Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 1, 1948 Adams County, Ritzville, WA ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************ ==================================================================== This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Gardner sueboo18@hotmail.com ==================================================================== Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 1, 1948 Lad, 5, Falls To His Death In Washtucna Mickey Bisson on Pigeon Hunt, Loses Hold on Elevator Mickey Martin Bisson, five-year-old son of Max Bisson of Spokane and Mrs. Daisy Bisson of Washtucna, was fatally injured Saturday afternoon when he fell from the top of one of the Washtucna Grain Growers' elevators. Multiple head injuries sustained when his body struck crossbars on the downward plunge caused almost instant death. Mickey and another boy, Jimmy Taylor, were in search of pigeons, when, according to L. L. Bassett, bookkeeper for the Grain Growers, they asked him for permission to go into the warehouse. Bassett denied permission but the boys evidently crawled under the warehouse and up the ladder from the pit to the top of the elevator. >From there they crept onto the platform. Apparently Mickey lost his footing, for he plunged approximately 40 feet to the ground. Hearing a loud thud in the direction of the warehouse, Walter Little, Washtucna water superintendent, who had been working nearby, ran to investigate. He found the boy crumpled on the ground and carried him to the office of Dr. A. L. Victor, Washtucna physician. Mickey was then rushed to Ritzville General hospital where artificial respiration was applied in a vain effort to revive him. The body was taken to Duncan-Haight Funeral home. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the Washtucna Community church with the Rev. A. K. Walborn officiating. The young victim, who was very small for his age, gained the admiration of Washtucna residents during the past week when he delivered the daily Spokane newspaper during the absence of his half-brother, Frankie, who has the route but was visiting in Spokane. In addition to his parents and half-brother, Mickey is survived by a younger brother, Larry; a grandmother, Mrs. Verda Bisson of Washtucna, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Voyteck of Spokane. Suchland of Lind Dies At Age 73 Funeral services for John Suchland of Lind, who died March 26, at a local hospital after a lingering illness, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Lutheran church in Lind with the Rev. F. A. Jay officiating. Burial was in the Lind cemetery. Mr. Suchland was born May 17, 1874, in Mansburry, Russia, where he was baptised and confirmed. On Jan. 22, 1895, he was married to Louisa Burkholz. Two of their six children preceded their father in death. He is survived by his wife, one son, John Jr., of Spokane; three daughters, Mrs. Lucille Lewis of Lind, Mrs. Edith Gfeller, Veradale, and Mrs. Emma Kanzler of Lind, and 10 grandchildren. Mr. Suchland was nearly 74 years old. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 8, 1948 Funeral Is Held For Gustav Hahn Funeral services for Gustav Hahn were held at 2 p.m. Monday afternoon at the Zion Congregational church with the Rev. P. Ruder officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery with the Duncan-Haight Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hahn was born in Russia and came to the United States 36 years ago. He had lived in this community for 23 years, during most of which time he had been blind. He died at the Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane Thursday after a lingering illness. Born March 4, 1876, he was 72 years old. He is survived by his wife, Anna Marie, two sons, Solomon of Seattle and Alex of Portland, Ore.; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd Farrier and Mrs. Edwary Melgren, both of Seattle; and one grandson. Othello Woman Is Found Dead Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Elizabeth Krug of Othello, who was found dead in her bed at home April 2, were held in the Presbyterian church of Othello Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery at Paradise Flats, Connell, with the Duncan-Haight Funeral home, Ritzville, in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Krug was born in Ohio July 9, 1866, and was 81 years old. She had lived in Othello 36 years. She was a member of the Lutheran church. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. William Rogman of Avon, Ida., one sister, Mrs. John Wollenhaupt of Seattle; one granddaughter, Mrs. Blanche Johnson of Harvard, Ida.; two great-grandchildren and two nephews. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 15, 1948 Behringer Rites Conducted Here Funeral services for David J. Behringer, well-known civic and church leader, who died early Sunday morning following a brief illness, were held at the Trinity Methodist church in Ritzville at 1 p.m. Tuesday, with the Rev. Clifford Knight officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery with the Newman- Danekas Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Behringer was 76 years old. He was born in Pearl City, Ill., March 22, 1872, and on June 23, 1906, was married to Minnie Risley in Boulder, Colo. He came to this city soon afterward. He was associated with the First National bank, which later merged with the Old National bank of Spokane. Except for one year in Connell, he served with the bank until his retirement 12 years ago. He is survived by his wife, Minnie, at the home; and two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Flint of Spokane, and Mrs. S. A. Diehl of Eureka Springs, Ark. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 22, 1948 None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 29, 1948 Hardt Funeral Set For Today Funeral services for Jacob Hardt, 79, who died Sunday at the Ritzville General hospital following an illness of three weeks, will be held today at the Emanuel Lutheran church at Menno with the Rev. Benj. W. Schudlheisz officiating. Interment will be in the Lutheran cemetery at Menno with the Duncan-Haight Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Hardt was born in Russia Oct. 12, 1868, and came to the United States 50 years ago. He had been in the Ritzville community for the past 30 years. He is survived by three sons, Ernest of Ritzville, Rev. Henry of Red Wing, Minn., and Carl of Bremerton; one brother, Carl Stoehr of British Columbia; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was a life-long member of the Lutheran church. Gross, Pioneer, Dies In Walla; Ex-Washtucna WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for John B. Gross, 71, of Walla Walla, a former resident of the Washtucna community, were held Tuesday in Walla Walla with burial in Weston. He died Sunday in a Walla Walla hospital after a brief illness. He was a member of a pioneer Weston family and farmed at Weston and in Franklin county until he retired and moved to Walla Walla eight years ago. He is survived by his wife, Leone Gross, Walla Walla; one daughter, Mrs. Margaret Rogers, Creston, B.C., and two grandchildren. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 6, 1948 Son Of Odessa Folk Killed In Accident MOSES LAKE - Robert Schmauder, 37, of Moses Lake, was killed instantly last week when his automobile overturned near the airport here and pinned his body to the ground. Schmauder was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schmauder of Odessa. He formerly operated a wheat farm near Wheeler. Funeral Is Held For J. M. Hoefer Funeral services for J. M. Hoefer, 60, who died Thursday morning at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. Clifford Knight, were held in the Trinity Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 with the Rev. William Ritchey of Lind officiating. Burial was in a Tacoma cemetery Monday afternoon with the Duncan- Haight Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Jacob Michael Hoefer was born in Clifton, Kans., Dec. 11, 1887. He was married to Comfort L. Honey April 26, 1911, in Miltonvale, Kans. He was a member of the Methodist church and the Modern Woodmen of America. He had been failing in health for seven years following a fall from a scaffolding while working at his trade of carpenter. He is survived by his wife, his daughter and son-in-law, Rev. and Mrs. Clifford Knight, all of this city, two sisters, Mrs. Frank Horton and Mrs. Mary Kircher, both of Tacoma, one brother, Charles W. Hoefer of Portland, Ore., two grandchildren, one niece and two nephews. Daughtery Rites Are Conducted Funeral services for Diocletain A. Daughtery, 69, lontime Adams county farmer who died April 23 at the home of his son in Millwood, Wash., were held April 26 in Spokane with the Rev. W. Williams Rasco of Millwood officiating. Mr. Daughtery was born at Carthage, Mo., in 1879 and came to Adams county in 1900. In December, 1905, he was married to Pearl Allen, daughter of a pioneer family in this area, and began farming on the old Allen place at Michigan Prairie. A few years later he purchased the farm. Mr.Daughtery's post office address was Lind until 1946 when his health began to fail and he moved to Millwood to be near his son, Allerd W. Daughtery, who is a town councilman at Millwood. Death was due to a heart ailment. In addition to his wife and son, Mr. Daughtery is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Vivian Haynes of Spokane and Mrs. Ethel Goldade of Seattle; a sister, Mrs. Louella Cottingham of Ritzville; three brothers, John, Ed and Frank, all living in the Middle West; a nephew, Harry Cottingham of Hatton; and two grandchildren. Interment was at Greenwood cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 13, 1948 Finkbeiner Funeral Held; Emerson Dies Funeral services for John Finkbeiner, 48-year resident of the Connell area, were held at Connell Tuesday. Fred Emerson, native of Canada, died Wednesday at the Ritzville home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thompson. Obituary details on both will be published next week. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 20, 1948 Funeral Is Set For Verner Son Mark, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlo Verner, died Tuesday at the Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane after an illness of eight days, at the age of one month and one day. Graveside services will be held at two o'clock today in the Lutheran cemetery with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Newman- Danekas funeral home is in charge of arrangements. Besides the parents the baby is survived by his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Elsie Verner, and his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Emil Olson of Ralston. Funeral Services Are Conducted For Mrs. Kathryn Schafer, 85 Funeral services for Mrs. Kathryn Schafer, 85, who died Thursday after a brief illness, were held in the chapel of the Newman- Danekas Funeral home Saturday afternoon with the Rev. Clifford Knight speaking in English and the Rev. R. Kirschenmann in German. Burial was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Pallbearers were Don Kiehn, Melven Cree, Raymond Schoessler, Herbert Burghard, Frank Schafer and Vernon Schafer. Mrs. Schafeer was born Oct. 13, 1863, in Menster, Germany, and came to the United States 76 years ago and to this community 42 years ago. She is survived by her husband, Henry L. sr., at the home; 7 sons, Ted Stuhr, Henry L. Schafer, jr., Nick Schafer, Louis Schafer, Ben Schafer, Dan Schafer, all of Ritzville and Lawrence Schafer of Odessa; four daughters, Mrs. Anna Schafer of Washtucna, Nora Stuhr and Marie Creel of Seattle, and Alice Williams of Spokane; one sister, Mary Hooker of Bickleton; 19 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the former German Methodist church of Ritzville. Funeral Is Held For Mrs. Garrett Funeral services for Katherine Elsie Garrett, wife of H. H. Garrett, were held in the chapel of the Duncan-Haight Funeral home at two o'clock Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Clifford Knight officiating. Interment was in Riverside Park in Spokane Monday afternoon. Mrs. Garrett, 60, died Wednesday afternoon following an illness of six years. She was born at Griggsville, Ill., on May 15, 1888, and had lived here two years. Survivors include her husband, Herschel H. at the home; one son, Lyndle A., and one daughter, Mrs. Roy Slabaugh, both of Ritzville; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. A. H. Bloch of New York City and Mrs. Anna McClune of Portland, Ore.; one brother, James Anthony, of Griggsville, Ill. She was a member of the Methodist church. Four Sons All In Final Rites CONNELL - Funeral services for John Finkbeiner, 71, of Connell, who died at the Ritzville General hospital Saturday following a brief illness, were held in the Methodist church at Connell at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon with the Duncan-Haight funeral home in charge of arrangments. Burial was in the Connell cemetery. Five of Mr. Finkbeiner's seven sons are ministers and four of them assisted the Rev. Waldo W. Pierson, resident minister, in the final services. Mr. Finkbeiner was born in Germany Feb. 16, 1877, and came to the United States 65 years ago. He has spent the last 48 years of his life near or in Connell. He was a member of the Methodist church. He is survived by his wife Lydia Anna, seven sons, Rev. Raymond of Okanogan, Rev. Arnold of Nampa, Ida., Rev. Chester of Wenatchee, Rev. John of Kennewick, and Rev. Melvin of Eagle, Ida., Roland and Clarence of Connell. His single daughter was drowned more than 20 years ago at the age of 20. He is survived also by 21 grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Schlomer of Spokane and Mrs. Annie Garrison of Portland, Ore., and one brother, Ben of Portland, Ore. Retired Canadian Farmer, 81, Dies Fred Emerson, 81, a native of Canada, died last week at the Ritzville home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thompson, after a lingering illness. Mr. Emerson was born Jan. 20, 1867, at Toronto, Canada. He was a retired farmer, coming here two and one-half years ago to make his home with his daughter. He is survived by his wife, Mabel in Vancouver, B.C., Can.; two daughters, Mrs. Francis Thompson of Ritzville and Mrs. Clarence French of Edmonton, Alberta, Can.; one son, William R. of Crossfield, Alberta; three sisters all of Toronto, Can.; and six grandchildren. He was a member of the Canadian Foresters and the United Church of Canada. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 27, 1948 Mrs. Schneider Is Dead At 57 Funeral services for Mrs. Mollie Schneider, 57, who died suddenly at her home Thursday, were held at the Zion Congregational church at 2 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiating. The body was sent to Fort Morgan, Colo., for burial. Duncan- Haight Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Schneider was born near Massar, Russia, June 2, 1890, and has been in the United States for 40 years, 12 of which were spent in this community. She was a member of the Philadelphia Congregational church and the Ladies Aid of that church. She is survived by her husband, Mrs. Emma Thompson of Denver, Colo.; three step-sons, Alex, Leslie and Emanuel, all of Ritzville; three step-daughters, Mrs. Irma Oestreich of Spokane, Miss Leah Schneider of Richland and Miss Hannah Schneider of San Francisco, Calif.; three brothers and two sisters. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 3, 1948 Pioneer Hotel Guest Is Dead EPHRATA - Theophillis Charles Dodge, 76, first person to register in the first hotel in Ephrata on July 18, 1902, according to hotel registery which has been kept by Gale Matthews, died in Tonasket May 19. For many years Mr. Dodge was a salesman for a Seattle hardware. Born Dec. 22, 1871, in Oakland, Calif., he lived in Okanogan before coming to Tonasket to make his home. He was a member of the Masonic lodge, a Shriner and Knight Templar, and a past commander of the Grand Commandery of Washington. Funeral services were held in Tonasket and burial was made in the local cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 10, 1948 C. V. Stanfield's Brother Drowns In Boat Tragedy Cecil V. Stanfield of the Pastime Pool Hall in Ritzville was in Portland Wednesday attending the funeral of his brother, Dewalt, who was drowned in a fishing accident last Friday. Details of the tragedy were loacking, but apparently Dewalt, who owned a 42-foot fishing launch which he leased to fishing parties, encountered bad weather or stuck an obstacle while crusing off the Asotia coast. The boat sank in 40 feet of water and both Stanfield and a passenger were drowned. Cecil Stanfield and his younger brother both were born and raised in Walla Walla. Cecil was expected back this week from Portland. James Vostral Funeral Friday Rosary will be held for James Vostral, 47, at 7:30 p.m. in the chapel of the Duncan-Haight Funeral home and funeral services will be held at St. Agnes Catholic church at 10 a.m. Friday with Fr. C. M. Depiere officiating. Burial will be in Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Mr. Vostral died here Tuesday afternoon. He was born April 23, 1901, near Ritzville and lived here all his life. He never married. He is survived by two brothers, Henry of Ritzville and Ed of Ralston and three sisters, Mrs. Carl Kiehn and Mrs. Dan Anderson of Ritzville and Mrs. Oscar Anderson of Odessa. Susan Bald Funeral Is Held In Connell Funeral services for Miss Susan Elizabeth Bald, 80, of Connell, who died in the Ritzville General hospital Saturday following a lingering illness, were held in the Methodist church in Connell Tuesday afternoon with the Rev. W. W. Pierson officiating. Interment was in the Mountain View cemetery of that city with the Newman-Danekas Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 17, 1948 Funeral Held For Whitehead In Minnesota Funeral services for Harry Herbert Whitehead, 66, who died Wednesday of last week at the Ritzville Memorial hospital following a brief illness, were held Monday at Sauk Center, Minnesota. Burial also was conducted there. Mr. Whitehead was born Aug. 23, 1881, at Atalissa, Iowa. He came to Ritzville with his family about a year ago following his retirement as a hotel operator. He is survived by his wife, Marie Theresa, one son, Stewart, with whom he was associated in the Marshall-Wells store in Ritzville, and one sister. Local arrangements were in charge of the Newman-Danekas Funeral home. Rites Held For Dr. Leo Camp WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Dr. Leo Camp of San Francisco, former Washtucna resident, were held in Oakesdale, Wn., Sunday at the Community Presbyterian church with burial at the Thornton, Wn., cemetery. The Hazen and Jaeger Funeral home was in charge of arrangments. Dr. Camp died suddenly in San Francisco of a heart ailment. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Camp of Oakesdale and was instructor in the English department at Stanford university. He received his PhD from the University of Washington and had two years graduate work at Stanford. Washtucna relatives who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur St. John and Mrs. A. Camp. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 24, 1948 Two Ritzville Youths Die In Plane Wreck Richard Kautz, George Rehn are Victims Thursday A low wing monoplane carrying two young men from Ritzville plowed into a wheat field between Lind and Ritzville late Thursday afternoon last week and both fliers were killed instantly. The victims were the pilot, Richard L. Kautz, 27-year-old partner with the Associated Oil service station here, and his single passenger, George H. Rehn, 19, who was graduated from Ritzville high school last year. Cause of the crash has not been determined. Funerals for both were held in Ritzville Monday. Kautz and Rehn had taken off in the PT-22 Ryan primary trainer from the Lind airport. About 5:10 p.m. Rudy Plager saw the plane hurtling towards the ground and heard it crash in a wheatfield on the Fred Albershardt ranch. Plager was the first person to reach the scene of the accident about a mile west of the Albershardt home on the Paha road. The ranch is located approximately 12 miles northeast of Lind and 10 miles south west of Ritzville. Observers said the plane apparently struck at about a 45-degree angle with the engine, wheels and possibly the right wing hitting the ground at the same time. The engine practically buried itself in the soft soil and the framework of the plane buckled in two places. Funeral services for Rehn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Rehn, were held at Zion Congregational church in Ritzville Monday with the Rev. P. Ruder officiating. Burial was in Ritzville Memorial cemetery with Newman-Danekas Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Rehn was born May 5, 1929, in Ritzville and was graduated from high school in 1947. He was survived by his parents, two brothers in Ritzville, Glenn and Gordon; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Thiel. Funeral rites for Kautz were conducted the same afternoon in the Newman-Danekas parlors with the Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiating. Burial was in Ritzville Memorial cemetery. The young flier was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William B. Kautz, and two brothers, Jack of Ritzville and Warren of Ralston. He was graduated from Lind high school in 1943. The airplane, owned by the Lind Flying club, was a total wreck. Early Pioneer From Lincoln County Dies WILBUR - One of the earliest Lincoln county pioneers, Mrs. Nannie Robertson, 96, died here last week. Mrs. Robertson came west from Missouri in 1887 with her husband. They settled first at Sprague, but soon moved to the present site of the town of Wilbur. She is credited with having offered the name "Wilbur" for the town when it was laid out. The idea was to honor Samuel Wilbur (Wild Goose Bill) Condon, well-known pioneer. "Dad" Twyman Dies RALSTON - Word has been received of the death of James L. Tywman, familiarly known as "Dad" Twyman, a former resident of the Ralston community but recently of Portland, Ore., on Monday afternoon. Funeral services were held in Spokane Wednesday morning and he was buried there. Mrs. Meyer, 68, Dies At Home Funeral services for Mrs. Susanne Meyer, 68, who died at the home of her sons, Henry and Jacob, at Grandview, were held in the Zion Congregational church at 10 Monday morning with the Rev. P. Ruder officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery with the Duncan-Haight Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Meyer was born Nov. 2, 1879, at Kolb, Russia, and came to America in 1913. She has lived most of the time since in this community. Her husband died about five years ago. She had been a member of the Zion Congregational church for 20 years. She is survived by six sons, H. J., Jacob and George of Grandview, Alex of Corvallis, Ore.; Alwin of Spokane; and Ben; Mrs. Clifford Neutz of Beaverton, Ore. All of the children were in attendance at the funeral. Van Buren Rites Held Wednesday Funeral services for Otto Van Buren, 84, who died Saturday at the Ritzville Memorial hospital after a brief illness, were held in the Emanuel Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Burial was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery with the Duncan-Haight Funeral home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Van Buren was born in Dortmundi, Germany, June 1, 1864, and came to the United States 70 years ago, 61 of which have been spent in this community. He is survived by his wife, Freda, at the home; six sons, Carl, Otto, jr. and Alfred, all of Ritzville; Ben and Emil of Kahlotus, and Walter of Pasco; five daughters, Mrs. Emma Stockman of Ritzville; Mrs. Bert Denny of Medical Lake; Mrs. Amanda Knass and Mrs. Marie Zuhlke, both of Wisconsin, and Mrs. Anna Baker of Kahlotus; and 19 grandchildren. obits April-June 1948.txt Content-Type: text/plain Content-Encoding: 7bit