The Wahkiakum County Eagle-September 3, 1998 Ruth V. Birnie Carmony Funeral services were held August 20, 1998, in Bateman Carroll Funeral Chapel in Gresham, Ore., for Ruth V. Birnie Carmony, who died August 16, at the age of 94. Mrs. Carmony was born February 3, 1904, in Portland. Her maiden name was Birnie. She was a great-granddaughter of James Birnie, who was with the Hudson Bay Company and founded Cathlamet in 1946. She lived in the Eugene area from 1919 until 1934, when she moved to Gresham. She married Oran J. in 1919; he died in 1995. Survivors include her daughter, Kathleen Wiley of Fairview; son John of Milwaukie; four grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and 14 great- great-grandchildren. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Gresham. Ruth Victoria (Birnie) Carmony Forest Lawn Cemetery-Gresham, OR 3 February 1904-16 August 1998 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society Museum)