The Daily News-August 1990 EDMONSON, Laura Jane Age 65, a longtime Cathlamet resident, died in an Everett hospital. She was born at Orofino, Idaho, the daughter of Orvil and Mattie Chase. She was a homemaker. She married Francis Edmonson in 1939, and the couple moved from Idaho to Cathlamet in 1940. She loved gardening, flowers and her family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Francis, in 1977, and also by a brother, Leonard Chase. Surviving her are two daughters, Janice Cothren of Rosburg and Rosalie Webb of Skamokawa; a son, Kenneth Edmonson of Cathlamet; three sisters, Dorothy Huddleston of Klamath Falls, Ore., Mary Rugg of Edmonds, Wash., and Bettie Gritman of Dayton, Wash.; two brothers, Leslie Chase of Missoula, Mont., and Raymond Chase of Cathlamet; three grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews. A private graveside service was held in Cathlamet with Rev. Art Palmer officiating. Dowling Funeral Home was in charge. Laura Jane (Chase) Edmonson Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa. 29 Oct 1924-08 Aug 1990 (As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2005 from original newspaper collection.)