When Wendell Dawson died, his obituary appeared in several newspapers, including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Times (May 21, 1965), Bellevue Journal-American, and the Ketchikan Daily News (May 22, 1965). Below is a compilation of the obituaries that were published:
"Funeral services for Wendell Dawson, 69, of 2455 140th Ave. NE, Kirkland [now Bellevue], a mining engineer and former Navy man, will be at 1 o'clock tomorrow in Green's Funeral Home, Kirkland. Burial will be in Sunset Hills Park, Bellevue.
Mr. Dawson died of a heart attack Wednesday [May 19] in Hawthorne, Nev., while on a prospecting trip.
Dawson came to Ketchikan, Alaska Territory about 1929 to make an engineering survey for the Zellerbach Paper Co. He was engaged in gold mining at Harris Creek and Hollis on the West Coast during the thirties. Later, he went to British Columbia near Stewart, scene of the recent avalanche.
Mr. Dawson was widely known in Canada for his mining exploration. In 1931, he staked out the claim that became the Granduc Copper Mine in British Columbia.
In the 1930s he mined in British Columbia and he surveyed dam sites for Crown Zellerbach Co.
A native of La Harpe, Ill., Mr. Dawson attended schools in Idaho Falls. He was graduated from Oregon State College. During the First World War he served in the Army Balloon Corps.
Mr. Dawson was in the Navy from 1942 to 1953. He was an officer with the Seabees in the South Pacific during the Second World War. He saw duty as a lieutenant commander in Korea during that conflict. He retired from the service in 1953.
Mr. Dawson had lived in Kirkland [Bellevue] ten years.
Survivors are his wife, Grace; a son, Edward Dawson, Lynnwood; two daughters, Mrs. Dayle Knoll [Noll], Seattle, and Theresia Brown, Portland; a brother, Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls, and a sister, Mrs. Amy Marshall, Montara, Calif.; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; and an aunt, Mrs. Amy Johnson of Seattle."
Obituaries compiled by Shannon Watts Michael, Wendell Dawson's great-granddaughter.
"Funeral services for Wendell Dawson, 69, of 2455 140th Ave. NE, Kirkland [now Bellevue], a mining engineer and former Navy man, will be at 1 o'clock tomorrow in Green's Funeral Home, Kirkland. Burial will be in Sunset Hills Park, Bellevue.
Mr. Dawson died of a heart attack Wednesday [May 19] in Hawthorne, Nev., while on a prospecting trip.
Dawson came to Ketchikan, Alaska Territory about 1929 to make an engineering survey for the Zellerbach Paper Co. He was engaged in gold mining at Harris Creek and Hollis on the West Coast during the thirties. Later, he went to British Columbia near Stewart, scene of the recent avalanche.
Mr. Dawson was widely known in Canada for his mining exploration. In 1931, he staked out the claim that became the Granduc Copper Mine in British Columbia.
In the 1930s he mined in British Columbia and he surveyed dam sites for Crown Zellerbach Co.
A native of La Harpe, Ill., Mr. Dawson attended schools in Idaho Falls. He was graduated from Oregon State College. During the First World War he served in the Army Balloon Corps.
Mr. Dawson was in the Navy from 1942 to 1953. He was an officer with the Seabees in the South Pacific during the Second World War. He saw duty as a lieutenant commander in Korea during that conflict. He retired from the service in 1953.
Mr. Dawson had lived in Kirkland [Bellevue] ten years.
Survivors are his wife, Grace; a son, Edward Dawson, Lynnwood; two daughters, Mrs. Dayle Knoll [Noll], Seattle, and Theresia Brown, Portland; a brother, Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls, and a sister, Mrs. Amy Marshall, Montara, Calif.; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; and an aunt, Mrs. Amy Johnson of Seattle."
Obituaries compiled by Shannon Watts Michael, Wendell Dawson's great-granddaughter.
When Wendell Dawson died, his obituary appeared in several newspapers, including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle Times (May 21, 1965), Bellevue Journal-American, and the Ketchikan Daily News (May 22, 1965). Below is a compilation of the obituaries that were published:
"Funeral services for Wendell Dawson, 69, of 2455 140th Ave. NE, Kirkland [now Bellevue], a mining engineer and former Navy man, will be at 1 o'clock tomorrow in Green's Funeral Home, Kirkland. Burial will be in Sunset Hills Park, Bellevue.
Mr. Dawson died of a heart attack Wednesday [May 19] in Hawthorne, Nev., while on a prospecting trip.
Dawson came to Ketchikan, Alaska Territory about 1929 to make an engineering survey for the Zellerbach Paper Co. He was engaged in gold mining at Harris Creek and Hollis on the West Coast during the thirties. Later, he went to British Columbia near Stewart, scene of the recent avalanche.
Mr. Dawson was widely known in Canada for his mining exploration. In 1931, he staked out the claim that became the Granduc Copper Mine in British Columbia.
In the 1930s he mined in British Columbia and he surveyed dam sites for Crown Zellerbach Co.
A native of La Harpe, Ill., Mr. Dawson attended schools in Idaho Falls. He was graduated from Oregon State College. During the First World War he served in the Army Balloon Corps.
Mr. Dawson was in the Navy from 1942 to 1953. He was an officer with the Seabees in the South Pacific during the Second World War. He saw duty as a lieutenant commander in Korea during that conflict. He retired from the service in 1953.
Mr. Dawson had lived in Kirkland [Bellevue] ten years.
Survivors are his wife, Grace; a son, Edward Dawson, Lynnwood; two daughters, Mrs. Dayle Knoll [Noll], Seattle, and Theresia Brown, Portland; a brother, Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls, and a sister, Mrs. Amy Marshall, Montara, Calif.; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; and an aunt, Mrs. Amy Johnson of Seattle."
Obituaries compiled by Shannon Watts Michael, Wendell Dawson's great-granddaughter.
"Funeral services for Wendell Dawson, 69, of 2455 140th Ave. NE, Kirkland [now Bellevue], a mining engineer and former Navy man, will be at 1 o'clock tomorrow in Green's Funeral Home, Kirkland. Burial will be in Sunset Hills Park, Bellevue.
Mr. Dawson died of a heart attack Wednesday [May 19] in Hawthorne, Nev., while on a prospecting trip.
Dawson came to Ketchikan, Alaska Territory about 1929 to make an engineering survey for the Zellerbach Paper Co. He was engaged in gold mining at Harris Creek and Hollis on the West Coast during the thirties. Later, he went to British Columbia near Stewart, scene of the recent avalanche.
Mr. Dawson was widely known in Canada for his mining exploration. In 1931, he staked out the claim that became the Granduc Copper Mine in British Columbia.
In the 1930s he mined in British Columbia and he surveyed dam sites for Crown Zellerbach Co.
A native of La Harpe, Ill., Mr. Dawson attended schools in Idaho Falls. He was graduated from Oregon State College. During the First World War he served in the Army Balloon Corps.
Mr. Dawson was in the Navy from 1942 to 1953. He was an officer with the Seabees in the South Pacific during the Second World War. He saw duty as a lieutenant commander in Korea during that conflict. He retired from the service in 1953.
Mr. Dawson had lived in Kirkland [Bellevue] ten years.
Survivors are his wife, Grace; a son, Edward Dawson, Lynnwood; two daughters, Mrs. Dayle Knoll [Noll], Seattle, and Theresia Brown, Portland; a brother, Oliver Dawson, Idaho Falls, and a sister, Mrs. Amy Marshall, Montara, Calif.; six grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; and an aunt, Mrs. Amy Johnson of Seattle."
Obituaries compiled by Shannon Watts Michael, Wendell Dawson's great-granddaughter.
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