Year in Review – 2008 Obituaries
Published 4:00 pm Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Lorraine Ada Vance, 84, formerly of Joseph, died Dec. 22, 2007.
Eugenia (Genie) Wright, Enterprise, died Dec. 24, 2007.
Donald Dean Rynearson, 76, Enterprise, died Dec. 27, 2007.
Paul J. Yost, 87, longtime Wallowa County rancher, died Dec. 19, 2007.
Jack Delbert Cornwell, 81, Joseph, died in Boise Dec. 2, 2007.
Charles R. Young, 94, former Imnaha and Zumwalt area rancher, died Jan. 9, 2008.
John W. Kassahn, 58, Enterprise, died Jan. 9, 2008.
“Whistlin'” Jack Jarman, 92, longtime Wallowa Lake resident and business owner, died Jan. 7, 2007.
Kenneth Hale, 90, of Wallowa, died Jan. 13, 2008.
Rufus “Sy” Gilbert 89, Enterprise, died Jan 27, 2008, in Walla Walla, Wash.
Nancy Dressler Beck of Enterprise died Jan. 30, 2008, in Portland at age 70.
Ferol Farmer Kent, 76, former resident of Joseph, died Jan. 18, in California.
Robert Douglas Best, 80, Beaverton, an Enterprise High School graduate, died Jan. 25, 2008.
Opal Lenore Bates died at age 83; a service was held Feb. 11, 2008, in Dewey, Ariz.
Nadine J. Swisher, 79, Enterprise, died Feb. 11, 2008.
Charles (Chuck) Roberts, Jr., 58, Enterprise, died Jan. 28, 2008, at OHSU in Portland.
Samuel Loftus, 84, longtime Imnaha area resident, died Feb. 3, 2008, in Pendleton.
Stephen Frank Doak, a Wallowa County native, died Jan. 17, 2008, in Gervais.
Jack Chapman, 78, who lived in Lostine as a child, died Feb. 8, 2008, in California.
Darrell Skillings, 67, a lifelong resident of Wallowa, died Feb. 14, 2008.
William Roberts “Bob” Peterson, 67, Wallowa Lake, died Feb. 12, 2008, in Walla Walla.
Mae Roop Schriver, 95, of Milwaukie, a native of Wallowa, died Feb. 8, 2008.
Helen Houck Alford, a native of Wallowa County, died at the age of 78.
Dorothy Irene Dulin, 90, died Feb. 20, 2008; services were held at the Lostine Cemetery.
Myrtha L. Storm, 79, died Feb. 5, 2008; she attended a one-room school at Imnaha as a child.
Sarah Katherine Juve, 32, Enterprise, died Feb. 21, 2008.
Jacqueline Marie Tippett, 59, died Feb. 26, 2008, at her home in Joseph.
Jack Randall Duggan, 81, of Flora, died March 28, 2008.
JoAnn Plass, 75, a native of Wallowa, died March 17, 2008.
Fern Francis Wortman, 82, of Redmond, a Wallowa High School graduate, died March 28, 2008.
Vinita Ruth Smith, 90, a lifelong resident of Wallowa County, died March 8, 2008.
Avonne “Von” Hinton LeaMaster, of Haines, a Wallowa County native, died March 22, 2008.
Edna Lorene Rinehart, 80, died March 15, 2008, in Aloha.
Larry Edward Gibson, 60, of Alder Slope, died April 5, 2008, of cancer.
Janet McElhannon, 64, a resident of Wallowa county since 2000, died in Spokane, Wash., April 1, 2008.
Glen Edward Madison, 92, Clarkston, Wash., died April 3, 2008.
Graveside services for Michael Frazier of Clarkston, Wash., who died at age 63, were held April 12, 2008, at Wallowa Cemetery.
George Jones, 71, a former Wallowa resident, died March 26, 2008, in Mulberry, Tenn.
Clara “Boots” Jeffreys, 83, Lewiston, Idaho, died April 5, 2008.
Rosalynn M. Lindstrom, 58, of Halfway, died March 22, 2008.
Myrna Witherrite of Imnaha, 71, died March 18, 2008.
Warren Jauregui, 76, recently of Enterprise, died Feb. 12, 2008, in his hometown of Vista, Calif.
Donald David Wroe, 79, of Imnaha, formerly of Baker City, died Dec. 27, 2007.
Doris Ann Swisher Helm, 60, of Enterprise, died April 10, 2008, in Lewiston.
Mary Lee Running, 82, a native of Wallowa, died April 10, 2008.
David Lee Burrows, 94, Wallowa, died April 12, 2008.
Frank Bankovish, 81, died April 12, 2008, at his Wallowa home.
Catherine A. Ward, 81, of Enterprise, died April 13, 2008, at her home.
Russell Clark Thiesen of Joseph died April 19, 2008.
James E. Kanyon, 87, Joseph, died April 16, 2008.
Steven Warren Homan, 52, a native of Enterprise, died April 13, 2008, at his home in Echo.
Tess Ward, 81, Joseph, died April 13, 2008, at her home on the banks of the Wallowa River.
James Daniel Morgan, 86, a part-time resident of Eden Bench in Wallowa County, died April 16, 2008, in Deming, N.M.
David Joseph Troutman, 72, Hillsboro, died April 18, 2008.
Barbara Jean Parker, 73, Joseph, died April 19, 2008.
Maragaret Lindbloom, 93, died April 10, 2008, at Wallowa Valley Care Center in Enterprise.
Helen Biggs Paradis, 85, who was born in Wallowa County, died April 22, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
Margie Schwendemann, 87, formerly of Wallowa County, died April 26, 2008, in Portland.
Flroence Haslep, 87, Wallowa, died April 30, 2008,
Joy Marion Bartmess, 89, Enterprise, died May 4, 2008, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
Edith C. Green, Joseph, died at the age of 105 on May 8, 2008, at Wallowa Valley Care Center.
Orval R Landers, 86, Wallowa, died Feb. 6, 2008.
Dolores “Dee” Duncan, 81, died May 9, 2008, in Enterprise.
Roy E. Collins, 87, Wallowa, died May 12, 2008.
Cpl. Jessica A. Ellis of Bend was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, May 11, 2008. (Her father, Steve Ellis, is Wallowa-Whitman National Forest supervisor.)
A memorial service for Pierre Beaudoin, who died Jan. 25, 2008, will be held May 24.
Raymond C. Brown, recently of Troy, died May 12, 2008, in Lewiston, Idaho.
Harriet Irene (Horton) Scott, 90, of Wallowa, died May 15, 2008.
Lynn Arden Miller, 78, Joseph, died at home on May 14, 2008.
Rita Albee, 92, a former resident of Joseph, died May 20, 2008, in Walla Walla, Wash.
Charles Wayne “Chuck” Fleser, owner of the Minam Motel, died at the age of 56.
William Thomas Jackson, 64, of Enterprise, died June 2, 2008.
Ann Santino Lowden, 88, died May 4, 2008, in North Reading.
LaNeva Fordice, formerly a long time resident of Enterprise, died June 7, 2008, in Pendleton.
Beverly J. Huffman Homan, 88, Enterprise, died June 4, 2007, at Wallowa Valley Care Center.
Maude Isabelle Gibbs, 98, a Wallowa County native, died May 30, 2008, in Lyle, Wash.
Donald Henry Davis, lifelong resident of Wallowa County, died June 14, 2008, in Grants Pass.
Keith Lyle Waters, 64, of Joseph, longtime maintenance supervisor for the city of Joseph, died June 21, 2008.
Services for Grace Thompson, 95, of Joseph who died April 28, 2008, will be held June 28.
A celebration of life for Mike McFetridge, who died June 6, 2008, at age 99, will be held June 29, 2008, at the VFW Hall in Enterprise.
Sally Ann Crawford, 64, died June 20, 2008, at her home in Puyallup, Wash., after a long and valiant battle against cancer.
Lillian Maxine Macauley, 96 of Milton-Freewater, a native of Wallowa County, died June 22, 2008.
Michael Bryce Farmer Sr., 69, died June 16, 2008, in his Wallowa home.
Ferol Kent of Joseph died Jan. 18, 2008, at her winter home in Escondido, Calif.
Zella Mae Twidwell Conner, 91, died July 3, 2008, in Corvallis
Deborah K. Fisher, 52, of Joseph died in a drowning accident July 8, 2008.
Rachel Ann Sutphin, 82, a former Enterprise High School librarian, died June 29, 2008.
Alfred ‘Big Al’ William Fregulia, 88, of Enterprise died July 11, 2008.
Carlene Earley, 71, of Seward, Alaska, died at Providence Seward Medical Center with her family by her side.
Willard Harry “Bill” Boyd, 65, a native of Wallowa County, died July 23, 2008, at his La Grande residence.
Larry Jerome Whitney, 78, died July 8, 2008 at his Vader, Wash. home.
Charles Everett “Chuck” Roberts, 89, of Enterprise, died July 28, 2008.
Edward Estabrook, 77, died July 22, 2008, at his home in Lostine.
Jesse James Savage, 52, of Lostine, died July 24, 2008, in a logging accident.
Alta Mae (Reece) Daggett, 89, of Enterprise died July 28, 2008, at the Wallowa Valley Care Center.
Fern Francis (Garrett) Wortman, 82, of Redmond died March 28, 2008.
Loretta Foster, 67, of Enterprise died at her home on Aug. 15, 2008.
Raymond Elzie Makin, 64, of Wallowa died Aug. 15, 2008.
Donald H. Davis, 96, of Enterprise died Saturday, June 14, 2008. A memorial service will be held Aug. 30.
William L. (Bill) Genney, 63, formerly of Wallowa County, died Aug. 13, 2008.
Dwight Botts, 79, of Anatone, Wash., died Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Lewiston.
Lois Martha Tippett died Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008, in Clarkston, Wash.
Gladys M. Bowen Courtney died Aug. 28, 2008, at a care center in Troutdale.
Arthur Levi Learn, 88, a former resident of Wallowa, died Sept. 5, 2008.
Lola Opal Gibbs, 84, of Enterprise, died Sept. 6, 2008.
William A. “Art” Day, 96, a native of Enterprise, died Sept. 4, 2008, at his home in Pilot Rock.
Funeral services for Nadine Swisher and Doris Swisher Helm will be held Sept. 20, 2008, at Lostine Cemetery.
Sandra Lynne Coreson, 64, of Enterprise died Sept. 10, 2008 in Enterprise after a battle with lung cancer.
Donald David Miller, 91, died Sept. 12, 2008 at his home in Wallowa.
Arthur G. “Art” Vaughn, 74, a former mayor of Enterprise, died Sept. 18, 2008, at his home in Umatilla.
Wythle E. Downs, 92, Pendleton, a native of Wallowa County, died Sept. 25, 2008.
Mildred Lively, 89, of John Day died Sept. 25, 2008; a graveside service will be held Oct. 3 at Wallowa Cemetery.
Sue Ellen Hotchkiss, 68, of Wilsonville, died Sept. 26, 2008, in her home.
Kasey Clifton O’Leary, 16, of Enterprise died Aug. 18, 2008, at OHSU, following a one-vehicle accident on Lime Quarry Road on Aug. 15, 2008.
David “Dave” Wayne Johnson, 60, of Enterprise died Sept. 22, 2008, of cancer.
Emory Newell Stubblefield, 94, a native of the Hells Canyon region of Idaho, died Oct. 3, 2008, at his home in Walla Walla, Wash.
Richard R. Shortridge, 54, a native of Wallowa County, died in Walla Walla, Wash., on Oct. 12, 2008.
Greg Becker, 44, rural Enterprise, died Nov. 10, 2008, after a two-year battle with brain cancer.
Gretchen B. Anthony, 81, who was raised in the Flora area, died Oct. 19, 2008, at her home in Milton-Freewater.
Eugene A. “Bud” Houck, 87, a former Zumwalt area rancher, died Oct. 20, 2008 in Dallas.
Ethel Marie (Scott) Burgett, 94, of Omak, Wash., a Wallowa High School graduate, died Nov. 2, 2008.
Eunice Munsey Reister died Oct. 31, 2008, at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital at 90 years of age.
Mary Ann Manns-Peters died in August 2008 of cancer in Keizer.
Carmen Dawson, 78, died Nov. 11, 2008, of cancer at her home in Wallowa.
William P. “Bill” Hays, 79, a native of Enterprise, died Nov. 6, 2008.
Lucy Ellen Surko Reth, 91, Wallowa, died Nov. 11, 2008, at home.
Inez Roberts McCrae, 90, died Nov. 11, 2008, at Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
Thelma Marie Hawkinson, 74, of Wallowa died Nov. 17, 2008, in Sparks, Nev., while visiting family.
Gary Dean Poole 84, died Nov. 15, 2008, at his home on Jim Town Road in Wallowa.
William R. (Bill) Daggett, 78, of Joseph, died Nov. 8, 2008, at a care center in La Grande.
Bernice Pauline Guertin Koll of Wallowa Lake died Nov. 22, 2008.
John Anthony Burritt, 88, of Baker City, formerly of Wallowa County, died Dec. 4, 2008.
Norma J. Hombel of Deer Park, Wash., died Nov. 6, 2008, at the age of 82.
Arthur Paul “Slim” Comolli, 51, died Nov. 23, 2008.
Dorothy May Evans, 86, died Dec. 6, 2008, at Wallowa Valley Care Center, where she worked prior to her retirement.
Sue Helen (Crader) Barton, 66, of Terre Haute, Ind., died Dec. 8, 2007; she lived in Joseph as a child.
Delores Steen Linville, 66, of Lincoln, Calif., who attended school in Lostine until graduating from high school, died in an automobile accident Dec. 3, 2008.
Joanne Brines Hill, 77, a former Wallowa County resident, died at her Lewiston, Idaho, home on Nov. 9, 2008.
Henry Hall, 84, of Bend, a Joseph High School graduate, died Nov. 28, 2008.