Obituary:
Port Angeles Evening News 12/27/1961
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Harry Church, 82, descendant of a prominent Clallam County family and resident of the county since 1887 died Saturday after an illness of a month. (article dated 12/23/1961) Services will be held Thursday at 11 am at Harper Funeral Home with Rev. Lloyd Elvers officiating. Burial will be in Ocean View Cemetery. He was born in Portland 12/11/1879. His grandfather, W.L. Church and his father, John F. Church, came here in 1887. The family first lived on what was known as the Alex Sampson donation claim at the head of Dungeness harbor. When Sampson died the family were willed the claims and home that were located where the Charles Nelson mill site and Fiberboard plant now are located. The family moved from the Sampson place to a location in the eastern section of the city. After his school days he mostly followed work in the woods and at one time was located on a homestead in the western end of the county. After retirement he lived a number of years in the Freshwater district, but more recently lived at Joyce and resided in the old Joyce railroad station. Surveying include 3 brothers, Dell of Port Angeles, Benjamin in Ca., and John at Madras, Ore., and a sister, Mrs. S.M. Gibbs, Northgate, Ca.
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Port Angeles Evening News 12/27/1961
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Harry Church, 82, descendant of a prominent Clallam County family and resident of the county since 1887 died Saturday after an illness of a month. (article dated 12/23/1961) Services will be held Thursday at 11 am at Harper Funeral Home with Rev. Lloyd Elvers officiating. Burial will be in Ocean View Cemetery. He was born in Portland 12/11/1879. His grandfather, W.L. Church and his father, John F. Church, came here in 1887. The family first lived on what was known as the Alex Sampson donation claim at the head of Dungeness harbor. When Sampson died the family were willed the claims and home that were located where the Charles Nelson mill site and Fiberboard plant now are located. The family moved from the Sampson place to a location in the eastern section of the city. After his school days he mostly followed work in the woods and at one time was located on a homestead in the western end of the county. After retirement he lived a number of years in the Freshwater district, but more recently lived at Joyce and resided in the old Joyce railroad station. Surveying include 3 brothers, Dell of Port Angeles, Benjamin in Ca., and John at Madras, Ore., and a sister, Mrs. S.M. Gibbs, Northgate, Ca.
Contributor: FRAGGLEROCK66 (47129937) • [email protected]
Obituary:
Port Angeles Evening News 12/27/1961
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Harry Church, 82, descendant of a prominent Clallam County family and resident of the county since 1887 died Saturday after an illness of a month. (article dated 12/23/1961) Services will be held Thursday at 11 am at Harper Funeral Home with Rev. Lloyd Elvers officiating. Burial will be in Ocean View Cemetery. He was born in Portland 12/11/1879. His grandfather, W.L. Church and his father, John F. Church, came here in 1887. The family first lived on what was known as the Alex Sampson donation claim at the head of Dungeness harbor. When Sampson died the family were willed the claims and home that were located where the Charles Nelson mill site and Fiberboard plant now are located. The family moved from the Sampson place to a location in the eastern section of the city. After his school days he mostly followed work in the woods and at one time was located on a homestead in the western end of the county. After retirement he lived a number of years in the Freshwater district, but more recently lived at Joyce and resided in the old Joyce railroad station. Surveying include 3 brothers, Dell of Port Angeles, Benjamin in Ca., and John at Madras, Ore., and a sister, Mrs. S.M. Gibbs, Northgate, Ca.
Contributor: FRAGGLEROCK66 (47129937) • [email protected]
Port Angeles Evening News 12/27/1961
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Harry Church, 82, descendant of a prominent Clallam County family and resident of the county since 1887 died Saturday after an illness of a month. (article dated 12/23/1961) Services will be held Thursday at 11 am at Harper Funeral Home with Rev. Lloyd Elvers officiating. Burial will be in Ocean View Cemetery. He was born in Portland 12/11/1879. His grandfather, W.L. Church and his father, John F. Church, came here in 1887. The family first lived on what was known as the Alex Sampson donation claim at the head of Dungeness harbor. When Sampson died the family were willed the claims and home that were located where the Charles Nelson mill site and Fiberboard plant now are located. The family moved from the Sampson place to a location in the eastern section of the city. After his school days he mostly followed work in the woods and at one time was located on a homestead in the western end of the county. After retirement he lived a number of years in the Freshwater district, but more recently lived at Joyce and resided in the old Joyce railroad station. Surveying include 3 brothers, Dell of Port Angeles, Benjamin in Ca., and John at Madras, Ore., and a sister, Mrs. S.M. Gibbs, Northgate, Ca.
Contributor: FRAGGLEROCK66 (47129937) • [email protected]
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