr. William Stone Scholarship fund at St. Mary's Academy, 1112 Cherry Heights Road, The Dalles 97058.
Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Ila McKinney Searls
March 21, 1929 - April 13, 2003
Ila McKinney Searls of Payette, Idaho died April 13 of natural causes. She was 74.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Chapel in Redmond. Burial will be at Pilot Butte cemetery in Bend.
Mrs. Searls was born March 21, 1929, in Grants Pass. She married
Stanley McKinney in 1943.
She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Searls enjoyed hunting and camping. She also enjoyed ballroom dancing, playing cards and watching western movies.
She lived most of her life in Central Oregon.
Survivors include her six sons, Gary McKinney of Portland, Alan McKinney of Torrance, Calif., Jim McKinney of Port Orchard, Wash., Mike McKinney of Indiana, Bert McKinney of Boise, Idaho and Curt McKinney of Fruitland, Idaho; three daughters, Rita McGough of Bozeman, Mont., Maggie McKinney of Montague, Calif., and Lisa McKinney of Ketchum, Idaho; 27 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her second and third husbands and a son.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Rainbow House of Bend in memory of her son Kenneth McKinney.
Nampa Funeral Home in Nampa, Idaho is in charge of arrangements.
Harley Elwin Guest
Feb. 18, 1914 - April 20, 2003
Harley Elwin Guest of Prineville died Sunday of natural causes. He was 89.
A private service will be held.
Mr. Guest was born on Feb. 18, 1914, in Brownville Junction, Maine to William and Lucy (Richardson) Guest. He attended school in Brownville Junction. He married
Dorothy Bunell on Sept. 24, 1939, in Seabrook, N.H.
He moved to California in 1949 and worked in the aeronautical industry. Mr. Guest worked for North American in Los Angeles and Ryan Aeronautical in San Diego. In 1960 he moved to Santa Maria and worked for Lockheed Martin. He retired from Pullman Power in San Louis Obisbo in 1984. After retirement he moved to Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., and to Prineville in 1999.
Mr. Guest was affiliated with the Elks Lodge in Pismo Beach, Calif., and the Masonic Lodge in Twenty-nine Palms.
He loved to barbecue.
Survivors include his wife of Prineville; and a daughter, Sharyn Jameson of Prineville.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother and two sisters.
Prineville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Dona Lee Lambert
Jan. 17, 1934 - April 21, 2003
Dona Lee Lambert of Prineville died Monday of natural causes. She was 69.
A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Prineville Funeral Home.
Mrs. Lambert was born Jan. 17, 1934, in Prairie City to Don and Lola Janney. She attended school in John Day. She married
Homer Lambert in 1971, in Winnemucca, Nev.
She worked for her husband at Lambert's Heavy Hauling from 1971 to 1981. She moved to Oregon City in 1981 and operated an Amway business with her husband. She moved to Prineville in 2001.
Mrs. Lambert was affiliated with the Christian faith.
She enjoyed being a homemaker and spending time with friends.
Survivors include her husband of Prineville; a son, Fred Moore of Fox; her mother of John Day; a brother, Gerald Janney of Dayville; five grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son and her father.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Red Cross or Salvation Army.
Prineville Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Tyrone Johnny Tewee
July 22, 1965 - April 21, 2003
Tyrone Johnny Tewee of Warm Springs died Monday of natural causes. He was 37.
A burial will be held at 9 a.m. today at Simnasho cemetery in Simnasho.
Mr. Tewee was born July 22, 1965, in Redmond to Loretta Tewee.
He worked as a mechanic for Warm Springs Forest Products.
Survivors include his two sons, Trever and Terence, both of Warm Springs; and a sister, Melanie Colwash of Pendleton.
He was preceded in death by his mother and two brothers.
Bel-Air Colonial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Jack Brown “Louie Louie” Ely
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and friend Jack Ely. Jack, 71, a native of Portland, Oregon died at his home in Redmond, Oregon Monday after battling an illness.
Jack was born September 11, 1943 to Cherie and Ken Ely and his sister Jill. Cherie remarried
following the death of Ken to Robely Nelson and a second sister Sharon completed their family. Jack’s love of music began at an early age at the piano guided by his mother and father whom both had an affinity for music. He knew he wanted to be a musician after seeing Elvis Presley on television as a kid.
Spurred on by his love of music Jack and friend Lynn Easton co-founded The Kingsmen in high school. Little did he know that playing supermarket openings and malt shops would later vault them to music icons.
Jack is best known for being the voice of Louie Louie notably one of the greatest rock-n-roll songs of the 20th century. Jack recorded the tune with the Kingsmen in a makeshift studio in 1962. The song went on to become an iconic rock track that rolls on today reaching #2 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 1963. In 2013 Rolling Stone ranked it 54th of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Louie Louie became such a sensation that kids across the country were singing along to the
raucous party song, the problem was that many couldn’t understand the garbled words which resulted from Jack’s singing into a boom mic high above his head. This led to allegations that the song was pornographic and an FBI investigation which concluded that the song “was unintelligible at any speed.”
Later, Jack was an outspoken supporter of the Performance Rights Act which would give royalty rights to artists for music played over the radio, was involved with Rockers Against Drugs and was part of the prevailing side in a landmark music rights case that was decided at the Supreme Court.
His most recent musical endeavor was the 2011 release of the CD Love is All Around You Now a compilation of original works.
Jack later settled in Terrebonne, Oregon and parlayed his second love: Arabian horses into a business, Equine Etiquette a horse training company. A cowboy at heart, he loved living in Central Oregon sporting his hat and boots and riding his horses.
No grass ever grew under Jack’s feet, as he took on life with an indomitable spirit moving with purpose from one endeavor to the next. If ever there were one who embodied the manifestation of Henry David Thoreau’s Walden it was him, for he truly sucked out the marrow of life.
For all he accomplished he shall be remembered, but at its core his ability to love was his greatest strength and success.
He was a Christian Scientist and played an active role in his church particularly as a soloist sharing his wide versatility in making music for the congregation. This is where he met and fell in love with Wendy Ely whom he married
and has shared his life these many years. She has taken loving care of him until his passing.
Jack is survived by his three children Rob Ely of Honolulu, Hawaii, Sean Ely of Portland, Oregon and Sierra Ely of Memphis, Tennessee, two daughters by marriage Crystal Rein and Sheri Christiansen, two sisters Jill Zander of Auburn, California and Sharon Laurence of Seattle, Washington, six grandchildren Zac, Bianca, Britany, Brandon, Kyler and Jordan and two great grandchildren Rietta and Jadeynn.
The family would like to extend heartfelt thanks the Hospice of Redmond as well as Baird Funeral Homes for helping Jack along in his final journey.
