Death Comes to Mason Myers in His 90th Year
Native of West Virginia Passes Away at Home of His Son John at Condon
Funeral services were held at the Fossil Methodist church on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mason Myers, 90, who died at Condon Saturday, April 26, Rev. Earl B. Cotton officiating. Burial was in the Masonic cemetery beside the grave of his late wife, Sarah Ellen. Bearers were George Stevenson, I. A. Johnson, Sydney Wattenburg, M. H. Johnson, Lud Smith and E. H. Harman.
Mason Myers was born in Green Briar county, West Virginia, April 9, 1851. He was united in marriage to Sarah Ellen Barton at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on October 9, 1879.
In 1886 Mr. and Mrs. Myers journeyed to Oregon, spending a year at Alkali, now Arlington. Then they moved back to Iowa where they lived another year, but returned to Oregon and took up a homestead on Thirty-mile creek, now owned by Charles Craig. Here they reared their four children - Edward E. Myers, now of Service Creek; Arthur Myers, of Fossil; John W. Myers, of Condon; and Mrs. May Hardie, of Hermiston.
In the fall of 1916 they sold their ranch and moved to Fossil, where they lived until 1931, when they moved to Hermiston. Mrs. Myers passed away at their home in Hermiston on October 10, 1939, one day after their 60th wedding anniversary. Since that time Mr. Myers had been living with his daughter in Hermiston, until a month ago when he retruned to visit his three sons. He was ill three weeks prior to his death, at 10:45 p.m. April 26, at the home of his son John.
He leaves the four children named above, seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Myers were both baptized on the same day and received on probation as members of the Fossil Methodist church on August 17, 1890. Mr. Myers became a full member of the church under the pastorate of Rev. A. S. Mulligan in 1892.
Native of West Virginia Passes Away at Home of His Son John at Condon
Funeral services were held at the Fossil Methodist church on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mason Myers, 90, who died at Condon Saturday, April 26, Rev. Earl B. Cotton officiating. Burial was in the Masonic cemetery beside the grave of his late wife, Sarah Ellen. Bearers were George Stevenson, I. A. Johnson, Sydney Wattenburg, M. H. Johnson, Lud Smith and E. H. Harman.
Mason Myers was born in Green Briar county, West Virginia, April 9, 1851. He was united in marriage to Sarah Ellen Barton at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on October 9, 1879.
In 1886 Mr. and Mrs. Myers journeyed to Oregon, spending a year at Alkali, now Arlington. Then they moved back to Iowa where they lived another year, but returned to Oregon and took up a homestead on Thirty-mile creek, now owned by Charles Craig. Here they reared their four children - Edward E. Myers, now of Service Creek; Arthur Myers, of Fossil; John W. Myers, of Condon; and Mrs. May Hardie, of Hermiston.
In the fall of 1916 they sold their ranch and moved to Fossil, where they lived until 1931, when they moved to Hermiston. Mrs. Myers passed away at their home in Hermiston on October 10, 1939, one day after their 60th wedding anniversary. Since that time Mr. Myers had been living with his daughter in Hermiston, until a month ago when he retruned to visit his three sons. He was ill three weeks prior to his death, at 10:45 p.m. April 26, at the home of his son John.
He leaves the four children named above, seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Myers were both baptized on the same day and received on probation as members of the Fossil Methodist church on August 17, 1890. Mr. Myers became a full member of the church under the pastorate of Rev. A. S. Mulligan in 1892.
Death Comes to Mason Myers in His 90th Year
Native of West Virginia Passes Away at Home of His Son John at Condon
Funeral services were held at the Fossil Methodist church on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mason Myers, 90, who died at Condon Saturday, April 26, Rev. Earl B. Cotton officiating. Burial was in the Masonic cemetery beside the grave of his late wife, Sarah Ellen. Bearers were George Stevenson, I. A. Johnson, Sydney Wattenburg, M. H. Johnson, Lud Smith and E. H. Harman.
Mason Myers was born in Green Briar county, West Virginia, April 9, 1851. He was united in marriage to Sarah Ellen Barton at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on October 9, 1879.
In 1886 Mr. and Mrs. Myers journeyed to Oregon, spending a year at Alkali, now Arlington. Then they moved back to Iowa where they lived another year, but returned to Oregon and took up a homestead on Thirty-mile creek, now owned by Charles Craig. Here they reared their four children - Edward E. Myers, now of Service Creek; Arthur Myers, of Fossil; John W. Myers, of Condon; and Mrs. May Hardie, of Hermiston.
In the fall of 1916 they sold their ranch and moved to Fossil, where they lived until 1931, when they moved to Hermiston. Mrs. Myers passed away at their home in Hermiston on October 10, 1939, one day after their 60th wedding anniversary. Since that time Mr. Myers had been living with his daughter in Hermiston, until a month ago when he retruned to visit his three sons. He was ill three weeks prior to his death, at 10:45 p.m. April 26, at the home of his son John.
He leaves the four children named above, seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Myers were both baptized on the same day and received on probation as members of the Fossil Methodist church on August 17, 1890. Mr. Myers became a full member of the church under the pastorate of Rev. A. S. Mulligan in 1892.
Native of West Virginia Passes Away at Home of His Son John at Condon
Funeral services were held at the Fossil Methodist church on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mason Myers, 90, who died at Condon Saturday, April 26, Rev. Earl B. Cotton officiating. Burial was in the Masonic cemetery beside the grave of his late wife, Sarah Ellen. Bearers were George Stevenson, I. A. Johnson, Sydney Wattenburg, M. H. Johnson, Lud Smith and E. H. Harman.
Mason Myers was born in Green Briar county, West Virginia, April 9, 1851. He was united in marriage to Sarah Ellen Barton at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, on October 9, 1879.
In 1886 Mr. and Mrs. Myers journeyed to Oregon, spending a year at Alkali, now Arlington. Then they moved back to Iowa where they lived another year, but returned to Oregon and took up a homestead on Thirty-mile creek, now owned by Charles Craig. Here they reared their four children - Edward E. Myers, now of Service Creek; Arthur Myers, of Fossil; John W. Myers, of Condon; and Mrs. May Hardie, of Hermiston.
In the fall of 1916 they sold their ranch and moved to Fossil, where they lived until 1931, when they moved to Hermiston. Mrs. Myers passed away at their home in Hermiston on October 10, 1939, one day after their 60th wedding anniversary. Since that time Mr. Myers had been living with his daughter in Hermiston, until a month ago when he retruned to visit his three sons. He was ill three weeks prior to his death, at 10:45 p.m. April 26, at the home of his son John.
He leaves the four children named above, seven grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a host of friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Myers were both baptized on the same day and received on probation as members of the Fossil Methodist church on August 17, 1890. Mr. Myers became a full member of the church under the pastorate of Rev. A. S. Mulligan in 1892.
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