East Washingtonian
Robert E. Friddles, 88, a retired Grouse Flat farmer and an early resident of Pomeroy, passed away Sunday night, October 7 at Clarkston's Rest Haven nursing home. He had been ill for 15 months.
Friddles was born October 29, 1884, at Vaughtsville, TN, the son of Mr. and Mr.s Albert A. Friddles. He moved with his parents to Pomeroy while still a child, attended school here and later lived at Troy, Oregon.
In 1911, he moved to Canada by way of the Yakima and Okanogan valleys, He traveled by horseback, paying his way by roping and breaking wild horses.
He returned to Troy in 1925 and joined a brother, Joe, in farming. Joe passed away in October 1963. he then lived with the Willard Mallory family, continuing to operate his 440 acre ranch until 1968, when moved to Asotin to live with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bartlett. He moved to the nursing home in 1972 after breaking his hip in a fall.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs Elvia Fred, Clarkston; and niecess Ella Finley, Geneva Hansen, Alta Wilkinson, Ozelle Scoggins, and Odess, Delta, and Lois. Funeral will be conducted Thursday, October 11, at 11 a.m. at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home, Lewiston. Internment will be at Pomeroy City Cemetery.
East Washingtonian
Robert E. Friddles, 88, a retired Grouse Flat farmer and an early resident of Pomeroy, passed away Sunday night, October 7 at Clarkston's Rest Haven nursing home. He had been ill for 15 months.
Friddles was born October 29, 1884, at Vaughtsville, TN, the son of Mr. and Mr.s Albert A. Friddles. He moved with his parents to Pomeroy while still a child, attended school here and later lived at Troy, Oregon.
In 1911, he moved to Canada by way of the Yakima and Okanogan valleys, He traveled by horseback, paying his way by roping and breaking wild horses.
He returned to Troy in 1925 and joined a brother, Joe, in farming. Joe passed away in October 1963. he then lived with the Willard Mallory family, continuing to operate his 440 acre ranch until 1968, when moved to Asotin to live with Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bartlett. He moved to the nursing home in 1972 after breaking his hip in a fall.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs Elvia Fred, Clarkston; and niecess Ella Finley, Geneva Hansen, Alta Wilkinson, Ozelle Scoggins, and Odess, Delta, and Lois. Funeral will be conducted Thursday, October 11, at 11 a.m. at Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home, Lewiston. Internment will be at Pomeroy City Cemetery.
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