RIFFE - Mrs. Bessie E. Murphy, 73, a resident of the Riffe area for 35 years, died in a Centralia hospital Wednesday. Born Feb. 4, 1889, she was a member of Jehovah's Witness.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Florence Heiser, Vancouver; Mrs. Beulah Belcher, Mayfield, Mrs. Esther Cook, Toledo; Mrs. Laura Cook, Mrs. Emilie White, and Mrs. Sadie Mills, all of Riffe; two sisters, Mrs. Hazel White, Ukiah, Calif., and Mrs. Florence Jacobs, Gaylord, Mich.; three brothers, Roy, Ernest and John Coles, all of Flint, Mich.; 23 grandchildren, and 56 great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Satrday, 10:30 a.m., at the Salkum Community church, with Mr. Raymond Olello officiating. Burial will follow at the Salkum cemetery, under the direction of Cattermole Funeral Home, Winlock.
Source: The Daily Chronicle, 02 August 1962, page 2. Microfilm available at Centralia Timberland Library, 110 South Silver, Centralia, WA. 98531
Transcribed by Kathryn Lester. She has no further information on this individual.