This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REEVES, STEPHENS, ANDERSON, CRAMER, FETTERHOFF, NEWTON, ROWE, LINDER, HIATT, RODENBOUGH Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/158 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Reeves Ernest Thomas The East Oregonian June 28, 1958 Reeves Ernest Thomas, age 67, late of Umatilla. Survived by wife, Florence Reeves, Umatilla, sons Harold Reeves, Santa Barbara, Calif.; Bennie Reeves, Umatilla, daughters, Mrs. Alva Stephens, Umatilla; Mrs. Norma Anderson, Umatilla; Mrs. Danny Cramer, Irrigon; Miss. Patsy Reeves, La Grande; brothers, Sam Reeves, Muscotaha, Kan.; George R. Reeves, Long Beach Calif.; nine grandchildren. Funeral services will be Tuesday, July 1, 2 p.m. Burns Mortuary, Hermiston with the Rev. William H. Snyder, Umatilla Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial in Umatilla Cemetery. Pallbearers Virgil Fetterhoff, Bernard Newton, George Rowe, Troy Linder, Urs Hiatt, Harry Rodenbough.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KIRKPATRICK, WHITE, MASON, PURCHASE, HODGEN, FOWLER, GUYLL, HOCKENSMITH, BUTLER, PERSONETTE Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/157 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Kirkpatrick Robert Earl The East Oregonian July 6, 1958 Robert Earl Kirkpatrick KIRKPATRICK, Robert Earl, age 74, late of Pendleton. Survivors include wife Gladys, son Donald Kirkpatrick, Corvallis, Ore.; daughter, Mrs. John White, Burbank, Wash. Brothers Finis and Chester Kirkpatrick, Pendleton; sisters Mrs. Nellie Mason, Grass Valley, Calif., and Mrs. William Purchase Sr., grandfather of seven. Services will be Tuesday, July 8, 10 a.m. from Folsom Funeral Chapel. (Entrance to off street parking for family and friends on SE 2nd St.) Pallbearer will be K.E. Hodgen, R.A. Fowler, Harold Guyll, William Hockensmith, John Butler, and James Personette. Burial will be in Olney Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MCDANIEL, BILLINGS, HADLEY, BLEAKMAN, FUCUA, RAMSDELL, STEPHENS, BATTY, HARSHMAN, HASTINGS, BECHDOLT Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/156 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon McDaniel Mary R. The East Oregonian July 2, 1958 Mary R. McDaniel McDaniel, Mary R. age 74, late of Hermiston of Hardman. Survived by husband Charles McDaniel, Hermiston, daughter, Mrs. Zoe Billings, Boardman; son, Everett Hadley, Boardman; sisters, Mrs. Bert Bleakman, Hermiston, Mrs. Maggie Fucua, Portland, Mrs. Bessie Ramsdell, Gladstone; two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Saturday, 2 p.m. at the Christian Church and the Rev. Joe Stephens of the Highland Bishop Church officiating. Pallbearers: Kenneth Batty, Everett Harshman, Gus Hastings, Cary Hastings, Archie Bechdolt, Adrain Bechdolt. Concluding service will be in the IOOF cemetery at Hardman. Burns Mortuary Chapel, Hermiston, in charge of arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NOLF Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/155 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Nolf Edward G. The East Oregonian Friday, April 13, 1962 Edward G. (Smoky) Nolf Funeral due Monday – Funeral for Edward G. Nolf, longtime resident of Pendleton who at one time owned the Smoke Shop here, will be Monday. He died at the Pendleton Convalescent Hone Tuesday night, leaving two nephews, one in Portland and one in Seattle.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: TULLIS, MOLITOR Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/154 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Tullis Paul Jonathon The East Oregonian July 1, 1958 Service Held For Infant Graveside service was held yesterday at Olney Cemetery for Paul Jonathon Tullis, infant son of Mr. And Mrs. Tom Tullis, Pendleton. The infant died Friday at St. Anthony’s Hospital. Survivors besides the parents are three brothers, Scott, Kirk, and Craig, all Pendleton; grandparents, Mrs. Myrtle Tullis, Pendleton, Mr. And Mrs. Jack Molitor, Portland; and great-grandfather, John Molitor, Pendleton. Arrangements were by Burns Mortuary.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHROEDER, HARRIS, CARD, SCHMIDT, HUDEMAN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/153 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Schroeder George C. The East Oregonian June 22, 1958 G.C. Schroeder Dies at 81 George C. Schroeder, 81, a resident of Umatilla County 73 years, died Sunday in Pendleton. The body is at Folsom’s pending arrangements. Mr. Schroeder a native of Illinois where he was born Nov. 3, 1876, came to this country when a boy of eight with his parents. He married Dora Hudeman May 17, 1898 at the Hudeman ranch north of Pendleton. Survivors are sons John Schroeder, Pendleton, and Carlton Schroeder, of Los Angeles; daughter Mrs. Robert G. Harris, Maple Valley, Wash., and sisters Mrs. Alba Card, Seaside, and Mrs. Joe Schmidt, North Hollywood, Calif. He farmed in Umatilla County most of his life and also moved to Hermiston for a time, living there for five years. FUNERAL NOTICE: SCHROEDER, George Cornelius, age 81, late of Pendleton. Father of sons John Schroeder, Pendleton, and Carlton Schroeder, of Los Angeles, Mrs. Robert G. Harris, Maple Valley, Wash., brother of Mrs. Alba Card, Seaside, Ore.; Mrs. Joe Schmidt, North Hollywood, Calif. Funeral services will be Wednesday 10 a.m. Folsom’s Funeral Chapel (off street parking for family and friends on S.E. 2nd. Interment at Olney Mausoleum.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KENNEDY, FRANSEN, CANNON, COONEY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/152 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Kennedy John Maurice The East Oregonian June 23, 1958 John Maurice Kennedy Kennedy, John Maurice, age 67, late of Pendleton. Survivors are Nellie M. Kennedy, Pendleton; son, J. Maurice Kennedy, Spokane, Wash.; daughters, Mrs. Walter Fransen, Astoria, Ore., Mrs. Frank Cannon, Los Angeles, Calif., Mother Mrs. Margaret O. Kennedy, Spokane, Wash.; brothers, W.E. Kennedy, Portland, and Rev. Robert F. Kennedy, Spokane, Wash.; sister, Mrs. Emmett Cooney, Spokane, Wash., and 10 grandchildren. Recitation of Rosary Tuesday 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church. Requiem Mass Wednesday 10 a.m. St. Mary’s Church. Folsoms Funeral Chapel in charge of arrangements. Members of the Knights of Columbus are requested to meet at St. Mary’s Church, 7:45 p.m., Tuesday evening to attend recitation of the Rosary in a group. Burial will be at Olney Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KASH KASH, WILLIAMS, CORNELISON, DEFFENBAUGH, WHEELER, SMART, MANN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/151 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Kash Kash Julia H. The East Oregonian June 10, 1958 Julia H. Kash Kash Dies Funeral service for Julia H. Kash Kash, 94, who died Tuesday at St. Anthony’s Hospital, will be Friday. Mrs. Kash Kash was born at Kamiah, Idaho and had resided in Umatilla County for 50 years. She was the daughter of the first minister ordained from the Nez Perce tribe at Lapwai, Idaho, the Rev. Robert Williams. Her family was the first generation of Christians from the Nez Perce tribe, according to Dr. J.M. Cornelison, Pendleton. Dr. Cornelison said Mr. Williams, the Rev. Deffenbaugh and the Rev. William Wheeler, by order of the old Idaho Presbytery, organized the Umatilla Church, now known as the Tutuilla Church, June 16, 1882. Dr. Cornelison said this was three years before the Presbyterian Church was organized on Pendleton. Mrs. Kash Kash was the first president of the Tutuilla Women’s missionary Society and was active in church work all her lifetime. Among survivors are a son, Sam Kash Kash, Pendleton, now a elder of the Tutuilla Church as was her husba! nd, the late James Kash Kash; daughters, Mrs. Ed Smart, Wamic, Oregon, Mrs. Jacob Mann, White Swan Wash., and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral notice appears on page 4. FROM PAGE 4: KASH KASH, Julia H. 94, late of Rt. 1, Pendleton. Mother of Sam Kash Kash, Pendleton, Mrs. Ed Smart, Wamic, Ore., Mrs. Jacob Mann, White Swan, Wash., and there are many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services will be Friday, June 13, 10:00 a.m.at the Tutuilla Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Akire Makino officiating. Burial will be in the Tutuilla Cemetery. There will be a prayer service Thursday June 12, at 7:30 p.m. in the Burns Mortuary Chapel.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: STUART Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/150 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Stuart Douglas P. The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Douglas P. Stuart Douglas P. Stuart, 40, Milton-Freewater, died today at St. Mary’s Community Hospital in Walla Walla. Arrangements are pending at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NEWCOMB Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/149 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Newcomb Harley A. The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Harley A. Newcomb Harley A. Newcomb Sr., of Pilot Rock, died Wednesday in Pendleton, at Amber Valley Care Center. Arrangements are pending at Burns Mortuary, Pendleton

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: POWERS, STILES, HELTON, HALL, BRACKEN, STEINHOUSE, BUTTLER, O'NEAL Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/148 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Powers Harriet O. The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Harriet O. Powers MILTON-FREEWATER – Harriet O. Powers, 84, died Tuesday at Elzora Manor. Funeral will begin 10 a.m. Sunday, at the Burns Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton, followed by vault interment in Skyview Memorial Park. Mrs. Powers had lived in Pendleton from 1948 to1961, then moving to Milton-Freewater. She was born Dec. 26, 1898 in Burlingame, Kan. On Dec. 26, 1917, she married George A. Powers in Ottawa, Kan. For many years she worked at Harris Pine Mills in Pendleton, and also worked several years at the Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center. Her husband died in 1968. Mrs. Powers was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Surviving are three daughters: Wilma Stiles of Pendleton, Mildred Helton, of Roseburg, and Bernice Hall of Moundville, Mo.; son Marlin Powers, Pendleton; sisters Emily Bracken, Mt. Vernon, Mo., and Mary Ellen Steinhouse, Fort Smith, Ark.; brother Jim Buttler of Mount Vernon, Mo.; 35 grandchildren and 67 great grandchildren. Daughters Bettylou Stiles and Ethelyn O’Neal died earlier.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BUNCH, HARRIS, STONEMAN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/147 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Bunch Shirley A. The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Shirley A. Bunch HELIX – Funeral for Shirley A. Bunch will be 10 a.m. Saturday, at the Burns Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton. Burial will be at Olney Cemetery. Mrs. Bunch, 48, Helix, died Tuesday at St. Mary’s Community Hospital in Walla Walla. She had lived in Pendleton for some 30 years, and had moved to Helix six months ago. Mrs. Bunch was born in Norris, Ill. Sept., 15, 1935 She worked at the Pendleton Woolen Mills, and and also at St. Anthony’s Hospital and the Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center. She was a member of the Four Square Church. Survivors include her mother, Leatha Harris of Redbud, Ill.; daughters Gayla Stoneman, Albany, and Judy Bunch, Helix; three sons: Tom of Platsburg, N.Y., and John and Jim of Helix; three brothers and two sisters in Illinois; and three grandchildren. Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, directly or through Burns Mortuary.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAMPTON-COX, HAMPTON, COX, HOLDEN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/146 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Hampton-Cox Clara Leannah The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Clara Leannah Hampton-Cox HEPPNER – Clara Leannah Hampton-Cox, 95, died this morning at Pioneer Nursing Home. Cremation services were today. A memorial service will be arranged for a later date. Born March 13, 1888, at Baywood, Va., she was the daughter of Charles A. and Nancy J. (Todd) Hampton. On Oct. 13, 1909, she married William Claude Cox at Baywood. They came to Oregon in December, 1909. Surviving are Nancy Jane Holden of Battleground, Wash.; three sons: Clair H. Cox of Corvallis, William L. Cox of Milton-Freewater; eight grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, is in charge of arrangements.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NOLF, MOORE, VANNUYS, Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/145 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Nolf Mrs. J.H. The East Oregonian Monday, October 2, 1905 MRS. J.H. NOLF DEAD _____ CAME TO PENDLETON WITH HER HUSBAND IN 1889 _____ Native of Pennsylvania. Where She Was Married to J.H. Nolf in 1863 –Lived There and in Nebraska Until 1889. Since Which Time the Family Has Lived in This City- Mother of Nine Children. Six of whom , With her Husband, Survive Her- Member of German Reformed Church. ____ Mrs. J.H. Nolf A pioneer of the city, died Sunday at 11 o’clock after a brief illness with complications following enlargement of the liver with which she was attacked six weeks ago. Mrs. Nolf was 65 years 11 months and 7 days old at the time of her death and leaves a husband, J.H. Nolf and six living children, all of whom will attend the funeral tomorrow. The children now living are as follows: John, Fred, Joseph, and Edward Nolf and Mrs. J.H. Moore and Miss. Emma Nolf. Fred had just left here for Seattle and came back Saturday evening to be at the beside of his mother, and Mrs. Moore, who resides in Spokane is expected to arrive in time to attend the funeral. Three children of the family have died. She was married to J.H. Nolf in Allentown, Pa., in 1863 and after residing there for a number of years, came to Nebraska, where they lived for a short time, coming to Pendleton in 1889, where they have since resided. She was a member of the German Reformed church. The funeral will be conducted by Rev. W.L. Van Nays, of the First Presbyterian church, at the Nolf home, at 10 o’clock, and interment will take place in Olney cemetery. No funeral notices will be issued. OTHER RELATED NEWSPAPER CLIPS: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Mr. And Mrs. Frederick Nolf have returned from Seattle, being called home by the illness of the formers mother, who died yesterday.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: NOLF, VANNUYS, RADER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/144 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Nolf Joseph The East Oregonian Monday, October 14, 1907 JOSEPH NOLF DEAD ______ WELL KNOWN PENDLETON BOY DIED AT SEATTLE. ____ Remains Arrived From Seattle Sunday Night and Interment Took Place Today in Olney Cemetery—Joseph Nolf Was Practically Reared In Pendleton and Was Well Known—For Many Years Clerk in Fred Nolf’s Stationery Store and Was Later Deputy Game Warden. ____ Joe Nolf well known in this city, where he passed the greater portion of his life, died Saturday in Seattle from the effects of cerebo-spinal Meningitis, and he was buried this afternoon in Olney cemetery. The news of his brother’s sudden death was received here Saturday evening by Ed Nolf, of the Alexander grocery store. Last evening the body of the dead man was brought to the city on train no. 2, accompanied by the father, John H. Nolf. At 4 o’clock this afternoon the funeral service was held from the Rader undertaking parlor, the service being conducted bt Rev. W.L. VanNuys. The funeral was under the direction of Integrity lodge No. 92, I.O.O.F., of which the deceased was a member. Joseph Nolf was 28 years of age at the time of his death. He had lived here for many years and was salesman in his brother’s stationery store on Court stret. He also served for s time as deputy game warden for this section and was well known.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GIBSON, WASHBURN, PORTER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/143 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Gibson Helen M. The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Helen M. Gibson PENDLETON – Helen M. Gibson, 79, was found dead Wednesday, at her home in Pendleton. Funeral will begin 2 p.m. Monday, at the Burns Mortuary Chapel, followed by burial at Olney Cemetery. Born in Pendleton Aug. 13, 1913, she was the daughter of Tom and Melinda (Handy) Gibson. She taught school in Adams and in Union. She and George Stangier were married from Dec. 28, 1938, until July 27, 1965. In addition to operating the Umatilla County Girls Home for several years, she taught ceramics at Eastern Oregon Hospital and Training Center from 1940 to 1960. Survivors include sister Edna Louise Washburn of Portland; and brother Thomas Silas Gibson Sr., of Pilot Rock. A sister, Bertha Margaret Porter, and a half sister, Eva Gibson, Died Earlier.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: REEVES, STEPHENS, BUSLER, CREAMER, HUTCHINSON, OTTEN, WINDER, SHANE, WENSTROM, HANSON Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/142 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Reeves, Florence The East Oregonian November 17, 1979 Florence Reeves Umatilla – Florence Rachel Reeves, a Umatilla resident for more than 50 years died Friday at St. Mary’s Hospital in Walla Walla, Wash. She was 77. Mrs. Reeves was born Dec. 23, 1901 in Everest, Kan. She was a member of Pocahontas Lodge of Umatilla, and also helped with Senior Citizen dinners. Surviving are her sons, Harold E of Santa Barbara, Calif;, and Bennie B.; Irrigon; Daughters, Dottie F. Stephens and Norma V. Busler, both of Umatilla, Rita Jean Creamer, Irrigon, and Patsy I Hutchinson, La Grande; Sisters, Eva Otten and Gladys Winder, both of Peoria, Ill., Molly Hunt, Abington Ill., Freda Shane and Velma Wenstrom, both of Monmouth, Ill., and Edna Hanson, Portland. There are 13 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 20, at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston. Interment will be at Umatilla Cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: PATTON, FELZIEN, GRIGOLITE, DAVIS, SHROPSHIRE, KENNEDY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/141 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Patton Earl M. The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Earl M. Patton HERMISTON – Memorial services for Earl M. Patton will begin 1 p.m. Saturday at Burns Mortuary Chapel, Hermiston. Private cremation service has been arranged. Patton, 63, died Tuesday at Good Shepard Community Hospital. He was a Hermiston resident. He was born at Clairmore, Oklahoma., Aug 24, 1920. Patton was a member of the Hermiston Church of Christ, on Diagonal Road. Survivors include his wife, Lois Patton, Hermiston; his mother, Ora Felzien, Lake Grove; sons Ronald of Anaconda, Mont., and Donny of Gillette, Wyo.; daughters Vicki Lee Grigolite, Bellflower, Calif., and Billie Jane Patton of Baker; three brothers Arlie at Irrigon, Paul at St. Helens, and Herschel at Grants Pass; three sisters: Dorothy Davis, Portland, and Carrie Shropshire and Mary Kennedy of Baker; and several grandchildren.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: George, Roehl, Simpson, McBride Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/140 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon George Donald R. The East Oregonian Thursday, November 10, 1983 Donald R. George HERMISTON – Memorial service for Donald Ray George will begin 10 a.m. Saturday at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermiston, with private cremation. George, 70, died Tuesday at Amber Valley Care Center, Pendleton. He was born at Agency, Mo., June 3, 1913, and moved to Hermiston from Drain seven years ago. He had served in the Navy. Surviving are his wife, Lola George, Hermiston; daughters Betty Roehl of Woodenville Wash., and Jeanette Simpson of Drain; brother Roy of St. Joseph, Mo.; sister Ethel McBride of Snohomish, Wash.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the Cancer Fund.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MARTIN, GEISSEL, JONES, OWSLEY Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/139 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Martin Des. W. The East Oregonian November 17, 1979 Des. W. Martin MEACHAM – Funeral for Des. W. Martin will be 2 p.m. Monday in Milton-Freewater First Christian Church. Interment will be at Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Friends who wish to pay their respects may call Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, Milton-Freewater, until 1 p.m. Monday. Martin died of a heart attack near his Meacham home Thursday. He was 66. He was born July 4, 1913 in Umapine to Bernard and Marie Martin. He attended schools there. He and Jewell J. Records were married March 29, 1940 in Lewiston, Idaho. Martin was a butter-maker from 1941 at Golden West Creamery in Pendleton. He and his wife then bought the Milton-Freewater Dairy Queen and operated it until retirement in 1975, when they moved to Meacham. Martin was a charter member of BPOE 2146. He is survived by his wife, at home; sons, Pat, of White Salmon, and Gary, of La Grande; his mother, Marie Martin, Milton-Freewater; sisters, Bernadine Geissel, Milton-Freewater, Laverne Jones and Betty Owsley, both of Seattle, Wash.; brothers, L.P. “Pat”, Seattle, and W.B. “Bus” of Walla Walla. There are four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association through Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater.