Idaho County ID Archives Obituaries.....Maynard, Katherine O. January 19, 1953
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Idaho County Free Press, Grangeville, ID; January 29, 1953
CORONER’S JURY
FINDS DEATH
FROM EXPOSURE

Katherine O. Maynard Left
Home Monday Morning
Determine Time of Death Tuesday

  Katherine O. Maynard came to her death from exposure according to the 
verdict reached by an Idaho county coroner’s jury who investigated her death 
last Thursday.  The body of Mrs. Maynard was found Wednesday morning of last 
week by a searching party about 100 yards from the Free Use Road about 12 
miles east of White Bird.  She had been missing from her ranch home since 
about 9 o’clock Monday morning.
  The jury, composed of six of the seven men who searched for Mrs. Maynard and 
assisted in bringing the body out to the road, fixed the time of death as 
Tuesday.  Mrs. Maynard left home Monday morning to ride in search of strayed 
cattle.  When she failed to return Monday night it was believed she had spent 
the night with neighbors but when no trace of her whereabouts was to be found, 
a search was instigated Tuesday.
  Clair Sherwin, James Paul and Earl Dillon, the three men who found the body, 
testified as to the night search for the missing woman and of finding her 
early Wednesday morning slumped in the snow, where she had apparently fallen 
from exhaustion.  Her faithful shepherd dog, who stood vigil over the body of 
his mistress, led them directly to her when he dashed out and barked at the 
men.  
  It was also brought out at the inquest that Mrs. Maynard’s horse had broken 
loose from the spot where she had left him tied when she took off on foot to 
look for cattle.  Her coat, with dry matches in the pocket, had been left 
hanging where the horse was tethered.  
  Other members of the jury, Howard Fullerton, Raymond Stewart and Walter 
Wilson said they had nothing to add after hearing the testimony of Sherwin, 
Paul, and Dillon.
  Coroner Pritchard Crowell conducted the inquest and Ivan Woods, prosecuting 
attorney, questioned the witnesses.
  Miss Maynard was born March 2, 1914 in Spokane.  At the time of her birth 
her parents lived near Addy, Wash.  Her parents separated when about three 
years old and about a year later her mother married John Painter, of Dixie, 
and Katherine made her home with them attending schools in Spokane.
  In 1931, she married Clyde Painter and they lived on the Painter Ranch near 
Dixie until 1939, when they moved to a ranch near White Bird.
  They separated in 1940.  In 1942, she married Thomas Maynard and they 
continued to operate the ranch.
  Mrs. Maynard was a member of the White Bird Rebekah Lodge.
  She is survived by her husband; a daughter, Mrs. Josephine Gray of Lewiston; 
her mother, Mrs. Ellen G. Painter, who lived in Lewiston, but who has been 
spending the winter with her daughter; her father, John O. Jones in Washington.
  Funeral services were held at Robertson Funeral Chapel Saturday afternoon at 
2, the Rev. L.E. Tooley, of the Community church, officiating.  Mrs. Tooley 
provided both organ and vocal music.
  Pallbearers were Lee Griffith, Ross Bentz, Clair Sherwin, Earl Dillon, Jim 
Paul and Oliver Dennison.  Burial was in the Prairie View Cemetery with the 
Rebekah Lodge in charge of services.

Feb. 5, 1953 – Card of Thanks – We wish to express our sincere thanks and 
appreciation to our many friends who were kind to us during our recent 
bereavement and also for the beautiful floral offerings.  Tom Maynard, 
Josephine Gray and Mrs. Ellen Painter


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