Thurston-Lewis-King County WA Archives Obituaries.....FRIEND, Roy William March 18, 1918
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Centralia Daily Chronicle, May 20, 1918 and May 21, 1918
Centralia Daily Chronicle, Monday, May 20, 1918, pg 8:  
Roy Friend Killed -- Roy Friend, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Friend, of Tono, 
sustained a broken neck and died instantly Saturday when he was struck by a 
cable while working at the Mutual Lumber company's camp near Tenino, where he 
was employed.  The remains were removed to the Sticklin parlors.  In addition 
to his parents, the deceased is survived by four children (note: four 
siblings).  The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the 
Sticklin parlors, Rev. Henry Van Engelen officiating and interment being in 
the Mt. View cemetery.    

Centralia Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, May 21, 1918, pg 8:  
Funeral of Roy Friend -- The funeral of Ray Friend of Tono, who was killed 
Saturday in an accident at the Mutual Camp near Tenino, was held this 
afternoon from the Sticklin parlors in this city.  Rev. Henry Van Engelen 
officiated and interment was in the Mt. View cemetery.  The deceased's father, 
Chas. Friend, is foreman of the Washington Union Coal Company's mines in Tono, 
which closed this afternoon.  Residents of the town attended the funeral en 
masse, a special train being chartered to bring the Tono people here for the 
services.

Additional Comments:
Wife: Katherine Ann OWENS.  
Parents:  Charles William FRIEND and Augusta "Gussie" SWANSON.  
Siblings:  Wilbert Coster FRIEND, Phoebe Irene FRIEND, Carroll John FRIEND, 
and Charles Byrd FRIEND.    
Vital Statistics:  b.December 17, 1897 Issaquah, King, WA; m.Bef. February 22, 
1915 Washington State; d.May 18, 1918 Tono, Thurston, WA; bu.May 21, 1918 Mt. 
View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis, WA.  
NOTE:  Tono was a mining town in Thurston County (Centralia, Lewis County was 
the closest large town) that Charles FRIEND helped establish for the mining 
company.  It was later found that the ore ran under the town and it was 
dismantled.  Tono is now a ghost town with only one or two buildings still 
standing.

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