William H Talley, of Chelan was killed yesterday afternoon in the logging woods in the Tarpiscan, district in the Kittitas county, south of Wenatchee. He was employed as a faller and died almost instantly when a falling tree, struck by one which he was cutting, hit him.
Talley was born June 19, 1908, in Nashoba, Oklahoma. In 1941, he came to Carlton and a year ago moved to Chelan. He was married to Millie L Walker Sept. 15, 1927, at Idabel, Okla. Surviving besides his widow are four children, Gertrude and Elizabeth, 16-year-old twins, George Elbert, 14; Clarence James, 12, six brothers, George of Hood River, Ore., John of Redlands, Calif., Hal, Waymon, and Jeff of Sherwood, Okla., and one sister, Mrs. Xmas Barrick of Cartwright, Okla.
Washington Death Certificate
Name Wilmer K. Talley
Death date 10 Apr 1945
Death place Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington
Gender Male
Age at death 36 years 9 months 21 days
Estimated birth year 1909
Marital status Married
Spouse name Millie
Father name George Talley
Mother name Lottie English
Film number 2032398
Digital GS number 4222970
Image number 784
Reference number 44
William H Talley, of Chelan was killed yesterday afternoon in the logging woods in the Tarpiscan, district in the Kittitas county, south of Wenatchee. He was employed as a faller and died almost instantly when a falling tree, struck by one which he was cutting, hit him.
Talley was born June 19, 1908, in Nashoba, Oklahoma. In 1941, he came to Carlton and a year ago moved to Chelan. He was married to Millie L Walker Sept. 15, 1927, at Idabel, Okla. Surviving besides his widow are four children, Gertrude and Elizabeth, 16-year-old twins, George Elbert, 14; Clarence James, 12, six brothers, George of Hood River, Ore., John of Redlands, Calif., Hal, Waymon, and Jeff of Sherwood, Okla., and one sister, Mrs. Xmas Barrick of Cartwright, Okla.
Washington Death Certificate
Name Wilmer K. Talley
Death date 10 Apr 1945
Death place Ellensburg, Kittitas, Washington
Gender Male
Age at death 36 years 9 months 21 days
Estimated birth year 1909
Marital status Married
Spouse name Millie
Father name George Talley
Mother name Lottie English
Film number 2032398
Digital GS number 4222970
Image number 784
Reference number 44
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