He married Mable Olentha Carter August 30, 1917 at Roby, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and following his discharge, the family farmed in Missouri until moving to Yakima in 1946. He worked in the fruit industry for a time and then worked for Tahoma Cemetery until retiring in 1962.
He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church and was a member of Mount Adams Masonic Lodge No. 227.
He is survived by one son, Ernest of Independence, MO; four daughters, Ruby Leach of Yakima, Lillie Fulks of Sullivan, MO, Jeretta Huey of Yakima, and Florene Washburn of Warrensburg, MO; 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren; one brother, Rolland Ormsbee of Tulsa, OK; and two sisters, Olive Bayes of Tucson, AZ and Martha Brandon of Springfield, MO.
He was proceeded in death by his wife Mable; one son Leroy and one daughter Ethel Marie, died in infancy.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Keith & Keith Ninth Avenue Chapel. Burial will be in Tahoma Cemetery.
He married Mable Olentha Carter August 30, 1917 at Roby, Missouri. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and following his discharge, the family farmed in Missouri until moving to Yakima in 1946. He worked in the fruit industry for a time and then worked for Tahoma Cemetery until retiring in 1962.
He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church and was a member of Mount Adams Masonic Lodge No. 227.
He is survived by one son, Ernest of Independence, MO; four daughters, Ruby Leach of Yakima, Lillie Fulks of Sullivan, MO, Jeretta Huey of Yakima, and Florene Washburn of Warrensburg, MO; 13 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren; one brother, Rolland Ormsbee of Tulsa, OK; and two sisters, Olive Bayes of Tucson, AZ and Martha Brandon of Springfield, MO.
He was proceeded in death by his wife Mable; one son Leroy and one daughter Ethel Marie, died in infancy.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday in Keith & Keith Ninth Avenue Chapel. Burial will be in Tahoma Cemetery.
Family Members
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Selena Ellen Ormsbee Wagner
1888–1964
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George Robert Ormsbee
1890–1970
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Elma Mae Belle Ormsbee Gorham
1893–1979
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Jesse Ernest Ormsbee
1897–1898
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Rev Claude Hector Ormsbee
1899–1978
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Oliver William Ormsbee
1902–1962
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Olive Christina Ormsbee Bayes
1902–1985
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Rolland Cheselton Ormsbee
1907–1983
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Martha Irene Ormsbee Brandon
1909–1993
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