Posted on: Skagit Co. Wa Obituaries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Wa/SkagitObits/22 Surname: Jewett, Sodders ------------------------- --from the August 2, 1938 edition of the "Daily Herald", Mt. Vernon, Skagit County, WA, p.3 Loan A. Jewett, a resident of Mount Vernon and Avon (Skagit County, Washington) for the last 35 years, passed away this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Alfred A. Gentry, at Birdsview, after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock at the Aaron Light Chapel in this city. Special services will be conducted by members of the IOOF Lodge of which Mr. Jewett was a long time member. burial will be made in the local cemetary. Mr. Jewett was born March 28, 1864, in Milan, (Sullivan County) Missouri. He was united in marriage to Miss Safronia (sic) E. Sodders at Harden, Missouri in 1886. Mrs. Jewett passed away in March, 1936. Shortly after his wife's passing, Mr. Jewett retired from farming for several years. He first became ill last April. Survivors are five daughters, Mrs. John (Goldie)Wood, Olympia; Mrs. Alfred (Edna)Gentry, Birdsview; Mrs. Charles (Edith)Wrangham, Anderson, Calif.; Mrs. Elmer (Mary) Wood, Quilcene, Wash.; Mrs. Ted (Gertrude) Snowden, Lyman; two sons, Ben Jewett, Burlington; Adolph Jewett, Mount Vernon; three brothers, Frank Jewett, Mount Vernon; Alvin Jewett, Marysville; Alden Jewett, Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Smart, Missouri, and Mrs. Ada Moore, Missouri. Fourteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren also survive.