Lower Columbia Eagle-July 21, 1960

Services held for
Mrs. Ellen Braaten

  Mrs. Ellen Marie Braaten, 72, Cathlamet, died July 13 in a Longview 
hospital.  She was born August 10, 1887, in
Kristiansund, Norway.  She came to the United States in 1908 and to 
Cathlamet in 1917.  She was a charter member of the Cathlamet Assembly 
of God Church.
  Survivors include her husband, Gunval, Cathlamet; two daughters, Miss 
Myrtle Braaten, Cathlamet, and Mrs. Dagney Brannen, Portland; a son, 
Arnold, San Lorenze, California; three sisters, Mrs. E. J. Bjerkeseth, 
Seattle, Mrs. Inga Ellingse, Centralia, and Mrs. Jesefa Aa in Norway.
  Funeral services were Saturday in the Cathlamet Assembly of God 
Church, with Rev. John Turner officiating and Rev. O. E. Marr, 
assisting.  Mrs. John Turner was the pianist; Rev. and Mrs. Frank Cole 
duetists and Rev. O. E. Marr was the soloist.
  Pallbearers included Cecil Eaton, Andrew Fudge, Alfred Stone, Irvin 
Tonkin, Robert Trimble and Irvin Hodgson.
  Interment was in Greenwood Cemetery.  The Dowling Funeral Home was in 
charge.


Braaten, Ellen Marie (Silset)
Greenwood Cemetery- Cathlamet, WA
10 Aug 1887- 13 Jul 1960
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)