Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Zion Congregational church for Mrs. J. J. Kiehn,64, resident of Ritzville for many years who died suddenly last Friday afternoon of a heart attack. The Rev. P. Ruder officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Although she had been in poor helath, her death came suddenly. She and Mr. Kiehn had moved to Ritzville from their farm north of the city only a week before.
Mrs.Emma Kiehn, nee Yost, was born Sept. 16,1879 at Sutton Nebraska and came with her parents to Ritzville in her childhood. She was married to Jacob J. Kiehn July 17, 1901 and they lived on a farm northwest of Ritzville until 1916, when they moved to Spokane. He entered the real estate business in Spokane and they lived their until 1923, when they moved to Portland. In 1933 they returned to the old homestead northwest of Ritzville where they have since lived.
Besides her widower, who at the present is ill at the Ritzville general hospital, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lynn
(Etta) Rasmussen and Mrs. Leslie (Selma) Martin both of Portland; one son, Donald, at home; five sisters, Mrs. Henry Schoessler, Mrs. C. E. Galbreath, both of Ritzville; Mrs. B. W. Barth of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Henry Oakes, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Mrs. Earl Hickman of Buhnel, Nebraska; two brothers, Leslie Yost of Seattle and Everett Yost of Chadron, Nebraska and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers at the funeral were Harold Schoessler, Everett Kiehn, Aaron Kiehn, Maynard Galbreath, Dave Weber and Mr. Yost of Seattle.
Ritzville Journal Times March 16, 1944 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
(Note: Her parents are buried in Nebraska)
Mrs.Emma Kiehn, nee Yost, was born Sept. 16,1879 at Sutton Nebraska and came with her parents to Ritzville in her childhood. She was married to Jacob J. Kiehn July 17, 1901 and they lived on a farm northwest of Ritzville until 1916, when they moved to Spokane. He entered the real estate business in Spokane and they lived their until 1923, when they moved to Portland. In 1933 they returned to the old homestead northwest of Ritzville where they have since lived.
Besides her widower, who at the present is ill at the Ritzville general hospital, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lynn
(Etta) Rasmussen and Mrs. Leslie (Selma) Martin both of Portland; one son, Donald, at home; five sisters, Mrs. Henry Schoessler, Mrs. C. E. Galbreath, both of Ritzville; Mrs. B. W. Barth of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Henry Oakes, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Mrs. Earl Hickman of Buhnel, Nebraska; two brothers, Leslie Yost of Seattle and Everett Yost of Chadron, Nebraska and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers at the funeral were Harold Schoessler, Everett Kiehn, Aaron Kiehn, Maynard Galbreath, Dave Weber and Mr. Yost of Seattle.
Ritzville Journal Times March 16, 1944 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
(Note: Her parents are buried in Nebraska)
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Zion Congregational church for Mrs. J. J. Kiehn,64, resident of Ritzville for many years who died suddenly last Friday afternoon of a heart attack. The Rev. P. Ruder officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Although she had been in poor helath, her death came suddenly. She and Mr. Kiehn had moved to Ritzville from their farm north of the city only a week before.
Mrs.Emma Kiehn, nee Yost, was born Sept. 16,1879 at Sutton Nebraska and came with her parents to Ritzville in her childhood. She was married to Jacob J. Kiehn July 17, 1901 and they lived on a farm northwest of Ritzville until 1916, when they moved to Spokane. He entered the real estate business in Spokane and they lived their until 1923, when they moved to Portland. In 1933 they returned to the old homestead northwest of Ritzville where they have since lived.
Besides her widower, who at the present is ill at the Ritzville general hospital, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lynn
(Etta) Rasmussen and Mrs. Leslie (Selma) Martin both of Portland; one son, Donald, at home; five sisters, Mrs. Henry Schoessler, Mrs. C. E. Galbreath, both of Ritzville; Mrs. B. W. Barth of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Henry Oakes, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Mrs. Earl Hickman of Buhnel, Nebraska; two brothers, Leslie Yost of Seattle and Everett Yost of Chadron, Nebraska and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers at the funeral were Harold Schoessler, Everett Kiehn, Aaron Kiehn, Maynard Galbreath, Dave Weber and Mr. Yost of Seattle.
Ritzville Journal Times March 16, 1944 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
(Note: Her parents are buried in Nebraska)
Mrs.Emma Kiehn, nee Yost, was born Sept. 16,1879 at Sutton Nebraska and came with her parents to Ritzville in her childhood. She was married to Jacob J. Kiehn July 17, 1901 and they lived on a farm northwest of Ritzville until 1916, when they moved to Spokane. He entered the real estate business in Spokane and they lived their until 1923, when they moved to Portland. In 1933 they returned to the old homestead northwest of Ritzville where they have since lived.
Besides her widower, who at the present is ill at the Ritzville general hospital, she is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lynn
(Etta) Rasmussen and Mrs. Leslie (Selma) Martin both of Portland; one son, Donald, at home; five sisters, Mrs. Henry Schoessler, Mrs. C. E. Galbreath, both of Ritzville; Mrs. B. W. Barth of Lincoln, Nebraska; Mrs. Henry Oakes, of Omaha, Nebraska, and Mrs. Earl Hickman of Buhnel, Nebraska; two brothers, Leslie Yost of Seattle and Everett Yost of Chadron, Nebraska and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers at the funeral were Harold Schoessler, Everett Kiehn, Aaron Kiehn, Maynard Galbreath, Dave Weber and Mr. Yost of Seattle.
Ritzville Journal Times March 16, 1944 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
(Note: Her parents are buried in Nebraska)
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