Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 6, 1960 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, October 6, 1960 Last Rites Held Here Saturday for Adam Weber, Area Pioneer Funeral services were conducted for John Adam Weber, 92, one of the oldest residents of Adams county, at the Philadelphia Congregational church. Rev. Herbert Haemmelmann officiated at the services. Interment was at Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Pallbearers included Carl Weber, Gary Weber, Eugene Weber, Wallace Weber and Eldon Heimbigner. Weber was born Jan. 8, 1868, in Walter Colony, Russia, near the Volga river. His first marriage was to Magdelena Geist in Russia in 1887. In 1889, Weber and his wife came to America with their daughter, Katherine, and settled in Walla Walla. The family lived there until 1891, when they moved to a homestead near Packard. In 1905, Magdelena died, leaving Weber to care for 12 children born to the couple. He moved to Quincy that fall and there met and married Caroline Hoppe, a widow with four children. Four more children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Weber. The couple later moved to a farm he had purchased in Lincoln county and they lived there until 1915. They lived in Ritzville for a while before moving to Wenatchee, Dryden, Spokane, Bellingham, Cashmere and Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Weber moved to Ritzville to live in 1953 and had celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1956. He was a member of the Philadelphia Congregational church, formerly a member of the board of directors of the Packard Farmers' Warehouse company and had served on the school board in District No. 111 of Lincoln county. Surviving are his wife, Caroline, at the home in Ritzville; six daughters, Mrs. Lena Reiman, Dryden, Mrs. Lydia Heimbigner, Ritzville, Mrs. Edith Ferris, Everett, Mrs. Martha Williams, Odessa, Mrs. Elsie Holdfver, Seattle, and Mrs. Esther Nichlos, Berkeley, Calif.; seven sons, Henry, Wenatchee, John, Dan (Speed) and Harry, all of Ritzville, Dave, Odessa, George, Seattle, and Sam, Salmon, Ida.; a sister, Mrs. Catherine Reider, Portland, Ore.; two brothers, Jacob, Portland, Ore., and Henry, Wenatchee; 74 grandchildren and 147 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Downs Dies Suddenly on Sunday WASHTUCNA - The Washtucna community was shocked by the sudden death Sunday morning of Paul Downs, local businessman. Downs was rushed to a Spokane hospital early Sunday morning and passed away shortly after arriving there. Funeral services are pending the arrival of a son in the armed forces overseas. Services will be conducted at Concunully, his former home. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 13, 1960 Services held for Schorzman at Odessa Word has been received of the death of Fred C. Schorzman, wheat rancher in the Lauer area of Adams county for many years. Funeral services were held from the Christ Lutheran church in Odessa Wednesday, Oct. 5, with interment at the Odessa cemetery. Schorzman was stricken on Sept. 17 and was rushed to the Adams County Veterans' hospital and the following day to Deaconess hospital in Spokane where he underwent emergency surgery. Later he was transferred to the University of Washington hospital in Seattle where he died Oct. 1. Schorzman came to the Odessa area at the age of six with his parents and lived on a ranch north of Odessa until his parents moved into town when he was 13 years old. He attended the Odessa schools and was active in athletics. On Sept. 26, 1916, he married Anna Lauer and they moved to a ranch north of Odessa where their two older children, Edra and Ray, were born. This ranch now is being farmed by his son, Ray. In 1925 they moved to the Lauer homestead at Lauer south of Odessa in Adams county where their son, Lee, was born. They lived on the ranch until July of this year and moved into a home in Odessa. Schorzman was a charter member of the Odessa Grange. He also was active in the Christ Lutheran church and participated in many civic programs. Surviving are his wife, Anna, at the home; one daughter, Edra Haugen, and two sons, Ray and Lee, all of Odessa; and seven grandchildren. Also surviving are eight brothers and sisters, Katie Bertsch of Miller, S. Dak., Adam of California, Gus of Marlin and Anna Schiewe, Dina Koth, Hattie Schlimmer, Jake and John, all of Odessa. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 20, 1960 Funeral Service for Henry Waarum Held Saturday Funeral services for Henry Waarum, 88, a Washtucna farmer who had been living in a Colfax nursing home for the last six years, were held Saturday at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home. Rev. Albert Wagner officiated at the services. Interment was at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Pallbearers were Hans Kahler, Clanton Eccles, Ralph Streeter, Homer Evans, Mason Ray and Jacob Schell. Waarum died Wednesday, Oct. 12, in Colfax. He was born Sept. 30, 1872, to Mr. and Mrs. Johannas Waarum in Norway and attended school there. He moved to the United States in 1908 and settled at Big Timber, Mont., where he lived until 1947. He married Annie Marie Olson Aug. 4, 1911, and she preceded him in death in 1953. In 1947 he moved to Washtucna where he farmed and lived there until he went to Colfax in 1954. Waarum was affiliated with the Lutheran church. He is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Emil Olson of Ralston, Mrs. Howard Rogers of Washtucna, Mrs. Hilda Bell of Coeur d'Alene, Ida., and Miss Oline Waarum in Norway; eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Services Held for Williamson Masonic graveside services were held Friday in Spokane for Joseph Burton Williamson, 86, a long-time resident of Washtucna who died of a heart attack at the Safeway store in Ritzville Tuesday, Oct. 11. Members of the Masonic lodge at Washtucna conducting the services were Calvin Moesle, Rich Morrison and Edwin Schaefer. They were assisted by Ray Sitton, Wilbur Copp, Bennie Sitton, George Stone, Les Lane, Frank Brown and Amos Allen. Williamson, a farmer, had lived in the Washtucna community 42 years. He was born Nov. 12, 1873, in Maine. He had served in the Spanish-American war and was a member of the F&AM lodge of Washtucna and the Oddfellows of Benge. Surviving are two sons, Albert, of Washtucna, and Howard of San Diego, Calif.; and a brother in Ohio. Word Received of Death of Mrs. John Bachman Word has been received from San Anselmo, Calif., that Mrs. John Bachman passed away Thursday morning, Oct. 13. She leaves, besides her husband, John, three children, Eric, 12, Lise, 8, and Brian 5. Funeral services were Monday morning. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, October 27, 1960 Funeral Set for Stanfield Funeral services for C. V. Stanfield, owner of the Pastime Sports Center in Ritzville who had been active in the community many years, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home. Stanfield died about 8:30 Wednesday morning of a heart attack. He had suffered another attack two weeks ago and had been ill since that time. A complete obituary will be published in next week's Journal-Times. Services Held for Mrs. Thiel Wednesday Funeral services for Mrs. Henry W. Thiel, 84, a resident of the Ritzville community since 1889, were held Wednesday at the Zion Congregational church. Mrs. Thiel died Saturday at the Adams County Memorial hospital. She had been there three months. Officiating at the services was Rev. R. W. Rieger. Interment was at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Pallbearers were Herman Heimbigner, Walter Thiel, Andy Heimbigner, Frank Heimbigner, William Werttemberger and Floyd Koch. Anna Koch was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Koch in Russia on March 13, 1876. She came with her parents to the United States in 1887 and settled in Walla Walla. After living there for two years, the family moved to Ritzville. On Jan. 13, 1898, she married Henry Thiel. He preceded her in death April 5, 1955. She was a member of the Zion Congregational church and the Mary's circle of that church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Esther Potter of Friday Harbor and Mrs. Mona Rehn of Ritzville; a son, Floyd, of Ritzville; a sister, Mrs. Dena Erchinger of Bellingham; a brother, Henry F. Koch of Spokane; five grand- children and six great-grandchildren. Mrs. Palmeter Passes In Bremerton Recently Mrs. E. A. Palmeter of Bremerton died last week. She is survived by two sons, Harry and Earl, of Bremerton; a sister, Miss Wilhelmina Wellsandt of Ritzville and several cousins in the Ritzville area. Funeral Held for Mrs. Curry WASHTUCNA - Mr. and Mrs. Mason Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rogers, Mrs. Bessie Helme and Mrs. Fannie Christensen attended the funeral services last Monday in Spokane for Mrs. Neva Lucy Currcy, who had passed away Thursday, Oct. 13, at Walla Walla. She was born June 12, 1908, in Washtucna, attended school here and also was a student at Eastern Washington College of Education in Cheney and Kinman Business university in Spokane. She was married to Harlow Curry in Reno, Nev., Sept. 2, 1943. The Currys lived in Spokane and California before moving to Walla Walla in May of this year. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Curry is survived by a son, step-parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lucy of Walla Walla, a sister and three aunts. Mrs. Davis Dies Suddenly HATTON - Word has been received of the death of Mrs. John Davies (Gladys Watson) early Sunday morning in the hospital at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mrs. Davies was born Dec. 25, 1895, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Watson, who homesteaded at Delight in the Sand Hills area. She is survived by her husband, John, at the home in Canada; a daughter, Mrs. Myron Schaefer of Portland, Ore.; a son, Richard Davies, of Vancouver, B.C.; two sisters, Mrs. Maidie Burrill of Spokane, Mrs. Gertie Kelso of White Salmon; two brothers, Alex T. Watson of Lind, Ralph C. Watson of Kahlotus; and two grandsons, Dale Gray of Portland, Ore., and Christopher Davies of Vancouver, B.C. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 3, 1960 Last Rites for C. V. Stanfield Conducted in Ritzville Friday Last rites for Cecil Vernon Stanfield, 66, well-known Ritzville businessman who had been active in the community several years, were conducted Friday at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home. Rev. Alfred Carter, former pastor at Trinity Methodist church and now serving a pastorate in Seattle, came to officiate. Interment was at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Pallbearers included Edward G. Cross, W. Walters Miller, Ben Smick, Leon Bafus, Elmer Schoesler and Carl Harder. Honorary pallbearers were Frank West, Bill Meuli, C. V. Kheul, Carl Thaut, Carl Rosenoff, Ted Logsdon, Myron Sherman and Wesley Eckhardt. Stanfield died Wednesday morning, Oct. 26, of a heart attack after a two-week illness. He was born Dec. 24, 1893, at Pampa to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stanfield. He attended elementary school in Dixie and high school in Walla Walla. He had worked in harvest during the summertime in high school and when he was graduated in 1913, he moved to Endicott the next year. On July 10, 1916, he was married to Pauline Holstein in Walla Walla. Stanfield first operated a bakery business in Endicott and later owned a restaurant and sporting goods business. He was active in many community activities while living in the Whitman county town. In 1949 he moved to Ritzville where he owned the Pastime Sports Center. During his 11 years here, he was president of the Big Bend baseball league one year and also managed the Ramblers baseball team. His interest in baseball dates back many years when he played in semi-pro leagues at Endicott and was later manager of a team there. He also tried out as a pitcher for the Walla Walla team in the old Northwest league, but those were the days when baseball managers though a pitcher had to be tall and husky before he could perform well on the mound. Stanfield served as a city councilman, was a past president of the chamber of commerce, chairman of the Adams County planning commission and a member of the good roads committee. He also was past president of the Eight County Sportsman's association, past president of the Adams County Sportman's association and a member of the Lions club, Knights of Pythias and the Ritzville Gun club. He is survived by his wife, Pauline, at the home; a daughter, Mrs. Richard Kembel of Ritzville; a son, Robert Stanfield of Ritzville; a sister, Mrs. Elma Blackman of Walla Walla, and six grandchildren. Services Held for Engelhart Here Monday Funeral services for Christ Engelhart, 85, a farmer in the Lind area for many years, were held Monday at the Assembly of God church in Ritzville with Rev. Richard Philp officiating. Interment was at the Lind cemetery. Pallbearers were Dick Engelhart, Charles Engelhart, Claude Woodland, Jack Wells, Fred Rennick and Emil Sauer. Engelhart died suddenly on Thursday of a heart attack. He was born April 24, 1875, at Hoffenstal, in southern Russia. He came to the United States in 1902 and homesteaded near Warden where he lived until 1926. From there he moved to the Lind area and farmed until 1943, then moved to Ritzville that year. He was a member of the Assembly of God church. Surviving are his wife, Matilda, at the home; one daughter, Mrs. Emma Mayfield of Moses Lake; five sons, Christ of Lind, Rudy of Pasco, David of Salem, Ore., Riney of Lind and William of Moses Lake; two sisters, Mrs. Rose Vix of Salem, Ore., and Mrs. Kate Koth of Yakima; 18 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 10, 1960 None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 17, 1960 Edward Mitchell Passes Thursday at St. Anthony Edward Rollin Mitchell, 91, died Thursday at the St. Anthony Memorial hospital in St. Anthony, Ida., from incidents of old age. He was born Sept. 10, 1869, at Dallas City, Ill., a son of Christopher and Ella Spaulding Mitchell. He was married to Tillie Estella Tilton at Dallas City Dec. 25, 1892, where they lived until 1902 when they moved to Burlington, Ia. In 1906 they moved to Idaho, settling at St. Anthony where they had since resided. Mrs. Mitchell preceded him in death in 1930. He was engaged in farming for many years until his retirement and was a member of the Congregational church at Dallas City. Surviving are two sons, Harold E. Mitchell of Ritzville and Everett T. Mitchell of St. Anthony; two daughters, Mrs. J. B. Rice of St. Anthony, and Mrs. R. L. Ohoquette, Palm Springs, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. A. J. Doerfler of Elmhurst, Ill.; nine grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at the St. Anthony Community church. Interment was at the Riverview cemetery. Henry Borgens Funeral Slated Here Today Funeral services for Henry Borgens, sr., 89, will be conducted today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home in Ritzville. Rev. D. K. Schmidt of Walla Walla and Rev. Raymond Griffith of Wenatchee will officiate. Interment will be at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Danekas Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Pallbearers will include J. P. Weizel, Jacob Lenhart, Victor Donis, L.W. Evans, Henry Schneider and John Rowe. Borgens died of a stroke Monday at the Deaconess hospital in Spokane. He had been ill three days. He was born Sept. 20, 1871, at Frank, Russia, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Borgens. He attended elementary school in Russia and served five years in the Russian army from age 21 to 26. He was married to Mary Lesser in Frank in January, 1890. She preceded him in death on Dec. 17, 1954. Mr. and Mrs. Borgens came to Nebraska in 1898 and lived there until 1900, when they moved to Adams county. They homesteaded 13 miles northwest of Ritzville on the farm where one of their sons, Henry, jr., now farms. They moved to Ritzville after retiring in December, 1928. Borgens was active in Congregational church work until his health failed some years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Rachel Borgens and Miss Amelia Borgens, both of Ritzville; three sons, Henry, jr., and Jonathan, both of Ritzville, and George of Opportunity; a brother, Conrad of Greeley, Colo.; seven grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Services Held for Past Resident Funeral services were held in Colville for William J. Clodius of Kettle Falls, who passed away following an illness of six months at Mount Carmel hospital in Colville Oct. 29. He is survived by his wife, Lydia, at the home; one son, Carl, of Newark, Del.; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Oestreich of Spokane and Helena Sellars of Ritzville and four grandchildren. Clodius was born in Nebraska and came to Ritzville in 1906 and had been engaged in cattle ranching in the Kettle Falls area for the last 18 years. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, November 24, 1960 None Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 1, 1960 Services Held for Mrs. Kiehn at Harrington Death came to Mrs. Catherine Christine Kiehn, 80, at the Adams County Memorial hospital Sunday. Mrs. Kiehn had lived in Ritzville since 1952. Funeral services were held yesterday at the Evangelical Brethren church in Harrington with Rev. Donald Jeter officiating. Interment was at the Hillcrest cemetery at Harrington. Pallbearers were Donald E. Kiehn, Irving Kiehn, Melvin Kiehn, Arvin Kieh, D. L. Kiehn and Robert Kramer. Mrs. Kiehn was born Feb. 14, 1880, in Russia. On Jan. 25, 1898, she was married to Conrad A. Kiehn in a church near the Adams-Lincoln county line. They farmed near the county line and near Crab creek for several years before moving to Harrington in 1914. Mr. Kiehn died in 1944, and his wife moved to Ritzville in 1952. Mrs. Kiehn was a member of the Evangelical Brethren church at Harrington. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. David Kramer of Ritzville, Mrs. M. L. Warwick of Chico, Calif., Mrs. R. B. Bethel of Sacramento, Calif., and Mrs. F. E. Yarno of Seattle; three sons, Alvine Kiehn and Lee R. Kiehn, both of Spokane and Edward Kiehn of Seattle; two brothers, Michael Kramer of Custer and John Kramer of Ritzville; 12 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Services Held for Deerheim Funeral services for John Deerheim, 59, a former Lind resident who had lived in Spokane the last 10 years, were held on Tuesday at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral Home with the Rev. R. Kirschenmann officiating. Deerheim died of a heart attack in Spokane Wednesday, Nov. 23. Interment was at the Lind cemetery. Pallbearers were Rudolph Stelzer, George Hilzer, Emil Wahl, Carl Schell, Ted Schrenk and William Sackmann. Deerheim, a laborer, served in the armed forces during World War II. He was affiliated with the Congregational church. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Jake Rehn of Lind, and Mrs. Robert Klettke of Newport; and three brothers, Adam Deerheim of Spokane, Fred Deerheim of Sprague and Wiliam Edward Deerheim of Lind. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 8, 1960 Seattle Lady Services Held Mrs. Sylvia M. Newland, 70, sister-in-law of Robert Newland, who formerly lived in Ritzville, died in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, Nov. 23. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newland and Sally of Ritzville attended funeral services for her at Our Lady of Lourdes cathedral in Spokane Monday, Nov. 28. Burial was at the Riverside cemetery in Spokane. Mrs. Newland was born in Spokane and was educated at Lewis and Clark high school in that city and at Oberlin college, Oberlin, Ohio. She had lived in Ritzville 23 years and in Seattle 13 years. She was a member of St. Anne's church in Seattle. Surviving are her husband, J. Hickman of Seattle; two sons, J. Andrew Newland, Vancouver, and Joseph G. Newland, Portland. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 15, 1960 Services Set for Resident Funeral services for Ernst Ziemer, retired Ritzville farmer, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Emanuel Lutheran church. Interment will be in the Lutheran cemetery. Ziemer died yesterday afternoon in the yard of his home at 309 East Fourth while raking leaves. A complete obituary will be published in next week's Journal-Times. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 22, 1960 Services Held for E. J. Ziemer Here Saturday Funeral services for Ernst Julius Ziemer, 81, retired farmer who died of a heart attack in the yard of his home at 309 East Fourth last Wednesday, were held Saturday at Emanuel Lutheran church. Rev. Albert Wagner officiated at the services. Interment was at the Lutheran cemetery. Pallbearers were Milton Schwisow, Otto Pfannekuchen, Dick Stockland, jr., Ted Wellsandt, John Ott and George Ball. Honorary pallbearers included Sam Kanzler, Henry Meyer, Frank Schwisow, Herman Hennings, Paul Teske, Herman Schwisow, Henry Pfannekuchen, Richard Dehnel and Lyman Haight. Ziemer was born to John and Wilehmina Ziemer July 3, 1879, in Kirfchdorf, Germany. He attended school there. He came to the United States in 1905 and on May 19, 1908, was married to Agusta Kubik at Goodthunder, Minn. She preceded him in death in September, 1952. The couple farmed 15 miles northeast of Ritzville in the Carico Hills area until they retired in the fall of 1937. Ziemer was a member of Emanuel Lutheran church and was an elder for many years. He also was a member of Marcellus Grange. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Elsie Schweer of Ritzville; two sons, Richard of Davenport and Ervin of Ritzville; three grandsons and numerous nieces and nephews here and in Germany. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, December 29, 1960 None