OBIT:

There passed away at her home up the Twisp Valley, two miles west of Twisp, on April 19, 1927, one of its earliest pioneer women in the death of Mrs. J. P. Rader.

Mrs. Rader was born in Lane County, Oregon, January 14, 1869. She moved from there with the family of her parents to the Kittitas Valley in 1880 where in 1881 she was married to Mr. J. P. Rader, continuing to reside there for about ten years, then coming to the Method Valley in the fall of 1888, being the second white woman in this valley.

The family has continued to reside here since that time. Eleven children were born to this union, five of whom, with the husband, survive to mourn her death, namely, Clyde, Lester and Osco, Rader of Twisp, Mrs. Harvey Pidcock of Twisp and Mrs. Ross Herrick of Cashmere.

Deceased was a member of the Christian Church in which denomination she was a devoted and faithful worker, and ever instructing her children in the paths of the right, as taught by that denomination. Mrs. Rader will be long remembered by a large circle of friends who admired her exemplary Christian conduct.

Funeral service was held at the local M. E. Church Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, Rev. James, the regular pastor, conducting the services. Profuse and beautiful floral offerings showed the high esteem in which the departed had been held by her many old time friends and neighbors. Singing was by a double quartet of mixed voices with Mrs. J. S. Allen at the organ. The large church was filled to capacity to join in the last rites to the departed. All business houses were closed for the funeral service. Interment was made at the Beaver Creek Cemetery. A friend of the family has contributed the following lines as a tribute to the departed. (A poem followed)

Methow Valley News, April 22, 1927