This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ASH, McCARTY, THOMSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/341 Message Board Post: The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., December 26, 1930, page 1 PIONEER MERCHANT OF THIS CITY DIES News was received here of the sudden death, on Friday of last week, of William Oscar Ash, at his home at Milwaukee, Oregon, at the age of 70 years. Death was the result of a heart attack. Mr. Ash, who will be recalled by all old-timers of the mid-Colombia, was born in Illinois. In 1900 he established the business now known as The Paris Fair, in which he was later joined by the present owners, C.A. McCarty and Geo. W. Thomson, his sons-in-law. In 1912, Mr. Ash retired from business and took up residence on a West Side orchard. For many years he was with the Pacific Power & Light Co., at the Powerdale and Tucker Bridge plants. About two years ago, Mr. Ash went to Portland and later took up residence at Milwaukee. He was widely known throughout Hood River valley. Funeral services were held last Sunday in Portland and interment was in Milwaukee cemetery. This was posted for reference only. I am not related to, nor am I researching this family. If you have additional information about the person or event listed above, please post it as reply to this message.