Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Edgecomb, Orlo 1919
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Payette Enterprise  3-6-1919
Payette Enterprise
Payette, Idaho
Thursday, March 6, 1919

ORLO EDGECOMB DROWNED IN FRANCE

Mrs. E. W. Madson received the sad news last Friday from her father, Mr. 
Edgecomb, who lives in Missouri Valley, Iowa of the death of her brother Orlo 
Edgecomb who lost his life by drowning January 2nd while in the service in 
France. No details have been learned.

The news of the death of Mr. Edgecomb comes as a shock to the people of this 
vicinity where he has lived for the past nine years and where by his sterling 
character and splendid business ability has made friends of all who knew him. 
He was a young man of excellent habit, a college graduate and a credit to the 
community, and it is with a great degree of sadness that we learned of his 
sudden and untimely death.

Orlo Hadsell Edgecomb was born Dec. 23rd, 1882 in Missouri Valley, Iowa. He 
was educated in the Missouri Valley school and later graduated from the State 
Agricultural college at Ames, Iowa. Came to Payette in 1910, and together with 
Mr. and Mrs. Madson purchased a 20 acre tract on the Payette bench, and in 
1915 was made head miller of the Payette Mills where by his ability had a 
great part in building up a splendid business for the milling co. and from 
which position he resigned to enlist in the service of the United States.

He enlisted at Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 6th, 1918 in the Avation Signel Corps and 
went overseas June first 1918, and died from drowning Jan. 2nd, 1919.

He leaves a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. Edgecomb of Missouri Valley, 
Iowa, two brothers, E. E. Edgecomb of New York City, Rex Edgecomb of Omaha, 
Nebraska and a sister, Mrs. E. W. Madson of near Payette. He was a member of 
the Masonic Fraternity of Payette and also a member of the Y.M.C.A.

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