Mrs. Mary Adehm, 77 a pioneer of the Cottonwood area in 1893 and a Clarkston resident for 40 years, died yesterday at Asotin County Memorial Hospital.
She suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and was taken to the hospital for care. Mrs. Adehm had been hospitalized much of the time since November when her hip was broken in a fall at her home.
Born Mary Clausen in New York state on May 15, 1874. Mrs. Adehm came west with her parents to Portland when a child. She moved to Cottonwood when she was 19 and married Nicholas Adehm there on Jan. 30, 1894.
Mr. and Mrs. Adehm homesteaded in the Cottonwood area when the reservation was first opened to settlers.
They moved to Clarkston in 1912 and built the family home on 6th and Libby streets. Mr. Adehm died in 1934.
She was a communicant of Holy Family Catholic Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ben F. (Lydia) Taplin of Clarkston and Mrs. Frances Feider of Pomeroy; once sister, Mrs. March of Maywood, Calif.; and one brother, William Clausen of Portland.
Burial will be in the family plot at Vineland Cemetery.
Lewiston Tribune Sunday, March 02, 1952 pg. 6
Mrs. Mary Adehm, 77 a pioneer of the Cottonwood area in 1893 and a Clarkston resident for 40 years, died yesterday at Asotin County Memorial Hospital.
She suffered a heart attack two weeks ago and was taken to the hospital for care. Mrs. Adehm had been hospitalized much of the time since November when her hip was broken in a fall at her home.
Born Mary Clausen in New York state on May 15, 1874. Mrs. Adehm came west with her parents to Portland when a child. She moved to Cottonwood when she was 19 and married Nicholas Adehm there on Jan. 30, 1894.
Mr. and Mrs. Adehm homesteaded in the Cottonwood area when the reservation was first opened to settlers.
They moved to Clarkston in 1912 and built the family home on 6th and Libby streets. Mr. Adehm died in 1934.
She was a communicant of Holy Family Catholic Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ben F. (Lydia) Taplin of Clarkston and Mrs. Frances Feider of Pomeroy; once sister, Mrs. March of Maywood, Calif.; and one brother, William Clausen of Portland.
Burial will be in the family plot at Vineland Cemetery.
Lewiston Tribune Sunday, March 02, 1952 pg. 6
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