Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, July 1, 1937 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, July 1, 1937, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, July 8, 1937, issue William Shroyer Died Wednesday William H. Shroyer, 79, resident of Ritzville since 1903, died yesterday afternoon at his home here. No funeral services will be held here. His body will be shipped to Perry, Iowa, for burial. He is a retired railroad man. He is survived by his widow, Mary Shroyer. Henry Kendall Dies In Idaho LIND - Word was received here of the death of Henry Kendall, father of Mrs. Ernest Teague and Mrs. Sherman Teague, both of Lind. He passed away Monday at his home at Rocky Point, Chatcolet, Ida., at the age of 66. He lived near Oakesdale and farmed for 40 years, retiring 10 years ago. He has been a member of the Oakesdale I.O.O.F. lodge for 23 years. Mr. Kendall is survived by his widow, Ella; five daughters and four sons. Funeral services were held at the Community Presbyterian church at 2 p.m. this afternoon (Thursday). Death Comes to Bincent Snead LIND - Bincent Brownie Snead passed away at the home of his brother, Harry Snead, Tuesday night following a stroke early last Thursday morning from which he never regained consciousness. He was 78 years old at the time of his death. He was born June 1, 1859, in Washington county, Virginia. Mr. Snead is a retired salesman and has lived with his brother, Harry, the past 8 years. He has been a Baptist all his life. He is survived by one brother, Harry, two sisters, Mrs. W. C. Farrell and Miss Ella Snead, all of Lind. Funeral services were held at 9:30 a.m. this morning (Thursday) at the undertaking parlor with the Rev. Decker of Ritzville officiating. Mrs. C. Crawley Dies In Spokane Mrs. Carl Crawley died this morning at the Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane following a long illness. She had been at Soap Lake for treatment but was taken to Spokane recently when her condition became more serious. Her death was due to cancer. Funeral services will be held in Spokane Saturday. Guy Tuttle Died Tuesday Morning Guy Tuttle, pioneer of Adams county, died Tuesday morning at his home here, following a long illness. Funeral arrangements await the arrival of his brother from Spokane. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, July 15, 1937, issue Last Rites Held For Mrs. Crawley Funeral services for Mrs. Carl Crawley, 53, prominent farm woman of the Ralston area who died last Thursday, were held last Saturday at the St. Aloysius Catholic church in Spokane with the Rev. Fr. A. E. Flour officiating. Burial was in a Spokane cemetery. Mrs. Crawley had been ill for some time before her death, which was due to cancer of the liver. Anna Catherine Grote was born Aug. 17, 1883, in Piqua, Ohio. The family moved west when she was still quite young. On July 19, 1903, she married Carl Crawley in Walla Walla, and the couple moved to Ritzville in 1917, acquiring a farm near here. Mrs. Crawley has lived in Adams county 20 years. She was a devout member of the Catholic church and was loved and respected by all her friends and acquaintances. Pallbearers at the funeral were Hickman Newland, Elmo Irwin, Bill Irwin, Joe Finck, Guy Stafford and Henry Thom. Surviving her besides her widower are two sons, Ben and Lester of Ritzville; a daughter, Mrs. Velva Klumpp of Portland, Ore.; her mother, Mrs. Anna Grote, Seattle; three brothers, Ben Grote, Walla Walla, Theo of LaCrosse and Joseph of Dayton; and a sister, Marie Harris of California. Haight and Son had charge of the funeral. Guy Tuttle Buried Here Last Friday Guy Tuttle, pioneer who died last week, was buried in the Ritzville cemtery Friday, Miles Haight, undertaker, said today. Mr. Tuttle was 69 years old and was born in Pennsylvania. He first came here prior to 1889 and lived here on and off for about 25 or 30 years. He is survived by two brothers, Will of Spokane, and Grant of California; and a sister, Mrs. Phil O'Donnell of Pendleton, Ore. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, July 22, 1937, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, July 29, 1937, issue Belle Hackett Dies In Seattle HATTON - Relatives here received word of the passing of Mrs. Belle Hackett, aged 73 years, at her home in Seattle on Tuesday, the 20th. She had been a diabetic sufferer for a number of years and had been feeling unusually well but when relatives called her for breakfast they found her in a coma from which she never rallied. Mrs. Hackett came here in 1887 with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Levi Sutton and settled on Michigan Prairie, where she lived until she moved to Seattle a number of years ago. She was a cousin of Oscar Goodenough and Mrs. A. J. Railsback and left a host of relatives and friends to mourn her passing. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, August 5, 1937, issue Mrs. C. L. Bauman Dies In Oregon Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Bauman, 80, pioneer of Adams county who died Tuesday at the home of a daughter in Portland, were held this afternoon in Walla Walla and Wednesday in Portland. Burial was in the Walla Walla cemetery, beside her late husband. Mrs. Bauman was born in Germany and came to the United States when she was 20 years old, living in Baltimore, Md., for some time, when she married Charles Bauman in 1886. They came west in 1891 to Portland, where they lived for 10 years, then moving to Adams county and settling on a farm southwest of Ritzville. She was a member of the German Methodist Episcopal church and her last rites were held in the German Methodist church in Walla Walla. She was well-known in Adams county and the Inland Empire. Mrs. Bauman owned a 1200-acre farm near here. She is survived by a brother in Germany; five sons, Charles of Ritzville; Tom of Portland; John and Adolph of Washtucna; and Alfred of Lind; a daughter, Mrs. Caroline Twyman of Portland; and 12 grandchildren. Wm. H. Merrill Passes In Lind LIND - William Henry Merrill died at his home here Sunday morning at 5 a.m. He was a retired farmer and lived in this district 45 years. At one time he was the justice of the peace in Lind. He has been a member of the Lind Grange since its organization. He was born in Anoka, Minn., Feb. 9, 1861. He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Paul Tennison of Lind, two sisters, Mrs. Willard Jones of Anoka, Minn., and Mrs. Bell Camp of Naton, Alberta, two brothers, Charles and Walter of Anoka, Minn. His cousin, Mrs. Mertie Wright, has been staying with Mr. Merrill for the past five or six years. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. at the Methodist church with Rev. Yeaggy officiating. Mrs. Henry Horn Dies Wednesday Mrs. Henry Horn, Ritzville resident for over 57 years, died Wednesday noon at her home near here, following a long illness. Her death was due to a heart ailment. She was born in Scotland 75 years ago and came to the United States when three years old. She moved to Ritzville when she was 18 years old and was well-known in this county and the Inland Empire. Survivors include her husband, at home; brothers, Andrew Sinclair, Ritzville, Charles Sinclair, Carmangay, Alta., and Mark Sinclair, Spokane; sons, Everett, Berkley, Calif., and Raymond, Cedar City, Cal.; and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, August 12, 1937, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, August 19, 1937, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, August 26, 1937, issue Coast Pioneer Related Here John Boatman, first white person, born in the Puyallup valley, who died a short time ago, is a cousin of Mrs. L. M. Tiller of Ritzville. His mother, Mrs. Tiller's aunt, was the first white woman in the Puyallup valley, coming out there from Illinois in 1852. Mrs. Boatman's father and Mrs. Tiller's grandmother were sister and brother. Mrs. Boatman's parents came to Oregon by covered wagon in 1852 and moved to a 320-acre claim at North Puyallup a year later where he was born July 28, 1854. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, September 2, 1937, issue Father Dies In East A telegram to M. D. Thiel from his wife carried the sad news of the death of her father, Elmer Seavy, at Aitkin, Minn., Wednesday, Aug. 25, following a long illness. Mrs. Thiel left for her parental home earlier in the week on being advised by wire of her father's serious condition. Former Lind Woman Dies In Spokane LIND - Mrs. Olive Hansen, wife of Melven Hansen of Spokane, died last week and funeral services were held Monday at 1 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen were former residents of Lind. Hansen was with the Standard Oil company here several years ago. Besides her widower, Mrs. Hansen is survived by one daughter, Audrey. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, September 9, 1937, issue John Eckhardt Service Friday John Eckhardt, 77, pioneer who died Tuesday night at his home here, will be buried Friday afternoon in the Ritzville cemetery following services at 2 p.m. in the Philadelphia Congregational church with the Rev. H. Nuetzmann officiating. He suffered a paralytic stroke Friday from which he did not recover. His death occurred at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. Eckhardt was born in Russia and came to this country at an early age. He lived in Nebraska some time before coming to Ritzville. He had lived here 36 years. Besides his widow, he is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Margurite Wellsandt, Mrs. Katie Bastron, Ritzville, and Mrs. Pauline Wellsandt, Uniontown, Wash. F. Miller Dies; Funeral Friday Funeral services for Frederick Miller, 72, Ritzville Trading company janitor, who died Tuesday at his home here, will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the Emanuel Lutheran church with the Rev. E. A. Rein officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery. Mr. Miller has been ill since July 7. Death was due to cancer on one of the vertebrae. He was born in Kolb, Russia, and came to the United States when a young man. He had lived in Ritzville 32 years. Besides his widow, he is survived by three sons, Edward and Alvin of Tacoma, Harold, Ritzville; four daughters, Mrs. Lydia Heimbigner, Mrs. Mildred Heimbigner, and Ruby, Ritzville, and Mrs. Pauline Kauth of Dishman. Alfred Frischknect Drowned At Kelso HATTON - Mrs. Harry Mittelsteadt received word this week, that her brother, Alfred Frieschknect, had been drowned. The Mittelsteadt family left early Wednesday morning for Kelso. As a young man, Mr. Frischknect had many acquaintances here, who join in expressing their sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, September 16, 1937, issue J. D. Bassett Dies At Spokane Home J. D. Bassett, first banker in Adams county and deputy state auditor for many years, died Tuesday morning at his home in Spokane. Mr. Bassett moved to Ritzville in 1899 and remained here until 1909, establishing the first bank in Adams county with Ben Martin, brother of W. H. Martin. During his residence here, Mr. Bassett organized 12 banks at various points in the Inland Empire, being the principal stockholder and president of each. He formerly lived in Hartington, Neb., and was "Harry" Martin's Sunday school teacher when he was young. For the past 17 years, he was state examiner for the division of municipal corporations at Olympia. He had a long legislative record, serving in the Connecticut legislature in 1887 and in Washington, both in the senate and house many sessions. Mr. Bassett was born at Central Village, Conn., Jan. 6, 1858. His father, graduate of Yale, was in the ministry of the Congregational church more than a quarter of a century. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at Westminister Congregational church in Spokane with services by the Rev. Joel Harper. Mr. Bassett is survived by three children, Joseph Bassett of Okanogan; Mrs. Harold Crawford, Walla Walla; and Mrs. Emma Bassett, at home, and four grandchildren. Wreck Fatal To Conrad Kisler Conrad J. Kisler of Cheney, grandfather of Mrs. Henry Hein and Mrs. Leonard Farrier of Ritzville, died yesterday from injuries received when the automobile he was driving ran into a ditch five miles east of Sprague last Monday. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Odessa. He is survived by five daughters and five grandchildren, Mrs. Hein, Mrs. Farrier, Mrs. Adolph Heimbigner of Harrington, Mrs. Johnny Becker of Cashmere and Mrs. Jacob Kiehn of Odessa. Father Dies WASHTUCNA - Mr. and Mrs. George Reid were called to Pullman Saturday morning by the serious condition of Mr. Reid's father who passed away at 4 o'clock that afternoon. Funeral services were held in Pullman on Tuesday afternoon. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, September 23, 1937, issue Joe M. Shields Passed In Seattle Last Week Joe M. Shields, salesman for the Ritzville Flouring Mills, died in Seattle last weekend following a long illness. Funeral services were held Monday. Mr. Shields was about 60 years old. He was well-known in Ritzville and had been with the Centennial company for 25 to 30 years. He lived at the Desert hotel, until recently, when he was taken to Seattle for medical aid. Mrs. J. Goodenough Dies In Vancouver HATTON - Upon receiving a message that their sister-in-law, Mrs. John Goodenough, had passed away in Vancouver, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Goodenough and Mrs. A. J. Railsback left Tuesday morning to attend her funeral. Mrs. Goodenough was well-known here and the many friends and acquaintances sympathize sincerely with the bereaved husband and children. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, September 30, 1937, issue Mrs. Koch Victim of Fire Tragedy Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schafer, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Koch, sr., and Fred Koch were called to Clackamas, Ore., recently by the tragic death of Mrs. Carl Koch, a relative. Mrs. Koch was electrocuted when she grabbed a fence wire in front of her farm home. A 6,000-volt power wire had fallen across the fence and started a fire which Mrs. Koch was attempting to extinguish. She did not know that the wire was electrified. She fell into the fire when the current struck her body and was badly burned before she could be rescued. Her grandmother tired to pull her out of the fire but was so severely shocked that she is still seriously ill. The Rev. William Essig, formerly of Ritzville, conducted the funeral service at Oregon City.