The Wallowa County Sheriff’s Office received a public report of a deceased man on Upper Imnaha Valley Road near Forest Service Road 39, on the afternoon of Sunday, March 1. Sheriff’s Deputy Joe Reeves and Enterprise Police Department officer T.J. Miller answered the call.

The deceased man was identified as William Lee Fox, 78, of North Powder. Upon investigation, the two officers determined Fox had apparently walked some nine miles with a cane from where his pickup had become stuck in snow.

Sheriff Steve Rogers said Fox suffered from several medical conditions including a chronic lung disease. The sheriff’s office believes the death occurred from natural causes. Fox was taken to Bollman’s Funeral Home.