Clara Leona NEAL
Age 106, passed away July 12, 1988 in Port Angeles. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Helen Radke, Port Angeles; son Donald R. Neal, Seattle; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Private burial, Washington Memorial Park. Services to be announced at a later date.
Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Washington, 08/1988 Obituary text located by Mr. Jean Coston
Clara Neal was born August 4, 1881 south of Seattle in the Duwamish River area, where her parents’ farm was located not far from the present Boeing Field. Her parents were Thomas K. Ray and Lucretia Julian Ray, who with their parents had arrived in Washington Territory in the early 1870’s after traversing the Oregon Trail.
Clara completed grade and high school in Duwamish and continued on to attend business school in Seattle. As was for all the Ray children, schooling was important and each worked in the successful family "Duwamish Farm" business of raising and selling fruit orchard and vegetable garden produce. During this time, she was a member of the Laurel Club of Riverton, Washington as well as she traveled around Washington competing in horse showmanship with the family show-horse Katy.
Clara and Albert Lawrence Neal were married in 15 Jan 1908 and established their first home in West Seattle, remaining there for more than fifty years. Her husband was a veteran Seattle attorney. To them were born three children: an infant boy (Nov 23 - 25, 1908), Helen (1911 – 2005) and Donald Ray (1915 - 1992).
In Seattle, Clara was active in the civic life. She was a member of the West Seattle Woman’s Club, one of the first organizations in Seattle to provide scholarships on a regular basis to aid students attending post-secondary institutions. She was one of the founders of the Hiawatha Garden Club in West Seattle, a member of the Washington Federation of Garden Clubs for many years, and was an active member of the Music and Art Foundation which founded the Cornish School and the Seattle Youth Symphony.
She was also a member of the Washington State Historical Society, maintaining her membership even after she moved in 1968 to Port Angeles to live. In Port Angeles she joined the Women of the Dungeness at the age of 87 and often attended its meetings.
Age 106, passed away July 12, 1988 in Port Angeles. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Helen Radke, Port Angeles; son Donald R. Neal, Seattle; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Private burial, Washington Memorial Park. Services to be announced at a later date.
Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Washington, 08/1988 Obituary text located by Mr. Jean Coston
Clara Neal was born August 4, 1881 south of Seattle in the Duwamish River area, where her parents’ farm was located not far from the present Boeing Field. Her parents were Thomas K. Ray and Lucretia Julian Ray, who with their parents had arrived in Washington Territory in the early 1870’s after traversing the Oregon Trail.
Clara completed grade and high school in Duwamish and continued on to attend business school in Seattle. As was for all the Ray children, schooling was important and each worked in the successful family "Duwamish Farm" business of raising and selling fruit orchard and vegetable garden produce. During this time, she was a member of the Laurel Club of Riverton, Washington as well as she traveled around Washington competing in horse showmanship with the family show-horse Katy.
Clara and Albert Lawrence Neal were married in 15 Jan 1908 and established their first home in West Seattle, remaining there for more than fifty years. Her husband was a veteran Seattle attorney. To them were born three children: an infant boy (Nov 23 - 25, 1908), Helen (1911 – 2005) and Donald Ray (1915 - 1992).
In Seattle, Clara was active in the civic life. She was a member of the West Seattle Woman’s Club, one of the first organizations in Seattle to provide scholarships on a regular basis to aid students attending post-secondary institutions. She was one of the founders of the Hiawatha Garden Club in West Seattle, a member of the Washington Federation of Garden Clubs for many years, and was an active member of the Music and Art Foundation which founded the Cornish School and the Seattle Youth Symphony.
She was also a member of the Washington State Historical Society, maintaining her membership even after she moved in 1968 to Port Angeles to live. In Port Angeles she joined the Women of the Dungeness at the age of 87 and often attended its meetings.
Clara Leona NEAL
Age 106, passed away July 12, 1988 in Port Angeles. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Helen Radke, Port Angeles; son Donald R. Neal, Seattle; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Private burial, Washington Memorial Park. Services to be announced at a later date.
Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Washington, 08/1988 Obituary text located by Mr. Jean Coston
Clara Neal was born August 4, 1881 south of Seattle in the Duwamish River area, where her parents’ farm was located not far from the present Boeing Field. Her parents were Thomas K. Ray and Lucretia Julian Ray, who with their parents had arrived in Washington Territory in the early 1870’s after traversing the Oregon Trail.
Clara completed grade and high school in Duwamish and continued on to attend business school in Seattle. As was for all the Ray children, schooling was important and each worked in the successful family "Duwamish Farm" business of raising and selling fruit orchard and vegetable garden produce. During this time, she was a member of the Laurel Club of Riverton, Washington as well as she traveled around Washington competing in horse showmanship with the family show-horse Katy.
Clara and Albert Lawrence Neal were married in 15 Jan 1908 and established their first home in West Seattle, remaining there for more than fifty years. Her husband was a veteran Seattle attorney. To them were born three children: an infant boy (Nov 23 - 25, 1908), Helen (1911 – 2005) and Donald Ray (1915 - 1992).
In Seattle, Clara was active in the civic life. She was a member of the West Seattle Woman’s Club, one of the first organizations in Seattle to provide scholarships on a regular basis to aid students attending post-secondary institutions. She was one of the founders of the Hiawatha Garden Club in West Seattle, a member of the Washington Federation of Garden Clubs for many years, and was an active member of the Music and Art Foundation which founded the Cornish School and the Seattle Youth Symphony.
She was also a member of the Washington State Historical Society, maintaining her membership even after she moved in 1968 to Port Angeles to live. In Port Angeles she joined the Women of the Dungeness at the age of 87 and often attended its meetings.
Age 106, passed away July 12, 1988 in Port Angeles. Survived by daughter, Mrs. Helen Radke, Port Angeles; son Donald R. Neal, Seattle; 11 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren. Private burial, Washington Memorial Park. Services to be announced at a later date.
Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Washington, 08/1988 Obituary text located by Mr. Jean Coston
Clara Neal was born August 4, 1881 south of Seattle in the Duwamish River area, where her parents’ farm was located not far from the present Boeing Field. Her parents were Thomas K. Ray and Lucretia Julian Ray, who with their parents had arrived in Washington Territory in the early 1870’s after traversing the Oregon Trail.
Clara completed grade and high school in Duwamish and continued on to attend business school in Seattle. As was for all the Ray children, schooling was important and each worked in the successful family "Duwamish Farm" business of raising and selling fruit orchard and vegetable garden produce. During this time, she was a member of the Laurel Club of Riverton, Washington as well as she traveled around Washington competing in horse showmanship with the family show-horse Katy.
Clara and Albert Lawrence Neal were married in 15 Jan 1908 and established their first home in West Seattle, remaining there for more than fifty years. Her husband was a veteran Seattle attorney. To them were born three children: an infant boy (Nov 23 - 25, 1908), Helen (1911 – 2005) and Donald Ray (1915 - 1992).
In Seattle, Clara was active in the civic life. She was a member of the West Seattle Woman’s Club, one of the first organizations in Seattle to provide scholarships on a regular basis to aid students attending post-secondary institutions. She was one of the founders of the Hiawatha Garden Club in West Seattle, a member of the Washington Federation of Garden Clubs for many years, and was an active member of the Music and Art Foundation which founded the Cornish School and the Seattle Youth Symphony.
She was also a member of the Washington State Historical Society, maintaining her membership even after she moved in 1968 to Port Angeles to live. In Port Angeles she joined the Women of the Dungeness at the age of 87 and often attended its meetings.
