Mrs. Almira Swett DeWees was born in Clackamas County, Oregon and came to the Kittitas Valley as a girl in 1885, and was married here [May 20, 1894] to George DeWees, pioneer milling and grain and feed man, who also served for several years on the city council and was active in community affairs.
In addition to her widower, she leaves four daughters, Mrs. Lillie Barnhart, who is teaching at Leavenworth; Miss Faye DeWees, who is teaching at Menlo, and Mrs. Ruth Lewis and Mrs. Vera Williams, who are residents of Ellensburg.
Three children died in infancy, two unnamed daughters and a son they named George W. The children are buried next to Almira and George at the IOOF Cemetery on Brick Road in Ellensburg, Washington. (Obituary published in Ellensburg Daily Record, February 7, 1940)
Mrs. Almira Swett DeWees was born in Clackamas County, Oregon and came to the Kittitas Valley as a girl in 1885, and was married here [May 20, 1894] to George DeWees, pioneer milling and grain and feed man, who also served for several years on the city council and was active in community affairs.
In addition to her widower, she leaves four daughters, Mrs. Lillie Barnhart, who is teaching at Leavenworth; Miss Faye DeWees, who is teaching at Menlo, and Mrs. Ruth Lewis and Mrs. Vera Williams, who are residents of Ellensburg.
Three children died in infancy, two unnamed daughters and a son they named George W. The children are buried next to Almira and George at the IOOF Cemetery on Brick Road in Ellensburg, Washington. (Obituary published in Ellensburg Daily Record, February 7, 1940)
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