According to Oregon State Hospital records, Caroline Allphin’s cremated remains were not initially taken after her death and were for many years available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by any relative.
HOWEVER, although Caroline’s name was initially on the OSH list of unclaimed cremains, she shares a headstone with her mother at Miller Cemetery in Scio, Oregon. Perhaps her headstone was simply placed there to honor her rather than to actually mark the location of her ashes (OSH canister #4886). Perhaps, as has happened before, someone else’s ashes were sent from OSH to the cemetery for burial. Or perhaps the headstone does mark the burial spot of Caroline’s ashes. Nevertheless OSH staff believed they still had her cremains. In 2020 a relative received the ashes held at OSH.
Caroline was born in Oregon on 11/8/1923. Reportedly from birth she had familial progressive neuronal degeneration. Her grandparents, parents, and all her siblings were born in Oregon. Caroline’s father, LeeRoy Earl "Roy" Allphin, was born in 1894 and her mother Stella Margaret Shelton, was born in 1899. They were married on 10/21/1915 in Linn County, Oregon. Their children included: Irene M. (born 1916), Audrey A. (1917), Harold Lee (1919), William (1920), Caroline (1923), Elizabeth Jean "Betty" (1925), James (1926), Vera (about 1929), and Donald “Dean” (1930). Brother William died in infancy. It is suspected Vera also died in childhood. Caroline’s brother Donald was deaf from birth and had a cognitive disorder.
During the 1930 census, Caroline was 6 years old, living with her parents and siblings in East Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon. She was not attending school although other 6 year olds in that area were in school. About 1931, the family home burned down. They lost everything and Caroline’s father abandoned them. Her parents divorced and her mother married Elijah “Art” Rose about 1932. In December 1933 Caroline's father was charged with theft of 3500 pounds of onions from a farmer near Woodburn, Oregon. He was sentenced to 6 months in the county jail. About the time of their mother’s remarriage and their father’s arrest the Allphin children were “farmed out” to several families throughout the state.
In September 1935 shortly after he turned 5, Donald was admitted to the Oregon Fairview Home. The Fairview Home was originally the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a quasi-educational institution charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and in 1965 it was renamed Fairview Hospital and Training Center. It was closed in 2000. Donald was a resident in Fairview during the 1940 census. In later years Caroline would be institutionalized in this same facility.
Caroline has not been found in the 1940 census. She was 16, but was not living with her mother. In 1940 her mother was living with her husband, Art Rose, in Tillamook on the Oregon coast. Caroline's brother James was a "ward" in the home of the John Sawyer family in Tillamook. Sister Elizabeth had been adopted by Wesley & Bessie Miller. Siblings Audrey, Irene, and Harold had all gotten married and were living with their spouses. Her father was living in Scappoose, Oregon in 1942 with his second wife, Donia Ann Allphin. Caroline’s half sister, Bertha was born from this marriage.
While institutionalized, Donald escaped on several occasions from Fairview and was later captured. On 3/1/1954, he escaped again. On 3/2/1954 he attempted to burglarize a farm house in McMinnville, Oregon. He was wounded by a gunshot to his abdomen. He died at Salem General Hospital 5 days later. He was 23. His body was cremated in the incinerator at the Oregon State Hospital where his cremains are being stored.
Caroline’s mother died in Bay City, near Tillamook, Oregon in 1960. In 1961 Caroline was living in Oregon City. On 6/19/1961 she was admitted to Fairview Home where her brother had been institutionalized years earlier. After being a patient at the institution for almost 5 years she developed pneumonia in May 1966. Two and a half months later she died of pneumonia on 8/2/1966. She was 42 years old. An autopsy was performed. Her body was transported from Fairview to the Oregon State Hospital for cremation. Her death certificate shows no indication her ashes were sent elsewhere.
Caroline’s father died in May 1982 in Anchorage, Alaska. Brother James died in California in 1994. Sister Audrey (Allphin) Bubalo died in 1994. Sister Irene (Allphin) Burdick died in 1996. Brother Harold Lee died in California in 2008. Sister Elizabeth (Allphin Miller) Lindseth died in 2011.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
HOWEVER, although Caroline’s name was initially on the OSH list of unclaimed cremains, she shares a headstone with her mother at Miller Cemetery in Scio, Oregon. Perhaps her headstone was simply placed there to honor her rather than to actually mark the location of her ashes (OSH canister #4886). Perhaps, as has happened before, someone else’s ashes were sent from OSH to the cemetery for burial. Or perhaps the headstone does mark the burial spot of Caroline’s ashes. Nevertheless OSH staff believed they still had her cremains. In 2020 a relative received the ashes held at OSH.
Caroline was born in Oregon on 11/8/1923. Reportedly from birth she had familial progressive neuronal degeneration. Her grandparents, parents, and all her siblings were born in Oregon. Caroline’s father, LeeRoy Earl "Roy" Allphin, was born in 1894 and her mother Stella Margaret Shelton, was born in 1899. They were married on 10/21/1915 in Linn County, Oregon. Their children included: Irene M. (born 1916), Audrey A. (1917), Harold Lee (1919), William (1920), Caroline (1923), Elizabeth Jean "Betty" (1925), James (1926), Vera (about 1929), and Donald “Dean” (1930). Brother William died in infancy. It is suspected Vera also died in childhood. Caroline’s brother Donald was deaf from birth and had a cognitive disorder.
During the 1930 census, Caroline was 6 years old, living with her parents and siblings in East Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon. She was not attending school although other 6 year olds in that area were in school. About 1931, the family home burned down. They lost everything and Caroline’s father abandoned them. Her parents divorced and her mother married Elijah “Art” Rose about 1932. In December 1933 Caroline's father was charged with theft of 3500 pounds of onions from a farmer near Woodburn, Oregon. He was sentenced to 6 months in the county jail. About the time of their mother’s remarriage and their father’s arrest the Allphin children were “farmed out” to several families throughout the state.
In September 1935 shortly after he turned 5, Donald was admitted to the Oregon Fairview Home. The Fairview Home was originally the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a quasi-educational institution charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and in 1965 it was renamed Fairview Hospital and Training Center. It was closed in 2000. Donald was a resident in Fairview during the 1940 census. In later years Caroline would be institutionalized in this same facility.
Caroline has not been found in the 1940 census. She was 16, but was not living with her mother. In 1940 her mother was living with her husband, Art Rose, in Tillamook on the Oregon coast. Caroline's brother James was a "ward" in the home of the John Sawyer family in Tillamook. Sister Elizabeth had been adopted by Wesley & Bessie Miller. Siblings Audrey, Irene, and Harold had all gotten married and were living with their spouses. Her father was living in Scappoose, Oregon in 1942 with his second wife, Donia Ann Allphin. Caroline’s half sister, Bertha was born from this marriage.
While institutionalized, Donald escaped on several occasions from Fairview and was later captured. On 3/1/1954, he escaped again. On 3/2/1954 he attempted to burglarize a farm house in McMinnville, Oregon. He was wounded by a gunshot to his abdomen. He died at Salem General Hospital 5 days later. He was 23. His body was cremated in the incinerator at the Oregon State Hospital where his cremains are being stored.
Caroline’s mother died in Bay City, near Tillamook, Oregon in 1960. In 1961 Caroline was living in Oregon City. On 6/19/1961 she was admitted to Fairview Home where her brother had been institutionalized years earlier. After being a patient at the institution for almost 5 years she developed pneumonia in May 1966. Two and a half months later she died of pneumonia on 8/2/1966. She was 42 years old. An autopsy was performed. Her body was transported from Fairview to the Oregon State Hospital for cremation. Her death certificate shows no indication her ashes were sent elsewhere.
Caroline’s father died in May 1982 in Anchorage, Alaska. Brother James died in California in 1994. Sister Audrey (Allphin) Bubalo died in 1994. Sister Irene (Allphin) Burdick died in 1996. Brother Harold Lee died in California in 2008. Sister Elizabeth (Allphin Miller) Lindseth died in 2011.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
According to Oregon State Hospital records, Caroline Allphin’s cremated remains were not initially taken after her death and were for many years available at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by any relative.
HOWEVER, although Caroline’s name was initially on the OSH list of unclaimed cremains, she shares a headstone with her mother at Miller Cemetery in Scio, Oregon. Perhaps her headstone was simply placed there to honor her rather than to actually mark the location of her ashes (OSH canister #4886). Perhaps, as has happened before, someone else’s ashes were sent from OSH to the cemetery for burial. Or perhaps the headstone does mark the burial spot of Caroline’s ashes. Nevertheless OSH staff believed they still had her cremains. In 2020 a relative received the ashes held at OSH.
Caroline was born in Oregon on 11/8/1923. Reportedly from birth she had familial progressive neuronal degeneration. Her grandparents, parents, and all her siblings were born in Oregon. Caroline’s father, LeeRoy Earl "Roy" Allphin, was born in 1894 and her mother Stella Margaret Shelton, was born in 1899. They were married on 10/21/1915 in Linn County, Oregon. Their children included: Irene M. (born 1916), Audrey A. (1917), Harold Lee (1919), William (1920), Caroline (1923), Elizabeth Jean "Betty" (1925), James (1926), Vera (about 1929), and Donald “Dean” (1930). Brother William died in infancy. It is suspected Vera also died in childhood. Caroline’s brother Donald was deaf from birth and had a cognitive disorder.
During the 1930 census, Caroline was 6 years old, living with her parents and siblings in East Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon. She was not attending school although other 6 year olds in that area were in school. About 1931, the family home burned down. They lost everything and Caroline’s father abandoned them. Her parents divorced and her mother married Elijah “Art” Rose about 1932. In December 1933 Caroline's father was charged with theft of 3500 pounds of onions from a farmer near Woodburn, Oregon. He was sentenced to 6 months in the county jail. About the time of their mother’s remarriage and their father’s arrest the Allphin children were “farmed out” to several families throughout the state.
In September 1935 shortly after he turned 5, Donald was admitted to the Oregon Fairview Home. The Fairview Home was originally the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a quasi-educational institution charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and in 1965 it was renamed Fairview Hospital and Training Center. It was closed in 2000. Donald was a resident in Fairview during the 1940 census. In later years Caroline would be institutionalized in this same facility.
Caroline has not been found in the 1940 census. She was 16, but was not living with her mother. In 1940 her mother was living with her husband, Art Rose, in Tillamook on the Oregon coast. Caroline's brother James was a "ward" in the home of the John Sawyer family in Tillamook. Sister Elizabeth had been adopted by Wesley & Bessie Miller. Siblings Audrey, Irene, and Harold had all gotten married and were living with their spouses. Her father was living in Scappoose, Oregon in 1942 with his second wife, Donia Ann Allphin. Caroline’s half sister, Bertha was born from this marriage.
While institutionalized, Donald escaped on several occasions from Fairview and was later captured. On 3/1/1954, he escaped again. On 3/2/1954 he attempted to burglarize a farm house in McMinnville, Oregon. He was wounded by a gunshot to his abdomen. He died at Salem General Hospital 5 days later. He was 23. His body was cremated in the incinerator at the Oregon State Hospital where his cremains are being stored.
Caroline’s mother died in Bay City, near Tillamook, Oregon in 1960. In 1961 Caroline was living in Oregon City. On 6/19/1961 she was admitted to Fairview Home where her brother had been institutionalized years earlier. After being a patient at the institution for almost 5 years she developed pneumonia in May 1966. Two and a half months later she died of pneumonia on 8/2/1966. She was 42 years old. An autopsy was performed. Her body was transported from Fairview to the Oregon State Hospital for cremation. Her death certificate shows no indication her ashes were sent elsewhere.
Caroline’s father died in May 1982 in Anchorage, Alaska. Brother James died in California in 1994. Sister Audrey (Allphin) Bubalo died in 1994. Sister Irene (Allphin) Burdick died in 1996. Brother Harold Lee died in California in 2008. Sister Elizabeth (Allphin Miller) Lindseth died in 2011.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
HOWEVER, although Caroline’s name was initially on the OSH list of unclaimed cremains, she shares a headstone with her mother at Miller Cemetery in Scio, Oregon. Perhaps her headstone was simply placed there to honor her rather than to actually mark the location of her ashes (OSH canister #4886). Perhaps, as has happened before, someone else’s ashes were sent from OSH to the cemetery for burial. Or perhaps the headstone does mark the burial spot of Caroline’s ashes. Nevertheless OSH staff believed they still had her cremains. In 2020 a relative received the ashes held at OSH.
Caroline was born in Oregon on 11/8/1923. Reportedly from birth she had familial progressive neuronal degeneration. Her grandparents, parents, and all her siblings were born in Oregon. Caroline’s father, LeeRoy Earl "Roy" Allphin, was born in 1894 and her mother Stella Margaret Shelton, was born in 1899. They were married on 10/21/1915 in Linn County, Oregon. Their children included: Irene M. (born 1916), Audrey A. (1917), Harold Lee (1919), William (1920), Caroline (1923), Elizabeth Jean "Betty" (1925), James (1926), Vera (about 1929), and Donald “Dean” (1930). Brother William died in infancy. It is suspected Vera also died in childhood. Caroline’s brother Donald was deaf from birth and had a cognitive disorder.
During the 1930 census, Caroline was 6 years old, living with her parents and siblings in East Hubbard, Marion County, Oregon. She was not attending school although other 6 year olds in that area were in school. About 1931, the family home burned down. They lost everything and Caroline’s father abandoned them. Her parents divorced and her mother married Elijah “Art” Rose about 1932. In December 1933 Caroline's father was charged with theft of 3500 pounds of onions from a farmer near Woodburn, Oregon. He was sentenced to 6 months in the county jail. About the time of their mother’s remarriage and their father’s arrest the Allphin children were “farmed out” to several families throughout the state.
In September 1935 shortly after he turned 5, Donald was admitted to the Oregon Fairview Home. The Fairview Home was originally the Oregon State Institution for the Feeble-Minded, a quasi-educational institution charged with educating people with developmental disabilities. In 1933 the facility was renamed Oregon Fairview Home and in 1965 it was renamed Fairview Hospital and Training Center. It was closed in 2000. Donald was a resident in Fairview during the 1940 census. In later years Caroline would be institutionalized in this same facility.
Caroline has not been found in the 1940 census. She was 16, but was not living with her mother. In 1940 her mother was living with her husband, Art Rose, in Tillamook on the Oregon coast. Caroline's brother James was a "ward" in the home of the John Sawyer family in Tillamook. Sister Elizabeth had been adopted by Wesley & Bessie Miller. Siblings Audrey, Irene, and Harold had all gotten married and were living with their spouses. Her father was living in Scappoose, Oregon in 1942 with his second wife, Donia Ann Allphin. Caroline’s half sister, Bertha was born from this marriage.
While institutionalized, Donald escaped on several occasions from Fairview and was later captured. On 3/1/1954, he escaped again. On 3/2/1954 he attempted to burglarize a farm house in McMinnville, Oregon. He was wounded by a gunshot to his abdomen. He died at Salem General Hospital 5 days later. He was 23. His body was cremated in the incinerator at the Oregon State Hospital where his cremains are being stored.
Caroline’s mother died in Bay City, near Tillamook, Oregon in 1960. In 1961 Caroline was living in Oregon City. On 6/19/1961 she was admitted to Fairview Home where her brother had been institutionalized years earlier. After being a patient at the institution for almost 5 years she developed pneumonia in May 1966. Two and a half months later she died of pneumonia on 8/2/1966. She was 42 years old. An autopsy was performed. Her body was transported from Fairview to the Oregon State Hospital for cremation. Her death certificate shows no indication her ashes were sent elsewhere.
Caroline’s father died in May 1982 in Anchorage, Alaska. Brother James died in California in 1994. Sister Audrey (Allphin) Bubalo died in 1994. Sister Irene (Allphin) Burdick died in 1996. Brother Harold Lee died in California in 2008. Sister Elizabeth (Allphin Miller) Lindseth died in 2011.
More information about the 3500 unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
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