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March 18, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
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Lee Doris Blais
Feb. 18, 1920 – Feb. 27, 2015
Donald Lorentz
Aug. 4, 1939 – March 14, 2015
Lyle Bryce Shumway
Jan. 31, 1926 – Feb. 22, 2015
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Feb. 27, 2015, one year after
being diagnosed with cancer.
Lee Doris was born in
Council, Idaho on Feb. 18,
1920, to Grace Mildred Rice
and Perry Albert Warnock,
descendants of pioneers and
Wallowa Valley Nez Perce. She
grew up in Idaho, graduating
from high school in McCall. She married Milton LaFay and
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accident in Hawaii shortly thereafter. She then married Lawrence
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Lance Michael, who died as a child due to complications
from surgery, Curtis, and Craig Christopher, who died at birth.
Following 26 years as an Air Force spouse and subsequent
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as a hostess in a prominent restaurant in San Diego and then
becoming a Realtor selling tract homes in Southern California.
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she became known as tutu wahine (grandmother) to friends and
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son and daughter-in-law.
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Program, leading to a special 94th birthday dance party with the
DanceSport students and faculty and then winning gold medals
in waltz and foxtrot in the Dona Ana County Senior Olympics
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she continued dancing, again celebrating her 95th birthday with
a special dance party with the NMSU DanceSport Company. She
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Home at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14. A scholarship fund is being
established in her name at NMSU for DanceSport students in the
Department of Education. Donations may be made out to NMSU
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Donald Joseph Lorentz,
a longtime resident of the
Wallowa Valley, passed away
peacefully at Wallowa Memorial
Hospital in Enterprise, on
Saturday, March 14. He was 75.
Don was born Aug. 4, 1939,
in Ferdinand, Idaho to William
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He was the second of eight
children and was raised on the
family farm where he learned
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Ferdinand High School in 1957.
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people and the Western lifestyle that the Wallowa Valley
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cherished dearly.
In addition to his many friends, Don’s family meant
the world to him. Don frequently made the journey to see
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grandchildren, brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.
His younger years working with his Dad and immediate
family set the stage for a lifelong career in farming and
ranching. In addition to this, Don owned the Range Rider
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Don’s true passion was ranching. He always managed to keep
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of Anchorage and Greg (grandson Kyle) of Kenai. Don is also
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and Sandy & Russ Kilborn.
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and three brothers Ralph, Willard and Glenn.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, March 21, at St Katherine’s Catholic Church in
Enterprise. The Mass will be preceded by a recitation of
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Cemetery. Following the burial, please join us for a potluck at
the VFW in Enterprise to honor Don.
Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society.
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born Jan. 31, 1926, to Lyle and
Maurine Shumway in Wallowa.
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on a ranch. He graduated from
Enterprise High School in 1944.
He had two younger sisters,
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married Joan Roys July 18, 1951,
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was a caretaker at the Enterprise
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hand on the day of their wedding.
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worked cutting logs and wood until he found a job as a contract
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closed due to a strike.
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as a Montgomery Ward tire repair salesman. One day while at the
coast, he found a job as a contract milk hauler for the Tillamook
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Conference Center.
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to out-jump his sister, and broke both arms in two other different
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When he was called for the draft and he couldn’t straighten his arm
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work and hard times. His father was a garbage collector and that
was where they got some clothes and shoes — which didn’t do his
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mandolin, and piano, as well as singing with his wife or sang solos.
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helping people. He went to the hospital Dec. 14, 2014, and then to
Marian Estates Nursing Care Facility in Sublimity, with hope and
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children Elwin (Robin) Shumway of Oregon, Elaine (Carl)
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Hulse of Oregon, nieces, nephews, and many friends.
Jill C. Bickell
Oct. 7, 1948 – Feb. 27, 2015
Jill was born in Portland on Oct. 7, 1948 — she died Feb.
27, 2015.
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She was raised in Tigard and attended elementary, intermediate
(Fowler) and high school at Tigard High. During her senior
year (1966) she was the Prom Queen.
For a short time after high school Jill worked for the State
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7, 1971, and were happily married for 43 years.
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years. In 1986 Jill went to work for Costco where she spent 15
years. During her time there she made many lifelong friends.
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Matthew, her sisters Janet, Julie and Judy, her brothers Jack and
Jeff, and her grandchildren Kadence, Chase, Caleb, and Mahkiya.
Also numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and close friends.
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father, and Uncle Alden.
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County and spent 13 years in that beautiful place.
Celebration of life gathering will be held April 11, 2015, at
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Training scheduled
for volunteer
weather spotters
Volunteers are being
sought to participate in the
next weather spotter train-
ing on April 30 in Enter-
prise.
Weather spotters trained
by the National Oceanic
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The Skywarn Weather
Spotter training is free and
will be held in Enterprise
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meeting room beginning at
6 p.m. There will be light
refreshments and door priz-
es. The training is being
co-sponsored by Wallowa
County Emergency Man-
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For more information,
contact Dennis Hull at 541-
969-7136, dennis.hull@
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High and Low Temperatures
According to data sent to MesoWest: www.mesowest.utah.edu
Enterprise
Date
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
Low
25
41
27
55
46
38
43
High
69
59
65
58
63
53
n/a
Lostine
Date
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
Joseph
Date
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
Low
43
41
32
50
46
37
41
AFTER $750 LEASE REBATE AND $1,875 ROGERS DISCOUNT. 3YR/12K MILE YR LEASE. LEV $14,471.
$999 CUSTOMER CASH DOWN = $199 A MONTH. PLUS TTD. ON APPROVED CREDIT. STK# 32283.
AFTER $750 LEASE REBATE AND $1,875 ROGERS DISCOUNT. 3YR/12K MILE
YR LEASE. LEV $13,398. $999 CUSTOMER CASH DOWN = $199 A MONTH.
PLUS TTD. ON APPROVED CREDIT. STK# 32264.
Low
43
28
31
34
31
46
46
High
60
64
72
65
70
54
n/a
Wallowa
High
52
50
64
61
63
50
n/a
Date
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
Imnaha
Date
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
Low
53
47
34
62
53
40
42
Low
41
41
24
42
47
38
42
High
53
60
66
63
66
55
n/a
Troy
High
54
61
63
65
64
58
n/a
Date
March 11
March 12
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 17
Low
45
43
34
48
50
40
45
High
60
69
73
65
54
57
n/a
Six-day forecast
March 18 - March 23
Source: National Weather Service
AFTER $2,180 ROGERS DISCOUNT. 3YR/36K MILE YR LEASE.
LEV $21,390. $2,999 DOWN = $320 A MONTH. PLUS TTD.
ON APPROVED CREDIT. STK# 32300.
AFTER $750 LEASE REBATE AND $1,875 ROGERS DISCOUNT.
3YR/12K MILE YR LEASE. LEV $22,101. $2999 DOWN = $315 A MONTH.
PLUS TTD. ON APPROVED CREDIT. STK# 32308.
March 18
H: 54 L: 24
Slight chance of rain
March 19
H: 63 L: 35
Mostly sunny
March 20
H: 66 L: 38
Mostly sunny
March 21
H: 53 L: 27
Showers likely
March 22
H: 60 L: 32
Mostly sunny
March 23
H: 59 L: n/a
Slight chance of showers
March. 24
1st Quarter
Phases of the moon
March. 31
April. 7
April. 14
Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon