Wasco County OR Archives Obituaries.....Harjo, Justin Lee July 31, 2005
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The Dalles Chronicle, August 5, 2005
     Justin Lee Harjo, 24, a resident of Great Falls, Mont., died Sunday, July 
31, in a car accident in Wheatland, Wyo.
     He was born in Spokane on Feb. 24, 1981, to Susan Lacock-Harjo Eddy. 
He attended Dry Hollow Elementary School and The Dalles Middle School. He 
graduated from The Dalles High School in 1999, where he served as an ASB 
officer. He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America, The Dalles Little 
League, First Christian Church youth group, The Dalles Wrestling Club, Babe 
Ruth Baseball, The Dalles Police Explorers and American Legion Baseball. 
     During his high school years, he was involved in football, cross country, 
wrestling, baseball, and track and field for The Dalles High. He served in the 
U.S. Navy following high school, then moved to Seattle, where he worked in the 
radio business and sales. In 2004, he moved to Great Falls, Mont., to attend 
the University of Great Falls. He majored in psychology and was a member of 
the college wrestling team.
     He enjoyed reading, weight training, snowboarding, music, hiking, camping 
and spending time in the great outdoors, as well as spending time with his 
family and friends. 
     He is survived by his fiancée Becky Radiel; his parents Richard and Susan 
Eddy, The Dalles; his brother Erich Harjo and sister-in-law Danica, Boardman; 
a stepbrother Jaron Eddy and stepsister Chelsea Eddy; grandparents Herb and 
Marie Lacock; uncles Allen Lacock and Chuck Lacock and his wife Julie, all of 
The Dalles; an aunt and uncle, Pamela and Don Strickling, Orting, Wash.; 
cousins Jennifer and Andy Strickling, and Kathleen and Brandon Lacock. He is 
also survived by his stepgrandparents Mert James of The Dalles and Nick and 
Susie Eddie of Vale; as well as numerous great uncles, great aunts and second 
cousins.
     A celebration of life memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 13, at 
11 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church in The Dalles.
     Memorials may be made to the Justin Harjo Memorial Fund at the Bank of 
America in The Dalles. The donations will be used for wrestling scholarships 
to both The Dalles High School and the University of Great Falls.


Additional Comments:
Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, 
Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006).


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