Lars, After searching for a time for a Helen Mae Bartley born in February 1919 in the US censuses, I was drawing a blank.  Most of the possibilities were born back in the eastern United States, which didn't really make sense to me.  But then I noticed that in the 1940 census in the Sulphur Creek Election District in Lewis County, Washington, there is a Mae Bartley born 1919 married to a Bill Bartley.  It says that she was born in Idaho.  So maybe she was married previously to her marriage with Chester Melheim. Then  I went searching for Bill Bartley and came up with a marriage record on 1 May 1937 in Pacific County, Washington, between a William Reve Bartley and a Helen May Harrison.  The marriage record does not include birth dates or locations. So I wonder if this might be your Helen Mae Bartley.  All of these events occurred in western Washington.  But this is really circumstantial evidence, without some additional information. I checked and there are several Helen Bartleys in the 1930 census born in Idaho, but that census does not give birth month and year so I don't know how to pick her out from the possibilities easily. Greg Holter From: Lars E. Oyane via <norway@rootsweb.com> To: norway@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 4:50 PM Subject: [NOR] 2nd attempt: Obituary assistance Brinnon, WA - Newspaper assistance Stevenson, WA, please? Dear Listers, This inquiry was posted about three months ago together with two inquiries for obituaries from Puyallup, WA.  Cliff helped me with the ones from Puyallup, WA, but this one from Brinnon, WA is still unsolved: Helen Mae MELHEIM, nee Bartley born Feb. 10, 1919  - unknown where! died Feb. 19, 1984  - her cremains were buried in the Brinnon cemetery in Jefferson Co., WA She married Chester Earl Melheim (1925-2007) at Stevenson, WA Sep. 20, 1954, but they divorced within 10 years! I have not been able to find any funeral homes in Brinnon, WA, and my contact with nearby funeral homes in Bremerton, WA and other cities in Kitsap Co., WA has been to no avail. What I try to find out, is primarily: * The exact place of Helen's BIRTH? * The exact place of Helen's DEATH? * Year of their DIVORCE? This information would presumably be included in an OBITUARY for her, if one can be found?  Or maybe their DIVORCE is referred in local newspapers? Thanks a million in advance for your great assistance in this matter! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane