Loila Marie Schnebly Charlton
Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007


Loila M. Charlton, 69, died Saturday [September 30, 1978] at her home on Route
5.  She was born Oct. 22, 1908 at Ellensburg, a daughter of the late Fred C.
and Margaruite Schnebly.  She graduated from Washington State College in 1930
with a degree in home economics.  She attended Merle Palmer College, a
subsidiary of Northwestern University and taught nursery school at WSC and the
University of Washington in the education department.  She started one of the
first private nursery schools in the Northwest in 1931.

She and Max Charlton were married in Ellensburg in April 1933.  They farmed in
the Fairview District until his death in February 1977.  She was a member of
the First Christian Church, Progressive Club, Jolly Neighbors, Fairview
Homemakers and was a past member of the Grange, Farm Bureau and Cattlemen's
Association.

She is survived by two sons, David of Ellensburg and Paul of Okanogan; five
grandchildren; and one brother, Henry Schnebly of Ellensburg.  Funeral will be
Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Evenson Chapel.  The Rev. Bill Dietz will officiate and
burial will be at the IOOF Cemetery.  Family suggests memorials to charity of
donor's choice.