The Wahkiakum Eagle combined with the Columbia River Sun-Thursday, August 23, 
1945

PULLIAM, Sarah Dora  

ALTOONA RESIDENT DIES SATURDAY

Mrs. Sarah Dora Pulliam, 80, for 53 years a resident of Altoona, died Saturday, August 
18, in an Astoria hospital, and was laid to rest beside her husband in Greenwood 
cemetery, Cathlamet, Tuesday, August 21.

Mrs. Pulliam was born in Paxton, Ill., November 26, 1865, and came to the Northwest at 
an early age.

Suviving relatives are one son, Harold J. Pulliam of Altoona; five daughters, Mrs. 
Florence Peterson, Portland; Mrs. Glen A. Bushee, Oswego, Ore,; Mrs. James McGowan, 
Hayward, Califo.; Mrs. R. M. Boeckel, Kingsville, Texas; Mrs. Pearl LaFrance, San 
Pedro, Calif.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. W. Head.  Funeral arrangements were in 
charge of Hatton Funeral Home, Cathlamet.


Sara Dora (Hillsbery) Hopps Pulliam
Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa.
26 Nov 1865-18 Aug 1945
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society in 2005 from original 
newspapers in the collection.)