Susan had a personal relationship with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and lived according to her faith and the creed of her favorite movie star, Hopalong Cassidy, which included being kind to animals, truthful at all times, respectful of her parents and proud to be an American. A celebration of her life is being planned. She will be missed by those who loved her and those whose path was touched by hers.

Photo: Susan showing her yearling filly, Rockin Yer Dreams, aka Dazzle, to a Reserve World Championship in 2002.

Individual Hall of Fame:
• Royce Crosby
• Sylvia Haines

Horse Hall of Fame:
• Blazing Hot Spots, 1998 gelding
• I Love Willie, 1983 stallion
• Joker’s Sleepy, 1960 stallion
• Ms High Five, 1986 mare – automatic induction via production record
• Ms Gunsmokes Doll, 1995 mare – automatic induction via production record

Racing Hall of Fame (voted on by ERC):
• Cheryl White
• Nellies Girl, 1975 mare

2011 Hall of Fame inductees will be recognized at the Open Awards banquet in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the 2012 National Show. They will also be recognized in the Appaloosa Journal and the 2011 Yearbook.

The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Piddock Funeral Home, Adams. Burial will be in the spring in Union Cemetery, Adams Center. Calling hours will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6.

Born May 19, 1954, in Trenton, N.J., daughter of Robert J. and Agatha Young Maloi, she graduated from Orange High School in Moreland Hills, N.J., and William Woods College, Missouri.

She worked as a horse trainer at farms in North Carolina, Canada, Bonnie Castle Stables in Alexandria Bay and purchased the Golden Horseshoe Stables, now know as the Royal Stables in Adams Center.

She married Barry W. Ramsey on May 2, 1994, in the Rodman United Church of Christ.

Following their marriage the couple lived in Adams, then in 2001 they built their home in Adams Center where they lived the rest of their married life.

Surviving are her husband, Barry W.; her father. Robert J. Maloit, Hazelhurst, Ga.; two brothers Robert J. Jr. (Barbara) Maloit, Julian, Pa., and Frank (Barbara) Maloit, Marshfield, Mass; three nephews, Patrick, Kenneth and Daniel Maloit, and a niece, Shanna Townley.

Her mother died before her.

She was a great lover of dogs and horses and belonged to several horse clubs in New York State where she was well regarded.

Donations in her memory may be made to the Appaloosa Youth Foundation, c/o the Appaloosa Horse Club, 2720 W Pullman Rd, Moscow, ID, 83843.

Carla served as Appaloosa Horse Club director from 1994-1997 and represented Territory V on the Appaloosa Youth Foundation Board. She was especially active in the Keystone Appaloosa Club, serving as secretary, treasurer and show chairman. Carla managed a computer-based horse show record system and worked as many as 30 shows a year. As noted by friend Judy Harrison, “Carla has been like the Energizer bunny when it comes to anything Appaloosa.” Daughters Bonnie and Connie (Burchett) are a significant part of Carla’s Appaloosa legacy.

Hoover Funeral Home is located at 6011 Linglestown Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112. Memorial donations may be directed to Hospice For All Seasons and sent to lisad@hospiceforallseasons.org or to the Appaloosa Youth Foundation, c/o ApHC Moscow, ID.

Watch the second ten finalists as they compete to earn your vote and their share of the $100,00 in prize money! America’s Favorite Trail Horse will air at 8pm EST on HRTV DISH channel 404. Every episode will be shown FREE on www.actha.tv simultaneously at 8pm EST. Voting starts as soon as the episode is over at 9pm EST and will be open for 48 hours per episode. If you missed any of the episodes, you can still watch it at www.actha.tv

How to VOTE:

Ten horse are showcased in each of the 10 episodes, with one horse chosen
as a winner of each $5000 episode. The 10 winning horses then proceed to
the final round where 3 grand prize winners will be awarded a total of
$50,000. Only one vote per email address per episode and voting starts
after each Tuesday night episode at 8pm EST.

Last week’s winner was Marjorie Chema riding Emmy Lee! (1/2 Spanish Arab
1/2 Oldenburg)

Every Vote counts! Pass the word! Tell us your Favorite!

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NOTE: A memorial service will be held in Moscow at the University of Idaho Administration Auditorium at 2:00 pm on Saturday, Oct 15th. A reception will follow at the University Inn Best Western at 4:00 pm.

George B. Hatley, past executive secretary of the Appaloosa Horse Club and one of the breed’s most tireless supporters, died September 16 (2011) in Moscow, Idaho, of causes related to age. He was 87. He was widely known in the horse world as “Mr. Appaloosa” for his efforts to preserve and promote the Appaloosa horse, and is a member of the Appaloosa Hall of Fame.

Hatley was born July 18, 1924, to Ray and Neva Dole Hatley on the Hatley ranch south of Pullman, Washington. He attended elementary school at the Irene country school near Union Flat Creek, riding horseback to the schoolhouse. He was exposed to Appaloosas and stories about them at a young age. A great uncle had fought in the Nez Perce War of 1877, and a smattering of area farmers, cowboys, and native Americans still possessed the occasional Appaloosa.

In 1936 Hatley’s family moved to a farm west of Moscow, near the present location of the Appaloosa Horse Club. He graduated from Moscow High School in 1942. He acquired an Appaloosa stallion, Toby II, during this period, and after reading an article about Appaloosas in an issue of “Western Horseman,” joined the newly created Appaloosa Horse Club as member No. 45.

Hatley worked on the construction of Farragut Naval Training Station and later took basic Navy training there. After discharge from the Navy , he met ApHC founder Claude Thompson, who soon appointed him to be his assistant. Hatley took the reins as executive secretary in 1947, the same year he married Iola Golden. He attended the University of Idaho on the G.I. Bill, graduating in 1950 with a bachelor of science degree in animal husbandry. The couple’s son, Craig, was born in 1955.

Hatley worked as executive secretary of the Appaloosa Horse Club for 31 years, the early ones without pay. He started the association’s magazine, “Appaloosa News” (now “Appaloosa Journal”), published its first studbooks, implemented the first National Appaloosa Show and Sale (held in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1948 and 1949), and started the Appaloosa Museum. He wrote hundreds of articles and several books, including “Horse Camping,” a classic now in its third printing.

He was instrumental in development of the Chief Joseph Appaloosa Trail Ride, and rode the 1,300-mile route of the Nez Perce War Trail twice. He also completed the 100-mile, one-day Western States Trail Ride, or Tevis Cup, across the Sierra Nevada. Hatley enjoyed horse racing and had two winning lines come from his breeding program. The Appaloosa racing stallion Double Patch won 22 races, and another stallion, Apache Double, won 18 races and went on to become an all-time leading sire.

He was a longtime cattleman who also enjoyed driving horses and collecting horse-drawn vehicles. He made his Deary, Idaho, ranch available for Pony Club, dressage and combined training, 4-H trail rides, and driving events. The Apalousey Trail Ride and Dutch Oven Dinner, a benefit for the Appaloosa Museum, has been held there the past 14 years.

Hatley received numerous honors throughout his life, including membership in the Idaho Hall of Fame and a showcasing in “Sports Illustrated.” In 2004, the United States Pony Clubs designated Hatley a legend for his efforts on behalf of USPC.

He greatly prized an honor presented to him during a Lewiston Roundup by the Nez Perce tribe, where he was presented with a pair of beaded buckskin gauntlet gloves and a Pendleton blanket.

Hatley is survived by his widow Iola at their Moscow home, along with son Craig and daughter-in-law Cheri Hatley in Deary, plus grandchildren Justin Hatley and Danielle Hatley Pierson (Derek), and a sister, Veletta Frink. He was preceded in death by his parents and by a sister, Berneda Hamilton.

Details of a memorial service are pending. Burial of ashes will be at the Hatley Cemetery south of Pullman. Hatley left an epitaph for his gravestone, which is to read, “He has returned to the hills he loved as a boy, and will be a part of them forever.”

Memorial contributions may be made to the Appaloosa Museum, 2720 West Pullman Road, Moscow, ID 83843, and the Hatley Cemetery, P.O. Box 1035, Pullman, WA 99163.

I am saddened with the news that my friend and Appaloosa Horse Club Judge, Art Gaytan, passed away a few weeks ago. He loved all horse breeds and was a well rounded judge. I have many stories that include Art, as I am sure many of his judge friends can also remember, but one in particular. It was an Appaloosa show being held at the Paso Robles fairgrounds in the mid 1980′s. Art entered the Heritage class (then called the costume class) as a brave. And brave he was, as the only thing he was wearing was a breech cloth and carrying a bow and quiver, and riding bare back. When he came into the line up and the judge, Billy Harris, walked to him for his story, Art, asked his horse to lay down and he crouched behind him as his interpretation of being in a battle and using his horse for a shield! Magnificent! Billy did not think so, and went with the rule that a horses shoulder and hip can not touch the ground and DQ’d Art! It still is a wonderful memory of the talent that Art had with horses and his enjoyment of life. In this photo I have sent you from left to right are Art Gaytan, Judy Wright, Myself, Christy Wood, and Sonny Williams. The picture was taken at a breed show held at the Orange County Fairgrounds. God’s speed, Art, and I’ll be riding bareback with you again sometime.

Ben Johnson was born in Provost, Alberta, Canada July 13, 1916 to Jacob and Lydia Johnson. He passed away July 29, 2011 at his home in Delta, CO.

After moving to the Grand Junction area in 1928, Ben attended and graduated from the Appleton School and later attended Ross Business College.

Ben married Dorothy Eastman on Feb. 16, 1941. Their three children are Jerald Johnson (Vicki), Linda Kukal (James), Claire Diers (Gordy).

Ben had a diverse career which included farming, raising horses, and was a recognized and approved horse show judge, uranium driller, artist, and teacher. Ben owned and exhibited 4 National Champion Appaloosa horses as well as training record setting Appaloosa race horses. Ben was the longest serving director of the Appaloosa Horse Club as well as serving as Vice-President for many years. Ben and two of his horses, Patchy and Patchy Jr. are in the Appaloosa Hall of Fame.

In 1975, Ben and Dorothy moved to the eastern slope of Colorado and lived in La Veta for several years before moving to Trinidad, Co where he accepted the position of instructor of fine arts at Trinidad Junior College.

Ben was commissioned to design sculptures by the Appaloosa Horse Club that were presented as awards. He was commissioned by the Trinidad Chamber of Commerce to sculpt the Coal Miners Memorial which sits in the town square. He was commissioned to sculpt and design the Trinidad Junior College’s Trojan mascot which is on display on the campus.

Ben and Dorothy had been married for nearly 58 years when she died in 1998.

Ben married Lois Dick in Trinidad in 2002 and they moved to Delta in 2005 to be near family. Lois died in 2006.

Ben was preceded in death by his parents, Jacob and Lydia, brother Raymond, sister Hanna and granddaughter, Sherri. In addition to his children, he is survived by 4 grandchildren, Jonathan, Jennifer, and Jerimiah Johnson and Audra Diers, six great grandchildren, brother Clarence Johnson and sister Ruby Woodcock and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services were held Saturday, August 6th at Taylor Funeral Home in Delta, Co. Graveside services followed at Elwood Cemetery in Fruita, Co. In lieu of flowers, the family wishes any donations to be made to Hospice and Palliative Care of Western Colorado, P.O. Box 24, Delta, Co 81416.

Thought you might be interested in meeting “Wolf” (the Appy) who has walked (both packing and being ridden) from Quoddy Point State Park in Maine to Grayland, WA — a 4-year, 4400 mile trip, 20 miles a day! The trip was made in four laps, side-stepping bad weather each year to return home/beginning the next year, as weather allowed, at the point left off the previous year.

My attached photo (the 3 horses and 2 riders) appeared in the Chehalis, WA “Chronicle” on August 18, 2011. Wolf is the only horse of the three pictured who made the entire trip. The blurb which was published with the photo explains all.

Wolf left Maine June 16, 2007 and arrived at the Pacific Ocean on August 21, 2011. Luckily the two long riders did not experience any of Washington’s famous rain while crossing the state. The rain started the day after they completed their journey.

Wolf belongs to Deb Yavorski, who had a life-dream to ride across the USA. She started out with two horses. Her “non-Appy” Walker proved to be too traffic shy to be safe and she next she bought “Mercury”, her Arab. Deb York joined Yavorski in Montana for the final leg of the trip. She borrowed the QH, “Chiquatah”. The two horsewomen met years earlier at a stable where Yavorski worked and York boarded her horse. Both women are from New York. York rode to honor her mother who passed away in 2007 from leukemia. She says she wanted to do something “extraordinary” before she passed from life (and the trip definitely qualifies in that category).

Deb Yavorski is a member of the Long Riders Guild. She plans to write a book about the trip across the country. I came away from several visits with the two women with the idea that no matter what anyone may say, America is a wonderful place – both women told me that people have been “AMAZING”! Additionally, both women firmly believe that ‘God will provide’ and have many stories to illustrate their belief.

As of today, the women have rented a car and plan to see the Olympia coast beach. (Their horses are being boarded and are resting up while the two long riders see some country and visit). Yesterday plans were being made to have a horse hauler pick up the horses for transport back to New York. The QH was loaned to York and is going back to his pasture in Montana and will work on a pack-string. York plans to get hay in as soon as she gets home and get some painting done around the place. Just business as usual! She is thinking about riding the Pacific Crest Trail in two years. Deb York retired from a job as a cable line woman in 2007; Deb Yavorski will return to her two jobs — she works for an inventory company and subs for the post office. Deb Yavorski is 49; Deb York is 57.

I just received word that Art Gaytan (Pahrump, NV) passed away last monday. He was a horseman until the end. He also battled cancer for the last several years and seemed to be doing well. Art was inducted into the Pinto Judges Hall of Fame last year and has been an ApHC judge for over 30years. He was a very successful trainer and an active Director for the Calizona ApHC in the 1970′s. He judged a show for Calizona just last year and planned to retire this year. He was fun, knowledgeable and giving. He will be missed.

Regards,
Dennis Dean