Virginia "Jenny" Adare Stevens

Virginia Adare Stevens was born May 1, 1901 in Sisters, OR. She was daughter to George Stevens ans Sarah Fransis Cobb. She married Otis Buck in 1920. In the 1940-50's Virginia and Otis played drums and piano for their family dance band "The Merrymakers". In 1979 She was the Queen Prineville in the Prineville Parade. In 1990 she died in Prineville, OR.

Otis "Buck" McKinnon

Otis McKinnon was born May 23, 1898 in Burns, OR. He was son of Ellis McKinnon and Sarah Jane Wilson. He married Virginia "Jenny" Adare Stevens in 1920 in Prineville, OR. In 1920 he got his first job for the Oregon Highway Department and ended his job in 1951. In 1935 he was part of the Oregon Fair board and helped with many fairs. 1940 was the year he became a drummer for "The Merrymakers" and was with them for part of the 40's. In 1951 he died of a heart attack in Prineville, OR

Janet Gail McKinnon Hodgers

      Janet was born on Aug. 26, 1944 in Vincennes, Indiana. She is the daughter of George Ellis McKinnon and Mary Jane Houk. She married John Henry Hodgers on June 10, 1967 in Redmond, OR, Deschutes County. He was born Jan. 25, 1941 in Nogales, Mexico. He is the son of Hector Manuel Hodgers and Carmen Leonila Ramirez.
      Janet (Jan) went to school in Redmond, OR for grades 1-12. She later would attend the college Oregon State Univ. in Corvallis, OR. She also learned Bachelor or Arts Languages at Portland State Univ. In 1967, after graduating she became a Spanish teacher at Hillsboro Highschool. A year later she was still teaching at the same school but she was now working as a Language Arts and Social Studies teacher in. By 2001 Janet was active in many book clubs and many hiking adventures. She had a great love for the outdoors and the many secrets that there were to discover. In 2002 she moved from Redmond to Bend, OR.

George Ellis McKinnon

George Ellis McKinnon was born on the 17 of March 1929 in Prineville, OR. He was the son of Otis "Buck" McKinnon and Virginia "Jenny" Adare Stevens. He married Mary Jane Houk on January 17, 1942 in Redmond, OR. She was born on May 14,1920 and died April of 2005. She is the daughter of Porter McKinley and Mary Laxson. He died September 9 1967 in Private Plane crash.











  

Michael Douglas McKinnon

Published: November 02. 2010 4:00AM PST

Michael Douglas McKinnon

Feb. 14, 1947 - October 30, 2010

Michael Douglas McKinnon passed away after a courageous battle with lymphoma.

Mike was born on Hospital Hill in Bend, Oregon, on February 14, 1947, to George and Mary Jane (Houk) McKinnon. He grew up in Redmond, attending Redmond schools, participating in 4-H and athletics. He graduated from Oregon State University with degrees in business and agriculture. Mike opened McKinnon Insurance Agency in Redmond, Oregon, in the 1970s and later, with partners, started Century Insurance Group in 1996 in Bend, Oregon. He stayed true to his lifelong passion of developing and maintaining ranches throughout the Central Oregon area. His grandfather, Mack Houk, along with two friends, started the Deschutes County Fair. Mike followed in his grandfather's and father's footsteps by serving as a board member and the president of the Deschutes County Fair Association and member of the Deschutes County Fair Board. He was later honored as Grand Marshall of the Deschutes County Fair.

Mike had three children with his first wife, Alison Hamlin. In 1985, he married Teri Coates Blodgett and together they raised their five children. Mike had a desire to experience all aspects of life. He enjoyed hunting, running, skiing, river rafting, traveling the world, ranching, barbecuing, and of course, entertaining his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, Teri, sons, Steve McKinnon, Mark (Casey) McKinnon, daughters, Julia Cooper, Jessica (Chris) Intlekofer, Megan Blodgett, ten grandchildren, sister, Jan (John) Hodgers, brothers, Dick (Mollie) McKinnon and Jim (Nancy) McKinnon, and many nieces and nephews.

Mike McKinnon

Mary Jane Houk McKinnon

Mary Jane Houk McKinnon (aka "Grammy") : Grammy was born in Redmond, 
Oregon in 1920. She went all through school in Redmond, then went on 
to Oregon State University where she graduated in 1941. She was an 
excellent student and very smart. However, she was in college in a 
time that many men thought a woman shouldn't be in school because they 
weren't smart enough. She proved them wrong by graduating at the top 
of her University class! She met George Ellis McKinnon in 1940. He 
was also going to Oregon State University and needed a ride from 
Prineville to Corvallis one winter. Since Jane had a car, he caught a 
ride with her, and it was "love at first sight"! They married in 
1942, just before he went off to World War II. She followed him 
around the country while he was in training to be a pilot in the Army 
AirForce. A few months before he left, Jane & George had their first 
child, Janet Gail (Nana!!). George was a pilot with the 8th Air 
Force, had the rank of Captain and flew C47's over the Burma Hump. 
While George was in the war, Jane & baby Janet lived with her parents, 
Mary & Mack Houk. After the war, Jane & George with baby Janet went 
back to OSU where George finished his education. They then returned 
to Redmond as they bought into the Ford Dealership. Grammy always was 
the office manager, bookeeper & secretary for the entire business. 
She also had 3 more children - Mike, Dick, & Jim. She was very active 
in many of Redmond's organizations, always being the leader. Because 
of all her achievements, in 1970 she was listed in the Who's Who of 
Oregon Women. She was very proud of this award. After George died in 
a plane crash in 1967, she went back to OSU to get her education 
degree, then taught for the next 20 years in Culver, a small town 
between Redmond & Madras. She was THE business department teaching 
typing, shorthand, and bookkeeping. After retirement in 1987, she took 
up traveling around the country in her motor home. This was an 
extraordinary activity for a woman her age since most women her age 
were taught to stay at home. In about 1996 she sold her motor home, 
and for the rest of her life she dreamed of getting another and going 
on the road again! She died in April, 2005.

Mary Louisa Laxson Houk

Mary Louisa Laxson Houk: Mary was born in Black Water, Missouri in 
1897, also 101 years before you were born. When she was 9 years old 
her family took the train from Missouri to Portland, Oregon along with 
many of her family members. She had 1 brother and 4 sisters. She 
went through school in Portland, then met Mack (that's what he was 
always called) in church. They married in 1917. She worked in a 
department store in Portland until she and Mack moved to Redmond, 
Oregon. She always helped out in the Ford business as secretary. Her 
daughter, Jane, was born in 1920, and a son in 1924. She was a member 
in many of Redmond's activities and organizations, including being a 
Girls Scout Leader and the Eastern Star. She loved to bowl, and won 
many trophies. In 1937 she and Mack, along with their children 
traveled from Redmond to Washington DC and back pulling a trailer. 
This was in the early days of trailers and everywhere they went people 
wanted to peek inside to see this new way of traveling! Grandma Mary 
was a wonderful cook who always had something special for us to eat. 
She was active until she died in 1979.

Porter McKinley Houk

PORTER: Porter "Mack" McKinley Houk was born 101 years after you, in 
1897 in North Cove, Washington. He had 3 brothers (Otto, Guy, Lester) 
& 1 sister (Ila). He grew up in South Bend, Washington where his 
father (George Lewis) drove a stagecoach, and his mother (Laura 
Richman) had a candy & ice cream store. He finished out the 9th grade 
in Portland, Oregon and went to work as an office boy for Standard Oil 
Company. By 1917 he had met his future wife (Mary Laxson) in church. 
In 1918 he was called up for World War I, and only got as far as 
Seattle where he got appendicitis and had to be discharged and sent 
home back to Portland. He married Mary in 1917. In 1919 he traveled 
to Redmond, Oregon to join his brother, Otto, as owners of the Ford 
Dealerships in Redmond & Prineville. In 1920 his daughter, Mary 
"Jane", was born. (Your Great-grandmother!) Four years later his son, 
Richard, was born. Mack was very active in the Redmond community. He 
helped start the Deschutes County Fair, was a charter member of the 
golf club, and was active in promoting Redmond as a great place to 
live. He also helped build the Redmond airport by supplying the big 
equipment to clear the land for the runway and terminal. He continued 
as owner of the Ford dealerships until he sold them, the Redmond 
dealership sold to his daughter & husband George Ellis McKinnon. He 
and Mary retired in 1955 and spent many years in Arizona during the 
winters. They both loved camping and had a trailer they pulled all 
over the West during the summers. He died in 1988.