Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 2, 1936
Adams County,  Ritzville, WA 

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Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 2, 1936, issue

Many Attend Funeral For John Gillett
	Hundreds of friends paid their last respects Tuesday to John C. Gillett, 69,
pioneer Adams county farmer who was buried in the Ritzville cemetery Tuesday afternoon
following funeral services at the Methodist church, with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating.
	Mr. Gillett died last Friday at a Spokane hospital following a series of paralytic
strokes. He had been in ill health for several months and was taken to Spokane early
last week.
	He has been a resident of Adams county since 1889, more than 47 years, and was
widely known through Lincoln, Grant and Adams counties. At one time he was the largest
wheat farmer in Adams county.
	He served eight years as county commissioner for Adams county and was a
representative to the state legislature from this district from 1910 to 1912. He was a
member of the board of directors of the Modern Hardware, Inc., at the time of his death
and was financially interested in the German-American bank several years ago.
	John Charles Gillett was born in Pittsfield, Ohio, Dec. 26, 1866, the third of a
family of six brothers. He left home at the age of 12, working nine months of the year
and attending school the other three. In the winter of 1887-88 he was employed on a
Northern Pacific snow plow out of St. Paul.
	From St. Paul, he came west to Seattle and then to LaConner where he spent a year
on the large Chilberg ranch. In 1889, he got the wheat growing fever and came to Ritzville.
Here he filed on a homestead and later purchased additional land.
	Mr. Gillett was married Feb. 21, 1898, to Miss Anna Burfiend, who died Dec. 13, 1933.
To this union were born six children, five of whom are still living.
	He was one time a member of the Elks lodge and the I.O.O.F. lodge.
	He is survived by one son, John Gillett, Jr., Ritzville; four daughters, Mrs. Mamie
Allert, Mrs. Lillie Schafer, both of Ritzville, Mrs. Alice Oestreich, Astoria, Ore., and
Mrs. Harriet Hille, Cashmere, Wash.; a brother, Frank Gillett, Arlington, Wash.; and nine
grandchildren.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 9, 1936, issue
	
Funeral Held For R. P. Smith
	Rudolphus P. Smith, 87, resident of Adams county since 1887 who died last Thursday,
was buried Sunday in the Ritzville cemetery following funeral services at the Methodist
Episcopal church with the Rev. Richard Decker officiating.
	He had been in good health until he suffered a paralytic stroke several weeks ago.
Doctors said his immediate death was due to apoplexy.
	Mr. Smith was a charter member of the Ritzville Masonic lodge and a member of
Al Kader Shrine, Spokane. He was a thirty-second degree Mason.
	He is survived by four sons, Hugr, Warren and Newell, Ritzville, and Roy, Pontiac,
Mich., one sister in Michigan and 16 grandchildren.

Mrs. Burkhart Dies
	The death of Mrs. Sarah C. Burkhart, 75, an Adams county pioneer, at her Tacoma
home Tuesday evening, was told in a message received here Wednesday. Mrs. Burkhart had not
been well for several years and news of her more serious illness came in a letter the first
of the week.

Gottlieb Schutz Dies Near Paha
	Funeral services for Gottlieb Schutz, Paha resident who died recently, will be held
Friday at 2 p.m. at the Ralston church with the Rev. A. Franke officiating.
	One of the real pioneers of Adams county and a man who helped to make local history,
Gottlieb Schutz died at his home near Paha Monday morning after an illness of several weeks.
	Mr. Schutz was 80 years old but remained in full possession of all his faculties
until the last and took an active part in the direction of property.
	He was survived by his widow, eight living children and 52 grandchildren and 15
great grandchildren, a record that it is not believed has ever been equalled in Adams county.
As he said a few days before he died, that he was justly proud of the whole group.
	The deceased was born in Russia, Nov. 8, 1855, and came to this country as a very
young man. In 1877, when 22 years of age, he married Sophie Labe, a daughter of another
Adams county pioneer. The union was blessed with 12 children but only eight of them lived.
	Mr. Schutz was always ready to do his part toward the development of the county
or making it a better place in which to live and raise a family. However, he lived on his
original ranch from the day he was married until his death.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 16, 1936, issue

Mrs. Rachel Phillips Of Lind Succumbs
	Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel J. Phillips of Lind, 69, who died this morning at
her home in Lind, will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Methodist church in Lind.
	Full details of her death will be published in next week's Journal-Times.

Sarah Burkhart
	WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Sarah Katherine Burkhart were held at the United
Presbyterian church Saturday with the Rev. H. W. Gordon in charge, assisted by the Rev. R.
Decker of the Methodist church at Ritzville. A wealth of blossoms symbolized the affection
of her family and friends.
	Sarah Katherine Rinker was born in Missouri in 1859. She was married to Andrew
Jackson Burkhart in 1877 and in 1883 they came west by mule team their journey lasting from
May until October. In 1886 they settled near here on a homestead that is now a part of the
Frank Daugherty farm.
	Nineteen years later they retired to make their home in Ritzville and in 1908
moved to Tacoma. Mr. Burkhart died in 1909 and was buried in the family plot in the Washtucna
cemetery. Mrs. Burkhart died April 7 at her home in Tacoma after several years of failing
health.
	Thirteen children were born to the Burkharts of whom eight sons survive their mother;
James of Los Angeles, Andrew, Arthur, Ed and Robert of Tacoma, fred of Seattle, Nels of
Kiona, Ralph of Prosser, all of whom were here for her funeral. There is also a sister of
Mrs. Burkhart's, Mrs. Amelia Phillips, who lives in Kansas, seven grandchildren and one 
great grandchild.
	In her relations with her family and neighbors Mrs. Burkhart embodied the virtues
of the pioneer mother and homemaker, faith and devotion, loyalty and industry. In her
earlier years she experienced the trials of the pioneer and the homesteader in a raw new
country with good cheer and fortitude; in age she was rewarded by the devotion and care of
her sons and the love of her friends.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 23, 1936, issue

Funeral Held For J. Johnson
	James Johnson, 72, pioneer farmer of the Hatton district who died last Thursday
in Spokane, was buried Saturday in the Riverside Park cemetery in Spokane following
funeral servics at the Hazen-Jaeger funeral home in Spokane.
	Stricken with appendix complications, Mr. Johnson was taken to the Deaconess
hospital for a surgical operation, but his condition failed to improve.
	Born in Sweden, Mr. Johnson came to the United States at the age of 22 and
settled near Yuba City, Calif., where he married Emma NElson in 1890. The family moved
to Hatton in 1906, where they have farmed ever since.
	He was a member of the Methodist church, was active in community affairs and in
the Grange. A member of the I.O.O.F. lodge since 1908, he was presented with a 25-year
jewel two years ago.
	Besides his widow, Mr. Johnson is survived by five sons, Alvin, Marysville, Calif.,
Harold, Walter, Arthur and Donald of Hatton; one daughter, Mrs. Vera Kanz, Pomeroy; a
sister, Nellie Johnson, Yuba City, Calif., a brother Peter in Sweden; and seven grandchildren.  

Nephew Of Mrs. Pierce Killed
	Funeral services for Donald L. Carscallen, 29, nephew of Mrs. Mary C. Pierce who was
asphyxiated in a heroic attempt to rescue another man's life at Oilmont, Mont., were held
at the Mooney chapel in Coeur d'Alene, Ida., last Sunday.
	He met his death while attempting to rescue a fellow worker who had been overcome
by fumes while cleaning an oil tank last Friday afternoon.
	Interment was in the Forest cemetery at Coeur d'Alene.
	He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Carscallen, his widow, Lucy, and
son, Gordon.
	The floral display and the throngs who attended the services at the chapel and
cemetery were a beautiful and fine tribute from his friends and associates. F. V. Pierce
and son, Bert, attended the funeral.

Mrs. V. S. Phillips
	LIND - Mrs. V. S. Phillips, age 74, passed away Thursday morning after about a
month's illness caused by cardiac asthma.
	Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church, Rev. John
Secor of the Cheney Methodist church officiated. Interment was made in the local cemetery.
	Mrs. Phillips was born at Carrolton, Mo., June 14, 1862. On August 14, 1884, she
married V. S. Phillips. Six children were born to this union two of whom are dead.
	The deceased is survived by her husband, 3 sons, R. H., Eugene and David all of this
community, a daughter, Mrs. Joe Hayes of Pullman, two sisters, Mrs. Walter Phillips of
Buckner, Mo., and Mrs. Frances Wolff of Independence, Mo., and 16 grandchildren. She was a
member of the Methodist church and Eastern Star.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 30, 1936, issue

Hold Rites For Mrs. Bertha Buhl
	Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha W. Buhl, 78, Adams county pioneer who died last
Friday, were held Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at the church of the Nazarene here with the Reverends
N. A. Malmberg of Ritzville and Mann of Rocklyn officiating.
	Mrs. Buhl had been in ill health for some time and death was not unexpected.
	Mrs. Bertha Wilhelmina Buhl, was born in Germany, July 21, 1857, and came to this
country with her parents in 1863, settling near Kenosha, Wis. She married Gustav Buhl in
1887 and the family came west in 1903, settling on a homestead five miles east of Ritzville.
	Since 1922, she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Albert Cronrath. Mrs. Buhl
had been a life-long member of the Methodist church and was an active member of the RItzville
M. E. church at the time of her death.
	She is survived by her widower, Gustav; two daughters, Mrs. Freda Cronrath of
Harrington and Mrs. Alma Cronrath of Ritzville; a son, Arthur, of Ritzville; two sisters,
Mrs. Minnie Knautz of Mead, Wash., and Mrs. Minnie Vollmer of Kenosha, Wis.; two brothers,
Frank and Henry Lambrecht, both of Kenosha, Wis.; and nine grandchildren.

Child Dies In Flaming Shed
	Roland G. Herrick, 4-year-old son of Mrs. Esther Herrick of Hooper, was burned to
death in a woodshed fire on the Peter McGregor property in Hooper last Saturday afternoon.
	When the fire started, Mrs. Herrick noticed the absence of her son and suspicioned
he might be in the blazing woodshed. Attempts to extinguish the fire were futile and the
child's body was discovered, partially burned beneath a coal pile, when the blaze died out.
	He is believed to have been trapped by falling coal when the blaze got under way.
Death may have been due to suffocation, spectators reported. The body was found by A. C. 
McGregor. The cause of the fire is not known.
	Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Emanuel Lutheran church in 
Ritzville with the Rev. E. A. Rein officiating.
	Surviving the child is his hother, Mrs. Esther Herrick, his grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Meissner, and aunts and uncles.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 7, 1936, issue

Last Rites Held For Mrs. Nauditt
	Funeral services for Mrs. Albert Nauditt, who died Sunday at the Sacred Heart hospital
in Spokane, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Hazen & Jaeger funeral parlors in Spokane.
	Death was due to peritonitis, which followed an operation for gall stones.
	Besides her widower, she is survived by a son, Harley; a daughter, Norma; a sister,
Mrs. Elma Erickson, British Columbia; and three brothers, William and Rudolph Sage of
Spokane and Herman Sage of Walla Walla.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 14, 1936, issue

Death Ends Career Of Old-Timer
	Frank York, 76, one of the most colorful pioneer figures in Adams county, died last
Friday and was buried in the Ritzville cemetery Monday, following funeral services at the
Haight parlors conducted by Paul Gering of the Mennonite brotherhood.
	During his later years, Mr. York used to tell many interesting and exciting stories
of his adventures with bandits and rascals in the early dys in this country and other parts
of the west. He was at one time a member of a vigilante group that shot and killed bandits
and "tough" characters of the old west.
	He was born in Ireland and came to this country at the age of 1 with his parents,
who settled in Illinois. He was educated for the Catholic priesthood but gave up the cloth
and came west during his earlier years.
	Mr. York came to Adams county in 1889 after spending a short time in Umatilla, Ore.
He owned a small farm 20 miles west of here, on which he raised thoroughbred stock and
horses. Through the use of dams, be built up several small lakes which he stocked with fish.
The water was used for irrigation of his lands. The coulee, in which his farm is located
bears his name.
	He was married in 1903 to Agnes Gillmore who died shortly thereafter. Later, in
1906, he married Emma E. Canble, who survives him, besides three brothers, three sisters
and hundreds of friends.

Child Drowns In Water Trough
	Harold Fode, 1-1/2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fode, was drowned Tuesday
evening about 6 p.m. when he fell into a watering trough on the Fode farm near Paha.
	Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Congregational church in Lind.
	Details of the tragedy were not available, but it was learned that he fell in while
playing and was not found until he had been in the water several minutes.

Roland Hedrick
	LIND - Funeral services for Roland C. Hedrick, 51, were held Thursday in Spokane
from the Smith Funeral home.
	Mr. Hedrick was known around here as "Rusty" Hedrick. He lived here some time ago
and is well known by the people of this community. He leaves two daughters, Hazel and Ethel,
both of Spokane.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 21, 1936, issue

Clara Lage Nauditt
	Clara Nauditt, nee Lage, was born Aug. 9, 1897, in Winona, Ida. During her girlhood
she moved with her family to Canada.
	In 1919 the family returned to Washington, settling on Orchard Prairie, north of
Spokane. Two years later, Oct. 9, 1921, Clara Lage became the wife of Albert G. Nauditt.
	These happy young people made their home on a wheat farm near Ritzville. Two children
came to bless this union: Norma, who is now five years of age, and Harley, nine. For the
past year she has not been well.
	Though just this last Easter, which she spent in Spokane, she seemed to be unusually
well and happy. The next day she became acutely ill, and upon the advice of the family
physician, was taken to the hospital. On April 16 she underwent a major operation. She never
fully recovered. And Sunday, May 3, she died.
	During the final days she visited as much as she could with her loved ones. Shortly
before death came she had asked her little girl to "take me home." As it seems to us now
she spoke of that home not made with hands, eternal, in the Heavens.
	It is difficult to find words with which to tell of her character. She was a true
and upright woman, a mate to her husband, a good neighbor and a progressive citizen of the
community.
	Her delight was to bring her children to Sunday school and to see them progress in
the school work.
	Her favorite song was "Tell Mother I'll Be There."

Mrs. C. Jansen
	LIND - Mrs. Maroline Jansen, 87, former Walla Wallan, died Wednesday evening at the
Fred Breit home, seven miles north of Lind.
	She leaves one son, A. C. Jansen of Lind, four daughters, Mrs. John Krehbiel, Mrs.
Anna Linnville and Mrs. Fred Breit, all of Lind, and Miss Minnie Jansen of Walla Walla, 10
grandchildren and six great grandchilren.
	Services were held at the Briet home Thursday by Rev. R. C. Jacobs. A song was sung
by Mrs. R. C. Jacobs. The funeral was held at Walla Walla Saturday with the Rev. Whitrock
officiating.
	Mrs. Jansen's body was laid beside the body of her husband in the Walla Walla 
cemetery.

Hein Infant Dies; Buried Here Monday
	An infant son born to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Hein, Jr., last Sunday died at birth and
was buried in the Ritzville cemetery Monday afternoon. Brief funeral services were held at
the cemetery.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 28, 1936, issue

Mrs. Wm Kanzler Pioneer, Passes
	Mrs. William Kanzler, 65, pioneer Adams county resident, died this morning at 6:20
a.m. at her home here after a lingering illness.
	Funeral arrangements had not been made when the Journal-Times went to press this
afternoon, however, a full account of the funeral and obituary will be published in next
week's paper.
	She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Albert Wolsborn of Marengo, Mrs. W. C. Moon,
Mrs. Ben Schafer and Elsie of Ritzville and four sons, Rinehart of Olympia, Arthur of Lind,
Carl of Portland and William of Ritzville.

William Lee, Jr., Dies In Portland
	William E. Lee, Jr., 24, former Adams county resident, died May 23 in Portland and
was buried last Tuesday in Riverside Park cemetery, Spokane, according to word received
here today.
	Mr. Lee was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lee, pioneer residents of Adams county. He
died in Portland of rheumatic heart trouble. He had been a radio telegraph operator, his
last voyage being on the S.S. West Ira.
	Mr. Lee had just been appointed to the staff of broadcasting station KOOS, Marshfield,
Ore., and was leaving for his new position when stricken.
	Surviving him are his mother, Mrs. Catherine Lee, Spokane, six sisters and two brothers.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 4, 1936, issue

Last Rites Held For Mrs. Kanzler
	Funeral services for Mrs. William Kanzler, 65, Adams county pioneer who died last
Thursday, were held Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Philadelphia Congregational church
with the Rev. H. Neutzmann officating.
	Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
	The church was beautifully decorated with floral tributes from her many friends.
	Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Kanzler nee Stromberger was born in Kolb, Russia, Aug. 24, 1870.
She came to the United States at the age of 20 and moved to Adams county a few years later.
	Mr. and Mrs. Kanzler lived many years on a farm near here before moving into town
and retiring. Mr. Kanzler died Dec. 29, 1931.
	Mrs. Kanzler was a life-long member of the Philadelphia Congregational church and was
an ardent church worker, being interested in every phase of its activity.
	She is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Albert Wolsborn, Marengo, Mrs. Martha Moon,
Ritzville, Mrs. Irene Schafer, county treasurer, Ritzville, and Elsie Kanzler, Marengo teacher;
and four sons, Reinhart, Olympia, Arthur, Lind, Carl, Portland, and William, Ritzville.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 11, 1936, issue

Injuries Fatal To Cecil Little
	Funeral services for Cecil Little, 31, truck driver who died Sunday from injuries
received in an automobile accident last week, were held this afternoon at the Haight funeral
parlors.
	Mr. Little sustained fatal injuries the night of June 3 when an automobile in which
he was riding overturned near Cheney. His back was fractured and vertebrae in his neck was
dislocated. His automobile overturned when it struck a soft place in the road.
	Other occupants in the "death car" were J. G. Wagoner, Lind, who suffered a broken
rib, and Jim Smith, Lind, a broken collar bone, Carl Kechter and L. Thaut, Ritzville, were
uninjured.
	Cecil Little was born in Washtucna and lived there most of his life, coming to
Ritzville recently.
	Surviving him are his widow, Dora, four brothers and a sister, Susan Little, Washtucna.

Mother of Mrs. L. J. Marmes Dies In East
	Mrs. Harriet Kohl, mother of Mrs. Louis J. Marmes of Hooper, died recently at her
home in Antigo, Wis., according to word received here this week. Mrs. Marmes left a short
time ago to attend the funeral.
	Death was the result of a stroke suffered recently while she was eating her noon meal.
She would have been 83 years old next October.
	Mrs. Kohl had lived in Antigo since 1882 and knew nearly every person in that community
of 9,000. She was well-known in the community and well-liked.
	She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Marmes and Mrs. A. G. Austin of Wisconsin, and
four sons. Her pallbearers were her sons, a nephew and a son-in-law.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 18, 1936, issue

Will Horn Rites Held At Pullman
	Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for Will S. Horn, former Ritzville 
resident, at the Kimball chapel, Pullman.
	Pallbearers were Roy D. McFarland, D. A. Scott, W. H. Kreager, F. V. Pierce, Melven
Oestreich and Guy C. Stafford. The Rev. J. C. Livingston, Sandpoint minister, officiated.
Interment was in the city cemetery at Pullman.
	Will Horn was born at Ritzville, Nov. 16, 1892, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Horn, local residents and pioneers of Adams county.
	Mr. Horn became ill the first of May, when he suffered a severe attack of influenza.
Nearly four weeks later he was taken to the St. Ignatius hospital, Colfax, with an acute
attack of nephritis. He passed away shortly after midnight last Thursday.
	Besides his mother and father, Mr. Horn is survived by his widow, daughter Eloise,
and son Jimmie, and by his brothers, Raymond and Everett.
	He attended the local public schools and was graduated from high school with the class
of 1912. He entered Washington State college, majoring in agriculture, and was graduated in
1916 with the bachelor of science degree in agriculture.
	He taught in the schools of Odessa, Fairfield and Colville, and was elected to
superintendency of the two latter schools. In 1931, Mr. Horn became assistant professor of
agricultural education on the Washington State college faculty. This position he held until
taken to the hospital more than three weeks ago.
	Mr. Horn was an active participant in fraternal and professional organizations both
as a student, as a superintendent and teacher in the high school field, and as a faculty
member. He was a member of the local Masonic lodge; Order of the Eastern Star at Colville,
Maynard Price post of the American Legion at Pullman; Ph Kappa Alpha, national social 
fraternity; Phi Kappa Phi, national scholastic fraternity; Block and Bridle, agricultural
club; Lariat, national animal husbandry club; State College Grange, Kiwanis club and chamber
of commerce at Pullman.

Last Rites Held For Edgar Best, Former Resident
	LIND - Funeral services for Edgar Best, 34, former resident here, were held in Tacoma
Saturday.
	Mr. Best, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Best who reside here, died Tuesday at his home in
Tacoma. The cause of his death was septic sore throat.
	He was graduated from the Lind high school in 1919, and was well known in this
community.
	Besides his father and mother, Mr. Best is survived by his widow, son Edgar, Jr., and
his brother from Dayton. Burial was at the Summer cemetery at Tacoma, Saturday.
	Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Best and their son from Dayton made the trip Friday to attend the
services.

Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 25, 1936, issue
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