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November 8, 2017
Wallowa County Chieftain
O BITUARIES
Elna May Tucker
May 9, 1920 – Nov 1, 2017
Elna May Tucker of Walla Walla, Wash., and formerly of
Milton-Freewater and Enterprisepassed away Nov. 1, 2017 at
her home at the age of 97. A funeral service will be held on
Saturday, Nov. 11, at 1 p.m. at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home Chapel, 902 S. Main,
Milton-Freewater.
A private interment will
be held at the Milton-Freewa-
ter Cemetery. Those who wish
may make memorial contribu-
tions to Walla Walla Commu-
nity Hospice or Providence St.
Mary Regional Cancer Center
(Patient Special Needs Fund)
in care of the funeral home.
Elna was born at home on
Mother’s Day, May 9, 1920,
to Charles Morgan Dyer and
Pearl May (Davis) Dyer in
Freewater, Ore.. She attended
school in Milton-Freewater
graduating with the class of Tucker
1938. After high school, Elna
attended National Youth Vocational School in Weiser, Idaho
1939-41.
After college, Elna married Darrell Ewing. He preceded
her in death on Dec. 7, 1972. On June 16, 1975, she married
Robert H. Tucker in Elko, Nev. He preceded her in death on
July 27, 2012.
Elna worked as a bookkeeper and payroll clerk until her
retirement. She was a member of the First Christian Church
in Milton-Freewater and a member of American Business
Women, Walla Walla Chapter. Elna enjoyed traveling. She
raised her niece Mary Haasch from age 7. Elna truly enjoyed
her many loving and caring nieces and nephews.
Elna is survived by a brother, Paul Dyer of Lewis-
ton, Idaho; her nieces and nephews, Mary Haasch, Karen
Buchanan, Sherri Lynn Elliott, Mike Daugherty, Gail Perkins
and Linda Jones; numerous additional nieces and nephews;
grand-nieces and nephews and great-grand nieces and neph-
ews. Her parents and nine siblings also preceded her in death.
To leave a condolence online visit munsellerhodes.com.
D EATH N OTICES
Barbara Arthur
Barbara J. Arthur, 77, of Wallowa died Oct. 31, 2017, at St.
Mary’s in Walla Walla. A full obituary will appear later. Boll-
man Funderal Home handled arrangements.
Blake Carper
Blake Lee Carper, 46, died Oct. 31, 2017, in St. Albans,
Hertfordshire, England. No local services have been
scheduled.
Kathleen (Kathy) Ellen Wadsworth
March 29, 1949 –– Oct. 29, 2017
Kathleen (Kathy) Ellen Wadsworth was born on March
29, 1949, to Wilfred J. and RoseMary Hartman in St. Luke’s
Hospital in Boise, Idaho. Her sister, Kristin, was born 3 years
later and their father, Wilfred, died that same year. RoseMary
remarried in May 1954 to Rich-
ard N. Van Sickle.
The family moved to Tren-
ton, N.J., and later to La Grande
where brother Mark was born in
1955. Four years later, the fam-
ily moved to Portland where
sister, Karin was born in 1959.
The family relocated to Renton,
Wash., in 1960 where Richard
had a job with Boeing.
Kathy attended school in
Renton graduating from Renton
High School in 1967. She
attended several years of col-
lege at Green River Commu-
nity College in Auburn, Wash.
In August 1973, she mar- Wadsworth
ried Robert A. Wadsworth and
together they raised three chil-
dren, Joshua Lee born in 1980, Jessica Lynn born in 1981 and
Joseph Charles born in 1984. They lived in Federal Way and
Puyallup, Wash., attending Faith Covenant Church in Renton.
Kathy was a child care provider for most of her children’s
childhood, caring for friends’ children and her nieces. Now
adults, the nephews, nieces and her own children still share
fond and hilarious memories of growing up in Kathy’s care.
When the family moved to Enterprise in 1995, Kathy held
several jobs, many of them associated with the child care pro-
vider system in Wallowa County. She became a liaison and
true advocate for providers as well as parents of children
needing care.
She worked for the library system and was a member of the
Wallowa County Commission on Children and Families. She
was “passionate about supporting kids with love and justice.”
She became church secretary for Enterprise Christian
Church where she was involved in Moms in Touch, leading
Sunday School and Women’s Ministries and volunteering to
help at many events.
She was admitted to St. Luke’s hospital in Boise in Janu-
ary 2017 with congestive heart failure and spent the remain-
der of the year in a long diffi cult fi ght for healing from multi-
ple health issues. Kathy never wavered in her faith or lost the
hope and joy that were so evident in her character, even during
the long days of pain.
She will be missed on this earth by many. Kathy never
desired the limelight –– she was simply an ordinary person
living a faithful life.
A celebration of life will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, at
Enterprise Christian Church. In lieu of fl owers, the family is
requesting that memorial gifts be sent to Enterprise Christian
Church.
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Ethel Voss
Dec. 9, 1921 –– Nov. 1, 2017
Ethel Voss, the hardworking and devoted matriarch to her
large family, passed away peacefully Nov. 1, 2017, at her home
in Joseph.
Ethel was born at home Dec. 9, 1921, in Linn, Mo., to
Maude and Viviane Patterson, a
fi rst-generation rancher. Because
of her father’s ranching career,
Ethel and her fi ve brothers,
whom she adored, spent much
of their time traveling with their
parents between Wyoming in the
summer and Missouri in the win-
ter. T
he children attended school,
Maude cooked for the ranch
hands and Ethel helped raise her
youngest brother “Johnny.”
When Ethel was a teenager
the family took one last epic
journey in a Model T Ford and a
two-wheel trailer at 40 miles per
hour to Milton Freewater to help Voss
out with that year’s pea harvest.
During that time, Ethel met Delbert “Bud” Harshfi eld and,
unwilling to move with her family again, she quickly married
him. Bud, a rancher himself, brought his new bride to Wallowa
County where they raised their four children; Carol, Gayle, Jack
and Mike.
When the children were small, Ethel worked hard cooking for
ranch hands, milking cows and keeping her children clean and
well-fed. As they grew and school and social activities became
more demanding of their time, Ethel convinced Bud to buy a
house in Joseph where she and her family spent many happy
years. Bud passed in July 1979.
After her children were grown, Ethel worked as a maid at the
Wallowa Lake Lodge and later in the kitchen at Wallowa Memo-
rial Hospital. She remembered her adventures with coworkers
fondly throughout her life and often regaled visitors with stories
of her escapades and the laughs she shared.
In 1982, Ethel married long-time friend Warren Voss and the
couple spent the next 20 years traveling around the country see-
ing the sights, attending the local Grange and going dancing.
The couple enjoyed helping to raise Ethel’s handful of
great-grandchildren and their extremely pampered Chihuahua
puppy “Pookie,” a time she would look back on fondly. They also
spent many summer days camping out on their property along the
Little Sheep Creek.
Ethel and Warren separated in 2002 and Warren passed away
not long after.
In recent years, Ethel has lived alone but with a continual
stream of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and even-
tually great-great grandchildren fl owing through it. She contin-
ued to travel when possible, play games, watch polka, knit wash-
cloths and crochet rag rugs. She loved to laugh, beat the pants
off everyone at dominoes and care for her beautiful yard full of
fl owers.
There was never a moment when she was too busy to have a
cup of coffee and a cinnamon roll and spend time with her friends
and family. She remained fi ercely independent, driving her car
and caring for her own home until the end of her life.
Although she only attended formal school until the eighth
grade, she was wise beyond even her nearly 96 years, always
surprising those around her with the depth of her knowledge
and understanding. Words cannot express how much she will be
missed.
She is pre-deceased by her sons: Gayle and Jack Harshfi eld,
grandchildren: Jennifer Gibbs, Ryan Zimmer and Jack “Andy”
Harshfi eld, her son-in-law Dean Gibbs, her parents and her
spouses.
She is survived by her children Carol Gibbs-Zollman
(Gayle) and Mike Harshfi eld (Pamela), her grandchildren, Terri
McCready, Debbie Zimmer, Amy Martinson, Lee Harshfi eld,
Michael Harshfi eld and Kristi Downing; great- grandchildren,
Melissa Wagoner, Tiffany Zimmer, Jennifer Marshall, Stefanie
Compton, Jack Martinson, Finn Martinson, Ryan Harshfi eld,
Tyler Harshfi eld, Taylor Harshfi eld, Wyatt Harshfi eld, Brittany
Harshfi eld, Austin Downing and CJ Downing; and great-great
grandchildren, Alexis Wagoner, London Wagoner, Sonja Wag-
oner, Rhilynn Compton and Randon Marshall.
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