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A2 Obituaries/News wallowa.com O BITUARIES Laura Jean Locke June 16, 1930 – March 20, 2015 Robert “Bob” Holowecky July 29, 1940 – March 23, 2015 Laura Jean Locke was born -XQHLQ(QWHUSULVH Ore., and passed away on March 20, 2015, in Ogden, Utah. 6KHZDVPDUULHGWRKHU high school sweetheart, Wayne Locke, for 56 years. Wayne and her grandson, Cody, preceded her in passing. Laura Jean spent the PDMRULW\RIKHU\HDUVZRUNLQJ for the Wallowa County Court DVDSROLFHGLVSDWFKHU'097D[&ROOHFWRUDQGWKHFRXQW\ $FFRXQWDQW6KHZDVLQYROYHGLQPDQ\DFWLYLWLHVRYHUWKH \HDUVDQGKDGDZLGHFLUFOHRIIULHQGV7KHPRVWLPSRUWDQW priority in her life was her family and she was the calm for all RIWKHPLQWKHVWRUPRIOLIH6KHZDVDOZD\VWKHUHIRUWKHPDQG KHUIDPLO\ZDVEOHVVHGE\KHUORYH6KHZLOOEHJUHDWO\PLVVHG 6KHLVVXUYLYHGE\KHUGDXJKWHU7HUU\(DUVOH\KHUVRQ .LUN/RFNHDQGIRXUZRQGHUIXOJUDQGFKLOGUHQDQGVHYHQ great-grandsons. Robert “Bob” Holowecky died on Monday, March 23, )RUWKHODVW¿YH\HDUV he had an ongoing battle with prostate cancer. He died at home surrounded by family and friends. He was born July 29, 1940, to Joseph and Ann (Katkic) Holowecky in Lorain, Ohio, and was the third of eight children, one dying in infancy. He had two sisters and four brothers. Family was important to him and many JDWKHULQJVRYHUWKH\HDUVSURYLGHGIRUVSHFLDOPHPRULHV +HDWWHQGHG$YRQ+LJK6FKRROLQ$YRQ2KLR:KLOHLQ KLJKVFKRROKHZDVDFWLYHLQIRRWEDOOWUDFNDQGEDVHEDOO$IWHU graduation he worked on truck farms and in home construction. +HZDVWKHQGUDIWHGLQWRWKH86$UP\DQGVHUYHGDVDQ03DW )RUW/HZLV:DVK8SRQOHDYLQJWKHVHUYLFHKHXVHGWKH*,%LOO WRDWWHQG2KLR6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\0LFKLJDQ6WDWH8QLYHUVLW\DQG WKH8QLYHUVLW\RI2UHJRQKHQHYHUNQHZZKRWRURRWIRU+H completed his MBA at the U. of Oregon. :KLOHDWWHQGLQJ0LFKLJDQ6WDWHKHPDUULHG)UDQ=LONDWKH girl down the street. Fran and Bob had two children, Keith and 5HEHFFD$IWHUOLYLQJLQ(XJHQHDQG%HQG2UHWKH\PDGHWKH PRYHWR3HQGOHWRQLQDQG3HQGOHWRQEHFDPHWKHLUKRPH Bob spent his working years in the forests of central and HDVWHUQ2UHJRQ+HZRUNHGLQQHDUO\HYHU\DVSHFWRIWKHWLPEHU industry. His expertise included logging, timber appraisal and forest management. He was well known throughout the area by ODQGRZQHUVDQGJRYHUQPHQWDJHQFLHVDOLNH(YHU\ERG\KHZRUNHG with could count on two things, honesty and humor. Bob spent many hours with buddies chasing after upland birds DQGH[SORULQJWKHULYHUVDQGODNHVIRU¿VK7KHFKDVHDQGEDQWHU were far more important than the end results. Any gathering of friends or family made his day. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Rebecca, his parents DQGEURWKHU5LFKDUG+HLVVXUYLYHGE\KLVZLIH)UDQVRQ.HLWKDQG ZLIH6DUDKDQGJUDQGFKLOGUHQ+HZDV³)UDPSD´WRKLVEHORYHG JUDQGFKLOGUHQ6RSKLD*HRUJHDQG3HWHU+HLVDOVRVXUYLYHGE\ EURWKHUV7RP'DYH0DUNDQG3KLOLQ2KLRDQGVLVWHUV$P\LQ California, and Kathleen in Colorado. Memorials may be made to the charity of your choice. $URVDU\VHUYLFHZLOOEHKHOGDW%XUQV0RUWXDU\DWSP)ULGD\ 0DUFK$IXQHUDOPDVVZLOOEHDW6W0DU\¶V&DWKROLF&KXUFKDW DPRQ6DWXUGD\0DUFK$IWHUWKHVHUYLFHDOXQFKHRQZLOOEH VHUYHGLQWKHEDVHPHQWRIWKHFKXUFK7KHEXULDOVHUYLFHZLOOEHDW Olney Cemetery on March 30, at 11 a.m. Marlin Ellis Lakey Aug. 6, 1925 – March 19, 2015 0DUOLQ(OOLV/DNH\RI 7ZLQ)DOOV,GDKRSDVVHGDZD\ 7KXUVGD\HYHQLQJ0DUFK DWKLVKRPHLQ7ZLQ)DOOV Marlin was born Aug. 6, LQ6RGD6SULQJV,GDKR VRQRI0D\ODQDQG(GQD/DNH\ +HPDUULHG(PPD-HDQ6PLWK 1RYLQWKH/RJDQ /'67HPSOH7KH\ZHUH PDUULHG\HDUV7KH\OLYHG LQ6RGD6SULQJV,GDKRIRU PDQ\\HDUVEHIRUHPRYLQJWR (QWHUSULVH2UHZKHUHKHRSHUDWHGDQ,QWHUQDWLRQDO+DUYHVWHU 'HDOHUVKLS7KH\PRYHGWR7ZLQ)DOOV,GDKRDQGRSHUDWHGWKH 7UDYHO/RGJH0RWHOIRUPDQ\\HDUV7KH\UHWLUHGDQGHQMR\HG spending time together on many trips. 0DUOLQLVVXUYLYHGE\KLV¿YHFKLOGUHQ&RQQLH:LOOHWW of Blaine, Wash.; Caren Mitchoff of Redmond, Ore.; LaRee +ROVFKHURI5HGPRQG6WHYH/DNH\RI+D]HOWRQ,GDKR DQG0DUW\/DNH\RI.HWFKXP,GDKR$OVRVXUYLYLQJDUH grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. 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He was born June 28, 1931. 9LJLO6HUYLFHZLWK5RVDU\ZLOOEHKHOG7XHVGD\0DUFK DWSPDW6W7KRPDV&DWKROLF&KXUFK5HGPRQG$0DVVRI Christian Burial will take place Wednesday, April 1, at 10 a.m., DOVRDW6W7KRPDV&DWKROLF&KXUFK$*UDYHVLGH6HUYLFHZLOO IROORZDWSPDW'HVFKXWHV0HPRULDO*DUGHQV%HQG 0HPRULDOFRQWULEXWLRQVPD\EHPDGHWR6W7KRPDV&DWKROLF &KXUFK%XLOGLQJ)XQG1:WK6W5HGPRQG25 See Philip Ruud at Wallowa Valley Eye Care (Dr. Baileys Office) April 8th April 1, 2015 Trust seeks accreditation (17(535,6(²:DOORZD /DQG7UXVWLVDSSO\LQJIRUQD tional accreditation with the 1DWLRQDO/DQG7UXVW$FFUHGLWD tion Commission. :DOORZD /DQG 7UXVW LV D QRQSUR¿WODQGFRQVHUYDWLRQRU JDQL]DWLRQEDVHGLQ(QWHUSULVH with the mission to protect the rural nature of the Wallowa Country by working coopera- WLYHO\ZLWKSULYDWHODQGRZQHUV ,QGLDQ WULEHV ORFDO FRPPXQL WLHVDQGJRYHUQPHQWHQWLWLHVWR FRQVHUYHODQG 7KH DFFUHGLWDWLRQ VHDO LV a mark of distinction in land FRQVHUYDWLRQ 7KH ODQG WUXVW accreditation program recog- QL]HVODQGFRQVHUYDWLRQRUJDQL ]DWLRQVWKDWPHHWQDWLRQDOTXDO ity standards for permanently protecting important natural AUCTION: Marshals looking for Doughertys Continued from Page A1 According to Macon, 'RXJKHUW\ ,QF ZDV WKH QDPH under which the auction was registered, although assets listed under the legal names RI 'RXJODV ' 'RXJKHUW\ DQG .DWKHULQD 0 'RXJKHUW\ DQG :'///&ZHUHDXFWLRQHGRII as well. According to Huffman, PRUH WKDQ FUHGLWRUV KDYH ¿OHG FODLPV RQ DQ\ RI WKH three legal entities under the 'RXJKHUW\MXULVGLFWLRQDQGVKH expects that additional claims ZLOOEH¿OHGRQFHVKH¿QDOL]HV paperwork and places the case LQRQH¿OHZLWKRQHQDPH Higher dollar creditors YHUVXV WKH WKUHH OHJDO 'RXJK HUW\HQWLWLHVZHUHSURYLGHGZLWK some compensation earlier, said Huffman, when proceeds from the sale of more than 300 acres of prime farm land in the Lower Valley area was distrib- uted to some of the creditors. Farm equipment of all shapes and forms comprised the bulk of the auctioned Lee Phelps killed himself on Thursday morning, March 26. He had suffered a severe head injury in May of last year; he seemed to make a good recov- ery, but those close to him knew he was still struggling. Lee was born in Enterprise in 1986, and went to the Wallowa schools. His family had a hay and cow business near Lostine. During Lee's high school years, his father was often gone on pipeline jobs during the sum- mer and fall. Lee and his sister and mother kept the farm going— irrigating, haying, fix- ing equipment, and taking care of the cow herd on rangeland in Zumwalt and rented land up the Lostine river. Lee attended the University of Oregon, studying literature and items, but the total of about 650 lots auctioned off — many of them lots of tools and accessories located inside the shop area there — also includ- ed a Peterbilt truck, a 1986 &KHYUROHWSLFNXSWUDLOHUVDQG compressors. 7KH KLJKHVW ELG LWHP during the sale, said Macon, was a 2003 Massey Ferguson 8245 tractor that went for a purchase price of $52,800. Huffman and Macon had nothing but praise for the people from Wallowa County who came out en masse both seeking quality items to pur- FKDVH DQG WU\LQJ WR SURYLGH some equity for friends and neighbors who had suffered monetary losses. Federal marshals attend- HG WKH 6DWXUGD\ DXFWLRQ WKDW lasted from 9 a.m. until after 5 p.m., unsuccessfully trying to FDWFK VLJKW RI HLWKHU 'RXJODV RU .DWKHULQD 'RXJKHUW\ VDLG +XIIPDQ 6KH DGGV ³$Q\ leads on the whereabouts of the debtors would be greatly appreciated.” High and Low Temperatures Enterprise Date March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 Low 27 31 33 40 29 31 40 High 48 65 72 52 62 69 n/a Lostine Date March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 Joseph Date March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 Lee Phelps places and working lands. A public comment period for :DOORZD/DQG7UXVW¶VDSSOLFD tion is open. 7KH /DQG 7UXVW $FFUHGLWD tion Commission, an indepen- GHQWSURJUDPRIWKH/DQG7UXVW $OOLDQFHFRQGXFWVDQH[WHQVLYH UHYLHZRIHDFKDSSOLFDQW¶VSRO LFLHVDQGSURJUDPV,WZLOODF cept signed, written comments, which must relate to how Wal- ORZD/DQG7UXVWFRPSOLHVZLWK national quality standards. Vis- it www.landtrustaccreditation. org to learn more about the accreditation program and sub- mit a comment, or email your comment to info@landtrustac- creditation.org. Comments on the appli- cation will be most useful by May 24, 2015. According to data sent to MesoWest: www.mesowest.utah.edu 519 W. North St. Enterprise, OR 97828 Call 800-678-3155 for appointment history. While in Eugene he trained in a martial arts gym, and in 2008 Northwest Martial Arts flew him down to Ventura, California, as their light-heavy- weight entry in the Pan-Ameri- can Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Tournament. It was a single- elimination competition. Lee won his first bout, against the contestant from France, then lost (on a decision) to a man from Texas who won the divi- sion. Lee was pleased to have done that well without taking it seriously. He abandoned the U of O in favor of tall ships. His first was Shenandoah, a square-topsail schooner out of Martha's Vine- yard, under Captain Robert Douglas, one of the famous old men of the tall ship fleet. Two of the crewmen on that ship be- came and remained Lee's best friends. Lee served as deck- hand, bosun, and mate on sev- eral more ships, always looking for experience with different rigs. His favorite was the HMS Bounty, a fully-rigged ship (i.e. a square-rigger with square sails on all three masts). Bounty was built in 1960 for the Marlon Brando version of Mutiny on the Bounty, and was actually somewhat larger than the original Bounty. Lee was on her for several voyages. The longest was from Florida across the Caribbean, through the Panama Canal, and up the coast Wallowa County Chieftain as far as Vancouver, B.C. From Vancouver they headed out into the Pacific for a long run down to the Galapagos, then over to the coast of Ecuador, and back to Panama and home to Florida... months at sea under sail, in an 18th century ship. Bounty was caught by Hurri- cane Sandy and sank off Cape Hatteras, with the loss of the captain and one crew member. Lee would have been on board at the time, but he happened to be home for his sister's wed- ding. Between ships, Lee occasion- ally took other jobs. He worked one summer at a mountaineer- ing resort in Alaska, doing gla- cier and rock climbs on his days off. He also worked on trail crews here in the county, pack- ing into the wilderness areas, and he once fished on an Alaskan gill-netter for a season. All this adventuring came to him easily. Humor First was his motto (Safety being a poor fourth or fifth), and he was known for turning the crew of practically any ship into a happy crew. One side of his character that few of his friends could appre- ciate fully was his scholarship. His enthusiasms for certain places or periods were like his enthusiasms for mountaineering or sailing. Russian literature, Japanese literature, and Roman and Greek history and literature were some principal ones. The British writers from the turn of the 19th century through the 1920's were what he knew most thoroughly, however. His Dead Friends, he called them. The ones he was closest to were T.E. Lawrence, Robert Graves, and Siegfried Sassoon. After the sinking of Bounty, Lee worked for a couple of seasons in the Caribbean, on two schooners, Liberty Star and Liberty Clipper. In February of 2014, he and his father traveled to Azurduy, in the south of Bolivia. They bought a pack horse, and spent two months wandering in the roadless mountains of the Department of Chuquisaca. Back home, Lee went to work for Getty Pollard of Lostine, who pro- vides starling control by means of falcons for vineyards and blueberry growers in California and the Willamette Valley. Lee got into the ancient art of falconry with his usual energy. It was while chasing an AWOL falcon that he had the four-wheeler accident that gave him his head injury. He recov- ered well enough to do falcon contracts that summer and fall, but the injury continued to affect him in subtle ways. Evidently he decided that to go on living in a damaged state was something he was not willing to do. He will be missed by all who knew him. Low 34 27 32 45 30 34 39 Low 34 42 43 n/a n/a n/a 50 High 48 65 72 53 64 64 n/a Wallowa High 46 57 61 55 61 66 n/a Date March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 Imnaha Date March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 Low 28 31 32 41 30 31 31 Low 27 30 32 43 29 28 40 High 48 66 75 54 65 71 n/a Troy High 54 72 n/a n/a n/a 76 n/a Date March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 29 March 30 March 31 Low 34 38 40 49 38 37 46 High 51 70 82 60 74 78 n/a Six-day forecast April 1 - April 6 Source: National Weather Service April 1 H: 44 L: 26 Chance of snow showers April 2 H: 44 L: 21 Partly sunny April 3 H: 52 L: 28 Partly sunny April 4 H: 50 L: 24 Chance of rain and snow April 5 H: 48 L: 26 Chance of snow April 6 H: 52 L: n/a Chance of rain April 3 Full Moon Phases of the moon April 10 April 17 April 24 Last Quarter New Moon 1st Quarter