Margaret R. Vann
Margaret R. Vann, housewife, died April 21, 1981, after a long illness. She was born to George and Birdie Schwalm April 18, 1897, in Oakland, California. When she was 3 years of age, the family returned to Portland, settling in the Brooklyn district. Later the family moved to Sellwood, where she attended Sellwood School. When she was 11, the family moved again to Tenino Street in Berkely, now part of the Eastmoreland area, and she attended the one room Willsburg School. She continued to lived on this street the rest of her life.
Her maternal grandmother, Sophronia Castro Coleman, came to Oregon by covered wagon in 1848-1849, and became the first white woman in St. Helens, Oregon. She and her husband were owners and operators of the Coleman Hotel in St. Helens, and later in Chinook, Washington.
On April 21, 1915, she married Jack Vann, and raised five sons who all attended Duniway School, the oldest son graduating the year the school was completed. During the following years, she became an honorary mother and grandmother to the neighborhood children opening her home and heart to them. She made doll clothes for a "sick doll" that visited sick neighborhood children. She died at home on the 66th anniversary of her wedding.
She is survived by three sons, James B. Vann of Sauvies Island, Lydge Vann of Portland, and Lynn E. Vann of Gresham; one sister, Ethel Salmon of Vancouver, Washington; 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Margaret R. Vann, housewife, died April 21, 1981, after a long illness. She was born to George and Birdie Schwalm April 18, 1897, in Oakland, California. When she was 3 years of age, the family returned to Portland, settling in the Brooklyn district. Later the family moved to Sellwood, where she attended Sellwood School. When she was 11, the family moved again to Tenino Street in Berkely, now part of the Eastmoreland area, and she attended the one room Willsburg School. She continued to lived on this street the rest of her life.
Her maternal grandmother, Sophronia Castro Coleman, came to Oregon by covered wagon in 1848-1849, and became the first white woman in St. Helens, Oregon. She and her husband were owners and operators of the Coleman Hotel in St. Helens, and later in Chinook, Washington.
On April 21, 1915, she married Jack Vann, and raised five sons who all attended Duniway School, the oldest son graduating the year the school was completed. During the following years, she became an honorary mother and grandmother to the neighborhood children opening her home and heart to them. She made doll clothes for a "sick doll" that visited sick neighborhood children. She died at home on the 66th anniversary of her wedding.
She is survived by three sons, James B. Vann of Sauvies Island, Lydge Vann of Portland, and Lynn E. Vann of Gresham; one sister, Ethel Salmon of Vancouver, Washington; 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Margaret R. Vann
Margaret R. Vann, housewife, died April 21, 1981, after a long illness. She was born to George and Birdie Schwalm April 18, 1897, in Oakland, California. When she was 3 years of age, the family returned to Portland, settling in the Brooklyn district. Later the family moved to Sellwood, where she attended Sellwood School. When she was 11, the family moved again to Tenino Street in Berkely, now part of the Eastmoreland area, and she attended the one room Willsburg School. She continued to lived on this street the rest of her life.
Her maternal grandmother, Sophronia Castro Coleman, came to Oregon by covered wagon in 1848-1849, and became the first white woman in St. Helens, Oregon. She and her husband were owners and operators of the Coleman Hotel in St. Helens, and later in Chinook, Washington.
On April 21, 1915, she married Jack Vann, and raised five sons who all attended Duniway School, the oldest son graduating the year the school was completed. During the following years, she became an honorary mother and grandmother to the neighborhood children opening her home and heart to them. She made doll clothes for a "sick doll" that visited sick neighborhood children. She died at home on the 66th anniversary of her wedding.
She is survived by three sons, James B. Vann of Sauvies Island, Lydge Vann of Portland, and Lynn E. Vann of Gresham; one sister, Ethel Salmon of Vancouver, Washington; 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Margaret R. Vann, housewife, died April 21, 1981, after a long illness. She was born to George and Birdie Schwalm April 18, 1897, in Oakland, California. When she was 3 years of age, the family returned to Portland, settling in the Brooklyn district. Later the family moved to Sellwood, where she attended Sellwood School. When she was 11, the family moved again to Tenino Street in Berkely, now part of the Eastmoreland area, and she attended the one room Willsburg School. She continued to lived on this street the rest of her life.
Her maternal grandmother, Sophronia Castro Coleman, came to Oregon by covered wagon in 1848-1849, and became the first white woman in St. Helens, Oregon. She and her husband were owners and operators of the Coleman Hotel in St. Helens, and later in Chinook, Washington.
On April 21, 1915, she married Jack Vann, and raised five sons who all attended Duniway School, the oldest son graduating the year the school was completed. During the following years, she became an honorary mother and grandmother to the neighborhood children opening her home and heart to them. She made doll clothes for a "sick doll" that visited sick neighborhood children. She died at home on the 66th anniversary of her wedding.
She is survived by three sons, James B. Vann of Sauvies Island, Lydge Vann of Portland, and Lynn E. Vann of Gresham; one sister, Ethel Salmon of Vancouver, Washington; 11 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
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