A16
Sports/Community
wallowa.com
January 7, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
INVITE: Culver wins JoHi tournament
Continued from Page A9
(QWHUSULVH ¿HOGV DQ XQXVXDO
wrestling team in that most of
The three wrestling teams its wrestlers compete in lower
from Wallowa County are weight divisions. And they com-
down in numbers this year, pete well.
a factor that didn’t help their
So well, in fact, that three
team scores during the largest Outlaw mat men, one sopho-
grappling event of the season more and two freshmen, placed
in Wallowa County, Jan. 2 and VHFRQG WKLUG DQG ¿IWK LQ WKH
3. Still, in addition to Fuller lightest weight class of all, 106
and Wallowa teammate Joe pounds. This was unusual in
Pendarvis who claimed 6th that, among the 14 weight class-
place in the same 195-pound es in the tournament, Enterprise
FODVVL¿FDWLRQ )XOOHU ZUHVWOHG at 106 pounds was the only
in, individuals from Enter- weight division with three place
prise and Joseph achieved ad- winners among the top six.
mirably.
Enterprise freshman Cole
Rich Rautenstrauch/Chieftain
Joseph wrestler Raymond Seal (on top) won this match over
Riley Roberts of Santiam Christian.
Farwell narrowly was defeated
by Alex Raby of Weiser, Idaho,
in the 106-pound champion-
ship match by a 6-4 score; Out-
law sophomore Clayne Miller
out-dueled another Weiser grap-
pler 4-2 to claim third place in
that same weight class; and fro-
sh Dylan Staigle pinned a mat
man from Culver in the second
URXQGWRFODLP¿IWKSODFH
At the next highest weight
class, 113 pounds, EHS soph-
omore Nate Anton decisioned
D IRH IURP (OJLQ WR FODLP ¿IWK
place.
The tournament hosts from
Joseph had no tourney champs,
but had enough place winners
to score 58 team points and rank
eighth among the 22 teams.
Enterprise notched 28.5 points
for 18th place, and Wallowa 26
points for 19th place.
JoHi’s Jared Wilcox sailed
ZLWKRXW EOHPLVK LQWR WKH ¿QDOV
of the 160-pound weight class,
yet met a rugged wrestler from
team champion Culver there
and fell 6-0 to fellow senior Levi
Vincent. Also earning major
points for the Eagles were Lars
Skovlin at 126 pounds and Ray-
mond Seal at 145 pounds. Both
claimed third places in their re-
VSHFWLYH ZHLJKW FODVVL¿FDWLRQV
Each decisioned wrestlers from
Weiser in third place action by
similar scores. Skovlin won 8-4
and Seal 9-3.
More than 160 deaths, near and far, noted in 2014
Here’s a rundown of deaths
reported in the Chieftain’s obitu-
aries 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.
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
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 Enter-
prise, 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 :LOOLDP(%HGLQJÀHOG, 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 Enter-
prise, 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 0DUMRULH$QQ(IÀQJHU,
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
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 Enter-
prise, 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) Gold-
berg, 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 Enter-
prise, 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
STILL RUNNING OUT
TO FETCH THE
PAPER?
6 months $26.00
1year * $40.00
1year, online $40.00
Subscribe
Today!
541-426-4567 • wallowa.com
* $40.00 is the in county price, $57.00 for out of county subscribers.
The
Wallowa
County
Chieftain
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
CLAYNE
MILLER
One of the three “Mighty
Mights” of Enterprise HS’s
106-pound wrestling classifica-
tion, sophomore Clayne Miller,
has been named Athlete of the
Week. Last weekend, at the
22-team JoHi Invitational,
Miller placed third in that
weight class where EHS
claimed three of the top five
places. Now in his eighth year
of wrestling, Miller’s coach
says the son of Lance and Kan-
non Miller learned much one
year ago when his weight con-
sistently was 15 pounds below
the lightest 106-pound weight
class. The 15-year-old also
plays football and baseball;
loves to hunt, fish, and ride mo-
torcycles; and is striving to be-
come a team leader. Miller has
a stellar work ethic, has a 3.22
GPA, and is credited as having
a kind heart.
Proudly Sponsored By:
Eastern Oregon’s Full Service Propane Supplier
201 E. Hwy 82, Enterprise
541-426-0320
www.edstaub.com
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.
)UDQFHV:LQJÀHOG 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 Enter-
prise, 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 Mil-
ton-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 op-
erate 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.
The Big Read kicks
off this week!
Get your copy of
Into the Beautiful North
and start reading!
T HE B OOKLOFT
Across from the courthouse in Enterprise
107 E. Main • 541.426.3351
always open at www.bookloftoregon.com • bookloft@eoni.com