Wahkiakum Co. Eagle-January 2003

CARROLL, Hermina Ella	
	
  Age 84, died at her Skamokawa home.  She was born in Moulton, Tex., 
the daughter of Frank and Julia Robec Michalec.  She had lived in the 
Skamokawa area since 1948 when she moved from Turlock, Calif.
  She was a wife and mother who worked on the family dairy farm, drove 
milk truck, school bus and was a contract mail carrier for 28 1/2 years 
from Skamokawa to Rosburg.  She received the Pony Express award the 
winter of 1989-90 for her efforts when the major slide closed SR-4.  
She retired in 1999.
  She was of the Catholic faith and a past member of the Skamokawa 
Grange.  She enjoyed gardening, her flowers, crocheting and knitting, 
and especially her family and doing her mail route.
  Survivors include two sons, Chuck of Spokane and Dan of Hazel Dell; 
two daughters, Dorothy Smith of Astoria and Evelyn Carroll of 
Skamokawa; three brothers, Jerry Michalec of Delhi, Calif., Victor 
Michalec of Fair Oakes, Calif., and Benny Michalec of Docton; two 
sisters, Mary Hanson and Eleanor Winnas, both of Delhi; 14 
grandchildren; 31 great-grandchildren and three great-great-
grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.  She and Paul Carroll 
were married February 8, 1937.  He died in 1977.
  Mass was recited Friday at St. Catherine Catholic church with Fr. 
Scott Connolly officiating.
  Dowling Funeral Home in Cathlamet was in charge.


Hermina Ella (Michalec) Carroll
Fern Hill Cemetery-Skamokawa, Wa.
07 Apr 1918-06 Jan 2003
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2005 from 
original newspaper collection.)