Services for Myrtle I. Ponsford, 81, of Portland, who died June 10, 1964, in a Beaverton nursing home, were to be held at 11 a.m., June 13 in the chapel of Macy and Son with interment at Evergreen Memorial Park.
Mrs. Ponsford was born in Raymond, Iowa, Feb. 9, 1883, the daughter of James and Minerva Reeves Harris. When she was two years old her family moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where she was raised and where she married John Henderson Ponsford Nov. 15, 1905. They moved to a farm near Corvallis in 1908 and resided there until 1921. McMinnville became their home in 1931. Her husband predeceased her in 1949 and in 1961 she moved to Portland. She was a member of the Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah Lodge in Cottage Grove and a member of the Conservative Baptist Church in McMinnville.
She is survived by two sons, Milton Dale and Russell Eugene Ponsford, Portland; two brothers, Adrian Harris, Rockford, Ill., and Harlan Harris, Salem; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Ponsford was born in Raymond, Iowa, Feb. 9, 1883, the daughter of James and Minerva Reeves Harris. When she was two years old her family moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where she was raised and where she married John Henderson Ponsford Nov. 15, 1905. They moved to a farm near Corvallis in 1908 and resided there until 1921. McMinnville became their home in 1931. Her husband predeceased her in 1949 and in 1961 she moved to Portland. She was a member of the Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah Lodge in Cottage Grove and a member of the Conservative Baptist Church in McMinnville.
She is survived by two sons, Milton Dale and Russell Eugene Ponsford, Portland; two brothers, Adrian Harris, Rockford, Ill., and Harlan Harris, Salem; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Services for Myrtle I. Ponsford, 81, of Portland, who died June 10, 1964, in a Beaverton nursing home, were to be held at 11 a.m., June 13 in the chapel of Macy and Son with interment at Evergreen Memorial Park.
Mrs. Ponsford was born in Raymond, Iowa, Feb. 9, 1883, the daughter of James and Minerva Reeves Harris. When she was two years old her family moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where she was raised and where she married John Henderson Ponsford Nov. 15, 1905. They moved to a farm near Corvallis in 1908 and resided there until 1921. McMinnville became their home in 1931. Her husband predeceased her in 1949 and in 1961 she moved to Portland. She was a member of the Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah Lodge in Cottage Grove and a member of the Conservative Baptist Church in McMinnville.
She is survived by two sons, Milton Dale and Russell Eugene Ponsford, Portland; two brothers, Adrian Harris, Rockford, Ill., and Harlan Harris, Salem; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mrs. Ponsford was born in Raymond, Iowa, Feb. 9, 1883, the daughter of James and Minerva Reeves Harris. When she was two years old her family moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where she was raised and where she married John Henderson Ponsford Nov. 15, 1905. They moved to a farm near Corvallis in 1908 and resided there until 1921. McMinnville became their home in 1931. Her husband predeceased her in 1949 and in 1961 she moved to Portland. She was a member of the Past Noble Grands of the Rebekah Lodge in Cottage Grove and a member of the Conservative Baptist Church in McMinnville.
She is survived by two sons, Milton Dale and Russell Eugene Ponsford, Portland; two brothers, Adrian Harris, Rockford, Ill., and Harlan Harris, Salem; five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
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