Death records for Whitman County Washington
F.M. Jeffreys, a pioneer of Colfax, Washington, aged
sixty, hanged himself because he was on the verge of
bankruptcy, owing to having indorsed notes for a friend
who absconded.
January 28, 1894 Daily Nevada State
Journal, Reno Nevada
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THE WORK OF DEATH
Mrs. C.F. Crampton.
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Lillie
(Ringer) Crampton, wife of Charles F. Crampton, formerly
of this city, at her home in Colfax, Washington, on
Tuesday, August 10. She was buried last Thursday, in
that city. Mrs. Crampton was an aunt of Mrs. Samuel U.
Gregg, this city, and had many other relatives here.
Besides her husband she is survived by the following
children: Albert, Frank and Dr. J. Hamilton Crampton and
Miss Goldie Crampton.
August 17, 1915 The News, Frederick
Maryland
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Williams |
Death of Charles Wyman At Colfax, Washington
Word has received in the city yesterday to the effect
that Charles Wyman, brother of Harry C., Frank T. and
George H. Wyman of this city had died at Colfax, Wash.,
Monday morning of typhoid fever.
The first news of the serious illness of Mr. Wyman was
contained in a dispatch received in the city Sunday
morning, which stated that he was very low with typhoid
fever and was not expected to live. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
T. Wyman left at once for the bedside of the sick man,
arriving only a short time before his death.
Deceased was a practicing attorney of Colfax before his
death. He leaves a wife and six children besides the
brothers named. The funeral occurred yesterday afternoon
at Colfax.
August 27, 1902 Idaho Daily Statesman,
Boise City Idaho
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NAME:
Faye Ellen (nee Kennedy) Beitz
COUNTY:
Whitman
STATE: WA
NEWSPAPER:
unknown
DATE: May
1991
Faye Ellen Beitz
A graveside service for Faye Ellen Beitz, 65, was Friday
with Pastor Jeff Kinne of the Farmington SDA Church
officiating at Goldenrod Cemetery in Tekoa. Mrs. Beitz
died Thursday, May 23, 1991, at the Valley Hospital and
Medical Center in Spokane. Born July 18, 1925 at
Watsonville, CA, to Guy R. and Millicent Mayer Kennedy,
she was raised in Redwood City, CA; graduated from
Vallejo High School in 1943. She attended the University
of California at Berkeley for one year and married
Howard D. Beitz Jan. 11, 1947 at Vallejo. Over the
years, they lived in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, and
Montana, where her husband was a traveling salesman for
an agriculture chemical company. They moved to Tekoa
from Great Falls, MT, soon after his retirement in 1987
and after Faye had an apparent stroke. They made their
home at the Tekoa Care Center Retirement Apartments. She
was a member of the Lutheran Church in Rudyard, MT, and
also a bridge club there. She enjoyed writing poetry and
painting.
Surviving are her husband, Howard D. at the home;
two sons, John Guy Beitz, Macon, GA, and Robert Beitz,
Tekoa; one daughter, Betty Jo Hilyard of Fort Benton,
MT; two brothers, Donald E. Kennedy, Sun River, OR, and
Leroy C. Kennedy of Walnut Creek, CA; and one sister,
Marilyn Isom of San Jose, CA; and eight grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Tekoa
Ambulance Fund or the Tekoa Care Center.
Submitted by Kathie Marynik
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NAME:
Howard Derel Beitz
COUNTY:
Whitman
STATE: WA
NEWSPAPER:
Spokane-Review
DATE:
October 4, 1993
Howard Beitz,
Tekoa, Washington
Graveside service for Howard D. Beitz is
scheduled for 11 AM today at the Goldenrod Cemetery in
Tekoa, Wash. Kramer Funeral Home in Tekoa is in charge
of arrangements. Mr. Beitz, 68, died Thursday of an
apparent heart attack. Born in Lincoln, NE, he attended
school in Nebraska and Ruppert, ID. He joined the Army
during World War II and served as a military police
officer in the signal corps in the Pacific Theater. He
was also stationed in the Philippines, Guam,
Guadalcanal, and New Guinea.
Mr. Beitz returned to California after the war. He
married Faye Ellen Kennedy in 1947. They moved to
Corvalis, OR, in 1949 where he attended Oregon State
University. He graduated with a degree in entomology.
Mr. Beitz then moved to Idaho Falls and worked as a
salesman for the Ortho Chemical Co.
In 1952 he moved to Mount Vernon, WA, where he
continued to work for Ortho. He was transferred in 1960
to Othello, WA, and worked there until 1963. Mr. Beitz
moved to Moses Lake in 1963 and worked for Collier
Carbon and Chemical Co. until 1967. From 1968 to 1969 he
worked for Purgro in Farmington, WA. In 1971 he moved to
Chester, MT, and worked for Ag Air Inc., retiring in
1987. He moved to Tekoa and made his home at the Tekoa
Retirement Center. Mrs. Beitz died in 1991. Mr. Beitz
attended the Farmington Seventh-day Adventist Church and
was a member of the Rockford (WA) Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post No. 7815. He received several awards for being
a top salesman for the Western Division of the Ortho
Chemical Co.
Survivors include two sons, John Beitz of Macon,
GA, and Robert Beitz of Tekoa; a daughter, Betty Jo
Hilyard of Fort Benton, MT; his mother, Elizabeth Beitz
of Las Vegas; a brother, Willard Beitz of Las Vegas; and
eight grandchildren.
Submitted by Kathie Marynik
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Colfax, Wash., Aug. 25 – The body of
Mrs. Lilla May Higgins, wife of J.W. Higgins, who died
of consumption at Ashland, Ore., Thursday morning,
arrived at Colfax this morning and will be buried from
the Tennessee first church at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Higgins was 23 years of age and
was born in eastern Tennessee. She came to Whitman
county with her parents when two years old and had
resided continuously in the vicinity of Colfax until
about two months ago, when she was taken by her husband
to Ashland in the hope that a change of climate would be
of benefit to her. Besides her husband Mrs. Higgins is
survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F.P. Goddard, and
three sisters and two brothers, all living near Colfax.
The Spokesman Review, Aug. 30, 1907,
Spokane, Washington
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Pullman, Wash., Aug. 28 – The funeral
for R.M. Hanna, Sr., who died in San Francisco, Cal.,
several days ago, will be held at the Congregational
church here tomorrow at 11:30, interment being in the
cemetery near here. The body will arrive from California
on the Oregon Railroad & Navigation company train at 11
o'clock. Mr. Hanna was a pioneer of this section and was
well known and highly respected. His two sons, Judge E.K.
Hanna and R.M. Hanna, prominent attorneys of Colfax, and
his daughter, Miss Georgia Hanna, are the surviving
relatives. Mrs. Hanna died several year ago, and was
buried here, and a son is also buried in the same
cemetery.
The Spokesman Review, Aug. 30, 1907,
Spokane, Washington
Colfax, Wash. – Aug. 27, Robert Hanna
of Colfax, the father of E.K. And R.M. Hanna, attorneys,
died at Berkeley, Cal. On the 23d last.
Mr. Hanna was one of the pioneers of
the Pacific coast. He was born July 14, 1825, at
Steubenville, Ohio, and in his younger days was a
steamboat captain on the Mississippi river. In 1852 he
came to Oregon, via the isthmus of Panama, and was the
captain of the first steamboat run on the Willamette
river. This steamboat was built by a New York company in
sections and shipped from New York around the Horn. It
was set up and first run on the Willamette below the
falls. Afterwards she was taken by Mr. Hanna around the
Willamette falls on skids, and run on the river above
the falls.
When Mr. Hanna came to Oregon the
city of Portland had no existence and the place it now
occupies was then a primeval forest. Oregon City was
then the chief city of the Willamette valley. He resided
in the Willamette valley from 1852 until 1891, and took
part in the development of that valley. In 1891 he moved
to and has since resided in Whitman county, Washington.
In May last he went to California for
his health, and was preparing to return home when
attacked by pneumonia, which resulted fatally. His wife,
who came to Oregon in 1848, died a few years prior to
his death, and he will be buried beside her grave.
In addition to his two sons
mentioned, he leaves surviving him a daughter, Miss
Georgia E. Hanna of Colfax, Wash.
The Spokesman Review, Aug. 30, 1907,
Spokane, Washington
Many Attend Hanna Funeral
Whitman County Pioneer Leaves Wide
Circle of Friends
Pullman, Wash., Aug. 31 – The funeral
of Robert Hanna, St., was held yesterday at noon from
the Congregational church of Pullman and was largely
attended. Mr. Hanna was a resident of this place about
15 years ago and had a wide circle of friends, while his
two sons are among the best known attorneys of Whitman
county, and many members of the Whitman county bar
attended the funeral.
The Spokesman Review, Sep. 3 1907,
Spokane, Washington
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