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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
John Godel Ward
February 11, 1928 – December 22, 2018
Robert “Wayne” Lathrop
July 7, 1930 – December 30, 2018
Army in 1951 and serve in
Korea as a forward observer
for most of 1952. He would
recall how the enemy could
attack in swarms and the
awful devastation he could
bring down on them, espe-
cially when calling fi re for
the ships off the coast.
Upon discharge from the
Army, he farmed and ranched
with his brothers and shear
sheep on the Marvin Lovell
crew — a man Wayne held
in great regard because his
work ethic equaled that of
his own. In 1954, he mar-
ried Jo-Ann Markham and
they farmed and ranched.
They moved to Enterprise
and bought acreage in 1962
and Wayne went to work for
the Wallowa County Grain
Growers. Wayne would fi nd
his gift as a mechanic for the
Grain Growers and no such
thing existed —a Johnny that
Robert Wayne Lathrop
was the 12th of 13 children
born to Louis and Hazel
Lathrop. He grew up on the
Lathrop family homestead
in the Leap Country north
of Enterprise. He attended
school in the Leap one-room
school house and would be
the last class to graduate
from the school as an eighth
grader in 1944. He attended
Enterprise High School and
graduated in 1948. Even as
a young man, in the Leap
country he was legendary
for his mechanical abilities
and how he could keep all
the worn-out equipment run-
ning for the Lathrops and the
neighbors.
Upon graduation from
high school he would help
his brothers Shorty and Duke
with their cattle ranches on
the remote Snake River. He
would be drafted into the
Oma Ydele Miller
April 8, 1929 – November 26, 2018
Oma Ydele Miller, 89,
died Monday, Nov. 26 at a
local care home.
At her request there will
be no services. She will be
interred in the Enterprise
Cemetery next to her parents.
Oma was born on April
8, 1929, in Bend to Thor-
val Graydon and Marilla
(Hodge) Gray. After gradu-
ating from high school she
attended what is now East-
ern Oregon University for
a year. She then returned to
Bend where she worked as
a bookkeeper and secretary
before moving to Eastern
Oregon. She lived in Wal-
lowa and Enterprise before
moving to La Grande in the
1990s.
When she was able, Oma
attended the Oregon Trail
Christian Fellowship.
She is survived by a
daughter, Suellen Roley of
Bend.
Contributions in memory
of Oma Miller may be made
to the Oregon Trail Christian
Fellowship at 59074 Foothill
Road, La Grande, OR 97850.
Arrangements
were
entrusted to Daniels-Knopp
Funeral, Cremation & Life
Celebration Center in La
Grande.
wouldn’t pop or a baler that
wouldn’t tie — in Wallowa
County. Wayne had a very
loyal customer base among
farmers and ranchers in Wal-
lowa County for many years.
After retiring from the
Grain Growers, he expanded
his cattle herd signifi cantly
and pursued his real pas-
sion of raising cattle. He
would continue to raise cat-
tle into his 80s and especially
enjoyed the time he spent on
his Crow Creek property.
Wayne was a member of
the Grange, Stockgrowers
and Elks club. He was also
a long time Little League
coach and Cub Scout leader.
Wayne was proceeded in
death by his wife Jo-Ann,
six brothers Quentin, Ollis
(Jiggs), Leo (Tuff), Har-
old (Shorty), Emra (Duke)
and Melvin fi ve sisters
Muriel, Gladys Yost, Mar-
ian Bowen, Marcel Walker
and Sally Akin. He is sur-
vived by one sister Mary
Lou Huffman, three sons
Jeff (Nancy), Scott (Ruby),
Mick (Kelli); one daugh-
ter Betsy, four grand chil-
dren, numerous great grand-
children and a very special
niece and nephew in John
and Darlene Pithoud.
Memorial contributions
can be made to Wallowa
County Senior Meals in
care of Community Connec-
tion, 702 NW First Street,
Enterprise.
Celebration of his life
will be held Saturday Jan
12 at 1 p.m. at the Bollman
Funeral Home with pri-
vate interment at the Enter-
prise Cemetery. Reception
to follow at the Cloverleaf
Hall in Enterprise. Bollman
Funeral Home entrusted with
arrangements.
HONOR ROLL
Local students on Lewis-Clark
State College honor roll
LEWISTON, Idaho – Fif-
teen students from the state
of Oregon were named to the
2018 fall semester honor roll
at Lewis-Clark State College
by earning either President’s
List or Dean’s List status.
To qualify for the Pres-
ident’s List students must
have a 3.75 grade point
average or higher for the
semester and take at least
12 graded credits in level
100 classes or above. The
Dean’s List uses the same
requirements but students
must have a GPA between
3.25 and 3.749. Overall, the
college had 468 students on
the President’s List and 482
students on the Dean’s List.
Area are listed below
with their hometowns and
honor:
President’s List
Elgin – Aria E. Higgins
Enterprise – Stefany
R. Christman, Rylie J.
Hayward
Dean’s List
La Grande – Bailey M.
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John Godel Ward, 90,
long-time resident of
Joseph, Oregon, died Sat-
urday night Dec. 22, 2018,
in Spokane, Washing-
ton. John had been living
in Walla Walla Veterans
Home and was airlifted
to Sacred Heart Hospi-
tal for internal bleeding,
from which he would not
recover. His Walla Walla
family, Mari and Mark
Hanson were there to hold
him as he left this life
which he lived with grace
and love.
John was born Feb.
11, 1928, in North War-
ren, Pennsylvania to Rob-
ert Edmund and Corabel
(Godel) Ward. He and his
sister Jane grew up sur-
rounded by aunts, uncles,
cousins and hundreds of
miles of wooded forests,
rivers and lakes. At the
end of World War II, John
left high school to join the
Army and was assigned to
General Douglas MacAr-
thur’s Allied Occupation
Headquarters in Tokyo,
Japan. When he returned
home in 1948 he met a
young nurse from Pitts-
burg who stole his heart.
John Ward and Cather-
ine Ann (Tess) Bellan were
married Sept. 4, 1948, at
the North Warren Pres-
byterian Church and left
soon after to start a new
life in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. They utilized his
GI Bill to buy a home as
John started school at the
University of New Mex-
ico and they began their
family of six children.
John worked for the
machinist union but he
lived to go fi shing and
camping. He built life-
long friendships with bud-
dies who showed him the
backroads of New Mex-
ico. As a young father, he
taught his family the mer-
its of wilderness conser-
vation, endlessly explor-
ing the mountains, rivers
and lakes of the Land of
Enchantment. Ultimately,
they bought a cabin in
northern New Mexico.
In 1967 John moved
his family to Richland,
Washington, where he
began working with Bat-
telle N.W. and later West-
inghouse Hanford as the
manager of union rela-
tions. John and Tess lived
in Richland for more than
25 years and the center of
their activism was Central
United Protestant Church.
John Godel Ward
John was an avid fan of
Bomber basketball as well
as college basketball. He
rarely missed a trip each
year to the NCAA tour-
nament with his sons and
grandchildren.
In 1994 John and Tess
retired and moved to their
land on the banks of the
Wallowa River, a retreat
they owned since 1968.
Their home was the heart
of the family, the site of
countless
celebrations
where John also cultivated
his love for tree farming.
This is where Tess died
in 2008, months short of
their 60th wedding anni-
versary. The United Meth-
odist Church in Joseph
was their spiritual home
where they continued to
serve their community.
John’s enduring leg-
acy will be his pride and
love for his family; his
respect and passion for
the great outdoors and
his keen intellect. He will
be remembered for being
steady, faithful and fair.
He was determined to live
life on his own terms. And
he will be deeply and truly
missed.
John was preceded in
death by his wife Tess
Ward, daughter Gina Lea,
sister Jane, brother Rob-
bie and his parents Rob-
ert and Corabel Ward.
He is survived by chil-
dren Lisa Spreacker (Jerry
Whiting), Robert E. Ward
II (Becky Ward), Jana
M. Ward, Mari Hanson
(Mark Hanson) and John
B. Ward (Joneen Ward);
ten grandchildren, fi fteen
great-grandchildren, and
niece Linda Rogers Spur-
lock (Mike Spurlock). A
memorial service will be
held 1 p.m., April 27 at
United Methodist Church
in Joseph, Oregon with
a reception to follow. In
lieu of fl owers, memorial
donations may be made to
Joseph United Methodist
Church.
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