This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: oastwd Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.king/197.350/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Seattle Times Friday, November 10, 1950 Page 36, Column 1 H.S. Upper, Pioneer Realty Man, Dead Funeral services for Herbert S. Upper, 81, of 4016 South 146th Street, a pioneer Seattle real estate man, will be held at 1 o'clock Monday in the Bonney-Watson Chapel, with burial in Lake View. He died Tuesday. Mr. Upper, born in Villanova, Ontario, came to Seattle in 1887. He and another man ran a real estate firm in a building at First Avenue and Cherry Street, which was destroyed in the fire of June 6, 1889. After the fire, Mr. Upper organized his own firm, which he operated until his retirement in 1925. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Frances Melhime, Seattle and a brother, Cecil Upper, in Florida. ********** The Seattle Times Friday, November 10, 1950 Page 36, Column 2 Deaths, Funerals Upper, Herbert S., November 7; brother of Frances Melhime, Seattle and Cecil Upper, Florida; uncle of Barrington Upper, Seattle. Services at Bonney-Watson Co., Monday at 1PM. Interment Lake View. ********** The Seattle Times Monday, April 2, 1951 Page 22, Column 5 Mrs. Rufus R. Upper Funeral services for Mrs. Maria E. Upper, 81, of Route 2, Kent, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow in St. James' Episcopal Church, Kent. She died Saturday at the family farm in the White River Valley. Mrs. Upper, born in Michigan, came to Seattle in 1890 as the bride of Rufus R. Upper. Mr. Upper, who was associated with the old Seattle National Bank died in 1929. Surviving are a son, Ewart Upper, with whom she made her home; a daughter, Mrs. Howard G. Wilcox, Fairbanks, Alaska; seven grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.