Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from the Haight & Sons parlor for Mrs. Wade H. Landreth, 70, Ritzville pioneer who died last wednesday morning at her home. The Rev. W. T. Taylor pastor of the church of Nazare, officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Mrs. Lanreth died unexpectedly from a heart attack.
Mrs. Clara Nellie Landreth, nee Jones, was born August 28, 1874 at Gowrie, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones. In 1883 the family moved to Illinois and settled on a farm, but ten years later, on Dec 4, 1893, the family came west to Ritzville, where Mrs. Landreth taught school for two years. On Dec. 17, 1897, she was married to Wade H. Landreth and two children were born to this union. She was the last survivor of the Jones family, who were pioneers of this community. She and Mr. Lanreth had lived on the same property during the entire 47 years of marriage.
Besides her widower, a pioneer Ritzville machinist, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Carl M. Lundstrom of Electric City, Wash.; and one son, Harry of Tacoma; two grandson, two nieces and one nephew.
Ritzville Journal Times January 18, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mrs. Clara Nellie Landreth, nee Jones, was born August 28, 1874 at Gowrie, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones. In 1883 the family moved to Illinois and settled on a farm, but ten years later, on Dec 4, 1893, the family came west to Ritzville, where Mrs. Landreth taught school for two years. On Dec. 17, 1897, she was married to Wade H. Landreth and two children were born to this union. She was the last survivor of the Jones family, who were pioneers of this community. She and Mr. Lanreth had lived on the same property during the entire 47 years of marriage.
Besides her widower, a pioneer Ritzville machinist, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Carl M. Lundstrom of Electric City, Wash.; and one son, Harry of Tacoma; two grandson, two nieces and one nephew.
Ritzville Journal Times January 18, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from the Haight & Sons parlor for Mrs. Wade H. Landreth, 70, Ritzville pioneer who died last wednesday morning at her home. The Rev. W. T. Taylor pastor of the church of Nazare, officiated. Burial was in the Ritzville cemetery. Mrs. Lanreth died unexpectedly from a heart attack.
Mrs. Clara Nellie Landreth, nee Jones, was born August 28, 1874 at Gowrie, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones. In 1883 the family moved to Illinois and settled on a farm, but ten years later, on Dec 4, 1893, the family came west to Ritzville, where Mrs. Landreth taught school for two years. On Dec. 17, 1897, she was married to Wade H. Landreth and two children were born to this union. She was the last survivor of the Jones family, who were pioneers of this community. She and Mr. Lanreth had lived on the same property during the entire 47 years of marriage.
Besides her widower, a pioneer Ritzville machinist, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Carl M. Lundstrom of Electric City, Wash.; and one son, Harry of Tacoma; two grandson, two nieces and one nephew.
Ritzville Journal Times January 18, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
Mrs. Clara Nellie Landreth, nee Jones, was born August 28, 1874 at Gowrie, Iowa, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones. In 1883 the family moved to Illinois and settled on a farm, but ten years later, on Dec 4, 1893, the family came west to Ritzville, where Mrs. Landreth taught school for two years. On Dec. 17, 1897, she was married to Wade H. Landreth and two children were born to this union. She was the last survivor of the Jones family, who were pioneers of this community. She and Mr. Lanreth had lived on the same property during the entire 47 years of marriage.
Besides her widower, a pioneer Ritzville machinist, she is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Carl M. Lundstrom of Electric City, Wash.; and one son, Harry of Tacoma; two grandson, two nieces and one nephew.
Ritzville Journal Times January 18, 1945 Sue Gardner & gapwork90
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