Mr. and Mrs. Roy Redman and son, Junior, of near Imbler, and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Buchanan, of La Grande, returned Monday from Spokane where they had been called by the death of the grandmother of Mr. Redman and Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Joanna Alderman. Joanna Ellis was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, March 19, 1850 and passed away at Spokane July 8, 1932. She was married to E.W. Alderman and together they crossed the plains in 1882. To this union, four children were born, two having passed on. Mr. Alderman died in 1906. The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.A. Buchanan, formerly of Alicel and Mrs. A.R. Megenity, of Greenacres, Wash., four grandchildren, Mrs. Glen Lackey, of Spokane, Mrs. Oscar Brooks, of Coeur d'Alene, Ida., Roy Redman of Imbler and Otis Buchanan, of La Grande, 12 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She was laid away at Moscow, Ida., by the side of her late husband.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Redman and son, Junior, of near Imbler, and Mr. and Mrs. Otis Buchanan, of La Grande, returned Monday from Spokane where they had been called by the death of the grandmother of Mr. Redman and Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. Joanna Alderman. Joanna Ellis was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, March 19, 1850 and passed away at Spokane July 8, 1932. She was married to E.W. Alderman and together they crossed the plains in 1882. To this union, four children were born, two having passed on. Mr. Alderman died in 1906. The deceased is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W.A. Buchanan, formerly of Alicel and Mrs. A.R. Megenity, of Greenacres, Wash., four grandchildren, Mrs. Glen Lackey, of Spokane, Mrs. Oscar Brooks, of Coeur d'Alene, Ida., Roy Redman of Imbler and Otis Buchanan, of La Grande, 12 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She was laid away at Moscow, Ida., by the side of her late husband.
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