Obituary: Julia H. Kash Kash, Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Oregon *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Heidi Oct. 2002 *********************************************************************** Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Kash Kash, Julia H. The East Oregonian June 10, 1958 Julia H. Kash Kash Dies Funeral service for Julia H. Kash Kash, 94, who died Tuesday at St. Anthony’s Hospital, will be Friday. Mrs. Kash Kash was born at Kamiah, Idaho and had resided in Umatilla County for 50 years. She was the daughter of the first minister ordained from the Nez Perce tribe at Lapwai, Idaho, the Rev. Robert Williams. Her family was the first generation of Christians from the Nez Perce tribe, according to Dr. J.M. Cornelison, Pendleton. Dr. Cornelison said Mr. Williams, the Rev. Deffenbaugh and the Rev. William Wheeler, by order of the old IdahoPresbytery, organized the Umatilla Church, now known as the Tutuilla Church, June 16, 1882. Dr. Cornelison said this was three years before the Presbyterian Church was organized on Pendleton. Mrs. Kash Kash was the first president of the Tutuilla Women’s missionary Society and was active in church work all her lifetime. Among survivors are a son, Sam Kash Kash, Pendleton, now a elder of the Tutuilla Church as was her husband, the late James Kash Kash; daughters, Mrs. Ed Smart, Wamic, Oregon, Mrs. Jacob Mann, White Swan Wash., and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral notice appears on page 4. FROM PAGE 4: KASH KASH, Julia H. 94, late of Rt. 1, Pendleton. Mother of Sam Kash Kash, Pendleton, Mrs. Ed Smart, Wamic, Ore., Mrs. Jacob Mann, White Swan, Wash., and there are many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday, June 13, 10:00 a.m.at the Tutuilla Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Akire Makino officiating. Burial will be in the Tutuilla Cemetery. There will be a prayer service Thursday June 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Burns Mortuary Chapel.