Earl Ellis Earnest, was one of six children born to James Bitner and Eliza Jane (Alexander) Earnest was born in Onida, South Dakota in the summer of 1890. When Earl was ten years old the family moved to the Palouse country in 1900 where Earl received his education through the eighth grade in the local schools.
In the Spring of 1913, Earl was employed at the Shamrock Cafe in Colfax, Washington when he met the love of his life, Allena Baker, a nursing student at St. Ignatius Hospital who was within three months of graduation. They married on June 20, 1913 and had four children in rapid succession: Karl Earl (1914), Betty Jane (1915), Burt Holton (1917) and Elsie Earla (1918).
In 1917 Earl moved his family to Taber, Alberta, Canada where he managed a wheat farm. In 1918 fearing a flu epidemic, Allena brought her young children back to Colfax. Subsequent moves for Earl's employment included Kendrick ID, Cedar Creek ID, Pullman WA and Lewiston-Clarkston Valley WA. Earl worked on a variety of construction projects--including the Washington Water Power Dam of the paving of Lewiston, Idaho's Main Street--until he went to work for WWP in 1930. He retired in 1946.
In retirement years, Allena and Earl were active gardeners and won many prize ribbons for their roses and irises. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary one year before Earl's death. They were active members of the Congregational Presbyterian Federated Church of Lewiston.
Earl's wife, Allena Baker Earnest, was a gr-granddaughter of Dr. James and America Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 74 years, 1 months, 27 days.
In the Spring of 1913, Earl was employed at the Shamrock Cafe in Colfax, Washington when he met the love of his life, Allena Baker, a nursing student at St. Ignatius Hospital who was within three months of graduation. They married on June 20, 1913 and had four children in rapid succession: Karl Earl (1914), Betty Jane (1915), Burt Holton (1917) and Elsie Earla (1918).
In 1917 Earl moved his family to Taber, Alberta, Canada where he managed a wheat farm. In 1918 fearing a flu epidemic, Allena brought her young children back to Colfax. Subsequent moves for Earl's employment included Kendrick ID, Cedar Creek ID, Pullman WA and Lewiston-Clarkston Valley WA. Earl worked on a variety of construction projects--including the Washington Water Power Dam of the paving of Lewiston, Idaho's Main Street--until he went to work for WWP in 1930. He retired in 1946.
In retirement years, Allena and Earl were active gardeners and won many prize ribbons for their roses and irises. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary one year before Earl's death. They were active members of the Congregational Presbyterian Federated Church of Lewiston.
Earl's wife, Allena Baker Earnest, was a gr-granddaughter of Dr. James and America Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 74 years, 1 months, 27 days.
Earl Ellis Earnest, was one of six children born to James Bitner and Eliza Jane (Alexander) Earnest was born in Onida, South Dakota in the summer of 1890. When Earl was ten years old the family moved to the Palouse country in 1900 where Earl received his education through the eighth grade in the local schools.
In the Spring of 1913, Earl was employed at the Shamrock Cafe in Colfax, Washington when he met the love of his life, Allena Baker, a nursing student at St. Ignatius Hospital who was within three months of graduation. They married on June 20, 1913 and had four children in rapid succession: Karl Earl (1914), Betty Jane (1915), Burt Holton (1917) and Elsie Earla (1918).
In 1917 Earl moved his family to Taber, Alberta, Canada where he managed a wheat farm. In 1918 fearing a flu epidemic, Allena brought her young children back to Colfax. Subsequent moves for Earl's employment included Kendrick ID, Cedar Creek ID, Pullman WA and Lewiston-Clarkston Valley WA. Earl worked on a variety of construction projects--including the Washington Water Power Dam of the paving of Lewiston, Idaho's Main Street--until he went to work for WWP in 1930. He retired in 1946.
In retirement years, Allena and Earl were active gardeners and won many prize ribbons for their roses and irises. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary one year before Earl's death. They were active members of the Congregational Presbyterian Federated Church of Lewiston.
Earl's wife, Allena Baker Earnest, was a gr-granddaughter of Dr. James and America Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 74 years, 1 months, 27 days.
In the Spring of 1913, Earl was employed at the Shamrock Cafe in Colfax, Washington when he met the love of his life, Allena Baker, a nursing student at St. Ignatius Hospital who was within three months of graduation. They married on June 20, 1913 and had four children in rapid succession: Karl Earl (1914), Betty Jane (1915), Burt Holton (1917) and Elsie Earla (1918).
In 1917 Earl moved his family to Taber, Alberta, Canada where he managed a wheat farm. In 1918 fearing a flu epidemic, Allena brought her young children back to Colfax. Subsequent moves for Earl's employment included Kendrick ID, Cedar Creek ID, Pullman WA and Lewiston-Clarkston Valley WA. Earl worked on a variety of construction projects--including the Washington Water Power Dam of the paving of Lewiston, Idaho's Main Street--until he went to work for WWP in 1930. He retired in 1946.
In retirement years, Allena and Earl were active gardeners and won many prize ribbons for their roses and irises. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary one year before Earl's death. They were active members of the Congregational Presbyterian Federated Church of Lewiston.
Earl's wife, Allena Baker Earnest, was a gr-granddaughter of Dr. James and America Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 74 years, 1 months, 27 days.
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