Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 2, 1953 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 2, 1953 Rites Scheduled for Mrs. Angelo, Lind Resident LIND - A rosary will be said for Mrs. Alida Antonnette Angelo of Lind, who died Tuesday at 8:15 p.m., Friday in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home chapel. Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Agnes Catholic church with Fr. C. M. Depiere officiating. Burial will be in the Lind cemetery. Mrs. Angelo was born in Holland in 1904 and came to the United States 45 years ago. She had lived in Lind for 23 years. Survivors include her husband, Nick Angelo, sr., of Lind; two daughters, Mrs. John Strohmaier and Mrs. Betty Woodruff, both of Lind; a son, Nick Angelo, jr., of Lind; and her mother, Dena DeYoung of Everett. Also surviving are six sisters, Mrs. Bertha Spence, Mrs. Dena Schillinger, Mrs. Hannah Whitley and Mrs. Minnie Gholsen, all of Everett; Mrs. Nellie Bruce, Tekoa; and Mrs. Pauline Barnett of Winthrop. Four brothers survive - Gilbert, Peter and Jacob DeYoung, all of Everett, and Richard DeYoung of Richmond, Calif., - as do seven grandchildren. Mrs. Angelo was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic church of Lind. Funeral Is Held for Myron Cady, Retired Farmer Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Myron Cady, 79, who died at his home in Ritzville Sunday. Cady, a resident of Adams county for the past 49 years, was a retired farmer who moved to Ritzville in 1942 from the Carico hills area. He was survived by his wife, Sara, at the home; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Stockman of Spokane, and Miss Lucy Cady of Seattle; on son, Robert, of Ritzville; and five grandchildren, Gary, Brenda and Robert Cady of Ritzville, Mary Lou Swyter and Donald Stockman of Spokane. He was a Spanish-American war veteran, a member of the Baptist church and a 50-year life member of the Phoenix lodge, No. 13, F and AM of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Services were held in the Daneaks-Duncan funeral chapel with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Interment was at Ritzville Memorial cemetery with members of the Ritzville lodge, 101, F and AM officiating at the graveside. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 9, 1953 William C. Irwin Funeral services for William Cobb Irwin, 63, longtime employee of the Washington Water Power company, were held Monday in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home chapel with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Burial was in Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Irwin retired about two years ago after more than 30 years service with WWP. Survivors include the widow, Callie; a brother, Elmo, of Ritzville; and a sister, Mrs. Katie Simons of Missouri. Irwin had lived in Ritzville 34 years. He died last Thursday in a Spokane hospital. Mrs. Henry Waarum Dies; Funeral Held WASHTUCNA - Mrs. Henry Waarum, mother of Mrs. Howard Rogers, died unexpectedly Friday at the Ritzville hospital from a heart attack, after being taken there that day. Funeral services were scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Danekas-Duncan funeral parlors in Ritzville. Funeral Is Held for Mrs. Price WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Price, 83, were held Monday at the Lee funeral home in Pasco, with the Rev. D. A. Russell of Richland, former Washtucna pastor, officiating. Burial was in Pasco. Mrs. Price, a former Washtucnan died Friday at Medical Lake from a heart attack. Born Georgia Ellen Price, Dec. 28, 1869, in Grundy County, Mo., she was the daughter of Joahn Wesley and Mary Francis Price. Mrs. Price taught school for 25 years, before and after her marriage in 1905 to R. J. Price, holding positions in Montana, Washington and Idaho schools. In addition to her widower, R. J. Price, of Washtucna, she is survived by a brother, James N. Price of Washington, D. C., and a sister, Mrs. Mary E. Oyler of Sacramento, Calif. Mrs. Oyler, who is 86 years old, made the trip alone from California to attend the service. She brought with her a mass of calla lillies which she fashioned into a spray, along with other flowers, upon her arrival in Pasco. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 16, 1953 Final Rites Held for Mrs. Beale, 'Tucna Pioneer WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Alice Beale, 86, pioneer Washtucnan, were held Saturday at 11 a.m. in St. Patrick's church in Walla Walla, where she and her late husband, William David Beale, had lived since his retirement in 1946. Burial was in the family plot in Walla Walla. Mrs. Beale died at her home Thursday morning after a six week's illness. Born Mary Alice Murphy on Aug. 5, 1866, in Sangamon County, Ill., Mrs. Beale had came with her husband to Washtucna in 1903. They farmed here until his retirement. He died in Walla Walla in October 1949. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Russell Berry of Glendova, Calif., and Mrs. Elizabeeth McKissick of Opportunity, Wn.; two brothers, William Murphy of Hutchinson, Kans., and J. E. Murphy, Washtucna, and many nieces and nephews. John F. Burns was a nephew and Mrs. Gertrude McKenzie a niece. Funeral Rites Held For Mrs. Waarum Funeral services for Anie Marie Waarum, 82, resident of the Washtucna area who died April 3, were held in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home chapel April 8 with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt officiating. Burial was in the Lutheran cemetery. Surviving were the husband, Henry, and four daughters, Mrs. Ester Rogers of Washtucna, Mrs. Hilda Bell of Troy, Idaho, Mrs. Emil Olson of Hooper and Miss Olena Waarum of Norway. Funeral Service is Held Monday for Mrs. Baker SPOKANE - Funeral services for Mrs. Ida Baker, longtime postmaster at Cunningham, were held Monday afternoon at the Smith Funeral Home, here, with the Rev. Frank Van Dorien officiating. Burial was in Greenwood cemetery. Mrs. Baker served as Cunningham's postmaster for many years and operated a small general store there. Born in Saint Clair County, Missouri, the daughter of Emmaline and S. D. Harris, she was married to John David Baker of Kentucky in Missouri. He died 35 years ago. One son, A. F. Baker, of Cunningham survives. Mrs. Baker's girlhood was spent in Missouri during years of post Civil war resconstruction. She had been born June 13, 1867. Retiring from the post office at Cunningham in 1944, she moved to Spokane and became the owner of several houses which she remodeled into apartments and managed until her death. 'Tucna Resident is Found Dead WASHTUCNA - Reece Jones, about 72, who was known as "R. J. Price," pioneer resident of Washtucna was found dead in his bed Wednesday morning in a small cabin where he lived alone. Clarence Schafer, who rented the cabin to Jones, said the elderly man complained of not feeling well when he took him some hot lemonade Tuesday evening. Jones had been in ill health recently and spent a week in the Adams County Memorial hospital not long ago. He was a retired railroad telegrapher. His wife died several weeks ago. Known survivors include a sister, Miss Mary Price, and a brother, Thomas Price, both of Delaware, Ohio. Reuben Thiel Funeral Held TACOMA - Funeral services for Reuben Thiel, 61, longtime lumber yard worker, who was born in Ritzville, were held last Wednesday at the C. O. Lyn chapel here with burial in Mountain View Cemetery. Thiel had been a planerman at St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber company for most of the 30 years he lived in Tacoma. He was a member of the Congregational church at Ritzville and of the Lumber and Sawmill Worker's Union. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Clara Thiel; five daughters, Mrs. Lucille Krouse, Mrs. Doris Jantz, Mrs. Virginia Kroley, Mrs. Thelma Cumby, and Mrs. Elma Thompson, all of Tacoma; and two sons, Clifford, serving in the army, and Paul of Chicago. Also surviving are three stepsons, Charles Smith of Centralia, and LeRoy and George Smith, both of Tacoma; a brother, Solomon Thiel of Ritzville; a sister, Mrs. Dena Oestreich; two nieces, 15 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. Funeral Is Held For Johnson, 24 SPOKANE - Funeral services were held at the Sunset Memorial Chapel here Wednesday for Reas L. Johnson, 24, native of the Hatton area, who died Sunday at his home in Olympia. Relatives said an investigation has proven Johnson's death was accidental. Born and raised at Hatton, Johnson was managing a service station in Olympia. He was survived by his widow, Barbara, and a 15-month old son, Larry. Other survivors are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Johnson of Olympia; a brother, Dick, of Seattle; a grandmother, Mrs. Emma Johnson, of Connell; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Wollmuth of Spokane; aunts, uncles and cousins. The Rev. E. Howes officiated at the funeral. Burial was in Fairmont Cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 7, 1953 Funeral Service for Mrs. Schafer Held at Odessa ODESSA - Funeral services were held from the United Congregational church on Monday afternoon for Mrs. Anna Schafer, 86, who died at the Veterans Memorial hospital Friday. The Rev. E. G. Klein officiated with burial in the Odessa cemetery. Pallbearers included three grandsons, Otto Amen of Ritzville; David Schoessler of Yakima; and Paul Shurgert, Spokane. Mrs. Schafer was born in Russia on Sept. 24, 1866, and grew to womanhood there. In 1885 she married the late John Schafer in Russia and came to the United States in 1886. Their first stop was at Hastings, Neb., for four years, and in 1890, they came to Seattle. In 1891 they took up a homestead 12 miles from Odessa, later moving to town where Mr. Schafer was identified with early businesses of the town. Survivors include her five daughters, Mrs. George (Anna) Amen, Ritzville; Mrs. Henry (Elizabeth) Walter, Odessa; Mrs. W. F. (Emelia) Ramsey, Wenatchee; Mrs. H. G. (Martha) Cordes, Spokane, and Mrs. Arthur (Alma) Amen, Norfolk, Neb.; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral Is Held For R. J. Price Here On Monday WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for R. J. Price, 73, were held Monday at 1 p.m. at the Washtucna Community church with the Rev. Russel Booher officiating. Reece Jones Price was born in Radnor, Ohio, June 14, 1879, the son of John and Elizabeth Price. He attended Ohio Wesleyan university of Delaware, Ohio, and the school of telegraphy at Valpariso, Indiana. After spending some time with the New York Central railroad in Deleware, Ohio, he came west over 50 years ago and held telegraphic positions in Montana, Idaho and Washington. He was married to Ella Price who died April 3 of this year. Survivors are a brother and sister, Thomas and Mary Price, both of Radnor, and many cousins. Charles Butler Funeral Is Held WASHOUGAL - Funeral services were held last Wednesday for Charles Andrew Butler, a former Ritzville resident who died at Vancouver April 26. Butler was employed for many years at the Ritzville Flouring Mills. He had been born June 30, 1873, at Vanmeter, Iowa. Burial was in Washougal Memorial cemetery. He was survived by his widow, Mary Olliven, and by six children, all of whom were raised in Ritzville. Mollie Reiber Funeral Held Crippled at 12, She Aided Friends Funeral services were scheduled for Thursday afternoon for a 58-year-old woman who had won the respect and affection of many Ritzville residents because of her patience and courage in the face of a crippling affliction. Mollie Reiber, who died Sunday at the Adams County Memorial hospital had been crippled by an acute form of arthritis since she was 12 years old. She lived for 46 years in a chair. Often friends visited her residence at 405 W. Fifth Avenue with the thought of comforting her. Instead, they came away comforted themselves. Mollie Reiber's greatest happiness in life seemed to be the happiness of her friends. Born in Kolb, Russia, on May 25, 1894, Mollie was six years old when her family migrated to Ritzville. They lived on a farm. Often Mollie walked the three miles to school when her father was unable to take her in a wagon. At the age of 12 the young girl was stricken with a serious illness. Some time passed before it was correctly diagnosed as an acute form of arthritis. After that, Mollie was never able to walk again. Her hands, too, were crippled. The Reibers purchased a home in Ritzville where Mollie lived. She not only kept the home immaculate, but supported herself for many years by dress making. Her sewing and her tatting and crocheting, also attained a rare peak of perfection and beauty. None of Mollie's acquaintances ever heard her complain of her affliction. She always seemed cheerful - even during her later years when increasing pain wracked her body. She was alert, and extremely interested in community affairs. Her house often was filled with bouquets brought to her by children of the neighborhood. About four years ago her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Reiber, moved in from the country to join her in the Ritzville home. She was a member of the Philadelphia Congregational church. The Rev. R. Kirschenmann was to preside over the funeral services in the Danekas and Duncan funeral home chapel. Burial was scheduled for Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Surviving besides her parents, are two sisters, Mrs. Donald Danekas, of Ritzville, and Mrs. Helen Dirks of Ventura, Calif.; three brothers, Carl of Ritzville; Alex of Myrtle Creek, Ore., and Arthur of Los Angeles; six nieces and four nephews. Funeral Is Held for Mrs. Ludtke SPRAGUE - A cheerful elderly lady who had become well-known in Ritzville, 81-year-old Martha (Grandma) Ludtke, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital Monday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at St. John's Lutheran church in Sprague. Burial was in the MacAbee cemetery. Mrs. Ludtke, who had 15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, had lived in Sprague for 45 years. During recent years she had spent much time in the Adams County hospital and during her stays there became well acquainted with a large number of Ritzville residents. Danekas and Duncan funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Washtucna Pioneer, Gates, Dies Monday SEATTLE - Funeral services were held here Wednesday for Jake Gates, Washtucna area pioneer who died here on Monday. Gates homesteaded near Washtucna in about 1900 and famred there until he left the area in 1938. Survivors include a brother, George Gates of Benge, and a nephew, Roy P. Scott of Ritzville. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 21, 1953 None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 28, 1953 Mrs. James Frank, Ex-Resident, Dies HATTON - Word was received last week of the death of a former resident of Hatton, Mrs. James Frank of Seattle. She will be remembered by old timers as the former Blanche Maphis. Funeral and burial were in Spokane. Mrs. Frank's father, T. H. Maphis, formerly ran a blacksmith shop in Hatton many years ago, and the children went to school there. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Mary Ogden and Mrs. Frances Rice, both of Spokane, and two brothers, Harvey Maphis of Spokane, and Carl Maphis of Yakima. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 4, 1953 Funeral Rites Held For William Lehman Word has been received of the death of Mr. William Lehman in Spokane. Mr. Lehman, former Ritzville resident, is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Albert Nauditt. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nauditt and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kramer attended the funeral services in Spokane Wednesday. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 11, 1953 None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 18, 1953 Tenneson Rites Held Thursday LIND - Funeral services for Melvin M. Tenneson, 33, of Lind were scheduled for Thursday afternoon at the Danekas and Duncan funeral home in Ritzville with the Rev. Edward Schmidt of Lind officiating. Burial was to be in the Lind cemetery with the Lind IOOF Lodge No. 184 conducting graveside rites. Tenneson's body was found in his car about 1-1/2 miles from the Bill Longmeier ranch house Monday morning. Deputy Coroner Dick Whitmore, who investigated, said death was caused by carbon monoxide poisoning. Sheriff Frank Lucas and Deputy Sheriff Clint Rowe also investigated. No motive was given. Tenneson had been employed at the Longmeier ranch. A life-long resident of Lind, Tenneson was survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tenneson of Lind, and four brothers, T. C. Tenneson and Alfred Tenneson, both of Lind, Paul Tenneson, Jr., of Spokane and Harry R. Tenneson of Seattle. He was a member of the Lind IOOF lodge. Final Rites Held For Mrs. Gross WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Mrs. Leona Mary Gross, 74, of Walla Walla, former Washtucna resident, who died Saturday at her home in Walla Walla after a long illness, were held Monday at the chapel of the Marshall funeral home, with concluding services at the family plot in Weston, Ore. Rev. Aubrey Winson of Grace Methodist Church officiated. A membef of the Bryson pioneer family of Weston, Mrs. Gross was the widow of John B. Gross, who died in 1948. Prior to moving to Walla Walla, Mr. and Mrs. Gross lived south of Washtucna, on the ranch now owned by J. John Haase and farmed by Robert Sitton. Funeral Rites Are Conducted for Cpl. Vanover WASHTUCNA - Military funeral services for Cpl. Jack Vanover, 26, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Danekas and Duncan funeral home parlors in Ritzville with personnel from Larson Air Force base in charge. First Lieutenant Melvin E. Witt served as chaplain. Pallbearers were from the 62nd motor vehicle squad. Members of the 62nd air police squadron served as a color guard. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Cpl. Vanover died June 10 at Madigan army hospital from effects of an operation performed Feb. 17 at Letterman army hospital where he had been on limited duty after undergoing a series of operations at Camp Cook after being released from Fort McArthur hospital. Cpl. Jack Vanover was born Dec. 24, 1926, at Wenatchee, Wash. After attending the first few years of school at Noxon, Mont., he completed the grades and high school at Washtucna, graduating with the class of 1944. He was inducted into the army March 17, 1945, and decided to make a career of it. He took his basic training at Camp Hood, Texas, later going to Asahigawa, Hokkaido, Japan. After a year there, he was sent to Landshut, Germany, and Vienna, Austria, where he spent about five years. After returning to the states, he was married to Miss Marie Roberts of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Nov. 28, 1951, at Minneapolis, Minn. He was transferred to Camp Erwin, Barstow, Calif., then to Ft. McArthur, and then to San Pedro, where he was on duty from April 15 to July 12, 1952, after which he was first hospitalized. In addition to his wife, and daughter, Denise, born April 4 of this year, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Little, Washtucna; two sisters, Nancy and Connie Little; two uncles, Fred and Victor Clary; two aunts, Mrs. Fred Clary of Sandpoint and Mrs. Eileen Winn of Arlee, Mont.; and a number of cousins. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 25, 1953 Lesser Funeral Held Saturday Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon for Jacob Lesser, 73, who died at the Deaconess hospital in Spokane last Thursday morning. Lesser, who was blind from the age of two, was born in Frank, Russia. He came to Adams county with his father in 1906. He was survived by his wife, Pauline, at the home; one sister, Mrs. Henry Borgens, sr., of Ritzville, and one brother, Henry Lesser of Loveland, Colo. Services were held in the Danekas-Duncan funeral chapel with the Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiating. Interment was at Ritzville Memorial cemetery. The Danekas-Duncan funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Kurth Funeral Held In Lind LIND - Funeral services were held Tuesday for William August Kurth, Lind resident, who died last Friday in the Adams County Memorial hospital. Kurth was survived by his wife, Anna, at the home; one daughter, Mrs. Leila Glasow of Livingston, Cal., and two sons, Theodore R. Kurth of Benton City and William O. Kurth of Grand Coulee. Also two brothers, Louis Kurth of Ritzville and Rinhold Kurth of Brelton, S. D., and 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. at the Lind Lutheran church with the Rev. Robert Drewes officiating. Interment was held at 10:30 Wednesday morning at the Tacoma cemetery in Tacoma. Danekas-Duncan funeral home was in charge of arrangements.