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May 24, 2017
Wallowa County Chieftain
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Minnie Modrich Fregulia
May 6, 1918 –– May 12, 2017
Minnie Joann Dumica Modrich
passed away at home in Enterprise,
Ore., May 12, 2017.
She was born May 6, 1918, in
Rugby, Colo., to immigrant parents
from Austria, Dumica Bujacich and
Frank Modrich. She was the fi fth
child of six, one of three who sur-
vived.
Due to a coal mining accident
that left her father unable to work,
the family settled in Trinidad, Colo.,
where Minnie attended Catholic
school and graduated from Trinidad
High School in 1936. She had a busy social life with one of the
highlights being dances on Saturday nights.
After graduation, Minnie and her mother moved to Jackson,
Calif., where her sister Mary and brother-in-law Joe resided.
Shortly thereafter she and her mother moved to Sacramento. It
was during a visit to Jackson that Minnie met her future husband,
Al.
In Sacramento, Minnie began work at a dime store and used to
talk about how she loved working at the “chocolate counter.” She
later worked for the Department of Motor Vehicles, and when
the war began, she joined the effort at Mather Field in California.
Minnie and Al married on Aug. 19, 1942, at St. Francis
Church in Sacramento while he was home on leave. She even-
tually joined him in Selma, Ala., where she began working as
a legal secretary. In Selma the couple welcomed fi rst son John.
When the war ended, they returned to Sacramento and she
began work at the Department of Education. Al’s work took them
to the small lumber town of Westwood, Calif. She drove 25 miles
each day to work in Susanville at the county courthouse.
After Michael and Maria were born, she was employed by her
husband to “keep the books” for his business. She was an active
member of the community: Boy Scout Leader, PTA offi cer and
member, 4-H Leader, a loving member of Our Lady of the Snows
Catholic Church and part of a group of women known as “Club,”
which met to play cards, dress up for different events and enjoy
having an all-around good time.
She drove her own children and others to the lake to swim,
to the sledding hill in the winter, to camping weekends and to
baseball games. She cooked and baked and set a beautiful table.
Each spring in Clear Creek, she had the optimistic spirit to
plant fl owers and a garden that struggled in the mountain climate,
but she persevered. In 1966, the family moved to Susanville, and
Minnie worked for the Lassen County District Attorney.
During that time, she also ran for the offi ce of County Clerk.
She didn’t win but was glad for the experience. The Lassen
County 4-H Program benefi ted from her continued involvement.
Upon moving to Reno, Nev., in 1969, Minnie once again be-
gan work as a legal secretary. After two years, an opportunity
arose for her to work in the Agriculture Department at the Uni-
versity of Nevada. She ultimately became secretary to the Dean
of the College of Agriculture before moving to northeast Oregon.
Minnie loved living in Reno and could be lucky sometimes play-
ing the quarter machines.
In Enterprise, Minnie began work for an attorney and then
completed her working career as secretary for St. Katherine’s
Catholic Church. After retirement, she and Al traveled through-
out the United States and Canada and began spending a few win-
ter months in Bullhead City, Ariz.
She was an active member of St. Katherine’s Parish and also
helped support the efforts of the Elks Club, especially through the
Lady Elks Emblem Club.
She was invited to become a member of the Beta Nu Chapter
of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and was active for many years espe-
cially enjoying the Halloween costume parties, helping with the
annual Mother’s Day tea, as well as participating in preparing
fl oats for Chief Joseph Day Parades.
She became a member of the High Wallowa Red Hats and val-
ued greatly the friendships she made in both organizations. She
always looked forward to the next activity with an indomitable
spirit, even a week before her death.
Minnie and Al enjoyed a lifelong love of dancing well into
their retirement.
They celebrated 65 years of marriage in August 2007.
She is predeceased by her loving husband Al, who died
in 2008; her parents Dumica and Frank; three brothers of tod-
dler age; her sister Mary (Joe) Marhefka; her brother Lawrence
(Marge) Modrich; Al’s sisters Emma (Charlie) Mahon, Norma
(Bill) Holty and Grace (Peno) Banducci.
She is survived by her sons, John (Gay) Fregulia, Michael
(Danalee) Fregulia of Enterprise and daughter Maria Fregulia
of Susanville, when not in Enterprise. Also grandsons, Jon (Bre)
Fregulia and children, Reid Fregulia (Heidi) and children, both
of La Grande, Ore.; Dominic Fregulia (Stacey) of Wallowa, Ore.;
nieces, nephews and cousins in California, Washington State,
North Carolina and New Mexico.
Remembered also are so many of the friends she had in Wal-
lowa County including those of her children and grandchildren.
Especially dear to her heart were Charleen and Chuck Haines
and Don and Erica Stein. She was proud to learn this winter that
her nephew Paul was a recipient of the Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Services included a Rosary and a Mass of Christian Burial at
St. Katherine’s May 23, 2017. A short service was held at Enter-
prise Cemetery the following day. Memorial donations may be
made to High Wallowa Red Hats in care of Jean Hafer or to a
charity of choice.
D EATH N OTICE
Harold E. “Bud” Bartlett
Aug 28, 1926 –– May 7, 2017
James Douglas Tippett
Harold E. “Bud” Bartlett of
Milton-Freewater passed away
May 7, 2017, at his home at the
age of 90. A gathering for fam-
ily and friends, including many
from Wallowa County, will be
held 1-4 p.m. Saturday, May 27,
at the Milton-Freewater Golf
Course.
Harold “Bud” Bartlett was
born Aug. 28, 1926, in Lewis-
ton, Idaho, to Harry E. and Mar-
garet Bartlett Twilegar. He at-
tended school in Riggins, Idaho,
and lived with his family mostly
along the Riggins Salmon River area.
Bud worked baling hay to earn money for his education. In
1944, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served his country
during WWII. After his honorable discharge, Bud worked in the
timber industry in central Oregon before moving to Clarkston,
Wash., where he owned and operated a gas station. Bud was later
employed by the Camas Prairie Railroad where he worked until
his retirement.
Bud enjoyed hunting, fi shing, hiking, biking and motorcycle
racing. He also enjoyed playing cards and teaching children the
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various card games.
One of the many memories was when Bud worked as a me-
chanic on a car racing team. Bud began traveling to Arizona
where he organized a four-wheel drive desert group.
He discovered the game of golf and never looked back. Bud
recorded twelve holes-in-one over the years and golf was his true
passion. While in Arizona, Bud met Pat. They both had lost their
respective spouses and were married Jan. 12, 1997, on the golf
course in Wellton, Ariz. Thus began a 20-year journey of love,
laughter, travel and golf. “Tee time in heaven, rest in peace my
love.”
Survivors include his wife Pat of Milton-Freewater; son Ed-
ward (Sandy) Bartlett of Colbert, Wash.; daughter Crystal Ann
Bartlett of Everett, Wash.; step-son Jeff (Brenda) Betsinger of
Prosser, Wash.; and step-daughter Diane Lynn of Sterling, Colo.
Also a sister, Arlene Steele of Cascade, Idaho; numerous grand-
children, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews and his dog
“Sassy.”
He was preceded in death by a son, Buddy Phifer and broth-
ers, Derek Bartlett and Lyle Twilegar.
To leave a condolence online visit munsellerhodes.com
Those who wish may make memorial contributions in mem-
ory of Bud to the Milton-Freewater Golf Course or Walla Walla
Community Hospice in care of the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home, 902 S. Main, Milton-Freewater, OR 97862.
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Hospital May 22. A private graveside service will be held for
the family with the memorial at Mt. Joseph Cattle Company 1
p.m. May 27. A longer obit will follow in next week’s edition.
News in Brief
Promise reunion
features chili feed
The annual Promise Re-
union gathering will May 27-
28 at the Promise Grange Hall.
All former and current Prom-
ise residents, their descendants
and friends, as well as anyone
interested in the history of
Promise are invited to attend.
Saturday afternoon will
feature a chili feed at 1 p.m.,
and music will follow in the
evening. Sunday’s events in-
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a.m. followed by a potluck and
a program at 1 p.m.
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