This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RENN, CHRISTIANSEN Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/zZB.2ACE/177 Message Board Post: Newspaper; The East Oregonian Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon Renn, Cella G. The East Oregonian Friday, April 13, 1962 Death Takes Ex-Resident WALLA WALLA- Cella G. Renn of Walla Walla, a resident here for almost 50 years, died at the Odd Fellows Home this week after a long illness. She was 82. Miss. Renn was once a resident of Pendleton. Born, March 2, 1880, at Silverton Ore., she was the daughter of B.F. and Theresa Renn. The family moved in 1887 to Pendleton, where Miss. Renn later worked for many years for the Hartman Abstract Co. She came to Walla Walla in 1914 to take care of her mother after her father’s death. In 1932, Miss. Renn accepted a position as children’s governess at the Odd Fellows Home here. She served in many capacities at the home until her retirement due to ill health in 1952, after which she stayed at the home as a member. Miss. Renn was a member of the Rebekah Lodge and the Pythian Sisters. She is survived by a sister, Dora Christiansen of Pomeroy, and several nieces and nephews, including Mrs. J.B. Huntington of Walla Walla. Funeral was in the MacMartin and Chamberlain Chapel. Interment followed in the family plot at Mountain View Cemetery.