This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NICKELSEN, BARNES, JOHNSON, TOWNE, LAUX, WRIGHT, COON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/nZB.2ACE/353 Message Board Post: The Hood River News, Hood River, OR., November 12, 1959, page 4 MARTHA E. NICKELSEN Martha Ellen Nickelsen, who came to Hood River 60 years ago, passed away at Hood River Memorial hospital last Wednesday, November 4. Her home had been on route 4, Box 159, Hood River. She was 89. Reverend Paul Walker conducted the funeral services held Saturday, November 7, at Asbury Methodist church. Interment at Idlewilde cemetery followed. Among Mrs. Nickelsen’s survivors are a son, Lowell M. Nickelsen, Hood River; four daughters, Mrs. R.E. Johnson of Bend, Mrs. Frank L. Towne of Auburn, Calif., Mrs. Geneva Laux of Laguna Beach, Calif. and Mrs. L.E. Wright of Vancouver. A sister, Mrs. Tom Coon, lives in Newport, Ore. There are five grandchildren and two great grandchildren. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes, she was born on September 8, 1870, at Prineville, Ore. She was a housewife and a member of the Asbury Methodist church, the Neighbors of Woodcraft and the Wauna circle. 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.