Pierce - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: Stone Familey

jeepn200405 — 2013-05-14 20:33:17Z

I am the grandchild of Addison & Emma. Who are you and what do you want to know?

Re: Obit - Fred Holcomb/Fred Green

pictom1 — 2013-05-03 02:38:46Z

I should be in the library sometime before the end of May and will look for these.

Obit - Fred Holcomb/Fred Green

melmiller43 — 2013-05-02 15:29:56Z

Looking for obits for two different Freds:

Fred A. Holcomb
Death 27 June 1971
Publication 29 June 1971 page 33
and
Fred L. Green
Death 28 Nov. 1955
Publication 29 Nov. 1955 A-26

Re: Laure Lipscy Pierce died Feb 15, 1991 in Tacoma

pictom1 — 2013-04-29 02:26:14Z

What's her middle name!

The date is off by about ten days. Is your source accurate or is there a chance this is the same person?

PIERCE, LAURA E 27 FEB 1991 B-3 25-Feb-1991

Laure Lipscy Pierce died Feb 15, 1991 in Tacoma

MaryESicard — 2013-04-28 23:33:00Z

I hope someone can find an obit for her. Since her husband died much earlier and they had not children there might not be one.

Her husband was Edward Pierce and I believe he died IN 1964 (Washington Digital says location not known and shows the date 01/00/1964). I believe they lived in Tacoma so if there was an obit it would be there.

I have to wonder whey the records in the digial file don't have a location or a complete death date.

Thanks
Mary

Re: Federal Way

MarySicard40 — 2013-04-28 02:50:51Z

Thank you for the obit for Frances. I so appreciate your help.

Mary

Federal Way

pictom1 — 2013-04-28 02:37:49Z

Tacoma is weird when it comes to identifying what is Tacoma and what is some other city. There are cities surrounded by Tacoma and water. Meaning three sides of University Place is surrounded by Tacoma and the other side by the Puget Sound.
People who reside on the northeast section of the city will say they live in Federal Way or say Tacoma. It seems to be both.

Re: Frances Bunkelman died feb 10 2008

pictom1 — 2013-04-28 02:30:02Z

Frances Lipscy Bunkelman Obituary

1925-2008

FRANCES LIPSCY BUNKELMAN Frances T. Lipscy Bunkelman passed away February 10, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Federal Way , Washington. Wally Lipscy and Frances were long time residents, raising 4 children in Ellensburg. In 1970 Frances remarried to Byron Bunkelman and lived near Thorp. Later moving to Yakima. Frances was the daughter of Patrick and Lula Dooley of Portland, Oregon. Frances was born Jan. 13, 1925 in Portland. Frances is superceded in death by both Wally Lipscy Sr. and Byron Bunkelman , her oldest son James E. Lipscy III and second son Wally L. Lipscy Jr. , She is survived by a daughter in law Delores Lipscy of Tacoma. Her 3rd son Vincent W Lipscy of Tieton, Wa, and a daughter Catherine and son in law Robin Grass of Oregon and a sister Agnes Wagner of Eureka , Ca. She leaves behind 10 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. There will be no services at this time , a "Celebration of Life" will be in the Spring.

Published in Daily Record from February 12 to February 16, 2008

Re: Frances Bunkelman died feb 10 2008

MarySicard40 — 2013-04-27 21:33:53Z

Not exactly. That is how it goes sometimes.

Thanks
Mary

Re: Frances Bunkelman died feb 10 2008

Joyful — 2013-04-27 21:19:21Z

Not very helpful...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (WA) - Thursday, February 21, 2008
Deceased Name: BUNKELMAN, Frances T.
BUNKELMAN, Frances T., 83, of Federal Way, Feb. 10.

Frances Bunkelman died feb 10 2008

MaryESicard — 2013-04-27 14:35:34Z

I thought she died in Federa Way but the Washington digital archives say Tacoma.

I would like to get an obit to learn where she was buried and to get an update on her children.

Thanks
Mary

Re: Obituary, please?

MargeCounterman75 — 2013-04-17 20:02:12Z

Thank you so much for the obituary for Hasten Long.

Re: Obituary, please?

pictom1 — 2013-04-17 19:51:32Z

For future reference, put the name of the person you are seeking the obit for in the subject line to make it easier for the volunteers who are assisting you. Right now there are a lot of subjects for OBIT so the volunteer has to go through each one in order to find yours after they located the actual obit. For more than one obit, please put the surnames in the subject field.
Here is the obit you requested.Note the spelling of the first name.

Re: Obituary, please?

pictom1 — 2013-04-17 01:53:59Z

Give me a month to get back to the library. You can read through the thread to find the link to the database. I am using a phone right now so don't have access to my links.

Obituary, please?

MargeCounterman75 — 2013-04-16 03:01:49Z

Need an obituary for Heston Lewis Long born 17 Nov 1875 and died 5 Mar 1951.

Thank you!!

margecounterman@frontier.com

obit lookup-ida lane rollins

sedumplanter — 2013-04-07 21:24:13Z

thank you!!! i am looking for the obituary in the tacoma tribune for

Name: ROLLINS, IDA
Date of Death: 02-Jan-1957
Indexing Source: 04 JAN 1957 page A-7

Re: Obituary lookup

saare — 2013-04-07 15:54:26Z

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! I'm sooo happy to receive this obituary. His great-grandson will be forever grateful. It settles a several years long mystery.
Elsie Saar in NY

Re: Obit Lookup-Emma Logan Wright Mrs. Andrews

akaboojee — 2013-04-07 08:43:38Z

thank you

Re: obits

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 21:51:56Z

No Ina Donahue in a week's worth of paper.

Re: Alderfer in Spinaway obit?

coleenhandlonshaull — 2013-04-06 20:46:57Z

fabulous, fabulous fabulous. Thank you tons and tons. This was so very kind of you.

Re: Obit Look Up.

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 20:08:47Z

No Swartzell in the 1900-1910 Tacoma City Directories.

Re: obits

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 19:51:47Z

I somehow seem to have dropped these off my to do list. Here is the one I found. The wife is not in the database and I generally don't have luck finding names not in the database but it has happened.

Re: Obit. lookup - Ida Gladys Russell (Tacoma)

jeffjahn — 2013-04-06 19:38:12Z

Thanks

OBITS

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 19:35:09Z

To the best of my knowledge, I have looked for and uploaded all request made of me in the last month for obits. If you posted a request and I have not sent one, please link to it in a reply here. Thanks.

Re: need obit for Donald Lauer died 12-2-1994

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 19:33:03Z

Here.

Re: Obit. lookup - Ida Gladys Russell (Tacoma)

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 19:28:23Z

Here it is.

Re: Alderfer in Spinaway obit?

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 18:47:40Z

Here they are. Spanaway.

Re: Obituary lookup

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 18:45:14Z

Here you go.

Re: Obit Lookup-Emma Logan Wright Mrs. Andrews

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 18:41:07Z

Here you go.

Re: need obit for Leona Lund Lauer died 2-16-1953 tacoma

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 18:39:39Z

Here you go.

Re: OBITS - Tacoma - I can search for them!

pictom1 — 2013-04-06 18:37:25Z

Here they are.

John O. Philips Born Tacoma; Died July 1964 Seattle, Washington

oastwd — 2013-04-03 15:34:05Z

The Seattle Times Tuesday, July 29, 1964
John Philips, Real Estate Man, Dies
John O. Philips, 62, long time Seattle real estate appraiser and resident her 50 years, died yesterday of a lingering illness.

Mr. Philips, a native of Tacoma, resided at 1875 McGilvra Boulevard. He attended the University of Washington, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity.

Mr. Philips was a member of the American Right of Way Association, the College Club, the Society of Residential Appraisers and the Seattle Tennis Club.

Surviving are his wife, Jane B.; a daughter, Mrs. Rodney B. Carter, Jacksonville, Florida; three brothers, James C. Philips, Oakland, California and Calvin and Richard T. Philips, both of Seattle and six grandchildren.

Private funeral services are being arranged by the Bleitz Funeral Home. The family has asked that remembrances be made to the Dean of Medicine’s Cancer Research Fund at the University of Washington.

*****
The Seattle Times Thursday, July 30, 1964
Philips, John O., 62, 1875 McGilvra Boulevard East, July 27.

Re: OBITS - Tacoma - I can search for them!

melmiller43 — 2013-04-02 03:00:02Z

I'd appreciate you adding these obit requests to your list:

Rodney Ludeman dod 27 Aug 1984
Index 29Aug 1984 B-6

Fred A Holcomb dod 27 June 1971
Index 29 June 1971 pg 33
Thanks

need obit for Donald Lauer died 12-2-1994

MaryESicard — 2013-03-29 19:00:38Z

I searched the index

Donald Lauer 12-7-1994 b-10

Thanks
Mary

need obit for Leona Lund Lauer died 2-16-1953 tacoma

MaryESicard — 2013-03-29 18:55:27Z

I searched the obit index and found

2-23-1953 20

But I sure don't know what the means.

Thanks
Mary

Re: OBITS - Tacoma - I can search for them!

melmiller43 — 2013-03-26 20:44:40Z

I am looking for 3 obits from the Tacoma area.
I found the page #'s from the Tacoma Library site.

Charles H. Lynch 6 Oct 1923 P-2

Alice E. Lebelle 16 Nov 1949 -34 I assume that means page 34.

Effie V. Brown 17 Dec 1964 D-4

Any help you can give would be great!
Mary Lou

Re: Ava Jane Raze

Callaghan_Patrick — 2013-03-18 06:31:39Z

This is an email for Sue Mancer
Sue, this is Patrick Callaghan, you have ent me a message, via ancestry, regarding Johanna Rochford, I was delighted to receive it and have been waiting for such a message for years, WE ARE COUSINS but could not send a reply, it just wouldn't go, so am trying this method
if you do get this please reply direct to
balcolyn@activ8.net.au
I have my fingers crossed hoping to hear from you
Patrick Callaghan

Death record and obit look up Tacoma.

shar454 — 2013-03-17 15:42:54Z

I am looking for any information on Sarah (Nellie) Ella Swartzel
Born Feb 25 1865 Liberty, Buchanan County, Iowa.
Father: Henry W. (Hank) Bidinger.
Mother: Sarah Melissa McBee.
Married Lewis Allen Swartzel in Buchanan County, Iowa.
Died between 1903 and 1915,

Children:
Eugene Harry Swartzel.
Fieddis (Fridrick) Swartzel.
The 1900 census says she is living in Omaha City, Douglas, Nebraska.
In her brothers obituary (Lowell Henry Bidinger) in 1903 it says she is now living in Tacoma, Pierce Washingon.
I have a paper from her son that says she died aroung 1915. I have not been able to find any other info on her in Washington, no deith record, obit or census. Sarah is my great grandmother and I have been looking for this infor 4 years. Her profile link is
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15333851/person/1635042570

Re: Obit Lookup-Emma Logan Wright Mrs. Andrews

akaboojee — 2013-03-16 00:44:00Z

thanks for the help rob, i will be giving the librarian an email for the obit text. i have looked everywhere i know and can not locate the second wa death index for emma logan in alabama, can u give me a link to the database u found that in?

Re: Obit Lookup-Emma Logan Wright Mrs. Andrews

RBestrom7380 — 2013-03-15 21:02:18Z

The Washington Death Index:
Emma Wright Logan, born abt 1872, died 2 June 1950 in Tacoma, WA; Father: Ebenezer Russow, mother: Martha Scofield.
--A second Washington Death Index:
Emma W. Logan, died 2 June 1950 in Alabama, age 78.

Your findagrave posting (for other researchers:)
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wr...;

The Tacoma Library database of obituaries published in the local Tacoma newspapers: http://search.tpl.lib.wa.us/obits/browseobits.asp
identifies her name as last name of LOGAN, Emma Wright (Mrs Andrew), obit as stated 3 June 1950, page 3.

The Washington State Library has a free research service, the ask-a-librarian program, where they will look for information in the archives, in this case the newspaper microfilm for an event. They will look up to an hour and send you the results. For an obituary: http://www.sos.wa.gov/library/Obituaries.aspx
Again, use the last name of Logan for your request.

Ron Bestrom
Tacoma, WA

Obit Lookup-Emma Logan Wright Mrs. Andrews

akaboojee — 2013-03-15 17:06:52Z

thank you in advance! i am looking for information on an obit from the tacoma tribune for Emma Logan Wright (Mrs. Andrews), died june 2, 1950 and was published june 3.

Re: Death record and obit look up

shar454 — 2013-03-15 12:07:16Z

Thank You for all your help. She had a brother James that died in Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa in 1941 so I am going to contact Black Hawk County to find out what news papers were there then and see if I can find an obit on him and maybe some more info on her.

Again, Thank You.

Re: Death record and obit look up

RBestrom7380 — 2013-03-14 21:54:53Z

Good Posting.

For other research conducted, also see:
http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.was...

A BUNCH of new attempts to locate this person was conducted today, without success. I searched US Census by the different first names, just last name (Swart*), NO name but born in Iowa, plus/minus 5 years of 1856. I searched whatever databases I could find for Nebraska for marriages, deaths. I checked the Deaths 1895 to 1907 database, and the Washington Death Index 1907-. I searched for NO NAME, born Iowa 1855 to 1860 with no success.

The newly posted family tree profile on this person greatly helps. New information for the 1900 Census, "Nellie Swartzel" was living in the building as her sister "Florence" (Flora?) Bidinger Soper and sons also helps identify potential reasons why Nellie/Sarah may have moved to Tacoma, WA.
--1900 Census:
Florence "Sopher", born May 1861 in Iowa
Eugene, May 1885
Lowell, Sept 1890 (1910 Census shows him in Beatrice, Gage Co, NE, age 24(1885/1886), brakeman/railroad.
--The 1920 Census of Benson, Douglas Co, NE
Eugene H. Soper, 36, wife and two children.
Lowell W, age 35
Florence, mother, age 60
---Eugene's obit (info to order) can be found here:
http://omahaobits.wordpress.com/si-ss/

The 1901 City Directory also shows a Roy S. Swartzel. I could not find a relationship for him.

Harry Swartzell's record (of 1924) identified that his father was about 35 at time of death, his mother about 39. "If" his mother, Sarah, was about 39 at time of death, born 1856, she would have died about 1895. But, the 1900 Census disproves that time frame.

The City Directories of Tacoma should be reviewed from 1900 to 1910 to see if she shows in print. IF she was living as Swartzel*, it could be found easy. However, if she had remarried...impossible. This is about the only additional lead here that I could imagine.

She is found in Nebraska with her sister in 1900 Census. IF she was living in Tacoma by 1903, she would have had to have a reason to move there (another family member, marriage?). The Soper's were in Wyoming in 1903, but returned to Nebraska.

Ron Bestrom
Tacoma

Obit Look Up.

shar454 — 2013-03-14 11:09:06Z

I am looking for any information on Sarah (Nellie) Ella Swartzel
Born Feb 25 1865 Liberty, Buchanan County, Iowa.
Father: Henry W. (Hank) Bidinger.
Mother: Sarah Melissa McBee.
Married Lewis Allen Swartzel in Buchanan County, Iowa.

Children:
Eugene Harry Swartzel.
Fieddis (Fridrick) Swartzel.
The 1900 census says she is living in Omaha City, Douglas, Nebraska.
In her brothers obituary (Lowell Henry Bidinger) in 1903 it says she is now living in Tacoma, Pierce Washingon.
I have a paper from her son that says she died aroung 1915. I have not been able to find any other info on her in Washington, no deith record, obit or census. Sarah is my great grandmother and I have been looking for this infor 4 years. Her profile link is
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/15333851/person/1635042570

Re: Obit. lookup - Ida Gladys Russell (Tacoma)

jeffjahn — 2013-03-13 19:48:04Z

No problems thanks :)

Re: Obit. lookup - Ida Gladys Russell (Tacoma)

pictom1 — 2013-03-13 19:11:08Z

This one has been added to my list. Give me a month.

Re: Obit lookup - Robert Lee Russell (Tacoma)

jeffjahn — 2013-03-13 18:49:40Z

I have requested from the state for Robert Russell and the one for Coralee. I haven't requested the one for Ida Gladys Russell yet if your interested in looken that one up.

Re: Obit Look Up.

shar454 — 2013-03-13 18:45:12Z

Greeting

Thank you for all your help. I have added Sarah Ellen (Nellie) Bidinger-Swartzel's profile link to my post.

Re: Obit Look Up.

shar454 — 2013-03-13 18:44:49Z

Greeting

Thank you for all your help. I have added Sarah Ellen (Nellie) Bidinger-Swartzel's profile link to my post.

Re: Obit lookup - Robert Lee Russell (Tacoma)

pictom1 — 2013-03-13 18:31:56Z

Jeff,
If you have NOT already contacted the overburdened Washington Archives, please respond that you'd like for me to look up your three obits.
I have been looking up obits in the Tacoma Area and requested other posters not to just automatically send people to the state but for some reason they do anyway.
But I'm not going to do the work if someone else has already been asked.
So at this point if you tell me you have not sent the request to the state, I'll look them up.