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January 13, 2016
Wallowa County Chieftain
O BITUARIES
Courtesy Photo
Brandon Roberts — ready to serve his country.
Roberts completes
USMC basic training
By Steve Tool
Wallowa County Chieftain
A fourth generation of the
Roberts family Marine Corps
enlistees just graduated from
basic training in San Diego on
Dec. 12.
Brandon Roberts is the
son of former Wallowa
County residents Craig and
Lisa Roberts of Lewiston
and grandson of Everett and
Dana Roberts, who work at
the Wallowa County Court-
house.
Brandon also is the grand-
son of Wallowa County Sher-
iff Steve Rogers. Both sides
of Roberts’ family traveled to
San Diego to attend his grad-
uation.
Vietnam veteran Everett
Roberts said he is very proud
his grandson is continuing a
family tradition.
“Brandon’s dad joined the
Marines in 1989 and served in
Desert Storm, and my own fa-
ther joined in 1944 and fought
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ed in Okinawa,” Everett said.
Brandon is serving a four-
year enlistment and currently
is home on leave. He said
he always intended to serve.
Originally, he intended to
serve in the Navy as a Hospi-
tal Corpsman, many of whom
are assigned to a Marine
Corps unit. At the time, the
Navy had no openings for the
rating. This did not deter Rob-
erts, who immediately visited
a Marine corps recruiter who
had plenty of openings for
infantryman. He immediately
enlisted.
Roberts recommends high
school students without a
clear sense of direction join
the service to learn discipline.
“It’s a real learning experi-
ence and teaches you real-life
and adult skills.
Sheriff Rogers found him-
self very impressed with the
new Marine, who spent past
summers helping him prepare
for the Chief Joseph Days Ro-
deo.
“I just had lunch with him
the other day, and he’s pretty
dedicated — about as gung-
ho as they get,” he said. “I’m
unbelievably proud of him,
and he’s a great kid.”
Upon his return from
leave, Brandon Roberts will
start his initial infantry train-
ing at Camp Pendleton in
Southern California.
Kathryn Greene Kemp
Sept. 13, 1919 to Dec. 26, 2015
Lara Bright,
April 25, 1961 to Jan. 4, 2015
Kathryn Greene Kemp, resi-
dent of Enterprise for three years
and Baker County for 38, passed
away in Lodi, Calif., on Dec. 26,
2015, at the age of 96.
Kathryn was born Sept. 13,
1919 in White Pine, Tenn. She
was preceded in death by parents
William Thomas Greene and
Julia Ann Faulkner, and siblings
Nelly Jones, Jess Greene, Edna
Hall, Earl Greene, Lucille (Jack-
ie) Turner and Louise Dawson.
She grew up in an old Southern plantation home with white
pillars and expansive porch, but no electricity or running water.
After high school, Kathryn became a beautician in Knoxville. She
later moved to Los Angeles and San Francisco, where she met
Philip Giles Kemp. They were married in 1964. The next year they
moved to Baker City.
Phil and Kathryn operated Cedar Manor Nursing Home in Bak-
er City for 20 years. They were active in the American College of
Nursing Home Administrators. Kathryn and Phil also took part in
the Lions Club and 4-H. They were very involved in St. Stephen’s
Episcopal Church of Baker City and the Ascension School Camp
in Cove. Phil and Kathryn retired to Sumpter, Ore., in the 1980s
and in 2003 they moved to Enterprise, where they attended St. Pat-
rick’s Episcopal Church. Phil passed away in 2005. Kathryn then
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Kathryn could bake a pie or a turkey to perfection in an old
wood-burning stove. She loved traveling with her husband Phil.
She was respected in business and had a warm smile for everyone
she encountered. The one-armed bandits of Reno trembled at her
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greatest joys were meals and birthdays with family, especially the
littlest members.
Kathryn is survived by two stepsons, William Giles Kemp of
Sisters, Ore., his wife Karen and children Kendra and Spencer, and
Robert Philip Kemp and his wife Anne-Marie of Joseph, and their
daughters Kathryn and Lindsay.
She is remembered in sister Jackie’s family by niece Jewell
Roach, her husband Bill and their children Geoff and Julienne, and
niece Julia Escardo, with husband Hector, and their children Hec-
tor Allen and Julia. Kathryn is survived on sister Louise’s side by
nephew Ted Dawson, his wife Myrna, their daughters Cheri Labar-
the and Jaime Dawson and their children.
Kathryn would wish that gifts and remembrances be made to
the Ascension School Camp and Conference Center, Box 278,
Cove, OR, 97824
Lara Bright passed away
Jan. 4 at age 54. She was a res-
ident of Joseph and Ojai, Calif.
Lara was born April 25,
1961 and is survived by her son
Peter Hofheinz of Ojai; part-
ner Chris Buhler of Joseph and
Ojai; his children, Reed Buhler
of Brooklyn and Joseph, and
April Grow, Bend and Enter-
prise; sister Deborah Dorsett
of Houston; mother Wonzille
Bourland of Lubbock, Texas;
former husband Thomas Hofheinz of Dallas; and many won-
derful beloved friends from around the world.
She graduated at the top of her class from the Philadelphia
Restaurant School and earned a B.S. in Dietetics at The Univer-
sity of Texas at Austin. She was the Hostess with the Mostest,
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at home, but also for all those she loved in her world. She was
one of a kind-hearted person, generous, comforting and sup-
portive.
Lara had a passion for everything of the natural world —
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ing something somewhere. She had many beloved cats.
Services will be held at a future date in Joseph in the spring
or summer. A service will be held at Meditation Mount, at 10340
Reeves Rd, Ojai, Calif., at 1 p.m. Jan. 16. For more information,
call 805-341-4541.
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The Lara Bright Safe Sanctuary at Ojai Community Bank.
Charles J. Flanagan
Charles J. Flanagan of Enterprise passed away Dec. 8, 2015
at the age of 75. He is survived by his wife Marie and sons
Sean H. Flanagan of Enterprise and Matthew D. Flanagan of
Sherwood, Ore. No services are planned. A full obituary will be
published at a later date.
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needed effort to keep her grades
high, which is demonstrated
through her 3.82 GPA. Selena is
kind hearted and pleasant to all.
Wallowa High School is proud to
put her forward as student of the
week.
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Orville Max Makin,
Nov. 18, 1920 to Jan. 5, 2016
Orville Max Makin passed
away peacefully in his sleep at
the Wallowa Valley Senior Liv-
ing in Enterprise on Jan. 5 at the
age of 95. He was the youngest of
three children of Ralph and Vina
Makin.
Orville was raised on a ranch
in Enterprise, where he went
to grade school in a one-room
schoolhouse on Elk Mountain
Road. He graduated from Enter-
prise High School in 1937. Or-
ville met Anna Rose Nelson, his wife of 73 years, at a dance at the
Eastern Oregon Livestock Show. The two were married on April
26, 1942 and lived and ranched in the Wallowa Valley until they re-
tired in 1992. After retiring, Anna and Orville moved to Vale, Ore.,
so they could be near their daughter Linda and family. They moved
back to Wallowa Valley in December 2011 and settled in a home
in Joseph.
Orville enjoyed ranch life and especially loved raising cattle. He
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looked forward to the spring mushroom season. He relished time
with his family both on the ranch and on vacation. He had a passion
for music and spent many evenings singing and playing the piano.
He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Orville is survived by sons Gayle Makin and wife Sue of Sher-
wood, Ore., Kirk Makin and wife Elizabeth of Enterprise, and his
nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Orville was preceded
in death by his wife Anna Makin, his mother and father, his daugh-
ter Linda Hyde, his sister Oieta Hulet and his brother Durald Makin.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15 at Bollman Funer-
al Home in Enterprise.
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bile club listed an incorrect venue for the group’s Jan. 16 dinner
and auction, which will take place at Cloverleaf Hall.
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