Children:
Edith (Short) DeMeritt
Ethel (Short) Lucas
Raymond L Short
Roland L. Short
Jan. 8, 1921; Oregonian, p 14
Funeral services for a pioneer of the Oregon country. Mrs. Henrietta Z. Short, who died Wednesday morning, December 31, at her home, 574 Spokane avenue, after an illness of several months, were held last Friday afternoon at the funeral chapel of the Portland crematorium.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zumwalt, who crossed the plains in 1850, Mrs. Short was born in Clackamas county on a donation land claim, in February, 1850. After her marriage to Captain W. P. Short the coujple removed to Sellwood, where, excepting for a brief residence in Canada, they have lived for the past 32 years. Mrs. Short was a member of the Oregon Pioneer association, the Sellwood Lavender club and attended the services of the Episcopal church.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Edith DeMeritt of Reedsport, Or., and Mrs. Ethel Lucos of Los Angeles; a son, R. L. Short of Milwaukie, Or.; two sisters, Mrs. F. J. Stanton and Mrs. M. C. Howard, both of Portland, and two brothers, John D. Zumwalt of Portland and A. R. Zumwalt of Pendleton.
Rev. Oswald W. Taylor, vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal church, conducted the funeral services.
Edith (Short) DeMeritt
Ethel (Short) Lucas
Raymond L Short
Roland L. Short
Jan. 8, 1921; Oregonian, p 14
Funeral services for a pioneer of the Oregon country. Mrs. Henrietta Z. Short, who died Wednesday morning, December 31, at her home, 574 Spokane avenue, after an illness of several months, were held last Friday afternoon at the funeral chapel of the Portland crematorium.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zumwalt, who crossed the plains in 1850, Mrs. Short was born in Clackamas county on a donation land claim, in February, 1850. After her marriage to Captain W. P. Short the coujple removed to Sellwood, where, excepting for a brief residence in Canada, they have lived for the past 32 years. Mrs. Short was a member of the Oregon Pioneer association, the Sellwood Lavender club and attended the services of the Episcopal church.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Edith DeMeritt of Reedsport, Or., and Mrs. Ethel Lucos of Los Angeles; a son, R. L. Short of Milwaukie, Or.; two sisters, Mrs. F. J. Stanton and Mrs. M. C. Howard, both of Portland, and two brothers, John D. Zumwalt of Portland and A. R. Zumwalt of Pendleton.
Rev. Oswald W. Taylor, vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal church, conducted the funeral services.
Children:
Edith (Short) DeMeritt
Ethel (Short) Lucas
Raymond L Short
Roland L. Short
Jan. 8, 1921; Oregonian, p 14
Funeral services for a pioneer of the Oregon country. Mrs. Henrietta Z. Short, who died Wednesday morning, December 31, at her home, 574 Spokane avenue, after an illness of several months, were held last Friday afternoon at the funeral chapel of the Portland crematorium.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zumwalt, who crossed the plains in 1850, Mrs. Short was born in Clackamas county on a donation land claim, in February, 1850. After her marriage to Captain W. P. Short the coujple removed to Sellwood, where, excepting for a brief residence in Canada, they have lived for the past 32 years. Mrs. Short was a member of the Oregon Pioneer association, the Sellwood Lavender club and attended the services of the Episcopal church.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Edith DeMeritt of Reedsport, Or., and Mrs. Ethel Lucos of Los Angeles; a son, R. L. Short of Milwaukie, Or.; two sisters, Mrs. F. J. Stanton and Mrs. M. C. Howard, both of Portland, and two brothers, John D. Zumwalt of Portland and A. R. Zumwalt of Pendleton.
Rev. Oswald W. Taylor, vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal church, conducted the funeral services.
Edith (Short) DeMeritt
Ethel (Short) Lucas
Raymond L Short
Roland L. Short
Jan. 8, 1921; Oregonian, p 14
Funeral services for a pioneer of the Oregon country. Mrs. Henrietta Z. Short, who died Wednesday morning, December 31, at her home, 574 Spokane avenue, after an illness of several months, were held last Friday afternoon at the funeral chapel of the Portland crematorium.
A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zumwalt, who crossed the plains in 1850, Mrs. Short was born in Clackamas county on a donation land claim, in February, 1850. After her marriage to Captain W. P. Short the coujple removed to Sellwood, where, excepting for a brief residence in Canada, they have lived for the past 32 years. Mrs. Short was a member of the Oregon Pioneer association, the Sellwood Lavender club and attended the services of the Episcopal church.
She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Edith DeMeritt of Reedsport, Or., and Mrs. Ethel Lucos of Los Angeles; a son, R. L. Short of Milwaukie, Or.; two sisters, Mrs. F. J. Stanton and Mrs. M. C. Howard, both of Portland, and two brothers, John D. Zumwalt of Portland and A. R. Zumwalt of Pendleton.
Rev. Oswald W. Taylor, vicar of St. Paul's Episcopal church, conducted the funeral services.
Gravesite Details
Not recorded in the official ledger book, but other cemetery records indicate her cremains were placed here with those of her husband William Penn Short and their four children.
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