The Elgin Recorder newspaper
Elgin, Union County, Oregon
Thursday, April 20, 1950
Page One

ELIZA ANN SANNAR LAID TO REST IN RITES HERE SUNDAY
(From the Wallowa Record)

Funeral services were held Sunday morning at 11:30 at the Wallowa Christian Church for Eliza Ann Sannar, 96-year-old great grandmother who remembered the Civil War and President Lincoln very well. Death came to Mrs. Sannar at a hospital in La Grande April 14, one day before her 96th birthday.

The Rev. O.W. Jones of the Wallowa Christian church conducted the services. A quartet composed of Mrs. Vera Mason, Mrs. Oscar Maxwell, Bill Dougherty and Crawford Oveson, sand "Beyond the Sunset" and "In the Land Where You Never Grow Old." The second selection had been a request of Mrs. Sannar. They were accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Warren Berry. Pallbearers were Arthur Miller, Burton Miller, Joe Rounsavell, Spencer Trump, Roy Carper and Frank Lindsey. Mrs. Sannar was buried in the family plot in the Promise cemetery. A church filled with flowers showed the esteem in which she was held by members of the community.

Eliza Ann Sannar was born in Raleigh County, West Virginia, near Beckley, known as Raleigh County Court House, on April 15, 1854. She was born the daughter of George Washington and Delilah Carper, the third of 13 children. She lived to be the sole survivor of the family.

Her father was a soldier in the Union army, and suffered wounds on the battle field. Her mother and older sisters helped in a field hospital near Raleigh County Court House. She herself carried water to wounded soldiers on the battlefield.

In 1873 she was married to William Isaac Sannar in West Virginia. Twelve children were born to this union, eleven of whom were born in West Virginia and one born after the family moved to Oregon.

In 1897 the family came west to Oregon, settling in the Promise neighborhood. The years since were spent in this community, in Wallowa county and Union county.

She was a devoted Christian, her membership being with the old Church of Christ or Christian church of Promise. A great service was rendered by Mrs. Sannar, affectionately known as Aunt Julie, in the various sickness that befell friends in the old neighborhood. She was a competent mid-wife and officiated at many births in the Promise area. Whether it was a feverish child, an injured limb or an expectant mother, Aunt Julie was there, nursing the sick one back to health.

Her life touched a period that was perhaps the time of greatest developments in science, art and industry that the world has ever known. It was her pleasure to remember having seen President Lincoln many times.

She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. E.W. (Pearl) Lively, Mrs. Boyd (Letha) Carper of Wallowa and Mrs. Fred (Lula) Trump of La Grande; and two sons, Charles C. Sannar of Gridley, Calif., and Frank Sannar of Milton. Thirty-seven grandchildren, 96 great grandchildren, one for every year of her life, and 18 great great grandchildren also survive.

Mr. Sannar preceded his wife in death in 1930 as did seven of her children: Bertha [died at the age of 7 in West Virginia], George Orville, John, Joe and Sally Lyons. One daughter [Rosie Lee] died in infancy [in West Virginia].

Those coming from out of town for the services were Mrs. Oakey Trump and Mr. and Mrs. Everett Trump, Mr. and Mrs. Elvis Trump, Mr. and Mrs Ray Trump and Lacey Trump, all of Elgin. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trump, Mr. and Mrs,. Leonard Riggle, Mr. and Mrs. Orval Trump, Mrs. and Mrs. Oliver Fleshman, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Carper, Mr., and Mrs. Eugene [illegible[ and Bob Lively, all of La Grande; Mr. and Mrs. Albert [illegible] and Mrs. Eva Whitmore of Milton; Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Sannar of Mt. Emily; Jack Lively of Springfield, Mr. and Mrs. [illegible from this point on to end].

[Obituary contributed by Jan Gillespie]