William Sams, an ex-Oregonian who moved to Skamania, Wash., in 1905, died Friday at the Skyline hospital in White Salmon, Wash. Funeral service will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Swank Memorial chapel in Camas, Wash. Vault interment will be in Washougal cemetery.
Mr. Sams, 97, was born October 31, 1858, in Prescott, Wis. He came to Oregon and homesteaded at Warrendale in 1887. From 1896 until 1905 he owned and operated fish wheels at Ives island and Warrendale.
He was postmaster at Skamania from 1910 to 1915 and was a member of the Cape Horn grange No. 170.
Survivors include sons, W.L., C.A. and Arch M., all of Skamania; Lee E., Bonneville, and Robert D., Seattle; daughters, Mrs. Elmer Walker and Mrs. George McDonald both of Skamania; Mrs. William Reiber, Ferndale, Wash.; Mrs. E.J. Shields, Oswego; Mrs. Florence Henrikson, Port Orchard, Wash., and Miss Marie Sames, Manhatten Beach, Cal.; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Published in the Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) on Sunday, Jul 10, 1955.
William Sams, an ex-Oregonian who moved to Skamania, Wash., in 1905, died Friday at the Skyline hospital in White Salmon, Wash. Funeral service will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Swank Memorial chapel in Camas, Wash. Vault interment will be in Washougal cemetery.
Mr. Sams, 97, was born October 31, 1858, in Prescott, Wis. He came to Oregon and homesteaded at Warrendale in 1887. From 1896 until 1905 he owned and operated fish wheels at Ives island and Warrendale.
He was postmaster at Skamania from 1910 to 1915 and was a member of the Cape Horn grange No. 170.
Survivors include sons, W.L., C.A. and Arch M., all of Skamania; Lee E., Bonneville, and Robert D., Seattle; daughters, Mrs. Elmer Walker and Mrs. George McDonald both of Skamania; Mrs. William Reiber, Ferndale, Wash.; Mrs. E.J. Shields, Oswego; Mrs. Florence Henrikson, Port Orchard, Wash., and Miss Marie Sames, Manhatten Beach, Cal.; 14 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
Published in the Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) on Sunday, Jul 10, 1955.
Family Members
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William Lester Sams
1885–1974
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Grace May Sams Walker
1887–1980
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Charlie Alfred "Fred" Sams
1890–1969
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Minnie Sams Reiber
1892–1983
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Lee Edward Sams
1894–1981
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Leona Elizabeth "Nonie" Sams Shields
1895–1991
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Robert D. Sams
1897–1985
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Archie Myron Sams
1899–1970
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Eleanore M. Sams McDonald
1901–1992
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George R. Sams
1903–1931
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Benny R. Sams
1906–1908
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Ellen Beatrice Sams Gordon
1908–1996
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Florence M. Sams Church
1909–1983
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Violet Marie Sams
1910–1978
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