Karl Earl Earnest was the eldest of the four children of Allena (Baker) and Earl Ellis Earnest of Colfax, Washington. Karl received an education in the Whitman County schools and graduated from Clarkston High School in 1934.
He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II; based in New York City, he traveled on a Liberty ship over most of the world.
He had been a cook at the Hotel Lewis-Clark in Lewiston, Idaho and at Nampa, Idaho. At the time of his death at age 52, he was the head chef at North Shore Lodge, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Karl was married on August 31, 1939 to Eva Mae Waite, and they had two children, Kay Earlene (1942) and James Karl (1946) Earnest, and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Karl and Eva were divorced in 1954.
Karl was a grandson of America Holton (Thompson) & Daniel Ayres Baker of Colfax, Washington; a gr-grandson of Mary Elizabeth (Ford) & Capt. Joseph Moran Thompson of Wabash, Indiana; and a gr-gr-grandson of Dr. James & America (Holton) Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 53 years, 17 days.
He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II; based in New York City, he traveled on a Liberty ship over most of the world.
He had been a cook at the Hotel Lewis-Clark in Lewiston, Idaho and at Nampa, Idaho. At the time of his death at age 52, he was the head chef at North Shore Lodge, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Karl was married on August 31, 1939 to Eva Mae Waite, and they had two children, Kay Earlene (1942) and James Karl (1946) Earnest, and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Karl and Eva were divorced in 1954.
Karl was a grandson of America Holton (Thompson) & Daniel Ayres Baker of Colfax, Washington; a gr-grandson of Mary Elizabeth (Ford) & Capt. Joseph Moran Thompson of Wabash, Indiana; and a gr-gr-grandson of Dr. James & America (Holton) Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 53 years, 17 days.
Karl Earl Earnest was the eldest of the four children of Allena (Baker) and Earl Ellis Earnest of Colfax, Washington. Karl received an education in the Whitman County schools and graduated from Clarkston High School in 1934.
He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II; based in New York City, he traveled on a Liberty ship over most of the world.
He had been a cook at the Hotel Lewis-Clark in Lewiston, Idaho and at Nampa, Idaho. At the time of his death at age 52, he was the head chef at North Shore Lodge, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Karl was married on August 31, 1939 to Eva Mae Waite, and they had two children, Kay Earlene (1942) and James Karl (1946) Earnest, and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Karl and Eva were divorced in 1954.
Karl was a grandson of America Holton (Thompson) & Daniel Ayres Baker of Colfax, Washington; a gr-grandson of Mary Elizabeth (Ford) & Capt. Joseph Moran Thompson of Wabash, Indiana; and a gr-gr-grandson of Dr. James & America (Holton) Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 53 years, 17 days.
He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II; based in New York City, he traveled on a Liberty ship over most of the world.
He had been a cook at the Hotel Lewis-Clark in Lewiston, Idaho and at Nampa, Idaho. At the time of his death at age 52, he was the head chef at North Shore Lodge, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
Karl was married on August 31, 1939 to Eva Mae Waite, and they had two children, Kay Earlene (1942) and James Karl (1946) Earnest, and four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Karl and Eva were divorced in 1954.
Karl was a grandson of America Holton (Thompson) & Daniel Ayres Baker of Colfax, Washington; a gr-grandson of Mary Elizabeth (Ford) & Capt. Joseph Moran Thompson of Wabash, Indiana; and a gr-gr-grandson of Dr. James & America (Holton) Ford of Wabash, Indiana.
Died at age 53 years, 17 days.
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