Ruth MEANS (1924-2006)

1 Ruth Mildred MEANS^1,2,3 (1924-2006) [14663]. Born 24 Feb 1924, Portland, OR.^1,2,3 Died 5 Oct 2006, Spokane, WA.³ Buried Spokane Memorial Gardens, Spokane, WA.³

2 Thomas James MEANS^1,2,4,5,6,7 (1873-1985) [14661]. Born 7 Jun 1873.^5,6 Marr Zanana P. EMERICK 5 Oct 1920.⁴ Died 18 Apr 1985.⁷

3 Zanana P. EMERICK^1,2,7,8 (c. 1898-1991) [14658]. Born c. 1898, OR.⁸ Died 7 Dec 1991.⁷

6 Berton Elsworth EMERICK^3,8,9 (1869-1951) [10289]. Born 7 Jul 1869, IL.^3,9 Marr Sarah M. ARMENTROUT 15 Oct 1895.¹⁰ Died 16 Dec 1951, Portland, OR.³ Buried Mount Union Cemetery, Philomath, OR.³

12 Warren EMERICK^9,11,12,13 (c. 1824-1898) [4246]. Born c. 1824, NY.¹⁴ Marr Sarah Ann WARNER 1849, Walworth, WI.^15,16 Marr Anna ONSTINE bef 1858.¹⁵ Marr Marcella ? c. 1860.¹⁷ Died 21 May 1898, Boise City, ID.^3,13,18,19 Cause: Heart failure. Buried Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID.^3,13

From the Idaho Daily Statesman.

May 22, 1898 - "Warren Emerick dropped dead yesterday morning at his farm on the bench five miles from the city. He was walking about his barn when he fell, and when found life was extinct. Heart failure was the cause. The deceased was 80 years of age. He was a brother of J.C. Emerick of Boise, the well known sheepman."

May 23, 1898 - "WARREN EMERICK'S FUNERAL. Warren Emerick, who died suddenly from heart trouble Saturday morning at the home of his sister, Mrs. C.B. Lee, was buried yesterday afternoon. A large concourse of carriages followed his remains from the home of Mr. Lee to No. 45 school house where appropriate exercises were conducted by Rev. E.W. Murphy, interment being at Morris Hill cemetery. A beautiful floral wreath was laid on his coffin by the Sunday school of Five-Mile school house, whose superintendent he had been for several years.".

13 Marcella ?^9,15 (c. 1835- ) [10282]. Born c. 1835, NY.¹⁵

7 Sarah M. ARMENTROUT^3,8 (1867-1957) [14657]. Born Jan 1867, Westfield, IL.³ Died 18 Jun 1957.³

Sources

1	"1930 OR, Linn, Mill City census".

2	"1940 OR, Wasco, The Dallas census".

3	"Find A Grave Memorial Record".

4	"Rootsweb marriage record".

5	"WWI Selective Service registration card".

6	"WWII Selective Service Registration Card".

7	"Oregon Death Index".

8	"1920 OR, Bentron, Philomath census".

9	"1870 IL, Lawrence, Christy census".

10	"Bulletin published by the Genealogical Forum of Oregon".

11	"Last will and testament of ISAAC ROSE".

12	"From The Story in the Little Brown Suitcase by Carol Lynn Caswell".

13	"May 23, 1898 Idaho Statesman, Boise, ID".

14	"1850 - WI, Marquette, Indian Lands census".

15	"1860 WI Marquette, Oxford census".

16	"Genealogy of the Descendants of Omri Warner by C. O. Warner, 1916".

17	"Unconfirmed Rootsweb posting".

18	"Biography of George W. Emerick (the elder) from Illinois Historical, 1910".

19	"Death notice of Warren Emerick in the Idaho Daily Statesman, May 22, 1898".