Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
November 8, 2017
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At the Jamie ‘Chili Guy’ Tohet Wild Horse Race Memorial
W e would like to extend a huge
thank you to all involved with the
Jamie “Chili Guy” Tohet Wild
Horse Memorial.
Thank you to everyone that
sponsored/donated: Indian Head
Casino, DMJ Automotive, Jenni-
fer Smith, Johnny LeClaire,
Cheryl Tom, Joe Culps, Winona
Tohet, Jimmy Tohet Sr., Jason
Tohet, Shayla Stwyer and
Melinda Frank.
Thank you to Gladys Graybael
and Jayme Tohet for all your help
with the fundraisers: With that we
were able to purchase our contes-
tant numbers, pay the stock con-
tractor, and pay the help.
Thanks to the help of Aldo
Garcia, Boogie and Garrett Greene
for hauling stock. Thanks to Evans
Spino Jr. and Buster Isadore for
sorting and loading chutes. And ,
thank you to Levi M. from Beatty,
who supplied the sheep and mini
broncs for the children.
The rodeo was a rough stock
rodeo, which takes a lot of brav-
ery and confidence to enter.
We had Wild Sheep Racing,
Junior Broncs, Ranch Broncs,
Junior and Senior Wild Colt Rac-
ing, 2+1 Wild Horse Racing
(where the woman had to mug)
and Wild Horse Racing along with
Junior Barrel Racing, and a Stick
Horse Race for the itty bitty
youngins.
In the end the winner of the
Jamie “Chili Guy” Tohet Memo-
rial Wild Horse Race was Team
Chizzy from Arizona, taking with
them the $1,450 pay out.
Jamie was a mugger and loved
wild horse racing. This rodeo was
Stick horse racer RubyAnna
Tohet.
Team Chowder in Wild Horse Race.
Photos courtesy Angela Tohet/Linda Larson
Perry Isadore (above) on ranch
bronc. Mathew Wewa Team
(below), Wild Sheep Racing
Team Chizzy, winners of the Wild Horse Race, with the rodeo
president Jimmy Tohet Jr.
in honor of him and his memory.
Thanks again to all that contrib-
uted to this being a successful event:
October 7, 2017 was a great day!
Chili Guy Memorial Com-
mittee
Howlak Tichum
show compassion, and quick to
render sound advice in a way that
only she could. Mom always had a
way of balancing our family, in a
way that only she could.
Her smile always lit up the room
while her laugh always comforted
those around her. This is a shout-
out to Mom, now holding a place
in Heaven. I am so proud to have
had you as my Mother, and I al-
ready miss you so much! And oh,
the leaf is similar to the one that
Mom held in a family photo, with
five points, each one representing
her children, with Dad at the cen-
ter of her life.
Love you Mom, Nico.
Myrna Lois White Courtney ~
July 30, 1937-October 22, 2017
Parents are the late Walter White
and the late Aradonna Seyler.
Siblings are Dr. Janice Clemmer,
Carroll Bankston, Nancy Seyler,
and Ann Seyler and Dean Seyler.
In-law siblings are the late
Terrance Courtney Jr., Patricia
Gold, Gloria Keene, Mavis Shaw,
Bernyce Courtney and Ruth (Pinky)
Beymer.
Survivors are her loving hus-
band, Clifford (Pete) Courtney, and
children Steven Courtney Sr., Lori
Courtney Rose, Donald Courtney,
Nico Courtney and Tricia Melvin.
Myrna’s greatest career achieve-
ment was organizing business as-
pects of the High Education De-
partment.
Her hobbies were vast. She was
talented in sewing, crafting and quilt-
ing. She loved saving money by
refunding and couponing. She killed
deer and fish, and smoked and
staked them. She rode snowmo-
biles, motorcycles, ATVs, and en-
joyed growing flower and vegetable
gardens. She loved communicat-
ing with family and friends via
emails, cards, letters, telephones and
home visits.
Myrna enjoyed fishing, hunting,
snowmobiling, riding a dirt bike and
touring motorcycle, mainly cook-
ing over a campfire on fishing and
hunting trips—baking potatoes un-
derground under wood coals, geese
hunting for the joy of cooking.
One of her greatest enjoyments
was being the Director of Higher
Education. She made care boxes
for all her students , using her own
funds derived from bake sales and
picking up pop cans.
I could wear a new outfit she made.
She sewed baby quilts and donated
them to the hospital.
I remember going to the 4-H
cooking classes. We learned how to
cook liver and onions. Someone
forgot to tell us how to like this
dish (ick!). Mom had a big heart.
She was always encouraging young
people in the community to con-
tinue their education. She was al-
ways looking to collect items for
college student care packages.
At home she took time to enjoy
family time. Like playing games,
Pictionary and Rummy 500. Mom
and her game partner were enter-
tainment in itself.
She taught us how to grow a gar-
den and not be afraid of anything.
Mom made sure I could cook,
clean and never be afraid of new
things. Her caring and bravery
were something I take with me.
Mom, a strong lady who touched
many people. She will always be in
my heart. Rest in Peace, Mom.
Always, your oldest daughter,
Lori.
immediate family but everyone
around her who touched her life.
Simply put, Mom was benevo-
lent, compassionate, and a very car-
ing person who always put others
before herself. Recounting the pre-
cious moments of our life, Mom
was always quick to laugh, quick to
In Remembrance
What I will remember most
about my mother was her sense
of loyalty and her love for family.
I never really knew if she re-
ally enjoyed all we did as family,
but she remained steadfast and
A fleeting moment of time
Words for my Mom
Love, sharing, fun at games. My
Mom, she was a very caring lady
who never said a bad word. I never
saw her argue with anyone. She
had a strong bond with us all. She
loved to sew. I remember her at
the sewing machine sewing clothes
and Christmas gifts for us all. She
made school clothes for us, and I
couldn’t wait for school to start so
I chose the leaf as a represen-
tation of my mother, Myrna Lois
Courtney. Much like life, the leaf
sprouts in the springtime, grows,
turns colors in the fall, and even-
tually falls to the ground at the end
of the season. How profound that
life itself is the same. I am hon-
ored to proclaim Myrna as my
mother, an awesome gift sent from
Heaven to nurture, not only to her
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faithful to the cause of family as
we hunted, fished, camped and
snowmobiled.
All in all, as long as we were to-
gether, having fun, and resisting to
make the statement, “When do we
eat?”
As a Minister, there is no doubt
in my mind that I will see her again.
Don.