Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 2, 1941 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, January 2, 1941, issue Hold Last Rites For Sieverkropp Funeral services for John H. Sieverkropp, 75, former resident of Odessa and the western part of Adams county, were held recently in Chehalis and burial was in the Odessa cemetery. He died Dec. 20 at St. Helen hospital in Chehalis following an operation. He was born in Germany and came to the United States when he was about 20 years old. He had lived in the Odessa area for about 40 years. He was married to August Peuck on March 9, 1893, and she died in 1899. Three children were born to this union, including William, who preceded him in death, Herman of Odessa, and Mrs. Emma Juedes of Winlock. On Oct. 27, 1923, he was married to Mrs. Helena Quast, who died in December, 1932. He is survived by his daughter, Mrs. W. A. H. Juedes of Winlock; a son, Herman of Odessa; and eight grandchildren. Cecil D. Linn Was Former Resident Word was received by Guy Stafford of Ralston of the death at his home in Long Beach, Cal., of Cecil D. Linn, a pioneer of Adams county, on Dec. 27. He was about 76 years old. For years he owned and operated the farm where Henry Benzel now lives. He held the offices of county assessor and county treasurer. Some years ago he moved to Southern California for his wife's health, making several trips here to visit and transact business. He leaves his widow, the former Millie F. Stafford, whom he married at Athena, Ore., Oct. 21, 1888; two daughters, Mrs. Cora Milford and Mrs. May Fornes of Long Beach, also one grandson, Cecil James Fornes. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 9, 1941, issue A. J. Eden Buried LIND - Funeral services were held Sunday in Lind for A. J. Eden, 68, Lind pioneer who died Dec. 30, with the Rev. Archie Burch of Spokane officiating. Mr. Eden was born in Austin, Tex., in 1872 and came to Adams county in 1900, homesteading near Lind. He has lived here ever since. He was married to Ida Huse in Jenkins, Mo., in 1898. Mr. Eden suffered a stroke and died in a Spokane hospital. Besides his widow, he is survived by three sons, Wilford of Mica, Waldo and Lowell of Lind; two daughters, Mrs. Clara McCorkle of Tacoma, and Mrs. Estelle Fritchle of Lind; three brothers, Elbert of Tonasket, Walter of Yakima, and Burrell of Steptoe and one sister, Mrs. Effie Daffern of Clackamas, Ore. Elmer Zahn Dies LIND - Funeral services for Elmer Lewis Zahn, 9, were held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon with Rev. Rott of Odessa and Rev. W. J. Johnson of Lind officiating. Elmer, who was a pupil of the fourth grade, died in the St. Luke's hospital Jan. 2 from a tumor on the brain. He was born at Ritzville March 13, 1931. Surviving him are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zahn and one sister, Shirley Ann. Interment was made in the local cemetery. L. Woodyard Dies At 'Tucna Home Came to County In 1900 from Kan. WASHTUCNA - Lew Woodyard, 68, pioneer settler of the Washtucna district, died Tuesday at 6 p.m. at his home, following a long illness. No funeral arrangements have been made up to the time of going to press. Mr. Woodyard had been confined to a Spokane hospital for the past week suffering from a heart ailment and diabetes and he had returned home the afternoon of his death. He came to Washtucna in 1900 from Parsons, Kans., returning there in 1902 to get his bride and bring her here where the Woodyards have since lived. Besides his widow, Sylvia, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Grace Slawter of Spokane, and Mrs. Esther Day of Roseberg, Ore., one son, Jim, at home, and one step daughter, Mrs. Hazel O'Harra of Renton, and several grandchildren. Hold Last Rites For H. Wolsborn Funeral services for Henry Wolsborn, 81-year-old Adams county pioneer who died Sunday, were held Wednesday afternoon at the Philadelphia Congregational church with the Revs. H. Nuetzmann and R. D. Decker officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Mr. Wolsborn recently became ill with pneumonia, which was followed by a paralytic stroke that brought his death. He was born Jan. 24, 1859, in Frank, Russia, and came with his parents, Conrad and Katherine Wolsborn, to the United States in 1877, settling near Lincoln, Nebr. Three years later they moved to Walla Walla and three years later to Ritzville. He has since lived on a farm six miles northwest of here. Mr. Wolsborn was married to Augusa Schuelke in 1888. Besides his widow, he is survived by four sons, Albert of Marengo, William of Yakima, Martin and Harry at home; three daughters, Minnie and Alvina at home, and Anna, who teaches in Colville and one brother of Touchet. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 16, 1941, issue Hold Woodyard Funeral WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Lewis Woodyard were held Friday afternoon at the Community Church with Rev. A. K. Walborn officiating. Burial was in the Washtucna cemetery. Lewis Woodyard was born near Parsons, Kans., July 7, 1873, and passed away Jan. 7, 1941, at the age of 67 years. He was one of nine children. He came west in 1901 and on returning east he was married to Sylvia Plunkett, March 9, 1902, and they returned, homesteading near Washtucna. He is survived by his wife, Sylvia, three children, Mrs. Esther Day of Asotin, Mrs. Grace Slawter of Spokane, and James at home. One step daughter, Mrs. Hazel O'Hara of Renton, Wash., two sisters, Ella Woodyard of New York City, and Ida Smith of Parsons, Kans., and five grandchildren. He united with the Methodist church in his youth, and on coming here united with the U.P. church and was an officer and elder of the church eleven years. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 23, 1941, issue Mrs. Van Foss Born, Raised Here Mrs. Van Foss of Seattle, who was born and raised here, died last Thursday in Seattle after a month's illness. She was buried in the Ritzville cemetery Sunday following graveside services with the Rev. R. D. Decker officiating. Mrs. Van Foss, nee Myra Dena Schroeder, was 42 years old and went to Seattle when a young woman. She is a niece of Mrs. Percy B. Hunt and Mrs. Alice Thiel and a sister of Miss Charlotte Schroeder, Seattle, Mrs. Elmer Searle of Dayton and Mrs. Dorgan of Portland. Pallbearers were members of the Masonic fraternity. Members of the Zenith chapter, O.E.S. and the Zenobia Rebekah lodge attended. She was a member of Ravenna chapter, No. 189, O.E.S., Seattle. Mrs. Hinchliffe Dies WASHTUCNA - The Washtucna community was saddened Saturday upon learning of the death of Mrs. William Hinchliffe, Saturday morning at her home in Waitsburg. Mr. and Mrs. Hinchliffe and family moved to Waitsburg a year ago, to make their home. They have been in this community since 1902. She had been in poor health for the past six years and death was caused by heart failure. Mrs. Hinchliffe, whose kindness of heart was proverbial, was always ready to help in time of trouble. She was an earnest worker, when health would permit and last by no means, a noble mother and helpmate, and she leaves a wide gap in a large circle of friends. Olive Catherine May was born in Kendrick, Ida., in 1882, and passed away Jan. 18, 1941, at the age of 59 years. At the age of three years, she moved with her family to Waitsburg, where she lived until 1902 when she came to Washtucna. She was united in marriage to William Hinchliffe in 1900 and to this union was born six children, all of whom survive, daughters, Mrs. Mabel Schlecht of Washtucna, Mrs. Lucille Largent of Kahlotus, Mrs. Violet Walker of Toppenish, Misses Ava Lee and Wilma Hinchliffe at the home and a son, Billy, at home. She is also survived by four sisters, three brothers and five grandchildren. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Christian church in Waitsburg with Rev. Taut officiating. Burial was in the Waitsburg cemetery. She joined the Christian church in girlhood days, tranferring to Washtucna where she was still a member. William Tuttle Dies; Buried Here Sunday William S. Tuttle, former Ritzville resident, died last Thursday in Spokane and was buried in the Ritzville cemetery Sunday at 1 p.m. He has been a resident of Spokane for many years. Funeral services were held from the Hazen-Jaeger parlors in Spokane. He was a brother of Mrs. N. H. Greene, Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. DeSpain. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 31, 1941, issue H. Horn Last Of Pioneers Here Buried Sunday In Local Cemetery With the burial of Henry Horn, 84, in the Ritzville cemetery Sunday afternoon, the last surviving male pioneer of the earliest vintage in Ritzville was laid to rest. With the exception of Mrs. Nora Edwards, who with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harris, had arrived and homesteaded on the present site of Ritzville at an earlier date, Mr. Horn was the earliest pioneer of this vicinity. He died Wednesday, Jan. 22, in Stanwood at the home of his son, Raymond, and services were held in the C. J. Gunderson chapel, West Stanwood, Saturday and the body brought to Ritzville for quiet burial on Sunday at 2 p.m. in accordance with his expressed desires. An extremely interesting story of Mr. Horn's early life in this territory and his obituary has been prepared for the Journal-Times by his son, Raymond, who for many years was a resident of Ritzville, but owing to lack of space this week the story will be held over until the next issue, when it will be published in full. Mr. Horn is survived by two sons, Raymond of Stanwood, who is co-publisher of the Twin City News at Stanwood with Harry Dence; and Everett, biologist with the U. S. Bureau of biological survey at Berkeley, Calif. Hold Last Rites For H. Wingham Agent For Union Oil Here 6 Years Funeral services were held in Spokane Sunday for Harold M. Wingham, former Ritzville resident who died Wednesday night at a Spokane hospital after a lingering illness. Mr. Wingham, 36, was an agent for Union Oil company here for nearly six years and moved only last fall to Millwood, near Spokane. Both Mr. and Mrs. Wingham were quite popular in social and civic circles here. Services were held at the Smith Funeral Home with cremation following. Born in Marcus, he moved to Colville and became a partner with his father in the meat business. He joined the Union Oil company at Colville and moved to Chewlah and later to Ritzville. Besides his widow, Dorothy, Mr. Wingham is survived by two children, Shirli Jeanne and Charles Milton; three sisters, Roxanna Montgomery, Spokane; Irma Dupuis, St. Maries, Ida., and Margaret Cartpentar, Yuba City, Calif.; two brothers, Roscoe, Colville, and Langdon, San Francisco. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 6, 1941, issue 'Jim' Farrier, 80, One Of County's Early Pioneers One of Adams county's best-known and most-loved old pioneers, James I. "Jim" Farrier died Monday afternoon at his home on Main street. Mr. Farrier has suffered from brief attacks of angina pectoris, a heart ailment, for the past year, but was never bedridden more than two or three days at a time. He became seriously ill about ten days before his death but appeared to be rallying back to normal health when he suffered a relapse. Funeral services for the 80-year-old pioneer were held this afternoon (Thursday) at the Methodist Episcopal church with the Rev. Richard Decker officiaing. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. "Jim," as he was known by the hundreds who were his friends, had lived in Adams county since May 1, 1888, when he settled about 20 miles west of the city to raise horses and stock. He and Mrs. Farrier lived on this and another farm about 12 miles northwest of here until December, 1907, when they moved into Ritzville. The original Farrier home was located in a beautiful grove of trees in a coulee at what is now called Farrier Springs, which lies about two miles north of the old Moses Lake road and about 20 miles west. Mr. Farrier dealt largely in horses and cattle. Many a farmer in the Big Bend area bought his first horses from Mr. Farrier. However, it is a well known fact that "Jim" would never sell a horse to a man whom he knew was unkind to animals. James Irvine Farrier was born July 27, 1860, at Ferndale, Calif. He married Mary Alice Gano Aug. 14, 1886, and the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home here on Aug. 14, 1936. He was a jewel member of the Oddfellows lodge with a membership of 35 years. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Farrier. Ralph died August, 1921, and Ruby died March, 1937, the other five are surviving. Besides his widow, he is survived by three sons, Leonard A. of Ritzville, Ted of Nampa, Ida., and James Jr., of Sprague; and two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Herring and Mrs. W. H. Proctor, both of Ritzville. Henry Horn One Of First Men To Set Foot Here With the burial of Henry Horn, 84, in the Ritzville cemetery recently the last surviving male pioneer of the earliest vintage in Ritzville was laid to rest. Born in Elkader, Iowa, on June 9, 1857, the son of Ferdinand and Katherine Horn, German emigrants to America in the year 1849, Henry Horn was apprenticed at an early age to the blacksmith trade under an older brother, Joseph Horn, later moving from Elkader to the vicinity of Yankton, South Dakota. With the surge of the pioneer movement from the great plains to the far west, Henry Horn was among a group of South Dakota settlers to come to Walla Walla, either seperately or in small groups in the late '70s. Among these families were those of the Harris, J. G. Bennet, D. Keller and William McKay and George Sinclairs. Horn's arrival on the Pacific Coast was made via an emigrant train, a passenger coach attached to a freight, to San Francisco, thence by stern wheel steamboat up to the mouth of the Columbia River, by boat to what was then Cascade Rapids, and portage, later Cascade locks with the addition of aids to navigation, and now merely a quiet cove in Lake Bonneville, three miles up river from Bonneville dam. The remainder of the trip was made by river boat to Ainsworth landing, thence by wagon to Walla Walla. In Walla Walla, in the late summer of 1879, Henry Horn forsook his trade, by necessity, for the counterpart of the pioneer stage coach driver, freight wagon driver. He drove supplies for pioneer merchants, miners and for the military service from Walla Walla to Spokane Falls, then a small white settlement supplementing an Indian village and Hudson's Bay trading post on the site of the present metropolis of the Inland Empire. It was on one of these trips that he spent his first night in the vicinity of Ritzville. Late in the fall of 1879, he unhitched his team near the foot of Thom's butte, southwest of town, near the homestead building of the J. M. Harris family. He slept well; snow fell during the night without his knowing, and in the morning, he found his boots frozen and was forced to invoke the hospitality of the late Mrs. Augusta Harris to use her kitchen stove for thawing out his boots. Horn followed various occupations in keeping with pioneer conditions during the next few years, chiefly freight driving. During these years he caught and related to those who followed many characteristic episodes of the early days. In a hotel built and operated by William McKay, later the first Northern Pacific section foreman, a one armed general with a longing for prayer broke up a poker game one dark winter evening. General O. O. Howard, civil war veteran of the Battle of Gettysburg, who lost an arm in that engagement, punitive expedition against Chief Joseph later to be succeeded by General Nelson A. Miles, sought the hospitality of McKay's hotel, and got it. Pioneer himself, the general took the only available room, one without a door, directly adjoining the hotel lobby, where a poker game was in full sway. Following what was apparently a long established personal habit, General Howard, undressing, knelt and started to pray, audibly, before retiring. The sonorous tones of the general's prayer, reverberating through the frame building in which such sounds were foreign stopped the game for the night. In 1883, Horn found himself in Walla Walla, and saw operations starting at Ainsworth landing, now a sand-buried waste about three miles down the Snake river near the town of Pasco, for the building of the Spokane-Pasco division of the Northern Pacific Railway. The subcontract for grading was let to a group of contractors headed by Phillip Ritz, for whom the town of Ritzville was later named. Horn joined the Ritz group, for a time, and found himself in an essential occupation in booming industry. Later, he transferred to the shop department of the road, and here, in handling the extremely heavy forgings which were necessary in those days, he developed the skill and dexterity in handling steel that later characterized his blacksmithing, a characteristic that was noted later and appreciated by farmers and other of the vicinity. The law and order of the early days in the region between Spokane and Pasco was extremely informal. Horn found himself in a group of men with work to be done and the desire to do it, and those who became too obstreperous in the common good were dealt with, if not according to law, according to the workmen's code of decent behavior. A justifiable shooting would, perhaps, be overlooked, but murder and robbery were out. A vigilance committee was formed and Horn, being a good river boatman from his early life along the Mississippi, was often called from his bed in the dead of night to row a malfeasant from the Washington to the Oregon side of the Columbia. At the Oregon shore, Horn with a rifle or six shooter in his lap, would order the culprit to jump, and would then return to camp. As construction moved toward Spokane, Sprague became the metropolis of the division, larger than Spokane Falls settlement itself. For a time gossip in the construction camps had Sprague, not Spokane, as the probable division point. A shortage of white labor, apparently, made the use of imported Chinese labor imperative. On the grade work, Chinese were used to push steel cars from one coulee side to another, when horses could not be used in crossing trestles. On one occasion, on one of the trestle crossings, Horn witnessed a heavily loaded steel car break loose and fly down the trestle unbraked. Despite warning shouts from both sides nearly a score of Chinamen caught on the trestle were knocked into space like matches, killing many of them. The work went on without interuption, for Chinamen were expendable. On another occasion, a huge dynamite cache near Sprague lake was guarded by a lone Chinaman with a ten gallon hat. One hot summer afternoon there was a terrific explosion, and searchers found a hole in the ground, and no Chinaman. Some time later his hat descended from the heavens. Occasionally, names which are not attached to stations along the railroad towns were made up or handed down unexpectedly. At one station, between Ritzville and Pasco, it was customary for a supply train to deliver wood to be stacked for trains bearing steel up to the head of construction. One day the engineer of the latter train found no wood at his cache. "Now," he said, "there will be hell to pay." That spot, later a station, became known as "Hell to Pay." It was later modified to the nearly unrecognizable "Eltopia," which it is at present. In 1883, Horn in his shanty near Sprague, awoke one evening to hear a commotion outside, the unhitching of horses, and the talking of men and women in a language which he thought vaguely familiar. In the morning he went out and found a caravan camped, composed mostly of the early Russian-German farmers of Adams county, under the leadership of the late Frederick Rosenoff. Probably every well known family in the vicinity of Ritzville was represented in the caravan. Horn, speaking German, found himself, for a few hours, official advisor for the people who were later to establish homes in the community. He sent the caravan on to Colfax, county seat of the county, then a part of Whitman county, with the best advice he could give regarding avoidance of land agents and sharpers. Upon the completion of the Northern Pacific, Horn quit the employment of the railroad, and established a shop in the newly developed town of Ritzville, on the spot where the new city hall now stands. He operated his shop until the early '20s, when he became blacksmith for the Triangle Construction Company and Adams county. He retired in 1926, when an accident resulted in a broken hip bone. In 1884 Henry Horn was united in marriage to Margaret Sinclair, daughter of George Sinclair, early day member of the legislature from Adams County, postmaster of the Ritzville office and County Treasurer. Having established a homestead on two quarter sections immediately north of town, Horn built the residence in which he was to live for over 50 years, until the death of his wife in 1937. In the home itself, the furnishings were the product of pioneer hands, complete bedroom and other furniture sets having been built by Peter Olson, pioneer cabinet maker and farmer. An old barn still standing on the place was made from lumber sawed and hauled from a mill near Medical Lake which Horn used in the construction of his first claim shanty. To his marriage were born four children: George, dying in infancy, and in keeping with an early day custom, was buried on the home farm; William Sinclair, late assistant professor of agricultural education at Washington State College, Everett E., biologist with the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey at Berkeley, Calif., and Raymond, co-publisher of the Twin City News at Stanwood. After the death of his wife, "Uncle Henry" as he was affectionately known by scores of Adams county men with whom he had toiled, alternated his time between Pullman, where he lived with a nephew, Henry A. Horn, and Stanwood, where he lived with his son, Raymond. Late in January, 1940, he returned from a visit with his grandchildren, in Pullman to Stanwood, took to bed with a cold, and never arose, his long live ebbing away peacefully in sleep on Wednesday morning, Jan. 22. Funeral Held For Henry E. Mueller Funeral services were held Tuesday from the Philadelphia Congregational church for Henry E. Mueller, 77, Ritzville pioneer, who died Friday. The Rev. H. Nuetzmann officiated at the funeral. Burial was in the local cemetery. Henry Ernest Mueller was born Oct. 15, at Holzheim, Germany, and came to the United States at the age of seven years, living with an uncle near New York. He later moved to Chicago, where he lived with a brother. In 1886, he married Miss Mary Pinnow, a siter of Albert Pinnow. They came west in 1891, settling eight miles south of Ritzville. In 1905, he and Mrs. Mueller went to Germany, remaining for a year. They lived on a small farm after their return and later moved to the city, living here 22 years. Mrs. Mueller died six years ago. In 1936, Mr. Mueller married Mrs. Elizabeth Bauer, who survives him. He is also survived by one brother, George, in Germany. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 13, 1941, issue Hold Last Rites For Charles Low Funeral services were held here Saturday for Charles H. Low, 69, former Ritzville resident who died Thursday at Moses Lake. The services were held at the Haight Funeral Parlors with the Rev. R. D. Decker officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Mr. Low homesteaded the land which the late "Jim" Farrier bought and built his home upon when he came to the county. He died presumably of a heart attack. He was doing his chores as usual Thursday and when he did not come back to the house, Mrs. Low investigated and found him dead. The family lived here until 1912 on the property now occupied by A. A. Shuler. His sister married J. E. Morris, son of A. R. Morris of Ritzville. Besides his widow, he is survived by two sons, Lloyd, of Seattle, and Perk, of Wenatchee. P. McGregor, Andrew Ott Pioneer Big Bend Business, Farm Heads Two pioneers, prominent in the business and civic life of Adams county for many years, died at their homes last weekend. One was Andrew Ott, 83, of Ritzville, one of the founders of the Ritzville Flouring Mills and owner of a large amount of business and farm property. The other was Peter McGregor of Hooper, 77, general manager of the McGregor Land and Livestock Company which has large holdings in Adams county. Although he was seldom seen in Ritzville, Mr. McGregor was widely-known in Adams county and throughout the Inland Empire because of his service in public life and his business career. He served one term in the lower state house and one term in the senate, and seven years on the board of regents of Washington state college. Under Gov. Hart he served as state tax commissioner and was a member of the first Columbia basin commission. For 20 years he was a member of the Spokane branch of the San Francisco Federal Reserve bank. In addition, he was on the parole board of the Monroe state reformatory for eight years. Mr. McGregor's life story reads almost like a volume of "Horatio Alger." From a poor Canadian farm boy, born in 1863 in Ontario, he became one of the Inland Empire's most successful ranchers. The McGregor holdings include the Bar U ranch of 13,000 acres of range and 1200 acres of wheat and the home place, which includes 27,000 acres, 9,000 of which is in wheat. In addition, the company owns 35,000 sheep. Mr. McGregor also owned the hotel, general store and other buildings in Hooper. Four brothers were with him in building the holdings controlled by the land and livestock company, of which Peter was president and the Taylor Land and Livestock company. Mr. McGregor came to this country in 1883 and was joined soon by his father and two other members of the family. He and a brother took up a homestead in the Big Bend starting with two teams of horses. Later they filed a homestead near Dusty. The brothers became acquainted with a sheep raiser who induced them to take up ranching and in 1890 they sold their holdings for $30,000 moving to Pullman, where they purchased a hardware business and soon lost all their funds. With one flock of sheep they were soon off to a new start, and since then their holdings have constantly increased. Mr. McGregor was a member of El Katif Shrine and Scottish Rite bodes of the Masonic lodge. He also held membership in the Presbyterian church. Surviving are two sons, John M. and Alex McGregor, both in Hooper; two sisters, Miss Euphemia McGregor of Spokane, and Mrs. Frank Skene in Canada; and three brothers, Don in Canada, A. C. in Hooper and Archie in California. Funeral services were held Tuesday in Spokane. Mr. Ott's death was unexpected since he had seldom been ill. However, on Jan. 21, he accidentally fell on the kitchen stove while straightening a stove pipe and was burned on the thighs. The burns were almost healed when arthritis developed, but his condition was encouraging and he seemed out of danger when he was seized with a heart attack about 2:15 p.m. Sunday and died a few minutes later without regaining consciousness. He was born in Germany, Jan. 5, 1858, and came to this country when a young man to work a short time at the baking trade in California. He soon returned to Germany and on Dec. 29, 1885, was married to Margaretha Reihs, and 11 years later, in February 1896, with his wife and four small children came to the U.S. and settled at Ritville, which has been his home continuously since that time. With his brother, Sebastian, he was one of the founders of the Ritzville Flouring Mills, which later was consolidated with the Centennial Milling company, in which he still retained an interest. He also had many other business interests in Ritzville and the Inland Empire. Although 83 years of age, Mr. Ott was unusually active and until the accident a few weeks ago, seldom knew a day of illness. He was a faithful follower of baseball and seldom missed a game here. In 1914, he made a trip to Germany with some of his family, returning after a short visit. A number of years go he made a trip from Seattle to Oakland, Calif., on the first 'plane trip over that route, being hailed by the Seattle press as the "Flying Grandfather." Although handicapped by poor hearing from early boyhood, he was always courageous and cheerful and liked nothing better than to mingle with his family and friends. He was a member of Zion Congregational church. Besides his widow, Margaretha, he is survived by two sons, Albert B., and Theodore H. Ott, both of Ritzille; four daughters, Mrs. Fred Denecke, Zenith, Wash.; Mrs. Herman Manke, Harrington; Mrs. Carrie O. Hunter, Spokane; and Mrs. Everett M. Webb, Pullman; one brother, Sebastian, Ritzville, and a sister, Mrs. Margaret Schmidt, Germany. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Zion Congregational church with the Rev. Alex Rehn officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 20, 1941, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 27, 1941, issue Hold Last Rites Mrs. Stockman Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Emanuel Lutheran church for Mrs. Diedrich Stockman, 66, who died Friday at her home near here. Rev. E. A. Rehn officiated. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Stockman had been in ill health for some time, but her death was unexpected since she was able to walk around when she was stricken with a sudden heart attack Friday. Mrs. Margaret Stockman, nee Buscher, was born in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 28, 1874, and came to Ritzville in 1894 with other members of the Buscher family. She was married to Diedrich Stockman at Ritzville June 24, 1897. Mrs. Stockman was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church. Besides her widower, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Alvina Schroeder of Ritzville and Mrs. Martha Hargrave of Ridgefield, Wash., four sons, William, Ernest and Dick Jr., of Ritzville and Edward of Spokane, two brothers, Fred Buscher of Ritzville and Ernest of Spokane, one sister, Mrs. Henry Deking, Ritzville. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 6, 1941, issue Hold Last Rites For W. McCollom Was early Pioneer of This District Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at the Methodist church for Wilbern D. McCollom, 70, pioneer Ritzville resident who died at his home in Spokane Feb. 26. The Rev. Richard Decker officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Mr. McCollom had been suffering from cancer for a number of years and it was the cause of his death. He was born Sept. 11, 1870, in Hancock county, Ill., and came to Ritzville in 1886 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. McCollom, who took up a homestead. He returned to Illinois in 1894 but came back to Ritzville in 1898 to take up a homestead of his own. However, he soon sold the homestead after proving it, moved to Ritzville and started a carpenter shop about 1902. Since that time he had made his home in many different communities in the Inland Empire but has lived in Spokane for the past 15 years. He was married in December, 1900, to Miss Lilie Barrow. Mr. McCollom was one of the charter members of the Methodist church, which was organized here on March 11, 1888. Besides his widow, he is survived by three sons, Foster and Floyd, Spokane, and Homer, Yakima; two brothers, George, Ritzville, and I. N., Medford, Ore.; and one sister, Mrs. Ella Stingley, Riverside, Calif. Two daughters died in infancy. Hold Funeral For Pioneer Woman Funeral services for Mrs. Michael Koch, 82, who died last Friday, were held Monday afternoon at the Emanuel Lutheran church with the Rev. E. A. Rein officiating. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery. Mrs. Koch had been suffering for some time from a lingering heart ailment. Anna Elizabeth Koch, nee Koch, was born Jan. 4, 1859, at Kolb, Russia. She married Henry William Rogel in 1878 and he died in 1891. She married Michael Koch in 1896 and the couple came to the United States in 1902. Besides her widower, she is survived by two sons, Peter and George Rogel; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Adler and Miss Mary Rogel. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 13, 1941, issue None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 20, 1941, issue Rev. O. T. Just Is Buried Tuesday Burial services for the Rev. O. T. Just, former pastor of the Emanuel Lutheran church here who died last Thursday at his home in Portland, Ore., were held Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. E. A. Rein officiating. Rev. H. T. F. Whitrock of Endicott and Rev. H. Mau of Toppenish conducted the altar service. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery here. Rev. Just was pastor of the Ritzville church from Nov. 14, 1915, until June 24, 1928, when he accepted a call to St. Paul's church in Portland, where he has since remained. Funeral services were held at the Portland church prior to the shipment of the body here for burial. Rev. Oscar Theodore Just was born Feb. 2, 1876, at Rapidan, Minn., and as a youth attended Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. He was graduated June 14, 1898, and ordained into the ministry June 19, 1898. His first charge was Marietta, Minn. He was married to Clara Kaphingst Nov. 8, 1899, at Greenville, Wis. He left Marietta in 1902 for Dickinson, N.D., and organized churches at Leipzig, New England, Black Butte, Richardton, Desart and Befield. Rev. Just was later called to Vancouver and Victoria, B.C., and a church and parsonage were built in Vancouver during his pastorate. When he came to Ritzville in 1915, he was installed by the Rev. H. Whitrock. He served as president of the northwestern district four years. Rev. Just preached his final sermon on his 65th birthday, Feb. 2, 1941, in Portland and took ill on the following Sunday. Besides his widow, he is survived by one son, William, Wenatchee; five daughters, Evangeline, Beata, Amanda, Amarata, all at home, and Mrs. Emma Berger; five brothers, William, Rapidan, Minn.; Amandus, Downeyville, Calif.; Theodore, Mankato, Minn.; Walter, Milwaukee, Wis.; Carl, Winnipeg, Man.; three sisters, Mrs. Lydia Gehrke, Minneapolis; Mrs. Fred Roening, Hartland, Wis.; and Mrs. Paul Ebert, Dover, Ohio. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 27, 1941, issue Hold Last Rites For Mrs. Pahlow Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Church of the Nazarene for Mrs. Emily Pahlow, 72, Ritzville pioneer who died March 19 in Los Angeles, Calif., with the Rev. R. Eylander officiating, assisted by the Rev. A. J. Stott. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Mrs. Pahlow was born in Germany, Dec. 9, 1868, and came to the United States at the age of 15, settling in Chicago. She was married in 1880 to Fred Albershardt and the couple came to Ritzville in 1893. He died in 1931 and she later married Charles Pahlow. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Anna Krug, Los Angeles; Mrs. Mary Richardson, Ritzville, Mrs. Carrie Franklin, Eugene, Ore.; two sons, Ernest Albershardt, Oakland, Calif., Fred Albershardt, Los Angeles,; one brother, Albert Pinnow, Paha; and one sister, Mrs. Anna Barth, Chicago.