Widow of Late Jurist Succumbs at Her Home Here After Short Illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles E. Wolverton, 77, widow of the late Federal Judge Charles E. Wolverton, who died early Tuesday morning at her late residence, 560 Laurel street, will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the First Presbyterian church. Dr. Harold Leonard Bowman, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Riverview cemetery.
Mrs. Wolverton was born in Albany and before her marriage was Clara E. Price. She graduated from Albany college in 1878 and her marriage followed to Mr. Wolverton, then an Albany attorney. Judge and Mrs. Wolverton resided in Salem for 11 years while Judge Wolverton was on the state supreme bench.
Mrs. Wolverton’s illness was very short. She was prominent socially in Portland. She was a member of Multnomah chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church. She is survived by her sisters, Mrs. Horace A. Powell of Claremont, Cal., and Mrs. Charles F. LaFollette of Highland, Cal.; three brothers, W. K. Price and G. C. Price of Albany and R. S. Price of Prineville; her nieces, Mrs. S. H. Jones of Jacksonville, Or., and Mrs. J. L. Findlay, Buffalo, N.Y., and several nephews.
Mrs. H. A. Powell, sister of Mrs. Wolverton, arrived yesterday from Claremont. Mrs. S. H. Jones, with her husband, Rev. Mr. Jones, and son, had been with Mrs. Wolverton for several days before her death.
[The Oregonian, 26 Nov 1931, p2; w/photo]
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Widow of Late Jurist Succumbs at Her Home Here After Short Illness.
Funeral services for Mrs. Charles E. Wolverton, 77, widow of the late Federal Judge Charles E. Wolverton, who died early Tuesday morning at her late residence, 560 Laurel street, will be held at 2 o’clock tomorrow afternoon from the First Presbyterian church. Dr. Harold Leonard Bowman, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Riverview cemetery.
Mrs. Wolverton was born in Albany and before her marriage was Clara E. Price. She graduated from Albany college in 1878 and her marriage followed to Mr. Wolverton, then an Albany attorney. Judge and Mrs. Wolverton resided in Salem for 11 years while Judge Wolverton was on the state supreme bench.
Mrs. Wolverton’s illness was very short. She was prominent socially in Portland. She was a member of Multnomah chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church. She is survived by her sisters, Mrs. Horace A. Powell of Claremont, Cal., and Mrs. Charles F. LaFollette of Highland, Cal.; three brothers, W. K. Price and G. C. Price of Albany and R. S. Price of Prineville; her nieces, Mrs. S. H. Jones of Jacksonville, Or., and Mrs. J. L. Findlay, Buffalo, N.Y., and several nephews.
Mrs. H. A. Powell, sister of Mrs. Wolverton, arrived yesterday from Claremont. Mrs. S. H. Jones, with her husband, Rev. Mr. Jones, and son, had been with Mrs. Wolverton for several days before her death.
[The Oregonian, 26 Nov 1931, p2; w/photo]
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