Wahkiakum Eagle-June 1983

ELLISON, Ruth Marie

  Age 87, died at home.  She was born at Cokato, Minn.
  She and her husband, Herman E. Ellison, were married April 3, 1918, 
and moved to Skamokawa in 1919 where they lived for 58 years before 
moving to Cathlamet in 1977.  He survives her at home.
  She was a member of the Community United Methodist Church of 
Skamokawa, the Ladies Aide, Mentor Club and the American Legion 
Auxiliary.  She was past worthy matron of Wahcoma Chapter 226, Order of 
Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile.
  Also surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Audrey and Thomas W. 
Maughn of Ilwaco; two sisters, Rhoda Cercek of Long Beach, Calif., and 
Olive Gustafson of Vancouver; two brothers, Ed Wedin of Clackamus, 
Ore., and Wally Wedin of College Place; two grandchildren, Thomas D.
Maughan of Phoenix, Ariz., and Susan Jaynes of Eagle Creek, Alaska; and 
six great-grandchildren.
  Services were Tuesday in the Community United Methodist church, 
Skamokawa, with Rev. Everett L. Groves officiating.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Ruth Marie (Wedin) Ellison
Fern Hill Cemetery-Skamokawa, Wa.
04 May 1896-03 Jun 1983
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2007 from 
original newspaper collection.)