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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, January 6, 1966 Fast Services This Morning in Washtucna Edward Irvin Fast died of a heart attack Monday at his home in Washtucna at the age of 49. Funeral services will be conducted today (Thursday) at 11 a.m. from the Washtucna Community church with the Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Washtucna Community cemetery. Fast was born July 9, 1916, at Kahlotus to Irwin and Flora Fast, both of whom are deceased. He is survived by his wife, Ava Fast at home in Washtucna, and a son, William Irwin Fast, also at home. Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. Faustina Harter of Pasco, and six brothers, Donald Fast of Pasco, George Fast of Sprague, Howard and Russell Fast, both of Portland, Ore., Karl Fast of Seattle, and Irwin Fast of Connell. He had lived in Washtucna the past 14 years and was employed at the Washtucna Grange Supply at the time of his death. He served in World War II from 1941 to 1945 as a member of the United States army. Pallbearers will be George Braman, Kenneth Kite, Clarence Thiel, Pete Kjolseth, Paul McKenzie and Godfrey Sackmann. Honorary pallbearers will be Geroge Sullivan, Eugene Hille, Tony Dirks, Archie Staley, Tom Hays and Frank Brown. Danekas Funeral home is in charge. Wagner Rites Set Friday from Chapel Funeral services for Alvin Wagner will be conducted Friday, January 7, at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home with the Rev. Roy Johnson of Lind officiating. Wagner died at Adams County Memorial hospital Tuesday. He was 59. He was born to Mrs. J. B. Wagner and the late Mr. Wagner on October 14, 1906, in Ritzville. On March 1, 1930, he married Lydia Thaut in Spokane. Survivors include his wife at home; a son, Everett of Spokane; two daughters, Dolores Sparkman of Portland, Ore., and Mary Ann Adcock of Lewiston, Ida., and his mother. Eleven grandchildren also survive. He is also mourned by a sister, Mrs. Hilda Derr of Ritzville, and two brothers, Harold Wagner of Portland, Ore., and Arthur Wagner of Wilbur. Wagner was employed by Centennial Mills for more than 28 years until in 1961 he took over the active management of Wagner Motor company following the death of a brother, Edward Wagner. Pallbearers will be Rudy Rogel, Pete Greenwalt, Hank Davis, Ed Siegel, Ray Telecky and Arnold Schragg. Burial will be in the Emanuel Lutheran cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 13, 1966 Mrs. Rieger Laid To Rest at Tacoma A group of local people motored to Tacoma Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Richard Rieger. Mrs. Rieger had been ill for some time. She died last week. She and her husband, the Rev. Richard Rieger, are former Ritzville residents when he was minister of Zion Congregational church. Making the trip from here were Ralph Kisler, Frank Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Walt Schoessler, Mrs. Johnnie Weber, Mrs. Hubert Maas and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Telecky. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 20, 1966 Funeral Service Held Saturday at Lind for Eleanor Felsenstein Funeral services for Mrs. Walter C. Felsenstein were conducted at the Lind Methodist church Saturday afternoon. She died Wednesday of last week at her home here from an apparent respiratory obstruction. Four ministers of three different faiths took part in the funeral service. Final cremation service took place Monday morning. Eleanor Fern Alsvig was born November 29, 1925, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Alsvig, at Newark, Ill. She graduated from Newark Community high school and Copley Hospital School of Nursing at Aurora, Ill. On November 18, 1956, she and Dr. Walter C. Felsenstein were married at Denver, Colo. She was a surgical nurse at Denver General hospital and he was a resident in general practice at the same hospital. The family moved to Lind January 1, 1960. They moved to Ritzville a year ago. Five children and the father survive. They are Paul Ernest of Selah; Jerome Alan and Jean Anne, twins; and David Walter and Donna Sue, twins at home. Also surviving are the parents of Mrs. Felsenstein, Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Alsvig of Aurora, Ill.; and a sister, Mrs. Cora Branch of Roscoe, Ill. A sister and a brother preceded Eleanor in death. Two nieces and a nephew also survive. They are Mrs. John R. Eskey of Elgin, Ill., and Mrs. Leo Mosocco of Cupertino, Calif.; and Charles Branch of Rockford, Ill. The Rev. Roger Johnson of the Lind Methodist church conducted the funeral services. He was assisted by the Rev. William Richey, a former Lind Methodist minister now a district superintendent of the church at Walla Walla. Also assisting were the Rev. Roy T. Johnson of Good Hope Lutheran church at Lind, and Paul Warner of White Plains, N.Y. Paul is a brother-in-law of Dr. Felsenstein and gave the Hebrew Kaddish, traditional mourners' prayer. A final examination into the cause of death is still incomplete. Dr. Felsenstein said death was possibly associated with a drug reaction. Couple's Sister Dies In Germany Word was received this past week of the death of Mrs. Sara Rempfer, 81, at Steinsfurt, Germany, near the end of this past year. She died at the home of her son, Alfred, following a stroke. Besides her immediate family living in Germany, she is survived by a brother, Emanuel Grams and a sister, Mrs. D. O. Roloff, both of Ritzville. Mrs. Mike Wiest and Rhinehold Grams, both deceased and having lived in Ritzville, were also a sister and brother of Mrs. Rempfer. Elmo Irwin Laid to Rest Funeral services for Elmo (Babe) Irwin were held Wednesday at the Alvin chapel of the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral home in Spokane. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, long-time residents of Ritzville and this area, had moved to Spokane about a year ago. He was a retired wheat farmer. Elmo Irwin was born June 8, 1891, at Columbus, Mo. Surviving besides Mrs. Irwin are a daughter, Zerita Carlson of Spokane; and a sister, Mrs. Katie Simons, Warrensburg, Mo. There are 11 nieces and nephews surviving. Burial was at Memorial Gardens in Spokane. The Rev. F. J. Ahrendt conducted the funeral. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, January 27, 1966 Crash Fatal to Swenson Harold Swenson, Washtucna, was killed instantly Monday about 5 p.m. when his car crashed four miles south of Ritzville. At a rather slight curve, Swenson's car, headed toward Washtucna, traveled along the highway 26 shoulder for a distance of 105 feet, the accident report prepared by trooper Jack Carlson of Sprague shows. Tracks then showed the vehicle had come back across the road a distance of 51 feet. In traversing a rather steep and narrow ditch, the car turned over completely and landed on its wheels in the field beyond the ditch, the report related. Swenson was alone in the car. A passing motorist personally took the message of the accident to the sheriff's office. The body of the victim, who had been alone in the car, was lying on the ground beside the car's right side with the door open. Adams Coroner ex officio Wallace T. Whitford said his inquiry into cause of death showed it resulted from a cut over the victim's eye. An earlier theory postulated the possibilty Swenson had suffered a heart attack. Swenson was the depot agent and telegrapher for the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railroad at Washtucna since last July. He had come there from Oregon. Earlier Monday he had brought Mrs. Swenson to Ritzville to have her admitted to Adams County Memorial hospital. She was still a patient there Wednesday. Swenson was born August 4, 1903, in Minnesota. Arrangements for the funeral had not been completed Wednesday morning. Mrs. Roberts, mother of Mrs. Swenson, had come from her home in Portland, Ore., to assist her daughter. No other survivors for the deceased were reported, and he and Mrs. Swenson had no children. The body is at the Danekas Funeral home. State patrol sergeant Allen Little said the fatality is the first reported in the Adams county section of the district for which detachment 6 is responsible. The same area did not have a fatal highway accident until June 12 of last year. Joe Schafer, Long-Time Adams County Sheriff, Laid to Rest Joe Schafer, a peace officer here for 32 years before his retirement in 1955, died January 20 at Adams County Memorial hospital. He had been hospitalized nine days following a heart attack. He was 78 years of age. Funeral services were held at the Danekas Funeral chapel Saturday morning with the Rev. James Updike in charge. The chapel's seating capacity was taxed by the many people who had come to pay respects to Schafer's memory. He was born May 3, 1887, at Bickleton. He was a member of Trinity Methodist church, the Rebekah lodge and of Jones Encampment, IOOF lodge here. He was a past grand patriarch of the Washington state IOOF grand lodge. He was elected sheriff of Adams county in 1923 and served eight years. He then served as deputy sheriff for eight years under sheriff Pete Oestreich. Then he was elected sheriff again and served for eight years until 1947. From 1947 to 1950 he was again deputy sheriff. From 1950 to 1955 he served as chief of police of Ritzville. Schafer is survived by his wife Elizabeth, at the home at 503 West Main avenue; and by four daughters. They are Ruby Benedict of Ritzville; Mrs. Virgil (Viola) Treadwell, Yakima; Mrs. Robert (Verna) Herring, Liberty Lake; and Mrs. Harry (Jo) Labes, Ritzville. Also surviving is a brother, Elmer Schafer of Ritzville. There are five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren surviving. Milton Sackmann sang "The Lord's Prayer" at the funeral. Mrs. Orville Moeller was organ accompanist. Pallbearers were Clarence Oestreich, Aaron Braun, Roy Betlach, Dale Schafer, Art Schafer and Victor Borth. Honorary pallbearers were Pete Koch, Melvin Seim, Frank Heimbigner, Fred H. Benzel, Jake Welzel, Ed Tesch and Frank Marshall. Interment was in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Funeral Held for E. Irwin Local men attended the funeral in Spokane January 19 of Elma (Babe) Irwin as pallbearers and honorary pallbearers. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin had been Spokane residents for the past three months. Pallbearers at the Hazen & Jaeger Funeral home and at Memorial Gardens in Spokane were Walt Ritter, Robert Riggs, John C. Hille, Jesse Gillispie, Harvey Evans and Jake Ottmar. Honorary pallbearers were Lee Krehe, Ben Snyder, Lyman Haight, Ed Graham, Walt Allert, Ralph Gillis, Frank West, George Scheller, Carl Crawley, Charles Schwerin and Harry Thiry. Jesse Frantz Funeral Rite Held Monday HATTON - Funeral services for a pioneer Michigan Prairie resident, J. G. Frantz, were held Monday morning, January 24, at the Danekas Funeral home in Ritzville, with the Rev. James Updike, pastor of Trinity Methodist church at Ritzville officiating. Interment was beside his wife in Riverside Park cemetery in Spokane. Pallbearers were Richard Kelsey, W. G. Curry, Jack Williams, Walter Ashcraft, Robert Wright and Kenny Foulkes. Frantz, 81, died at the Adams County Memorial hospital in Ritzville, January 20, from a cerebral hemmorrhage following a stroke three days before. When stricken he had been home less than a week from a vacation and family reunion back east. Jesse Grover Frantz was born December 16, 1884, at Topeka, Kan. He was the son of Levi and Flora Frantz. He attended business college in Kansas, specializing in bookkeeping. Later he was a streetcar motorman in Kansas, and in Spokane, and also worked in a creamery as a buttermaker in Kansas. At the age of 21 Frantz went to California. He was there only a few months when he came to Adams county for harvest, returning to California afterwards. Liking farming and this community so well, Frantz returned and made his home here the past 60 years. Sometime prior to 1916 he worked for Adin J. Railsback, then for Ernest and Pike Kelsey. From 1918 until his retirment in 1956, he farmed for himself on the Milton Kelsey place. During the harvest period Frantz would hire his threshing done and he would pile the sacks of wheat. Afterwards piling sacks for the neighbors. He has been known to pile as many as 1,000 sacks a day. He was married to Grace Kelsey in 1919 at Los Angeles, Calif. Mrs. Frantz preceded her husband in death in 1920. Frantz was a charter member and past master of Connell Grange No. 940. Surviving is a sister, Mrs. David L. Pence of Topeka, Kan.; two brothers, William E. Frantz of Springhill, Ill., and Olna Frantz of Kansas City, Mo.; two first cousins, Ina Meade and Mrs. C. D. Stohl of Kennewick and numerous nieces and nephews back east. One brother, Andrew, preceded in death. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 3, 1966 Mary Pfenning Funeral Is Set Monday Morning Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Pfenning will be held at 10 o'clock Monday morning at Philadelphia Congregational church. Mrs. Pfenning died Wednesday morning at Hillcrest manor where she had been a resident for a little over a year. She had been up and around part of the time in recent months, and had only been ill about a week. Mrs Pfenning was born January 18, 1888, in Russia. She had lived in the Ritzville area for 49 years. Her husband, Carl Pfenning, died January 19, 1960. The couple had no children. Surviving are a sister and a brother, Mrs. Katie Hein and Bill Becker, both of Loveland, Colo., and a brother, Ed Becker of Denver, Colo. The Rev. Ernest Sprenger will conduct the funeral service. Burial will be in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Funeral for Swenson Is Held At Portland The body of Harold Swenson, road accident victim, was taken to Portland by train Friday night of last week. Plans had been made for holding his funeral there on Monday, but details of the arrangements were not learned here. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 10, 1966 Funeral Rite for H. H. Arlt Held Thursday Funeral services for Herman Henry Arlt were held Tuesday afternoon (note this is the day given despite the headline stating Thursday) at Danekas Funeral home. He had been confined at Adams County Memorial hospital for 42 days. He was 79 years of age. Herman Arlt was born in Minnesota, the son of William and Bertha Arlt. He came to this county when nine months of age. He was a farmer and had retired from active farming in 1930, taking up his home in Ritzville at 109 W. 6th. He never married. He was a member of the Lutheran church. Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Martha Bauer of Ritzville, and Mrs. Ella Haase of Kettle Falls. There are six surviving brothers, William A., Carl and J. J. of Ritzville; E. H. Arlt of Creston, B.C.; H. A. Arlt of Chewelah; and A. H. Arlt of Addy. Also surviving are numerous nieces and nephews. The Rev. Floyd Yokers conducted the funeral services. Gordon Swyter sang "Sweet Hour of Prayer" and "What A friend We Have In Jesus." Mrs. Orville Moeller was his organ accompanist. Pallbearers were Lawrence, Harry and Gene Arlt, Herman Bauer, Levein Schroeder and Ed Vostral. Honorary pallbearers were Henry Amen, Otto Zeller, Paul Geschke, Alex Werner, Fred Luiten and Lyman Haight. Burial was in Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Joseph A. Monroe Funeral Services Held Wednesday Funeral services for Joseph Aubrey Monroe were held Wednesday morning at the Danekas Funeral chapel. Monroe, formerly a Northern Pacific railroad telegrapher here, had suffered poor health for some time. He died at his home in the Hotel Davis on Sunday. He was born April 4, 1903, in Spokane to John Monroe and Katherine Brophy. He served in the U. S. Army for three years following World War I. He came here from Sprague six years ago and had retired from active service with the railroad. Surviving are his wife, Viola, at the home; a daughter, Mrs. Yvonne Dondanville of Seattle; and a son, Raymond Monroe of Idanda, Ore. There are three sisters surviving, Mrs. Margaret Shields, Mrs. Lillie Shields and Mrs. Irene Bixel, all of Clark Fork, Ida. Three brothers also survive, James and John Monroe, both of Spokane and Carl Monroe of Phoenix, Ariz. The Rev. Walter Abel conducted the funeral services. Burial was in Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Pfenning Funeral Held Here Monday Funeral services for Mary Pfenning were held Monday at the Philadelphia Congregational church. She died February 2 at Hillcrest manor at the age of 78 years. The Rev. Ernest Sprenger conducted the service. Pallbearers were Fred Benzel, Fred Langenheder, Roy Koch, Alex Floether, Roy Langenheder and Phil Langford. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 17, 1966 Ronald Miller and Wife Die in Car Crash Marjorie Miller, formerly a telephone operator at Ritzville, died with her husband Ronald in a crash Friday night of last week near Reardan. Double funeral services were conducted at the Community church in Sprague Wednesday afternoon. Roads were slick the night of the accicent. The Millers were the only persons in their car when it crashed into a bridge abutment. Surviving are two sons, David and Daniel at the home in Sprague. Mrs. Miller is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Ed Frerichs of Sprague, Mrs. Dale Getson of Fullerton, Neb., and Mrs. Harold Scalett, Culver City, Calif.; and by a brother, Alvin Davis of Austin, Minn. Ronald Miller is survived by his stepmother, Mrs. Anna Witt of Tacoma; and a sister, Mrs. Dorothy Collins of Kennewick. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller belonged to Henrietta chapter of the Eastern Star at Sprague. She was a member of the Rebekahs at Sprague. Ronald and Marjorie both belonged to the Crab Creek Grange. He was a past master. Ronald was a member of F&AM No. 40 of Sprague and of the Royal Arch chapter No. 6. The Rev. Francis Klontz conducted the funeral. One group of pallbearers were Ralph Schirr, Robert Laney, Melvin Scheuss, Ralph Doerschlag, Joe T. Smith and Ray Lux. The other group were John Bewick, John Carter, Wayne Baldwin, Ed Young, Jack Duncan and Leonard Heimbigner. Burial was at Macabee cemetery at Sprague. E. A. Graham Funeral Rites Set for Today Edward Allen Graham, an Adams county resident since 1900, died Monday. He had suffered poor health at home and was at Adams County Memorial hospital half a day before his death. Graham was born March 10, 1878, in Klickitat county and reached the age of 87 years, 11 months and four days at the time of his death. He was united in marriage to Wendla O. Niva on November 14, 1900. The couple celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary last fall. They came to Adams county in 1905 and homesteaded and farmed in the Ralston area. They retired in 1942, moving to Ritzville. Graham was a charter member and past master of the Ralston Grange. Surviving are his widow, Wendla at the home, 310 East Fifth; a son Ivan Graham of Ritzville; and a sister, Mrs. Ted Black, Portland, Ore. There are also several nieces and nephews who survive. Funeral services will be held at the Danekas Funeral chapel today at 2 o'clock with the Rev. James Updike conducting them. Pallbearers will be Lester Snyder, Ralph Snyder, Virgil Snyder, Alex Smith, Oscar Olson and Howard Rogers. Honorary pallbearers were Alfred Heinemann, Ben Snyder, Otto Halwas, Frank West, Frank Benward and Ralph Gillis. Burial will be in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, February 24, 1966 No obituraries were printed this week. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 3, 1966 Mrs. L. R. McKee Dies at Age 90 in Inglewood Word was received last weekend of the death of Mrs. L. R. McKee in Inglewood, Calif. The McKee family was residents of Ritzville for about 26 years. McKee was the head miller of the Ritzville Flouring Mills. The family residence was at the corner of Fifth avenue and Division street, the present home of Mrs. Frances Kembel. Mrs. McKee was an active member of Zenith Chapter No. 55, OES, the WRC of Ritzville and the family attended the Trinity Methodist church. Mrs. McKee was 90 years old at the time of her death. For the past two years she was a patient at the Convalarium in Inglewood. Funeral services were last week from the Wee Kirk O'the Heather in Forest Lawn cemtery in Glendale, Calif. Youth Dies in Accident WASHTUCNA - Steven Wachtel, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wachtel of Rathdrum, Ida., was a victim in a fatal accident February 23 in Buena Park, Calif. Steven died the following morning in Lincoln Community hospital. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wachtel, five brothers and two sisters, Delbert Wachtel in Rathdrum, Ida.; Roy Wachtel in Fremont, Neb.; Merle Wachtel, with whom he was living at Buena Park, and Larry and Rodney at home. His sisters are Mrs. Margie Harvey, Coos Bay, Ore., and Mrs. Roxie Martin, Spirit Lake, Ida. His grandmother, Mrs. Rose Wachtel, Washtucna; his uncle, B. B. Wachtel, Washtucna; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins also survive. Funeral services were held March 1 from the Community Methodist church at Rathdrum. Interment was in Pinegrove cemetery at Rathdrum. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 10, 1966 George Becker Funeral Held on Wednesday Funeral services for George F. Becker were conducted Wednesday afternoon at the Emanuel Lutheran church. He died Sunday after a four-day illness at Adams County Memorial hospital. He was 90 years, seven months and eight days old. Becker was born July 30, 1875, at Brunnenthal, Russia. He emigrated to this country and Adams county and was a resident here for 59 years. He was a retired wheat farmer. Surviving are his wife, Lydia, at the home, 207 east Third; three daughters and seven sons. The daughters are Mrs. Marie Knox of Ritzville; Mrs. Catherine Arlt of Wilson Creek; and Mrs. Lavina Brown, Bothell. The sons are Henry F. and George Becker, jr., Ritzville; Connie Becker, Wilson Creek; Johnnie Becker, Medical Lake; Clarence Becker, Lakeland Village; August Becker, Veradale; and Fred F. Becker, Sprague. There are also six stepsons and 24 grandchildren and 44 great grandchildren surviving. The Rev. Floyd Yokers conducted the funeral service. A male quartet sang "We Are Going Down The Valley: and "Halt Mich Est." Members were Jake Hoefel, Carl Hoefel, Elmer Heimbigner and Dan Roloff. Mrs. Orville Moeller was their organ accompanist. Pallbearers were Lorane Becker, Kenneth Arlt, Lawrence Kiehn, Victor Becker, Louis Becker and Gerry Becker. Honorary pallbearers were Henry Schneider, Emanuel Grams, Fred Benzel,Emanuel Pflugrath, Jacob Weizel and H. H. Heimbigner. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Former Washtucna Man Buried In Vancouver WASHTUCNA - Word was received in Washtucna this week by Mrs. Nick Kutas that Thomas Winn had passed away in Portland, Ore., February 15. A former Washtucna resident, he was buried at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver, February 18. He is survived by his wife, Clara, at the home, a son, Russell, and a daughter, Virginia. There were several grandchildren. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 17, 1966 Hatton Pioneer Is Laid To Rest in Palouse Rites HATTON - Funeral services for Miss Lela Batten, 85, were held March 8 at the Federated church at Palouse with the Rev. E. James Cain officiating. Interment was in Fraternal cemetery at Palouse. Kimball Funeral home was in charge. Miss Batten was born November 3, 1880, at Bunker Hill, Ill. Survivors are a brother, W. J. Batten, and a sister, Mrs. Olga West, both of Palouse. She had been a resident of Palouse since moving there in 1910 from Hatton, and was the city clerk from 1941 to 1952. While in Hatton, Miss Batten's sister and brother attended school there while she kept house for her father, J. M. Batten. Judge Batten, as he was known, had a real estate office with a man named Bassett, and was one who helped incorporate the town of Hatton in 1907. He was elected the first mayor. As near as can be recollected, he was the judge whenever they held court. The Battens owned and lived in the house that later belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Jake Harman. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 24, 1966 Delilah Wooters Is Laid To Rest Funeral services for Mrs. Delilah Mae Wooters were held March 16 in Spokane. She had been a resident there for 44 years. In the Adams county area she is remembered as Mrs. Ed Cox who lived in the Fletcher area on Rattlesnake flat in the early years of the century. Surviving children are Mrs. James Branch, Spokane; Earl Cox, Tacoma; and W. R. Cox, Spokane. Baby Grandson Dies Suddenly A virus claimed the life of three-months-old Oliver LeRoy Morton late Saturday night. He is the son of Mrs. Verna Morton and the late Robert Morton of Spokane and Tonasket. A sister, Tina, and a brother, Nelson, also survive at the home. He was the grandson of Mrs. Pearl Thaut of Ritzville. Graveside services were held March 22 at the Pines cemetery infants section by the Rev. James Spwiling of Spokane and the Rev. Harold Klopfenstein of Tonasket. Mrs. Eva E. Thaut Funeral Services Are Held Monday Funeral services for Eva Elizabeth Thaut were held Monday morning at Emanuel Lutheran church. She was born Eva Elizabeth Reiber in Kolb, Russia, on September 21, 1870, and had lived to be 95 years of age. About three weeks before her death on March 17 she had fallen and broken her hip. She emigrated to the United States and to Adams county in 1913 and had lived here ever since. Her husband, John George Thaut, a railroad worker, preceded her in death in 1940. She was a member of Emanuel Lutheran church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harold Koch of Spokane, and Mrs. Marie Henrichs, Ritzville. Three sons survive, Henry, Carl and Fred, all of Ritzville. There are four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The Rev. Floyd Yokers conducted the funeral services. Milton Sackmann sang "Children of The Heavenly Father" and "Lasst Mich Geh'n." His organ accompanist was Mrs. Orville Moeller. Pallbearers were Milton Niederkleine, Fred F. Schwisow, Victor Donis, William Rosenoff, Ray Koch and Robert Stanfield. Burial was in the Luteran cemetery here. Charles Martin Funeral Services To Be Held Today Funeral services for Charles Bowling Martin will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Danekas Funeral chapel. Martin succumbed suddenly Sunday. He had been taken to Adams County Memorial hospital here just before his death. Martin was born March 15, 1902, at Cave City, Ky. He had been a resident of Ritzville the past 14 years. As a boy of high school age he moved to the Dakotas, living there until 1943. In the Dakotas Martin engaged in farming. He was a cook a good deal of his life. Surviving are his wife, Myra Margaret Martin, and three daughters. They are Mrs. Harry D. Pupo of Spokane, Mrs. Donald Surridge of Tacoma, and Miss Terry Lee Martin, a student at the University of Washington. Also surviving are two sisters and a brother. The sisters are Mrs. Lillian Fisher of Minneapolis and Mrs. Hazel Burke of McIntosh, S. Dak. The brother is Gobel Martin of McLaughlin, S. Dak. There are 10 grandchildren surviving. The Rev. Ernest Sprenger will conduct the funeral. Pallbearers will be Jake Thaut, Harold Mitchell, Walter Rosenoff, Walter Haase, Donald Geschke and Robert Stanfield. Burial is to be in the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Funeral Service Is Held at Lind for Jack Paslay Last rites for Oscar R. "Jack" Paslay were held Wednesday afternoon at Good Hope Lutheran church in Lind. Paslay died Sunday at the Deaconess hospital in Spokane where he had been for 19 days. He was a retired wheat farmer. He was born November 11, 1887, in Washington. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Fred McKibbin of Pasco, and two sons, William Paslay of Coeur d'Alene, Ida., and Oscar Paslay of Lind. A stepson, Lenial Mast of Portland, Ore., also survives. There are seven surviving grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Jack Paslay was a member of the Sandhills Grange. The Rev. Roy Johnson conducted the funeral. Milton Sackmann sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" and "The Old Rugged Cross." Mrs. Alvin Heider was his organ accompanist. Pallbearers were Jack Williams, Kenneth Foulkes, Ronald Davison, Kenneth Devore, Dorwin Harris and Tony Mosbrucker. Honorary pallbearers were John Shimek, Harry Snead, Joe Hays, Oren Herron, George Cutler and Walter Ashcraft. Burial was in the Sandhills cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, March 31, 1966 John Klee Rites Held Thursday at Washtucna WASHTUCNA - Funeral services were held at the Community church Thursday, March 24, for John Klee, who died March 21. Klee was born at Touchet, March 25, 1900. He was united in marriage to Miss Mattie Hunter in Kansas City, Mo., December 23, 1923. Survivors include his wife at home; a daughter, Mrs. Elmer Lee of Washtucna; two sisters, Miss Ella Klee of Pullman and Mrs. Harry Kron of Colfax; and a brother, Karl Klee in Portland, Ore. A brother, Henry, preceded him in death. He was a member of the Washtucna Community church and served as a trustee for six years. He also was a member of Rimrock Grange. His business in Washtucna was welding which he had pursued since February of 1935. Earlier he had worked in Harrington, Kansas, and in Colfax. At the funeral service Henry Schwartz sang "Have Thy Own Way Lord" and "Out of My Bondage." He was accompanied by Mrs. F. R. West, jr., on the organ. Casket bearers were Fred Blauert, C. E. Connell, George Sullivan, Vernon Schafer, Robert Hamill and Vernon Gillis. L. L. Bruning Funeral home of Colfax conducted the service. The Rev. Ralph Smith officiated. Interment was in the Washtucna Cemetery.