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July 22, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
O BITUARIES
Jonel Ricker
Nov. 26, 1954 – July 15, 2015
Gayle Beck
Jan. 10, 1929 – June 27, 2015
Robert Sutphin
July 21, 1918 – June 6, 2015
Jonel Keith Ricker, 60,
of Island City, passed
away with his family by
his side on Wednesday,
July 15, 2015. A memorial
service was held at the
Island City Lighthouse
Pentecostal Church on
Monday, July 20, at 2
p.m.
Jonel was born Nov.
26, 1954, in Enterprise,
to Lorin Max and Rose
Marie (Merison) Ricker.
He resided in Enterprise,
Salem and La Grande.
Jonel graduated from
Enterprise High School in
1972 where he was the state wrestler. He then went on to
Eastern Oregon State College and Willamette University
where he obtained his Doctorate of Jurisprudence. Jonel
was married to Ruth Morgan and later married Marilyn
Brastrup in 1989.
Jonel was employed at Trotters in Enterprise, a ranch
hand and a lawyer from 1979 – present. He was also the
La Grande City Attorney. He enjoyed hunting, rafting,
coaching Little League Baseball, AAU Basketball and
Summer Youth Soccer. He was involved in 4-H, FFA,
where he won the FFA State Farmer and the FFA National
Farmer awards, FBLA and the Optimist Club. Jonel was
a member of the Elks, National Wild Turkey Federation,
Oregon Hunters Association, Oregon State Bar, an
ordained Minister of American Fellowship Church.
Jonel is survived by his wife, Marilyn; children,
Katie Ladwig and her husband Jason of Portland, Tyler
Warner of Island City, Bryson Ricker of Union, and Kaleb
Ricker of Island City; sisters, Marty Testerman and her
husband Jason of Enterprise and Meg Hays of Arizona;
brother Lorin Jr. and his wife Dixie of Denver, Colo.;
four grandchildren; four nieces and nephews; aunt Estella
Ricker. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lorin
and Rose Marie.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.
lovelandfuneralchapel.com.
Gayle Dorothy Greenawalt Beck, of Enterprise, was born
Jan. 10, 1929, in Dubuque, Iowa, and died June 27, 2015,
in Albany, Ore. She was the second of four children born
to Harry Ward Greenawalt and Dorothy Vivian Field Gre-
enawalt.
Gayle grew up in Dubuque, Iowa, attending Lincoln El-
ementary School, Washington Jr. High School and graduat-
ing from Dubuque Senior High School. As a child she had
a great interest in sports and played very competitive base-
ball with her brothers. Following her high school graduation
Gayle worked as a typist at WC Brown publishing company,
then attended Rockford College.
She married John W. Beck on Nov. 19, 1954, in Maquo-
keta, Iowa. Following their marriage they lived on and op-
erated a farm near Central City, Iowa, and operated Beck’s
Sporting Goods in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In 1961 they had an
urge for adventure so they purchased and moved to a ranch
on Chesnimnus Creek about 40 miles northwest of Enter-
prise. They raised cattle for several years, then sold the ranch
and moved to a ranch on Fence Creek where they managed
three ranches. After two or three years they moved to a place
on Crow Creek. John worked with the County on Econom-
ic Development while Gayle gardened, canned prodigious
amounts of fruits and vegetables and kept the wood stove
and wood furnace going through the winter when tempera-
tures dropped to 20 degrees below zero. Together they raised
and raced Appaloosa and Thoroughbred horses, winning sev-
eral times at Portland Meadows, Salem and other area race
tracks. With Mule Days and the pack trips for hunters and
campers making mules more valuable, they switched from
raising Thoroughbreds to mules until John died in 1995.
Gayle then moved into Enterprise. She was an avid bowl-
er and golfer and served several years on the board of gover-
nors of the Alpine Meadows Golf Course. She was an enthu-
siastic sports fan. She played Fantasy Football with ladies in
Enterprise. She was a loyal follower of the Seattle Seahawks,
the Portland Trailblazers, the Seattle Mariners and all Ore-
gon State University sports.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Beck,
her son Charles Everly Beck and her brother Monte Ward
Greenawalt. She is survived by her brother Tom Greenawalt
of Dubuque, Iowa, a sister Saralee Clausen of Racine, Wis.,
her stepson William Beck and his wife Nan, four grandchil-
dren, Sheryl Branigan, Robert Beck, Kathryn Trocinski,
Adam Beck and seven great-grandchildren.
A celebration of her life will be held July 29, 11 a.m. at
the Enterprise Christian Church, 207 E. Main St. in Enter-
prise. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Wallowa
County Food Bank or Community Connection of Enterprise
in Gayle’s memory. Bollman Funeral Home, Enterprise, is in
charge of arrangements.
Robert Clayton
Sutphin passed away
June 6, 2015 in
Enterprise. He was 96.
Born July 21, 1918 to
Christine and Reese
Sutphin, Clayton
grew up in Wallowa
and graduated from
Wallowa High School.
He was a World War
II veteran, serving in
North Africa and Italy.
In 1948, he married
Rachel Ann Tulley of
Wallowa; they had been
married 59 years at the
time of her death in
2007.
Clayton worked for Bates Mill in Wallowa as a
lumber scaler, and in 1960 moved to Enterprise, shortly
after accepting a position with the Forest Service. He
worked for the Forest Service for many years, scaling
logs and eventually becoming fleet manager during
fire-fighting season. After retiring, he had a rural mail
route. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, gardening,
trapshooting and canning. A remarkably robust person,
he was active into his 90s, making countless batches of
peanut brittle for his friends and family. He lived in the
family home until March 2015, in his later years assisted
by a number of local friends. Clayton’s family extends
thanks to all of these friends who made his desire to live
at home possible.
Clayton was preceded in death by his sister, Geneva
Wallsinger. He is survived by his daughter Christi
Sutphin and son-in-law Robin Stanley of Ellensburg,
Wash., his son Kevin Sutphin, daughter-in-law Lori
Sutphin of Pendleton and their children Katie and Kyle,
and his daughter Reesa Sutphin-Knutson, son-in-law
John Knutson, and their children Nicolai and Kristoff of
Naches, Wash.
A celebration honoring Clayton will be held at the
Wallowa Rod and Gun Club on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015. An
informal shoot will be held from 8 a.m. to noon, followed
by a potluck and sharing of memories from 12 – 2 p.m.
Contributions in Clayton’s memory may be made to
Wallowa Memorial Hospital.
D EATH N OTICES
Terri McDaniel Anthony
Terri McDaniel Anthony, of Wallowa, passed away
on July 11, 2015. A celebration of life will be held at
the Wallowa Senior Center on Aug. 1 at 11 a.m. Potluck
dinner with meat provided immediately after.
S ERVICE N OTICES
Tom E. Brown
Evelyn Reece
Tom E. Brown, 84, of La Grande, formerly of Wallowa,
died July 20, 2015, in Richland, Wash. A family burial
is scheduled Sunday, July 26, at 2 p.m. at Wallowa
Cemetery. A Celebration of Life will be held July 26 at
3 p.m. at the Enterprise Seventh Day Adventist Church.
Loveland Funeral Home, La Grande, is in charge of
arrangements. A full obituary will follow.
Evelyn Reece, 87, American Canyon, Calif., formerly
of Enterprise, died July 5, 2015. A graveside service is
scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 29, at Pleasant
View Cemetery, Stanfield. An obituary was published
previously.
Gwen Kendall
A Celebration of Life for Charlene Anne Berry, of Elgin,
formerly of Wallowa, will be held at Cougar Country Pizza
in Wallowa, Saturday, July 25, at 11 a.m. Come bring your
stories and share memories of Charlene with brother Duane
and friends. Charlene passed away Dec. 24, 2014, at a Boise
hospital.
Florence Gwendolyn Long “Gwen” Kendall, 88,
formerly of Enterprise, passed away Sunday morning, July
19, 2015, in Hood River. No services are planned at this
time. A full obituary will be published later.
Nicole Renee Winn
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Charlene Berry
O BITUARY
with the expectation of making it thrive as a family run
operation, a great learning experience for Kyler and
Gaven.
Nicole Renee Winn:
Her family in Pendleton taught her their traditions
Hiyum Hieweksha, was
over the years and included her in their hearts.
born on August 19, 1976 in
She loved the traditional ways and chose to walk with
Bedford, Indiana, the
them. She received her Indian name Hiyum Hiewcksha
beloved daughter and only
which means “Bear Dreamer” that she treasured in her
child of William D. and
heart and soul.
Dianna S. Duncan.
Her sister Janine said of Nicole, “From the
They left Indiana when she
beginning, she was totally part of us. She jumped right
was four looking for
in and fully embraced our tradition and never hesitated.
“someplace with one road
It was important to her that her boys know their
in and one road out” and
ancestors’ ways.”
ended up in Joseph.
Nicole was an accomplished seamstress and bead
She learned her love of
worker and she came to the family with questions,
horses alongside her
always wanting what she made to be right. She gave
parents as they cowboyed
willingly from her heart and many were gifted with her
through out the county, particularly the 3V Ranch and
skilled creations.
Dug Bar Ranch in Snake River Canyon. She attended
As a traditional woman, she put life into what
Judy Kinsley kindergarten, Joseph Elementary and
she created.
Joseph High School, graduating in 1994 all the while
She left this life on July 16, 2015 while doing what
honing her horse handling skills. She saved her
she loved to do best, riding one of her family horses.
babysitting money and bought her own horse “Wes”
She is survived by her husband Wup, their two sons
in 1992. Wes went to college with her and worked the Kyler and Gaven, her parents Bill and Dianna Duncan
Sale Barn in Hermiston as a job.
and Beverly Winn, and Wup’s family that she claimed
She met her devoted husband “Wup” Winn at the
as hers. Sisters Janine, Lynsie and Jen. Brothers Lance,
Pendleton Roundup in 1995. After she graduated from
Jeff, Tannon and Brother John, her nieces and nephews
Blue Mountain College with a degree in Business AG
whom she claimed as her “children from another
they married in 1998 and lived in Pendleton where Wup mother” Ashley, Isaac, Rebecca Nicole, and Gracin.
worked for the Dodge Dealership and Less Schwab
Numerous other nieces, nephews, aunties and uncles
while Nicole worked for the Casino and Community
and so many more in the Pendleton Region.
Bank. In 2000 they moved to Joseph where they
She was given the honor of their traditional burial
worked for Alaskan Bush Wheels until 2013, raising
and was laid to rest near to her brother Steve Winn in
their two sons Kyler (14) and Gaven (12) and about 40 Pendleton on Monday, July 20.
puppies in the office. Nicole sold those beautiful mini
Nicole loved her husband and sons immensely and
Australians to families all over the United States who
was so proud of them, keeping them as the center of her
have wonderful pets from her exceptional dogs.
universe. Her family and many friends whom she
Nicole and her husband Wup, shared their love of
touched world wide, will miss her desperately.
flying, both being accomplished pilots. They are
A celebration of life will be held August 2, 2015 in
known throughout the world of aviation for their
the Thunder Room on the Chief Joseph Rodeo Grounds
knowledge of all things “bush flying” due to their work in Joseph, OR at 1:00 pm.
with Alaskan Bushwheels for so many years. She was
In honor of our traditions we will have a memorial
a master of the maze of the FAA regulation, a real claim service in one year, which will free us to once again
to fame.
speak her precious name.
Nicole went on to earn her Real Estate license
In lieu of flowers the family would like donations
working with Timberline Realty under the tutelage of
made in her name to the Rusty Spurs 4H club in care of
Claresse O’Connor, where she was building up a
Vixen Wecks or the Burnt Thumb 4H club in care of
clientele and succeeding so well in her new endeavor.
Eva Harold, County Extension Services, City Govern-
Wup and Nicole recently purchased the Video Buffs
ment Office, 668 NW 1st St, Enterprise, OR 97828
Aug. 19, 1976 – July 16, 2015
About Obituaries
High and Low Temperatures
Courtesy of Weather Underground. www.wunderground.com
Enterprise
Date
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 21
Date
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 21
Low
51
48
55
46
44
57
51
Joseph
Low
51
48
55
46
44
57
51
High
84
75
78
87
91
95
77
High
84
75
78
87
91
95
77
Date
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 21
Lostine
Wallowa
Date
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 21
Imnaha
Date
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 21
Low
55
53
55
49
52
55
56
Low
51
48
55
46
44
57
51
Low
51
48
55
46
44
57
51
High
84
75
78
87
91
95
77
High
84
75
78
87
91
95
77
Troy
High
81
73
76
82
89
94
76
Date
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 21
Low
51
48
55
46
44
57
51
High
84
75
78
87
91
95
77
Six-day forecast
July 22 – July 27
Source: Weather Underground
July 22:
H: 78 L: 44
Partly Cloudy
July 23:
H: 77 L: 44
Partly Cloudy
July 24:
H: 82 L: 47
Clear
July 25:
H: 83 L: 49
Clear
July 26:
H: 77 L: 44
Clear
July 27:
H: 74 L: 41
Clear
July 24
1st Quarter
Phases of the moon
July 31
Aug. 7
Aug. 14
Full Moon
Last Quarter
New Moon