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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (June 18, 2009)
r Spilyay T ym oo, W arm Springs, Oregon Page 8 June 18, 2 0 0 9 Howlak Tichum Millie Nicodemus, 1932-2009 Renita Louise Harvey, 1959-2009 R enita L ou ise H arv ey passed away at her hom e in W arm Springs o n Ju n e 3, 2009 by an extended illness. Renita was* bo rn on D e c e m b e r 17, 1959 in R e d m o n d , O re g o n to Reginald & Beatrice (Scott) Winishut. Renita was a lifelong resi dent o f W arm Springs and an enrolled m em ber o f the C o n fe d e ra te d T rib e s o f W arm Springs. She gradu- Veteran: (From page 1) H e le ft F t. L ew is an d came back to the reservation, suffering from p o st-tra u m atic stress disorder. T he m ilitary dishonorably dis charged him. Years later, T he O reg o nian published an article de tailing the circumstances o f his discharge. War veterans ad vocates, in clu d in g U.S. S enator Ron W yden, th en petitioned the A rm y to ad dress the injustice o f the situ ation. In 2005, th e A rm y re versed the earlier decision, and Mr. Yahtin received an honorable discharge; and he finally received the medals he had earned in Korea: a K o rean Campaign Ribbon with five battle stars, a K orean D efense Medal, and certifi ca te s h o n o rin g his tw o Purple Hearts. A fter his experience in Korea, Mr. Yahtin settled in Simnasho. H e was married, and fathered 13 children. H e had many grandchil dren and g reat-g ran d ch il dren , Mr. Y ahtin w o rk ed ated from Madras High School. O n March 31,1985 she mar ried G ene H arvey Sr. at the W arm Springs Baptist Church. Renita was a homemaker and m other w ho enjoyed catderides and horses. She played softball and was fond o f basket and beadwork. She was also a good seam stress. She loved her family and was involved with the 4-H dance group for the youth. She partici pated with Eva M ontee on the Bravettes Marching Team. She is survived by her h u sb an d , G en e o f W arm Springs; children Windy and G ene Jr. o f W arm Springs; b ro th e rs L loyd A d am s, A rth u r Lewis and Richard Wolfe all o f W arm Springs; Sisters Roberta Jim, Eulalia W inishut, b o th o f W arm Springs, and Vernita Adams o f P o rtlan d . H er m o th e r preceded her in death. medals arrived in 2005 M ildred Alice Sherwood Nicodemus was born May 29, 1932 to M argaret and Alec S h e rw o o d o f W ellp in it, W a sh in g to n . M illie d ied peacefully in h er sleep on Monday, June 1, 2009 after a long batde with health issues. M illie w as a S p o k an e T ribal M em ber, descended from Samuel Sherwood and A n n e S u l-u m -te e o n h e r fath er’s side and M oses B. Phillips and Mollie on her m other’s side. M illie m a rrie d M arcus N ico d em u s o f th e C oeur d ’A len e T rib e in 1954 in Stockton, California, where she had fo u n d a job as a nurse. She and Mark settled in W arm Springs, where she worked as a Registered N urse for the Indian H ealth Service at the clinic, and he worked at the BIA Roads D e p a rt m e n t. T h ey lived o n th e Warm Springs Indian reserva tion for 35 years and raised five children there. I n 1979 Millie and Mark both retired from governm ent service and moved to Spokane. Millie was a person w ho gave generously to others. She gave. everything she could to h er work, tending to the sick. She was a dedicated nurse and pub lic servant. Millie graduated from D ea coness N ursing School in Sep tem ber o f 1942 and became a licensed Registered N urse in California, O regon, and Wash ington. She worked to improve the working conditions and sta tus o f nurses and was a m em b er o f several nursing policy boards. Millie’s tendency to take in the fo rg o tte n an d displaced people in her comm unity was one o f her greatest strengths. Millie underwent open heart surgery in July o f 2008 and af terwards, recovered successfully from her surgery, and began the long road towards health. She contracted pneum onia in late February o f this year and never quite recovered. Millie is survived by her sons G erald N icodem us Jr., o f Wellpinit, W ashington, and E d Nicodemus, o f Spokane; a n d d a u g h te rs, M egan Nicodemus o f Spokane, and Emily Cornelius o f Seatde. She has eight grandchildren: Gary Nicodem us and Alyse N icodem us o f J o h n Day; Lyda Nicodemus-Young o f Airway Heights; Mindy Flett o f Wellpinit; Jacob H arding and Joseph H arding o f Spo kane; M arcus H ard in g o f Worley, Idaho, and Samuel H arding o f Wellpinit. She has several nieces and neph ews, grandnieces and neph ews and num erous friends located all over the N o rth west. Millie was an example o f how generous and giving a person should be. She was a loving, devoted mother, wife, and grandmother. 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