Matilda Bailes Barnhart
Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007

DEATH COMES TO VALLEY RESIDENT.  MATILDA BARNHART SUCCUMBS SUNDAY.  Mrs.
Matilda L. Barnhart, 87, pioneer Fairview District resident, died yesterday at
the Ellensburg General Hospital, where she had been confined since March 1 with
a broken hip [died June 19, 1950].	

A resident of the Kittitas Valley for 73 years, Mrs. Barnhart was born in
Salem, Ore., on August 26, 1862.  She came to this area with her family in
1877.  She was the widow of F. C. Barnhart, who died December 23, 1932.

Mrs. Barnhart was a daughter of Keithley Bailes, one of the pioneer ministers
of the Kittitas Valley.  She was a life-long member of the Christian Church.

Mrs. Barnhart is survived by seven children, Mrs. Stella Schnebly of
Ellensburg, Mrs. Lizzie Schnebly of Ellensburg, Ernest Barnhart of Ellensburg,
Fred Barnhart of Pasco, Albert Barnhart of Ellensburg, Jesse Barnhart of
Modesto, Calif., and Mrs. Ruth McKenzie of Yakima.  She also is survived by 16
grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild; two
sisters, Mrs. Mattie Jackson of Castle Rock and Mrs. Ellen Rader of Puyallup,
and two brothers, Jim Bailes of Hoquiam and George Bailes of Cottage Grove,
Ore.

Funeral services for the valley pioneer will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Honeycutt-Evenson Chapel, with Rev. Paul Deane Hill officiating.  Interment
will be in the IOOF Cemetery.