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Olson, 55, prominent Ritzville farmer died at the Ritzville General hospital April 3, where he had been under the care of a doctor but a few days, suffering from a carbuncle of unusual severity. He had also been afflicted with diabetic trouble for seveal years. The funeral was held this afternoon from the Methodist church, the Rev. Henry Attenborough conducting the service. Mr. Olson had been a faithful member of that church since 1910. Interment was in the Ritzville cemetery, the arrangements being in the care of M. F. Haight. Mr. Olson was the son of John N. and Sarah (Nelson) Olson, pioneer residents of this county. He was born at College Springs, Iowa, March 13, 1878, and came here with his parents May 16, 1884, attending the Ritzville schools, and completing the course of education available in those early days. Mr. Olson was united in marriage on Oct. 12, 1911, to Anna Leath of Cleveland, Minn., and the widow, with two sons, Julius F. and Oscar N., survive. Both boys are students of the local high school. In addition, deceased leaves two brothers, Abner A. and J. E. L., both farming north of town. Mr. Olson was considered a man of pronounced moral ideals and was held in high esteem by the people of this community. Gustave Theodore Arlt Gustaf Theodore Arlt, 41, died at the Sprague hospital Monday, following an operation a month before for appendicitis, pneumonia developing and causing his death. The funeral was held from the Lutheran church here Wednesday afternoon, with interment in the local cemetery. Rev. E. A. Rein had charge of the service. The deceased was a World War veteran and was buried with military honors by the Ritzville American Legion. Gus, as he was known to everyone in this vicinity, was born on the home ranch near Ritzville and had resided all his life in Adams county. At the time of his death he was ranching eight miles east of Lamont. He was the son of pioneer parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Arlt. In addition to his parents and his wife, he leaves nine brothers and three sisters. They are William Jr., Edward, Herman, Louis, Henry, John, Albert and Carl; Mrs. Levein Bauer, Mrs. Wm. Luiten and Mrs. Dan Weber. All except Edward, who resides at Nelson, B. C., live in and around Ritzville. With the exception of the passing of an infant child many years ago, this is the first time that death has visited this large family. George Stoops George Stoops, 54, passed away on Sunday morning, April 2, at Edgecliffe sanitarium near Spokane where he was under treatment for an illness of long standing. Mr. Stoops for a number of years was connected with Mac-Marr stores first at Ritzville and later at Lind. The funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist church of Ritzville with the Rev. Attenborough officiating. Deceased was born in Texas, and had resided in the county for 21 years. Mr. Stoops leaves to mourn his passing two sons, Gordon H. Stoops of Los Angeles, and Melvin Stoops of Lind; one daughter, Mrs. Allen R. Banks of Lind, one sisters, Mrs. John H. Johnson of Tacoma, and three brothers, Samuel F. of Kansas, John C. of Ritzville, and Ernest E. of Huntington Park, Calif. Death Calls Jacob Kasper LIND - Jacob Kasper, a resident of the northwest and of Lind for about 35 years, passed away a his home in Lind Sunday noon, April 2. The Smith funeral home of Spokane had charge of the funeral arrangements. The deceased leaves his aged wife and a son, Slyvan, of San Francisco, who was here for the funeral. J. Kasper & company, of which Mr. Kasper was the head, operated for a long number of years the largest department and general store in the western part of the county. This firm also became interested in a large acreage of land and in former years Mr. Kasper was of much benefit throughout the entire district for the help extended to a large number of people. Mr. Kasper was a member of the Temple Emanu El of San Francisco, Calif. I.O.O.F. Harmony No. 13 and B'nai of Spokane. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 13, 1933, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 20, 1933, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 27, 1933, issue W. C. Moore Dies at Nampa Homesteaded Carl Harder Place on Cow Creek in 1882 John Armstrong received a message the last of the week telling of the death of his brother-in-law, W. C. Moore, 71, who died last week at his home in Nampa, Idaho. Mr. Moore was born in Wisconsin and came to Adams county in 1882, homesteading what is now the Carl Harder place on Cow creek. He moved to Ritzville in 1898 and operated a livery stable and dray line, later buying the farm now owned by Arthur German. Mr. Moore was married here in 1889 to Emma Armstrong and in addition to his widow, he leaves two sons and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Moore left Ritzville in 1909 for Kent and moved to Idaho in 1915. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 4, 1933, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 11, 1933, issue Pioneer Matron Is Dead Evalina Teske, 71, who with her husband, homesteaded in Adams county in 1886, died at her home here on Tuesday. The funeral will be held from the Lutheran church Friday at 1:30, the pastor, Rev. E. A. Rein, conducting the service. Deceased was born at Stolp, Germany, July 11, 1861, and was married to William Teske on April 15, 1882. Immediately following the wedding the young couple left for America, locating first at Argentine, Kansas. They remained there for a few years and then came to Ritzville, homesteading three miles southeast of town. Mr. Teske passed away in 1912. Two years later the widow was seriously burned and never completely recovered. Surviving members of the family are five sons and three daughters. They are Paul, Arthur and Walter of Ritzville, William of Tekoa and Ernest of Portland, Mrs. Augusta Schultz of Walsh, Alberta, Mrs. Minnie Briggs of Maple Creek, Sask., and Miss Agatha Teske of Pullman. In addition she leaves a half sister, Mrs Augusta Mielke of Ritzville, 18 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Taps Sounded For Comrade Snyder Although well past the allotted span, the people of this community experienced a feeling of sadness on Monday morning when it became known that B. M. Snyder, the last survivor of the G. A. R. in Adams county, had answered taps. Birney Moses Snyder was born March 13, 1845, in Bruce, Mich., and died May 8, 1933, at Ritzville, in the 89th year of his age. When 18 years of age he enlisted in the Tenth Michigan Infantry and served during the remainder of the Civil war. He was married twice, the first time in 1870 to Alice Fisher, who passed away in 1886. A daughter born to this union lived only six months. On May 5, 1889, he was married to Hattie L. Messenger in Leonard, Mich. The next year he moved to Washington and settled on a homestead near Lind. In 1905 he moved his family to a ranch near Ralston where he farmed until 1912. He remained at Ralston as postmaster until 1922, when he retired and moved to Ritzville, to live the last chapter in a long and well spent life. Mr. Snyder was fairly active up to a year ago, and had ben bedfast only three weeks. He leaves to mourn his wife, Hattie; son, Benton H., of Washtucna; Mrs. Mable Halsey, Spirit Lake, Idaho; and Mrs. Lina Buhl, Ritzville; a sister, Mrs. Sarah Fifield, Greenacres; 20 grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Methodist church assisted by the Woman's Relief corps. Burial was made at the local cemetery where the American Legion took charge, performing the last rites with full military honors. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 18, 1933, issue Mrs. Margaret Kaufman Mrs. Margaret Kaufman, 75, died at the home of her son, Edward, in Spokane on May 12, following a heart attack a few hours before. Deceased was born at Richland Center, Wis., and came to Adams county with her brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Asa McCann, in 1884. She married Henry Kaufman and they resided on a farm near Tokio until 1912, when they moved to Ritzville. Mr. Kaufman passed away in 1924 and his wife continued to reside here, going to the home of her son in February 1932. Mrs. Kaufman leaves one sister, Mrs. J. F. Wood, formerly of Adams county, but now of Hayden Lake, and one son, Edward, in Spokane. The funeral was conducted by Rev. H. Attenborough from the Haight chapel in Ritzville Monday, with interment in the Ritzville cemetery. Carl Koeplin Dies Suddenly Carl Koeplin of Ritzville, World war veteran, died suddenly in a hotel at Walla Walla Tuesday evening, according to word received here, and it is understood the body is being shipped to Ritzville today. The Journal-Times has been unable to obtain further details for this issue. Mrs. Martha Phath Studemaier LIND - Mrs. Martha Phath Studemaier, 63 years of age, native of Germany, died May 12th in Spokane. She had lived in the United States since 1892 and came here (Spokane) 24 years ago from Ritzville. Her widower, John is proprietor of the Pacific Cash market in Spokane. Two sons and two daughters also survive her. - Spokesman Review. Mrs. Studemaier was one of the earliest settlers in the county. In the early days she lived with her family on the Sandbrink place in Bauer's coulee. Later they lived in Lind. They built the house in which Mrs. Johanna Precht now resides. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 25, 1933, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 1, 1933, issue Death Ends Long Illness The funeral of Mrs. Minnie Heintz, 51, was held Monday from the Lutheran church, the pastor, Rev. E. A. Rein, conducting the service. Interment was in the Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Heintz was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kyrihs, and was born Jan. 16, 1882, in Germany. She came to Bellevue, Ohio, early in 1903 and shortly after was married on March 26 to Wm. Keehner. They came to Ritzville the same year, locating on the farm northeast of town, where Mrs. Heintz resided up to the time of her death. Mr. Keehner died Jan. 10, 1922, and on Dec. 24, 1923, his widow married Edw. Heintz. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children, Ella Keehner, Oscar Keehner and William Keehner, all of Ritzville. She also leaves four brothers and one sister in Germany and another sister, Mrs. Carl Hoffman, of Sprague. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 8, 1933, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 15, 1933, issue George Hallett Air Crash Victim An air maneuver tragedy at Boise Tuesday took the life of two aviators, one being Lieutenant George Hallett, 33, nephew of Joe Hallett of this place, and well known to many Ritzville people. The accident happened when the planes of Hallett and a fellow flyer, Lieutenant Whitney Close, accidentally contacted and both crashed to the ground. The advancement of Lt. Hallett as an aviator was closely followed locally and he had an exceptional record in the air service. He was born in Oklahoma, Oct. 27, 1900, and entered the army Aug. 9, 1919, as a flying cadet. He took his training at Rockwell air depot, San Diego, Cal., until 1921 and was commissioned in the reserve. After coming to Spokane, Lt. Hallett was with the Mammer Air Transport company as chief pilot. He joined the national guard squadron there Jan. 30, 1927, as a second lieutenant. He received his commission as first lieutenant Dec. 23, 1931. He held a transport pilot's license. Last July Lt. Hallett entered the employ of the state highway department on a surveying crew and recently was stationed at Marble, Wash. He leaves a wife, and a daughter about 10, staying at Spangle. Mrs. R. G. Breene, wife of Major Breene, left here soon after word of the accident was received to notify Mrs. Hallett. He also has a brother, with whom he was engaged in business at Pasco a number of years. Death of Louis Palmer WASHTUCNA - The story of the death of Louis Palmer, 21, at Colfax last Friday was sad news for the many friends he had made in this community where he had been employed during the last five or six harvest seasons. His death followed a three weeks illness with an abscess of the brain induced by a chronic mastoid infection. Louis was born and grew up in the Palouse country, where his father formerly had a wheat ranch. For several years he had been living in Walla Walla while his father was in the employ of Leo Jaussaud. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Palmer, and a sister. S. A. Doolin and Jack Doolin drove to Colfax where the Palmers are now living to attend the funeral services Saturday afternoon. Louis was a handsome boy, well endowed with brains and energy and the priceless gift of charm, whose friends confidently predicted for him a bright and successful future. Henry Richardson LIND - Henry Richardson passed away at his home Tuesday morning following an illness of many weeks. His passing was hastened by a stroke on Sunday morning from which he never recovered. Mr. Richardson, who was one of the early settlers here reached the age of 69 years. He is survived by four sons, Francis of Spokane and Clarence, Luther and Jay of Lind and three daughters, Mrs. Stella Pulliam of Pasco and the Mesdames Mildred Rinker and Zoe Watkins of Lind. Funeral arrangements were not yet made at the time of this writing. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 22, 1933, issue Death Calls Ruff Pioneer Ferdinand Jassman, 70, for many years a resident of the Ruff district, died Monday at the Ritzville General hospital. Mr. Jassman was brought here suffering from a gangrenous infection of one of his feet. The foot was amputated, but owing to the advanced age of Mr. Jassman he failed to recover. M. F. Haight had charge of the funeral arrangments. The deceased was a native of Russia and had lived in this county for 30 years. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon from the German Congregational church at Ruff. The surviving members of the family consist of the widow, Dorothy, and the following children: Tillie Raugust, Simon Jassman, Saloma Kline, Emma Mink and Anna Moser, all of Saskatchewan; Julius and Lydia Jassman of Ruff, and Bertha Hoeffner of Hartline. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 29, 1933, issue None