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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, April 4, 1968 Former Minister Dies in Seattle The Rev. E. A. Rein, a former pastor at Emanuel Lutheran church, passed away in Seattle April 2, according to word received here. The pastor who served the church during the 1930s, also served as president of the Ritzville chamber of commerce in 1936 as the only clergyman to hold the position. Funeral arrangements were not known as of Wednesday. Z. McChestney Funeral Held in Pullman; Former Hattonite HATTON - Funeral services were conducted in Pullman Saturday for Zack McChestney, an old-time former resident of the Sandhills and Kahlotus. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McChestney, lived where the Oscar Paslay family now resides. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 11, 1968 Meyer Rites Held at Chapel on Saturday Edmond Eugene Meyer was buried Saturday at the Ritzville Memorial cemetery. The 79-year-old retired sheep rancher was a resident of Ritzville at the time of his death on April 3. He was born in Lamonte, France, on January 31, 1889, and came to the U.S. 61 years ago. He was a resident of Adams county for all 61 years. He was married in 1917 to Blanche Maze in Ritzville. His wife survives him at the home in Ritzville. Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Frances Kembel and Mrs. Clyde Telecky both of Ritzville and seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Meyer who had retired in 1942 was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Ritzville as well as the Ritzville Gun club. He was an avid fisherman. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt of Spokane. Gordon Swyter sang "In The Garden," and "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere," accompanied by Mrs. Orville Moeller during the services. Pallbearers were A. R. Hanson, Roy Klein, Reinhold Weber, Robert Oestreich, Howard Telecky and Reuben Rehn. The honorary pallbearers were Jesse Dewald, Paul Geschke, Herb Moeller, Joel German, R. L. Plager and A. F. Doerschlag. Services were held at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home. Funeral Rites for Rev. Rein Held Monday Funeral services for Rev. Edward A. Rein were held from Emanuel Lutheran church here Monday with the Rev. Theodore Meske of Cameron, Ida., officiating. The Rev. Mr. Rein was a former pastor of the church and a retired colonel (chaplain) from the United States air force. At the time of his death the Rev. Mr. Rein was living in Edmonds. He is survived by his wife, Henrietta at the home, one daughter, Mrs. Evangeline Schimpf, Seattle, and two sons, Edward A. Rein, jr., and Robert Rein, both of Palm Desert, Calif. Two sisters, Mrs. Ida Beck and Mrs. Emily Berger, both of Castle Rock, survived as does a brother, Al Rein of Longview. He was pastor of Emanuel Lutheran church from 1928 until he entered military service in 1941 as a chaplain in the air force. He was a member of the American Legion and served as president of the Ritzville chamber of commerce in 1936. During his pastorate here he was an avid baseball player. Mrs. Irma Ruth Allert sang "Lass Mich Gehen" (Let Me Go) at the services. She was accompanied on the organ by Mrs. Orville Moeller. Pallbearers were Fred Schwisow, August Sielaff, Harry Schwisow, Milton Schwisow, Vic Wellsandt and Ray Rummer. A. C. Rummer, Carl Eckhardt, Ted Wellsandt, Paul Teske and Herman Schwisow served as honorary pallbearers. Burial was in Emanuel Lutheran cemetery under the direction of Hofner's Fisher-Kalfus mortuary of Seattle. Members of the American Legion Post No. 51 of Ritzville participated in the interment rites. County Pioneer Buried in Pasco HATTON - Mrs. Anna B. Blair of Pasco, a long-time resident of the Sandhills and Kahlotus area, died last Wednesday, March 8, at Hillcrest convalescent home in Pasco. Mrs. Blair, 95, was born July 27, 1872, in Germany and came to the United States with her parents at the age of 18 months. She married John Blair at Little Falls, Minn., in 1890, and in 1903 the couple moved to the Adams county farm where the Tony Mosbrucker family lives. She was a charter member of the Kahlotus and Sandhills Granges, a member of St. Patrick's church and Altar Society. Survivors include a son, Frank (Clarence) Blair of Kahlotus; daughters, Mrs. Mae Masiker of Spokane, Mrs. Rose Kalk of Pismo Beach, Calif., and Mrs. Leon (Estella) Bailie of Mesa; 20 grandchildren, 51 great-grandchildren and 20 great-great-grandchildren; brothers, Adolph Wienzel of Havre, Mont., and John Wienzel of Pismo Beach, Calif. Recitation of the Rosary was held at 8:15 p.m. Friday from Greenlee Funeral home chapel. Requiem Mass was at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick's Catholic church in Pasco with the Rev. William Schmitz as celebrant. Interment was in the City View cemetery. Mrs. Ogden Funeral Held on Monday WASHTUCNA - Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Laura Ogden were held at the Washtucna Community church Monday with the Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Mrs. Ogden died at a Spokane hospital last Thursday at the age of 66 years. She is survived by her husband, Ancel Ogden at home in Washtucna; a foster daughter, Mrs. Keith Chader of Kansas City, Kas., and a brother, Harlan Sechris of College Place. She was a member of the Washtucna Community church and of the BVD club. Bud Lee sang "In The Garden," and "The Old Rugged Cross," accompanied by Betty Lee. Pallbearers included Syd Sullivan, Frank Stuart, Nick Kutas, C. E. Connell, Alvin Allert and Maurice Meline. Danekas Funeral home was in charge and interment was in the Washtucna cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 18, 1968 No obituaries were printed this week. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, April 25, 1968 Leonard Dies, Funeral is Set for Friday Howard (Smiley) Leonard died Monday at the Veteran's home in Spokane. He had been there almost two weeks. Leonard had been employed by the state highway department for the last 10 years and had worked out of Ritzville. The funeral has been scheduled for Friday at 2 p.m. from the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home with the Rev. Donald Cramer officiating. Leonard was born on July 6, 1913, at Ralston but had lived in Ritzville most of his life. He was a member of the Christian church, a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Eagles lodge at Ritzville. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and three daughters, Sharon, Karen and Lynn at the Ritzville home. Other survivors include three sisters, Mrs. Virgil Sitton of Washtucna, Mrs. Edward Kinzel of Reno, Nev., and Miss Margaret Leonard of Ritzville. Surviving brothers are Carl Leonard of Loveland, Colo., and Dean and Robert Leonard, both of Buckley. The pallbearers at the funeral are to be Martin Elliott, Lewis Lobe, Robert Fickle, J. Austin Miller, Marvin Stelzer and Gary Marshall. Honorary pallbearers are to include Ruben Rehn, Dan Schafer, Robert Stanfield, Orville Ahern, Jed Rowe, Carl Thaut, Harry Werttemberger, Gus Klettke, Harold Schmidt and Alex Werner. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 2, 1968 J. P. Koch Dies Here at 90, Funeral Rites Will Be Today John Peter Koch died Monday at Ritzville Memorial hospital at the age of 90. Funeral rites are scheduled today (Thursday) at 2 p.m. from the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home with the Rev. Ernest Sprenger officiating. Koch had a long and multi-faceted career which began in Kolb, Russia, with his birth on December 3, 1877. He came to the United States with his parents in 1878 when only about six months old. The family settled on a homestead in Nebraska where they raised cattle feed and food crops and flax. By the time he was 11 he had lost both his parents and was placed in the care of a guardian. When he was 12 he came to Portland, Ore., with an uncle, Henry Koch. There he worked in rope, cracker and cigar factories. It was an exciting time for a teenage boy as he recalled a couple of years ago in an interview with his daughter Henrietta. One of the most exciting incidents was crossing the Columbia by ferry - the train was loaded on the ferry by sections. Koch arrived by train in Ritzville in July of 1883. For the next few years he worked as a farm hand at various ranches in the Ritzville area and at 19 he first rented a farm of his own. In those days, he recalled in the interview, wheat harvests averaged about 8 bushels per acre. Paha was, he said, then the hub of Adams county. He recalled the first automobile in Ritzville - a red Maxwell - which he first saw in 1908. The first airplane he said he saw was in 1915. Koch was married to Lydia Kanzler on June 27, 1900. He recalled selling the prettiest horse he then had, a mare, for $50 in gold to get married on. The family owned and lived on various farms in the Ritzville area. Koch also worked selling hardware for the Ritzville Trading company, selling autos for the Big Bend Motors company, as a Texaco distributor, and as a machinery and later insurance salesman. In 1928 he was appointed as justice of the peace to fill out an unexpired term. The next election he ran on his own and was elected. He continued as a justice of the peace and as a police judge for the next 35 years. While still serving as a justice he did a little farming, raising chickens and milk cows until shortly after WWII. But he discontinued dairying then because he and his wife were advancing in age. He retired as justice of the peace in January of 1963 and spent the last few years prior to his death gardening and fishing. He is survived by his wife Lydia at the home and by two daughters, Henrietta Koch of Ritzville and Mrs. Harland Eastwood of Seattle. There are three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Koch was a 55 year member of the IOOF lodge, the only one who had been a member in this area for that length of time. He was also a member of the Philadelphia Congregational church. Pallbearers at the funeral are to be Pete Koch, Frank Marshall, Ralph Kisler, Harry Wolsborn, Ted Ott and Bert Oestreich. English Rites Held Tuesday A Requiem Eucharistic service was held for Aaron Nelson English at St. Mark's Episcopal church on Tuesday. English was the step-father of local Episcopal vicar Father John L. Dempsey who along with his four children are the former seaman's only survivors. He was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on November 5, 1899. He served as a coxswain in the Navy during World War II and up to 1940 was employed by the American President Lines as a merchant seaman. Afterwards he worked as a plant security guard for Douglas Aircraft. He married Father Dempsey's mother in the late thirties in Las Vegas. He retired and came to live in Ritzville in August of 1967. Burial is scheduled for tomorrow at Claremont, Calif. Clella Huse Funeral Held on Monday Services for Clella Jane Huse were held Monday at the Methodist church in Lind with the Rev. Roger Johnson officiating. Burial was at the Lind cemetery. Mrs. Huse was born January 1, 1889, in Missouri. She lived in the Lind community for 51 years and died last Thursday at the age of 79. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Charles (Verla) Hill of Spokane, Mrs. Albert (Zelma) Wahl of Lind, and by one son, Harold Huse of Lind. Other survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Elsie Bradley of Enid, Okla., Mrs. Ida Howard of St. Joseph, Mo.; Mrs. Olivene Alexander of Hamilton, Mo., and Mrs. Lina Feurt of Gallatin, Mo. She had three brothers who survive her, Warren Eckelberry of Kansas, Charles Eckelberry of Gallatin, Mo., and Glenn Eckelberry of Lind. There are nine grandchilren and four great-grandchildren. Mrs. Huse was a member of the Methodist church at Lind and of Priscilla Rebekah Lodge at Lind. Pallbearers at the funeral were Louis Rickman, Dave Davis, Floyd Maier, Lenard Roth, Lenard Wahl and Eddie Fode. Harry Schmidt Funeral Is Held on Tuesday Funeral services for Harry Schmidt were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Philadelphia Congregational church with the Rev. A. Hausauer officiating. Schmidt, who sometimes anglicized his name to Smith, was born on June 12, 1890, in Russia. He came to the United States when he was two and has lived in Adams county for the past 68 years. He died at the hospital in Odessa on Saturday. He had been retired for several years from wheat farming. His survivors include his wife Esther at the home in Ritzville, two daughters, Mrs. Harriet Keison of Spokane and Mrs. Ethyln Dormaier of Ritzville, and a son, Edward Smith of Odessa. Other survivors are a sister, Mrs. Katherine Herman of Spokane, as well as nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Schmidt was a member of the Philadelphia Congregational church of Ritzville. He was buried at Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Pallbearers at the funeral were Ralph F. Smith, Arthur Herman, Kenneth W. Smith, Harold Herman, Floyd N. Smith and William Schmidt. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 9, 1968 Namesake Passes In Walla Walla BENGE - Mrs. Fred Dreyer passed away May 6 in Walla Walla, according to word received by Mr. and Mrs. James Clinesmith. Mrs. Dreyer was the former Ann Benge. The town of Benge was named for her father, Frank Benge. They lived where the Clinesmiths now live. Funeral services will be held for Mrs. Dreyer Thursday, today, at 2 p.m. in Walla Walla. 'Tucna Folks Attend Rites for Bassett WASHTUCNA - Community folks attending the funeral of Robert H. Bassett in Walla Walla Saturday included Mrs. Sarah Burns, Mrs. Ollie St. John, Mrs. Gertie McKenzie, Robert McKenzie, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder, Nick Kutas, Mr. and Mrs. Mel Hollenback, George Sullivan and Mrs. Esther Day of Pasco. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Woodyard and children, Mrs. Ruby Murphy, Mrs. James Murphy, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Sitton, Miss Margaret Leonard of Ritzville and Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cameron. Bassett was born in Washtucna December 11, 1903. He died in Walla Walla April 30. His grandparent, George W. Bassett, was among the original settlers at Washtucna Springs. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Bassett. He is survived by his wife, Gail, and three sisters, Miss Esther Bassett of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Louise Burkland of Longview, and Mrs. Gertrude Bury of Pullman. Services were held at the First Presbyterian church with the Rev. Charles D. Messinger officiating. Interment followed at Mountain View cemetery in Walla Walla. Serving as honorary pallbearers were James Woodyard, James Murphy and Sherman McGregor of Hooper. Active pallbearers were Nick Kutas, Earl Snyder, George Sullivan, Mel Hollenback, Virgil Sitton and Floyd Cameron. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 16, 1968 Adler Funeral Held Saturday Funeral services for Victor H. Adler of Ritzville were held from the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home at 2 p.m. Saturday. Adler was 58 at the time of his death at Sacred Heart hospital in Spokane Thursday. He was retired but had worked at a plywood plant. He was born in Ritzville December 13, 1909. He is survived by two daughters, a sister, and two grandchildren. The daughters are Eunice Adler of Auburn, and Carol Sanshen of Kent. The sister is Laura Cuff of Spokane. Pallbearers at the funeral were David Kramer, Lawrence Benzel, Roy Koch, C. C. Moesle, Richard Miller and Lavine Thaut. Burial was at the Lutheran cemetery in Ritzville. Fannie Schrag Funeral Held Here Monday Memorial services for Fannie Schrag were held at Menno Mennonite church on Monday. Mrs. Schrag died Friday at Ritzville Memorial hospital. Officiating at the funeral services for the woman who had lived in Ritzville for the past 23 years was the Rev. Harris Waltner. Mrs. Schrag was born on November 23, 1885, at Freeman, S. Dak. She was the daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gering. When she was five the family moved to Eugene, Ore., where they lived for several years. In 1900 they moved to Menno - about 20 miles west of Ritzville. She was married to Jonathan M. Schrag on April 4, 1907. They had three sons and two daughters. They farmed in the Menno community until 1945 when they moved to Ritzville after a temporary stay in Lind. Jonathan Schrag died on February 18, 1956. Mrs. Schrag was baptized in the Mennonite church near Eugene and was a member of the Mennonite church of Ritzville. She was hospitalized on May 3 after a fall at her home. At the time of her death she was 82 years old. Survivors include three sons, Alvie Schrag and Leslie Schrag of Ritzville and Clarence Schrag of Seattle. Also surviving are twin daughters, Mrs. Leonard (Iva) Jantz and Mrs. Walter (Eva) Jantz, both of Ritzville. Other survivors are three brothers, Walter and Leon Gering of Ritzville and Clarence Gering of Rapid City, S. Dak. Ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren survive. Pallbearers at the funeral were Ralph Gering, Alven Dyck, Walter Waltner, Leo Dyck, Dewayne Gering and Percy Schrag. Burial was at the Mennonite cemetery. Mrs. DeHart Dies May 8 at 94 Years Mrs. Rosemond D. DeHart, 94, died in Vancouver May 8. She and her late husband, George DeHart, farmed in the Ritzville area from 1909 to 1935. Burial was made in the Pine cemetery at Opportunity Monday, following services Saturday at the Evergreen chapel in Vancouver. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 23, 1968 No obituaries were printed this week. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, May 30, 1968 Harley Wright Services Held from Chapel Memorial services for Harley E. Wright were held at the Danekas Funeral home chapel last Wednesday. Officiating at the service for the man who was 67 at the time of his death in a fire at his home in Connell on May 18 was the Rev. Edward Schmidt. Burial was at the cemetery at Lind. Wright was born on April 16, 1901, at Brumley, Mo. He came west with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Wright, to homestead land in the Page area. They later sold out and returned to Missouri. Wright was married to Ethel Mae Wilson on November 24, 1918, and the couple came to Pasco where they lived until moving to Lind in 1940. There Wright was employed by International Harvester. He later went into business for himself as a mechanic. After his wife died in 1958 Wright spent some of his time in Ritzville and in Pasco and Connell as well as with his daughter in Lind. Survivors include two daughters - Mrs. Lenard (Maxine) Roth of Lind and Mrs. Kathleen H. Krehbiel of Spokane. There are two grandchildren, Jeff Krehbiel who is currently in Vietnam and Sally Krehbiel a student at CWSC in Ellensburg. Other survivors include four brothers: Charles of Pasco, Fred of Stevenson, John and Edward of Newport. He had four sisters who survive him: Ethel VanBlaircom of Aberdeen, Ruby Eronson and Clara Browning both of Spokane and Mary O'Gara of Lebanon, Ore. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 6, 1968 Funeral Rites Held Here Tuesday from Chapel for Aaron Kiehn Aaron Alton Kiehn, a former Ritzville resident, died suddenly in Portland, Friday. Funeral services for the 65-year-old man were Tuesday at 2 p.m. from the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home with the Rev. F. J. Ahrendt of Spokane officiating. Burial was at the Lutheran cemetery in Ritzville. Kiehn is survived by his wife Florence at the home in Walla Walla. The couple was in Portland and planning to move into an apartment there at the time of Kiehn's death. He is also survived by two sons, Michael of Portland and Orville of Fairbanks, Alaska. Other survivors include a sister, Mrs. F. W. Swank, of Hayden Lake, Ida., and two brothers, Everett of Ritzville and Edwin of Pullman. He had three grandsons. Kiehn was born August 4, 1902, in Ritzville where he attended grade and high schools. He was in the graduating class of 1921. After graduation he attended WSU in 1922 and 1923 where he was a member of Thetha Chi fraternity. In 1924 and 1925 he was employed by the Old National Bank in Ritzville and in the latter year he married Florence Dehnel. The couple moved to Los Angeles where Kiehn was a teller for Farmers Merchant National bank, a position which he held for eight years. In 1933 the couple moved back to Ritzville and Aaron joined his father, Henry Kiehn, and his brother, Everett, in the Table Supply grocery store. During the years after he moved back to Ritzville he was active in the chamber of commerce and the Jaycees. In 1948 he moved to Walla Walla where he owned and operated the Green Park grocery. He was also active in the chamber of commerce there. He retired in 1967, and he and his wife had traveled up to about three weeks ago. Pallbearers at the funeral were Jeff Kiehn, Fred Benzel, W. Walters Miller, Donald Kiehn, Kermit Wellsandt and Lester Pfannekuchen. Honorary pallbearers were Floyd Thiel, Carl Kiehn, John Wellsandt, William Wellsandt, Walter Rosenoff, Lynn Rassmussen and Alvin Maier. Funeral Is Held for Mrs. Schlecht on Wednesday Mabel May Schlecht whose home was in Washtucna died at Colfax Monday. Funeral services for the woman, who was 66 years old, were held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Washtucna Community church with the Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Burial was held at 3 p.m. at Waitsburg city cemetery. Mrs. Schlecht, who was born on April 9, 1902, and whose husband died in 1949, is survived by one daughter and two sons. The daughter is Jene Sitton of Lind; the sons are E. D. Schlecht of Lompoc, Calif., and Robert Schlecht of Kent. Mrs. Schlecht had four sisters who are living - Mrs. Violet Walker of Toppenish, Mrs. Lucille Largent of Pasco, Mrs. Ava Fast of Washtucna, and Mrs. Wilma Crouse of Washtucna. A brother, William Hinchliffe, lives at Richland. She had five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She was a member of the Washtucna Community church and of Rimrock Grange and Rebecca lodge at Washtucna. Pallbearers at the funeral were Allen Deaton, Neal Johnston, Nick Kutas, Fred Beckner, Vernon Schafer and Marvin Skeen. Memorial Services Held on Monday for Finlay Angell WASHTUCNA - Memorial services were conducted in Mueller's chapel of the falls at Kennewick June 3 for Finley Angell who died May 31. The Rev. Floyd White of Kahlotus officiated and concluding services were assisted by Central Lodge No. 202 F&AM, at Riverview Heights cemetery in Kennewick with Calvin Moesle in charge. Active pallbearers included Kenneth Cochrane, Benny Sitton, Wilbur Copp, Howard Cannon, Jim Stevens and Roy McCall. Honorary pallbearers included Larry Van Buren, Floyd Hudlow, Homer Woody, Ludwig Gassel, Orren Herron and Marvin Jones. Others from the area attending were Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Schafer of Ritzville, Joe Robbins of Kahlotus, George Stone, Earl Snyder, Robert Gillis and Mrs. Bennie Sitton of Washtucna and Mrs. Wilbur Copp of Hooper. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 13, 1968 Davis Burial Held Wednesday Graveside services for Carl Edward Davis, who died apparently in a fall from a train west of here last Wednesday, were held at the Ritzville cemetery on Saturday. Pastor Ernest Sprenger officiated at the service for the 46-year-old man who was born in Hancock, Md., and who was a veteran of World War II. Davis served in the South Pacific and was sergeant in the army infantry at the time of his discharge in 1949. He had won a purple heart and a bronze star. He is survived by his mother, Mabel Underdonk, of Noxon Hill, Md., and by a number of brothers and sisters in the east. Davis had been a chef in Spokane prior to his death. Mrs. Ottmar Rites Held in Odessa CUNNINGHAM - Funeral services were held for Mrs. Barbara Ottmar from the United Congregational church in Odessa last Thursday. She is survived by five sons, two daughters, 23 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren, two brothers and one sister. Mrs. Ottmar, who would have been 92 years old on Friday, June 7, was the grandmother of Mrs. George (Eleanor) Pence of Cunningham, Mrs. Reinhold (Gloria) Sackmann, Victor Borth of Lind, Cleave Borth of East Wenatchee, Mrs. Don (Barbara) Van Buren of Lewiston, Ida., and a great-aunt of Mrs. Clarence Strohmaier of Lind. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 20, 1968 Funeral Services for Mrs. Sielaff Held Wednesday Funeral services for Christina (Tina) Sielaff were held Wednesday at 2 p.m. Officiating at the services which were held at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home was the Rev. A. Hausauer. Mrs. Sielaff was 85 years old at the time of her death Monday at Ritzville Memorial hospital. She had been a resident of Adams county for some 79 years. She was born in Minonk, Ill., on October 31, 1882. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jergen Danekas came to Adams county when she was six years old. Her husband was Otto Sielaff who was a carpenter and who died in 1953. Mrs. Sielaff was a member of Zion Congregational church. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Garland Westover and five grandchildren in Spokane. Pallbearers at the funeral were Donald Danekas, Raymond Danekas, Robert Danekas, Lester Sielaff, Walter Sielaff and Dale Sielaff. Burial was at Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Mrs. E. Milbrath, Pioneer Resident, Dead in Dryden DRYDEN - Mrs. Earl (Rachel) Milbrath, 67, of Dryden, a former teacher and business woman, died here last Thursday morning. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weber, pioneer wheat growers of the Lind area, she was born there June 6, 1901. After graduation from Lind high school (in 1919) and from Cheney Normal college she taught in the Ritzville, Mansfield and Ephrata areas. On June 3, 1923, she married Earl Milbrath at Ephrata. They came to Cashmere and operated a hardware store here until retiring eight years ago. Mrs. Milbrath was a member of Grace Lutheran church, Dryden, and Mary- Martha society. Survivors are: her husband; her sons, Maj. Earl Milbrath, chaplain, stationed at McCoy Air Force base, Orlando, Fla., and Rev. John Milbrath, Lebanon, Ore.; her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Standridge, Moscow, Idaho; six grandchildren, and a brother, Jacob Weber, Ritzville. C. Wentworth Funeral Rites This Morning Funeral services are to be held at 11 a.m. today (Thursday) for Clinton D. Wentworth, a retired Ritzville jeweler who died Monday at Ritzville Memorial hospital. Services are to be held at the chapel of the Danekas Funeral home with the Rev. Ernest Sprenger officiating. Wentworth was a member of the Philadelphia Congregational church. He was born on April 4, 1883, in Nebraska and was 85 years old at the time of his death. According to one of his daughters, Mrs. A. R. (Red) Hanson of Ritzville, he first started in the jewelry business in Jamestown, N. Dak. He came to Ritzville in 1919 and was here until 1923 when he went to Puyallup for 12 years. From Puyallup he went to Potlatch, Ida., for four years. He returned to Ritzville and remained here for the rest of his life. He retired from the jewelry business in 1961 after spending more than 65 years at it. Other survivors besides Mrs. Hanson are another daughter, Mrs. Jean Bush of Mercer Island, and a son, Donald Wentworth of Puyallup. He had six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Pallbearers at the funeral are to be Floyd Koch, Bernard Floether, Al Lenhart, John Pavlik, John Rowe and Robert Stanfield. Honorary pallbearers are to be Paul Fickle, Larry Maher, W. H. Allert, Wally Proctor, A. C. Rummer, Dr. A. H. Varnes, William Rosenoff, Victor Rogel and Robert Maier. Burial is to be at Ritzville Memorial cemetery. Ritzville Journal-Times, Thursday, June 27, 1968 Funeral Rites Set in Oregon for B. Striker Funeral services for Bessie L. Striker who died at Hillcrest Manor Tuesday at the age of 87 are scheduled for Friday in Wasco, Ore. Mrs. Striker had been a resident of the nursing home for four and a half years at the time of her death. She was born on August 28, 1880, at Centerville. She had helped her husband - Arthur Thomas Striker - run a farm in Wasco prior to his death in 1959. Mrs. Striker's body has been taken to the Smith Callaway funeral home in The Dalles. From there it will go to the Church of Christ in Wasco for the funeral Friday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Wasco cemetery. Survivors include a daughter, two sisters and four grandchildren. The daughter is Mrs. Ben Klindworth of Connell. The sisters are Mrs. Mattie Van Fleet of Yuba City, Calif., and Mrs. Kathryn Eastman of Honolulu, Hawaii. Her surviving grandchildren are Mrs. Betty McLenon of Naples, Fla., Mrs. Shirley Richelderfer of Wasco, Jim Klindworth of Connell and Bob Klindworth of Ellensburg. Services Held for Johnston Twins HATTON - Graveside services were held at the Babyland section of Bess Hampton cemetery at Othello Saturday afternoon for the premature twin sons of Airman and Mrs. Larry Gale Johnston. Muscott Funeral home was in charge of arrangements. Larry Gale, jr., one pound, ten ounces, and Newell J., one pound, twelve and three quarter ounces, lived only a few hours after their birth at the Othello Community hospital on Tuesday night, June 18. Maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Willingham of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Newell Johnston of Hatton and great-grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Lee Krehe of Ritzville. With the aid of the Red Cross, Airman Johnston arrived home Friday morning from Bien Hoa, Vietnam, to be with his wife, who has been living with the Newell Johnston family.