More than 160 deaths, near and far, noted in 2014
Published 1:59 am Monday, January 5, 2015
Here’s a rundown of the deaths reported in the Wallowa County Chieftain’s obituaries section during 2014.
Dorothy C. (Boyce) Keener, 76, of Clarkston, Wash., formerly of Joseph, died Dec. 7, 2013.
Former Wallowa County resident Helen (Mrs. Bud) Houck died Dec. 8, 2013, in Dallas, Ore.
Frank H. Wolf, 87, of Manzanita, formerly of Wallowa, died Dec. 9, 2013.
Marcelle McCrae-Reavis, 79, of Portland, formerly of Wallowa, died Dec. 24, 2013, in Portland.
Arnold J. Fredrick, 101, of Punaluu, Hawaii, formerly of Wallowa County, died Dec. 21, 2013, in Punaluu.
Mary Eva Phillips, 87, of Joseph, died Dec. 11, 2013.
Iconic Wallowa County rancher Jack McClaran, 87, of Enterprise, died Dec. 27, 2013.
Mildred Fisher, 94, Enterprise, died Dec. 30, 2013.
Marilyn Frances Miller, 88, of Keizer, formerly of Enterprise, died Dec. 26, 2013.
Wallowa County native Roberta Boyd Johnson, 90, died Dec. 2, 2013, in Spokane, Wash.
Enterprise native Edna Sue Perrin, 73, of Hermiston, died Jan. 7, 2014, in Portland.
Randy Davis, 53, of Enterprise, died Jan. 7, 2014.
Robert D. Hobbs, 72, of Joseph, died Jan. 9, 2014.
Wallowa native James Monteith, 92, died in Medford on Dec. 10, 2013.
Myron J. Stein, 91, of Enterprise, died Jan. 13, 2014.
Virginia Beeghly, 84, died in Enterprise on Jan. 16, 2014.
Elizabeth Beaudoin, 88, of Enterprise, died Jan. 17, 2014, in Peoria, Ariz.
Gail Eagan, 62, of Wallowa, died Jan. 18, 2014.
Former Imnaha resident Frank Scott, 67, died Jan. 15, 2014, in Washington.
Evelyn Wagner, 94, of Enterprise, died Jan. 23, 2014.
Floyd Moser, 73, of Joseph, died Jan. 17, 2014, in Spokane, Wash.
Donald Johnston, 57, of Hamilton, Mont., formerly of Wallowa County, died Jan. 23, 2014.
Enterprise native Joyce McFetridge, 90, died Jan. 16, 2014.
Larry Cole, 63, Enterprise, died Jan. 19, 2014.
Lois Blankinship, 87, Enterprise, died Jan. 30, 2014.
Llary Peterson, 77, of Joseph, died Jan. 17, 2014.
Dr. Boyd Crane, 82, of Sandy, formerly of Wallowa County, died Feb. 1, 2014.
Lila Emmons, 97, of Milton-Freewater, formerly of Enterprise, died Jan. 29, 2014, in Walla Walla, Wash.
Elgin resident John Harvey, 49, formerly of Wallowa County, died Jan. 30, 2014, in Boise.
Vernon “Dick” Hammack, 84, of Enterprise, died Jan. 31, 2014.
Barbara (Tippett) Fredrick, 89, of Punaluu, Hawaii, formerly of Wallowa County, died Feb. 6, 2014, in Punaluu.
Enterprise native Mary (Zurcher) Goldberg, 76, of Salem, died Feb. 1, 2014.
Joseph native Edward Berry, 59, of Brookings, died Feb. 4, 2014.
Linda Hutchinson, 68, of John Day, formerly of Enterprise, died Feb. 12, 2014, in Boise.
Longtime Wallowa resident Richard “Rick” Jeffers, 68, died Feb. 15, 2014.
Marlyn Riggs, 66, of Enterprise, died Feb. 17, 2014, in Tri-Cities, Wash.
Former Wallowa resident Nancy Brooks, 74, died Feb. 20, 2014, in Happy Valley.
Jeanne Bridges, 90, of Joseph, died Feb. 25, 2014, in Paradise, Calif.
Joanne Thompson, 79, of Enterprise, died Feb. 21, 2014.
Billie Moore, 82, of Imnaha, died March 2, 2014.
Alyce Guerassio, 90, of Enterprise, died March 8, 2014.
John Martin, 70, of Enterprise, died March 7, 2014, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
Jerry Melville, 90, of Enterprise, died March 10, 2014.
Max Graybeal, 88, formerly of Wallowa Lake, died March 10, 2014, in Casa Grande, Ariz.
Wallowa County native Thelma Hender, 91, died March 11, 2014, in Walla Walla, Wash.
Mary Hayes, 92, of Joseph, died March 10, 2014.
Harry McNall, 62, Enterprise, died March 11, 2014.
Erik Besola, 56, Enterprise, died March 12, 2014.
Raymond Combes, 86, of Joseph, died March 15, 2014.
Former Wallowa County resident Nancy Doty, of Astoria, died March 16, 2014.
Betty Walker, 84, of Woodland, Calif., formerly of Wallowa County, died March 6, 2014.
Geraldine “Jerry” Melville, 90, of Enterprise, died March 10, 2014.
La Grande resident Betty Graham, 90, who used to raise trees in Wallowa County, died March 10, 2014.
Wallowa County resident Robert “Bobby” Baker, 44, died March 17, 2014.
Debra (Holmes) Thompson, 59, of Joseph, died March 28, 2014.
Mavor Shirley, 89, of Joseph, died April 8, 2014.
Howard McKinney, 88, Wallowa, died April 15, 2014.
Patricia Combes, 83, of Joseph, died April 11, 2014.
John Gray, 67, Enterprise, died April 21, 2014.
Sharon Spriggs-Flanders, 52, of Enterprise, died April 25, 2014.
Richard Branch, 62, Wallowa, died April 23, 2014.
Wayne Marks, 95, of Imnaha, died April 26, 2014.
Ervin Fred Botts, 98, of Enterprise, died Saturday, May 3, 2014.
Donna Craig, 47, of Wallowa, died April 24, 2014, in Rawlins, Wyo.
Joseph native William E. Bedingfield, of Tacoma, died April 25, 2014, at the age of 87.
Connie Lynn Martin of Enterprise died April 28, 2014, at the age of 51.
James W. Plumlee, 90, died May 8, 2014, at his home in Joseph.
Jeffrey Lee Lamy, 76, of Hillsboro, died May 5, 2014.
Norma Lenora Simmons, 92, of Enterprise, died May 13, 2014.
Ruth Marie Shuman, 76, of Lostine, died May 3, 2014, in Yuma, Ariz.
Garald Botts, 93, of Joseph, died May 11, 2014.
Melvin Vern Marshall, 89, of Payette, Idaho, died May 25, 2014. He was buried in Wallowa.
Beverly Jean (Gentry) (Hamilton) Sidoti, 81, of Joseph, died May 18, 2014.
Francis Neil “Bud” Stangel, 89, a farmer, pilot, equipment repairman, and restorer of beautiful classic cars, died in Enterprise on May 31, 2014.
Rick Smith, 67, formerly of Enterprise, passed away on May 24, 2014, in West Jordan, Utah,
Alvin Carmen Kuhn, 87, of Enterprise, died June 3, 2014.
Delbert Pratt, 87, of Enterprise, died June 9, 2014, in Turner.
Mary G. Corson, 89, of La Grande, formerly of Wallowa, died June 4, 2014.
Scott Paul “Sparky” Cruikshank of Alaska, a former Wallowa County resident, died April 18, 2014, at the age of 57.
Jane Lorraine (Lust) Williams, 89, a longtime Joseph resident, died June 10, 2014.
Helen Pearl Moncrief of Enterprise died June 18, 2014, at the age of 89.
Enterprise native Marjorie Ann Effinger, 89, of Atwater, Calif., died June 12, 2014.
Otis E. Johnson, 84, of Middleton, Idaho, died June 29, 2014, in Boise. He was buried in Lostine.
Debbie Thompson, 59, died March 28, 2014.
Louis R. Knueven of Joseph died July 6, 2014, at the age of 78.
Marjorie L. McClaran, 86, of Enterprise, died July 2, 2014.
Sally Mackin-Wilson, 75, of Nezperce, Idaho, mother of Jill Moncrief of Enterprise, died July 4, 2014.
Ruth Marie (Hunter) Shuman, 76, of Lostine, died May 3, 2014, at her seasonal home in Yuma, Ariz.
John Malcolm Dawson, 67, a native of Wallowa County, died July 12, 2014, in Portland.
Steve T. Larson, 65, of Wallowa Lake, died July 11, 2014.
Arthur LeeRoy Galbraith of Joseph died July 11, 2014, at the age of 77.
Marjorie Jeanne (Dalton) Searles of College Place, Wash., 93, formerly of Enterprise and Joseph, died July 11, 2014, in Milton-Freewater.
Wallowa native Catherine Arlene Landis Decker, 75, died July 14, 2014, in Wallowa.
Frances Wingfield of Enterprise died July 20, 2014, at a nursing home in Tualatin at the age of 89.
Albert B. Grissom, 83, of Enterprise, died July 16, 2014.
Rayford Guillory, 91, of Wallowa, died July 20, 2014.
Charles Robert Moore, 70, of Joseph, died July 20, 2014.
Russell “Russ” Carlyle Roundy, 65, a 1967 Joseph High grad who went on to a distinguished career in medicine, died July 27, 2014, in Joseph.
Robert “Bob” Eugene Doty, 72, of Pasco, Wash., formerly of Enterprise, died July 22, 2014.
Barry Lee Anderson, 23, of Enterprise, died July 24, 2014.
Dan A. DeBoie, 95, of Joseph, died July 23, 2014, in Joseph.
Robert Marlin Moore, 75, of Lewiston, Idaho, formerly of Enterprise, died July 7, 2014.
Kent Weaver, 51, of Enterprise, died July 29, 2014.
Edna Roundy, 95, of Joseph, died Aug. 1, 2014, in Joseph.
Erma “Bonnie” Troedel, 83, of Albany, formerly of Wallowa County, died Aug. 2, 2014.
Kent Allen Weaver, 51, of Enterprise, died July 29, 2014.
Neal Skillings, 81, of Wallowa, died Aug. 9, 2014, in Wallowa.
Former rancher, lifelong home arts talent, and gifted raiser of peonies Anne Oveson, 94, of Wallowa, died Aug. 8, 2014.
Wallowa County native Phillip Robert Prince, 59, died Aug. 8, 2014, in rural Joseph.
Virginia Cunningham, 91, of Eugene, died Aug. 1, 2014.
George Hall, 69, of Pilot rock, died Aug. 4, 2014.
Wallowa County native Delbert Denney, 92, of St. Helens, died May 17, 2014.
Jane Oertly, 94, of rural Enterprise, died Aug. 13, 2014.
Joyce Freudenbert, 99, of Grants Pass, formerly of Enterprise, died Aug. 20, 2014.
Ricarda Luise McConnell, 84, of Enterprise, died Aug. 22, 2014.
Carleen Sue Sasser, 76, of Enterprise, died Aug. 22, 2014, in Spokane, Wash.
Sally Jo Weaver, 78, of rural Wallowa, died Aug. 26, 2014, in Walla Walla, Wash.
Cheryl Bennett, 67, formerly of Wallowa County, died Aug. 31, 2014.
Colter James Bronson, 27, of Wallowa County, died Sept. 15, 2014.
Lillie (Hahn) Robinson, 89, of Beaverton, a native of Wallowa County, died Sept. 4, 2014, in Hillsboro.
Clarice Arquette, 78, Medford, formerly of Wallowa, died Sept. 7, 2014.
Lynn Burton, 60, of Grangeville, Idaho, died Sept. 14, 2014.
Muriel Joyce Brines “Cubby” Falknor, 91, Elmira, formerly of Wallowa, died July 29, 2014.
Robert Nelson, 91, of Enterprise, died Sept. 19, 2014.
Donna Floyd, 90, Lostine, died Sept. 18, 2014.
Stanley Nuxall Sr., 72, of Naches, Wash., a native of Enterprise, died Sept. 18, 2014, in Naches.
Dorothy Gilbert, 90, of Enterprise, died Sept. 14, 2014.
Dr. Russell Lee Belknap, 80, a past leader in wilderness efforts in Northeast Oregon, died Aug. 25, 2014, at his ranch in Twickenham.
Donald Bailey “Bud” Maxwell, 89, of Enterprise, died Sept. 24, 2014.
Wallowa County Search & Rescue team member Samuel Bowman, 57, of Enterprise, died in a woodcutting accident Oct. 6, 2014.
Bonnie Lou Stockdale, 90, of Enterprise, died Oct. 10, 2014.
William Mauck, 92, of Enterprise, died Sept. 5, 2014.
Donna Floyd, 90, of Lostine, died Sept. 18, 2014.
Twyla Harmon, 77, a native of Enterprise, died Oct. 8, 2014, in Beaverton.
Faron Forrest Reynolds, 49, of Milton-Freewater, died Sept. 30, 2014.
Lucille Appleman, 92, died Oct. 8, 2014, in Richland, Wash.
James Harmon, 81, of Fallon, Nev., died Oct. 16, 2014.
Eugene Yates, 79, of Joseph, died Oct. 20, 2014.
Marie Elizabeth Taylor, 91, of Yakima, Wash., died Nov. 2, 2014.
Dagget McDaniel “Dee” Hays, 69, formerly of Enterprise, died Nov. 2, 2014, in Portland.
Seth Daniel Roberts, 23, a native of Wallowa County, died Oct. 29, 2014, at his home in Bend.
Sonja Johnson, 23, of Asotin, Wash., died in a car accident Nov. 10, 2014.
Nancy A. Peterson, 77, of Damascus, formerly of Pendleton, died Nov. 7, 2014.
Gerald “Jerry” Kiesecker, 71, of Milton-Freewater, formerly of Joseph, died Nov, 15, 2014.
Wallowa County resident Johnny Lee Renfroe, 66, died Nov. 13, 2014.
John A. “Jack” Campbell, 71, Wallowa, died Nov. 22, 2014, in La Grande.
Theo Grote, 94, of Enterprise, died Nov. 21, 2014.
Betsy “Betty” Ellen Holloran Conrad, 84, of Wallowa, died Nov. 24, 2014.
Min Plass McLain, 93, of Elgin, formerly of Wallowa County, died Nov. 19, 2014.
Doris Daniel, 86, Livermore, Calif., a Wallowa County native who used to operate a Linotype machine at the Wallowa County Chieftain, died Dec. 1, 2014, in Fremont, Calif.
William “Bill” Olen Immoos, 76, of Richland, died Nov. 16, 2014.
Enterprise native Lee Harrison “Swede” Pace, 63, of Hermiston, died Dec. 1, 2014, in Richland, Wash.
Robert Ward, 74, of Enterprise, died Dec. 8, 2014.
Robert Brian Boyd, 59, of Enterprise, died Dec. 19, 2014.
Karla J. Eschler, 74, of Joseph, died Dec. 24, 2014.
Thomas S. Hutchison, 71, of Joseph, died Dec. 23, 2014.
Wallowa High grad Michael “Mike” Beidler, 67, of Halfway, died Nov. 29, 2014.
Helen Stuart Stonebrink, 91, of Fruita, Colo., formerly of Wallowa County, died Nov. 20, 2014.
Longtime Joseph ranch wife Betty Jane Van Blaricom, 88, died Dec. 26, 2014, in Joseph.
Kenneth Nevin, 49, of La Grande, formerly of Lostine, died Dec. 28, 2014, in Boise.
Charlene Berry, 76, of Elgin, formerly of Wallowa, died Dec. 25, 2014, in Boise.