This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: EDCRF Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.washington.counties.king/6819.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Seattle Times Wednesday, June 23, 1954 Page 42, Column 3 Funeral for W.E. McCroskey, Retired Attorney, Set Friday Funeral services for William Edgar McCroskey, 84, retired Seattle and Eastern Washington attorney and public official, will be held at 1 o'clock Friday in the Bonney-Watson Chapel. Entombment will be in Acacia Mausoleum. Mr. McCroskey, a former leader in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, died Friday in Spokane from injuries suffered in a fall. A native of Monroe County, Tennessee, Mr. McCroskey was a member of a pioneer Eastern Washington family. He was admitted to the state bar in Palouse, Whitman County, in 1895. He practiced law there and in Colfax and Walla Walla. Mr. McCroskey was a former Mayor of Walla Walla. He once was a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor. He was state manager of the Home Owners' Loan Association during the early 1930's. After many years as a trial attorney for the State Department of Transportation, Mr. McCroskey opened law offices here in the Smith Tower. He retired after the death of his wife, Rose, about ten years ago. Mr. McCroskey was a past Grand Master of the I.O.O.F. of Washington and for many years was active in the Palouse Chapter of the organization. He was a member of the Washington State Bar Association and a past member of the Seattle Bar Association. In recent years he lived in Walla Walla and Spokane. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Thomas Anders, Portland, Oregon; a stepson, Eugene R. Pickrell, New York; a brother, Ewing McCroskey, Olympia; a sister, Mrs. W.E. Orrison, Inglewood, California and a nephew, Floyd McCroskey, Spokane. Funeral services will be under the direction of the I.O.O.F. ========== The Seattle Times Sunday, May 7, 1944 Page 28, Column 1 Obituaries Mrs. M'Croskey Taken By Death Funeral services for Mrs. Rose McCroskey, 78 years old, 4502 East 38th Street, prominent Seattle clubwoman and long-time Washington resident, who died Wednesday, will be held at 1 o'clock tomorrow in the Bonney-Watson Funeral Home, followed by entombment in Acacia Mausoleum. The Rev. C.M. Ridenour will officiate. Mrs. McCroskey was born in Gentry County, Missouri. She settled in Whitman County when Washington was still a territory. She lived in Seattle the past 11 years. Mrs. McCroskey was organizing Regent of the Martha Guthrie Chapter of the D.A.R. in Colfax. In 1941 Mrs. McCroskey was elected Regent of the Mary Morris Chapter of the D.A.R. and later became Junior Past President. She served as President of the Rebecca Assembly of Washington, the United States and Canada. She also was Past State Manager of the Oregon and Washington Supreme Forest Woodmen Circles and a member of the Royal Neighbors of America, the Coterie Club, the Washington Pioneers Association and the Christian Church. Surviving are her husband, William E. McCroskey, an examiner for the State Department of Public Services; a daughter, Mrs. Thomas J. Anders, Portland; a son, Eugene R. Pickrell, Mount Kisco, New York; a sister, Mrs. Edward Anderson, Clarkston, Asotin County; a granddaughter, Mrs. Laurence F. Newlands, Portland and a grandson, Robert M. Pickrell, Mount Kisco, New York. 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.