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The Journal-Times, Thursday, April 4, 1918, issue
John H. Kiehn
John H. Kiehn passed away at his home in Marcellus Friday, March 29th. He had been ill for three years, suffering from tuberculosis. He leaves a wife and three children. The funeral services were held Sunday, March 31, interment being made in the county line cemetery.
Fred Schaefer
Fred Schaefer, infant son of the late Marie Schaefer, died at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Schaefer, on Tuesday and was buried yesterday in the Ritzville cemetery. The child was born February 6, 1918.
Walter Roy Bauer
Walter Roy Bauer, aged four months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lavine Bauer, died Monday, April
1st, and was buried on Wednesday, April 3rd, in the Ritzville cemetery.
Mrs. R. N. Thompson
On April 1st, 1918, Mrs. Annie C. A. Thompson, wife of Richard N. Thompson, died at the family home east of the city. Death came as a result of uremic poisoning following childbirth.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. at Washtucna, conducted by Rev. D. A. Russell, pastor of the United Presbyterian church. Interment was made in the Washtucna cemetery.
Mrs. Thompson, whose maiden name was Fredericks, was born in Illinois March 9, 1873, and was thus at the time of her death 45 years of age. She removed with her parents to Kansas at an early age. In 1889 she was united in marriage to Mr. Lee Edgington. To that union were born five children as follows: Mrs. Geo Gillette, Spokane; Mrs. H. A. Downey, Ritzville, E. E. Edgington who is now in the 14th Infantry, U. S. A., Audry and Myrtle at home. In 1907 she came to Washington and was married to R. N. Thompson in 1909, by whom she is survived. Four children were born to this union and mourn the loss of a beloved mother. They are Earl, Pearl, Dorothy and Richard.
Mrs. Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fredericks are still living, residing at Medical Lake. The deceased also leaves three sisters and two brothers, Mrs. S. Kimball, Miss Bessie Fredericks, Mrs.
M. Coate, St. Louis; Ed and Jack Fredericks, Medical Lake.
Mrs. Thompson was a woman of worthy Christian character and her passing has meant a profound loss to the home and to the community in which she dwelt.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, April 11, 1918, issue
Franklin C. Steffen
Franklin C. Steffen died Monday, April 8, 1918, at the Ritzville hospital. He had resided here for the past two years, engaging in teaming. Few particulars are available concerning his life. He was 62 years old on March 17, 1918. He was never married, but leaves a brother and sister in Moscow, Idaho. The body was taken yesterday afternoon to Pullman where interment will take place.
W. D. McCollom accompanied the remains.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, April 8, 1918, issue
Bury Child At Lind
The nine-day old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Quay Imus died last Saturday of navel hemorrhage.
Brief funeral services were held in the afternoon at 3 p.m. conducted by Rev. M. J. Perdue, after which burial was made in the Lind cemetery. The Imuses have one other child, a boy of two years.
Mrs. Henry Yarwood
Last Friday at 5 p.m. at the local hospital occurred the death of Mrs. Henry Yarwood, wife of the merchant at Mohler, following an operation for double hernia. The body was taken to Mohler where the funeral services were held Sunday, conducted by Rev. W. A. Pratt of the M. E. church of that place. Interment was made in the Harrington cemetery.
Maria Cookingham was born in New York state in 1844. At an early age she removed to Indiana where she was married to Mr. Yarwood in 1868. They moved to Washington in 1894 settling near Harrington. In three more weeks they would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. Mr.
Yarwood was at one time county clerk of Lincoln county.
Mrs. Yarwood left, besides her husband, three sons. W. H. Yarwood of Mohler, George Edward Yarwood of Okanogan, and Hanford Yarwood of Marcus, and one daughter, Mrs. Chas. Jarvis of Davenport.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, April 25, 1918, issue
Kenneth Stanton Kiehn
Kenneth Stanton Kiehn died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kiehn last Sunday.
Death was the result of an attack of Liberty measles. Kenneth was born April 14, 1917, and was thus one year and one week old. From birth he had a hard struggle with eczema, but was recovering from it when he caught the measles.
The funeral was held from the home Tuesday afternoon. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery.
Rev. F. Eggerland officiated at the service.
Frederick Snyder
Last Friday night Frederick Snyder died at the home of his son, William Snyder, in Washtucna.
Mr. Snyder was a pioneer of Adams County, coming here in 1885 and locating on a homestead on Rattlesnake Flat, where he resided the rest of his life. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the United Presbyterian church, conducted by Rev. D. A. Russell. Burial was made in the Washtucna cemetery. The funeral was one of the largest ever held in Washtucna and there was a great profusion of floral offerings.
Mr. Snyder was a native of Alsace-Lorraine, having been born there in 1831. He emigrated to America at the age of 18, settling first in New York. Later he lived in Allegheny, Penn., and after that resided in Ohio. He lived for 23 years at Circleville, in that state. In 1884 he came to Washington, residing for a year in Garfield county, and then coming to this county.
In 1854 Mr. Snyder was united in marriage to Miss Anna Thoma, who survives him. The following children are also left to mourn the loss of a faithful father: Mrs. Edward Heater, Ritzville;
Mrs. F. S. Sylvester, Seattle; Dr. Chas. Snyder instructor in Johns Hopkins University; Dr. George Snyder of San Francisco and William Snyder of Washtucna. Charles and George were the only children unable to attend the funeral. Mr. Snyder also left fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. C. A. Harris of this city is a granddaughter.
Mr. Snyder in early life united with the United Brethren church and when he moved to this country of his adoption and was a man of high Christian ideals. His upright, honorable life won him the respect of all who knew him and the memory of his strong character is a blessed heritage to his descendants.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, May 9, 1918, issue
Death Takes Mrs. Martin
With a suddenness which stunned, came the news last Saturday evening of the death of Mrs.
W. H. Martin. People were slow to believe it and much slower to realize the grim fact that the Angel of Death had taken one who was so widely known and well-loved by the people of Ritzville.
And as the significance pressed home upon them, it seemed more like a tragedy than the simple passing out of a soul into the larger life of the Hereafter. For there were few who knew she was ill, and even her own family did not realize the seriousness of her condition.
Mrs. Martin and the children have lived at Spokane nearly a year and a half. She was in her usual health up to the latter part of last week, when she took down with a chill. Friday Mr.
Martin was called home and when he arrived found she had been taken to the hospital. An operation was performed Saturday. She rallied from the operation, regained consciousness and talked with members of her family through they were unable to understand her words. She grew worse suddenly and passed away Saturday evening about 7 o'clock.
The funeral service, which was held Wednesday afternoon at Smith & Co.'s chapel, Spokane, was a very sad one.
Hattie Eliza Caldwell was born at Logan, Iowa, Sept. 20, 1866. She died May 4, 1918, at the Sacred Heart hospital, Spokane. Her parents, pioneers of western Iowa, are still living. Mrs.
Martin graduated from the Logan high school in its first class and then attended Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. After finishing school she taught music in her home town and in Nebraska.
August 30th, 1893, she was married to W. H. Martin, and they made their home in Harrington, Nebraska, where she was prominent in church, club and musical circles. In 1902 the Martins came to Ritzville where Mr. Martin entered the banking business, being new vice president and cashier of the Pioneer National Bank. During her fifteen years residence here Mrs. Martin was one of the foremost women of the city. She was a member of the First Congregational church, of the Woman's club and was always active in enterprises looking to the betterment of the community.
She leaves her immediate family, her husband, and two children, Marjory, who is a clerk in the Old National Bank, and Harold, bookkeeper in the Spokane and Eastern Trust Co. She also leaves her parents, a sister, Bertha, and brother, Homer, at Logan, Iowa, and a sister, Mrs. O. F.
Cady of Newburg, Oregon.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, May 16, 1918, issue
High School Boy Dies Suddenly
Samuel Glasgow Midciff died suddenly Tuesday morning at 2 o'clock. The cause of his death was given as measles with complications. He was fifteen years old and was a member of the freshman class of the high school. His death occurred a the home of his aunt, Mrs. L. W. Richter, where he was staying while attending school. He had been ill but a few days and his conditon was not considered serious. Last Friday he was in school, but had to go to bed on reaching home. His parents, who live at Fruitland, had not received word of his illness when the telephone message reached them that he had passed away.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 1 p.m. at the Haight parlors. The high school students were in charge, music being rendered by the high school glee club. Rev. M. J. Perdue gave a brief sermon. The body was taken to Fruitland on the 2:00 o'clock train and burial will take place there. The pallbearers were from his high school friends, Richard Werttemberger, Dan Kembel, Ken Scott, Oma Maurer, Ray Webster, Harold Harding.
Samuel Glasgow Midciff was born December 29, 1902, at Wasco, Oregon, and was the only child of George H. and Arzilla Glasgow Midciff. The family moved to Fruitland, Wash., and there Sam finished the eighth grade last year. He came here in the fall to attend high school; and was very well liked among the pupils of the school. His death is more than usually sad because of his youth and because he was the only child. He was a boy of keen, alert mind, with much promise for the future, and his character was such as to win the admiration of all who knew him.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, June 6, 1918, issue
Mrs. Ed Clodius
A double death in one family occcurred in this community within the past week. Mrs. Ed Clodius passed away Sunday night and her infant died on friday, being just ten days old. Mrs. Clodius' death was caused by the setting in of blood poisoning following the birth of the baby. The family home has been out near Odessa, but the death took place at the Henry Clodius home north of town where they had been for several weeks.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at the Lutheran church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. O. T. Just with burial in the Ritzville cemetery.
Mrs. Ed Clodius was born Nov. 16, 1891, at Ritzville, and her whole life was spent in this county. Her maiden name was Augusta Mary Sickman, being the daughter of Herman Sickman. She was united in marriage to Ed Clodius Feb. 14, 1914. She leaves to mourn her abrupt taking away her husband, a little son, Harry, aged three years, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Sickman, a sister, Mrs. Ernest Deking; two brothers, August and William Sickman; and a half-brother, Henry Bierman, of Lind.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, June 13, 1918, issue
Henry Jansen
Henry Jansen, well known in this county where he formerly resided, passed away Tuesday at his home in Walla Walla. Mr. Jansen came to this county in the early days, taking up a homestead six miles northwest of Lind. The last few years he has resided in Walla Walla. Mr. Jansen was 72 years old at the time of his death. He was born in Germany in 1844, came to America in boyhood. He first located in Iowa, and came to Washington territory in 1866.
His wife survives him, also five children, who are: August Jansen, former county sheriff;
Mrs. John Krehbiel and F. R. Jansen of Lind; Mrs. Anna Linville and Minnie Jansen of Walla Walla.
Mrs. Anna B. Kennedy
News of the death of Mrs. Anna B. Kennedy of Wenatchee, formerly of Ritzville, has been received here. Her death occurred suddenly while she was visiting at the home of her brother, C. J.
Tweedy at Teck, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy resided here for a number of years. Mrs. Kennedy was an active member of the First Congregational church and was prominent in the social affairs of the city.
Eleven years ago they removed to Wenatchee, residing on an orchard tract there. The surviving relatives are her husband, three sons, George A., of Seattle, W. R. of San Franscisco, and Robert C.,
of Wenatchee; one daughter, Mrs. L. W. Myers of Long Beach, Cal. She also leaves two brothers, C. J.
Tweedy of Teck, Idaho, and Milton Tweedy of Marcus and a sister, Mrs. Van Buren of Colville.
The Journal-Times, Thursday, June 27, 1918, issue
Howard Talmage
Howard Talmage, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Talmage, died Tuesday morning at 7:30 a.m. at the family home on Second Street. Death was the result of lung and heart trouble from which he had been suffering for the past two and a half years. Funeral services were held at the home Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. M. J. Perdue, and burial was made in the Ritzville cemetery.
Howard was born in Portland, Michigan, Sept. 3, 1898, and was at the time of his death 20 years, 9 months and 21 days old. He moved with his parents to Washington in 1905, residing in Ritzville since 1915. He was educated in the public schools and in the Olympia high school. While working in Seattle he suffered an attack of pneumonia which left his lungs in a weakened condition.
Despite his long illness he never lost hope. The past winter he spent in Spokane taking medical treatments there.
He was a young man of fine character, of high ambitions, and of kindly disposition. His taking away at the threshold of manhood is indeed sad. He leaves to mourn his death his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Talmage, and one younger brother, Kenneth. Mr. Talmage is foreman of the Journal-Times.
His grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Talmage reside in Spokane.
One Dead: Two Hurt
Herbert Johnson was killed and Ed Seidl and Leland Oestreich injured early last Friday morning when the Johnson car in which they were riding overturned at a sharp turn in the Central Washington Highway one-half mile east of the T. A. Daughters ranch. The boys were returning from the Pioneer Picnic, having stayed for the dance that night. It was 3:30 in the morning when the accident occurred. Johnson was known as a very fast driver and the speed of the car at the time it struck the corner is reported to have been around 55 miles an hour. The corner where the tragedy occurred is a right angle. The road has but recently been graveled and the gravel and earth on the side of the road are still loose. On the outside of the turn is a sharp grade of several feet, making the turn a dangerous one at any other than normal speed.
The first to regain consciousness after the accident was Leland Oestreich. He went first to Johnson and could detect no signs of life. He managed to get out to the road and stopped a car driven by Cedric Andrson, son of J. W. Anderson. Anderson came on to town and got Dr. Burroughs who immediately went to the scene of the accident. The coroner was called but he decided no inquest was necessary. Herbert's shoulder and chest were crushed, he evidently having been pinned under the steering wheel as the car turned over. The Oesreich boy suffered bruises and had his arm badly skinned. Seidl's face was lacerated. Neither had serious injuries.
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Methodist church and the crowd in attendance taxed the seating capacity of the church. Rev. M. J. Perdue had charge of the service. Herbert's interment was in the Ritzville cemetery.
George Herbert Johnson, the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Johnson, was born in Bobcaggen, Ontario, Canada, April 17, 1898. He died at Ritzville, Wash., June 21, 1918, being 20 years, 2 months and four days old. Practically all his life was lived in this community, his parents residing on a ranch north of the city. He attended the public schools and the high school here and had a wide circle of friends among the young people of the city.
The members of his immediate family who mourn his sudden death are his father and mother, three sisters, Violet, Gladys and Iris, and one brother, Mere, all of Ritzville.
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