Native Lewis Resident Dies

Word had been received in Centralia Friday of the death of Mrs. Inga Marie Spitzner, 68, sister of a Centralian and a native of Alpha.

Mrs. Spitzner died March 16 in a Crescent City, Calif., hospital, and funeral services were held last Saturday. She was born in Alpha on Aug. 3, 1886, and had lived in the area until 10 years ago when she and her husband, Tom Spitzner, moved to California. Her death comes just two months after that of her husband.

Survivors include three brothers, Edwin Beck, Centralia; Matt Beck, South Bend, and Arthur Beck, Olympia; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Stennett, Crescent City, and four sisters, Mrs. Sena James, Crescent City; Mrs. May Keaton and Mrs. Annie Hostetler, both Puyallup, and Mrs. Lena Rebhahn.


Source: The Daily Chronicle (Centralia, WA), Friday, 25 Mar 1955, page 9.

Transcribed by Jenny Tenlen. She has no further information on this individual.