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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
OBITUARIES
Margaret Louise (Gowey) Botts
James Chapman
Willard (Bill) Hale Patterson
August 7, 1924-June 26, 2019
March 8, 1940-June 25, 2019
January 8, 1922-June 22, 2019
Margaret
Louise
(Gowey) Botts, 94, passed
away Wednesday, June 26,
2019 in Joseph Oregon. She
was born August 7, 1924 in
McMinville, OR,
to Ray and Opal
Shuman. The fam-
ily moved when
she was two years
old to the Troy,
OR, area where
her brother Bill
joined the fam-
ily. She gradu-
ated from Flora
High School May 19, 1941.
Margaret married Mel-
vin Botts on April 2, 1945.
They farmed in Flora until
moving to Wallowa Lake in
1962. Eventually the family
settled near the Joseph Air-
port. Always a hard working
woman, Margaret cooked
and made long standing
friends at Wallowa Memo-
rial Hospital and the Joseph
School. After “retirement”
Margaret joined the Peace
Corps and served in Belize
from 1984-1986. Upon her
return, she embarked on var-
ious cooking adventures in
Yellowstone National Park,
Bear Lake Alaska, Red’s
Horse Ranch and later in
life wintered in Quartzsite,
Arizona, with her longtime
companion Vandon Martin.
Struck with ancestral wan-
derlust, Margaret traveled
to several states and in 2005
took a much anticipated
trip to Australia, New Zea-
land, and Fiji. Margaret was
a long time VFW Auxiliary
member and supported sev-
eral charities. Margaret was
predeceased by daughter
Shirley Mead (1965), hus-
band Melvin (1975), great
granddaughter Sonja John-
son (2014) and son Ronald
“Bud” Botts (2015). Sur-
vivors include; daughter
Melva Elaine Johnston (Wil-
lie) of Asotin, WA; son Rod-
ney Botts (Linda)
of Joseph, OR;
son Kyle Botts
of Portland, OR;
daughter-in-law
Cassandra Botts of
Enterprise, OR; 7
grandchildren, 22
great grandchil-
dren, 1 great-great
granddaughter
along with several beloved
extended family and friends.
Margaret’s love for her fam-
ily prompted her to docu-
ment many written stories of
her past along with research-
ing genealogy. She will be
remembered for her feisty
personality, quirky sense of
humor, famous Christmas
letters, and endless hospi-
tality. Funeral services will
be Saturday July 13, 2019
at 11:00 a.m. at Bollman’s
Funeral Home in Enterprise.
The family invites every-
one to enjoy lunch at Enter-
prise VFW Hall immedi-
ately following the service.
In the past, Margaret had
requested that any musi-
cian bring their instruments
to play together at the VFW.
In lieu of fl owers please con-
sider a contribution to your
favorite charity. Her family
is extremely grateful for the
care provided by Traci Frye,
FNP, the kind staff at Alpine
House in Joseph, and honor-
ary pall bearers Joe Shuman,
Rodney Botts, Kyle Botts,
Clayton Madison, Seth
Botts, Beau Botts, Willie
Johnston, Allen Schnetzky,
Larry Johnson, and Mike
Williams.
Bessie Inez (Winebarger) Rynearson
September 19,1933 -July 2,2019
Bessie
Rynearson,
85 was born September
19,1933 in Fox Oregon
to Walter and Cora Wine-
barger. Bessie joined sisters
Verna, Norma and brother
Earl and later were joined
by twins Fay and Fred who
died at infancy.
Mother and family moved
to Prairie City, Oregon in
1943. Bessie graduated high
school in 1951. Bessie mar-
ried Donald Rynearson in
November 1952 in fact Bes-
sie and her sister Norma
married Rynearson broth-
ers Donald and Floyd, Bes-
sie and Donald had 4 chil-
dren Robert, James, Jeffery
and Becky. The family lived
in many places in Oregon
before settling in Enterprise,
Oregon in 1964. Bessie was
primarily a housewife and
mother through the years yet
she did sell Avon and Baum
toys, later working a few
years as a grocery checker.
Later she and Donald spent
some 20 years making and
selling crafts through out the
Northwest. Bessie enjoyed
her fl owers, garden, knitting
and sewing and most of all
her family, excelling at all.
Bessie is survived by sis-
ter Norma, children Bob
and wife Dana, Jim and Sue,
Jeff and Darlene and Becky.
Grandchildren Eric, Tiffany,
Dena, Donnie, Joshua, Doug
and Kayla. Step-grandchil-
dren Jessica, Tiffany and
Kimberly. 20 great grand-
children and 4 great great
grandchildren, and many
nieces and nephews.
Graveside service will
be held at enterprise cem-
etery July 13,2019 at
2:00pm Bollman funeral
home will be in charge of
arrangements.
Family & friends gath-
ering at Enterprise Com-
munity Church, 301 NE1st,
11-1:30.
DEATH NOTICES
Keith Wortman
Keith Wortman, 90 years old, died at his home in Enter-
prise July 4. At this time no services are planned. A full obit-
uary will appear later. Bollman Funeral Home entrusted with
arrangements
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another of Jim’s hobbies.
He enjoyed researching
family history in librar-
ies and cemeteries, and
he often attended fam-
ily reunions and
Chapman Fam-
ily Association
gatherings. Jim
was also active
in
Toastmas-
ters for several
years and was a
faithful member
of Haller Lake
United Method-
ist Church in North Seattle
for over 50 years.
Jim loved Wallowa
County and visited his
property in Lostine sev-
eral times a year. He was
a supporter of the Wal-
lowa Band Nez Perce Trail
Interpretive Center and
often attended the Tam-
kaliks Celebration and art
auction.
Jim is preceded in death
by his parents, Lloyd and
Opal Chapman. He is sur-
vived by his wife of 52
years, Carol Chapman;
son Scott Chapman and
wife Gerri of Moscow,
ID; and daughter Lisa Hill
and husband Matthew, and
granddaughters Kylie and
Grace, of Auburn, WA.
A service will be held
Saturday, July 13 at 1 p.m.
at Haller Lake United
Methodist Church in
North Seattle, with burial
at Acacia Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Alz-
heimer’s Association at
www.alz.org.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
THURSDAY, JULY 11
WINE GLASS PAINTING:
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Josephy Cen-
ter. Free wine glass painting
lesson with Kodi McCleary. All
materials provided and the
result is donated to the Wal-
lowa Valley Festival of Arts
opening night festivities.
LIBRARY STORY TIMES:
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Enterprise City Library. Par-
ents and children 0-5. Circle
time, story-time and activity
at the Library.
FREE SUMMER LUNCH IN
THE PARK: Noon to 12:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
For children 0-18. At Wal-
lowa, Enterprise and Joseph
parks. Sponsored by Building
Healthy Families.
WALLOWA
COUNTY
CHESS CLUB: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Josephy Center, Joseph. Free.
Tourists and players of all lev-
els are welcome.
COURTHOUSE CONCERT
SERIES: 5:30 p.m. Courthouse
gazebo, Enterprise. Free out-
door musical gathering.
Presentation: Preparing
Ourselves for the New Wild-
fi re Reality: 7 p.m. At Wal-
lowology, Joseph. Presented
by Chris Dunn, PhD. College
of Forestry, OSU.
FRIDAY, JULY 12
CENTENNIAL
CELEBRA-
TION OF THE OK THEATRE:
The OK Theatre’s 100 year
birthday bash featuring 8
bands. Great vendors, shows
and other fun activities.
ZUMBA: 6:30 a.m. The
Place, Joseph. No experience
needed. Instructor: Tammi
Chapman.
PARENT/CHILD
PLAY-
GROUPS:
9:30 a.m.
to
10:30 a.m. Building Healthy
Families. Targeting parents
and children 0-5. Songs, sto-
ries, snacks and activities
focusing on developing kin-
dergarten readiness skills.
FOOD
GIVEAWAY:
11:30 a.m. Wallowa Senior
Center in Wallowa, 11 a.m.
Enterprise Senior Center and
noon at The Place in Joseph.
Sponsored by Wallowa Fresh
Food Alliance. Perishable
food available.
LOWER VALLEY FARM-
ERS MARKET: Noon to 6 p.m.
Held indoors, on Main Street,
across from Wallowa Food
City in Wallowa. Produce,
eggs, grass fed beef, hand-
crafted items.
DISCOVERY
WALK:
3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Leave
from Wallowology. Family
friendly! Free.
FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT:
8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wallowa
Lake State Park, campground
program area.
SATURDAY, JULY 13
CENTENNIAL
CELEBRA-
TION OF THE OK THEATRE:
The OK Theatre’s 100 year
birthday bash featuring 8
bands. Great vendors, shows
and other fun activities.
All You Can Eat Pancake
Breakfast: 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Hurricane Creek Grange,
1 mile east of Joseph. $8
for pancakes, meat, eggs &
beverage.
DISCOVERY
WALK:
9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Leave
from Wallowa Lake Lodge.
Family friendly! Free. Spon-
sored by Wallowology.
LOWER VALLEY FARMERS
MARKET: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Held indoors, on Main Street,
across from Wallowa Food
City in Wallowa. Produce,
eggs, grass fed beef, hand-
crafted items.
SUNDAY, JULY 14
HORSE CAMP – JULY 14-20:
Ages 12-14. Wallowa Lake
United Methodist Camp. Info:
gocamping.org (scroll/click
on Wallowa Lake) or Peggy
Lovegren, 541-432-1271.
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James Lloyd Chapman
died Tuesday, June 25,
2019, in Shoreline, WA, at
age 79. Jim was born in La
Grande on March 8, 1940,
and grew up
on his family’s
160-acre cattle
ranch just south
of Lostine. He
attended schools
in Wallowa, then
transferred
to
La Grande High
School, where
he graduated in
1958. He graduated from
Whitman College in Walla
Walla in 1962 and got his
master’s in civil engineer-
ing from Columbia Uni-
versity. On Aug. 20, 1966,
he married Carol Ann
Kurtz of Westfi eld, NJ,
and they moved to Seat-
tle, where Jim worked
for Boeing for almost 30
years, primarily on the
Minuteman Missile.
In 1972, Jim and Carol
moved to Edmonds, WA,
where they raised their
two children, Scott and
Lisa. Jim loved hiking and
was active in environmen-
tal organizations includ-
ing the Alpine Lakes Pro-
tection Society, where he
served as president and in
other board positions for
many years. Jim also had
a passion for travel, and
he and Carol took trips to
dozens of places around
the globe, including Tur-
key, Japan, the Galapa-
gos Islands and Antarc-
tica, after his retirement
in 1995. Genealogy was
Husband, father, grand-
father, and friend, Wil-
lard (Bill) Hale Patter-
son died peacefully June
22, 2019, at Rogue Val-
ley Manor, Medford, Ore-
gon. He was born January
8, 1922 in Cascade, Idaho
to Hale and Bertha Patter-
son. Helping in the family
hardware store during his
youth may have inspired
his future in business. He
met Patricia Armstrong in
grade school. Their rela-
tionship blossomed as they
grew up together, lasted
as he pursued his busi-
ness degree at the Univer-
sity of ldaho, then joined
the Army and reached
the rank of Second Lieu-
tenant, while Pat graduated
from Stephens College in
Columbia, Missouri. They
married in Cascade in
1945, and raised four boys
to be independent individ-
uals who charted their own
adult lives. He gently let
go of this life the evening
after he and Pat spent their
74th wedding anniversary
together.
Bill began professional
life working for Morri-
son-Knudsen, a construc-
tion company in Boise,
Idaho. He then entered the
wood products industry
at Hallack and Howard in
Cascade, Idaho. His career
culminated as president of
Boise-Southern in De Rid-
der, Louisiana. When he
retired in 1980, Bill and
Pat moved to Albuquer-
que, New Mexico. Sum-
mers took them to Wallowa
Lake where family shared
treasured times together.
In 2003, they moved to the
Rogue Valley Manor to be
closer to family.
Family was important
to Bill. His fondest mem-
ories were of wading riv-
ers around Wallowa Lake,
helping grandchildren learn
to fl y fi sh. His grandchil-
dren still carry those happy
memories with them.
Bill is survived by his
wife, Pat, sons, Bill Jr.
(Marilyn), of Medford,
Oregon, Steve (Jane) of
Wilsonville, Oregon, Mark
(Jennifer) of Seattle, Wash-
ington, and Rob (Cathy)
of San Antonio, Texas, in
addition to his grandchil-
dren: Molly, Julie, Eric,
Brooke, Rob, Jr., Claire,
Sam, Patricia Jean (“PJ”);
and great-grandchildren:
Stephen, Ryan, Lorelai,
Cameron, Harrison, Caleb,
and Knox. While Bill is
no longer physically with
those he loved and who
love him, the cohesive
friendship of the family he
left behind and the mem-
ories he helped create are
treasured, and shared. We
all carry a bit of Bill within
us. While his passing has
torn a hole in our hearts,
each day some small event
will call forth a special
memory and even though
he has left us, we still seem
to share a smile.
A memorial service will
be held in the chapel at
Eagle Point National Cem-
etery, Eagle Point, Oregon
on July 19th at 10:00 a.m.
SEE THE EXPANDED ONLINE CALENDAR AT
EASTERNOREGONEVENTS.COM
LOWER VALLEY FARMERS
MARKET: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Held indoors, on Main Street,
across from Wallowa Food
City in Wallowa. Produce,
eggs, grass fed beef, hand-
crafted items.
BINGO: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
VFW Hall, Enterprise.
MONDAY, JULY 15
YOUTH
ART
CAMP
– JULY 8-11 “FAR AWAY
PLACES”: Ages 9-14. 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Josephy Center.
541-432-0505.
ZUMBA: 6:30 a.m. The
Place, Joseph. No experience
needed. Instructor: Tammi
Chapman.
WALLOWA COUNTY COM-
MISSIONERS MEETING: 9 a.m.
to 10 a.m. Wallowa County
Courthouse.
FREE SUMMER LUNCH IN
THE PARK: Noon to 12:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
For children 0-18. At Wal-
lowa, Enterprise and Joseph
parks. Sponsored by Building
Healthy Families.
TUESDAY, JULY 16
PILATES IN WALLOWA:
9 a.m. Wallowa Senior Center.
SEWING GROUP: 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Wallowa Senior Cen-
ter, 204 E. 2nd St., Wallowa.
Sponsored by Community
Connection.
DIABETES CLINIC: 11 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. Wallowa Senior
Center.
FREE SUMMER LUNCH IN
THE PARK: Noon to 12:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
For children 0-18. At Wal-
lowa, Enterprise and Joseph
parks. Sponsored by Building
Healthy Families.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17
ZUMBA: 6:30 a.m. The
Place, Joseph. No experience
needed. Instructor: Tammi
Chapman.
FOOD
GIVEAWAY:
11:30 a.m. Wallowa Senior
Center in Wallowa, 11 a.m.
Enterprise Senior Center and
noon at The Place in Joseph.
Sponsored by Wallowa Fresh
Food Alliance. Perishable
food available.
ROTARY CLUB OF WAL-
LOWA COUNTY: Noon, St.
Katherine Catholic Church,
301 E. Garfi eld St., Enterprise.
Public is invited.
FREE SUMMER LUNCH IN
THE PARK: Noon to 12:30 p.m.
Monday through Thursday.
For children 0-18. At Wal-
lowa, Enterprise and Joseph
parks. Sponsored by Building
Healthy Families.
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