Chalmers Obituary Page

Chalmers Obituaries

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Elma Washington Newspaper

30 October 1919

     John Chalmers, an old resident of this county has passed to his reward. He died on last Saturday at the old soldiers home at Orting, at the age of 84 years. Mr. Chalmers was born in Scotland in 1835 and came to America at the age of 9 years. His parents first settled in Wisconsin, near Madison.
     He came to this county in 1878 and took up some land near the old Wood place. He served in the Civil War, having enlisted from Wisconsin in 1864. He was married to Miss Elvira Dewey and to them was born five children: Eva M., who died in 1882; Mrs. H.G. Stevens of Salt Lake City; O.H. Chalmers, also of Salt Lake City and Edward J. Chalmers of Chehalis.

Aberdeen Newspaper

21 October 1919

     John Chalmers, veteran of the Civil War and pioneer of Grays Harbor county area forty years ago, died at the hospital at Fort Steilacoom Sunday. The funeral will be at Satsop and burial in the Odd Fellows cemetery near Elma, Wednesday, and will be under the auspices of Garfield Post, G. A. R. of Montesano and the G. A. R. of Satsop.
     Chalmers was born in Scotland and was at the time of his death 78 years of age. During the Civil War he entered the service with the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery in September 1864 and was mustered out of the service in July 1865.
     Mr. Chalmers was a citizen of county about forty years, most of the years being spent in and near Montesano and Satsop. At one time he was the owner of what is not a part of the Brady ranch. Through his marriage with Miss Smith, who died several years ago, he became related to a good many families in the Satsop Valley. He was for years one of the most prominent members of Garfield Post G.A.R.
     Some few years ago because of increasing feebleness he decided to go to his future home at the Soldiers Home in Orting, where he had lived until a few months ago when he was taken to the Steilacoom hospital for treatment and care. He has two sons and two daughters living but none of them are now residents of this county.

The Daily World
6 July 1971

James Chalmers

Funeral Notice

Union - James O. Chalmers, a native of Satsop, died Saturday at the Mason General Hospital at the age of 72. A former resident of Elma, he had resided for the past ten years at Star route 1, Box 201, Union.
Born 2 January 1899 at Satsop, he was a retired logger and a World War I veteran, serving with the Army. Survivors include his wife, Leah of the family home; a son James V. of Elma; a step-son, Douglas Eaton of Warrington, Virginia; a brother, Leon of Centralia; a sister, Lulu Hutchinson of Montesano; six grandchildren, numerous nieces and nephews.
Arrangements will be announced by the Batstone Funeral Home of Shelton in the classified section.

Chalmers, James O. Memorial services will be Thursday July 9th, at 1 P.M. at the Batstone Funeral Home in Shelton with Rev. William Andrews officiating. Cremation preceded the services. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart or Cancer Fund, please.


John V. Chalmers	Maudina Dell Williams Chalmers

Aberdeen World
4 March 1959

Wayne Chalmers

Chalmers Death Ruled As Suicide

Humptulips (Special)
Wayne Chalmers, 52, of Elma, a watchman for the Anderson-Middleton logging operation on the east fork of the Humptulips river was found shot through the head and chest at 7 o'clock this morning. Clifford Morgan, a company employee, discovered the body.
Sheriff Richard Simmons and county deputies, and County Coroner R. E. Riley are investigating the shooting. The body has been removed to the Coleman mortuary, Hoquiam.

Elma (Special) - Death of Wayne A. Chalmers, 52 of Elma, has been officially listed as suicide, resulting from gunshot wounds "through the chest and through the brain." Dr. E.B. riley, county coroner reported today.
     Body of the Anderson-Middleton watchman was discovered early yesterday morning in his home at the logging operation on the east fork of the Humptulips river.
     Mr. Chalmers was born in Satsop and was a World War II veteran. He was a member of the Elma American Legion.
     He is survived by three brothers, John and James both of Elma, and Leon of Centralia, and a sister, Mrs. A.W. Hutchinson, Montesano.
     Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Whiteside chapel in Elma with the Rev. George Cummings officiating. Vault entombment will follow in the local Masonic Cemetery.

Aberdeen Newspaper
8 November 1944

Nellie Gertrude Endicott Chalmers

Elma, Nov. 8 - Special
Mrs. Nellie Gertrude Chalmers, 62 died at the Elma hospital yesterday. She was born July 2, 1882 at Madison, Wisconsin and had been a resident here 25 years.
Survivors include four sons, James and John of Elma, Wayne in the Army in England, and Lee in the Navy in California; a daughter, Mrs. W.W. Hutchinson, Montesano; eight grandchildren: a brother, Charles Endicott, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Parrish of Snohomish.
Funeral services will be at 2 o'clock Friday at Whiteside chapel at Elma, Rev. W. R. Caldwell officiating. Burial will be in the Masonic Cemetery.

19 July 1984

Lula May Hutchinson

    Lula May Hutchinson, 82, longtime area resident, died July 11 in Montesano nursing home after a lengthily illness
     Born in Elma on October 20, 1901, she attended Elma and Satsop schools. she and her husband, Arthur W. Hutchinson, who died May 15, 1959, farmed around the Montesano area.
     survivors include two sons, Frank Hutchinson on Aberdeen and Bill Hutchinson of Montesano; two daughters, Virginia (Mrs. Fred) Harner of Melbourne and Vivian Hutchinson of Aberdeen; 33 grandchildren' 45 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
     Cremation and a private memorial service were planned for a later date, with Whiteside Mortuary in charge of arrangements. The family's favorite charity is the Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle.

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