A2 wallowa.com January 7, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain

OBITUARIES

Charlene Anne Berry, 76, of Elgin, formerly of Wallowa, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2014, at Saint Alphonsus Hospital in Boise, Idaho. A memorial service will be announced at a later date.

Charlene was born Feb. 25, 1937, in Wallowa to Charles George and Ione Joy (Elledge) Berry. She graduated from Wallowa High School. She married the love of her life, Tony Weaver.

She was an owner of a local restaurant, dog grooming parlor and a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking, hunting and fishing.

Charlene is survived by her husband, Tony, and brother, Duane Berry of Imbler, and five nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Ione, and brothers, Cleve L. Berry and Earl Berry.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.lovelandfuneralchapel.com.

Charlene Anne BerryFeb. 25, 1937 – Dec. 25, 2014

Robert Brian Boyd, 59, of Enterprise, a much loved husband, father, grandfather, son and brother, died of a liver disease known as NASH, Dec. 19, 2014, surrounded by his family.

He was born in La Grande on Dec. 28, 1955, and graduated from La Grande High School in 1974. He attended Eastern Oregon State and Idaho State University. He worked for Union Pacific Railroad as a signal maintainer for 20 years and retired in 1996-97. He resided in Pocatello, Idaho, and then returned to his home state in 2000.

He received his private pilot’s license and enjoyed flying his plane, and riding his Gold Wing motorcycle all over the country. He was an avid outdoorsman. He enjoyed scuba diving, hunting, fishing, camping and boating. He was a member of the Elks Club. Very dedicated and involved with the Boy Scouts.

Robert is survived by his wife Georgene of 38 years, his four children Rebecka, Katherine, Joshua and Michael, his brother William P. Boyd, his nine loving grandchildren, nieces, and extended family. He was preceded in death by his parents Paul W. Boyd, Clara Marjorie DeBoie and his grandparents.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, at 10 a.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Enterprise. All are invited to attend.. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, please make any donations to Bollman’s Funeral Home or Umpqua Bank (memorial account).

Robert Brian BoydDec. 28, 1955 – Dec. 19, 2014

Kenneth Lee Nevin, 49, of La Grande, died Dec. 28, 2014, in Boise, Idaho.

Kenny was born Aug. 19, 1965, in Carmichael, Calif.

He was employed at Outdoors RV in La Grande. Formerly he was a mechanic at Bill’s Pit Stop in Lostine.

His hobbies and interests included NASCAR, the Dallas Cowboys and Oregon Ducks football. He went to the Daytona 500.

Kenny loved being with his grandchildren and his longtime partner Kay. He was known as the “protector” of the family. He always had his family’s best interests in mind. He valued his family and friends.

He accepted everyone for who they were, never passing judgment. He was always available to help anyone in need.

Kenny is survived by his partner Kay Chatwood, of La Grande, children Casey (Andrea) Chatwood, of Eugene, Adam Chatwood, Eugene, Brandon Chatwood, La Grande, Kenneth Nevin Jr. (Tyeshia), Sacramento, Calif.; parents Mike and Nancy Suit, La Grande, Tod Nevin, Lakeport, Calif., and Felipe and Dawn Lozano, Red Bluff, Calif.; brothers Bradley Nevin (Jaymie), Pittsburgh, Pa., Ray Suit (Blair), Eugene, and David Golz, Santa Rosa, Calif.; sisters Lilia Ortmann (Herman), Imbler, Heather Allison (Chris), San Diego, Calif.,

nieces and nephews, 11 aunts and 11 uncles.He was preceded in death by grandparents Paul and

Kathryn Travis, J.M. and Sidney Nevin, and Robert and Lilia Lozano.

A service is scheduled Friday, Jan. 9, at 5:30 p.m. at Bud Jackson’s in La Grande. Donations to help the family with expenses can be directed to P.O. Box 535, La Grande, OR 97850 c/o Kay Chatwood.

Kenneth Lee NevinAug. 19, 1965 – Dec. 28, 2014

Thomas Hutchison, aka Hutch and Tommy Kolohe, passed away in Bend, Dec. 23, 2014. Born Aug. 22, 1943, in Bronx, N.Y., he graduated from Los Altos High School before beginning an exciting career of college participation in San Francisco, New Orleans and Omaha, Neb. He traveled extensively through Mexico and Central America, and in his beloved Ireland.

Tom possessed an extraordinary number of life interests

key guitar/orthodox/blues/Irish ballads), to a concentration

places to be. Tom served as a Bartender and Entertainment Coordinator in Santa Cruz, Calif., while writing for GOOD TIMES, voicing the outlook from the food and beverage industry for a newspaper specializing in music, arts and entertainment.

in Joseph, Ore., a life’s dream combining his joys of music and literature. Continuously Tom performed in local venues with his slack key guitar which resulted in releasing three CD’s of his Hawaiian music. He also volunteered in local schools as a reading mentor, while teaching guitar to students after school. Most notably, Tom was the recipient of the “Leader of Arts” Award in 2008, a citizen’s award presented to him by Wallowa County. He also continued as a Board Member of the Wallowa Valley Arts Council and the Rotary Club, and most recently, was participating in a Catholicism study to join a church near his home.

Tom had an exceeding desire to live his life like he wanted to, to pay-it-forward or give back, to live by faith and to end his life in a peaceful, gentle way, playing his guitar until the end with his charming smile guiding his delivery.

Tom is survived by his partner, Dolo Cutter, of Joseph; three sisters of Tucson, Ariz., Peggy (Michael), Teri (Vince), and Patricia; and two nieces, Jessica (Kevin) and Sara (James); and a wealth of dedicated, devoted friends. He was preceded in death by his loving parents, Dale and Charlotte Hutchison.

The family extends great appreciation to Hospice of Bend, and to Alpine House in Joseph for their ultimate

be made to the charity of your choice or to The Primavera Foundation in Tucson, Ariz.; Habitat for Humanity, Tucson, Ariz.. Arrangements by Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home, Bend. Please visit the online registry for the family at www.niswonger-reynolds.com

Thomas HutchisonAug. 22, 1943 – Dec. 23, 2014

High and Low TemperaturesAccording to data sent to MesoWest: www.mesowest.utah.edu

Phases of the moon Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 27 Feb. 3

Six-day forecastJan 7 - Jan. 12

Jan. 7 H: 42 L: 30 Patchy fog

Jan. 8 H: 40 L: 24 Patchy fog

Jan. 9 H: 37 L: 28 Mostly cloudy

Jan. 10 H: 38 L: 26 Slight chance of snow

Jan. 11 H: 36 L: 25 Mostly cloudy

Jan. 12 H: 35 L: n/a Mostly cloudy

Source: National Weather Service

EnterpriseDate Low HighDec. 31 28 37Jan. 1 -1 13Jan. 2 0 16Jan. 3 13 21Jan. 4 20 26Jan. 5 30 43Jan. 6 32 n/a

JosephDate Low HighDec. 31 -4 16Jan. 1 0 14 Jan. 2 3 16Jan. 3 16 23Jan. 4 19 27Jan. 5 32 41Jan. 6 32 n/a

ImnahaDate Low HighDec. 31 10 22Jan. 1 10 23Jan. 2 15 33Jan. 3 28 36Jan. 4 30 42Jan. 5 43 48Jan. 6 42 n/a

LostineDate Low HighDec. 31 -6 11Jan. 1 -5 12Jan. 2 -1 16Jan. 3 8 20Jan. 4 18 27Jan. 5 28 50Jan. 6 31 n/a

WallowaDate Low HighDec. 31 -5 13Jan. 1 -3 11Jan. 2 0 16Jan. 3 9 20Jan. 4 19 27Jan. 5 28 51Jan. 6 31 n/a

TroyDate Low HighDec. 31 11 23Jan. 1 10 25Jan. 2 16 30Jan. 3 19 32Jan. 4 30 36Jan. 5 33 42Jan. 6 34 n/a

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Michael “Mike” Rearick, of Enterprise, died Jan. 2, 2015, at Kadlec Hospital in Richland, Wash. A full obituary and memorial plans will be published at a later date.

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DEATH NOTICE

Courtesy photo/Laura Skovlin

Let me outta here! Brave but frozen 2015 Polar Plunge participants head for towels, shelter and hot liquids after a freezing Jan. 1 dip into Wallowa Lake.

By S.F. ToolWallowa County Chieftain

As many as 75 people showed up to the 2015 Polar Plunge held at the north end of Wallowa Lake on Jan. 1, but the near-zero air tempera-ture limited active participa-tion in the plunge to 40-50, down somewhat from 2014’s record of an estimated 60 plungers.

The event started promptly

as quickly. The vast majority of participants spent very lit-tle time in the freezing waters. Age appeared to make little difference in the active partic-ipation as plungers ranged in age from around 10 years old to plungers in their early 70s.

Joseph resident, Laura Skovlin, whose family partic-ipated, cited the cold weather as the reason active partic-ipation numbers appeared down slightly from last year’s plunge which featured rela-tively balmier temperatures.

Longtime participant Rich Wandschneider said that

while this year’s plunge fea-tured some of the coldest tem-peratures he experienced, it wasn’t one of the worst years for sheer torture. He added that the sunshine and lack of wind made the experience tol-erable. “You get out of there and the sun beats on you, and it’s like stepping out of a sau-na. If you get your head and your feet covered real fast, you don’t get very cold.”

Wandschneider did not swim in the lake, although he got wet from head to foot. “You don’t swim much. The deal is, you’ve got to dive in and get your whole body wet. Most of us dive, get our heads underwater and come out.” Wandscneider added he thought he saw one or two other swimmers attempt to swim a few strokes.

Purely for the sake of safe-ty, Wandscheider took pre-cautions to alleviate his tem-porary hypothermia. “I went home and took a hot shower and had a couple of hot tod-dies. Then I watched the ball game,” Wandschneider said.

Polar Plunge partakers brave extra-cold temps

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