Luella Fern [Powers] Hammond, died Feb. 21, 1943, at Wilbur, WA. She slipped and fell on ice at home, injury causing severe stroke, resulting in death.
Born Feb. 13, 1881, in Red Wing, Nebraska, and when 6 months old, the family moved to Crawford County, Wisc.
There she married George F. Hammond on Oct. 17, 1897, when she was 16 years old.
In 1903 they moved to the plains of North Dakota, where they reared a family of 5 sons and 2 daughters.
She was one of the very few women in the area for a number of years, helping develop that part of the country. During her years of activity, she freighted wheat to market, driving four to six horses a distance of 60 miles.
They made their home on Lopez Island for two years. Her brother, L. D. Powers lives on Orcas Island. Brother Miller Alva Powers passed on.
She was a quiet-spoken woman, cheerful and friendly, and thoughtful of family and friends.
She is survived by her husband George, children, Mrs. H. Curtis [Garnet], and Gerald Hammond of Portland, Ore., Richel, and Leslie of Spokane, Wa., and Harold on Lopez Island, wash.; Claire in the U.S. Navy, and Mrs. Harold Engleson [Violet] in Wilbur, Wa.
Burial in Wilbur Cemetery. Services in Wilbur Mission Church with Pastor Rev. W. A. Kincaid.
Friday Harbor (Washington) Journal March 4, 1943
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Corrected location of birth from Red Wing, Minnesota to Red Wing, Nebraska. Also, L. D. Powers changed from D. D. Powers.
Luella Fern Powers was the daughter of Alvah Powers and Louisa Peer.
Born Feb. 13, 1881, in Red Wing, Nebraska, and when 6 months old, the family moved to Crawford County, Wisc.
There she married George F. Hammond on Oct. 17, 1897, when she was 16 years old.
In 1903 they moved to the plains of North Dakota, where they reared a family of 5 sons and 2 daughters.
She was one of the very few women in the area for a number of years, helping develop that part of the country. During her years of activity, she freighted wheat to market, driving four to six horses a distance of 60 miles.
They made their home on Lopez Island for two years. Her brother, L. D. Powers lives on Orcas Island. Brother Miller Alva Powers passed on.
She was a quiet-spoken woman, cheerful and friendly, and thoughtful of family and friends.
She is survived by her husband George, children, Mrs. H. Curtis [Garnet], and Gerald Hammond of Portland, Ore., Richel, and Leslie of Spokane, Wa., and Harold on Lopez Island, wash.; Claire in the U.S. Navy, and Mrs. Harold Engleson [Violet] in Wilbur, Wa.
Burial in Wilbur Cemetery. Services in Wilbur Mission Church with Pastor Rev. W. A. Kincaid.
Friday Harbor (Washington) Journal March 4, 1943
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Corrected location of birth from Red Wing, Minnesota to Red Wing, Nebraska. Also, L. D. Powers changed from D. D. Powers.
Luella Fern Powers was the daughter of Alvah Powers and Louisa Peer.
Luella Fern [Powers] Hammond, died Feb. 21, 1943, at Wilbur, WA. She slipped and fell on ice at home, injury causing severe stroke, resulting in death.
Born Feb. 13, 1881, in Red Wing, Nebraska, and when 6 months old, the family moved to Crawford County, Wisc.
There she married George F. Hammond on Oct. 17, 1897, when she was 16 years old.
In 1903 they moved to the plains of North Dakota, where they reared a family of 5 sons and 2 daughters.
She was one of the very few women in the area for a number of years, helping develop that part of the country. During her years of activity, she freighted wheat to market, driving four to six horses a distance of 60 miles.
They made their home on Lopez Island for two years. Her brother, L. D. Powers lives on Orcas Island. Brother Miller Alva Powers passed on.
She was a quiet-spoken woman, cheerful and friendly, and thoughtful of family and friends.
She is survived by her husband George, children, Mrs. H. Curtis [Garnet], and Gerald Hammond of Portland, Ore., Richel, and Leslie of Spokane, Wa., and Harold on Lopez Island, wash.; Claire in the U.S. Navy, and Mrs. Harold Engleson [Violet] in Wilbur, Wa.
Burial in Wilbur Cemetery. Services in Wilbur Mission Church with Pastor Rev. W. A. Kincaid.
Friday Harbor (Washington) Journal March 4, 1943
==
Corrected location of birth from Red Wing, Minnesota to Red Wing, Nebraska. Also, L. D. Powers changed from D. D. Powers.
Luella Fern Powers was the daughter of Alvah Powers and Louisa Peer.
Born Feb. 13, 1881, in Red Wing, Nebraska, and when 6 months old, the family moved to Crawford County, Wisc.
There she married George F. Hammond on Oct. 17, 1897, when she was 16 years old.
In 1903 they moved to the plains of North Dakota, where they reared a family of 5 sons and 2 daughters.
She was one of the very few women in the area for a number of years, helping develop that part of the country. During her years of activity, she freighted wheat to market, driving four to six horses a distance of 60 miles.
They made their home on Lopez Island for two years. Her brother, L. D. Powers lives on Orcas Island. Brother Miller Alva Powers passed on.
She was a quiet-spoken woman, cheerful and friendly, and thoughtful of family and friends.
She is survived by her husband George, children, Mrs. H. Curtis [Garnet], and Gerald Hammond of Portland, Ore., Richel, and Leslie of Spokane, Wa., and Harold on Lopez Island, wash.; Claire in the U.S. Navy, and Mrs. Harold Engleson [Violet] in Wilbur, Wa.
Burial in Wilbur Cemetery. Services in Wilbur Mission Church with Pastor Rev. W. A. Kincaid.
Friday Harbor (Washington) Journal March 4, 1943
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Corrected location of birth from Red Wing, Minnesota to Red Wing, Nebraska. Also, L. D. Powers changed from D. D. Powers.
Luella Fern Powers was the daughter of Alvah Powers and Louisa Peer.
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