Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 3, 1935 Adams County, Ritzville, WA ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Gardner sueboo18@hotmail.com ==================================================================== Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 3, 1935, issue E. D. Gilson Dies In Los Angeles Edgar D. Gilson, former Adams county pioneer, died in Los Angeles, Sept. 15, according to word received here yesterday from his daughter, Mrs. Turner of Los Angeles. Mr. Gilson lived in Ritzville from 1885 to 1916 and played a prominent part in the development of the county. He was mayor of Ritzville in 1912, sheriff of Adams county from 1905 to 1908 and held several minor county offices between 1886 and 1905. He suffered a breakdown about a year ago, from which he never recovered. Death came peacefully at the age of 77 years, two months, 21 days. He was buried in the Grandview Memorial cemetery at Glendale, Cal. Edgar DeWitt Gilson was born in Michigan, June 26, 1858. He crossed the plains by wagon team at the age of 8 years with his parents, who settled in the Willamette valley, Oregon, where he grew to manhood. Mr. Gilson arrived in Ritzville March 3, 1885. On Oct. 24, 1887, he was married to Edith Keller. A brick building on the corner of Railroad and Adams streets was erected by him and still stands. By the fall of 1916 he moved to Bend, Ore., where he was active in public and civic life. He was an active member of the First Methodist church of that city. In the spring of 1929, Mr. and Mrs. Gilson moved to Los Angeles, Cal., where he has since made his home. He was a member of the Masonic lodge No. 101; I.O.O.F. lodge No. 58 and K. of P. lodge No. 36. Mr. Gilson is survived by his widow, five sons, Ralph of San Francisco; Dr. Roy of Modesto, Cal.; Byron of Klammath Falls, Ore.; Darvin of Chicago, and Wilson of Los Angeles. Mrs. Gilson is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Turner, at 3707 W. Pico Street, Los Angeles. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 10, 1935, issue J. S. Langlois Dies On Coast J. S. Langlois, Ritzville resident from 1910 to 1924, died in Tacoma Oct. 1 and was buried Oct. 3, according to word received here today. He was 77 years old at the time of his death. The Rev. M. J. Perdue, a former Ritzville pastor now living in Seattle, officiated at the funeral. Mr. Langlois had been ill for the past year but his condition was not considered serious. He was born in Humbolt, Ia., in 1858, and migrated westward from time to time until he landed in Ritzville in 1910. He learned telegraphy when a young man and was employed by the Northern Pacific in North Dakota as his first job. While in Ritzville he was employed by the Northern Pacific and also devoted some time to real estate and insurance, building up a large clientale. In 1924 he moved to Chehalis and later to Tacoma where he has resided for several years. He is survived by his widow, two sons and one daughter. Ezra I. Case Dies In Othello OTHELLO - Ezra I. Case, 72, died suddenly Saturday morning at his home here. He was buried in the Adams cemetery here following a short burial service with Mr. Precht of Lind officiating. Mr. Case had not been feeling well for several days but his death came as a shock to the entire community. Ezra I. Case was born in Minnesota in 1863 and moved to Missouri at an early age, where he was married. His first wife died in 1900, and with his two small daughters, he moved to Adams county and located on a homestead near Hatton. When the railroad started building, he did freighting and when Othello was started, he became one of its first residents. He followed the blacksmithing trade for several years and then went to work for the railroad, continuing in their employ until several years ago. Mr. Case was a staunch citizen who believed in the "square deal" for all men, and will be missed. He is survived by his second wife whom he married in Missouri in 1917, two daughters, Mrs. Mae Grotwold of Port Townsend, Wash., and Mrs. Isabelle Beuxton of Bothell, Wash.; and a grandson, Harry O'Niell, Jr., of Seattle. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 17, 1935, issue Services Held For Mrs. Smith Funeral services for Mrs. Warren F. Smith, 48, Ralston pioneer who died Sunday morning, were held Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. at the Methodist Episcopal church here with the Rev. H. H. Attenborough of Waitsburg, officiating. Interment was made in the Ritzville cemetery. Mrs. Smith had been ill for almost a year and was bedridden for the past three months. She died at 9 a.m. last Sunday at her home four miles west of Ralston. Doctors said death was due to cancer. Mary Martha Smith nee Siegel was born May 12, 1887, in Wurttemburg, Germany, where she spent her early childhood. She came to the United States in the spring of 1906 with Fred Siegel, an uncle who lived near Ralston and was on a visit to Germany. She came direct to Ralston on June 6, 1906, married Warren F. Smith, a neighboring farmer. She has lived on the Smith farm near Ralston ever since. Mrs. Smith was a member of the Ralston Grange and was a member of the Evangelical church in Germany. Her death is the second tragedy in the Smith family in six months. A son, Rudolph, was killed July 3 when he was dragged to death by a team of mules while weeding a wheat field. Mrs. Smith is survived by her widower, 11 children, an uncle, Fred Siegel of Tacoma, and three aunts in Germany. Arthur T. Little Dies In Ritzville Wednesday WASHTUCNA - Arthur T. Little, 64, pioneer Washtucna farmer and laborer, died Wednesday morning at 8:15 a.m. in the Sweet hospital at Ritzville. Funeral services will be held Sunday at the Methodist church in Washtucna, according to tentative plans. Little had been ill for some time and was brought to the Ritzville hospital last Sunday, where he was believed to be improving until Wednesday. Death was due to cancer of the pancreas. Arthur Thomas Little was born in Illinois and moved westward at an early age, settling near Washtucna. He was a widower and the father of five sons and one daughter. He is also survived by five brothers. Funeral Held For E. E. Weir Tuesday in Lind LIND - Funeral services for Ellsworth E. Weir, 74, Lind pioneer, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Methodist Episcopal church here. Burial was in the Lind cemetery. Mr. Weir died Sunday at 6:35 p.m. at his home 12 miles south of Lind. Death was due to heart disease. He was born in New York and moved west at an early age. At the time of his death he was actively engaged in farming. The funeral services were handled by M. F. Haight and Sons Mortuary of Ritzville. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 24, 1935, issue Ben O. Dorman Dies In Spokane Ben O. Dorman, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orris Dorman of Spokane, former Ritzville pioneers, died Wednesday night in Spokane, according to word reaching here this morning. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of a brother from California. The funeral will be private. Mr. and Mrs. Dorman lived in Ritzville a long time, where he was engaged in the machinery business. At present, Mr. Dorman is president of the Pacific Grain Growers company. The Dorman family were among the first homesteaders in Adams county. Ben Orris Dorman was born in Spokane Feb. 21, 1913, and was graduated from the Lewis and Clark high school. He entered the University of Washington and was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. The surviving family, besides the parents, are two brothers, Donald O. Dorman of Lacrosse, and Richard H. Dorman of Palo Alto, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Guy Perham, Spokane, and Mrs. Arthur Geary, Portland. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 31, 1935, issue George Proctor Dies Suddenly Funeral services for George W. Proctor, 79, Adams county laborer who died Monday, were held Wednesday morning at the Methodist Episcopal church here with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating. Burial was made in the Ritzville cemetery. Proctor died suddenly Monday morning from heart trouble after an illness of only two days. George Washington Proctor was born Nov. 23, 1855, in Alabama. He moved to Missouri at an early age and later came to Ritzville where he has lived for 33 years. Besides his widow, Mr. Proctor is survived by a daughter, Mrs. R. E. Johnson, Pasadena, Calif.; three sons, Charles Proctor, Bremerton, Wash., W. H. Proctor, Ritzville, and Lyman Proctor, Spokane, and two brothers in the east. Mrs. Theresa MacDonald Funeral services for Mrs. Theresa MacDonald, 79, a resident of Adams county for 46 years, were held Saturday morning at the Methodist church with the Rev. Richard Decker officiaitng. Burial was made in the Ritzville cemetery. Mrs. MacDonald died Wednesday of last week in Spokane after a lingering illness. Death was due to hardening of the arteries. Mrs. Theresa MacDonald was born Nov. 1, 1855, in New York. She moved to Oregon at an early age and came to Ritzville 46 years ago where she has lived ever since. She was preceded in death by her husband, John, who died in 1920. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. L. Thorne, LaGrande, Ore., and Mrs. J. R. Moon, Spokane; two sons, Walter Landry, Yakima, and Johnny MacDonald, Yakima; and nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mrs. Minnie Schwisow Mrs. Minnie Schwisow, aged 81 years, died at the family home in Daykin, Neb., on Friday, October 11. Deceased was a mother of nine children, three of whom are residents of this community: Herman, Fred and Frank, the latter and his wife being at his mother's bedside when death occurred, and attended the funeral. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 7, 1935, issue Many Attend Hanson Rites Hundreds of friends paid their last tribute to Charles Hanson, 43, Standard Oil company salesman who died here Sunday, at the funeral services held Wednesday afternoon at the Emanuel Lutheran church, with the Rev. E. A. Rein officiating. The church was beautifully decorated with floral tributes and the friends and fellow workers who came to pay their last respects to the deceased filled the church almost to capacity. Burial was made in the Ritzville Lutheran cemetery south of town. Six Standard Oil company officials acted as honorary pallbearers and six of Mr. Hanson's fellow-workers were active pallbearers. Mr. Hanson was stricken Sunday at 4 a.m., a few minutes after he and Mrs. Hanson had returned from attending a dance in Spokane given employees by the Standard Oil company. Mrs. Hanson called a physician immediately who prounounced him dead at 4:10 a.m. He had not been in ill health and his death came as a distinct shock to members of the family and friends. Charles Christopher Hanson was born April 28, 1892, at Fargo, N. D., and moved to Twin Valleys, Minn., where he spent his early boyhood. On March 14, 1916, he married Julia Helen Peterson at Baudette, Minn. Four daughters were born to this union, two of them dying in infancy. He moved from Minnesota to the Canadian providence of Alberta and later came to Northern Idaho where he lived in Sandpoint, Coeur d'Alene, Winchester and several other small towns for a short time. He came to Ritzville seven years ago and has since resided here. He had been employed by the Standard Oil company for some time as a Flamo salesman and covered the territory surrounding Ritzville and territory in Northern Idaho. He had been a member of the Lutheran church all his life. Besides his widow, Mr. Hanson is survived by two daughters, Helen and Burnette, and two brothers, George of Tennessee and Henry of Minneapolis. Henry Hanson attended the funeral but George was unable to get here. Mrs. Hanson has intimated that she will continue to make her home in Ritzville. Robert Gwin WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Robert Samuel Gwin, 70, Washtucna pioneer, will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the United Presbyterian church here. Mr. Gwin died Wednesday night in Ritzville from a heart attack. He had been in ill health for some time. Funeral For John J. Gross Tomorrow Funeral services for John J. Gross, 51, pioneer Adams county laborer, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Philadelphia Congregational church here, with the Rev. H. Neutzmann officiating. Mr. Gross died Wednesday at 4:45 p.m. from a heart attack. He was suddenly stricken while excavating for a well on the Carl Kohler place near Paha and was brought to Ritzville where he died. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 14, 1935, issue David Gribling Dies In Astoria, Oregon David E. Gribling, former Harrington and Ritzville resident, died Oct. 19 in Astoria, according to word received here yesterday by friends. Funeral services for Mr. Gribling were held recently at the Smith funeral home in Spokane. The I.O.O.F. lodge of Harrington conducted the service. R. S. Gwin Funeral WASHTUCNA - Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the United Presbyterian church for R. S. Gwin, one of Washtucna's pioneers, whose death at Ritzville Wednesday evening saddened the community. The services were conducted by the Rev. H. W. Gordon with music by Mrs. G. A. Reid and Mrs. E. L. Huff. Mr. Gwin was born in Illinois, Jan. 14, 1865, the son of William and Eliza Gwin. He joined the church at New Hartford when he was a young man and he was a former member of the I.O.O.F. His wife, Lou Easly Gwin, died some years ago. Surviving relatives are a sister, Mrs. P. A. Willsey, a half-sister, Mrs. W. A. Smith, eight nephews and six nieces. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 21, 1935, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 28, 1935, issue Husband Of Former Lydia Bauer Dies A. F. Niedt of San Francisco, husband of the former Lydia Bauer of Ritzville, died recently in a Bay City hospital, according to word received here this week. Mrs. Neidt is a sister of Jacob Bauer. Mr. Neidt had been ill for several months. Services Held For E. H. Sweet Funeral services for Edmund H. Sweet, 51, principal of the high school here from 1923 to 1929, were held Wednesday in Spokane at the Smith funeral home, with hundreds of friends from the Inland Empire attending. Mr. Sweet died Saturday night at the Deaconess hospital of pneumonia contracted two weeks ago. He was superintendent of schools at Spangle at the time of his death, having gone there from Ritzville. He was a former president of the Spokane county education association, was a graduate of the University of South Dakota, studied law but did not practice, becoming affiliated with government schools in Arizona. He was married in Ritzville, in 1928, to Bernadine Browder, a teacher in the local schools. Mr. Sweet is survived by his widow, an infant daughter, Constance Olive; his mother, Mrs. Julia Sweet; a sister, Mrs. William Schmidt, Sioux Falls, N.D., and a brother, Oliver E., Washington, D.C. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 5, 1935, issue Funeral Held For Mrs. Adler Funeral services for Mrs. John G. Adler, Sr., 79, who died at her home here Thanksgiving day, were held Sunday afternoon at the Zion Congregational church with the Rev. J. Morach officiating. She died Thanksgiving afternoon after a 10-day illness, passing while asleep. Mary Cathryn Adler, nee Bauer, was born in Kolb, North Russia, on Dec. 18, 1855. She was married to John George Adler in 1873, and the family moved to the United States in 1891, making their home near Ritzville. Fifteen years later, in 1906, they moved to Ritzville retiring from farming. Her husband died in 1919 but Mrs. Adler maintained the family home in Ritzville until a short time ago when she went to live with her son, George, on his farm near here. She is survived by three sons, G. G., Conrad and Dr. Frank Adler, all of Ritzville, and one daughter, Mrs. John Olson, of Spokane, besides several grandchildren. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 12, 1935, issue Man Mangled In Crash Dies His body torn and mangled almost beyond recognition, Max Boerste, 53, Spokane carpenter, died yesterday morning in the Sweet hospital here from injuries received in a head-on collision between a heavy sedan and a truck loaded with straw 30 miles west of here on the Neppel highway Sunday afternoon. Boerste is survived by his widow, his son, a 13-year-old daugher, Margaret, and a brother and two sisters in Germany. Relative of Mrs. F. Schwisow Succumbs Mrs. Ida Moeller, Clear Lake, Minn., sister-in-law of Mrs. Frank Schwisow, died Saturday at her home in Minnesota, according to word received here this week. Mrs. Moeller was in Ritzville last winter visiting the Schwisows and has been here a number of times before. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 19, 1935, issue Funeral Held For J. Reynolds Funeral services for John W. Reynolds, 84, pioneer Othello merchant who died at his home in Othello Monday, were held Wednesday from the Haight funeral parlors here. Interment was made in the Ritzville cemetery. The Ritzville I. O. O. F. lodge conducted short burial services at the cemetery. Mr. Reynolds died at 12:40 a.m. Monday morning after a long illness. Death was due to a cerebral hemmorhage. He suffered a paralytic stroke four years ago from which he never fully recovered. He was born April 2, 1851, in Ohio and came to Adams county in 1908, establishing a general merchandise store in Othello, which he operated until several years ago when his son, L. W. Reynolds, assumed management. Mr. Reynolds is survived by his widow and three sons, Loren Reynolds, Othello, Rex Reynolds, Seattle, and J. S. Reynolds, Tacoma. Funeral For A. L. Wiffin Held Tuesday Following a six weeks' illness with heart trouble and complications, resulting in a general breakdown, Arthur L. Wiffin passed away at the family home Sunday morning at 12:30 o'clock, at the age of 68 years and 3 months. Mr. Wiffin with his family moved to Ritzville from Chicago in 1906 and in partnership with the late C. W. Myer established a jewelry store in this city. Following the death of Mr. Myer about six years ago, Mr. Wiffin bought his partner's half interest in the business and continued to conduct it as sole owner until a month before his death when he disposed of it to Grant Hahn, a Spokane jeweler. As a citizen, Mr. Wiffin represented all the finer qualities of the American gentleman. He was a devout Episcopalian and since a small boy had been a member of that communion. He was confirmed at Sycamore, Ill., a neighboring town to Marengo, where he was born Sept. 15, 1867. Possessed of a high sense of civic pride, Mr. Wiffin was always active in the advancement of our city and prominent in Chamber of Commerce activities. Several times he served the city as councilman and during the two terms of his incumbency as mayor the paving was laid on Main Avenue as one of the many improvements he championed. His passing left vacant a membership on the good roads committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Wiffin was a good neighbor, a loyal friend, a loving husband, a kind and sympathetic father, and the sorrow at his passing will extend beyond the confines of his own home into the hearts of all who knew him. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Following a short service at the Episcopal church with the Rev. T. A. Daughters officiating, the Masons, representing the Ritzville lodge, took charge and conducted the remains to the cemetery, where it was interred with full Masonic honors. The Worshipful Master in charge of the burial was John N. Ott. Mr. Wiffin was raised to the degree of a Master Mason two years after coming to Ritzville, subsequently, with Mrs. Wiffin, joining Eastern Star. He leaves to mourn his wife, Bessie; two daughters, Mrs. Jack Dangerfield of Mason City, and Mrs. H. E. Peckenpaugh of Seattle, and a son, Owen, at home. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 26, 1935, issue Old-Timer From Hatton Passes HATTON - J. K. Fields, elderly Hatton pioneer, died at 8:30 p.m. last Sunday in St. Luke's hospital, Spokane, according to word received here yesterday. Mr. Fields had been ill for some time and recently had a leg amputated. Funeral arrangements have not been completed yet. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Bennett Funeral services for Mrs. Christina Bennett, 89, Northwest pioneer and resident of Ritzville for 40 years who died Friday in Tacoma, were held Sunday afternoon at the Women's clubhouse here, with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery beside her husband in the family plot. Many friends and old pioneers who had worked side by side with Mrs. Bennett in improving her community, attended the funeral, paying their last tribute to this woman who was an Adams county official for many years and who was largely responsible for the founding of the Congregational church here. Born in Scotland in 1845, she came to this country in 1850, settling with her parents in Minnesota. She was married in Minnesota and she and her husband moved to the Dakotas shortly afterward. In 1887 they moved to Walla Walla and in 1880 to Ritzville, where the couple remained 40 years. Mrs. Bennett organized the Congregational church here and was instrumental in the building of the church's home, now known as the Woman's clubhouse. She was also the first superintendent of schools in Adams county. Mr. Bennett died in 1902 and she remained here until 1920, when she moved to Spokane, living there 10 or 11 years until she moved to Tacoma several years ago. Survivors include two sons, Clinton S. Bennett of Tacoma, and Van Bennett of Boise, Ida., and nine grandchildren, James, Florence and Louise, Mrs. Wesley Lambert and Mrs. August Mattresse, Spokane; Mrs. Gordon Turner, Salt Lake City; Mrs. William Haines, Seattle; Mrs. Harold Tyree, Detroit, and Miss Marjorie Bennett of Billings, Mont., and eight great- grandchildren. J. K. Fields' Funeral To Be Held Friday Funeral servics for J. K. Fields, Hatton pioneer who died Sunday in Spokane, will be held Friday at 1 p.m. in Spokane, according to a letter received shortly before press time today from Walter Johnson, Hatton. The letter did not state at which funeral home the services will be held.