Lewis-Thurston-King County WA Archives Obituaries.....FRIEND, Augusta "Gussie" Swanson January 28, 1965
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Centralia Daily Chronicle, Thursday, April 28, 1965, page 4
MRS. FRIEND DIES AT 89.  A resident of the Centralia area for 58 years, Mrs. 
Augusta Friend died early Thursday in a Centralia nursing home.  She was 89 
years of age.  Mrs. Friend, born Nov. 18, 1875, in Dunlarp, Sweden, was a 
member of First Christian church of Centralia.  She and her husband, Charles 
W. Friend, were one of the first families at Tono, where he was a mine foreman 
for the Washington Union Coal Co., a part of the Union Pacific Railroad at 
that time.  Mr. Friend succumbed in 1942.  Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. 
Phoebe Martina, Bucoda; three sons, Wilbert Friend, Olympia, and C.J. and C. 
Byrd Friend, Centralia; six granchildren and six great grandchildren.  Funeral 
services are Saturday at 11 a.m. at Newell-Hoerling's, Centralia, with the 
Rev. Harvey C. Harting to officiate.  Interment will follow at Mountain View.

Additional Comments:
VITALS: b.Augusta SVENSSON on November 18, 1875 in Ossjo, Kristianstad County, 
Sweden; immigrated to U.S. in 1889 (last name changed to SWANSON); m.February 
27, 1897 to Charles William FRIEND (1871-1942); d.January 28, 1965 Centralia, 
Lewis, WA; bu.January 31, 1965 Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis, WA.  
PARENTS:  Sven TUFVESSON AND Petronella BENGTSDOTTER.  
CHILDREN:  Roy William FRIEND; Wilbert Coster FRIEND; Phoebe Irene FRIEND 
MARTINA; Carroll John FRIEND; and Charles Byrd FRIEND.  
RESIDENCES:  Gilman, King, WA during 1900 census (Augusta's sister's family - 
Matilda "Thilda" and Louis BECKER - owned the nearby Hotel Stockholm in 
Issaquah); residing in Tono, Thurston, WA during 1910, 1920, and 1930 
censuses; subsequently, moved to Centralia, WA where Augusta resided until her 
death in 1965.

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