King County WA Archives Obituaries.....Friend, George Henry December 16, 1954 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wa/wafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Stephanie Mannion Wrightson swrightson51@gmail.com March 1, 2011, 6:05 pm Renton Chronicle, December 23, 1954, pg 4 Library Custodian Dies, Rites Held. Funeral services were held Saturday for George H. Friend, 79, custodian of the Renton Library for many years. Rites were conducted by members of the Renton Eagles with George Thomas officiating in Faull Renton Funeral Home. A resident of Renton for the past 65 years, Mr. Friend has been a member of the Eagles for 47 years. Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Before becoming library custodian, Mr. Friend was a miner. Survivors include a wife, Edith, Renton; a brother, Walter, Centralia, and a sister, Mrs. Sarah A. Robertson, Centralia. Additional Comments: Parents: John and Esther (JENKINS) FRIEND. GEORGE HENRY FRIEND born November 25, 1875 in Gloucester, England, and died December 16, 1954 in Renton, King, WA. He married EDITH FRANCES HUNTER December 06, 1902 in Nanaimo, B.C., Canada. She was born April 21, 1885 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, and died May 02, 1974 in Renton, King, WA. No children. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wa/king/obits/f/friend881gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wafiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb