Margaret Permelia Cole, one of Thurston County's early pioneers, died in an Olympia rest home Thursday at the age of seventy-eight years. She was born in Mima on May 17, 1872, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Bruce Dodge who homesteaded on Mima Prairie. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and the Thurston County Pioneer Association. She is survived by three sons, George R. Van Vleet, Cannon Beach, Oregon; Charles J. Van Vleet, Alpena Pass, Arkansas, and Reuben B. Van Vleet, Yuba City, California; also three grandchildren. The funeral service will be held in Mills & Mills chapel this Monday afternoon, starting at three o'clock. Burial will take place in Masonic Cemetery, beside her first husband George Van Vleet.
Margaret Permelia Cole, one of Thurston County's early pioneers, died in an Olympia rest home Thursday at the age of seventy-eight years. She was born in Mima on May 17, 1872, the daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. Bruce Dodge who homesteaded on Mima Prairie. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church, and the Thurston County Pioneer Association. She is survived by three sons, George R. Van Vleet, Cannon Beach, Oregon; Charles J. Van Vleet, Alpena Pass, Arkansas, and Reuben B. Van Vleet, Yuba City, California; also three grandchildren. The funeral service will be held in Mills & Mills chapel this Monday afternoon, starting at three o'clock. Burial will take place in Masonic Cemetery, beside her first husband George Van Vleet.
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Orville Crooks Dodge
1879–1976
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Olive Etta Dodge Gillett
1881–1973
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Grace Laural Dodge Ploeger
1883–1981
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Sophrona B. Dodge Knapp
1885–1972
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Mary Jane Dodge Stroup
1887–1958
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Belle Ella Dodge
1890–1939
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Bradley Marcy Dodge
1892–1981
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Glen Robert Dodge
1894–1991
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Milton Bruce Dodge
1898–1990
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Dean Paul Dodge
1903–1992
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