An obituary for him appeared in the La Grande (Oregon) Observer on 15 March 1960, page 3. It read:
Set Hartvigsen
Rites Wednesday
George Franklin Hartvigsen, 77, of 1806 Y Ave., died at his home Friday.
Funeral dervices will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Daniels Funeral Home. The Rev. B.B Robeson will officiate. The body will be taken to Walla Walla for cremation.
Mr. Hartvigsen was a retired building contractor at the time of his death. He was born on July 15, 1882, and had lived in La Grande the past 40 years.
His only survivor is a niece, Mrs. Iris Peasely, of Seattle.
What Happened to George F Hartvigsens ashes
According to the Evergreen-Washelli cemetery in Seattle, where George F. Hartvigsen's name appears on a plaque marking a burial niche for cremated remains of 5 people, George's ashes are not there.
According to descendants of Isabelle Doty Peasley and her daughter, Iris (the latter being the informant for George's death certificate), the reason why George Hartvigsen was not in the same burial place with Isabelle is because the police took his remains (a box with his ashes) from one of Isabelle's houses that my mom (Iris Peasley) was living in at the time (Isabelle built houses). Apparently there was a drug bust or set-up of some sort. The ashes had been mailed to them from LaGrande, Oregon, where he died and the police confiscated the box and sadly never returned it.
Set Hartvigsen
Rites Wednesday
George Franklin Hartvigsen, 77, of 1806 Y Ave., died at his home Friday.
Funeral dervices will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Daniels Funeral Home. The Rev. B.B Robeson will officiate. The body will be taken to Walla Walla for cremation.
Mr. Hartvigsen was a retired building contractor at the time of his death. He was born on July 15, 1882, and had lived in La Grande the past 40 years.
His only survivor is a niece, Mrs. Iris Peasely, of Seattle.
What Happened to George F Hartvigsens ashes
According to the Evergreen-Washelli cemetery in Seattle, where George F. Hartvigsen's name appears on a plaque marking a burial niche for cremated remains of 5 people, George's ashes are not there.
According to descendants of Isabelle Doty Peasley and her daughter, Iris (the latter being the informant for George's death certificate), the reason why George Hartvigsen was not in the same burial place with Isabelle is because the police took his remains (a box with his ashes) from one of Isabelle's houses that my mom (Iris Peasley) was living in at the time (Isabelle built houses). Apparently there was a drug bust or set-up of some sort. The ashes had been mailed to them from LaGrande, Oregon, where he died and the police confiscated the box and sadly never returned it.
An obituary for him appeared in the La Grande (Oregon) Observer on 15 March 1960, page 3. It read:
Set Hartvigsen
Rites Wednesday
George Franklin Hartvigsen, 77, of 1806 Y Ave., died at his home Friday.
Funeral dervices will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Daniels Funeral Home. The Rev. B.B Robeson will officiate. The body will be taken to Walla Walla for cremation.
Mr. Hartvigsen was a retired building contractor at the time of his death. He was born on July 15, 1882, and had lived in La Grande the past 40 years.
His only survivor is a niece, Mrs. Iris Peasely, of Seattle.
What Happened to George F Hartvigsens ashes
According to the Evergreen-Washelli cemetery in Seattle, where George F. Hartvigsen's name appears on a plaque marking a burial niche for cremated remains of 5 people, George's ashes are not there.
According to descendants of Isabelle Doty Peasley and her daughter, Iris (the latter being the informant for George's death certificate), the reason why George Hartvigsen was not in the same burial place with Isabelle is because the police took his remains (a box with his ashes) from one of Isabelle's houses that my mom (Iris Peasley) was living in at the time (Isabelle built houses). Apparently there was a drug bust or set-up of some sort. The ashes had been mailed to them from LaGrande, Oregon, where he died and the police confiscated the box and sadly never returned it.
Set Hartvigsen
Rites Wednesday
George Franklin Hartvigsen, 77, of 1806 Y Ave., died at his home Friday.
Funeral dervices will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Daniels Funeral Home. The Rev. B.B Robeson will officiate. The body will be taken to Walla Walla for cremation.
Mr. Hartvigsen was a retired building contractor at the time of his death. He was born on July 15, 1882, and had lived in La Grande the past 40 years.
His only survivor is a niece, Mrs. Iris Peasely, of Seattle.
What Happened to George F Hartvigsens ashes
According to the Evergreen-Washelli cemetery in Seattle, where George F. Hartvigsen's name appears on a plaque marking a burial niche for cremated remains of 5 people, George's ashes are not there.
According to descendants of Isabelle Doty Peasley and her daughter, Iris (the latter being the informant for George's death certificate), the reason why George Hartvigsen was not in the same burial place with Isabelle is because the police took his remains (a box with his ashes) from one of Isabelle's houses that my mom (Iris Peasley) was living in at the time (Isabelle built houses). Apparently there was a drug bust or set-up of some sort. The ashes had been mailed to them from LaGrande, Oregon, where he died and the police confiscated the box and sadly never returned it.
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