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Monroe Monitor
4 September 1952

Thompson's Pioneer Father Dies at North Bend

Roy Thomson, father of Frank Thomson of Monroe, died last Saturday at Nelema Memorial
hospital.  Funeral services were held yesterday at North Bend - the town which Mr. 
Thomson is credited with "lighting up" with neon signs so that tourist and traveler 
alike knew when they came to the twon of North Bend.

Loved and respected by his many friends and thousands of acquaintances, Mr. Thompson 
spent nearly a half century in the Snoqualmie Valley, where he devoted his time to 
many business enterprises and the promotion of a "greater North Bend".


Everett Herald
2 September 1977

Imogene S. Thompson, 68, of 17622 Olympic View Dr., Edmonds, died September 1 in 
Edmonds.

Arrangements will be announced by Beck's Funeral Home.

Everett Herald
1 September 1977

Arvil R. THORNE, 53, of 227 123 Ave. SE, Lake Stevens, died August 30 at her home.

She was born Feb. 18, 1914 in Sheldon, Iowa, and had resided in the Lake Stevens area
since 1969.  She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses, Lake Stevens congregation.

She leaves six daughters, Mrs. Peggy Gunther, Mrs. Mary McDaniel and Mrs. Carol Ann 
Rutkowski, all of Michigan, Mrs. Arvil R. Wiley of Kentucky, Mrs. Edith Guidner of 
Seatle and Mrs. LaVonne Stadin of Lake Stevens;  two sons, Harold Guidner of 
Michigan and Joe R. Thorne of Granite Falls;  27 grandchildren;  three 
great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by sons, Charles and Floyd.

Graveside servivces will be Tuesday, 1 p.m., in the GAR Cemetery with Mr. Merle 
LeaQuee of Jehovah's Witnesses officiating.  Visiting hours will be 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 
Saturday and 9 a/m/ - 12:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Azelea Chapel of Purdy and Dawson 
Funeral Home, Snohomish.


Everett Herald
5 September 1977

Arvil R. Thorne, 63, of Lake Stevens, died Aug. 30 at her home.

Graveside services will be Tuesday, 1 p.m., in the GAR Cemetery, with Mr. Merle 
LeoQuee of Jehovah Witnesses officiating.  Visiting hours will be 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 
Tuesday in the Azalea Chapel of Purdy and Dawson Funeral Home, Snohomish.
 
Everett Daily Herald
October 24, 1910

   Mrs. Mary THURSTING died suddenly Saturday night at her home on Maple Street, 
after apparently fully recovering from a severe sick spell lasting about three weeks.
Saturday she was about as usual and made a shopping trip down town.  She claimed to 
feel well.  At night she awoke about 11:20 and asked Mr. HEYMAN, her son-in-law, for 
a drink.  Before he reached her with a glass of water, she dropped back dead, from 
heart failure.  Mrs. THURSTING was 61 years old.  She leaves a daughter, Mrs. M. L. 
WOODRING, residing in Seattle, another daughter in California, and two sons, Horace 
POITRAS of Portland and Joseph POITRAS, of California.  The funeral will be conducted
tomorrow at 10 o'clock from the family residence, Rev. Joseph WEISS of Everett, has 
been asked to officiate.  Mrs. THURSTING's daughter, Mrs. HEYMAN, was buried about a 
week ago, having died from tuberculosis.

SEMER TIFT NOTES

Semer Tift Everett G.A.R. 
Residence Blandinsville IL; McDonohough Co.
Enlisted on 2/16/1864 as a Private.
On 2/16/1864 he mustered into "H" Co. IL 2nd Cavalry 
He was Mustered Out on 10/22/1865
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 6/25/1865 from company H to company E 

and also 
Residence Blandinsville IL; 
Enlisted on 7/22/1862 as a Private.
On 9/1/1862 he mustered into "C" Co. IL 78th Infantry 
(date and method of discharge not given)
 (Rejected by mustering officer)

Possible brother - Silas J. Tift
Residence Blandinsville IL; 
Enlisted on 2/16/1864 as a Private.
On 2/16/1864 he mustered into "H" Co. IL 2nd Cavalry 
He was Mustered Out on 11/22/1865 at San Antonio, TX
Intra Regimental Company Transfers:
* 6/25/1865 from company H to company E

Everett Daily Herald
"TOM" Drops Dead in Monroe Saloon
   
MONROE, Nov. 8, --- A poor drunkard known only as "TOM" dropped dead in a saloon here
at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and an inquest conducted by Coroner C. H. BAKEMAN 
showed the "Tom" had died of alcoholism.  Nobody knows anything about him, except 
that once he was a railroad employee, whose appetite for drink brought him low and 
made him a outcast and a confirmed drunkard.  The county will provide burial for 
"Tom."  None knows of a relative of the fellow, whose family name even has been lost 
in the abandonment of his life to drink.

Everett Daily Herald
1/30/1911

	Mrs. Rebecca A. Tracy, who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.N. Stockton, 
Saturday morning, was born in Indiana, July 30, 1838, and was married in that state 
to John A. Tracy in 1853. She was the mother of eleven children. A daughter Mrs. 
James Hinton, lives in Seattle. Two sons survive her, W.F.Tracy of Clarke Co., and 
D.A. Tracy, of Iowa. 

	Mrs. Tracy was one of those heroic women who looked after the farm and children 
during the war, her husband being three years in the Union army in the department of 
the west. Thirty-four years ago she came with her family to Washington territory and 
with the exception of short sojourns in Florida and California, lived in the 
Northwest until her death. About seven years ago she came to Snohomish but left after 
two years residence here. She came here to spend last Thanksgiving with her daughter 
when she was taken sick. The funeral was held in Purdy's chapel at 2 o'clock this
afternoon. Interment in G.A.R. cemetery. 

Card of Thanks
	We thank many kind friends for sympathy and kindness during the long sickness and 
at the time of the death and burial of our beloved wife and mother, Rebecca A. Tracy, 
and partiularly do we thank the G.A.R., the L.O.T.M. and the donors of Flowers.
John A. Tracy
Mr. & Mrs. H.N. Stockton
Mr. & Mrs. James Hinton

	Mrs. James Hinton and children returned to their home in Seattle today they were 
accompanied by her father, J.A. Tracy.

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