I've just posted this obituary for my gr-gr-grandfather to the LinnCo Query board. It is one of several examples of obituaries I have located in family papers that was posted by Grange members. Can anyone tell me if this was a common Grange style: Whereas, be it resolved, etc? Has anyone come across other such obituaries? Secondly, can anyone tell me more about the newspaper mentioned below, the HERALD-DISSEMINATOR? Thanks in advance, Lisa L. Jones mailto:[email protected] [Obituary of Fairfax Smith Thayer, b. 11 Jan 1834, died 27 Nov. 1886, buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Linn Co., OR] WHEREAS, The hand of Death has passed through our midst and taken from our fraternity our esteemed and worthy Bro. F. S. Thayer. Therefore be it Resolved, By Jordan Valley Grange No. 42, P. of H., that by the death of Bro. Thayer Jordan Valley Grange has lost one of its most faithful and worthy members, the community an industrious and obliging neighbor and his family a kind and indulgent husband and father. But, farther, Resolved, That as a feeble token of our respect for our worthy brother and sympathy for the family of the deceased, these resolutions be spread on the records of the grange, a copy sent to the bereaved family and to the HERALD-DISSEMINATOR for publication. Dated this 18th day of December, 1886 T. P. Goodman, B. H. Irvine, Jacob Huber, Committee.